The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-19
A $4,000 BUILDING.
That Is the Kind of One the Y. VI. c.
A. Hope to Erect.

1hat Is the h1nd OF One the \. vi. T..
A. Hope to Erect.
Savannah. Ga, Jan. 1S.-Editor
Morning News: On behalf of the off,
GERS and directors of the Y. NJ. c..
A, as well as the young men of Sa-
vannah who belong to the association,
and more especially of the boys and
young men who so much need the as
ISOLATION, but do not belong to it, I
desire to thank you for your editorial
of the 18th, entitled "A Building That
Is Needed"
In all movements for the uplifting
of the community, the press is one of
the most potent agencies. and when
it champions a cause, success may be
expected.
You are right when you say that the
/ building is needed, and that the cause
deserves the assistance of the COM
! munity. Every business man in Sa-
vannah is directly interested in the
work, for it's purpose is to increase the
physical, mental, and moral working
power of every young man who is a
member.
If the citizens of Savannah will look
large per cent. of her most efficient
trustworthy and progressive employees
and business men are those who are,
or have been, members of the Y. NJ.
c. A
1t furnishes to delicate young men
opportunity to build strong bodies, and
to boys, who have no time or means
to avail themselves of school privileges,
place where they can educate them
selves for their chosen business.
Savannah owes it to her boys and
, young men to erect a building suited
to the work. Our sister city, Column
bus. has just completed a canvass in
which her citizens contributed about
$1.5O per capita to erect a suitable
building for the work.
Mr.. Peacock of New York formerly
| Columbus boy), as a mark of appre-
citation of what the Y. M. c. A did
for him, when he went North a poor
boy, without education, has added to
this over $4,000. and Columbus is to
have a 100000 plant to aid her boys
and young men to build better bodies
and minds and characters. Savannah
can't afford to do less. We hope to
put $4,000 in ours, and if the men and
women of means in Savannah will aid
us we will have it soon.
The future of our city depends upon
Her young men, and every dollar put
into this work will pay dividends in
better business men and methods.
The work of securing funds has by
no means been abandoned, but we are
making haste slowly and seeking to
profit by the experience of years of
work by experienced men, which shows
that to insure success it is first neces-
sary for the best men in our commun-
ity, even at a personal sacrifice, to
make generous subscriptions which will
give a sufficient nucleus to commence
on, and establish donations upon lib
eral scale and thus enable us finally
to reach the amount that we pledge
to raise before we start to build. When
a good sum has been raised in this
way, then we will make a, general ap-
peal to the community.
We intend to have the work in charge
of men whose names will be a guaran-
tee to the community that every dollar
a man subscribes will be we'll spent
Our efforts are to put up a building
free of debt and make il an ornament
to the city and a place where any
young man will delight to spend his
spare time.
We thank you for laying the mat
ter upon the conscience of the COM
munity, and hope that you will cons
tinue to do so until such a generous
response comes from the man of
means who love our city, that 1902
will see the building completed
w, 3. Stubs, President Y..M. G. A.