PAGES HEADS OF FOUR NATIONS WHO SENT GREETINGS TO THE CONVENTION 47 William McKinley, President of the United States. Edward VII., King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India. Wilhelm II., Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. Victor Emmanuel III., King of Italy. FOREIGN VISITORS—I.............. Pastor Alfred Klug, Barmen; president German National Council and member World's Committee. Senator Jules Siegfried, Paris; ex-Minister of Commerce for France; member of the advisory board of the Paris association. Judge Aladar von Szilassy, Budapest; president of the association and member of the World's Committee. Pierre Bovet, Neuchatel, theological student, representing the Swiss Christian Student Movement. Prof. Arthur L. M. Hjelt, representing the Finnish Young Men's Christian Association, Helsingfors. Pastor Hermann Findeisen, St. Petersburg; president of the Lutheran Young Men's Christian Association. Pastor Rodolph Meyhoffer, Brussels; president of the council of the Brussels Young Men's Christian Association; pastor of the Belgium Missionary_Church; president of the Evangelical Alliance in Belgium. Pastor Alfredo H. da Silva, Oporto; president of Association; representative of World's Committee for Portugal. SOME BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CONVENTION... W. H. Mills, general secretary English National Council. J. H. Putterill, London, general secretary of Central Young Men's Christian Association. Lord Kinnaird, vice-president English National Council. Andrew Bell, traveling secretary Scottish National Union. Rev. W. G. Marsh, Australia; rector of St. Luke's Church, Adelaide; for thirteen years general secretary of the Melbourne association. FOUR RACIAL TYPES.. M. L. Rallia Ram, Amritsar, India; member of the Lahore association and representing the Young Men's Christian Associations of India and Ceylon. Father Nicholas V. Vassilieff, St. Petersburg, Russia; member governing council of "Society for the Moral and Physical Development of Young Men." Y. L. Hwang, Nanking, China; formerly president College Young Men's Christian Association; delegate to national convention at Shanghai and to conference of World's Student Christian Federation at Versailles, France; appointed visitor to_the Jubilee Convention but unable at last moment to attend. Rev. Joseph S. Motoda, Tokyo, Japan; head-master St. Paul's College (Protestant Episcopal); chairman Student Young Men's Christian Association Union of Japan. SOME OF THE FOUNDERS... W. H. Neff, Cincinnati, president third international convention, Montreal, 1856; prominent in securing the organization of the association confederation; member of the first Central Committee. W. J. Rhees, Washington, one of the organizers of the Washington association; a member of the second Central Committee and general secretary for foreign correspondence. Rev. William Chauncy Langdon, D. D. (died 1895); organizer of the Washington, D. C., association; chief promoter of the first North American convention, Buffalo, 1854, and of the first world's conference, Paris, 1855; first secretary of the Central Committee of the confederated associations and president of second international convention, Cincinnati, 1855. T. J. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii PAGES Claxton, Montreal (died 1900); one of the founders of the Montreal association and life-long patron of the cause. George M. Vanderlip, New York, writer of the well-known Watchman article which led to the founding of the Boston association. GROUP OF ASSOCIATION VETERANS...... Men prominent in the formative period of association work, and life-long friends of the organization. James Stokes, New York City. Major-general O. O. Howard, U. S. A. Charles A. Jewell, Hartford, Conn. Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Bishop of New York. Verranus Morse, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Franklin W. Smith, Washington, D. C. Alexander McKenzie, D. D., Cambridge, Mass. A QUARTET OF Leaders. ..... Dwight L. Moody (died 1899); first general secretary at Chicago and life-long patron of the association movement. Robert R. McBurney (died 1898); general secretary New York City association, 1862-1898; member International Committee, 1866-1898; member New York state_committee, 1866, 1898; delegate to seven world's conferences. George H. Stuart, Philadelphia (died 1890); president international conventions of 1859 and 1863; president United States Christian Commission during the Civil War. John W. Philip (died 1900); rearadmiral U. S. N.; first naval representative on the International Committee and Chairman of the naval general committee. CONVENTION SPEAKERS-II.... .... William Caven, D. D., principal Knox College, Toronto. W. H. P. Faunce, D. D., president Brown University, Providence, R. I. G. Stanley Hall, LL. D., president Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Cyrus Northrop, LL. D., president University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Francis L. Patton, LL. D., president Princeton University. William F. Slocum, LL. D., president Colorado College, Colorado Springs. Booker T. Washington, A. M. (Harvard), principal Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. FOUR RAILROAD PRESIDENTS. Typical friends of the Railroad Association work. Lucius Tuttle, Boston & Maine Railroad. M. E. Ingalls, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway. Joseph Ramsey, Jr., Wabash Railroad. George W. Stevens, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. CONVENTION SPEAKERS-III..... Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., Boston; editor Commercial Bulletin. Lieutenant-colonel U. S. V., Spanish War. Major-general Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A. Rear-admiral J. C. Watson, U. S. N.; member naval general committee Young Men's Christian Association. Commander A. V. Wadhams, U. S. N.; member naval general committee Young Men's Christian Association. Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, U. S. N. FOREIGN VISITORS-II... Pastor Adolf Hoffman, Geneva; member World's Committee. Charles Fermaud, Geneva; general secretary World's Committee. Christian Phildius, Geneva; general secretary World's Committee. Rev. Th. Biering, Odense; traveling secretary of the Danish National Alliance. Emil Winqvist, general secretary Southern branch, Stockholm association. Helbing, Elberfeld; general secretary German National Alli H. PAGES ance. J. van Bommel, Amsterdam; national secretary for Holland. Emmanuel Sautter, Paris; general secretary French National Committee. Paul Theis, general secretary Paris association. Franklin Gaylord, St. Petersburg; general secretary "Society for the Moral and Physical Development of Young Men." FOREIGN VISITORS-III..... Rev. Kristian Martin Eckhoff, president Student Missionary Association, Christiania; member general committee World's Student Christian Federation. Kristian Piene, traveling secretary Norwegian National Alliance. Thomas Jameson, general secretary Liverpool, England, association. William M. Oatts, special foreign representative English National Council; formerly general secretary Glasgow association. Th. Geisendorf, B. D., general secretary Marseilles association. Nicholau S. do Couto, M. D., recording secretary Rio de Janeiro association. Pastor F. Berlin of the Himmelfarth Church, Berlin; president East German Alliance; member World's Committee. THE CONVENTION SINGERS.. Ira D. Sankey, Brooklyn. George C. Stebbins, Brooklyn. THE CONVENTION AUDITORIUM.... 222 257 291 Sunday afternoon men's meeting in the Mechanics Building; Mr. Sankey at the organ. This meeting was the largest religious meeting for men only ever held in Boston. Boys' Section. Plumbing, Forging and Woodwork. BUILDINGS OF THE TWO PIONEER ASSOCIATIONS: MONTREAL AND 329 The Montreal building is the second erected and occupied by the Montreal association. The present structure was erected in 1891 and cost $160,000. The Boston building was erected in DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XV PAGES 1883, superseding the first building erected ten years previous. The present structure cost $280,000. COMMEMORATIVE TABLETS: MONTREAL AND BOSTON.... The Montreal tablet is affixed to Gault Brothers' warehouse, at the former site of the St. Helen Street Baptist Church. The Boston tablet is in the Old South Meeting House, corner of Washington and Milk Streets. OFFICERS OF MONTREAL AND BOSTON ASSOCIATIONS. C. T. Williams, president, Montreal. D. A. Budge, general secretary, Montreal. Arthur S. Johnson, president, Boston. George W. Mehaffey, general secretary, Boston. JEAN EDOUARD BARDE.... Professor of Theology in the Free College of the Evangelical Society in Geneva; one of the founders of the World's Alliance; Chairman of the World's Committee since 1896. A TRIO OF VETERANS.. Cephas Brainerd, for twenty-five years (1866-1891) chairman of the International Committee. Richard C. Morse, general secretary of the International Committee since 1869. Robert Weidensall, secretary of the International Committee since 1868. OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. Lucien C. Warner, M. D., LL. D., New York; manufacturer and importer; Chairman International Committee since 1895. Alfred E. Marling, New York; real estate; vice-chairman International Committee; chairman committee of management Twenty-third Street branch, New York City association. Frederick B. Schenck, New York; president Mercantile Bank; treasurer International Committee. Richard C. Morse, New York; general secretary International Committee. GROUP OF MEMBers and SecretARIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COM- The group is numbered in four rows from left to right, beginning at the top. The year figures denote respectively the date of entering the secretaryship and that of entering the International Committee's service. F. B. Smith, Special Religious Work, 1889, 1899. J. T. Bowne, custodian Historical Library, 1877, 1885. W. M. Parsons, Field, 1887, 1901. C. C. Michener, Field, 1890, 1895. C. S. Ward, Field, 1883, 1898. C. K. Ober, Field, 1882, 1885. C. L. Gates, Field, 1886, 1889. J. S. Tichenor, Field, 1891, 1901. A. G. Bookwalter, Educational, 1900, 1900. G. B. Hodge, Educational, 1892, 1892. J. H. Banks, Army and Navy (army section), 1896, 1898. W. E. Fenno, Army and Navy (navy section), 1896, 1901. P. F. Jerome, Office, 1894, 1898. E. M. Robinson, Boys', 1898, 1900. R. P. Kaighn, assistant editor Association Men, 1892, 1901. P. L. Gillett, Foreign (Seoul, Korea), 1901, 1901. W. A. Hunton, Colored Men's, 1888, 1891. D. O. Shelton, Special Religious Work, 1887, 1900. Luther Gulick, M. D., Physical, 1886, 1888. G. T. Hepbron, Physical, 1891, 1898. F. W. Ober, editor Association Men, 1882, 1901. H. P. Andersen, Student, 1886, 1892. H. M. McIlhany, Jr., Student, 1899, 1899. T. B. Penfield, Student (theological section), 1898, 1901. W. C. McKee, Student (office), 1900, 1900. C. F. Park, Jr., Student, 1901, 1901. A. B. Williams, Student, 1900, 1901. 338 343 355 357 360 369 PAGE H. W. Hicks, Student (Bible study), 1895, 1898. E. L. Hamilton, Railroad, 1887, 1892. F. B. Shipp, Railroad, 1889, 1898. J. F. Moore, Railroad, 1889, 1897. G. D. McDill, Railroad, 1898, 1898. H. O. Williams, Railroad, 1882, 1895. C. J. Hicks, Railroad and associate general secretary Home Work, 1888, 1889. F. S. Goodman, Special Religious Work, 1881, 1901. G. W. Sarvis, Foreign (Calcutta, India), 1901, 1901. E. M. Willis, Railroad (office), 1896, 1900. J. E. Moorland, Colored Men's, 1892, 1899. John Glover, Secretarial Bureau, 1886, 1888. Joshua Levering, Baltimore, member International Committee, 1891. T. K. Cree, Business, 1869, 1875. J. H. Canfield, LL. D., New York, member International Committee, 1899. W. D. Murray, Plainfield, N. J., member International Committee, 1891. F. B. Schenck, New York, treasurer, International Committee, 1891. A. E. Marling, New York, vicechairman International Committee, 1893. Erskine Uhl, office secretary, 1872, 1875. W. E. Lougee, Business, 1881, 1895. H. S. Ninde, Publication, 1872, 1892. J. Campbell White, Foreign (Calcutta, India), 1890, 1890. Richard C. Morse, general secretary International Committee, 1869, 1869. D. W. Lyon, Foreign (Peking, China), 1895, 1895. Robert Weidensall, Field, 1868, 1868. G. L. Leonard, Publication, 1891, 1891. H. A. Black, Foreign (Office), 1900, 1900. SOME HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS-INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE SECRETARIAL FORCE ...... ..... Clarence J. Hicks, Railroad Department, and associate general secretary for home_work. Charles K. Ober, Field Department. John R. Mott, Student Department and associate general secretary for foreign work; chairman executive committee Student Volunteer Movement; general secretary World's Student Christian Federation. William A. Hunton, Colored Men's Department. William B. Millar, Army and Navy Department. George B. Hodge, Educational Department. Fred. S. Goodman, Special Religious Work Department. Luther Gulick, M. D., Physical Department. Edgar M. Robinson, Boys' Department. GROUP OF METROPOLITAN SECRETARIES. George T. Coxhead, St. Louis. Walter C. Douglas, Philadelphia. H. J. McCoy, San Francisco. L. W. Messer, Chicago. W. H. Morriss, Baltimore. Henry M. Orne, New York. F. M. Pratt, Toronto. Edwin F. See, Brooklyn. G. K. Shurtleff, Cleveland. A. H. Whitford, Buffalo. THE SIX SENIOR STATE SECRETARIES.. The year of entering association work is given together with the state secretaryship filled at present and the year of entering it: George A. Hall, 1868, New York since 1875. I. E. Brown, 1880, Illinois since 1880. R. M. Armstrong, 1883, Massachusetts and Rhode Island since 1886. W. A. Magee, 1882, Iowa since 1889. H. E. Rosevear, 1882 (in England), Kentucky since 1889. E. E. Stacy, 1888, Indiana since 1890. 379 393 397 |