Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-29
Annual Meeting of Y. NJ. G. A.
Held In Connection With
Searchlight Club
CLUB OFFICERS REELECTED
Directors of the Association Also Meet
and Elect Members of the Board
Judge w. s. Kenyon, of #. Dodge,
Delivers Annual Address-Fisures
Shown in Report.

The annual meeting Of the Railroad
Y. M. G. A. was held at the assoeia-
ton rooms Tuesday night, in connec-
ton with the final meeting OF the
season of the ssearchlight Club A
banquet at which covers were lald lo.
1876, was spread in the gymnasium ana
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary. the
annual reports of the chairman of the
building committee, Secretary FellinE-
ham, and heads of the different de-
partments, showed much encourage
mont IN the work of the association.
The members of the Searchlight Club
were privileged Tuesday night to bring
their wives and lady friends, and all
but five or six places that had been
prepared were filled. Judge w. >.
Kenyon, of TT. Dodge, delivered the
annual address, which was also the
closing address before the Searchlight
Club. Judge Kenyon's address was
one OF the treats Of the season.
At the conclusion of the banquet
President N. Il. Miller. of the asocia-
/
building committee and heads OF de-
partments, and then turned the meet
| ing over to President ~. j. Fletcher,
Of the Searchlight Club. The report
of w. w. Doolittle, chairman OIL the
building committee, showed receipts OF
$27,847G6 for subscriptions, SAFE OIL
bonds and other negotiable paper Inc
amount received on subscriptions mas
been $12,347.66 Classified under the
head Of disbursements was shown a
total of $27,69I27, leaving balance
on hand Of $15039. The association
has obligations of s564.75, and there is
due on this years subscriptions, an
approximate sum of $4,000. The re-
ceipts in the shape Of gifts for FUR
nishings aggregate cash value or
$653.59.
The reports OF the different heads of
departments showed week day visits
to the number of 5,775 since the new
building was opened; Sunday visits
numbering7s5; the use Of the douni-
tory 1887 times netting an income OF
over 500 per month to >ocia'ssan;
a total attendance ait meYrs meeting OF
6 4; Bible study classes, 246; evening
/. rational classes 377; use of gym
,r;, mum by 201; baths given, 3,241; re-
CENTS from indoor base ball games
$169.7O.
Secretary Fellingham, In an informal
way, spoke of rhe work of the associa-
ton, and called attention 70 the chang
ed conditions from tW, years ago
when forty business men were invited
down to partal1e of banquet which
cost them nothing, and all did not ac-
cent. Now, a: a cost of so cents per
plate. there were 1875 in attendance
Secretary rockingham also explained at
length the sustaining membership
. work, and outlined the plans for the
summer work In manual training, to be
given boys and young men.
Next Years Club Plans.
Upon calling to order the meeting
of the Searchlight Club President
Fletcher asked for the report of the
committee that had been appointed to
+ plan of next seasons meetings, the
first of which will be held October 10
The committee was composed of +. A
Moscrip, chairman, T. /. WATSON and
3. f. Moffatt. Chairman Moscrip pre-
sented the report, which recommended
bi-weekly meetings next season in
stead of weekly, to be held on the sec
ond and fourth Tuesdays of each
month, emitting the fourth Tuesday In
December The course will run thru
six months, eleven meetings in all. The
speakers were left to the executive
committee, with the recommendation
that not less than five be from out OF
the city.
The clubs officers were reelected
as follows
President-T. T. FLETCHER.
Vice Presddent-Dr. L. f. Kellogg.
Secretary and Treasurer-Dr. H. r.
Echternaclt.
Member Of Executive Committee
Rev. DR.. Elijah Brown Jones.
Judge Kenyon's Address.
Judge Kenyon's address was styled
"The Relation of Society to the Elk
Prisoner" a subject that he treated
very thoroughly.
The attitude and duty of society t.
the criminal before he is sent to the
penitentiary, and its attitude and duty
toward the discharged convict, We're
the divisions of Judge Kenyon's adj
dress. He made it very plain that he
was not pleading for any relaxation
of the vigor of prosecution of crime
or any relaxation Of the laws. Order
and the protection of society, he said
demands the punishment of those who
break or DEFY the law. He was not
asking grace for the vicious, but 4
fair chance for the man who had bro
ken the law and suffered the penalty
that paid his debt to society. Judge
Kenyon argued that the convict who
had worked out his sentence had dis.
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