The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-03
THE Y. M. C. A. BUILDING
4 STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO THE
 PUBLIC.
Y. M. z. A. Buildings and Work in Other Cittes-Cordial Support of Rail- roads and Other CorpOratiOns-The Proposed New Haven Building.


 For the past few months the proposed
 new building for the Young Mems
 Christian association has been kept be- fore the minds of the community.
 That this movement merits the sym pathy and support of our citizens there can be no question.
 So phenomenal has been the growth of this organization at large since its inception some fifty odd years ago, that it now belts the globe, 1,275 secretaries being employed in our own land, as well as nineteen in foreign fields.
 In the United States some twenty mil lion dollars are now invested in associa-
 ton buildings, 344 being reported in 1899.
 These buildings have cost from few thousand dollars to million and half
 Some of these were erected by indi- viduals A notable example of this is the Newburyport building, which was erected by Mrs. Corliss in memory of her husband.
 At Albany, N. Y., large part of the money for the erection of a $150,000 building was given by J. B. Jerruain, WHO IS SClll IlNlllS lU Seb lllt DcIClltS oL his gift Endowments are being made in many places for the educational de- partment of the work. A notable exam pie of this is the Hillyer Institute of Hartford In this case the equipment was furnished and fifty thousand dol lars was given as an endowment by MT. and Miss Hillyer.
 Railroad corporations are expending large sums of money for the erection of Railroad Y M. c. A. buildings and pay ing the salaries of secretaries, because of its practical work and it's success in reaching their employees and keeping them from places of evil resort.
 Many business firms pay the member ship fee of the association for their em- ployeS, merely as a practical business method of obtaining the best results in their own work.
 The Wells Fargo Express company spent $1, ,75O in San Francisco last year for memberships for their employees in the association. This was simply busi- ness economy, as this arrangement en- sures their reliable services from their men.
 At Omaha, Neb., the firm of Rector, WllICHly O ". Ppyo ibNiA tAAS A'iSiibS' ship fees of employees of it's house who belong to the association.
 An acknowledgement recently, by the secretary, of this action on the part of the firm prompted the following letter from the management:
 i've have your favor of March 31 and in reply we do not feel that we con- tribute anything whatever to your as- sociation. It is plain business propo- sition and we feel that we have a satis- factory margin of profit in every dollar invested. The young men who are now connected with us are those who in the future, in all probability, will step into the places of the present management when we are ready to vacate, and we interest them in your association for so- cial, moral and physical advantages, which make them better men, more sat isfactory men and more profitable men for us purely and entirely from finan- cia standpoint, and for this reason we believe that if there is any obligation whatever it is entirely on this side.'
 The work of the association Is preven- tive in it's character rather than reform atory. Its purpose is character build ing and it's methods are eminently prac- tical.
 Its efforts are along broad lines. It is catholic in it's sympathies and public spirited. It is non-sectarian. Young men, whether Jew or Gentle, Roman Catholic or Protestant, are received, the only requirement being that they shall conduct themselves like gentlemen.
 The Young Mems Christian associa- tion aims to do for the city man hat the does for the college man.
 As universities are not self-support- ing, but are frequently assisted by gifts and endowments from phlanthropic | friends, so the association also must be aided to maintain it's expenses.
 As public-spirited citizens are provid- l ing for young men who are able to at tend college, so the young men of the | also must be assisted.
 The Young Mems Christian associa- | ton in our midst stands for practical | Christianity, good citizenship and hon. est manhood.
 In our own local association the work within it's cramped quar- ters and limited resources has been re- ble.
 This splendid project offers rare op- portunity to any who wish to invest, not r in stocks, but in men.
 grand opportunity for memorials is here given. In many associations mon ay is contributed as memorial gifts.
 A notable example of this kind is the ease of Durrell Hall in Cambridge erected in memory of the late Hon. l. H. Durrel, who contributed $25,000, and was the means of securing the other arge subscriptions which made the building possible.
 A splendid opportunity of the same sort now presents itself to New Ha- yens philanthropists.
 For $15,O00 and upward a memorial ibrary, banquet hall or gynlnasium nay be built, and certainly no better could be erected to the mem ,ry of any citizen.
 The old saying that it is the young nen who do the worlds work and make he worlds history is not the less true because trite.
 The quality of the world always will ,e largely determined by the quality of ts young men.
 It is the effort of the Young Mems Christian associa tion to keep the quali- y right.
 It ould seem that to all persons who judy the subject, this undertaking will itself as a work which makes or Christianity, for humanity and for ,1,i ial, orit l, o,,tx, |