Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-04
LOCAL Y. N. c. A.
WILL CELEBRATE
ITS THIRD DECADE
Its Advance Has Kept Pace With
Newark's Phenomenal
Growth.

WIN MUSIC, eAcIClScS
and addresses by prominent speakers.
the thirtieth anniversary of the local
Young Mems Christian Association
viii be observed tomorrow afternoon
in the Y. M. c. A. building. in Halsey
street.
Former Judge Elwood c. Harris, the
recently-elected president of the asso-
citation, will preside and the principal
address will be made by James A
Whitmore, the secretary Of the inter-
national Y. NJ. C. A. committee.
General Secretary Henry A, Cozzens,
assisted by a committee, is arranging
the details of the program, which will
be of a most fitting and attractive
character.
AS a preliminary feature OF the cele-
bration, the Women's Auxiliary of the
association is making elaborate prep@-
rations to conduct an annual sale and
luncheon on next Saturday afternoon
and evening.
Every departmet of the big associa-
ton is interested in the coming birth
day event, and an overflow gathering
of the members vi thei friends is
assured.
Prospects Never Brighter.
The associate officers of the institu-
tion-Henry H. Dawson, vice-president;
Egbert ]. Tamblyn. secretary, and
william S. Hartshorne, treasurer-say
that the affairs and prospects OF the
association were never brighter. The
chairman of the anniversary and ex-
ecutive committee is A. B. Twitchell;
on finance, James S. Higbie; on educa-
tional work, Z. B.. Denny; religious
work, w. II. Ward; physical work, j.
Henry Bachelor; boys work, E. j.
Tamblyn: auditing, O. B. Mockridge;
special work, Lewis A. Edwards. and
~secretary's report, H. A. Cozzens.
The full board of directors, who ave
striven for the uplift of the spiritual
and material welfare of the association
during the past year, are: Messrs.
Bachelor, Tamblyn, Harris. Edwards,
Higbie, Denny. william ]. Banister,
Peter Campbell. H. H. Dawson, E. w.
Given, william s. Hartshorne, Halsey
M. Larter, o. B.. Mockridge, Joseph M.
Sayre, Jerome Taylor, A. B. TwitcheI
and B. S. Whitehead.
The BOARD of trustees consists of
J. William Clark, Frederick Freling-
huysen and George r. Howe.
The association was instituted in 1881,
when Newark was a comparatively
small city. AS the years passed the
membership and material
grew In volume n kept pace with the
rapid growth OF what Is now the great
est Industrial city of it's size on the
globe. The phenomenal advance OF
Newark has been reflected in the for
ward strides OF the Y. NJ. c. A., which
kept the pace" becoming one of
the most invaluable social. religious
and Industrial institutions that this
city possesses.
Has ENCOURAGED Thousands.
During the thirty years of its ex-
tstence over 1850 mems meetings have
been held on Sunday afternoons, and
thousands have been encouraged to be-
cling q misspent life anew.
The educational, physical. athletic,
social. mechanical and employment de-
partments Of the association have adj
vanced In efficiency and provided the
members with the ability to win suc-
cess In life.
General Secretary Cozzens has filled
his present position with the local as
s~ociatton for yer a quarter of a CEN
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thorough organizer, and a large share
Of credit for the remarkable success of
the institution belongs to the genial
and popular secretary. President Har-
1is also, despite his quiet, judicial re-
serve, lie zone of the boys" with the
big membership and takes a deep per-
sonnl interest in the athletics and
camping trips OF the members.
The annual report. e at the close
Of the year. on February 1, showed re-
ceipts amounting to 1872, 7ss. So, with ex-
pe~rditures of $685. 77. 96, leaving a bal
ance of s22J.ss. The membership fees
for the year totaled SIS, ga. 70; rent for
hall In Warren street and gymnasium
lockers, $2S. 2s6. %. and special collec-
tons. $1.52s.6s.
The vital work OF the association
can be summed NJ il this sentence
voiced by President Harris;
1.-THE aim of every department of
the Young Mems Christian Association
fs TO make a boy or m a feel morally
and physically Joyous, aHd to attain
that end he must be allowed to enjoy
the natural freedom that comes from
right living"
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