Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23

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Emperor of Japan had given 5000 of his
personal funds to the Japanese Y. NJ.
C. A.
The great audience slowly dispersed with
the singing of Onward, Christian Sol
der led by the male chorus of 800
voices and accompanied by the Y. M.
c. A. Orchestra.
Sessions Yesterday.
At the afternoon session of the Y. NJ. C.
A. in Convention Hall, after Tho Stars
report was closed, the association pro-
ceeded to the election of international Of
ficers. Those elected were;
President and chairman of the conven-
ton, Judge Selden P. Spencer, St Louis.
Mo-; first vice president, D. w. Ross,
Montreal, second vice president, A. j.
Wallace, California; third vice president.
vice president Gov. w. F. Frear. Hawaii;
fifth vice president, E P. Lyon. New
York; sixth vice president, w. E. Sweet
Colorado; seventh vice president, G. f.
Stevens, Manitoba; eighth vice president
A. S. Johnson, Massa chusetts; ninth vice
president. c. ]. Hunt, Minnesota tenth
vice president. T. S. Lippy, Washington;
secretary of the convention, F L. Ster-
rett, Colorado; first assistant secretary
oscar Cox, Utah; second assistant secre-
tary. a. Bruce Miner. Panama canal
zone; honorary president, R. Sarasin-
Warnery, Basic. Switzerland chairman of
the worlds committee of Young Mems
Christian Associations.
International Committee Meets.
The triennial report of the international
committee of the Y. NJ. C. A was pre-
sented. 1t was stated that "since the last
convention the following gentlemen have
been elected to fill vacancies in the mem
berahip of the committee: Seth Sprague
Terry, Marcellus Hartley Dodge and Ed
ward s. Hardness of New York city;
George D. Pratt of Brooklyn. B. D. Cald-
well of East Orange, n. j.: L. T. Warner
of Bridgeport Conn; James M. Speers of
man and w. NJ. Birks of Montreal; Har-
vey Graham of New Glasgow, Nova SEQ
tia: u. Tower Ferguson of Toronto and
G; S. Stephens of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Seven new advisory members have also
been added to the committee: John Sher-
man Hoyt. w. H. woodin, John w. Vroo-
man, Henry r. Wilson and Robert S.
Brewster of New York; T. S. Lippy of
Seattle and William E. Sweet of Denver
Since the last convention the commit
tee has suffered serious loss in the death
of five of its valued and honored mem
bers-Mr. Archer Brown and Mr. Thomas
E. Stillman of New York. Mr. Henry NJ
Moore of Boston. Mr.. Harvey Graham of
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. and Mr.. c. T.
Williams of Montreal; also Mr.. ]. Noble
Stearns. chairman of the board of trus-
tees.
Under the charter of the committee and
the rules of the convention it is necessary
to elect a this time eighteen members in
place of the following gentlemen, whose
terms of Office expire with this conven-
To Gvo-
ham, Cleveland H. Dodge, Noah c. Rog-
ers. ]. Ross Stevenson. Lucien c. War
ner B. D. Caldwell. William D. Murray,
c. W. McAlpin. S. w. Woodward. Edwin
L. Shuey, T. B. Walker. T. S. McPheeters.
Clarence Phelps Dodge Owen Gathright,
E w. Halford. Joseph Hardie and w. w.
Vicar. Also seven advisory members in
place of the following gentlemen, whose
terms of office expire at this convention:
John E. Irvine. Cephas Brainerd, Morris
Wilson. D. w. McWilliams and Angus
tine T. Srnythe.
Many substantial gifts and requests to
the Y. NJ. c. A. are noted in view of
which it is stated: 1T being doubtful
whether the general laws of the state Of
New York allowed the Committee under
its charter toreceive and hold these adj
ditions to its property an amendment to
the charter was secured at the last ses-
sion of the legislature which authorizes
the committee 10 receive anu llOll pro
erty up to total value o $4,000 COO"
Gains Shown.
The report also shows that the asso-
Citations in North America show a gain
in number of per cent; in members II
percent. aggreg eating $4,000; in build
ings, % per cent, the whole number be-
ing now $50; in value of buildings, 80
percent, totaling $34,OoO,OOo. while the
total net property is now S44.O0OO 900, be-
ing gain of Al per cent. The associa-
tions are now in the midst of the most
active building era in their history. This
movement extends to nearly every state
and province. The total addition to as
ISOLATION buildings and equipment and
buildings funds last year was Sc, S33.427.
With this material prosperity 1t is graf
flying to record a greater increase in the
activities of the association. The MEM
berS serving on committees have In
creased from 47,IS1 to nearly $4,000; the
secretaries and other paid officers from
classes from 32S21 to 42.129, and the
number in Bible classes from 56,301 to
7O,146. The total current expenses of the
association have increased from So, $780,
1913 to 1886. 1874
On the home field the force of internal
tional secretaries has been increased from
40 in 1904 to 50 at the present time. in
Guiding the eight secretaries located upon
the canal zone.
The expenditures of the committee for
its home work for each of the thre, years
have been: 1904. $156 664 %; 1905, $685.
81 80: 1906. Sls0364. 90.
Through the continued liberality of the
friends of the association the committee
base been able to close each year free
from debt.
Among Immigrants.
Work among immigrants occupies a
chapter of the report and it is stated that
the foreign committee is now supervising
work in Japan, Korea, China, Hongkong,
India, Ceylon, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico,
Cuba and the Philippines. The only new
country in which the foreign committee
has undertaken work during the past
three years is the Philippines. They g.,
also recently appointed a worker to bee,.~J
work in the Levant. Within the three
years the staff of foreign secretaries who
are now on the field or under appointment
has doubled, having increased from