Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-16
ONLY SEEKING ACTIVE WORK
Wants Y. N. C. A. to Do More Than
Stand Up and Preach.
RAPs KID GLOVE" MEMBERS
Grinnell College Professor Declares
They Are Burden to Practical
Christian Activity.

statements Of Prof. L. A. Steiner of Grin
nell College. Des Moines Iowa, last
night. that the Y. NJ. C. A. lis too heav
lily burdened' with the dainty little
member who goes about with his pretty
white collar and his kid gloves"
Former Commissioner Henry b. +. Mac
farland, president of the Interstate Asso-
citation of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociations of Maryland, Delaware and the
District of Columbia, in a brief address
at the closing session of that organiZa-
tons convention in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, which began at 10 O'Clock today,
declared that Dr.. Steiner, in his address
at tine convention session in CONTINENTAL
Memorial Hall last evening did not attack
the ideals of thte Young Mems Christian
I Association, but pointed out that smaii
portion of the membership is not living
up to those ideals.
Mr.. Macfarland was referring to the
statements of DIR. Steiner, in which 1t
was declared that the Y. NJ. &. A. men,
| bers must get down to hard Christian
work and must do more than merely
| stand up and preach.
| 1t was said by the former Commission
! err that DR.. Steiner is loyal member Of
| the Y. NJ. c. A, and in his address was
| calling upon 1t to do all in its power to
further the splendid ideals for which 1t
| stands.
Vote Thanks to Speakers.
| Resolutions were then adopted thank
| ing Judge Spencer of st. Louis, DR..
Steiner, DR.. c. A. Barbour, Assistant Sec
rotary Hays of the Agricultural Depart
ment, II. o. Williams. Henry Israel and
| A. H. Whitford for their addresses de-
livered at different times during the con-
| vention. The meeting came to a close
shortly before noon with service of
prayer.
| The report of the special committee on
the executive committees report was re-
ceived and adopted. 1t nominated for
membership on the executive committee
ington; H. s. Dulaney, Baltimore; Henry
r. F. mcfarland. Washington: W. II.
Morriss, Baltimore; c. l.. Harding. Wash
ington; John B. Sleman. jr. Washington:
Francis a. White. Baltimore; ]. Harry
Tyler. Baltimore; J. II. Apple, Frederick:
William Knowles Cooper. Washington:
Joshua lowering. Baltimore; Richard s.
Dodson, st. Michaels; Charles w. Bush,
Wilmington; C. E Cline, Frederick;
Tasker G. Lowndes. Cumberland, and
Willet Nj. Hays, Drummond, Md.
Not Practical Philanthropy.
| DR.. Steiner called the Y. NJ c. A. to
strict account for what he declared it's
little progress along the road of prac-
tical philanthropy.
1.-THE dainty little member Of the Y. NJ.
c. A." he said, ''who goes about with
his white collar and his kid gloves in his
own narrow sphere can accomplish no
good. The slogan of your association is
to help the human race. But your asso-
citation is too heavily burdened with this
species of Christian to accomplish it's pur-
pose. 1t only reaches a small and mar
row portion of mankind. Your gentle
man Of the kid gloves thinks nothing Of
any one but himself
You are too occupied with your own
narrow little plans to be of any great
service to the masses. You plan your lit
tie entertainments. you make your little
rules for the regulation Of your own af-
fairs in order to make yourselves more
happy, but the poor underling of an
emigrant gets lot of preaching and les
ALL
The Y. NJ c. A. cannot get along
in this way. the speaker averred You
can't merely go to a man dressed in your
dainty clothes and preach to him. You
have got to get down to hard Christian
work You must do Christian things and
show these poor people that you are in
earnest. They don't understand your
preaching and your eXhortations. There
is one thing good about youths is, YOU
teach poor foreign immigrants the Eng
fish language
Makes Plea for Humanity.
In concluding, DR.. Steiner made plea
in which he declared, 1T would be
great thing for humanity if this great
machinery were turned into channels
where 1t could be Of some practical BEN
eft to the masses of the common people
and the thousands of ignorant immigrants
who come to our shores annually
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture W.
NJ. Hays spoke at length Of the work Of
that department for the educational ee-
yation of country boys and girls. He was
discussing particularly many phases of
country life and pointed to the great
need of schools. and particularly agricu1-
tural colleges. He pied for the churches
to rise to such plane that there will
be no overlapping in their work and that
sparsely settled communities hardly able
to support one church will not be burden
ed with two or three Or possibly four.
All have the same object in view, he de-
ella red and there should he no trouble in
reaching an agreement as to the assign
ment of territory.
DR.. Barbour made short address in
which he told at length Of the progress
the Y. NJ. c. A. is making and OF the
splendid fields which are growing white
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