NEW ZEALAND CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND CLUB.

|Sp|i;qS?4;w9KK;:qii^ j:' ; p-;'fo/."'- ;^ i yiM..C.A?s/;of;Au'stralia^and.Nett^ ; friyi-\f. imgopd 'speaking-'form- as 'the^guest'.of , .-honour f-prfy'-Jof the : ;NeW';.; ; Zealand ; v::Club;: f yesterday.'''■.''.His S'!^fty-'£;-:Bp'eecH'-iw^ f.?S.;^.;» '--'besides >VAfr. iiH;K-M :; 'lli:Myere introducodithp;speaker.i;-'i;;: , ";? , -'.'-;'.; v-V fr' 1 !;* •;:" ; ."' ''' Nt. ;Vijgo : ; said; that. ; ,thp: occasion '} Eii'. I .'V.;' , ',him; of "similar. , gatherings'held;'.in .other .parta 1 Ri : ''■&('■■"'■'"! w Wph-had < ,been' : iyondertally,-'.,interesting, , he'.' Ji'jJl;.: jA':s,':-\il:,;.of" : \the';y.i)j;.C.A. ! , -tliom to g:&:lKf considerVbno: of, ,thp: most.'Btriking ipstitutiojis f A : S '■&;4 1 £ ■ W e ." world .'to-day., Vlt , had; had. a splondid s'^s.'-.'yjpasti'jt-had'aVmdgnificont;present,'. 'anil' as to its vhe-Wd not, -think','thovp'.: was- any' ■! ftirf fe; Mr';" Virgovsketched,^;rapidly ~tho pi«j.«vhistory:of 'the/"m'oveffieiit; '■which.was'founded ;; jnj:,Englandi,and , : made .such,, rapid "progress in: ■'it^fVv. :America :.that-. ; dut;.of associations ■of.',-the-: {'America ■'has.now,'between 2000 and,;Booo.original.plat-: 'fe';'& 'S'-i otmi\-and;:.npw;,i'oxercieed;;•;an >,iuliuence';.-;so J i that .it^,had im-E-'^f:: W-pbrtance i^to- >a 'j community. ;»;Thwu..;wero' "now.' 8000 j associati6iis7-\rfth';' a / members'n'ip ;:.of' fffi'SV-S;:..,nearly..■'a;"tnillion, : :and -with real estate 5-SiAK - : ' senting ; a , •• value';, of." close.'on' ;, twolvo-;n]illion pAK-v ; ':"'.;pounds.' Ificommercial.men'wore putting.their. %:ix;i'^x-VwjLes: : inte i.-'in 'siioh Van 'extent Kvy/Kr.'-'is/that there/ must-;be Hompthiiig back -of 'tho ;giVen 'to'.the associations by:-.commercial, farms ;HKii:v;r, : companies ; in "America,.■■ because' f;^!/'>. ;;.',tef ?-s.■.plftyees, ;and.the'reforfi.to :• their ■.business/'-'Ee-fsijiy.-;;::. cpntly'; the -American "Government erected'.four eJs;J#.<£ large; institutions ;at'the iSi'ii.. v4tp xounteract. the-attractiona-of;other- establfth-: 'S^v'ty'ftenijV.whic^ ?V,-"='";' ■■ vKnuing that'these .instltntioqa; werpinot 'prpdu■Sk:;.>>;:'-; cin4 'the' best; results,. President' Eoo'sev.elt 'isids-' {■i;/^). : ,- ; ;pestedtliat they- : should : hand over; the '.'.build-' $£?. !•'?:;£-. j^^ &''<Kri -i'ttries' in^'ofdei'.'that^^-the'institutions might bo" ['feVi"!.'-;:v carried'-'on on association lines.'-'-This was done,-fK-wfJv-and the'■iresults.iiVfir.e :'i: ;. ; ?-Mr. -Virgo'.-said, he-;tndughf-thero' J Wero' i abmV fe-k , !,?'.'-. of /thousands of; boys under -twenty; li-.^i-KV years ''-of ego;jin :-. the'••.'. 'membership': of'" the lßiV'. , ;vii^-y;M.C;A/p ) \aM.whnt!tWs:in'eaat'; : tp : jtne;.fqture' BH 1 (;!:j. : -of, s natidns.,would R*?-:'.-,-';.thousands;of,:student3;worp associated , with' ; the f;#S : 4-;fmovement throughout the world. ,;;Tho: physical S?i : '' ;i :'••.-.'dev.elopment.s.ido; of the.institution was touched' f'SKKon;-.''To-day/ we' 'may say-; with -much- satis--K/'iifi'^iiMon":: Mr/ Virgo;-affirmod/y"th'atr i tho.;'inSti-; 'r'^S'i wivtution ■' stands for -' civic** utility. -It : -.has 'a t«~ ; sS~:'iiationnl- significanco,. '-'ami , ';;must-..-necessarily. (tiVjJ'Sv.play an;important : ;part in the. history of the feV-WVs?'W6rld.'.';;Tliero 'Was no -religious test of memThe' doors .were wide open ,to all who t: ; : ; : ; : iii r were of -moral character -and wiUihg/'ep.tp live !•'■ ■■{■■:-£i"ea to-be of, some-service ..to; , the.'community'in s'vii'.Ki'wliieh they,dwelt." It was not.true that the f?i:-K & associations excluded -Eoman; Catholics.;: There !;.•.-.• ~-; had been restrictions' and'narrowness in'tome. ■'.> i': ">."•' ; .- instances In : tho: past, but they 'did not' exist ■;;:;. : ;'r-.'-.to-day,'.-The'-sple,-restriction-- was; that 'th? , -: f; :'->-':- directorship: was/ in: tho' : hands of '.those '-who y:'si tf. Vconstitated the : membership of < the evangelical V-V--'.■*'■•; -churches.■'■■■ : ';■'■"'■ ■■''•- ".-. ;, --/-V'" - : -■'':'•.'■.-■.■".■ - : ..'• jj,;: V ;.;■• In conclusion,' Mr. Virgo'; performed eoae in-' iKV^i;'-:"tercating' variatioßS oiv-tho letters of the aesof.'KC.; v'■ ciatione, ifhich he' interpreted: to.form the. fpl-; hSftri lowing.- ■ texts •.—"Youth,'; manhood,.: character, 'e-'-v'i.'-'-"'. "Ypti'm'iike Christianity: attractive"— sv'.".'i.'.'v, '-You , meet 'cheerfulness ': always'.'; \ and; ' fflou ;>;^;V; : ;m«st;<;6trie'aKain.'',:'.:-.'/■; 'y:' : :'- t i !: --i'. ."..< : - S■?;''. t, ■''. Mi , ; ,H.:N.;Holmes announced ; that cominnniaddressed,'to Sir Albert, Spider te>7: ■■■•'> .; and othe,r delegates. to the. Chambers. of Com-' fc ; .:i : .'r; :: ' , - , 'merce: Conference at Sydney, ■as well as to -Mr. ?:tS:>-;v ttora;}. to' address "the p"?.;.v ; ;;;'club;during their,';visit;to..New' Zealand. 1 - : -