Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
Y. N. C. A. At FREDERICK, ND.
THIRD BIENNIAL INTERSTATE
CONVENTION IN SESSION.
Delegates Gather From Maryland,
Delaware, West Virginia and
District of Columbia.

FREDERICK Md, March 27.-The third
biennial interstate convention of the y.
Nj. {. A. of Maryland, Delaware. West
Virginia and the District of Columbia
opened here yesterday afternoon with
large attendance. 1t is expected that over
200 delegates will register. These dele
gates represent the regular Y. NJ. G. As
in the principal cities and towns in the
three states and the District of Columbia.
besides twenty colleges and universities
and ten railroad Y. NJ. c. AS.
George +. Tibbitts. Interstate secretary,
opened headquarters in the local Y. NJ c.
A building yesterday morning and was
aided in getting the work started by his
assis 0nts at the district headquarters
Messrs. Cameron Beck. Charles H. Nut
tie. W. c. Lunk and f. s. Mowbray and
by the officers and many members of the
local Y. NJ. G. A.
The convention opened at 2:3D O'Clock
yesterday afternoon with a quiet hour
of devotional exercises in the assembly
hall of the association building. conducted
by Prof Joseph II. Apple. president of the
Wonans College of Frederick who is
also president Ct tie local Y. NJ. c. A.
Secretary Tibbitt's Report.
After this devotional service Interstate
Secretary Tibbitts submitted his biennial
report showing unprecedented progress in
this territory since the last biennia! con-
venUbn. During these two years a total
of S2.003c0O has been raised for new
buildings and equipments. as follows:
Wilmington. Del. $4,000. building to
be dedicated September |; Baltimore Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A. $3.50 fioo building to be
dedicated Ocr ,per l. Charleston. W. Va.
S11S.o0n. building to be dedicated October
/; Farmont. w Va. S115.oVo. building to
be dedicated September l: Wheeling w.
Va. $1S3Coo. building to be dedicated
s31.01o. building to be dedicated Septem-
Der 1: Frederick. Md. S65.OOo building
dedicated January l. 1905.
During this two-year period Mrs. Ste
phen B. Elkins presented To the Y. NJ. G.
A of Elkins. w. Va. $4,000 building
which was dedicated January l. 1897.
The colored men of Washington d. c.
raised $4,000 for Y. NJ G. \. building.
which will be dedicated about January l.
1863
The Williamson CIV Va, railroad de-
partment erected $4,000 building. which
was dedicated September I. 1907. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Riverside
y. NJ. c. A. Baltimore. raised $40, 600 and
will dedicate its but ding May l.
The total value of the property now
owned by the association in this territory
was given as S3?O,COO. There are ten
railroad associations in The territory and
their buildings ire all taxed daily to their
greatest capacity as iliust rating the eX-
tent of the work done by these railroad
associations. Industrial work has been
made u leading feature in this territory
during the past two years, and as d result
of tie work done many coal, lumber and
paper companies are planning to estab-
lish Y. NJ. G. AS for their employees.
Work Among Fishermen.
The Chesapeake Bay Mission. conducted
under the auspices of the interstate or
ganiZation. has done much work among
the fishermen of the towns and islands of
the Chesapeake bay. in the way OF hold
ing religious services. establishing Sun
day schools, etc. Travelling Libraries have
been placed at each of the points reached
by the mission
movement has been started for the
endowment of the work in this territory.
Ex-senator Henry q. Davis has given
$4,000 toward the endowment of the
work in West Virginia
While the associations in some of the
larger towns in the territory are at the
present time practically suspended during
the erection Of new buildings when these
buildings are opened the membership in
the territory is expected to be two or
three times great as it has ever been
before.
Officers Elected.
Secretary O'Neal of the Cumberland
Y NJ c. A led the singing at the OPEN
ing meeting, and Rev DR.. Conrad Clever
of Hagarstown offered prayer. After the
devotional services the convention was
organized Prof. Apple was made tenn
porary chairman. and appointed a nomi- |
mating com-nittee. follows: Messrs |
Pessop of Washington, D. C.; Carrier of
Williamson, w Va; ONeal of Cumber- |
land Nd: Frank Tibbetts of Whining
ton, Del. and Thompson of Martinsburg |
w. Va The committee reported. recon-
mending that the following be elected: |
President S. II. Dulaney of Baltimore:
first vice president, Thomas Nelson Page |
of Washington. d. c.. second vice presi- |
dent, ]. II. Apple of Frederick: tnrd |
vice president. Judge G. W. Atkinson, |
Charleston w. Va: secretaries John |
Holmes of Johns Hopkins University |
and Gerald Carr Smith of Washington
Last evening the delegates We're enter |
tained al a supper in the Y. NJ. [. A. |
gymnasium, served by a committee of |
Frederick ladies, with Miss Mary Ingie |
as chairman.
Prof Apple who was POSTMASTER. wei |
coined the delegates on behalf of the |