Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-04-07
SPEEDY ACTION
IS NECESSARY


looked for the agitation set on foot a
the conference held at Y. M. O. A
Hall Thursday night to discuss way
and means for a successful continua
tion of the Association will result il
general awakening of the people
both as to the crisis reached in the af
fairs Of the institution aud the duty
they owe in the premises. 1t is moi
unlikely that determined efforts will
be put forth and much earnest thought
expended in devising ways and means
that would prove practical and brin
about the end in view.
The Committee appointed consisting
of W. r. CLARK. f. q. Hartman, 7. J.
Price, r. J. Pegg, F. O. Angle. W. G..
Williams,C P. Hancock, J. e. Moore,
W. @. Pursel and James B. Watson
will be officially advised of their ap-
pointment aud requested to meet with
the Directors at the next monthly meet.
ing of the latter for further confer
euce.
Whatever is done will have to be ao-
complished without very much delay.
In his address Thursday evening, Cen
eral Secretary Laumaster made 1t very
plain that the Association is not re.
ceiving the general and hearty sup
port to which it is entitled 10 order
that it might not be hindered or en-
barrassed in its special mission. which
is to care for the physical, moral and
spiritual welfare Of our young men.
He was emphatic in his declaration
that while he had not lost hope in the
future of the Association in Danville
and was willing to stand by it as long
as there seemed to be any probability
of keeping the work up to a standard
that made good results possible yet un-
less things change considerably in the
very near future he will be obliged to
seek another field. He takes the view
that although in a separate building
the Y. NJ. o. A. is primarily working
with and for the church-is a part of
the church working for spc cial class,
namely the young men, and that it
shou Id, therefore, be accorded the same
ready support and confederation, as
any other church enterprise. He feels
that it should not be necessary for q
work of this kind TO 60 begging for
support in a community where the
churches, Sunday schools, 60. are SO
readily and 80 generously maintain
ed
The work of the General Secretary
has four sides, social. physical, intel
lectual aud spiritual. Each o. these
departments require special effort and
when there is added to the sum Of
these duties the burden of carrying
along the greater part Of the financial
end of the Association work it follows
as a matter of course that some of the
departments must suffer for want of
proper attention. An especially dis
couraging feature lies in the fact that
notw withstanding that the General Seo-
retary under his multiplicity of duties
is obliged to labor night aud day there
are still those who constantly oriticise
the work, minimizing what is accom-
plished daily and demanding still larg-
er results.
Ia an interview yesterday Mr.. Lau-
master stated that SO far as he per-
sonally is concerned the Association is
larger than he as au indivldual-larg-
er than any of his private interests,
but he repeated that unless the COM
munity in whose interest he is work
ing comes to the rescue in this crisis
he feels that it would be unjust to
himself aud family AS we'll as to the
Association to longer continue in the
position as General Secretary.
In view of the above the public will
very anxiously await the next develop
ment. trusting that the excellent COM
mittee chosen will be able to evolve
some plan that will speedily put the
Association on its feet and relieve the
General Secretary of the responsibility
of keeping up its support.