The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-07
An Interesting Session Last Night
Opening With an EeIesant
Supper at the Y.
w. c. A.
THE COMMITTEES REPORT
A Banqeut is Proposed for the News
paper Workers Of the City to
be Held This
Month.

The board OF directors of the Young
Mems Christian Association assembled
for supper at the Young Women's
christian Association at 6:15 o'clock
last evening where delightful repast
was enjoyed.
There were eight members present
and the meeting was called to order by
the president, H. C. Brown, who presid-
ed at the meeting.
The report Of the boys work com
mittee, A. w. HUDSON, chairman, show.
ed that the first feed for the bible
class members was given in the early
part of November, at which more than
thirty boys were present and proved
a most popular and profitable event.
The state conference for the boys oc-
CURED at Washington, Iowa, Deem
Der 5, 6 and Z. A delegation of nine
represented the local association. Over
four hundred delegates were present
and all felt that they were well re-
paid for the time spent. A post con
ference was given December 16 when
reports on several phases of the con
ference were given by the local dele
gates. The known influence of the
conference on the delegates is shown in
that five decisions were made to stand
for clean living, clean speech and clean
athletics; six decisions to pray and
read the Bible daily; one decision to
contribute systematically to christian
work and four decisions to give UP
bad and wasteful habits. Two fellows
have united with the church.
The Paxius club held a watch party
on the evening of December 81.
The Wireless Club is making rapid
progress. A message was caught at
Lomax, H., this week, sent out from
one Of the Keokuk suh-stations in
connection with the local clubs work
The report Of the membership com.
mittee, G. M. Finney, chairman, show.
ed that during the month OF Decem-
Der the following new members were
received: In the senior department, Ar.
thur Baker, j. C. Fountain, j. H. Wal.
dron, Ira e. Spangler, Jean r. Neil;
juniors, Paul McClintock, Rugh Mont.
gomery, Clyde James, Godfrey Nc
Kenzie
The social committee, V. R. Mckay,
chairman. reported that during Deem
der, four hundred and seventy-five
persons used the game rooms. Re-
ceipts from pocket billiards was Spill
A revival of interest has been shown
in checkers and chess. There are two
sets of checkers and four sets Of
chess for use in the room set apart for
these games. The social committee
will hold a mock trial on Thursday,
January %. at s o'clock p. M, at the
auditorium of the association. This
trial will be given under the direction
Of the Newton Entertainment Bureau
of Worcester, Mass. The case will be
a breach of promise suit. To add in
terest to the affair local people will
take part as parties to the suit, attor-
neys, judges and jurymen. February
IL, Lincoln's birthday. j. R. Bane, at
torney Of Oelwein will give a lecture
on Abraham Lincoln, at the auditorium
of the Y. NJ. C. A. A pocket billiard
tournament will be started January 10
Plans are now being made. Plans are
also under way for black face min
strel entertainment to be given at the
grand opera house during the month
of February.
The social committee made recon-
mendation that banquet be rendered
to the editors, managers, reporters and
pressmen of the local newspapers on
either January Is or 16 as may be de
termined as the most convenient for
the guests. The recommendation was
approved by the board.
The physical work committee
Charles Allen, chairman, reported that
the attendance for December at regu
lar class work, hand ball, basket ball
and fencing in the gymnasium, was
1863. Men using the natatorium, two
hundred and forty-two; boys using
same, seven hundred and twenty; visi
tors numbered thirteen hundred. The
large number of visitors is accounted
for on account of the interest taken In
the games Of the commercial league
which are being played in the gym.
nasium. There are six basket bal
teams in the commercial league and
they play at SIS Friday nights and
4:15 Saturday afternoons. The high
school basket ball team has played
three games with teams from other
towns, winning all three games Ar
exhibition was given Monday night
December 20 by members of the junior
and intermediate departments and the
senior leader corps. All games. con
tests and exhibitions given in the gym
nasium are open and free to the public
unless especially mentioned otherwise
in the announcement of that partfcu
lar event.
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