Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-13
ANNUAL MEET
OF ~ is HELD
Directors Are Chosen and Secre,
tary Reads Annual RepOrtat
Association Building.

The election of directors and the
reading of the annual report of
! the secretary were the important
features of the annual meeting of
the Y. NJ. C. A. at the association
! building last night, at which nj. E.
! Strieter, president of the associa
| ton, presided, and C. J. Montgom-
cry acted as neutrality-suspicious..
The session was opened with
short prayer by Rev. J. C. Granger.
The vacancy committees report
as submitted was adopted by the
members present, and T. B. Davis,
/ E. c. Fisher, c. f. Sharpe, NJ. (.
| Strieter and r. G. Summers were
| elected for period of three years;
4 L. H. Ewing, D. w. Dahisten and
| w. n. Phillips were elected for a
term of two years, and II. ]. Ohm
sted and William M Montgomery
| for a period of one year.
Year Busy One.
The report of the general sec
Rotary of the association showed
that the last year has been an eX-
ceptionaIly busy one and one which
| the association can look back upon
with justifiable\pride. One great
event of the year was the complet-
ing of many plans of improve
ments in the building which the
members of the board of directors
have had in mind for the last two
or three years. Improvements 10
| the extent of S21,5 were placed
upon the building this year, giving
to Rock Island building and
equipment as fine as any in the
state of Illinois. -
The report also shows that the
association has done everything in
its power this last year towards
helping win the war. A great
amount of energy and time has
been spent by the secretarial force
in aiding the great war move
ments. The association was the
leading agency in the city in re-
cruiting men for Y. NJ. c. A. over
seas work. In fact, the association
had five counties as a recruiting
| field. These counties were cover
| ed by automobile and in each city
a local recruiting committee was
established.
y
uniform has been accepted by the
association in-f1eu of a member
ship card in the association, and
full privileges have been accorded
these men gratis. Stationery has
been Furnished free to the soldiers
needing this accommodation, while
/ the gymnasium, shower bath and
swimming pool have been opened
Z CT ~, al
| fare. AS soon as the armistice was
signed the board of directors Of the
! association unanimously voted to
extend three months compliment
airy memberships to these returned
men. Approximately 80 1-3 per
cent of them have taken advan-
tage of this privilege which is
higher average than for the coun-
| try generally.
Cafeteria Strong Feature.
The cafeteria throughout the
year has remained strong feature
OF the associations work New
equipment has been added through
out the year so that the association
can rightfully boast of this depart
ment, its services and its patron
age.
From a social standpoint. the re-
port shows that the association has
had an unusually satisfactory year.
The various clubs and Organiza-
tons of the association have con-
tinued strong throughout the year,
while numerous social events have
been held between the Y. w. c. A.
and Y. NJ. c. A.
The boys department of the as
sociation,' although it has been I'M
fortunate in having to have three
different secretaries head the de-
partment during the year, never
| theless. closed the year stronger
than a year ago, having 800 mem
bers in its department as compared
to 211 members a year ago
Right of way week" last Feb
fuary was observed for "Associa-
ton Men," when % subscriptions
to the magazine were received.
This effort was followed later, the
latter part of April Dy a more con-
contracted EFFORT when Lieutenant
Brooks was with the association
for two days in the interests of
this magazine, andS75 additional
subscriptions we're received.
Physical Department Gains.
The report shows that the ply
steal department of the association
made a very handsome gain over
the previous year. Aside from the
regular scheduled activities Of the
gymnasium, numerous special
events have been promoted which
kept interest and activities at high
pitch.
Due to the improvements and re-