The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-11-03
Y. N. c. 4. IS ABLE
70 solve PROBLEMS
Business and Professional Men
Take Leading PART

1t is little more than sixty years
since the first Y. NJ C. A. in the
world was started by few well dis
posed clerks in diapers shop in
London, England, ard in that time
the institution as such has grown
with an energy and to such proper.
tons as to be without an equal in the
records of benevolenca and philan-
thrOpy. The question has frequently
been asked way the Y. NJ. c. A. is
able to solve problems and handle
people which other institutions equal
|! Christian and equally well inten-
toned have not been able to manage.
In the estimation of those who have
studied all forms of philanthropic
work the answer is found in the quail
ity of the men who head the move
ment. The men wkC direct the pol
icy Of the Y. NJ. c. A. are busy men.
They are also business men. Not
only are they business men, but they
are for the NEST part leading bust.
ness men of the community in which
they live.
Practically all businesses and pro-
fessions are represented among the
active leaders in Y. n. c. A. work.
Probably TO better example of this
could be offered than the State Gem
nittee of the Chic Young Mems
Christian Association. This Commit.
tee consists Of tAirty men.
Thomas Eide WHO is the State
Chairman. is t&c head of the largest
department store in Dayton.
Foster Copeland, Who is Vice
Chairman, is the Pre- 3iGent of the
City Naticna! EaMk in Columbus, one
OF the leading financial institutions
Of that city o. Fl. Starner, Treas
urer, from the same city, is large
manufacturer Of shoes. r. F. Ack-
land, the Recording Secretary, also
of Columbus, is the manager of
large system of restaurants in the
Capital Cit! OF the state.
+. NJ. Barton is the President CT
the Barton Publishing Company Of
Cleveland. In the same city is Mr..
Willard Bcahan, construction engi-
neer of the Lake Shore railroad.
In the educational field OF this
Committee are Guy Potter Benton,
President of Miami University at Ok,
ford; DR.. Emery w. Hunt, President
Of DenisCn University at Granville,
and Dr.. w. O. Thompson, President
OF Ohio State University at Colum-
bus.
In addition to these heads of col.
leges, there is Professor R. H. Wal
ker of Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware and c, w. Williams, Sec,
retary to the President at Oberlin.
Other professions are represented
by James r. Garfield. lawyer of Men.
ter and son of the martyred Presi-
dent of the same name; E. S. Ran
Golph, lawyer of Newark; DR.. An
Grew Timberman, a physician and
specialist Of Columbus. and Jesse
Vickery, an attorney of Bellevue.
There is one farmer-A. A. Bost-
wick of Seville. Another railroad
| ran is D. ]. Durrell, Master Me.
chanic of the Pennsylvania railroad
| at Cincinnati.
In the manufacturing world there
is II. S. Black Treasurer of the Ohio
Brass Company, Mansfield; S. P.
Fem of the Sherwin- Williams Com
pany, Cleveland manufacturers of
paint; w. A. Morrison, President
! Delaware Underwear Company, Della
ware; E. R. Root, Treasurer of the
| A. /. Root Company of Medina; E. L..
Shuey of the Lowe Bros. Company,
PAINT manufacturers of Dayton; B. B.
Williams, an engine manufacturer Of
Mt. Vernon, and d. Fl. Wtntringer, a
pottery manufacturer of Steubenville.
The remainder of the Committee
consists of G. N. Bierce, real estate
dealer of Dayton o. F. Hypes, a
merchant of Springfield; F. e. Myers,
President of the Cleveland & South
western Traction Company of Ash
\ land; Aaron Rubright, an insurance
man CT Akron, and w. L. Tobey, pub
Usher and editor of the Republican
News of Hamilton.