The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-14
!. N. c. A. NEXT WEEK
$50 STRANGERS EXPECTED IN THE
CITY.
WHAT Y. M. c. A. REALLY MEANS


The Y. M. c. A. at Central City Has
Tennis Grounds, Basket Ball, Base
Ball, and other Wholesome Athletics
in Connection.
Next week is Y NJ. c. A. week in
Norfolk. 1t brings to the city $50
guests and an important state conven
ton. But It is receiving even more
attention on account of marking what
will probably be a strong effort to
start Y NJ. C. A. campaign in
Norfolk
Delegates will begin to arrive in the
city Thursday noon. Sunday after
noon at p. m. the committee which
has pledged itself to provide enter
tainment for these delegates will meet
in the Office of Mapes & Hazen for
final report
Thursday evening, the opening night
brings one of the most important con.
vention features, the business mems
dinner which will be served at Mar
quardt hall at $50 o'clock. Enter
tanning and notable speakers will
respond to toasts. This Is considered
an important local feature of the con-
vention and every business man, in
fact every Norfolk man, who is inter
ested in the Y. M. c. A. movement is
expected to be present. Tickets for
the dinner are to be sold at fifty cents.
In arranging the stag meals to be
served in Marquardt hall to the dele
gates Friday and Saturday the enter
tainment committee has been greatly
aided by the attitude of Norfolk
avenue merchants, many of whom
have already promised liberal dona-
tons in supplies for the four meals.
Sol Mayer, designated as publicity
man for the convention, has issued
some window cards calling public at
tention to four important features of
the convention: the business mems
dinner Thursday evening at Mar
lquardt hall, the stereopticon lecture
at the Auditorium Friday evening by
DR.. Frank Loveland of Omaha, the
Auditorium Saturday evening, the
mems rally at the Auditorium Sunday
afternoon when stereoptcon lecture
is given by w. o. Henry of Omaha
and the closing session at the Audito.
rum Sunday evening with addresses
by w. E. Parsons, G. D. McDill and
A. j. Elliott. Mr. Mayer has picked
out the salient features of the conven.
ton, the sessions the public will be
interested in, is working to get these
meetings before Norfolk people.
An interesting convention feature
will be the Santee Indian quartet from
Carlisle.
"A man has only to live in a town
where Y. M. c. A. is maintained
to become a Y. M. C. A. booster" This
was the comment of George e. Schiller
of Central City, proprietor of the
Oxnard hotel in this city. Mr.. Schiller
was in Norfolk yesterday and declared
that the Y. NJ. G. A. had made good
in Central City.
81 belong to the association at Cen.
trail City and l know that it is doing
there what is claimed that it does
everywhere. 1t draws the boys from
the street. Not only that but it goes
out on the street after the boys when
it sees hopes Of doing something. And
when the boys are not able to pay
the fees, why we Central City men
see to that.
Our association draws the business
men as well as the boys. We have
a regular business mems class. The
association stars in basketball base
ball, tennis and all kinds of athletics.
I'm Central City we have no
Carnegie library so the city library
has quarters in the Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing.
Norfolk ought to invest in Y. M.
c. A. building"