The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
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nome in large city, the saloon, the
gaming house and the cheap lodging
house, it carried the audience all
along the line up to the association
buildings in the larger Eastern centers,
showing what has been done in the di-
rection of providing substantial bod
lily comforts and physical education,
together with constant religious in
Struction.
The main object of the lecture was to
show the citizens of ST. Paul what they
have not got in the way of Y. M. c..
A. quarters. the comfortable commod-
lous reception and reading rooms, the
gymnasiums. swimming baths, bowling
alleys, restaurants. amusement rooms,
libraries, convention halls and dormi-
tory apartments provided in New York
Chicago, Scranton, Pa, Cleveland, Ohio
and elsewhere by the YIN. c. A. build
ings, which, exterior and interior alike,
will rank with the most comfortable
and commodious social clubs on the
continent, and Mr.. Messer near the
close of his lecture expressed the hope
that before the next state convention
should meet in st. Paul, this city would
be similarly provided.
Session Largely Attended.
The second days session of the con-
Vention was more largely attended
than the first, a greater number of
delegates arriving. The morning was
devoted to two addresses by Fred B.
B. Smith of New York on bible Study
and the Need of a True Evangelical
| Spirit and w. M. Wood, educational
director, on The Association as an
Educational Factor in the Commun-
ity"
Section work occupied the afternoon.
The college section was presided over
by M. L. Burton, principal of the Win
dom institute. The railroad section lis
| tened to an address by Frank Ney of
| Minneapolis, auditor of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis railway, in which he spoke
| of the great advantages which accru-
ed to railway men in leading sober.
| upright lives. w. L. Parsons dealt
with the Obligations to Association
Members" and H. P. Goddard took up
| tee Service" The work of the boys
| department was explained by w. G.
| Cartlish, of Minneapolis.
Work in Army and Navy.
/ The evening session in the Central
| church was very largely attended, The
| singing of hymns and a solo by the
! association quartette opened the meet
ing, after which w. B. Miller, senior
army and navy secretary, told of the
work that had been carried on by the
Y. M. c. A. in the ranks since the first
| outbreak OIL the war Win spain. III
! its practical side, the work had been
very successful he said, in two direc-
! tons. first with regard to the supply
ing of stationery which had enabled
. many Of the iiiefI to write, and second
| ly in the distribution Of reading mat
| ter to the soldiers and sailors.
In this connection he told an anus
ing incident of a soldier who had writ
ten home from the Philippines on &
1,oT nc1y 6A IL r.
find paper, using a sharpened bullet fol
a lead pencil. The letter, he said, ar
| rived at the boys Indiana home with
out even a bite taken out of it or {
| chip off, tribute to the quality of the
| biscuit and to the soldiers teeth.
The Y. M. G. A. had also established
some $50 travelling libraries containing
| over 200, 900 volumes, and, in addition
to its religious work, was leading il
the organization of social entertain
ments
The navy was being cared for also, {