Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
The Y. N. G. A.
Officers Elected at Annual Meet.
ing Tuesday Evening.
RESORTS Were Of IN Encouraging Ma.
tmre, Observation-Disclosures q Decrease In
Meunbership-Assocl Has .
Debt of About $4,000.

The annual meeting Of the Young
Mci,'s Christian Association WAS held III
the association rooms parlor Tue sday
evening. The meeting marked the close
If the 3eth year since the fourding OF
the association and was attended by
n large number of the board Of directors
and several Of the active memt ers OF tile
association. Nearly all the officers and
ctairmen of the several committees pre-
sentcd reports of the work accomplished
during the past year aud officers for the
ensuing year and five dill cctors TO serve
two years were elected.
The meeting was in charge OF w. j.
Van Pattcn, acting president OF the ASSOC
citation. and was opened by scripture
reading and prayer. after which Mr.. IAN
Patter gave the presidents report lie
spoke of the loss the association had eN-
pcricnccd in the resignation Of Prof Isaac
Thomas as president. The wears work
received other set-backs also. in the
resignation of George Iitzsimnons as
secretary, and later Of Charles H. Will
son. Eut In spite OF these facts which
hampcred the work considerably, the
work was encouraging.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
Mr.. Van Fatten's report was followed
BE- the report Of the trea surer j. l.. Hall.
which showed receipts of AalS.7l and cx.
pentlit,ircs of Si,3i601. leaving balance
on band Of $40. or tho receipts M,S9s.oo
were received from sustaining member
ship subscriptions, $l.s05 20 from con-
trihutinS. regular. limited and junior
members, 800 from the Nor8ns Anxil-
larry AMI tho remainder from hall rent.
tho physical department Sunday meeting
! collections. entertainments and other
miscellaneous sources.
Ihe largest items Of expense were w.
ao,a7 for salaries. ss,.o? for water and
light, and SOS. 80 for old bills. The balance
On hand at the beginning Of the year was
SC Il.
Mr.. Van Pattcr, on behalf of the board
Of trustees. thcr stated that the total in
deltcdncss Of the association at the pres
cnt time was about $4,000.
RELIGIOUS WORK.
The report of Prof. {. F.. Putney chair
man os the religious work committee
was mos. encouraging. During the year
40 meetings for mer were held, with an
average attendance Of 10. meetings being
| suspended during the summer months
All the addresses during the year were
| eaincs. and effective. 1t was found help
ful tn secure the same speakers for two
or more consecutive weeks. The Rev. +.
s. MOrcy Of Wincoski spoke the four
SUNDAYS in February. the Rev. F. D.
| Penney. the Rev. J. T.. Mead. the Rev.
c. s. Murkland. F. s. Morrison and II.
o. Wheeler each spoke two Sundays.
'Ths branch of association work should
be prosecuted with all possible vigOr and
receive the hearticst support of every
| member Of the association"
| In closing his report ir. Putney spoke
OF the deep interest the Rev Mr.. Mead
had always felt in the association and
stated that the Y. VI. c. A. would deeply
regret his departure from the city. Tho
chair appointed Mr.. Putney to draw UP
resolutions to this effect ana the follow
Ing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Y. NJ. c. A. OF
Burlington deeply regret the departure
from our city OF the Rev. ]. T.. Mead.
we wish to express our warm apprecia-
tion Of his sympathetic interest in the
association. his hearty cooperation in its
work. and of the stirring and effective
gospel addresses he has given at our
mems meetings; that Gods blessing ,n,a '
fellow hin. and crown his future work is
the sincere prayer of his friends Of the
associat ton"
! BIBLE STUDY.
| For the Bible study committee j. T.
Tracy reported that the work for the year
had not been what it should have been
because of the fact that il is difficult to
interest young people in the study of the
| i3ble. Nevertheless. the committee
worked diligently throughout the year Sis
classes were maintained during most OF
| the winter with IA total attendance of coo
| Professor Thomas held "A class Sunday
a Il ernoOns in the study OF Old Testamen,
| characters. On his departure from ths
city the class was first led by q. +. NORTH
and then by Prof. f.. G. Evans. Professor
! Putney conducted "A successful class or
" edn"sday evening and other CLASSES
were taught by Mr. Clark. Harry r. Ste
ysns and e. II. Wilson. The total attend
ancc Of these classes was: Professor
Thomas's 100. Professor Putney's 9S. Mr.
Ciark's 2Vo and 100. Mr.. Stevcns's 80 ano
AIR. " ilson a.
! 6J1 NtItN.
R"ron y. Clark. actinc-gcneral score
ta,y OF the associa tion gave an encourag
ing report of the work for boys. Twenty
five social events We're held for the boys
lattcndcd b., 1.2S5 boys. l.ast July 81 boy'
were given Il ten days camp at Chaz,
Lake, ~ y. in company with the Mont
lpericr and Piattsburgh boys. Eleven all
Iday outings were taken, enjoyed by n
boys. Three Bible classes We're conducted
with an aggregate attendance of $50
twenty-five Sunday meetings were held
with an attendance of Coz. From the col
iections taken at these meetings so wa
devoted TO boys work of missions.
SOCIAL WORK.
| The social events OF the year were
many and varied. On April 20. 1901. oc
Cured the Get one club banquet. with al
attendance of -. The usual reception tC
the college students was held October q
attended by about 200 students. Nearl,
800 people attended the farewell reception
to Mr.. and Mrs George Fitzsimmons
| October o. on their leaving for Passaic