The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-06-18
OUR Y. M. c. 4.
The Building and Workers are At
tracking Much Attention.

Oskaloosa, Iowa, is attracting con-
siderable attention in the country in
several ways, but particularly so in
Y. NJ G. A. circles. Ever since the
opening of the new building Secretary
w. s. Lacy and Architect Frank e.
Wetherell have received repeated in
quiries from other cities regarding the
completeness of the arrangements in
the Oskaloosa building. Circular LETT
ters were sent out last January by
some one interested in Association
work,to all state and several interna-
tional secretaries, asking for a list Of
the best Association buildings in the
country suitable for small cities, and
from the returns we have been able to
secure the following results:
Six votes-M ontclair, N. j., Spring
field, Mass, Keokuk, Iowa, and Oska-
loosa, Iowa.
Five votes-Springfeld, Ohio, and
New Haven, Conn.
Four votes-Evanston H., Ottum-
wa, Iowa, Troy, N. Y, and Muscatine,
Iowa.
Nine places received three votes
each. Twenty-one important cities
received two votes each and forty-five
other cities received one vote each. In
the total number Of votes cast the
leading states took rank as follows:
Iowa, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Virginia and
Connecticut. Thus Iowa shows the
largest proportion of the best build
ings and Oskaloosa stands pretty close
to the top, it being one Of the best
four in it's completeness and adapta-
bility to Y. M, G. A. work.
In the June issue of Association
Men," we secure the following regard
ing the Y. M. G. A. men of Iowa.
Among the men who have made
the Oskaloosa Association force for
good in the community are Ralph H.
Burnside, who was president from
1896 to 1901, and for many years a
member of the State Committees; H.
L. Spencer, who was chairman of the
Building Committee, and who gave
| $4,000 for the structure; and G. M.
Porter, who is now president and has
! a peculiar genius for organization.
All three are prominent business men
and gave literally in time as well as
money to the building enterprise"
In full page group picture of the
| leading Y. M. G. A. workers of Iowa,
the pictures of the above gentlemen
are given. 1t will be noted that the
new building at Muscatine also figures
in the vote outlined above. Mr.. F.
E. Wetherell, of Oskaloosa, was also
the architect of this building, and
judging from the interest awakened,
his work in this line is not by any
means finished.
| A contest was held in the Y. M. G.
A. gymnasium last evening by the
members of the senior class. There
were ten events, including two events
| on the horse and parallel bars. A
number of visitors were present but
| no general invitation was issued be-
cause of lack of space for accommo-
| dating them. Considering the short
| time since the gymnasium was opened
the work done was remarkable. Some
| very SOOu TGCOIuS WSlS IuouS elLu IhO
work on the parallel bars was excel
lent. Physical Director Jameson, OF
| Ottumwa, judged the events on the ap-
paratus and he gave the boys good
marks for their work. While the con-
| test decided the best men in the vari-
GUS events it was more in the nature
of an examination, as those making 30
per cent of the total possible number
of points will be formed into a sepa-
rate class to take up higher grade OF
work.
The results on the events, excluding
the horse and the parallels, was as fol-
| lows:
Standing broad jump-Ray Lyman;
distance, it. 81 in.
Pull up-Horace Hawkins; 1917.
Fence Vault-Leslie Moore; height,
5 #. 10 in.
Potato race-Charles White; time,
SO 1-5 sec.
broad jumps-Leslie Moore; dis
lance, 20 #. IN in.
Running broad jump-Oliver Matti-
son; distance, II #. 31s in.
Running high jump-Oliver Matti-
son and Ray Lyman tied at 4 #. 10 in.
Quarter mile run-Howard Harold;
| time, min. 3-5 sec.