Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-28
Many Hear Professor Steiner's
Dedicatory Address at the
Odeon Sunday Night
ONLY A SMALL SUM RAISED
Splendid Address Fails to Bring The
Money But Audience Was Thrilled
About $500 Is Raised Toward Deficit
of $500 = Collections at Churches
sweIls the Total to About $500.

Before crowd which packed the
seating capacity of the Odeon, over
flowed into the foyer, upon the stage
and stairs, the formal dedication Of
the new Railroad Y. M. C. A. was held
Sunday night. The audience which
was large, had its purse strings tight
ly drawn, and an attempt to secure at
least part of the $500 deficit in the
with but poor success. AS a result
about 500 was raised, and with what
was secured by collections taken at
the churches in the morning, the to-
tai was increased to about $500.
Mr.. II. l.. Stuntz, of Chicago, for
mer president OF the association, pre-
sided and the dedicatory address was
given by Professor Il. A. Steiner, of
the chair of applied Christianity. OF
Grinnell College. His subject, The
Value Of Man." taken from the Bib
lical text. What Is man. that Thou
dost magnify him, and that Thou dost
set Thy heart upon him?" was forcibly
and concisely illustrated. Professor
Steiner spoke for about a half hour,
but during that time he held the UNI
dIvideu attention of his hearers, and
was twice interrupted by the applause
when he made most complimentary
reference to President Roosevelt and
to Secretary Fellingham.
He said In part:
Man Is the image Of his creator,
God. and as a babe was first revealed.
The civilization which has held it's men
in the highest esteem and of the high
est value, has been Of the highest ord
er. Whatever this country, or any 9TH
err has been. or Is to be, will be due to
its men. All that Marshalltown is and
all 1t will become, will be dependent
upon it's men. In her surrounding
fields they are filling the soil; In her
factories and shops they are laboring.
They may be best able to maintain
higher standard the foundation of their
capability rests on their physical well
fare Nations have gone down for
lack of it's men to bear the strain.
How much Is owed to railroad men?
While comfortably seated in the
warmth and light here tonight, from
and roasted on the other, guide safely
the hundreds of trains of many roads.
With a comfortable bed, such as this
Y. M. G. A. offers the railroad men, he
would be stronger and better for the
work Of tomorrow. His educational
welfare is even more important than
his physical well being. Many men
never rise above being part of the
machine which they operate. They are
a part, not the master Of it. Tomor-
row machine may be invented which
will do the work better than they.
To the laboring man. whose muscle
and not his brain, is his claim on livl1-
hood, the educational departments OF
the Y. M. c. A. mean much. He may
learn higher trades and better paying
work, 1t lifts a man up, and puts the
stamp of intellectually on his face and
figure. His spiritual nature Is the
most important Of ALL If man Is
worth anything at all, how much more
is q man, saved by God, worth? The
Y. M. C. A. can do, and is doing work
among the young men which the
churches are not doing. The young
man hungers for reality in Christian
ity. Theology and anthems will not
save men. The man in Marshalltown
to whom would trust the making OF
my boy is Secretary Fellingham, of the
Y. M. G. A. His sign hangs over his
shop. the maker and repairer of men,"
The future of this institution depends
upon the city which has SO generously
made it possible. He closed with an
eloquent appeal to his hearers to work
to save souls, educate the minds and
strengthen the bodies Of its young
men.
H. L. Stuntz Speaks.
Preceding Professor Steiners ad-
dress, after the congregation had sung
Trust and Obey" and the internat-
ional quartet had sung, H. L. stuntz
spoke very briefly upon his pleasure
Of seeing realization OF the dreams
of the young men who eighteen years
ago were the means Of establishing the
Railroad Y. M. c. A. International
Secretary George d. McDill gave the
scripture reading and Secretary T. II.
Metcalf, Of Minneapolis, lead the deVo-
tional.
Committee Is Named.
Following the effort to secure 40
nation or FUNDS a contributor
taken up, and committee was draft
ed to assist in the soliciting to be done
at later date. The following gen.
tlemen consented to be members Oh
that committee: A. w. Head, =. y.
Urine, B. w. Sinclair, Thaddeus BIN
ford, C. q. Patterson, Henry stone
George A. Turner, w. Fl. Burrows -
H. Van Law, T. e. Benedict, u. W.
Norris, Jr., T. l. WATSON, A. y. WiiDur'
E. r. Lay, A. G. Click, P. s. Baicn, w.
w. Doolittle, F. A. Smith, w. M. ClarN
and H. F. Echternacht. Secretary REL
bingham said this morning tnat ne was
most hopeful that the commlttee wouio
be able to raise a large snare oi oiie
amount wanted.
LAST OF plIBLIc RECEPTIONS.