Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-24

Bates called on Waterman R. Burn ham at his residence on Main street MT. Burnham was the first president of the Norwich association and has always taken a deep interest in its welfare.
 Banquet and Evening Session. At 5:45 all the delegates enjoyed an excellent banquet menu at the Waure gan hotel as follows:
 Boston Bluefish Fine Herbs, Duchess of Potatoes. l Chicken Croquettes Sauce Supreme French Bread Assorted Cake Neapolitan Ice Cream Demi Tasse
 | The evening session at the Central Baptist church to which the public was | invited was called to order shortly
 after S:15 o'clock with a devotional period, Orders from Headquarters, led | by General Secretary Edwin Hill.
 a At Work Among Boys.
 H. W. Gibson was then introduced | to the large sized assemblage and he
 gave highly interesting talk on "At Work Among Boys", which he illus i trated with a number of very hand ! some stereopticon views. His talks
 reviewed at length the beginning of l the Y. M. c. A. the life of it's founder | and the great owrk the association is
 doing among the boys. In part he spoke
 as follows:
 The song of the boy is the song of life and joy. His super abundance of l life is ao contagious that 1t percolates l into the system Of the groWnups. 1 Even joyous boyhood however has 1 it's troubles. Sometimes they are | mathematical sometimes pugilistic, sometime because of lack of social ad- 1 justment. Whatever kind of trouble it
 may be, he always knows there is one | who cares and whose sympathetic | heart responds to his own heart throbs his mother. Through the careful | guidance of mother, the boy emerges 1 from the period of early boyhood into the period of youth. He is preparing
 to become a man and as he looks over | the field of life he needs the guidinC hand of fathe-, the friendship of one
 who is oldre and wiser. Blessed is | that father who can retain the spirit | of youth and be the churn of his own 1 son.
 l MT. Gibson raid tribute to the life 1 Of George Williams, founder of the l Y. MIC. A.. who was impelled to begin | this great work because he saw the | awful temptations gripping young men | in London. He called together few | fellows in his bedroom to talk over | conditions and engage in prayer. It | should never be forgotten that the ! foundation of the Y. M. c. A. was laid | in a prayer meeting of youg men, in | an upper room of St. Paurs church. yard. The historic date was June G., 1S44. Twelve young men were pres ent. The jubilee of the foundation of the Y M c. A. held in London in June 1894 was a striking public recog- rition of the worth of the organiza- tion as well as an overwhelming testi-
 mony to the place George Williams held in the esteem of the people and
 in the personal affffection of every member of the association the world over. From 8 group of twelve men the organization had grown in fifty years to over 5f00 branches with a membership of-over half a million, l Years of triumph followed and the laters years of George Williams life
 were crowned in honor. At S3 years of age he attended the Jubilee of tine Worlds Alliance of the Y. M. c. A.
 held in Paris in April 1905.
 A few months later he slept and
 woke no more in this world. His burial
 in St. Paul's cathedral was the right
 full honor paid to one of Gods noblest
 citizens.
 ] Seven years after the little group of
 twelve men founded the Y. M. c. A. together in North America, one in ! Montreal and the other in Boston and organized Young Mems Christian as- |; sociations The one in Montreal was ! organized November 25, 1851 and the one in Boston on December 29 1851
 
 present mighty organization of 1925 , associations reaching from the Allan , tic to the Pacific. occupying 1904 build . ingS valued at "A millions of dollars, employing 3,S63 men as secretaries and
 other officers and having member
 ship of 6oo.o0o.
 T Prevention Better Than Cure.
 We believe it is better tottrain a f boy to do right than to restrain him 2 from IOjnEr VVrnnP. easier fO cultivate good habits than to remove bad ones; 3 cheaper to prevent crime than to cure g the criminal; businesslike to reform
 character than to try to reform it, and better to win boy to Christian life , when he is in the formative than tc 1 wait until he. is hardened. Il Boy leisure is a greater evil than - boy labor. It is during the leisure v time that character is largely deter a mined. The boy must play. The boy e without a playground is father to the n man without a job. n The lure of the out of doors is ir- a resistible to a red blooded boy. Char a acter is taught; not caught. Leader = ship is therefore an important factor t Capitalizing Christian leadership is o a bigger and harder job than capital n izing 8 new business venture. Johr ut Wanamaker once said: Save mar r and you save one, save a boy and you f save a whole multiplication table, n To lead boys into definite relation = ship with Jesus Christ and the church if is the main objective of the Y. M. c IT A..
 s The singing of My Country 'Tis 0. . Thee followed and the closing prayer . was offered by c. c. Robinson.
 Committees Announced. She following committees were an ' nounced during both afternoon ana V evening sessions:
 y+ Business = Walter M. Mitchell a Stamford; Franklin H. Gardner, Der o by; Henry S. Lyon, Bridgeport; Henr. IF. Migs, Meriden: Charles Ross, O1t e Lyme. Archie Brown, New Haven, ad m wiser.
 "a Credentials-A. Louis Murdock ,r Hartford; Mervin Peterson, New Bri ,f tain: Burton Hilliar. New London " Emerson B. Jones. Norwich; Harolt .t Adams Fftchville; Louis Cape, Bridge h port, adviser.
 = Resolutions - William Pembertor 10 New Haven: Earl B. Benton, Torring "a ton; Clayton Lyman, Columbia: Fre' rs Clarke, Jewett City; Leslie Eggleston 'iS Hartford: B. W. Yergin. adviser. t- Delegates Attendino.
 The conference, which continues wit ,s morning and afternoon sessions today
 has over Sc0Ta Of the cities am