Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-19
Y. N. C. A.
Hold BIG MEETING
In Colonial Theatre - Churches
Closed Sunday Night.
DR.. FELL, CHAIRMAN
Tasker G. Lowndes and William
Knowles Cooper Make
Addresses.
DR.. FELL, CHAIRMAN

Realizing the Importance Of the
great work being done by the Y. NJ.
G. A. for soldiers and sailors, and the
pressing need at this time to raise
funds to carry on this work, nearly
every church in Annapolis closed its
doors last night to permit their re-
spectiye congregations to attend the
meeting held in the Colonial Theatre
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. C. A.
War Council, e. T. Stacey. local
manager.
A portion of the Naval Academy
band furnished music. under the di-
rection of Prof Adolph Torovsky,
bandmaster, and accompanied the
congregations" singing, which was
entered into heartily.
DR. Fell. President of ST Johns
College. presided With him on the
stage were seated the speakers, Mr..
Tasker G. Lowndes, of Cumberland:
Mr.. William Knowles Cooper, of
Washington, ID, c., and Mr.. Montig-
natl; also Mayor James f. Strange,
City Counselor George E. Rullman,
Postmaster Thomas J. Linthicum,
Joseph NJ Armstrong, George T.
Melvin, and the following clergymen:
Rev Edward ID. Johnson rector Of
ST. Anne's; Rev DR.. Fl W Bugran,
pastor Of the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church; Rev DR.. W. T. Mckinney.
pastor OF Maryland Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church; Rev. DR. John S.
Sewers, pastor of College Avenue
Baptist Church: Rev DR.. George S.
Bell, pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church; Rev. H. c. Carl Haas, pastor
of St Martins Lutheran Crurch
Many soldiers. sailors and marines
occupied seats in the audience
In calling the meeting to order, DR.
Fell stated the object and purposes
of the Y. NJ. c. A. work in its present
drive here He introduced Mr. Tas-
ker G. Lowndes. of Cumberland, son
Of the late Governor Lowndes.
banker. newspaper man and Y. NJ
c. A. official Mr. Lowndes talked or
the need for money to support the
work OF the War Council of the y. M.
G. A. He told briefly OF the splendid
work. being done by the "Y," and in
troduced Mr. William Knowles Cooper
of Washington, d. c., who gave a
splendid talk on the Y. NJ C. A. work
itself. Mr. Cooper spoke of the huts
near the trenches in France, of the
home comforts the Y. NJ G. A. de-
sires to continue giving the men as
well as spiritually administering to
them The men are often depressed,
ne said The " NJ c. A. seeks to
cheer them, to encourage, to keep
them in touch with home, by provid-
ing writing material, for which they
are often at loss.
Sometimes there are men in the
army Poles-who cannot speak Eng
lish, to whom right and left" are
foreign. The Y. M. C. A. is estab-
fishing classes to teach these men
English
Mr., Cooper told of the work pro-
posed to be done in France The
Y. NJ. G. A. meets the men there who
come "over there" and gives them
assistance.
At the close of Mr.. Cooper's ad-
dress a Scotchman, Mr.. Montignati,
spske, and also sang several songs.
He told many funny stories and kept
things going. One Of his stirring
songs was Keep the Home Fire
Burning"
general appeal was made for
funds Mr.. Lowndes subscribed 500,
Someone in the gallery called out that
Eastport would be responsible . for
$500.
1t is estimated that contributions
for the Y. NJ. G. A. work. the drive
for which has been "on" the past
week. amounted last night to appr6xi-
mately $1,000, making a total of be-
tween $4,000 and s2,50O. Annapolis
share of the total sum asked for by
the Y. NJ c. a. War Council
Postmaster Linthicum says Annapo-
lis needs between $500 and $500 more
to complete its apportionment, with
several districts to~be heard from
Glen Burnie and Brooklyn. and a few
sections ii the lower part of the
county
Anne Arunders quota was s2,700