The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-17
N. c. A. BREAKS
RECORDS BY WORK
OF FISCAL YEAR
.OutdOes the Past in Financial
Features, as Well as in
Religious Work.
ITS ATHLETES, .VICTORS,
TAKE FINE TROPHIES
Directors Are Asked to Reflect
Organizations President,
EIwoOd c. Harris.

Reports of progress along sevcra
lines, showing q continued membership
all debts provided for, and an added
interest in the religious work, wal
made at the annual meeting of the I,
M. C. A, held in the Frelinghuysen
room. A number of young mon were
| elected voting members, six directors
were chosen for three years and one for
one year. A social hour followed the
business session.
Elwood c. Harris. president of the
association, presided. The annual re
port of Treasurer William S, Harris
| horne showed that tho association had
received $40, os1. go during the fiscal yea.
ending January 81, and a balance oil
$310.30 30. This is the largest amount evel
| spent by the local association in one
year.
George c. Sleeth, chairman Of the re
| ligious work committee, reported thai
the total attendance at the mems. meet
ings for the twelve months haG beer
Is, 785.
Perhaps the newest and most fruit
: full feature of the religious work has
been the organization OF the shop cam
paig1. Since March 5, 164 meeting:
have been conducted in twenty-one diff
ferent shops with an aggregate attend
ance of 1857. Meetings were also held
by The Yoke Fellows Band at various
missions, in the Essex County Jail, a
we'll as in a number of the churches
More than 100000 invitations to nc
igious meetings were distributed.
William L. Brice reported thirty-on'
classes for the study of the Scriptures
with a total enrolment of 55l.
The extension work committee re
ported through William Bauer that TIN
association had never contributed 81
much money in n previous year TO
Christian work done outside of thu
building than during the last twelv'
months, the total being more thai
81, 400 for use in China, India, TIL
| United States by the State committee
of New Jersey, mission work in Me-
York city. work for 'colored men il
Newark, etc.
Evening Class Leads the State.
The music committee. through l.
Carroll Beckel. musical director, re
ported that the Wallace Hall Orchestr
now has a membership of twenty-on
carefully selected players.
E. A. Linderholm reported for tn
educational work COMMITTEES that tn
Newark association has the largest Y
NJ. C. A. evening school in the State
| TI1a daYao ptfnopt dc nroJt5 nf the not
room for drawing classes, which j
owes to the generosity of Mrs. Ulrici
Eberhardt.
The fire brigade of the dormitory de-
partment was reported on by fl. b
Lamberson as vlce-president. Their;
are twenty-eight stations, twelve off
GERS and about 100 men. Drills are
held weekly.
Lewis A. Edwards. chairman of tn,
social york committee, said that the
work had always received sympath stic
aid of the Won1an's Auxiliary Society
Speaking of the membership, he sale
that at the close of the fiscal yea
there. were 2,240 members.
The physical department COMMITTEE,
reported through Louis McDavit. Their,
are fifteen regular classes in the gym.
nasium. The association had the homo,
of winning the State athletic meet q
Trenton, n. j., June %, securing
handsome shield as a trophy. Thre.
members have made new American
Y. NJ. e. A. records. Leonard Terhun,
has been credited with Ills seconds
on the 120-yard hurdles, and heightened
the running broad jump to 20 feet
inch at the State meet at Trenton
Manning Atchason lowered the quar-.
ter-mile National Y. M. c. A. record
to 81 AS seconds and Raymond Smitl
has three new National Y. NJ. G. A
records to his credit, namely 25-yarC
swim, time II AS seconds; 50-yart
swim, % seconds; 75-yard swim, As A.
seconds. The baseball team won a ma,
jority of the games played, and dem.
onstrated the great need of an athlete
field.
Boys Department Breaks Record.
The past year has been a record
breaker. in every phase of the boys
department work. The membership /:
the largest in the country. Nearly 500
has been raised by the boys to hell
other boys less fortunate.
The Colored Branch Is filling a larger
place than ever before.
Egbert J. Tamblyn, recording secre.
tary of the Board, spoke very highly
of the self-sacrifcing services of this
association president.
The following directors were reflect
ed for three years: James S. Higbie
Jerome Taylor, A. b. Twitchell. E. 3
Denny and j.. IL. Bachelor. William
]. Banister was newly elected, ans
Lewis A. Edwards was elected a direc-
tor for one year to fill a vacancy. a
motion was unanimously passed re.
questing the board of directors at theil
next meeting 10 re-elect the present
president, ElWood G. Harris.