Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
MICA CONVENTION.

! Friday evening and Saturday morn
ing one hundred young men arrived in
Butler as delegates to the 26th annual
convention of the Pittsburg district Of
/ the Young Mems Christian Association.
! The organization of the district are the
/ Central, East Liberty. Lawrenceville,
/ Southside and Penn'a Railroad Associa
tions of Pittsburg, Butler, McKeesport,
New Castle, New Brighton, Sewickley,
Tarentum, Sharpsburg, Washington,
Wilmerding, Williamsburg, California,
| Normal. Geneva College, w. 81 J. col
lege, Waynesburg college, Westminster.
! West Penn Medical. Allegheny Re
formed Pres. Theological Seminary,
Allegheny Z. p. Seminary, and Western
Pres. Seminary as the delegates arrived
Secty, Cory assisted by Capt. Ira Nc
Junkin and assistant secretaries Har-
rison and Starr assigned them to places
of entertainment in the homes of the
city. They were not however allowed
TO depart from the Association building
and shortly before seven o'clock all
marched up stairs to the banquet hall
and sat down to number-one sub
stantial supper prepared by the ladies OF
Butler. Before eating Rev. Worrell
asked the blessing and a hashlight
photograph of the scene was taken. The
ladies were collected in veritable
bunch of beauty at the north end OF the
room for the picture.
After supper one hundred male voices
Joined in singing 'Blest Be the Tie That
Binds. s'All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name and Nearer My God to Thee.
J. F. Anderson, president of the local
Association, welcomed the visitors and
response was made by Kennedy Crum-
rine Chairman of the Convention. w.
Kennedy Brown of Swickley was then
introduced and conducted a fraternal
conference in this manner. Starting at
the head table he had every man stand
up give his name and association and
tell why he belonged to the Y. Nj. G. A.
and the benefits derived. Mr.. Brown
then spoke briefly on "A Crisis in the
Life of the Association, meaning when
all the work was showed onto the secre-
tary and the members did nothing He
said the greatest asset of any communl-
ty is righteous young men.
Saturday sessions were held IN une
morning, afternoon and evening, the
! principal features of the evening being
an address on Association work illus
trated by stereopticon views, by VIM.
r. Lyon of Pittsburg, and several short
addresses on college work.
At the morning session Joseph ii.
Thompson, physical director and one OF
| the star football players of Geneva Col
| lege, read paper advocating the DIS
continuance of basketball contests ex-
cept among Association members, the
principel reasons being the bad effect on
the Associations standing produced by
mixing in the sporting world and the
| inducement offered to players to drink
and carouse after C ontests
The paper caused lively but favorable
comment and is to be printed and s2nt
to all Associations throughout the
State.
Sunday morning at $40 a prayer
service was held in the Y. M. G. A. hall
at the church services delegates spoke
as follows: Church of Gcd, j. N.
Ritchey; First Baptist, G. A. Adsall;
Free Methodist, j. A. Nesbitt, Grace
Lutheran, W. j. Miller; First Pres Z.
H. Lambie of Sewickley; Second Pres,
J. S. Kunkle of East Liberey Episcopal,
Rev. L W. Shey; Bethany Reformed.
D. R. Donald: st Paul's Reformed, 5.
NJ Bard, State Secty.; United Pres, j..
L. Moore and Mr.. Atwater of East
Liberty
At 4p. m. J. B Briggs, Secty. of the
Pittsburg Central, addressed 700 men in
| the Park Theatre, G. B. Horton OF
Sharpsburg a Boys meeting in the AS
sociation hall, and Mrs. w. F. Hall of
Tarentum aud Secty Bard, a women s
meeting in the U. P. church.
Delegates presided at the young
peoples meetings in the various
churches. At 7:15 meeting for rail
road men and their families was held
in the First Baptist church, NJ. W. Cal
lender of the Penn'a Railroad Ass n
presiding. The farewell meeting was
held in the Methodist Episcopal church
which was filled to the doors for the oc-
casion. After number of addresses,
and an expression of thanks to the peo-
pie of Butler and response by Secty
Cory, the delegates and members
joined hands around the church room
and sang .'Blest Be the Tie that Binds. :
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diction and the convention was over.
Altogether about $50 delegates at
tend and never was Butler visited by a
better class of young men. Beaver
Falls asked for next years convention.