The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-27
Y. NJ. C. AS FINE CONDITION.
Annual Report shows Finances and
Membership Best in Its History.

Annual Report shows Finances and
Membership Best in Its History.
The annual report of President w.
=. Stubs, which was read at the four
teen services, shows the association to
be in an excellent condition as a whole,
as we'll as in each department. The re-
port treats each department separate
~. and as finances is the most import
ant of these, these are treated of first
The finance committee with the di-
rectors. it is stated. was sub-divided
into pairs. who selected persons from
q whom to solicit subscriptions. and in
this way made an active canvass
among the friends of the Y. NJ. C. A,
and collected 81, 026.40. The report says,
I'VE find the citizens, generally speak
ing, liberal, and they responded read
lily in most instances by giving some
thing for this cause. thus showing
that the public recognizes the value of
the work"
Particular attention is called to the
exceptionally large amount collected
from membership dues, which amounts
to S2.690.15. in addition to SSH, col
lected from the members of the boy s
PARTICULARLY
this large collection the report states.
that the associations finances now
look so healthy" Credit for this show
ing is given Mr.. II. NJ. johnson, secre-
tary, and Mr.. ]. c. Blake, former ply
steal director.
A detailed account of the finances
shows that from all sources. including
a balance Of s20295 from the year be-
fore, the association received during
An
amount there now remains on hand a
balance of $112.1S.
Six Hundred and Nineteen Members.
The membership of the institution is
now 619, a net increase of so over last
year. Comparative figures of this year
and last year are given in each of the
five departments of the work. and
these show a growth in each case ex-
cept that of the limited MEMBERSHIP
class. This shows a decrease, which has
been brought about by many of its
members going into the full privilege
class.
Not the least interesting of the sta
tistics given are the figures showing
the church preferences of the member
ship of the association. These show
Episcopal, 81; Methodist. IS: Baptist,
80; Presbyterian, So: Roman Catholic.
As; Lutheran, 81; Christian, 9; Jews, 9:
Congregational, 1; Greek, l. Unitarian,
1. while 80 are without preference Mr..
Stubs thinks the increase in member
ship the more gratifying in the face
of the fact that usually when build
ing movement has been agitated the
membership has decreased
The physical condition of the gym
nasium has been improved during the
past year by the addition of apparatus
to the value of $780, The chief addi-
ton has been a rowing machine, which
has proved a most popular one The
funds spent in improving the gymna-
stun were received from one athletic
exhibition and several basket ball
games which were given during the
year.
The Gymnasium's Year.
The number of different men who
used the gymnasium during the time
covered by the report was 24O. Nine
classes were held each week, three for
business men, three for young men.
and three for boys. Basket ball and
indoor baseball teams were organized
during the winter, and an outdoor
baseball team during the summer.
There is now a fund of 5000 raised
from outdoor ball during the past two