Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-28
Association Elects Six New d.
rectors, and Board Chooses
Officers
Or. |. D. osBoRNE's ADDRESS
Annual Meeting of the Association is
Held and Reports Of Various Com
mittees and Officers, Showing
Growth and Financial Condition
Are Read-First Expense Budget
Proposed.
Proposed.

Six new directors We're elected and
two old directors reelected at the an
nual meeting of the active members Of
the Y M. C. A. Tuesday night. The
board of directors met in special ses-
sion and organized with the election of
officers, and DR.. l.. d. Osborne, of Des
Moines College, delivered an address
before the Searchlight Club on So
cial Christianity" Officers elected by
the board were:
President-N f. Miller.
Vice President-Dr. G. Il. Wanberg.
Treasurer. P. Mead
Secretary--C. r. Ewald
Each of the officers was reelected
excepting DR.. Wanberg, who was chos-
en- to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of John Smith. The direcr
tors elected at the same meeting were:
For Three Years-R H. Grimm, l.. H.
Coryell j. b. Troutner, 7. L. WATSON
and w. w. Doolittle.
For Two Years-C. H. Van Law and
DR.. c. E. Wanberg.
For One Year-A. e. Wilbur.
At the association meeting reports
of the treasurer, the building commit
tee and statistical report for the year
were read and adopted. These reports
show the financial condition of the as
ISOLATION, the cost of maintenance,
building debt and actual work being
done by the association.
Cost Of Maintenance and Receipts.
The receipts for the past year from
all sources, including the revenue de-
rived from the building and its accom-
modations, but not including the build
ing fund appropriations, totaled So
97623 Some of the principal items
making this sum are: Receipts, 3d.
O51.15; appropriations, s907 rent of
rooms in building, s1,1S4.34; baths,
$a46.95: religious and educational
work, $3S2.47; entertainment course,
$153S.2S, and Searchlight Club. $2S6.SS.
The expenses for the, same period were
81 O95.7S, leaving a cash balance of
$7045 in the treasury. The principal
items making up the expenses were:
Salaries, $3.241.27; heat and light.
.sS06.61; stationery, postage and adver-
Using, $427.45: educational and relig-
ous work, $426S2; and entertainment
course, s1,S5635. Last years enter
tainment course cost the association
S323O7 more than the sale of tickets
and reservations brought.
Building Debt and Budget.
The net debt on the building is So
1880, and there is floating debt Of
5000, secured by the directors. There
are building bonds out to the sum of
s12,4OO, but of the building subscrip-
lions there is $4,000 collectible and
cash I'M the building fund of $221.20.
OF the total building subscriptions Of
s1S,37996, the sum of $1,0S4 was I'M
collectible.
The estimated budget of expense, the
first one ever presented by the local
association, which includes the fiscal
year from May 1, 1906, to May I, 1907,
estimates the association operating ex-
penses at $500. and the receipts from
various sources connected with the
building $3.50, leaving an estimated
deficit of $3.50. To care for this sum,
to take up $500 in building bonds, and
to pay the interest, on outstanding
bonds, it is proposed to raise 5000 by
subscription.
Statistics Interesting.
The statistical report by Assistant
Secretary Warren gives something Of
what the association has been doing
during the past calendar year. The
total attendance at religious meetings
was 2,7Ss, an average Of 103. The to-
tai attendance Of the five educational
classes was 443, and the total attend
ance at the seventeen Searchlight lee
lures was 947. The average of these
lectures last year was IS and this year
1914 The physical department held 339
classes, with total attendance of 1921
The baths taken in the building num-
bered 10.930, and the dorlnitory rooms
were used 6,5o2 times.
Dr.. Osborne's Lecture.
DR.. Osborne had q small audience,
and was handicapped by a severe cold
Christianity" was short, but full of
good suggestions for improved social
conditions and more righteous living,
especially as it refers to business rela-
tions and a business code of morals.
Dr. Osborne said there was an increas-
ing demand evidenced by the restless
ness and inqhiring of vast number of
the people, which demanded an inn
provement in economic and civic con-
ditions. He holds an optimistic view,
and believes that an improvement is
promised in view Of social develop
ments and upheavals all over the coun-
try. The people, he said, are FESTIVE
under conditions wrich make possible
the vast accumulation Of wealth.
Dr. Osborne believes there is