The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-13
LIVELY NIGHT
AT The Y. M. c. A.
Twelfth Anniversary Celebrated
With Banquet.
MEMBERSHIP CONTEST ENDS
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP IS NEARLY
FIVE HUNDRED.
MEMBERSHIP CONTEST ENDS

With feasting, music and joyous
demonstrations, the Young Mems
Christian association entered upon its
twelfth year last evening. The Ocea-
sion was the annual banquet. time
which afforded opportunity to review
The early struggles Of the association
anG TO take fresh hope in the promising
future. The marking OF the eleventh
mile stone was a happy event. which
was in every way worthy of the best
efforts Of the associations officers and
The Ladies' Auxiliary, the loyal, staunch
supporter OF the mems organization.
A feature Of the evening was the ter
minaUiOn of the contest between sides.
known as the reds" and the blues %
Tor increase Of membership. Even TO
the last the most intense interest cen
tered in the contest. but the victory
went to the reds, captained BY s. T.
Wood. A total of sixty-six new mem
bers was credited to the winning side
while the blues secured honorable men
ton for bringing in nifty acceptable re-
cruits under the leadership of Joe ST.
mons These accessious make the as
sociation's membership AS.
Following the decision of the contest
came the banquet, at the expense of the
losing side One hundred and fifty men
and bows were seated around the fes-
tai boards. which filed the associa-
tons two front rooms The decora-
fiOns in festOous of red AID blue rib
bOns and ported plants and cut flowers
auCed a charm to the pretty scene.
The tables were bountifuly supplied
with everything calculated to tempt
the palate of every epicurean taste. All
tHa
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary. and
their efforts were appreciated by the
merry feasters. At intervals through
out the evening orchestral music was
furnished by members Of the associa-
ton.
Then Came Toasts.
Toward the close Of the feast. Vice
President LyIse announced the toasts
and responses. In his ELOQUENT amos
trOphA TO The Ladies" Rev. P. A.
SImpkin mixed lively hUmOr with lofty
sentiments.
The topic. The Association" afford
ed director F. I. Stephens a rare on
portnity to mention the high ideals
physical, intellectual and moral at
tainable and attained by the. members
OF the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton
By coincidence last evening was the
eighth anniversary of Secretary John
II. Axton's calling to mis- official posi-
ton- and this was deemed a ripe op-
portunity for him to say sonCthine
aoout The Contest" In a remi1 a emf
TAX ne told how weak an OrgauizR ion
was the association when he was chOs-
en- to the seCre raTyship. He recalled
now the bills Tor rent and every con-
celVable item of running expenses
came IN and the association was hard
dressed for funds. But BY presever-
ance and strenuous efforts from the
associations loyal friends the dark
clouds were driven away and in time
the association began to prosper.
Ihen coming TO the present and the
prospects for the future, Secretary
AXton showed that cut of the many
newer members there are several High
school boys ana more than $50 young
men who work every day but avafI
themselves o. the advantages of the as
Soclaton' S night school and the health
TuI influences of the older Christian
men. The secretary felt strong in the
hope that before the next anuiversa ~
came around new and more suitable
quarters. If not the associations own
nome would De an accomplished fact
AIter MIR. Wilkes presented Mr.. Wood
the handsome bicycle which had been
oIIered as prize to the victor i'm the
membership contest, Mr.. TibbaIs re-
sD0nded IN an instructive talk To the
toast, The Boys"
At the close of the banquet the bows
and the older men renewed the pIedpa
mat the next anniversary would be in
'eleDFatlon of the associations attain
ment OF stin higher ideals.