Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-30
start !. N. GA,
BUILDING MOVE
OPTnlIsTS' CONVENTION YES
TERDil EVENING STARTED
THE FIREWORKS
TULSA WILL" IS SLOGAN
One Hundred Thousand Dollars 10 BE
Raised During Ten Days In No
rcmber Next

Tulsa win raise 100000 for Y.
Nj. c. a. Building In November. 1913"
So said the optimists assembled in
the first annual convention at the
Hotel Tulsa grill room last night. A
special message from the pesslmists
assembled at the same time In anoth-
or part of the city heartily endorsed
the movement so II is an assured fact
and Tulsa Will"
Mr. Carl Magee called to order
probably the most representative
bod Of boosters" that has ever as
scmbed in the Hotel Tulsa. He had
been selected as Chairman because Of
the fact that he had forgotten the
time when he was blue and is the
man who invented the word boost
MI O. b, Hunt gave an enthusas-
tie address on How to Become and
remain an optimist' and emphatized
'll' Ad'l wat Nilt upllk IuI DkIlEIS ana
forgetting OF self interest occasional
l> was a sure cure for a case Of pes
simsm
Dr, j. w. Mcneil, who claims he
is a reasonable optimist, gave his
hearers Visions OF the time when the
can regulate climate by the mere
turning on of an electric switch and
I,,s tI
used can have Italian summers or
cool breezcs to drive away dull cares.
G. f, Buchner, secretary Of the Y,
NJ. G. a. presented in stereoptlcon
pictures the work carried on as COM
munity secretary of the Y. NJ c. A.
Of this city giving stories Of boys
who have helped AMI OF the juvenile
court, playground, school, athletics,
sunday school and Boy Scout work.
The annual election Of the super
Nis!ng committee Of the local commu-
nifty work was held after this presen-
tation ana the following men were
elected to the directorship Of the
movement:
o. H. Leonard, c. .. Magee. II. NJ.
iIfNlhus d. IL 4lCbII Hty, ". y. duD-
SER +. B. Dillard, o. d, Hunt, f. w.
Bryant J. d. Render. NJ. Hughes Ar
thur Hun, !. f. Crow, ]. w, McNeill.
Il. c. Stafford, II. c. Tyrrell.
The surprise of the evening came
and carried the crowd 1t In the en-
thusiasm 1t aroused, when Chairman
. C. C. Magec unfurled a banner over
a, ,,tht
the slogan Tulsa will raise $780, |
600 for Y NJ. c. a. Building No
Vembcr. 1918.
\ resolution was passed by the as
scmbly endorsing this movement and
pledging IT'S support. Then the
movement for the Y. NJ, c. \. build |
iag for Tulsa was formally launched
and Tulsa is making a place for the
campaign Immediately after the Dry
Farming congress in ovember.
A committee of 80 men, most of
whom volunteered at last nights
meeting, were named to close up the
annual canvas for the support of the
community Y. NJ. c. A. work for boys
which is being carried on in this city
DN Z. T.. BuCHHtI'
Communists work for boys was or
iginated by Mr.. +. A. Garrison, state
secretary of the Y, NJ. C. AS. Of OK
lahoma and Arkansas and was first
put in operation in Tulsa.
This type of work has been so
widely copied that the international
committee of the Y. NJ. c. a. has
created department with field sec
retary to give his entire time to its
development, and is now in operation
i'm 20 cities in the United States and
Canada.
Al recent meeting Of the commits
sion in New York of which our local
secretary G.. L. Buchner is mem
her policy for this type Of work
was drawn up and Tulsa was noted
as the now world famous Tulsa
This policy is to be discussed ana
odopted by the International ConVeh-
tion of the Y. NJ. c. A., at Cincinnati
O.. may 1913. Immediately follow
inc this the Boys Workers of the
world viii gather at culver. ina"
and tho policy is to be further DIS
Cusscd ana aCteu uPoH' i"' -
tatlon of the work at Tulsa VIII nave
a large part in determining the actoh
of the national leaders in the cohVeh-
ion.
Durinc the next two days represen-
tatiyes of the state y NJ g a" MI.
\ Garrison, state secretary ana
unconventional secretary Of the J. NJ Z
A.. Il. D. Han. will be IN luISa as
slsting the local committee III '''
canvass. o
The fund to be raised Is u plo
vide for the work of the ioca. ser
tary on the field and to pear 'ne e
pense of preparation for tne 'o''''"s
building campaign
Tulsa will"
Join the optimists by yo'N
reception Of the various
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