Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-08
TELLS RESULTS OF
Y. NJ. c. AS WORK
w. n. Bell Shows Madison
Branch How 1t Has Gre
ated Manhood.

MADISON, June S.-Achie0ements
OF the Y. M. c. A. throughout the
world were told at the annual meet
ing of the local association last ave
ming in the gymnasium. The princi-
pal speaker of the evening waSs ". a
Ball. of the physical department ot
the international committee, which
has its headquarters in New YORK
E. D. Conklin, president of the Madi-
son organization. presided. Prayer
was offered by Rev. E. A. McAlp.n.
This was followed by scripture
reading by Rev. Victor Nom. Rev.
A. w. Hayes pronounced benediction.
z. G. Partridge read the treasurer's
report for the past year, the first
time that such a report has been
made public. Mrs Z. d. Merikle
favored with a vocal solo.
A few preliminary remarks. by Mr..
Conklin showed that the locas Y. NJ.
c. A. has at present 699 people who
are interested in its work. This in
cludes the active membership those
taken care of by extension work,
colored mems club, swimming class
and the Women's Auxiliary. This Is,
he said the forty-first anniversary
OF the Madison Y. NJ. C. y. and il
has been all during that time the
Lighthouse" for the men and boys
of Madison.
The treasurer's report showed
present balance of s23S.9S and that
the disbursements for the past year
amounted to $7.074.60.
Following are a few pithy excerpts
from the address by Mr.. Ball
your reports have shown me that
the Y. NJ. c. A. holds a place in
Madison and occupies that position
that this organization was origin
ated to fill.
sThe Y. NJ. C. A. throughout the
country deals with every type OF
man. In Chicago recently a fund OF
100000 was started for colored
mems Y. NJ. c. A. The principal
contributor was Hebrew business
man who gave the last $4,000. He
said that he was willing to do this
every month for a year and has con-
tributed that amount to nine differ
ent negro associations.
There has been a great change
in the army and navy life, which was
brought about mainly through our
efforts. We no longer are put to
shame by the reports of carousals
and disorderly brawls that our
boys used to get into when they
had shore leave. The Y. NJ. c. A.
has changed the character of the
navy.
EVERY town has its 'Gyps' its
Louies' and its 'Dagos.' I doubt #
Madison is any exception. But the
7. NJ. C. A. is a manhood factory
and it's work is a great one in
community.
There is still great need of cdu-
cation in the community when one
considers that 81 per cent. of our
boys and girls never finish high
school. Only per cent. enter col
lege and only 1 per cent. graduate
therefrom. The Y. NJ. c. A. with
It's many facilities fulfills this need.
'Another duty of the association is
to impress upon men and boys what
the term Christianity means. Every
man must have a mind, body and
spirit. The unity of this trinity
makes a complete Christian man.
Let us hope this association as
well as the other 5000 Y. NJ. c. AS
this grand country will
IN the future keep up and increase
the splendid work that they have
in the past"
The speaker also dwelt on the
physical advantages of the Y. NJ. {.
A. and connected the physical with
other forms of good manhood.