Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-22

tention. and Cecil NJ. Daggett, State
secretary OF students and boys work,
We're very busy putting the office in
order for the beginning Of work today.
w. A. Brown of Harrisburg, Pa, who
is a well-known Y. NJ. c. A. worker,
arrived Wednesday, and will be at
tached to the Maine State executive
| committee headquarters for several
| months, in the capacity of special rep
| resentative. having charge of the Ii
nancial work. Mr.. Bowen has just
come from campaign conducted in the
city OF Baltimore. Nd, where the
money for "A new Y. NJ. c. A. building
to replace one outgrown. was raised.
During the campaign, with the aid of
Mr.. Bowen. the sum of $3ll 900 was
| raised which together with about
100000 which had been secured previ-
ously, will give the BaltiOrc Y. M. G.
A. a building valued at half Il million
dollars.
Another distinguished arrival a.
State headquarters Wednesday was &.
X. Ober of New York City. field sec
rotary of the International committee
Of The y. NJ. {. ~, who stands in the
position of adviser TO the State execu-
tive committee. Mr. Ober'S work
is practically the same through
out the United States and Canada.
He remained in the city but a short
time, leaving on the evening train.
but stayed long enough to give the
work at headquarters a good start.
MIR. ODER talked intel astingly to the
reEre sentatives M the Journal Of the
aims and purposes of the Association
| in the State of Maine.
1T is the purpose of the committee
and secretaries of the committee to
confer with the members and secre-
| taries of the State committee on
| methods and means Of the enlargement
| of the State work of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Maine, and
it's organization in the new office Of
| the State committee, located in Water
vile.
Two secretaries will be employed
j. c. Smith, State secretary of general
work, and Cecil NJ. Daggett. secretary
for students and boys work. There
will also be an office secretary.
THE object of the work is to organ
| ize the association in the cities and at
the railroad centers in the different
departmentS-gene work. work
| among boys. work at army posts, work
| at the colleges and preparatory schools
1t also contemplates the organization
| CT the county work on the plan of an
| employed secretary for each county,
whose work will be to build up the diff
ferent forms of association work in the
villages and towns of the county no
one of which is large enough to employ
| a local secretary. Steps have been
| taken toward the organization of coun-
ty work in Aroostook county. The
committee is organized and the money
raised for the first years work.
Maine has been backward in respect
to Y. NJ. c. A. work, chiefly through
| the lack until the past two years of
we'll organized State work, such as is
now contemplated.
''Throughout North America never
has the association work been so pros
porous as at the present time. During
| the past year $500 900 has been raised
| for Young Mems Christian Associations
in the United States and Canada for
buildings and equipment Nearly all
the large cities in the country have
outgrown the buildings thought to be
| adequate for their work, and have been
/
Speaking of the choice of Wateryille
as the location of the Headquarters of
| the State executive committee. Mr.
ODER said:
Nv aterVillc was chosen out of Il or
IL places as the most central and best
situated for serving the entire State.
we feel that the committee has chosen
wisely in selecting Waterville."
MI ODER is one of the best known
secretaries in the work Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. He has
Deen In the service II years and during
tnat period has acquired a wide ex-
perlence. He is at the head of the field
department of the international COM
mittee which has the supervising of
the State and province work and also
the work of the cities. He has been
the means of raising large sums for the
work of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION. and has had experience in
other departments Of the work as we'll
as the financial side.
Inc following named constitute tho
state executive committee. under whose
direction the state work will be carried
on: IL. c. Day. G. W. Bean. Horace
Purinton. w. A. Danforth, G. T. Paine
w. X. Sanderson. ]. w. Amick q r.
Moses *. A. Jordan, f.. T. Garland 7
". Bake, G. w. Hinckley. J. C. Smith.
H'a'e secretary, Cecil NJ. Daggett, State
secretary boys and students DEPART
ment