The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-14

ton and enthusiasm we're great Most
interesting to me we're the addresses
of the railroad officials at the Thurs
day night banquet, where 400 men
gathered and were addressed by Pre-
sident Brown of the New York Cen
trail Lines, President Delano of the
Wabash, President Stevens of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, General Man
ager Sullivan of the Mo. Pac., and
Receiver Freeman of the international |
al and Great Northern. Mr.. Alfred !
E. Marling of New York, and Colonel I
j. J. McCook, of the famous Flight !
ing McCooks" represented the Inter- !
national Committee at the dinner. All :
these men indorsed the Association in !
terms meaning thousands of dollars !
and much cooperation Just to illus !
trate, President Brown of the n. Y. G. |
Lines said 1--WE have spent 100000 |
for Y. NJ. c. A. buildings on our
lines No Investment can ever pay so !
large a return" Colonel McCoolI spoke
of the fact that the courts have rul- |
ed that contributions toward the AS |
ISOLATION work are a legitimate item !
in railroad receivers expense ac- |
count. 1t is on the basis of such =
business estimate of the value of the !
Association that the Chesapeake and |
Ohio pay $4,000 a year to support the |
work on that line.
| said these testimonials were the |
most interesting. l think l must take |
that back. Most interesting of all |
were the meetings in which Jim Bur-
wick, Tom KEENAN,, and other once
hotoriously wicked men spoke of what |
Jesus Christ had done for them. Vile !
men made good men, and sticking to
1t through all the years are the best
Christian apologetic
OMAHA CONFERENCE
We left ST. Louis Sunday night, and
the Omaha conference of Association
employed officers began Tuesday night.
There were 462 secretaries in atten-
dance, and the six days We're spent
= in discussing association problems
from our point of view. Four COM
missions made reports One on work
for high school boys. one on work for
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work for our foreign born citizens,
and one on cooperation with church
clubs, brotherhoods, and Sunday
schools. In all these lines the Asso-
citation plans to make great strides
forward these coming years | will
discuss these commission reports with
the directors and committees from
time to time
CASCADE CONFERENCE
From Omaha to Ute Pass at the foot
of Pixies peak, where, with over 200
western college men, we spent ten
days 1900 feet above sea level at this
conference for teaching one of DR..
Bosworths Bible courses, and helping
with several talks.
Then by building inspection began.
| had examined the hne large Omaha
building, and now took in the build
iEgs at Colorado Springs, Denver, Dali
las, Houston, Galveston, San Antonio,
lei Paso Los Angeles, Stockton, and
studied the plans Of the San Fran
cisco and Oakland buildings. No
amount of reading could nave been
of 50 great value. ! did my studying
under three heads. The building cam
paign, the building itself, and the adj
ministration of the building after
built. | talked with secretaries, mem
bers officers, and architects. | work
ed hard and faithfully at it, and now
have simply to say that without fear
and without trembling, and with con-
fidence in God and a little in myself,
. | am ready to tackle the building
project for Honolulu, and work with
you to secure the finest Y M. G. A.
building in the world, the one best
adapted to its needs and without debt,
SO provided with producing
features as to place no heavier burd-
en- on the finance committee than the
present building does. This last con-
viction will cheer the directors 1t is
not based on enthusiasm, but on in
vestigation. / need only say that the
Houston Association, with budget
last year of $4,000 solicited not one
cent of popular or unpopular subscrip-
tions, but ran on its income from re-
gular sources. A laundry made them
a present of $3.50 worth of work. Be-
yond that. no one gave over $25, the
amount of their business mems mem
bership. Therefore you may put
quiet quietus on any one who COM
plains of the burden our building will
be to the community.
LOT.
The best building can be built on
lot about 100 feet front and 165 to
IT'S feet deep. The nearer a rectan-
gle the building is, the cheaper will
be the construction. My idea is that
it would be a fine thing to set the
building some fifteen or twenty feet
from the street and ten feet from the
side street, and that in considering