The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-06
y,M,C,A, MOVEMENT
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.

ment is being aroused, was evidenced
by the large coneourse Of men and
| boys who assembled at the Auditor
ium yesterday afternoon to hear the
splendid program that had been ar
| ranged.
The success Of yesterdays meeting
is due, in large measure, to Rev.
Dr.. c.. A. Woodward, that eloquent
and forceful speaker, who has been
conducting a series of revival meet
lngs for the Christian church in the
Gospel tent on Florida avenue. Dr..
Woodward had previously announced
that he would hold a meeting for
men only at the tent, which service
he very generously cancelled that his
meeting might not conflict with that
OF the Y. NJ. G. A.
The Y. M. c. A. movement has
met with such encouragement since
its inception that the quarters for
merly used in the Dickson building
were found to be inadequate to prop
erly accommodate the ever-increas-
Ing Sunday afternoon attendance.
There Sunday meetings will continue
to be held in the Auditorium, which
has been proffered for that purpose
by the management.
The chairman, Hon. II. d. Bas-
sett, called the meeting to order and
announced that America" would be
the first number on the program.
Following this Rev. DR.. Woodward,
of the Christian church, pronounced
the invocation.
A selection by Won. Hartzell's In
perial Orchestra under the leader
ship of Harry Hartzell, pi-
anist, and composed of the follow
ing well known musicians: Messrs
Brady, violin; Marks, cornet, and
Mcintyre, drums, rendered in a most
pleasing manner Schlepegrell's "Sl-
yer Bells which was we'll re-
ceived.
Chairman Bassett, in a few well
chosen remarks. in which he paid
deserved tribute to this splendid
Christian gentleman, introduced
Rev. Der. Woodward as the first
speaker. This eloquent and always
forceful speaker was never in better
voice and his splendid discourse was
listened to with rapt attention by
his audience.
Following DR.. Woodward's ad-
dress, Mr.. Harry Hines, a deserved
ly popular favorite in Lakeland mu-
scal circles, sang in his most pleas
ing style Faure's masterpiece, "Thc
Palms" Mr.. Hines magnificent
tenor voice was never heard ito bet
ter advantage than in this beautiful
number. Mrs. Holcomb accompanied
Mr.. Hines at the piano.
In presenting the next speaker,
Prof. G.. M. Jones, principal of the
Lakeland high school, the chairman
spoke in glowing terms of this
popular educator and Christian gen.
tleman's work for the betterment or
the conditions in Lakeland. Particu-
larly did the chairman mention Prof.
Jones grand work in the upbuilding
of the young men and ladies of our
city, and paid this popular man and
educator a deserved tribute.
Following Professor Jones' well
received remarks the orchestra rem
dered in their most pleasing style a
selection from the "Arcadians.
That stirring old hymn, "The
Fight Is On" was then sung, after
which Chairman Rassett spoke in
terestingly of the need of Y. NJ.
C.. A. in Lakeland; the good it
would accomplish and urged upon
his hearers the necessity of the right
kind of cooperation.
The meeting was then thrown open
for round table talks and short re-
sponses were had from Mr.. u. G..
Hull superintendent of the Method
ist Sunday school; Mr.. II. G.. Stew
ems, superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday school, and from Mr.. Fidler,
business agent of the Carpenters
Union. These talks were full of
good advice and were received in
manner that showed the audiences
confidence in the speakers integrity.
After singing "God Be With You
Til We Meet Again" the audience
was dismissed with few words of
prayer by the Rev. DR. Pugh of the
Lutheran church.
The addresses delivered at this
meeting will be published tomorrow.