Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-18
GLOBE TROTTERS
GIVEN WELCOME
Y. M. C. A. TOURISTS RETURN
TO LOS ANGELES
ENTHUSIASTIC SERVICE HELD AT
ASSOCIATION HOME
General Secretary Luther and d.
rector McVey Back form Five
Months Trip Through
Europe

D. E. Luther, general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association in
Los Angeles was welcomed home yes
terday after a five months tour of
Europe by an enthusiastic and happy
crowd of members, directors and as
sistants. With Secretary Luther came
Director w. E. McVey. President
Arthur j. Let's was to have returned
Saturday with the others, but was de-
tanned and wired from Kansas he would
be here for the big homecoming ban
quet in the association building Tues
day night.
The welcome extended to the returned
travellers was very impressive. Direc-
tors o. T. Johnson, c. NJ. Staub, ]. Ross
Clark, j. E. Carr, A. ]. Wallace
eral secretary and Mrs. Luther at Hotel
Orena, in West Seventh street, and
from there they were escorted to the
Y. M. c. A. building by Assistant Sec
retary w. A. Willis. AS the group
neared the building the Glee club, under
the leadership of ]. P. Dupuy, came on
to the front steps and greeted the sec
retary with a song of welcome.
A rally and hand-shaking followed in
the lobby of the building, the follow
ing assistant secretaries and directors
of branches of work in the association
making welcoming speeches: j. l.. Gra-
ham of social work, Lloyd B. Austin
of educational work, H. d. Cross of
boys work, L. B. Jones of dormitory
mems work, w. A. Reynolds of the
physical department, j. p. Hagerman
of the triangle department and e. H.
Emmett of the religious section. C. f.
Quillian offered the prayer, and his
wife sang Home, Sweet Home" NOV
ing many in the great crowd of men to
tears
Later. in the auditorium, a mems
meeting was held, at which Secretary
Luther was the principal speaker. w.
E. McVey told something of his inn
pressions from the world tour, his prin-
cipal message being the need of the
world for the sort of practical Chris
tian work the Y. M. c. A. is dong. Hc
said in part:
Feels responsibility
."I felt most strongly on my trip the
low plane on which the world of today
is living, and as we came into sight of
the statue of Liberty a few weeks ago
on our way home / was brought to a
realization of the great things Chris
tianity has done for us and our obliga-
tion to pass these things on to those
less blest than we. In every sense
material, physical and spiritual-we
have the advantage of a great many
millions of persons throughout the
world, and living on the high plane we
do we should see and perform our duty,
the duty of reaching out to others"
E. A. X. Hackett, a new addition to
the staff of the association, who comes
from Fort Wayne, Ind, and who is to
have charge of the religious work de-
partment of the Los Angeles associa-
ton, was introduced and spoke on the
need of Christianity for young men.
Secretary Luther then concluded the
program with an address on "Oppor-
tunity and Responsibility"
He pleaded with the men present the
Importance OF large chances and the
heavy weight of responsibility lying
on those who possess many talents. He
said Los Angeles has been declared
coming great city, and taking this pre-
diction as a basis showed the large re-
sponsibilities resting on all to build up
such a city as shall be of the greatest