The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-15
INTERNATIONAL JUBILEE.
The Young Mems Christian Associ'
alton Jubilee is Under Full
Swing at Boston.
REVIEWING HALF A CENTURY. OF WORK.
Addressed by Judge Sell
den y. of st. Louis, and
Herbert II. Ames, of Montreal
Facts Elicit From the Report
of the International Committee.

of the international Committee.
Boston, June 12.-The work of the
international jubilee of the Y. M. {.
A., which began Tuesday, is in full
swing in all its branches. The presen-
tation of Y. NJ. C. A. problems and of
subjects bearing on the progress OF
the work of so years was the main
feature of the days programme. The
day opened with a praise service. The
floor of the great Hall of Mechanics
building was well filed by the dele
gates before the opening exercises
were held, but the galleries were al
most empty.
Bruno Hobbs, of Cripple Creek, was
unanimously chosen secretary of the
convention. The first address of the
day was given by Judge Selden p.
Spencer, of st. Louis, who spoke on
the subject "The Lessons of Fifty
Years of Y. NJ. C. A.. work" He
pointed out the fact that wherever
men are and can be reached as a class
there is the place for association
work.
Judge Spencer was followed by
Herbert B. Ames, of Montreal, who
spoke on 'The Contribution of the
Young Mems Christian Association
toward the Solution of the City Prob
LENS" He spoke in part as follows:
The solution of the city problem
lies in successful effort on behalf of
those whoseliyes are capable of devel-
opment, for those at least for whom
the idea of expansion is yet conceiva-
bic. To fortify individual character so
that he, who is yet not overborne,
may feel within him an expanding,
and uplifting force. a power of re-
sistance sufficient to enable him to de-
velop, despite oppressive conditions;
to weaken, by every legitimate
means, the power of evil to attract
and the forces of adverse environ
ment to injure; to convert the very
circumstances of associated human
life into an uplifting agency-these
are the lines along which we may
most hopefully deploy our forces to
attack the city problem
Mr.. Ames also said that the phase
OF the question which lay nearest his
own personal experience was the con-
tribution which the Young Mems
Christian Association might render
by assisting the movement for the
retirement of civic conditions.
~ernat Committee Report.
Tbs report of the international
committee opens with a
which shows, among other things,
that up to 1901 there were 1876 asso-
Cations, OF which 1854 reported an
aggregate membership of 26S,477. The
total net property, consisting OF
buildings, real estate and miscella-
neous property, was $21, ZIG, 1O2. The
report continues:
In the greater cities of the CONT
net, where the American Young
Mems Christian associations orginat-
ed, they have grown steadily in
strength and usefulness during their
g hrst half century. This development
has been in many directions, among
, clerks and mechanics, among students
and railroad men, in the army and
navy, among young men of the col
ored race, and among other classes;
also in the physical, educational and
religious departments of the individ-
= ual associations.
The army and navy work has been
developed into a permanent depart
ment, operating in Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Philippine islands, and es-
c tablishing many branches at points
on this continent now permanently
occupied by soldiers. Twenty such
: branches have been established, eight
OF which are under the care of the
= city associations in their immediate
U vicinity.
The department of railroad work
alone has furnished over so per cent.
: OF the growth during the past two
years in the total number of associa-
tions of all kinds in North America,
. and over "a per cent. of the total in
crease in membership.
s. The work of the committees secrc-
= taries in foreign fields received a de-
cided impulse from the action and
contributions of the Grand Rapids
! convention, and during the last two
a years the force of foreign secretaries
has beea increased from II to 20, the
new men going to Japan, China, India
and South America.
-. The jubilee fund of 81, OOO, 900, au-
thorized by the last convention, has
been a little more than half sub.
scribed, conditioned for the most
part upon the total amount being
raised during this jubilee year.