The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-10
Throughout the Year Il New Build
ing Was Dedicated Each Week
by the Organization.
TOTAL RECEIPTS. S10.OOO,Oo0.
Educational and Religious Work
III Missouri Especially Good
Two Stories 10 Central Build
inc Planned.

The Young Mems Christian Association
| observed its iUcutg-six;h anniversary YES
| ierday by having It's annual report rc;i! in
| twenly-siN of the leading churches OF s..
| Louis At morning services. The report shows
! the association 10 be in a more prosperous
condition than ever before in It's history.
| Marked progress has been made in every
| branch. and the membership Is larger ;Eau
| ever before.
The year - 1901. the report sets forth. will
chiefly h- remembered commcmurttius
| The ii;tieth anniversary Of the organization
| on this continent. This event was ce!ehrat-
81 principally in Montreal and Boston. Dur
lre; The year nearly Slp.GN'v't waS contrib
LteI 10 The association Of America for new
buildings and current support. new
building WAS dedicated ON an average oi
every seIcn days throughout III" year.
In Missouri the year MAS one oE progress
Buildings were dedicated IN JnylE. si'fiii9-
field and De Sulo. An additional Srctei.irS
Was added To- the STATE force. whicn was
ri fI, 10 STATE. TO the c.HN rutiUu that all Gils
were paid and there VAS Il balance IN uls
Internal development rather Than OF marked
one OF the principal d,ve!opmeni5 was, The
reorganization of the South side hr,,hcn, n. a
new secretary and physical director We're
secuted. larger nu..uClu4 support O5t;hHti
and the building thoroughly renovated am
equipped. As result Increased lHtinbrt-
In tha Central branch larger RELIGIOUS
meetings. more men in Bible classes and III
youn, men and boys having pTuicSseu ram
in Christ are reported. The educatlHilii
work enrolled 80 students n the year. totdI
registration beins ~ TTeuty-iRlr branches
were taught by paid faculty. ana the stu
dents paid in Si;i2S in addition to theif mem. ,
berShip fees. Nearly lnJ vocatiOnS were
represented hy the new students. showing
that the Work is reaching all classes or Teo-
The growth Of the boys department was
somewha retarded by the illness nf its sec
retary. but in spite OF tlls draWDdik, IN"
department; as well as the ednGatlun.'l ,,. ne-
partment. has outsu"wn the quarters pro
vided and the only way 10y which adequate
space can be provided for these depart
msnts is by adding two stories 10 the build
ing. This the association hopes TO 90 during
the present year.
Progress IS reported from the railroad
branches st Union station and East ~
Louis. The present quarters OF these
branches are becoming inadequate Tor the
for nonresident trainmen were used 80"
times and - 6>l meals Were served IL the
restaurant during the year
The IoJal cost Of the work inf the hNe
branches vas Sc. a. OF which the MEM
bers paid 81. ISs 80. for membership ana
dcrgnirory :eaS tuition. entertainments and |
the like. Receipts from rentals were " |
6.5-2l: from endowment. SSr'. and coniritn- !
tionS Of railroad companies. $50. ar the !
balance. Sl3.6l%-2i was supplied by generous |
friends vf The association
According Ia the. report the pressing needs |
Of tn association now ar, new buildings
for the railroad branches. of which there is 1
hope Of provision being made 10y the rail
road corpora ri"us. ard a fund uf 1T least 4
$ldH C'0. with which to discharge existing nb- /
ligT IONS make repairs and imprnyemohts |
To properties and erect two additional Sto- X
ries To ths central building: the balance 10
be added to the present endowment fund. |
Another need Is building for the South /
Side Branch. which would require not less
than SJ1C6.
The following is list of the churches 1
where the annual report was read ycster-
day morning;
Second and Third Baptist: Central. First |
and Mount Cahaune Christian: Compton |
Hill. frs and Pilgrim Guu-re-a:i"ral: St. |
Marks English Lutheran: LinGell avenue. |
Lafayette Park First. Maple Avenue. Cook /
Central. First. Second. Grand Avenue. La |
fayette Park. Tyler Place. Washington and |
Conlpton Avenue. West. First United and 1
Lucas Avenue Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN.
st. EouiSnn Contributes to y. u. {. 4. |
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York March Sat patriotic |,
meeting Tor men in Carnegie Hall. under \
the aus9ic.s OF the West Side AMI Army
branches of tin. Young Mems Christian As
Sociat.on tonight. General Howard an |
funds to help support the Army Branch, |
Daniel r. Wolf, OF St. Louis had offered TO |
be one of lCJ persons To subscrl5e the sum
total OF SI0.G1 for the proposed work os /
erecting branch houses al army posts.
Mr.. Wolfe IS an iron and steel vie manu- /
facturer. and resides at No. faij Washington \
boulevard.