The sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the 92nd Street Y.M.H.A. will be commemorated this week by seven days of specialized activity. Every phase of the association’s program of religious, social educational and athletic activities will be presented during the week of celebration which begins today. The fete will conclude at an annual meeting on Sunday, January 28, at which Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Justice Joseph M. Proskauer and Frank L. Weil, president of the "Y," will speak.
A performance of Beethoven’s "Engedi," believed to be the first public presentation of this work in New York City in the past half century, opened the festival last evening. It will be repeated tonight. The Y. M. H. A. Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society under the direction of A. W. Binder, played Beatrice Belkin, soprano, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Company; Charles Haywood, tenor, of the Juilliard Opera Company, and Boris Saslawsky, baritone, who heads the vocal department of the "Y" music school, were soloists.
Tuesday will be devoted to an all sports dinner and athletic carnival, with Fred M. Warburg, chairman of the athletic committee of the board of directors, and Nat Holman, director of physical education at the "Y" as hosts.
Among those who have been invited to attend are Lou Gehrig, Frank Frisch, Cliff Montgomery, Benny Leonard, Benny Friedman, Ed Thorp, Joe McCluskey, Julius Seligson, Moe Spahn, Nat Fleischer and other prominent athletes and sports writers. The dinner will be followed by exhibitions and matches in swimming, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, calesthenics and table tennis.
Harry L. Glucksman, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board, who has been a member of the 92nd Street Y.M.H.A. for fifteen years, will be the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner given by veteran members of the organization on Saturday evening. Judge Irving Lehman, George Z. Medalie and others will be among the speakers.
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