Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-19

he-elecIe0 PreSIdenG.
 James c. Macpherson was reelected president of the Norwich Y. M. c. A., Tuesday evening at the associations an- nuaI meeting in the 'Y'' building. The annual reports of the officers and com mittees showed the past year to have been a very successful one and the report of the treasurer, l.. R. Church, showed all bills paid and a balance of s4901 on hand
 The meeting was called to order short ly after o'clock by President Maepher- son and was opened with prayer by B. P. Bishop. Charles L. Stewart, the record 1 ing secretary, read the minutes of the 1 annual meeting last year. The report of the treasurer was read by General Sec retary Edwin Hill, after which Philip A. Johnson read the report of the finance committee.
 President James C. Macpherson then presented his annual report which cov- 1 cred the activities of the association for l the past twelve months, reviewed the 1 progress made on the new building and l acknowledged the valuable service and | cooperation of the officers and staff of the association the Womens Auxiliary 1 and of the many friends of the associa- l tion.
 General secretary's Report. The general secretary, Edwin Hill, read ] his report as follows:
 | To the Officers, Directors and Members
 of The Young Mems Christian Asso-
 ciation:
 Gentlemen :-Once again it is my privi- l iege to render an annual report as your l general secretary, and I do so with un-
 usual gratitude, and some of the req sons for gratitude are as follows: First
 and foremost, we are grateful to the gracious Heavenly Father for the unnis- takable evidence of His kind favor through every day of the past year. in overruling our mistakes. and in guiding us through rather unusual problems and enabling us to overcome difficulties inn
 possible to our limited human ability
 without Divine aid, and we do well to pause and with intense earnestness, say from our hearts, Praise God from Whom
 all blessings fow.'
 1 Another definite cause flor gratitude is
 that we have been highly favored with officers, directors and committeeman whc have evidently caught the vision of the
 great possibilities of the work of the
 Young Mems Christian Association. The
 splendid leadership of President James
 c. Macpherson, and, the continued able
 and efficient leadership of former Presi |, dent James L. Case, in the capacity o1 chairman of the new building committee deserve special mention. These pos.
 tions demand conservation and sacrifice
 and these two gentlemen have show1 clear evidence of rare conservation, ant . have been willing to pay the price O : faithful service. which always calls fo sacrifice. I believe that more and nor the men. who willingly render voluntar! 2 service to this association are doing S } in the spirit of Him who, nineteen hun $ dred years ago, remarked that He cam . not to be ministered unto, but to minis ter This spirit was manifested in very marked way in the unusual cam l paign for current expenses last week. 2 Our gratitude is not limited to tn < men, but gladly reaches out to the wo :, men who compose the %Voman's Auxiliar ! of our institution, for theirs is, in l unique way, a real service of love; home without a mother is scarcely
 home at all, and certainly a Y. NJ. c. 4
 home without the touch of these Godl
 women would be far less a down tow , home to our young men and boys. Thei presence and help on several occasion f during the year was greatly appreciated =, and liberal payments on their bountif, 5 pledge of $5,O00 for the new buildin - have called for much effort on their par ii I wish to express my gratitude for tn "a faithful services of my co-workers on tn , employed staff; we have prayed togethe !, and faced the problems together. an ]. there has been a fine spirit of ''teal s work without which, success cannot
 realized
 will not speak in detail about th
 work of the various departments of th
 association. aa this will be covered b
 the, reports of the committees, but I mus Il state that the past year has been one ( 7, progress, and in my judgment, measure e fully up to the record of any year in u 1. history of the association, and we ha7 n in all our efforts kept well in mind u n objective of all our work namely tf e leading of men and boys to follow u
 ideals personif1ed by Him who was 't1 ]. chiefest among ten thousand" even u > great Christ of God.
 st We stlIr believe that the associate % should serve young men and boys in u k line of keeping their bodies fit. remen
 bering that the body is the Temple a the Holy Ghost" and with the new ph. sI sicaI department unit a reality next ia 4 we can press the physical work mo IS than ever. We still realize that ina n. much as the average young man is mo if easily touched in social way, we mu S- build up more and more helpful soci
 atmosphere in our building. We feel tn Ill we owe 1t to the young men. to provi( T IT the development of their mental nature s yet if we are to remain true to ol
 birthright,' we must at all times, wi Id tact and wisdom and sanctified commt n. sense, press home to those who const IS ttlte our field of service. the high clain a of the matchless Son of God who year of to have all men and boys come into u 1e highest possible manhood through tl
 power that He waits to give.
 Tine possibilities of the year just clos se are gone forever, and the record we ha Lh made is beyond our power to change r. all probability, the year 1922 will be r. epoch making year in the history of t c. Ndrw !ch Youne 1fen's Christian Associ
 tion there is something solemn in t
 thought that this is the last annual met
 ing that we will hold in this buildin
 these walls that have known our servi he for To, these many years, will soon knc nd it no more forever There is somethil in magnificent and grand in the thougl ey that as we leave the<o old house, We ent id, a new and more adequately equipp h. l building which. if we put into it 0 IT. full measure Of eonsecration. may Decor ee a very "Bethel' to countless numbers Of young men who win pass in and out .ld 1t in the years yet to come
 l As your general secretary, 1 desire