The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-10
A BIG OFFICE BUILDING
PLANS OF THE STATE Y. NJ. G. A. EN-
DOWMENT COMMITTEE.
Steps to Secure n Permanent Fund Of
s1OO,oOO-The Second Quarter
ly Meeting Held.

The second quarterly meeting of the state
executive committee Of the Young Mems
Christian Association was held yesterday.
In the afternoon the session was held in
the office of Campbell, Wild & Co., in the
Stevenson building, and in the evening Mr..
Campbell. who Is treasurer Of the state
association, gave the committee a dinner at
the Columbia Club and the work was fin
ished there.
The committee received reports from diff
ferent standing committees. The finance
committee reported that the anticipated
expenses for the year ending next October
would be about $1,000. The endowment
committee, through H. P. Townley, of
Terre Haute. reported that the state as
ISOLATION had been made the beneficiary
Of two life insurance policies aggregating
1,5oo. The policies were issued on the ff-
teen-year endowment plan. The committee
further reported that 1t had taken steps
toward securing a permanent endowment
of 500, 900. This endowment, it is planned,
will be represented by a large office build
ing in this city. The state association will
nave headquarters in the building and the
remainder will be rented to the best ad-
vantage.
A report from the railroad committee
spoke Of the progress being made by the
railroad department of the association.
The committee thinks of establishing
branches at Howell, the L.. & N. suburb of
Evansville, at Moorefeld and at Lafayette,
near the MOnon shops.
p. y. Williams. acting secretary of the
Indianapolis association, presented a re-
port from J. E. Mooreland, the colored sec
l. L..
ing a plan for the organization of a colored
branch of the Y. M. c. A. In this city. 1t
Is expected that this will come about with
in the next few years, and the matter
aroused considerable interest among the
members of the committee.
1t was reported that the secretaryship OF
the Elkhart Y. M. c. A. was recently filled
by the election Of Samuel Clarke, of To-
that point. The committee was informed
that Walter S. Elliott, OF this city, will
continue as the acting secretary Of the New
Albany Y. NJ. c.. A for several months.
The college committee announced that col
leges Of the State nave been systematically
visited by Harry Wade Hicks and II. w.
Rose in the interests OF Y. NJ. G. A. work.
II. s. COlburn, president Of the association
the Wabash College association, will rep
resent Indiana at the Western conference
of college Populations" at the North
western University, which Will be held from
| March 20 to April /.
The committee discussed the invitations
to hold the next state convention at South
Bend, Marion or New Albany, but decided
to hold the matter over until the May meet
ing.
Letters were read from ". w. Helmn,
who has gone to Japan to become a ma
tional secretary in that country. He is
| now studying hard to master the language.
A letter from Judge Baldwin, of Logans-
port, was also read. He finds that the Y.
NJ. c. A. associations of Japan are doing
much for the young men in the army and
navy In the Philippines.