Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — Y. M. A. A. Invited Mayor And Two Others to Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Y. M. A. A. Invited Mayor And Two Others to Meeting.

Mayor'Chas G. Spitler, Ex-Mayor J. S. S. Ellis and Editor Geo. H. Healey were guests Friday evening of the oung Men’s Athletic Association at ther club house on the banks of the Iroquois river near the Ooll,ege avenue bridge. This “shack'’ has doubtless attracted the attention of most people in Rensselaer. In appearance it looks much like a cow shed, the idea of the builders not being architectural beiauty but four walls and a roof. The exterior to some extent belies the interior, for the interior has been made quite comfortable by the buildng of a long wall bench, the installation of a table, two sofas and a number of chairs, the papering of the walls, painting of the woodwork and the hanging of pennants. An air-tight stove completes the furniture. A half dozen small—lockers- for athletic equipment are attached to the WaJL, - - : : ... i President Robert Reeve called the meeting to order v The minutes were read and Treasurer Oarl Eigeilsbach made a financial report. Robert ReeVe then read a brief history of the club, which Harry Moore, the secretary, had prepared. It related the organization last year Oif the Naps baseball club, the desire of the members to have winter quarters, their inability to rent desirable rooms and their decision last October to erect their own home. The chib at this time is practically out of debt and has 13 members in good standing. The ground on which the club house stands belongs to N. C. Shafer, who expects to erect a house thereon this year and the boys expect that they will have to take up their club house and move, and they are desirous of getting possession of a lot of their own, and plan to erect larger and more pretentious quarters at some future time. It proved interesting to the three honor guests to wiatch the business procedure and in speeches wihidh the three made the.boys were encouraged to the adoptibn of the most correct principles in all walks of life. The young men expect to play baseball again the coming summer and Edward Honan, who has the management of the team in hand, is now endeavoring to formulate a league of seven or eight towns. In order to procure money to put the team on a firm financial basis several plans are in vogue, the first of which is the giving of a show at the Princess Theatre Monday night. The young men are to be commended for their enterprise and we feel certain that a firm adherence to their by-laws is being followed and that the business experience they are attaining is valuable. If they are able to continue along the lines they have started and their optimism holds out they may some day see a wonderful club arise from the meager start they have mad e