Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-04
Y. M. G. A. CAMPAIGN
IS CLOSED; $47,335
tContinucd from page IL

opened the Lehign Valley railroad
in this state.
After the reading Of the reports
Judke Lyon called on General Clark,
of the Business Mems Teams for a
few remarks. General Clark said.
Mr.. Clark Speaks.
Mr.. Chairman, Captains, Mem
bers of Teams and Ladies': 81 can
not recollect ever having passed
such an enjoyable week as the n
just spent in this campaign. When
the campaign started I thought 1t
meant a great deal of hard work and
very little fun with 1t, but now l
find that the pleasure which l have
gotten out Of 1t has over-balanced
the work we put into it, although 1t
has meant of curse a lot Of hard
work. l thought we were going to
get the money, but l did not expect
the wonderful success we have
achieved. I want to thank the cap
tains of the business mems teams
who have done 80 wonderfully. !
want to thank them also for the
loyal support and enthusiasm. The
executive committee, of which | am
a member, 1t is true have not
brought in any very large subscrip-
tons 80 far. We are going to do
better, though, and we have a lot
Of good lines that we know will
bring results before long and if you
will bear with US l know you will
be satisfied with the final results"
Mr.. Olmstead's Remarks.
General Olmstead was then called
on. He spoke as follows:
ITO start with, ! want to say that
| am mighty proud OF the yount
mems teams. There is one point
that a good many people remember
and hat Is that in a general way the
cards given to the young mems
teams were people from whom you
probably obtained smaller sums. At
any rate / noticed amoung their sub
scriptions a large number Of 81 and
50 and % reports, and hope the
people interested will appreciate
how much hard work and hustling
1t took to ge, In all those small sub
scriptions. ! went out Saturday and
met seven workers In an automobile
and they said, we have made 1875
calls today, and we have learned to
talk every language on earth!' l
know we have all enjoyed this work
and l know there isn't q member OF
any team who Is sorry he engaged in
1t, and when this building is put up
1t will be mighty nice to say, 4 had
a part in that work
Il want to thank every member
of the Teams and congratulate the
Captains in their selection of the
Teams, n I'd like q large bouquet
myself for my good judgment In Sc
lecting the Captains. / hope, when
this campaign is over the Young
Mems Teams will follow the exam
pie of Mr.. Hansen and retain their
organization. Now, while we may
have ONE $4,000 or $40, 600 and
maybe able to get $4,000 from the
factories we are going to keep all
the fellows interested to the end.
Gentlemen, l thank you
State Secretary Coburn Talks.
State Secretary Coburn said: Il
you have done. From my expert
ence in twenty campaigns, I'll put
this organization near the head of
the list. / want to especially thank
in this public way, General Clark
and General Olmstead, the twenty
captains and all who have co-operat-
ed with the executive committee in
imaking this campaign a success.
THE Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS and the Perth Amboy Chroni-
Gle have given u splendid service
and able editorials without which
this achievement would have been
impossible.
THE ladies who have served us
from day to day, we shall never
forget them. Again we extend to
them q vote of thanks. The girls
in the office who have worked day
and night to keep the machinery of
this organization working and up to
date also deserve u gratitude.
But the n person most deserv-
ing of your cheers is Secretary
Frank Ktllam. who left p splendid
position in Brockton, Mass, to come
here and show you what you should
do In Perth Amboy. His faith and
optimism have always inspired your
service and cooperation"
Pleads For Loyalty.
The other day ! heard a student
of the Bible prove that Judas, the
i"iNoiJ "oo JIG abiCoI anu HlOSI
trusted of all the Apostles. What a
lesson here for every one of US.
You know the victory of Sara
toga Is commemorated by a battle
monument, in the square shaft Of
which are four inches. These con-
tain statues of Generals Gates,
Schuyler and Morgan. Why is the
fourth niche vacant2 Why no
statue to the most brilliant COM
mander In that remarkable battle of
Oct. 7, TIT? Has America for
gotten hat wounded general who
led the daring attack, forcing all
obstacles, only to receive fresh
wounds. All! this vacant niche
teaches every American 10 place
constant loyalty and faithfulness
above all else.
Perhaps the most loved, the most
respected, the most worshipped man
In the world today is a humble ply
stefan who will be known in history
as the first President of China. DR..
Sun-Yat-Sen has set us a splendid
example Of true devotion. Is 1t not
the Master who reminds us that the
greatest among us is the servant of
all? And 80 you men in serving the
city Of Perth Amboy in this great
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