Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-14
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Secretary Ross of the I. M. c. A. Pre-
 sents His Report.


 were read by the secretary and treas urer showing the financial condition of the association and the work which has been going on in the various de- partments during the past year.
 After few incidental remarks the report of General Secretary Robert 5. Ross continues as follows:
 The income from sustaining mem- berships includes large number of young men who formerly paid only the membership fee, but are now paying from $10 to $25 instead, to help in SUD- porting the work. The financial state- ment of the affairs of our association for the past nineteen months gives us cause for congratulation upon the progress that has been made. There is vitality in the organization which means q steady and marked advance for the future which grows brighter and deservedly more hopeful. More men have identified themselves with large share in the support of the cause than has been the case since the orig inal subscriptions were made toward the building fund.
 Tn addition to n number of small subscriptions from young men toward the mortgage debt and they are much appreciated, several thousand dollars 1AotC ANSIutiS UGGil pIGugGu,fY duu II quite confidential canvass is being eff fected toward making another reduc- ton of the incumbrance. It gives sat- isfaction to know that the association Is paying it's bills regularly either by regular revenue or by temporary loans.
 The list of members is greater than at any time since the struggle of '9T-'98, which was made to save the institution from bankruptcy, when q supreme effort toward getting 1000 members resulted in 751 being secured The growth of the boys department has been remarkable. At the begin ming of the fiscal year in October, 1899, we had only twenty-three mem bers, and now there are seventy-six.
 The activities of the physical de- partment of the association as report ed by the physical director indicates q splendid series of achievements i'll a1l the branches which have been so en- Enthusiastically enjoyed the past two seasons. To the wholesome atmos- phere which pervades all this work and the out and out stand for clean anna teur sport Is due much of the moral stamina and gentlemanly bearing and all around development which is ideal with the association. The excellent work done by Mir Shoemaker in these | J u, careful statistics kept from month to month leaves no room or need for guesswork. The progress has been ap- parent to all. In our educational department the advantages for intellectual improve ment have been good though few. We anticipate the day when this associa- tion shall be endowed with $5O,O0O or more for an industrial educational work such as the young men of Water bury need and deserve.
 Of vast benefit is the reading room in which there are over fifty periodi- calls and magazines. The class in me- chanical drawing has also been of great value. Only q few meetings of the associations city council were held As the social department, the usual recreative games of checkers, carroms, chess, etc, have been constantly played. l There have also been several pleasant receptions The Women's auxiliary, ever Faithful and energetic, have | shown their allegiance and accomplish- ments during the past year. I do not l believe that a better company of wo- men is to be found anywhere. The great series Of meetings, for men in l Jacquess opera house, from last Octo- l Der to the end of last March, has been l the most prominent and most effective feature of the religious department. Speakers of national and international renown have addressed these meetings. One of the direct results of these I meetings has been the organization of the new Bible club, which meets In the association building each Tuesday i evening with the Rev T. H. Holden. | Many a person has secured positions 1 through the department of Information l and relief. The state convention held 1 in our city, March T-1O, was far reach. ing in it's results.
 After bestowing liberal thanks upon l all who had in any way aided the asso. l ciation, MT Ross concluded his report l as follows:
 l With the knowledge that the work is His work who rules the universe and that under His guide I press on gladly and joyfully in the privileged l service
 As shown by the financial statemen, the mortgage debt has been decreased by $4,0O0. The present mortgage deb Is $23,OO0. The receipts for the sever
 months were S10,217. .19, the payments
 were SIC, ,2o6.51, the receipts for twelve
 months were $9,389.2S, payments 80, 171.O6, leaving n balance on hand o1 I $21S22. The membership list Is as I follows: Senior $7 members, 23O
 senior $7 weekly payments, 60: junlol
 $3 members, 76; sustaining members
 1S4. These make total Of $50. T The following directors were elected
 last evening: To April 30, 1902, Georg,
 W. Beach, Ernest ! Steer. Fretlericl
 NJ. Peasley, terms unexpired; II. "
 Goodenough, to succeed w H. Camp
 r. D. Stanley, to succeed F. l.. Ashley
 C.. II. Mitchell and H. W. Scovill, re
 elected. To April 30, 1893, k. II. Stan nard and E. l.. Coe, reelected; J. Hen
 derson. IT, Albert D.. Field, C.. E
 Churchill Frederick Gillmor. to fill va
 cancies. To April 30, 1904, T. R. Hyde
 1T, Imri A. Spencer George Fl. Ben
 ham, Dwight l.. Smith, Walter W
 Holmes and Julian T. Smith, re-elect
 ed; F. B. Hoadley, to succeed E. W l Tinker.
 From the directors the following off
 cers were elected at the meeting
 Treasurer, Walter w. Holmes; record
 ing secretary, Julian T. Smith.
 It Is expected that at the meeting 0
 the directors next Monday night Presi
 dent T. R. Hyde, IT, and Vice-P Presi
 dent I. A. Spencer will be reelected.