Y.M.C.A. FUNCTION

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 8

V.M.C.A. FUNCTION

EDUCATIONAL BANQUET.

The second annual educational banquet under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. was held last evening, the Director of Education (Mr. J. Caughley, M.A.) presiding over a representative gathering. Speaking to the toast of the V.M.C.A. educational policy, the Director ;said that the triangle symbol of the institution stDod for an all-round life, physically, intellectually, and spiritually. Life was a reaction upon the environment, and refusal to react was to be dead. The tendency to-day, he said, was towards specialisation, and the work of the" V.M.C.A. classes (because they did not trench too much on the work of other organisations) did much to remove many of the dangers attendant rcpon this specialisation. The V.M.C.A. ■was to be congratulated on its enterprise and the greatness of the results obtained.

Other toasts honoured were: "The King,'' " Advertising and Business Letters " (proposed by Mr. G. Mitchell, and replied to by Messrs. D. Todd and C. Russell); "Forensic Club, Public Speaking, and Salesmanship " (proposed by Mr;. E. P. Hay, and replied to by Messrs. W. A. Ramsay, A. Martin, N. K. Thompson); " V Luncheon Club " (proposed by Mr. H. D. Bennett, replied to by Messrs. T. Auton, F. Downes, J. H. Hunt); "Hobbies Club" (proposed hy Mr. R. G. Denton, replied to by Mi. E. C. Dearman); and "Our Instructors " (proposed by Mr. R. S. Maunder).

Items were contributed by Messrs. R Brown, Byron Brown, and L. M. Hunter. As a preliminary songs were broadcasted from "Dominion" Buildings by the Dominion Radio Company.