New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
7. ". G. Il. ANNUAL DINNER,
international Committee Tells of
Great Strides Made RecentlU.

It's twenty-sixth annual dinner was given last
night by the International Committee OF the Young
Mems Christian Associations In the grand ball
room Of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel About two
hundred and fifty representatives of the orglniza-
ton were present Every state and national
branch OF the association in this country and
Europe was represented, including Australia and
India.
At the conclusion of the dinner Or. L. C. Warner,
VINO is Chairman OF the Young Mems International
Committee, acted toastmaster and introduced the
speakers. BY this time the boxes on both sides OF
the hall were filled with the wives and friends NJ
the secretaries and delegates. Or. Warner smoke
OF the national changes in religion and said that
the twentieth century will the different churches
come together and form one church.
Ihe following speakers produced evidence TO shov,
'hat inc resources, buildings. membership and worl,
or the association all over the world had doubIod
In the last ten years. Charles r. Towson said
that there were 10000 members in the sssocia+,r
from the ranks OF the industrial workers i'm mis-
country and that the reports particularly from +b
SOUTH Show that the association was productnr
sOclai conditions among men and women that ara
truly Christian.
H. o. Williams. the railroad secretary said that
the greatest railroad brotherhood in America u,os
the ninety thousand railroad emploves who nv
members OF the Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATIONS
THESE men are in 100 clubhouses In this country
which were erected at cost of s. OOOOo most 90
which was contributed by prominent railroad men
in
81. Louis was the gift of that queen of American
women, Helen Miller Gould"
John X. Mott, the general secretary of thu so
clation defined a pessmist as "a man who boo
peen smut up with an optimiSt for three dave
MT. Mot compared an optimist to the man yrbo
iel out of twelfth story window and cried ort
When passing the nth floor, AIS well so rarr,
MI Mott mad statistics to show the growth op re-
Hglon ana Bible classes of the association in coil
leses ana universities He said that ten years ago
where there were score of members In n coI1aao
i'ioe class nearly every university in this country
mas now Bible class of a thousand members
W. s. Millar' the army and navy secretary said
lhat IN the last twelve months $4,000 sailors bod
passed the threshold of the Young Mems Associa
tioh Navy building in Sands street BrookIvp
After the secretaries OF the other departnoart -
made their reports and r. Sarasin- Warnery cbatr-
man Of the associations worlds committee at Co
neva, Switzerland. told of the work IN E,
General Frederick ID. Grant told of the good 1
by the association in this country particularIv IN
the army and navy. He said that future s,,rrort
from the War and Navy departments was ass,,rad
A b. Mincar, associate secretary who snolxa
of work in the canal zone said the xhree Ie,d
ing saoonkeepers in various towns had connIairad
that since the government had opened I'm Vo,,,c-
Mems Christian Association branches i'm tbosa
towns their business had fallen off 30 Der cent
He said that the governments expenditure for
the Young Mems Christian Association In Panama
was 'fts best investment" Several new branches
he said. were to be established Ia the zone