The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-10
4. N. c. A.
Statement Of Its Present Condition
and Chief Needs.

and Chief Needs
The following statement as to the con-
| dition and needs of the Y. NJ c. A snoulo
be read by every citizen of Seattle
The Young Mems Christian Association
has now 30 900 mortgage on its prop
erty, which natures the 18TH OF TINS
month This mortgage is held BY the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company. OF fhii-
adelphia. The note by which this mort
gage is secured is signed by fifteen prom
inent business men of Seattle The com
pany promises TO bring suit on this note
at once on maturity If il is not paid
IL the association will pay $3.50 on back
interest and principal by May TO. the loan
viii be extended three years. and the in
terest reduced from TO per cent thus
reducing the expenses of the association
nearly s7o per month. II is this PROPOSE
tion that the Y. NJ c. A. is endeavoring
10 accept. and for which the s, 500 fund is
being raised
The lot upon which the association
building stands was bought in 1880 for
Sl2etJ cash. which was raised entirely
among the young men of the city. SUBJ
scription of SIS. coo was then raised among
the business men TO put up the building.
the intention being TO place only a sliced
mortgage upon it. The most conservative
business men of the city, believing that
the city would continue prosperous. adj
vised the erection of a building such as
the present one. believing 1t could be
easily paid for within year or two. The
hard times coming on prevented the col
lection of all the subscription. and 1t was
therefore necessary to mortgage the
building for the sum of $23 900. That
mortgage was given May is, 1892 for five
years and is now about to mature.
The Y. Nj. G. A. has at times during the
past I'VE years been unable to pay run
ninS expenses. and hence the interest on
this loan ran behind in 1894 and 1895. For
the last two years however the organiza-
ton has been gaining ground and has kept
It's expenses considerably within its in
come Its preseat membership is more
than double that of two years ago. and
therefore its work and influence are large
ly increased.
Its educational work in affording busi-
ness college training to its members has
been taken advantage of during the past
year by loo young men, many of whom
are working during the day. and probably
would not have taken up night school
under other circumstances.
1t has also given home influence and
place of social recreation 10 hundreds
of young men who are alone in the city.
and who otherwise would have been
forced upon the streets or into the sa-
looms to spend their evenings.
Its physical work has been remarkably
successful under Profs. T. S. Lippy and
r. e. Green, who have had charge of that
department during the last three years
They have not striven to make star ath-
letes of the young men, but have en-
deavored to induce all-around physical
development, as well as recreation. A
large portion of the young men take adj
vantage of this branch of the work
Members Of the association also during
the last two years have leased ground
and erected improvements upon 1t for the
finest athletic park and bicycle track in
the Northwest. presenting IL TO the assoc
citation without cost. This park has been
q popular place of recreation with Seattle
people. and has drawn large numbers of
out siders into the city on several occa-
sions. Its main purpose. however, with
the Y NJ. c. A., has been as a place of
recreation for its members.
Other branches Of work are being taken
UP, and will be pushed along as rapidly
as the association can afford to under
take them.
But all the work has prospered. and
has. of course. served the purpose for
which IL was intended, of drawing the
young men of Seattle under Christian
influences and leading them TO improve
themselves both physically, mentally.
and. above ALL spiritually.
Unless the $500 fund is raised the mort
gage company will commence suit on the
$1,000 note. and the associations good
work will have to be entirely dropped for
several years. and then begun all over
again.
IL needs fifty $40 subscriptions and as
many more for IS today to complete the
fund. Come in and do your share