The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-26
STIRRING
ADDRESSES
Heard At Y. N. c. A. Annual
Banquet
Rev. N. S. Freeman And Rev.
H. H. Miller Speak
Announcement Made That
SeCy. Kinney viii Remain
Together With Fred Glenn
And Maurice Mitchell
Resolutions Are Adopted
Reports OF Committees
Together With Fred Glenn
And Maurice Mitchell
Resolutions Are Adopted
Reports Of Committees

Three long tables in the gymnasium
of the Y. NJ. G. A. Monday night ac-
commodated the large crowd of mem
bers and workers attending the an
nual supper of the Y. M. c. A.
Before the banquet the election OF
directors was held and the five new
directors elected were as follows: r..
S. Goodell, Rev. Fl. H. Miller, Walter
Earleywine, j. w. Rudin and c. L..
Michael
Following the election of directors
the guests were ushered into the gym
nasium where an elegant supper was
served by the ladies of the Baptist
church.
zenno Taylor acted as chairman Of
the meeting following the supper and
after announcing that the services OF
Secretary Kinney, Physical Director
Glenn Director of Boys Work Maur-
ice Mitchell and NJ. Nixon had been
secured for the following year, he in
troduced Rev. M. S. Freeman who
spoke on "The Needs of the Boys in
Our Community"
Rev. Freeman's thought was that
boy, given a good home with good
parents, stills needs the companion
ship Of other boys his own age to en-
able him to broaden and develop and
that he further needs the direction Of
men of the right sort-men who can
command the boys confidence and
respect and in whom the boys feel
that they can confide-to lead and
influence them into the habits and de-
velopment of men of character and
mentally, morally and physically fit.
Rev. II. Fl. Miller then gave very
interesting address on the subject of
What the Y. NJ. G. A. Has to Offer
the Boy"
Rev. Miller dwelled upon the three
essential characteristics of the we'll
balanced man: physical strength,
mental strength and spiritual
strength
In referring to these essential char
acteristics of manly men, he spoke of
the mental giants who acquired their
great store of knowledge at the eX-
pense of their physical health and
were unable to be of any great SER
vice in the uplifting of the world for
that reason, while the physical giant,
whose mentality was of a low order
or undeveloped, was unable to give
the world what it is entitled to from
every man. Men of either type were
referred to as "one-sided men" as
were also the men mentally and ply
sically capable but morally deficient,
a class of men whose influence is
dangerous and invariably harmful to
the communities in which they live.
The Y. M. c. A. the speaker point
ed out as a remarkable, opportunity
for boys and men to develop the three
sides of their character by means of
the physical, mental and moral train
ing made possible by this institution.
Following Rev. Miller, B. B. Will
liams gave an interesting account of
the report on the foreign work of the
Y. M. C. A. which was given at the
Y. M. C. A. convention in Cleveland
last week.
The meeting closed by the assem-
bly, standing and singing the first
verse of Blessed Be the Tie That
Binds" after the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions to govern the work
of the association for the coming
year:
1. Be it resolved, That the Mt Yer
non Young Mems Christian Associa'
tion adopt as definite policy the en-
gaging of such men in, secretariai po
sitions as purpose making association
work life profession and as the