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DELEGATES ENJOY
Y. N G.. A. MEETING
IN VALLEY CITY
Report Of Meeting Given by
Herman Naugle, Delegate
From The City Unit of the
Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.

Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation.
A report Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Convention held at
Valley City on January % and "a has
been obtained from one of the city
delegates, Herman Maggie who attend
ed the convention last week. Mr..
Naugle is a very active member of the
group organized in this city under
the able dictatorship, of Secretary A..
E. Conrad: and the following is a brief
oi1Si;s report from the meeting.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Convention at Valley C:ity~was
attended by SOM. fourty-nine dclcgat-
es from the four organized counties,
and from the various associations in
the colleges throughout the state. A..
G. Knoebel, of Chicago, reganal secre-
tory for the Y. M. C. A. and State Sc
cretary Curtis, of Fargo, were both
present.
The convention opened the morning
of the 23rd, with an appropriate pro-
gram of several song selections and
a doxology. Mayor I. ]. Moe, of VAL
ley City extended the official welcome
of Valley City to the delegates, fol-
lowed by a welcome from Rev. ]. S.
Wilds, who welcomed the Y. M. C. A.
men on behalf of the Valley City
churches. Officers were then elected
to preside at the convention, those
being MI. M. F. Stockwell, Of Fargo;
as chairman; and MI. Nagel, of Grand
Forks, as secretary.
The afternoon session was called to
order by the Chairman w. F, Stock
well after which the delegates took to
their different departments. The City
Sessions were held in the Swedish
Lutheran church, County Work Ses-
sions were held in the City Hall and
the Student Sessions in the Congre-
g~ational church parlors. Silver Ser
umgard, of this city, was elected
Chairman to the County Sessions, and
H. ]. Bergeth, of Doyon, was elected
Secretary. Reports Of the County
Committee, outlining work which had
been accomplished and the setting as
a goal for the coming year and the
| organization Of five new counties.
Other matters Of Importance were dis
posed of by the branches Of the as
ISOLATION, when the meeting adjourn
ed to meet again on Saturday morn
ing. That evening at $3.50 o'clock a
banquet was served in the Swedish
Lutheran Church., after which a fine
program Of music and talks were rem.
dered. Mr.. Knebel, n of the prom.
inent speakers on the program, en-
phasized the importance of the work
the Y. M. C. A. were doing and that
although the Association had beer
, criticised extremely for some of the
acts of some of the secretaries, yet il
had done some really great work in
aiding men to make the great decis.
ion for apbetter life.
Saturdays session opened at $3.50
in the morning, with Chairman A. E
Conrad, of this city, in charge. The
days work was taken up with several
very good talks from delegates, and
a discussion of how the new Reganal
program effects North Dakota. The
Y. M. C. A. movement was discussed
going back to the beginning Of the
Association, and the work accomplish
ed.
|. Directly after the afternoon session
the delegates accepted an Invitation
from the Valley City Y. M. C. A. TO,
a. luncheon. to be given at the Normal
school, where the delegates marched
in a body at 1880 o'clock. They were
also spectators at a game Of basket
ball staged by the Normal, team and
Tower City Normal, the latter taking
the honors.
After a prayer meeting called fo1
6:45 o'clock, the delegates departed
for their homes, having enjoyed ar
excellent meeting, gaining much in
sight into the workings Of the Asso'
Citations; gaining many pleasant ac'
quaintances, as a whole the meeting
was pleasant and long to be remerber'
ed. , The spirit which prevailed thru.
out the meeting was a genuine, sin.
cere body Of men, gathered together
to learn and give reports of thei1
work; to give and receive inspiration
for the coming year.
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