The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-02
Over Two Hundred and Fifty
Attended and Toasts of
Speakers Followed with
Keen Interest.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
ARE QUITE BRIGHT
One of Most Interesting Ad-
dresses Was Given by Will
Lockwood on Conditions in
the Far East.

Toasts filled with optimism and JOY
over the outlook for the future in the
Christian and philanthropic work both
locally and elsewhere, resplendant
with good stories and humor, and con-
tanning earnest pleas that the work
undertaken in Richmond may be
broadened and extended in all direc-
tions, captivated the large gathering
Of business, professional and laboring
men who attended the annual banquet
of the Y. NJ. c. A. in the gymnasium
of the association building last even
ing.
And tha banquet menu proved equal
ly as captivating. 1t was served by
the members of the Ladies Auxiliary
and it reached home'' Speaker after
speaker prefaced his remarks by re-
ferring to the excellence of the food
and service.
A splendid diversified program had
been arranged and was carried through
without change. Much interest was
manifested and the speakers were
closely followed, especially when ref
erence was made to the work in this
city; suggestions were given for de-
velopment in different lines, and plans
for new features discussed. If the
meeting, which was attended by about
25O men can be taken as criterion
for the interest in the Y. M. C. A.
work, it bids fair for that institution.
and, as declared last evening. the
prospects seem brighter than ever be-
fore.
Work Done in China.
Probably the most interesting toast
was that on the subject Changing
China which was responded to by
Will w. Lockwood. general secretary
of the Y. NJ. G. A. in Shanghai, China,
who is in this country for a short time
assisting in canvass for funds for in
creasing the association work in the
Celestial empire.
One of the greatest results in work
ing out a difficult local situation. said
Mr.. Lockwood, is that the solution will
serve in similar situations the world
over. He said that in the Development
of the Y. NJ c. A. work in Indiana
to better state conditions, China had
been benefited immeasurably by the
men who had been educated in the
work here and had then gone to that
fnT fhnir fold nf Ia h0r
Among them were Clinton, who was
among the first to establish Y. M
c. A. in China; Vernon w. Helms, who
followed the army Of Japan across
Manchuria working with the soldiers
along association lines and who was
afterward rewarded by the Emperor
and Empress; Robertson, of Purdue
university, who in his work as an en-
gineer has found time to lecture ex
tensively; and Elliott, of Earlham
who is now engaged in the Y. NJ. c. A
at Kan Tong.
Now Has a Future.
Mr. Lockwood said that in the sew
en- years he had been in China. that
country had undergone the most re
markable change; that where it USED
| to be only land with a past, it is
now a country with a future, under
going the most sweeping reforms and
making lightning progress, industrial
lily, socially, and morally. Mr.. Lock
wood called attention to the movement
undertaken to wipe out every vestige
| of opium in 10 years, declaring thai
the country in general was behind the
project and that the only party in ex
| istence was the one which calls fol
the absolute abolition of the opium
| business.
| He said that by the end of this yeal
| it was hoped to have an entire parlia
mentary government fashioned after
that of Great Britain in force. A sen
ate and provincial assem- blies are nov
| in existence.
| MIR. Lockwood said that the Y. NJ
C. a. was playing its part in the de
velopment Of China, that it was one O
the greatest agencies in helping the
country to break away from its ols
forms, and urged that the movemen
be assisted by the people in this coun
try.
| Address by Fouike.
| William Dudley Foulke. of this city
who was assigned the subject. a Hu
man Heart" by POSTMASTER Z. N
Haas, seemed to express the sentiment
tof the entire body of banqueters. wheI
lin referring to the financial report de
/ oyaro5 .4fb;s organization must un
fail"
4 Mr.. Foulke was in a happy moot
land for a while delighted lis hearer.
with few remarks about the feeling.
with which he had regarding severa
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