The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-11-15
STATE
Wide Dinner Given By Citizens
Committee Of Y. NJ. c. A.
At The Southern Hotel, Co.
lumbus, Friday Night
And Presided Over By Gov.
Harmon As TOaStmaSter
A Number OF Instructive Ad.
dresses We're Given
Local Association Represent.
ed By Five Members

The most conspicuous event per-
haps ever held in the interest of the
extension work of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of Ohio was
the governors banquet held at the
Great Southern Hotel, in Columbus
on Friday evening.
The purpose of the gathering was
to discuss the activity and operations
of the state committee and to launch
a two weeks campaign for raising
funds with which to finance the work
of the committee. The state commit
tee of the Ohio Associations is the
agency of the Federated associations
of the state and is simply that agency
called into the field to look after the
extension of the Young Mems Christ
ian Association in to new fields of
activity, new localities, the student
work, cooperating with associations
that have met reverses and in brief
Is that body any association in the
state can call upon in the hour of
need be that need to keep the work
from going to the wall or to promote
and extend the work into larger and
better lines Of activity. This body
has no power save that which is given
by the local associations in conven-
ton.
Following a magnificent dinner
served in the splendid dining room of
the hotel. Mr.. Foster Copeland, vice
president of the state committee pre-
scented Governor Harmon as toastmas-
ter. The governor received hearty
greeting and in very happy manner
presided during the speaking of the
evening. The endorsement of the as
of the governor and all the speakers
was a very unusual character. Pres.
w. o. Thompson of Ohio state, spoke
of the efficiency of the association,
Mr.. A. L. Garford of Elyria forcefully
urged that the Y. M. G. A. Is wanted
in industrial communities.
State Secretary A. &. Bookwalter
vividly showed that there are untold
splendid opportunities for the further
development of the work in the state
Of Ohio. At this juncture, Robert p.
Lewis, secretary for the Cleveland as
sociations, spoke of the needs of the
state association and outlined plan
for raising $125,0O0, with which to pay
off large Indebtedness Of the COM
mittee, to purchase Camp Bud for the
boys of the state, to take care of cur
rent expenses for two years and to
handsomely endow the committee for
their growing work. Mr.. w. l.. Toby,
a prominent newspaper man of Hamil'
ton, spoke of the great progress al,
ready made on this campaign and an
nounced that there Is at the present
time, from private and association
gifts $4,000 and more, as a starter
toward the amount determined upon
Perhaps one of the best addresses
of the evening was that made by Mr.
Chas. e. Adams of Cleveland, address
ing himself to the topic, "a Big Op
portunty, Worth Doing" He told how
he believed this to be great oppor
tunity and that the men of the grea'
state would do the task assigned tt
them.
There were about 300 men from al
parts of the state present, the fol
lowing being there from Mt. Vernon
Messrs. Williams, Ackerman, Parr
Kelser, Colville, Mcconnell and Jes
sen.