The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-07
the Y. N. c. A. RECEIVED
The Association Kept Open House Oh
the First Day of the New Year
in 1909.

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auditorium, where people We're wei
come to come and spend a few hours
in a social way and be entertained
with athletics and music. The hour
of the reception was set for 3 O'Clock
and before that time the guests began
arriving at the hall. The large hall
was cleared of the seats in order to
give plenty of room for the basket
ball games that were scheduled be-
tween four teams.
The guests Were conducted to
seats in the balcony and around out
side the posts on the lower floor.
Tennis netting was stretched around
the room to avoid the guests being
hit by the ball when it was out Of
bounds.
There We're four teams selected to
play the games, and the first to c.
cupy the floor We're the married and
the single men, the former headed
by DR.. Ray Smith and the latter by
Mr.. Klousia. Two teams were select
ed from among the young men.
The first half of the mems game
resulted in an is to is score. The
second half honors We're not ST even
ly divided the benedicts finally Win
ming over the single by As to 30.
The playing throughout was snappy
and fast, although it lacked the sys-
tenn and finish that they will acquire
later. Branson and Dix showed up
we'll by their accuracy in throwing
baskets and Hardy and Kimball did
good work in their position at guard.
The line up of the married men was,
center, Smith, forwards, BranSoa
and Dix, guards, Hardy and Atkin-
son: The single men we're: Center,
Kirkpatrick, forwards, Jones and
The high school teams excited
much applause by the way they got
into the game. Although they lacked
some of the finish that the older
teams displayed they We're evenly
matched and the playing was faster
There We're no particular stars, each
man playing his position capably.
The first half resulted in a lead for
Vassar's team by a Ia to 10 score,
which team finally won by "a to 16
The lineups we're: Vassar, Wiltse,
Jones, Lester and Cook against As
pinwall, Rowley, johnson, Storer and
Medley.
When the game was finished Sec
rotary Whitaker made a short adj
dress concerning the work of the as
ISOLATION and what it was trying to
accomplish along the line of physi-
cal development among the young
mel of the city. He urged the friends
of the association to use their I'M
f1uence in trying to interest the
young men and boys in this part of
the associations work. This part
has only recently been started and
so far he young men have taken
hold of it in a way that demonstrates
they can see the need of physical
training and development, and maxi
ing for good exercise during the win
ter months.
A brief musical program had been
arranged that was given after the
basket ball games were finished. !
Miss Fannie Mccormick, who is home
on a vacation from the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, gave a con-
tralto solo that was thorouhly EN-
joyed and was received with the
heartiest appreciation by the aud
fence. Her accompaniment was play
ed by Miss Georgia Scott. Genevieve !,
Branson is developing into a clever
little violin player and for a miss
of her years she displays much nat
ural talent, as demonstrated by the
very pretty solo that she played.
Miss Grace White accompanied her
on the piano. Miss Edith Willison
gave a piano solo as the closing NUM-
Der of the program and she was re-
ceived with much applause as a re-
ward for the excellence of her play
ing. Miss Willison has a fine con-,
ception and Interpretation of the pia-
no and its intricacies and it is very
much of & pleasure to listen to her.
When the music was finished a
number of ladies from the various
served light refreshments to
the guests who had remained after
the basket ball games were finished,
many having left before this part of
the afternoons program was started.
The affair was a fine success from
an entertainment standpoint and
Secretary Whitaker is to be congrat-
ulated on offering so much enter
tainment to the public.
During the program Prof. S. d.
van Benthuysen announced that the
state convention of the Y. NJ. &. A.
would be held here Feb. % to March
End, inclusive and that 1t was the
desire of the local association that
as many citizens as possible of the
city of Mitchell open their homes
to the delegates, who will number
about $50.