(4) P. J. Gilbert (1) I. D. Sankey (2) G. C. Stebbins (3) C. B. Willis THE BUSINESS SESSIONS OF THE CONVENTION Tuesday Morning The convention was called to order in Mechanics Hall, Boston, Tuesday, June 11, 1901, at eleven o'clock, A. M., by Edwin L. Shuey of Dayton, Ohio, president of the last convention, that held at Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1899. A temporary business committee was appointed by the chair, consisting of James D. Husted, Canon City, Col.; W. W. Vicar, Norfolk, Va.; H. T. Ludlow, New York. A. G. Knebel of Asheville, N. C., was elected temporary secretary. The following resolution offered by F. L. Starrett of Rochester, N. Y., was adopted unanimously: That all active members of Canadian and American associations present, not regularly accredited as delegates to this convention, all visiting members of foreign associations, and all ministers of evangelical churches in attendance upon the convention, be admitted to seats as corresponding members. After a few minutes' intermission, a committee on permanent organization, consisting of one delegate from each state, province and territory, was nominated by the respective delegations represented at the convention as follows: Maryland, J. Harvey Creighton New Jersey, F. W. Langstroth Tuesday Evening At the meeting in Mechanics Hall at 7.30 P. M., William E. Dodge of New York presided. The committee on permanent organization through its chairman presented the following report, which was unanimously accepted: To the International Jubilee Convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America: Gentlemen-Your committee beg to nominate the following persons as the permanent officers of the convention: President, William E. Dodge, New Vice-presidents: York S. Walter Woodward, Washing- J. Thorburn Ross, Portland, Ore. Henry Waterhouse, Hawaii, T. Secretary, C. C. Michener, Chi- Assistant Secretaries: A. G. Knebel, Asheville, N. C. Respectfully submitted, D. A. BUDGE, Chairman, GEORGE T. COXHEAD, Secretary. Wednesday Morning The following permanent committees were announced by the secretary as having been appointed: COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS J. E. Irvine, Chairman, St. John, Edwin F. See, Brooklyn, N. Y. S. D. Moody, New Orleans, La. COMMITTEE ON ASSOCIATIONS Selden P. Spencer, Chairman, St. Herbert B. Ames, Montreal, Que. Henry M. Moore, Boston, Mass. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS E. L. Shuey, Chairman, Dayton, O. M. H. Ritchey, Halifax, N. S. Minn. J. B. Early, Fort Dodge, Ia. C. C. Michener finding it impossible to serve as secretary of the convention, the committee on permanent organization substituted the name of Bruno Hobbs, of Cripple Creek, Col., as secretary of the convention, and he was duly elected to that office. The report of the International Committee was then subImitted by Dr. L. C. Warner, chairman of the International Committee, as follows: THE BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRIS TIAN ASSOCIATIONS The International Committee presents the following as its twentyfourth report, its first eleven reports (1867-1877) having been presented to annual and the remainder (1879-1899) to biennial conventions. In preparing the present report the committee for the sake of brevity has omitted the summary, given in its previous reports, of the work of all the secretaries and departments with other details. All these will be found in the report of the general secretary, which is therefore bound in pamphlet form with this report for circulation in the convention. This report and the biennial reports of the secretaries and corresponding members of the committee, together with the Year-books of 1900 and 1901, give a summary statement of the work of the committee and the condition of the associations since the Grand Rapids convention in 1899. THE PRESENT ASSOCIATION SITUATION The following summary shows, so far as figures can show, the present situation as compared with that of two years ago. NUMBER AND MEMBERSHIP 1901 1899 1901 1899 1,404 (1,341) associations have sent in reports; 1,476 (1,429) are in existence 1,354 (1,233) of these report an aggregate membership of committees |