The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-10
FARGO Y. N. c. A..
Will COOPERATE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD A
MEETING LAST EVENING-RE-
PORT OF NOMINATING COMMIT
TEE WAS ADoPTED-MANY
MATTERS TAKEN UP.

At the board of directors meeting at
the Y. M. c.. A. last evening the board
prepared to cooperate with the mem
bership committee in the state MEM
bership contest Oct. 20 to 81. The
report of the nominating committee
was unanimously adopted in which the
board nominated for election Fl. P.
Beckwith, H. T.. Alsop, J. w. McHose
and Frank CLANCY to succeed them
selves, and Herman Boeth to succeed
Robert Cole, who declined the nomi-
nation by reason of his work as a
travelling man, which keeps him out of
the city much Of the time. A special
vote of appreciation was extended to
Mr.. Cole for his efforts on behalf of
the board and the association. Mr..
Cole will continue to be a member Of
the physical section committee, in
which department he has always been
very active. A vote of appreciation
vas also extended to the woman's
auxiliary for their liberal gifts to the
association equipment and furnishings.
The new student rate, which was
raised from $500, to $500, and which
was to have begun Sept. /, will not
be enforced until Oct. 1. The board
took this action last evening so as to
give the students the opportunity If
they care to do SO, of getting in on
the old rates. AS the colleges do not
open till Sept. Is many who could not
avail themselves of this opportunity
can now do SO. This change came by
way of suggestion from Mr.. Sweet
man, the new agricultural college sec
rotary.
Resolutions were adopted encqurag-
ing the work of Mr.. Goodwin and the.
boys department in the special ac-
tivities they are giving the Milwaukee
street and Front street boys clubs.
The reports for the summer months
showed a business which exceeded
previous four summer months work.
In finances the association gained
$115.37 over the four summer months
of last ear. Although there is always
a loss during the summer months this
was a gratifying decrease. There was
a strong increase of memberships which
continued uninterrupted Throughout
the summer and through August.
The boys department showed an un-
usual increase over any previous sum
mer's work. In he religious depart
ment there were seventeen meetings,
with the total attendance OF 713, an
average attendance Of forty-two. A
number of building improvements
were reported, the most notable of
which is the building of the Gas Trac-
tor School shops, which is now in pro-
gress. The Hubbard endowment fund,
WHICH mas DSeH allOWSd TO luCTSaSS
without interruption, now amounts to
1863. In the physical department
forty-eight different boys have been
interested in track athletics and sew
enty boys in baseball leagues while
sixty young men were actively inter
ested in the mems baseball league and
there were also numbers Of boys and
men interested in camps. hikes and
outings. A vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Coach Watkins of Fargo
college and superintendent Miller Of
the park commission for courtesies ex-
tended to the 1Y'' baseball league. Mr.
Henderson,s water carnival and life
saving exhibition, which was pulled of
in conjunction with the park commits
sion a few weeks ago. was highly
commended.