Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-13

Ia. c. BIakslee was the speaker. F. !.
Witter presided. and Emil Hansen as
sisted. Mr.. Blakslee spoke of the
high ideals of the association, which
make it an important factor in any
community, and as an evidence of its
practical value he pointed to the sup
port that is being accorded to the
work by great railroad companies,
with whom the matter is one of
purely mercenary nature. The local
association, he said, is doing as much
as any other with equal facilities. II
| is open to and reaches larger per
centage of the people than the libra
nv and high school. for which the
public encourages the expenditure of
large sums of money.
Memorial Christian.
State Secretary |. +. Brown spoke
at the Memorial Christian church, l..
b. McKown presiding and O. Yerbury
assisting. Mr.. Brown spoke of the
great opportunities open to young
men i'm the several departments of
the association, laying particular
stress upon the educational advan-
|
thought by his personal observation
of a number of instances i'm which
young men through their connection
with the association have secured po-
siticns of influence. The physical de
partment was referred to as furnish
ing athletic training on Il safe and
thorough basis, thus assisting in the
development of perfect men.
United Presbyterian.
At the United Presbyterian church
c. +. Nevius, secretary of the asSocia-
ton at Muscatine. delivered the add
dress. +. w. Freeman presiding and
Robert Hoffman assisting. Mr.. Nev-
ius gave an interesting talk. He
spoke on the numerous temptations
that beset young men on every hand.
illustrating by quoting statistics
from Chicago, where one out of each
10 men are engaged i'm occupations
calculated to undermine the charac-
ter. He declared that money wera
expended more wisely i'm assisting i'm
association work than in increasing
the size of the police force. He told
of the manner in which the sum of
$4,000 had been raised for the cause
in Muscatine. and expressed the hope
that the Indebtedness under which
the local association is laboring will
soon be wiped out.
At the First Baptist church j. :.
| Miller, railroad secretary at Peoria,
spoke on Ten Reasons for Believing
| in the Associate The meeting
was presided over by Il. c. Kicker and
Henry Noss assisted.
| At the afternoon mems meeting \.
NJ. Bruner led the services. and the
main address was delivered by State
Secretary Brown. who talked of the
work i'm the state. The enrolment
of the classes was increased from 80
to -.
| Union Meetings.
In the evening at the Memorial
Christian church the general subject
of discussion was twentieth Cen
tury Opportunities" \. NJ. Bruner
presided. and five minute talks were
made by +. r. McKown. ON "Busi-
ness" J. +. Witter, on "Education; -
y. w. tombstone, on physical Gull
ture;" G.. Il. Hanks. on "Manufactur-
ing" f. w. Nidmer. on THE Boy;
Henry Noss. on 'Ihe Biblc;" o. l..
Benway, on personal Effort" and
w. w. Dillon. on The World"
| At the First Methodist church
State Secretary Brown presided and
the general theme was the work of
the local association. +. II. Johnson
spoke on the religious work; II. c.
Kicker, on bible study; o. Nerbury,
on the boys work; j. Z. Penny. on the
gymnasium; c. f. Nevius. on the
manner i'm which the association debt
had been lifted in Muscatine. and j.
$. Miller on the manner of conduct
/ ing a branch of the railroad associa-
/ ton. There were also short talks By
General Secretary j. S. Freeman,
Emil Hansen. George Stocker, Harry
Shiffer. Robert Hoffman and Fred
Titterington.
The annual meeting of the local as.
ISOLATION VIII be held this evening,
at which the report of the secretary
will be heard and n new directory
will be chosen.
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