The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-15

Paradise Lost by Theodore Roose-
welt, would be a fat failure; Saint
Paul in the laboratory of Thomas A.
Edison would never be heard of; Dante,
as. commissioner of the United States
Patent Office, would be a nobody, and
julius Caesar as secretary of the New
ark Young Mems Christian Association
would accomplish a big failure
With these and many other illustra-
tions, the Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong, presi-
dent OF the American Institute of Social
Service, the principal speaker at the
celebration of the twenty-eighth ami
versary of the local y. NJ. c. A., dis
coursed on the topic of 1.-The Times in
Which We Live emphasizing the fit
ness OF. a man for a special line of
| work.
Imagine Martin Luther in the saddle
of Grant, the silent soldier he con-
tinued. Put George Washington in
S~hakespeare's place; Shakespeare in
British navy, or Moses as successor to
President Eliot, of Harvard. Every
one of them would be a fiat failure, not
iAOii ~ Vi Oiilt jul 1lOII IdNh il
fitness"
Inadequate Equipment.
Comparing the growth of the assoc
citation with the growth of a boy, DIR.
Strong said:
1t is. just SO with your association
here, the buildings are too small, al
though they are comparatively new be-
cause the association moves and grows,
n it will nave a continual appetite. I
would rather hear that you had to build
three times a year than once in three
years. If every youth of our land could
me moulded by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, / should have no fear
for the nations future, political, mora
or religious.
In it's aims and methods the associa-
tion is wonderfully adapted t. meet the
situation. but Its equipment is made
quate. That equipment should grow as
fast as the city grows. If the citizens
of Newark are in~telligently patriotic
and Christian, they win underwrite the
Y. M. c. A. for all it needs.
II was glad to lear our chairman
speak of the Young. Women's Christian
Association as we'll. Ii the city needs a
Y. M. c. a.. for it's boys and young men,
1t needs a Y. VEGA. for its girls and
young women much more. Many of US
do not think so, because the many and
varied temptations to which the young
women of this country are subjected
are not so openly, and frequently spoken
of as the other. The work, of these two
associations must northumberland to
save the city"
Proposed New building.
Former Judge Elwood c. Harris, pres
tdent of the association, presided at the
meeting. which was held in Wallace
Hall, decorated with American flags inc
palms for the occasion. On the plat
form were seated. besides those who
participated, leading pastors of the
city, members of the directorate and
others. Mr.. Harris delivered a short
address.
Egbert ]. Tamblyn, the secretary. res
Viewed the work of the year In Secre-
tary Henry A. Cozzens's annual report,
and in speaking of the proposed new
building, said:
Through the generous bequest of the
late Henry Cougar we were enabled
some time ago to purchas a plot of
ground on Warren street, adjoining the
rear of our present building. 1t is inn
perative that we erect on this ground
an addition, connecting with our pres
ent building. We greatly need more
bed rooms, more dressing and locker
rooms, as well as bowling alleys, and
supplementary gymnasium. At times
the congestion is painful. We trust that
funds for this needed extension will be
Forthcoming.
TN closing. we would again voice our
grateful praise to our Heavenly Father.
whose fostering care has brought us
safely through these, years; to the press
and pulpit OF our CITY without whose
aid and Endorsement we would not have
succeeded; and to our Twenty-Five hun
dred members. as We'll as committee
men, who have stood by us like a pha-
lanx-tried and true.