Evening journal., 1901-03-09
CONVENTIONS
BUSY SESSIONS
Report Shows 7,7OS Y.M.C.A.
Boys in Three States
TO.MORROW WILL Be BIG DAY
Opera House Meetings in Afternoon
and Evening Promise Much
Interest

Sessions Of the Tri-State Y. NJ. G. A..
Convention continue to be exceedingly
Yesterday afternoon ad-
on Y. NJ. c. A. work We're de-
Ievered by j. c. Lynch, of Wheeling,
w. Va; j. w. Proutman, l.. l.. Pierce,
II. o. Hine and DR.. II. l.. Chadwick.
In the evening Joshua Levering made
an address on "A Business Mans Views
of the Associations Opportunity" and
Walter c. Douglass, Of Philadelphia,
spoke. or Would Some other Form OF
"a Work or Organization be Better
Than the Young Mems Christian As
sociation for Dealing With Young
Men?"
The annual report of the Tri-state
Executive Committee, in part, was as
follows;
The Tri-state Associations as q
whole, were never in better condition
for a strong concerted forward move
ment than at the present time.
There are forty-twO associations in
the Tri-State district, divided as fol-
lows:
City and town Ia, membership. {. .2S7
college %, membership .......1 ,064
Railway 6, membership .......1 ,357
Total membership ..... 7,7OS
Among these, two were organized
during the past year. enc at the Mary
land Agricultural College, College Park
Maryland; the other at the West V.r
ginia Conference Seminary, Buchanan
West Virginia,
Fourteen associations reported hav-
ling paid out $4,000 in current ex
penses. The total net valuation o.
buildings owned by five associations /.
lSG22500. Wilmington has successful,
lraised 1900. the amount of thei
lmOrtgaged Indebtedness, and Cumber
land may be congratulated for havinl
raised the $4,000 Of their indebtedness
Improvements cost $4,000 were mad
lmade in Baltimore Central Association
In the Wilmington Association s5. 90
has been expended on improvements
Among those welcomed to the brother
hood is Joseph McEldowney, physica
director Of the Wilmington Assoc.atio
The terms Of the following member
OF the Executive Committee expire wit
this convention: c. J. Orrick. Cumber
land; Francis A White, Baltimore
John Aglionby, Shenandoah Junction
, w. Fl. MOTiss. Baltimore; /. T. Appel,
, Baltimore; Alfred Gawthrop, Wilmlnl
ton.
WORK THIS MORNING.
The speakers at this mornings ses
sion Of the convention were: W. II. +
, Smith. Of Wilmington; Fred B. Smith
On The Young Mems Christian Assc
citation as a Spiritual Force" DR.. Mel
rel F. Gates of Washington. on 9Th
Strength Of Young Men" Services wer
held in several manufacturing estat
lishments at the noon hour.
PLANS FOR TOMORROW.
q Tomorrow will be the big day. q
the convention. At o'clock. in tn
| morning service will be held in Y. N
G, A Hall by T. r. Hall, of PColes
, vile Pa In The Opera House. at
/ o'clock, Fred B. Smith, of Chicago. wi
talk to young men on the subject %
! Strong Man" At the same hour. in 81
I Pauls Church, w. H. Morriss will ad
dress a meeting for women. WI. Rad
cliffe will address boys in Y. NJ. c. a
Hall at the same hour.
At 7S0 o'clock in the evning the clos
ing meeting of the convention will b
held. w B. Miller, Of New York. vii
be the speaker. At the mems meetin
Miss Bradfeld will give violin selec
tions. A double male quartet will sins