Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-25
A Practical Question Answered.

l practical question, ''What is this organiza- ton actually doing for young mena" This | question is direct one and should receive a | direct answer. The association is a thor | oughly practical organization. It takes note | of young mans need and proceeds to meet | it in straightforward manner. We refer | the question to the young men and will let 1 them give the answer.
 l An association in 8 city not far from New 1 Haven, desiring to present some facts to its large financial constituency, sent out letters | to it's members asking them to state what help they had found through the association. l Among the replies referring to the gymna- sium were the following: A. "It has put me in first-rate trim, made me stronger both mentally and physically l and developed my muscles immensely. When 1 I leave the gymnasium in the evening have an immense appetite, the lunch man in the neighborhood can testify" l B. ''Improved appetite, sound sleep, firm l CT muscles"
 c. "Better circulation and digestion" | D. s'Before 1 was member I was delicate and sickly, but have been ill perfect health since.''
 | E. "With the results I am astonished. l l have gained six pounds in weight 1n two months moderate use, and am nearly twice | as active and strong as l was. l very sell 1 dom have my old headaches" | F. ''Being closely confined all day at my l desk at night often feel languid and tired, | and when feeling in that state seldom exer- | else without having renewed life and vigor. It has done much toward enabling me to cope with busy business life." | G. "While I am there forget all my cares and troubles and feel happy" Among the replies referring to the evening educational classes were the following: A. CT have found the instruction received l in the German class beneficial to me, both in business and in private lite." B. '91 can now write, read and speak the German language fuently." C. ''I have been able through the instruc- tion received to converse with Germans to a certain extent, and have found it of consid- erable advantage to me in my business" D. s'I have derived substantial advantage from my studies in Spanish. I able to translate ordinary business correspondence. A student in our language classes receives in struction that would be utterly out of his reach were he compelled to pay the prices for private lessons that most teachers receive, and for one appreciate the fact that I de- rive great deal of benefit from the price of my annual subscription" The father of one of the members wrote:
 My son is at present at the Naval acade- my at Annapolis and stands fourteenth in a French class of one hundred and twenty-one. This I attribute to the benefit he received from attending your French class, and be- j. dy in high estimation"
 Pupils in the class in vocal music wrote as follows:
 A. q have improved in reading music and acquired @ better knowledge of music generally"
 B. "When I first joined I knew compara- lively nothing about music, but I can now take up ordinary piece of music and read it at sight. This has led me to take great interest in the singing in my own Sunday school and church"
 Through the use of the library, reading room, lectures, receptions, literary society and social advantages the following are few of many letters of like character that were received:
 A. Having charge of considerable ip- vestments and securities. and occasionally writing for the press, I find it most necessa- ry to have access to all the papers, which I find alone at your association. For the young man of moderate means in this great city, where wealth alone seems to open spec iaI advantages, such as club, opera, etc. !, your association.is indeed Godsend, while the library, concerts, etc., make it addition ally valuable"
 B. "From the Literary society I believe my mind has been sharpened and made active in debate. The lectures have been | source of inestimable value My only re- gret is that 1 was so long in joining the association"
 c. "It has been a sort of refuge to me in times of trouble aad care. In it's enter tainments and lectures the association has been brimful of enjoyment and instruc- tion.
 D. "Being a stranger in the city, it has been to me like home where I could go and spend my evenings, feeling always wei come and in Q society where the influences all tend to help me to lead a purer and better life."
 E. ''It is one of the most sociable socie- ties that have the honor to be member of"
 F. "My mother being dead and having no sisters, I used to find it hard to enjoy my evenings without going into a pool room, but since joined the association I have spent nearly all my spare time there. ?" O. Ut has given me Q place to go to when 1 should otherwise have been idle and thus does not give the devil a chance to find something for my idle hands to do. !"
 H. 'It has been second home to me while in the city"
 |. "A pleasant place to spend my even ings that otherwise might have ben spent in way that would not be so satisfactory to my parents and myself"
 J. "This much l confess, I often hooted the association and its seeming ridiculous work, but my minds change even now as tonishes me, I now of it's best advocates in trying to get my friends to
 
 the very good work it offers and regret deeply that I had not long ago joined it'''
 The following were among the replies from those who were benefited spiritually:
 A. sfAn increased desire and taste for Bible study from attending the Wednesday evening Bible class.'
 B. 'The association has been of great help to me in my endeavor to maintain Q Chris tian life both from attendance on religious meetings and not less in providing enjoy ments more elevating than those which I might otherwise be tempted to indulge in.''
 c. q have enjoyed the Sunday evening meetings in the parlor, where I was shown the way of life."
 "D. '1 am better man in every sense of the word than I was before joined"
 E. "The religious benefits 1 have derived through my connection with the association have altogether been from the estimable ex- ample of the young men l have met there, and from the privilege l have had of associ- ating with some of them."
 +. '"The religious meetings l have attend ed have always been most pleasant and agree able, besides the kind reception Q stranger meets with, as 1 did when I first came to the city. Yeur boarding house register was the means of getting me into a very respectable family"
 G. "Coming into the city and having no friends here, it has made me feel somewhat at home. It has enabled me to find one of the incest churches possible Has been of great deal of assistance to me by waking me up to sense of my Christian duties"
 H. "Joining the association at time when my mind was filled with doub.s, I was drawn into the meetings in the parlor by the sing ing, and while attending these meetings was led to See the error of my way, and through them was led to give my heart to Christ"
 The association herein referred to has beautiful building, whereby ip can offer such advantages as the young men need. With o-t this building some of these letters could not have been written, for in rented rooms unadapted to the work fewer privileges are al- ways offered. These letters were received from young men of various natioualities so- cial relations and creeds. Therefore, the as- sociation being catholic in the broadest sense, it has a claim for help upon all classes of citizens. The New Haven association has for many years done not little for the young men of this city, but it can do much more for the same number, and at the same time reach a much larger number, if it had a building in which to offer increased privi- leges.
 ONE WHO HAS BEEN BENEFITED.
 STATE NEWS.