The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-25
The Organization

The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton of Oskaloosa was organized on
July Is, 1887, in one small room, To-
Gated at 21S First Avenue East, with
a charter membership of Is. From
that small beginning it has grown
with the city. Today it has a build
ing on the corner of High Avenue and
Second street costing $4,000, with a
membership of 457.
The Board of Directors who at
present have charge of this important
work consists of the following men:
w. E. Kemble, President; R. H. Burn
side, Vice President; Irving C. John
son, Recording Secretary; H. S. How
ard, Treasurer; H. L. Spencer, Frank
E. Baker, DR.. L. A. Rodgers, l. w.
Cook, John Ramsay, C. NJ. Porter,
Grin F. Schee. Frank W. Else.
The executive force this year will
be somewhat changed. Mr.. J. A. Van
Dis continues as the General Score
tary. He sees to it that there is al
ways something doing" Much of
the success that has come to the. in
stitution of late, is due to his untir-
ing efforts. He comes up through a
splendid training, and the young men
recognize in him friend who exem-
plifies high type of Christian char
acter, and with all a practical worker
among young people.
Mr.. P. A. Lewis succeeds D. V.
Mitchell as Physical Director, and
the Association looks for big year
in the physical section. Mr. Lewis is
an Iowa man. He was born In Ottum-
wa, Iowa. During his High School
course he was closely connected with
the physical work of the Ottumwa As
ISOLATION, being one of it's assistants.
After graduating from the High
School he took up work in the Insti-
tute and Training School of Chicago,
where he spent three years fitting
AA4A0G44 4Ol luG dSSOCldLlOn pl9 oICdl
dictatorship. He was graduated this
year with high honors, winning the
gold medal in the gymnastic contest
held in Chicago April IS, 1906. He
served as physical director at the
Chicago Theological Seminary during
the past two years and comes to Os-
kaloosa well fitted for the work he
has undertaken to do.
Mr.. Wilbur Hoy, who is known to
a number of people as a great boys
man." has been secured to give his
full time to the Association this year.
He will do some of the assistant work
but will have full charge of the Boys
Work, which promises to be the best
in the history of the Association. Mr..
Hoy was born near Urbana, H., and
came to Oskaloosa with his mother in
the fall Of 1900 to attend school at
Penn College, from which he was
graduated last June. During his col
lege course he showed an interest in
boys and was secured by the AssOcia-
ton in 1904 to give part time to de-
veloping the work of the Boys De
partment, which has shown a marked
improvement over two years ago.
Mr.. A. A. Ward, the foreign repre-
sentative of the Association, will be
in Oskaloosa on October % and 90,
before he sails for eBangalore. India.
to take charge of the Y. N. c. A.
work in the Orient Mr.. Ward was
born near Odon, Indiana, and holds B
A. degrees from Western College. To
ledo, Ia, 1901, and Yale, 1903. Since
his graduations he spent one summer
in missionary campaign in Iowa and
Nebraska, and two and one-haIf years
in teaching in Ceylon. He has had a
wide experience along Association
lines during his college courses. and
the fact that he has been on the for