. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . r, of the educatorand the student, of the capitalist, the artisan and the laborer; itpenetrated the wards of the hospitals and the gloomy cells of , college, municipal, State and national libraries have boundvolumes of it on their shelves, and the Department has a pardon-able pride that in the fulfillment of its destiny it proved a the Department became full grown, handsomely housed,well organized and doing splendid work in all its various lines ofendeavor, t
. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia . r, of the educatorand the student, of the capitalist, the artisan and the laborer; itpenetrated the wards of the hospitals and the gloomy cells of , college, municipal, State and national libraries have boundvolumes of it on their shelves, and the Department has a pardon-able pride that in the fulfillment of its destiny it proved a the Department became full grown, handsomely housed,well organized and doing splendid work in all its various lines ofendeavor, the necessity for an organ for promotion no longer existed;and as the publication of a magazine was not one of the vital functionsof the Department, the publication of the News was discontinued. On November 14, 1889, Mr. J. A. Keesberry resigned as Chair-man of the Department to assume the post of General Secretary;he was succeeded as Chairman by Charles G. Cadwallader, who fromthe beginning had been an enthusiastic and earnest worker in thecause. Mr. Keesberrys work as General Secretary was doomed to 32. GEORGE H. GRONE,Chairman, 1891-1892. a short life, for unfortunately his health failed, and on that accounthe was compelled to resign the position, which he did on December31, 1889, causing the business for the year 1890 to open with a handi-cap. Progress was considerably delayed before a competent successorwas secured; that difficulty, however, was overcome on March 15,when Mr. William N. Multer was inducted into the position. Mr,Multer had been well trained for the duties, and for some years hadbeen Assistant State Secretary for the Young Mens Christian Asso-ciations of Pennsylvania, wherein he had familiarized himself withrailroad association work throughout the State. The Departmentfelt a new impulse on his advent, and entered upon a renewed, enthu-siastic life along all the lines of its activities, and special efforts weredirected toward building up its membership and orga
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