Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-04
SECRETARY TO
Be HERE SOON
7. m. C.. A. Man Takes Charge
Monday Directors Meet.

S. NJ. Lipscomb, of Orange, chosen
as general secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association of this
city at a meeting of the directors on
August Is, will be here next Monday
to begin duties of his new charge, it
was announced last night at a meet
ing of the Board of Directors. He
had been expected here last Monday,
but owing to connections with the
association in Orange, he found it
difficult to start here before next
week.
Joseph F. Walker, principal of
public schools l and Z, has been act
ing as general secretary for the past
several weeks since the resignation
of Frank Killam. He will turn the
reins of the office over to Mr.. Lips
comb next Monday, If present plans
do not miscarry.
Directors in Session.
The directors met last night to
prepare plans for the fall campaign,
which will probably include the col
lection of pledges for the new Y. NJ.
c.. A. building, and ~perfecting ar
rangements for the erection of the
building during the spring and sum-
mer of 1913. President Adrian Lyon
will inform the friends of the move
ment, by weekly letters published in
the EVENING NEWS, of the pro-
gress of the associations work in
Perth Amboy.
Judge Lyons Letter.
These letters will be published on
Saturdays, but Judge Lyon makes
the announcement today in the mi
tial letter, which is as follows:
To the Friends of the Y. M. G. A:
The vacation times are over. Most
of those who have been actively en-
gagged in the Y. M. c. A. work have
returned to their homes. The work
which was prosecuted with so much
energy and interest during the early
summer, and which has been permit
ted to rest during August, Is now
about to be taken up again.
A new general secretary, Mr.. S. M.
Lipscomb, has been engaged. He
was formerly assistant general secre-
tary at Orange, New Jersey, and we
believe him to be a young man of
great promise and strength of char
acter. We hope you will receive him
gladly and greatly strengthen his
hands in the work.
The officers of the association are
very much in earnest in this matter.
The Board of Directors will meet
frequently; the Campaign Executive
Committee will continue it's work,
and no week will pass without some
committee Or board being in session
for the consideration of its particular
department.
No matter how faithful the officers
may be, however, or how active the
committees, the work will not meet
with its fullest measure of success
without the cooperation and sympa-
thy of the community.
We want to bring you into COM
plete sympathy with our work and
ask you to help us make the rough
places plain. To this end we desire
to take you completely into u con-
idence. / shall, therefore, by these
weekly letters, keep you informed of
the progress We are making, of what
we expect to do, and what we want
you to help us do.
Next week / shall say something
/ about CRITICISMS" After hal l
shall write about the call for and
collection of subscriptions, and then
tell you what our plans are concern
ing the building. l can not write
about them all in one letter, and so
they must come in their order.
Remember that this is one of the
greatest civic movements hat has
arisen in our city in a long time. 1t
is worthy of the patience and kindly
consideration Of strong, manly men.
1t must be pushed with care, which
may mean seeming delays. 1t will
succeed, however, and the question
for us all now to consider is when
we shall see it's completion how
much we can then say it's success
was due to our efforts.
Yours truly,
ADRIAN LYON.