Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-14
Y. N. {. A. PLANS
FOR THE YEAR
Coming Period Expected To Be
Greatest in History OF
ORGANIZATION

!, and FIVE new men coming from sue
cessful experience elsewhere. what
will be the greatest year in the his
tory of the Y. NJ. c. A. commences
with high ideal and lots of enthusi
asm. The opening event which viii
mark the commencing of the years
work will be in the form of a bie
stag party on Friday night September
q, which will be followed later by q
concert and reception on the night oil
October II to celebrate the first an
niyersary of the dedication of the
building. The night school commences
Monday night September 80 and some
Of the gymnasium classes are already
under way. s='f''''>S.. .'<-'...
| The fall prospectus called Club
Life in the Y. M C. A. comes out
about September 25. The handsome
embossed cover and the illustrations
all 60 to make il the finest advertis-
ing printed matter ever issued in Ho-
nolulu. 1t will appear in two editions,
one for the members of the associa-
ton and the other for the list of men
the accusation wishes to interest in
its proposition. 4:
At the banquet Thursday night in
Cooke Hall, the different heads Of
departments presented their plans for
the year. Those present at the banquet
were the directors. trustees and secre-
taries of the association. After an ex-
cellent repast had nbeen served, pTesf-
dent Trent called for the report of
the treasurer, and r. C. Anterior pre-.
scented the budget for the next eight
months, involving the expenditure Of
$4,000 and showing the sources from
which this money would be derived.
After the adoption of the budget, Mr..
Trent called upon the general secre-
tary, who gave short talk on the
sub ject. 1.-THE relations of the asso-
citation to the constructive social
forces. He showed how the chris
tianization of the chief social forces,
namely, the home. the school, the
church, work and play. The relation
of the association. to eac of these five
forces was demonstrated, showing the
part the association Is to play in sup
plementing these forces. ii. $+...s-
Mr.. Wisdom i then, presented the
plans of the social department for the
coming year, including the cafeteria,
the billiard room. the bowling alleys
and the outdoor social functions.
Wisdom was followed by L., R. Kill
lam, the new secretary in charge of
the religious worKp who was introduce
ed as the fret Scotchman to join the
employed force. which caused enthusi-
sstic applause from Bob Anderson, the
dean or the local Scotclf colony. XII
lam outlined the principles underlying
the religious work department and the
work it proposes to do this year. Kill
lam is good public speaker, clean
cut and convincing, and his address
was we'll liked by all present. Follow
ing his talk, Johnson and Cross pre-.
sented plans for the year ana I'D.
Towse the membership committee
plans. A. e. Lar4fier spoke on the
educational department OF, which he
has had charge for the past three
years. - .4.. - ~ = y n
After the talks had been given the
following chairman of committees
were appointed: Thee. Richards, boys
work; Ed. Towse, membership; W. T..
Pope, educational; w. g. Hail. religf-
Gus; r. p. Pratt, house, and F. c.
Atherton, finance The chairman OF
the physical department has not yee
been appointed, and will not be until
Mr.. Lau, the new physical director,
arrives here next week. Thirty new
members were elected to- Membership
at tn meeting, making a total of f0S5
members in the central building, the
largest In the history of the assoeia-
ton. Though no special campaign
has been made in recent months to
increase the membershipathis thirty
being tut tn normal increase during
q very quiet months, campaign is
being outlined to bring the number OF
members up to 1900 by the first OF
May. The new secretaries have been
added to the force. not to secure addi-
tional members, but to serve more
the number of persons now
members.
Bcys' Department.
Probably the busiest committee at
present is the one having charge of
the work in the boys department. 1t
has been planned to divide the boys !
into four groups-first. students of the