The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-16
Y. M. c. A. ANNUAL MEETING
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS EJECT
ED FOR ENSUING YEAR.


Reports of Officers and Various Com
mitiees Read and Accepted-Appeai
for Aid In the Building Project by
General Secretary Loize-says Full
Amount Required WIN be Realized by
june If Conditions Attending the Be-
quest of $40 900 Can be FULFILLED.
The annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian association was held
last evening. Officers and directors for
the ensuing year were elected and the
reports of the general secretary and the
chairmen of the various committees
We're read and accepted. An amend
ment to the constitution changing the
date Of the annual meeting from Octo-
Der to January was passed.
President Pierce N. WEIGH presided
at the meeting, which opened shortly
after o'clock. The reports of the va
rious committees were presented by
their chairmen as follows:
Social work committee-Chairman w.
r. Downs.
Physical department committee
Chairman J. Y McDermott
Religious work committee-Chairman
r.. T. Snow.
Membership ommittee-Chairman Eli
Manchester.
Womens auxiliary-Mrs. W. R.
Downs, chairman.
The report of the general secretary,
William G. Lotze, which was of I'M
usual interest, is printed in full below.
The report of the retiring treasurer Ed
win L. Chapman, was also very inter-
esting. 1t tshowed the amount of re-
ceipts for the year to have been $16,-
84455 and the expenditures $16,S43.4S.
The bulk of the receipts was derived
from membership fees and subscrip-
tions, the amount of the former being
B3,319.50 and of the latter $6,2S1.
The officers and directors elected are
as follows:
Directors for three years-Judge l..
Nv cleveland, J. Y. McDermott, j. L.
Manson, William c. Sturgiss.
President-Pierce N. WEIGH.
Vice president-Frank K. Sanders.
Recording secretary-W. H. Wirsch-
ner.
Treasurer-Robert /. Couch.
Secretary Lotze's report is as fol-
lows:
The Young Mems Christian associa-
tion of New Haven has passed the ex-
detrimental stage of it's existence. 1t is
now recognized by clergy and laymen
as an important factor in the develop
tnent of the young manhood of our city.
The association is neither church, a
university nor social club, and yet 1T
combines the prominent features of all
three.
1t puts premium on character, and
all young men who desire to develop the |
highest type of manhood are taught |
how to cultivate and put to the best |
use their physical, social, mental and |
spiritual nature.
The development of the work in the
various departments has been crafty
ing. One year ago we reported great
growth numerically, but to-day the as
ISOLATION is in better form and more of |
q power because of the careful and sys-
tematic organization that has been per-
fected in the various departments under
efficient leaders
The Young Mems Evening Institute
enrolled about the same number of stu
dents last year as there We're New Ha-
ven young men in Yale university. This
astonished us, but we examined the cat
hlogue and verified the impression.
Twenty-nine of the students took the
International examination on nine sub
Meets Thirteen passed, each having
over rs per cent.
We sent an exhibit to the interna-
tional convention at Grand Rapids,
Mich, and received honorable mention
in freehand drawing, mechanical draw
ing and in bookkeeping Our teaching
force numbers fourteen. Eighteen diff
ferent subjects are taught These have
been divided into 634 sessions, with an
aggregate attendance of 1915 making
an average weekly attendance of 1872.
Three of our important classes had to
he conducted outside Of the rooms be-
cause we lacked the necessary class
room facilities
During the year 1,349 books We're
drawn from our circulating library.
Our reading room Is supplied with the
daily papers and magazines, and is well
six days in the week.
The distance between town and gown
has been considerably shortened by
having our young men meet the lead
ing religious teachers of the university.
In our midst we have men of interna
tional reputation who are as unknown
to many of our young working men as
II they lived in another hemisphere.
This was accomplished by inviting the
professors of the Yale Divinity school
to address our young men. The speak,
ers were Professor George B. Stevens,
D. D., Professor Edward L. Curtis, D.
D., Professor Benjamin w. Bacon, D.
D., and Professor Frank c. Porter, d.
D. The members of the association !
we're greatly profited by their exposition
Of the following subjects: Repent
ance," Regeneration" 1.-The Supernat-
ural." and 1.-The Kingdom of God
A sound mind in sound body is one
Of the principles of the association;
hence strict attention has been given to
The
PHYSICAL WORK.
Our gymnasium, although the former :
Darade ground of a. regiment is fright
FULLY inadequate. The visitors gallery
lad to give way to the eighty new lock-
.rs put in during the past year, and
still we are cramped for locker room.
The first annual banquet was one of
49, errao+ cocia1 onca siops Of the year ! II