The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-04
Y. NJ. {, A.
At WORK
Secretary Brown $
Report for the
Summer.
PEDESTRIAN TOURS
WERE POPULAR
The Class in Hawaiian May Be
Discontinued During the
Coming Year.

matters are beginning to hven up at
the corner of Hotel and Alakea streets,
though the gymnasium classes do not
begin until after Regatta Day, and
September Goth is the date for the first
educational class. Early in the morn
ing of the first day of the month Sec
rotary Brown gathered together half
dozen ambitious men who had an en-
gagement to lnnch at high noon 3106
feet above tidewater, and the engage
ment was kept without much difficulty.
This is the second 7. NJ. c. A. party
to climb Konahuanui this year.
Felix Tranquada is just back from
his Hawaii trip where he and Mr.
waldron were the first ones to get a
near view of the glowing lava on the
occasion of the latest outbreak.
A brief meeting of the Board of Di-
.rectors was held at four o'clock yes
terday to hear reports and elect new
members Among these were two
elected to honorary membership: Bish-
op Henry B. Restarick of the Episcopal
Church and Major Harris of the Sal
walton Army.
Secretary Browns report for the
months of June, July and August was
read as follows:
The fact that a quorum of our Board
of Directors could not be gotten to-
gether during these months is an in
that indoor work could not be
expected to boom unless it be along
lines of reading and playing ping-pong.
1t has been good time for the secre-
taries to get closer to the men. es-l
pecially if they had the time to goI
tramping. Shortly after the most sue
cessful gymnasium exhibition which
closed the gym season, Mr.. Young
started on his months vacation, taking
a party of Association members with
him to the Volcano, which was then
Returning to this island he
took a few men around the other side
of the island for a walk.
The General Secretary has taken the
boys out for number of holiday and
afternoon outings, but re-
grets to say that so few men or boys
could be sure of a vacation at any
given time that he could not arrange
a summer, camp. Among the outings
might be mentioned a trip to Moana
lua several of Tantalus and joint
picnic with the Y. w. c. A. at Young
Bros. Island. The General Secretary
took only two weeks vacation, which
he spent most pleasantly at Wahiawa,
and is impressed with the fact that it
is a good location for Y. NJ. C. A.
country house when we can find a few
friends who will furnish little lum-
Der and labor. Our faithful janitor
spent his vacation on Hawaii, where he
went to the Volcano in the nick of time.
All hands are now refreshed and on
duty and ready for a rush of work,
only regretting that they have not had
the ready money to make repairs on
the building. since The evening classes
closed the Y. NJ. c. A. have received
$99 rent for some of the classrooms, but
they are now vacated
1t has also received $40 for rent of
our hall. with prospect of $50 more
during September. Mr.. Brown says:
THE educational department must hire
an assistant for the classes in book
keeping, so l would advise dropping
the class in the Hawaiian language,
for the other which would benefit the
larger number of young men. Most of
the committees have already met. but
the membership committee must have
a new chairman to succeed Mr.. Cheek.
Some interesting Saturday evening So
Gals have been enjoyed by a goodly
number.
I'VE have recently enjoyed another
taste of transport work, opening our
doors wide to the thousand men re-
turning on the Buford. They used our
reading and correspondence rooms and
some of US went aboard for gospel
service. At nine o'clock every Sunday
morning in our parlor has been held
a preparation service for Christian
workers, averaging more than nine
present. Our hall has not once been
opened for four O'Clock service this
season, but that does not mean that
we have been forgetful of one of our
most important means of accomplishing
the work for which we exist
We have tried to meet young men
on Sunday afternoons near the places
where they were wont to congregate,
and in this we have succeeded to a
considerable extent and are satisfied
that we made no mistake in taking
vacation from our own hall. We tenn
porarily missed some of the regulars
but their loss was more than made
good by going among men who did not
patronize our hall. We have held our
summer meetings at the following
places: Kapiolani Park. Kamehameha
School Campus. oahu College Campus.
Camp Mckinley, Mr.. Richards lawn,
aboard a chartered car at College Hills.
aboard the U. S. Training Ship Mohi-
can, Central Fire Station, Young Bros
Island. Pacific Heights, and Kakaako.
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