The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-15
VARIOUS AND FULL REPORTS
We're Rendered at the Annual Meet
ing of the X. N. c. A..

| in the parlor of the Y M. G. A. on
Monday evening, with President Fl /.
w. Buxton in the chair. Treasurer
| f. V. Pitney reported as follows bal
ance last report, SSS.97 receipts, s5.-
S64.01 disbursements, S5,8I6.47; ball
ance, Sl36.51. Some of the larger
items of the receipts were: member
ship dues, 81, 100. 80 subscriptions, s2,-
066; from trustees, $500; from COM
mittees, S714.38; star course, gross re-
lceipts, $S45 81 net return from min
Istrel show, s5l; note, $500. The prin-
lcipal items Of disbursements were :
salaries, S2,64666; to committees, 81,
509.02; star course, S824.65.
The statement Of assests was as fol-
lows balance cash, S136. 81; due from
trustees, $3.50; subscriptions pledged,
but unpaid, $500; memberships un-
paid, 1925 total, S921.5l. Liabilities
note. $500: bills unpaid, S730.54 net
deficit, S3o9O3.
Secretary Eadie read the report of
the directors summarizing the reports
of the several committees, and show
ing nine religious meetings held dur
ing the year with an average attend
ance of 159: total attendance, 1,430.
Meetings have also been held month
| ly by Association men at Monroe,
Mendham, Morris Plains and New
Vernon.
In the gymnasium 232 classes have
been held with total attendance of
2,797. Several exhibitions have been
held, In the boys department there
are IA members. Three Bible classes
have been held weekly and three gym
nasium classes with an average at
tendance Of 13. There has been raised
by the department $5Ol.38 and ex-
pended S423.23, which of course in
clndes $4,000 for the new piano.
In the social department several
socials have been held and the dinner
which was attended by 147 men. The
entertainment committee has man
aged two minstrel shows. The rooms
committee report the rooms in quite
good Shape, a new carpet on the par
lor floor and new baths installed.
The membership is 2S9 including the
boys. The endowment fund at pres
ent has nearly reached the $1,000
mark.
| Secretary Claghorn said in his YER
bal report that the work had been car
ried on with difficulty, three chairman
ships being vacant The religious work
policy mapped out at the beginning Of
the season has not been a success.
There has not been the Bible study
there should have been, nor the close
cooperation between association and
churches which should exist. With
the present equipment the member
ship should be over instead of under
three hundred.
The report of the Women's Auxil-
iary reported the purchase Of the car
pet to which the auxiliary has already
contributed S64.75, leaving S3l.25 still
unpaid. The committees have served
suppers to the boys, assisted at the
members dinner and in other ways
have assisted in the social work Of the
association. Two sales were held dur
| ing the year to raise money. The
treasurer's report showed balance Of
S37.82; receipts, S2l5.55; dishurse-
ments, S19O.77; balance, $24.79
On recon mendation of the nomina-
ting committee, Rev. f. B. Dwight,
chairman, the following officers were
elected President, Fl. w. Buxton !;
yice-president, F. E. Stults; secre-
tary, w. r. Eadie treasurer. f. v.
Pitney directors for three years, Ste
phen Pierson, $. S. Childs, W. f. Day,
Jr.,S. G.. Griffith, Jr., Frank Eaton, to
fill vancancies, B. Ogden Chisolm and
w. R. Halliday.
The matter of improved equipment
was then taken up and Secretary Clag-
horn explained his plans, stating that
| it was desirable to raise $4,000. $780,
900 for repairs to the building, $4,000
for new equipment and $4,000 for en-
dowment. He said the present bud
get requires the raising Of $4,000 by
subscription each year which is too
much in proportion to the total bud.
get. Under the budget for the pro-
posed new work estimated at about
s9, 900 annually, it would be necessary
to raise about $1,000 by subscription.
The building he said is inadequate
and the secretary said he did not see
how they got along when the member
ship was larger than it is now.
A motion was unanimously adopted
to the effect that it was the sense of
the meeting that better equipment is
imperatiyely needed, and then fol-
lowed a general discussion, President
Buxton urging that all must unite
and push if anything is to be done.