The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-21
y Mems Christian Association Of San
Francisco.

Prom tie g. =. Evening Post.
management Of the Young Mems
ian Association. anxious 90 make the
tioa attractive and beneficial 90 the
4uumber Of young men who are con-
FL with il. recently fitted up in con-
Ton with their physical department q
tcIass bowling alley for the exclusive
Of its members. IC has been very
tlar from its opening, a. the large num-
t1biIing themselves Of its advantage
but, in spite Of this fact. there have
A. few disafected people prominent
IL whom was Mr.. J. T. Warehouse c
er merchant Of Honolulu not q
.ster. as has been sometimes stated. Ihis
snan, not content with publicly eX-
his ~disapprovsl- has recently dur
visit 10 the East, issued q circular
pfotest, couched in terms rather I'M
dstiau. The chief ground Of protest seems
De that the bowling alley is an Inuova-
in association work and an outrage
ID the subscribers who contributed to-
I'd the lifting Of the debt Of $4,000 upon
.le Building. Inquiry, however, has showH
tiaEwherever the association owns build
los large enough 10 permit bowling
avs are considered perfectly legitimate,
Fire freely patrouized by the best cia-se=
members. Furthermore, IL appears that
WaterhOuse j. the only p Of the
anv subscribers in whose name he pre-
ads to speak who has made any protest
complaint whatever against the physical
.uartmeut OF the association In general,
7 the bowling alley in particular
Only two clergymen, to the knowledge
u he management. have taken any eX-
a. a. --r-H.Tnn Of tho
bowling alley in connection with the assoc
citation. On the other hand the leading
ministers Of the city not only heartily com
mend it, but personally max use Of II.
Ibese alleys exist in the New York city
ssuciation the headquarters Of the
m. G.. a. work for the world-alsO in
tier prominent associations, and il the
eading colleges and theological seminaries
T the land, notably the conservative school
IF Audover.
The membership of the association con-
sis,s OF only Christian young men and
srHsate members young men Of good
moral character and We consider it GER
tainly a g~ratuitous assertion to say as is
done in the circular. that the gymnasium
or any part Of the building. which j. for
the exclusive use Of members, is infested
by hoodIums or d~isrepUtable characters.
We only need to mention the names Of A
81 -bes, President; Geo. ". Gibbs, chair
>the Board Of Trustees and Walter
y. HavIey, chairman Of the Board
Of Finance to hal it apparent that such a
charge against the management must be
~unfounded. The present General Secre-
tary was selected by Mr.. Moody, from over
two hundred and fifty eastern secretaries,
as the person best fitted to carry on the
work in this city, ne having had nearly
fourteen years Of experience in association
business.
We are heartily glad the ASSOCIATION has
added this feature to its many other adj
v~antages, and we could only wish that they
were more numerous and more available
to our Christian young men. Were they
80 we would probably have a less number
of our youth drawn into avenue Of vice,
fewer OF our business men i'm failing health,
and not so many dyspeptic ministers OF
the gospel in our pulPIts. The old Mctho-
dist minister who did not believe that the
devil should have all the best tunes, and
therefore, adopted popular airs for his
church music, was certainly "a practical
Christian. In the same spirit we do not
think il should be left alone for the aJOdes
of BeliaI and Gambrtnus TO furnish the
only physical training and amusements at
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