Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-04

association rooms, and to the left the en-
trance to the auditorium, which will be
about four feet above the level of the
street; about 800 seats will be provided In
the auditorium, and especial attention to
concert use will be given in its construc-
ton.
Arrangements win be made so that
wheelmen may bring their BICYCLES in by
The main entrance, and storage rooms for
about 6O0 bicycles will be provided. The
basement will also be used for bowling al
leys. of which there will be four. and
large swimming pool. On the second floor
Will be the working rooms of the associa-
ton, the large reception room, with its
open fireplaces, easy seats. and cozy cor
ners, and from this reception room will
open the various working rooms of the
association. Reading room. social ROOM
parlor and offices will occupy the front
while the lecture room. seating about 800
will be next to the auditorium. The third
floor will be devoted to library and Offices
The fourth floor will be devoted to offices
for rent and educational rooms: the fifth
floor to mems apartments, and sixth floor
front to lockers and dressing rooms. The
gymnasium will occupy the two stories
back. providing a room sOx16 feet and
will be equipped with the latest and best
gymnasium apparatus. Facilities for edu-
cational advancement, physical improve
| ment. social recreation and religious in
f1uences will be provided the young men of
our city. When finished this will be one of
| the most complete and best adapted asso-
citation buildings in the country.
President of the Association.
Mr.. Charles E. Foster, the president of
the Young Mems Christian Association, is
a native of Philadelphia. He was born in
| 1871. and was educated in the public schools
of that city. When only eighteen years of
| age he became partner of his father in
the business of procuring patents. In 1867
he removed to Washington. Later he grad
uated with high honors from the law de-
ma r nf a II q
was one Of the organizers of the Associated
Charities. and for number of years has
been promine ntly identified with the Young
Mems Christian Association.
George w. F. SvSartxeI.
Mr.. George w. F. Swartzell, chairman of
| the central building fund committee, is
| native of central Pennsylvania but has
| been a resident of Washington for about
| twenty years. His first employment was
with the firm of which he is now one of the
leading members.
| Mr.. Swartzell has been for more than ten
years member of the board Of directors of
| the Young Mems Christian Association of
the city of Washington. and lends a hand
| wherever circumstances permit. He is
prominently identified with a number of the
| wellknown financial institutions of the
| city. He is president of the Methodist
| Union, and for years has been trustee and
an active worker in connection with the
| Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Charles F.. Nesbft.
Mr.. Charles F. Nesbt came to Washing
| ton in 1856. He is a native of the West
| ern Reserve" having been born in Sum-
init county, Ohio, in 1867. When three
years old his parents removed TO south
| western Missouri. where he lived until
coming TO Washington. He attended the
| public schools Of Missouri and Westminster
College at Fulton, Mo.
| Mr.. Nes5it was first employed in the
| Columbia National Bank in this city. which
| ne left to attend college. In 1890 he went
to Newport News. Va, and was engaged in
business there for three years. returning
| 10 Washington in 1S!3, when he and Mr..
| Latimer entered into business under the
| firm name Of Latimer & Nesbt.
| From his youth. Mr.. Nesbit has been in
terested in tie work of the Young Mems
| Christian Association. From his expert
ence in various parts of the country he
| has formed a very high opinion of the ben
eitS offered to young men, and especially
| strangers in any city, by wel-equipped
Young Mems Christian Association.
MI. Nesbit has been prominently identified
| with the Presbyterian church. and is
| member of the New York Avenue Church
| of that denomination in this city. He is
one of the recently elected directors of the
| Young Mems Christian Association of the
| city of Washington.