The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27

One man has. made an offer OF the en-
IRE amount of money needed TO erect sii
administration building for the nterna-
tional Committee of the Young Men
Christian Association This building, II
erected will be headquarters for Assocla
i:on work III the United States anu
Canada 1t is TO be located IN New Ho1h'
somewhere between: TWenty-third ana + or
tieth Streets, and Fifth and Lexington
Avenues Several sites are now under con-
xias-ation None are in the very high
,,-Ice5 sections the desire being to keep
the cost down, and the building VIII not
he extrayagant in design and Imsn- Inc
lower floor will be rented for business 1!le
second and third will accommodate tAe
Association offices. and the fourth VIII
have rooms for the use Of visiting SeelFta-
-ies who are coming and going to AID
from the headquarters, and who are no"
cnnpelled 10 30 10 hotels. Rooms al
s,es dcua-ters will If provided save con-
siderable expense annually. The name Of
the donor is Withheld for the present
Considerable opposition 70 the erection
of the building is developing. This tppo-
sition comes from conservative men on
the committee and interested in the Asso-
citation. The experience of the Presbyte-
rians and of the American Tract Society
is pointed out, and the argument Is MADE
that if this wealthy friend Is willing to
erect a building costing $4,000 nc is prob
ably willing to give in securities one-half
or two-thirds Of that sum. These securl-
ties say some members of the lnterna-
tional Committee. yielding an income for
the support of the general work, are bet
Ter than a building. The present quarters.
which are one entire floor of a New York
office building, are ample in size and rich
ness. The donor of the proposed building
has been told of this sentiment, and the
matter is under discussion. An endowment
of s.. 1000 is raising. and to date about
$4,000 is in sight This does not include
the offer involved ii the administration
building.
co TO CONFERENCE.
Association secretaries of North America
are going this year for their conference.
June 9Th TO 10th to Thousand Island Park.
Under the new plan these conferences are
now biennial, held on alternate years of
the International Convention. About
three hundred secretaries will be present
Physical directors are to meet at the same
place. and this year there is to be come
thing new In the shape of a conference
Of wives Of secretaries. which is being ar
ranged by Mrs. E E. Stacy. of Indiana:
hrs. l. W. Messer, of Illinois, and Mrs.
Jehn r Mott. of New Jersey. Don Q.
shelton and DR.. W. C. Ballantine are TO
conduct the Bible study lessons, and
among the speakers will be the Anglican
Rishor of Huron, Canada: j. &. Sleman,
J-, Washington: J. +. Oates. Chicago: D.
A. Bulge. Montreal: Z. NJ. Robinson. Sos
ton: Augustus Nash. Cleveland. and
Robert f. S1,eer and r e. Morse. New
York.
The practical good resulting from the
Student Conferences at Mortified mas
made the city, town and railroad associa-
tons feel for some time that they ought
To hold similar conferences at the same
place. So one is to be tried this year,
June soth 10 July Sth and all associations
are being urged 70 send their presidents
and their Bible class teachers. Conferences
on subjects of special interest TO city and
railroad associations are to be held .nurn-
ings, and evening sessions are 10 unife
with the student gatherings Ihe Need
of Greater Evangelistic Spirit, itliid.
RANGES to the Reaching of Young Men,
on6 ..The Lesson of Mr.. Moody are
among the topics. Bishop Vincent Will
he one of th. principal speakers.
AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Al Chautauuua this summer the educa-
tional is to receive the emphasis over the
mere entertaining in even greater degree
than usual The management find this
feature in their publications to be the
rsynri.e one. and will follow what seems
II, be a popular lead. Among the lecturers
are to be Professor Moses Colt Tyler. Pro-
fessor Homer b. Sprasue, Hon. N g.
Schaeffer Professor George A Coe, DR..
John Dewey, the Rev. DR.. S. Parks Cad
man. Captain Charles McIlvaine. Presi-
dent G. Stanley Hall, President Beno- lde
Wheeler. the Rev. Dr. j. NJ Buckley. and
President Birdsall, of Swarthmore College.
The Sunday preachers this season are to
be the Rev. DIR. Henry c. King, the Rev.
DIR. Il. L. Wiliett. the Rev. Dr. ]. w
Chapman. Professor Graham Taylor.
Bishop Thoburn and Bishop Vincent. There
ara many going abroad this summer, but
Chautau9ua managers say indications are
hat attendance at their meetings Will
equal, perhaps exceed, recent years.
Hicksite Friends take up the Chautauoua
dates Immediately the regular August sea-
son closes and hold their biennial religious
conference. This conference idea took root
four years ago at Swarthmore. and proved
80 popular that more ambitious plan for
this third meeting has been entered upon.
This year a series of conferences viii be
held. taking up education and labor as
we'll as religion. Some of the ahlest lead
ers in the 1Iicksite body will be there.
This body is the liberal one among the
two larger divisions Of Quakers. It's chief
strength is in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
with scattering meetings in The West The
great body OF Ohio, Indiana and Kansas
Quakers are, however. members of the
Orthodox branch. Among the Chautau-
qua Conference speakers this year will be
Howard NJ jenkins, editor of the chic.
Hirkslte periodical: President Birdssll, OF
Swarthmore. which is the Htcksite Cox
lege; Principal Walton. of the Friends
Central School. Philadelphia; George L.
Marsh, Iowa; Wilson 8, Deane. Indiana.
and Martha schofeid, founder of the scho-
field School n Aiken. S. c. These Friends
maintain most Of the old-dme customs in
their meetings. quite unlike the Friends.
both Orthodox and E.cksite, of Indiana
and the West. and their meeting at Chau-
iauqua will have novelty and interest
beyond what their speakers say.
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