The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-11
Mr.. Geo. Houser Begins Ccrtro-
buttons for YIN. CA. Building.
Influential Citizens 10 be Interested First
Paducah Should DO as Well as
Otter Cities.
THE PLANS FOR CANVASS coMPlsTtD

Mr.. George Houser, of Chicago,
who is managing tho canvass for
funds with which the the Y. Nj. Q.
A. home will be erected, says that
the campaign for funds is being has
tened by going slow"
He visits the most progressive and
Influential citizens first and after
having gotten them interested in the
project half the battle is won. This
is what he is at present doing and
hopes to have the funds nearly all
pledged within the next three weeks.
Mr.. Houser and the building COM
mittee held another meeting last night
and have mapped out the plan of the
fund canvass. They start out this
morning for the work proper and from
now on their efforts will be directed
solely TO this end. Mr.. Houser made
strong talk and also did Rev. W. II.
Pinkerton and much interest was
aroused la the work.
DIR. 5. B. Caldwell was chosen
chairman Of the citizens committee
which was about all the real routine
and business proper connected with
the other departments Of the associa-
ton done.
Mr.. Escott has ordered ping-pong
game, that Of parlor- tennis, for the
association and it will arrive shortly.
Mr.. Houser will probably address
the young men at the association par.
lors Sunday and no arrangements have
been made relative to the boys meet.
ing.
The following is the pledge which
is signed by those donating to the
building fund:
Believing that the Young Mems
Christian Association Of Paducah In
an institution that promotes the best
interests Of youth and young men and
the welfare Of our city, and that the
work Of the association, which is now
dwarfed and hampered in its rented
limited quarters, would be greatly
extended in a suitable building with
modern equipment.
~, the undersigned. promise to
pay to the said Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Paducah ----.
dollars towards the purchase of a site
and the erection thereon OF suit
able building adapted to the needs
Of the organization growing work.
and two years expenses Of the said
association. This subscription is
payable as follows: Twenty per cen,
when bona fide subscriptions reach
$50, 900 and twenty per cent every
six months thereafter. 'IrffnQ
The size Of a city has little to do
with the success or failure Of an insti-
tuition for the good OF a community.
The first requisite is men-men of
broad minds who are willing to put
brains and Of their substance into the
movement. The little city Of Mauch
Chauk, Pa, with a population Of only
1000, has erected building for the
Y. NJ. O. A. which cost $40, 900, fur.
pishings and aot included. This
building was dedicated in June. 1894.
and listen to what careful writer
says of the institutions: "Since that
day until the present-eight years
after-ths association building has
been and is center Of the spiritual,
moral, intellectual and social forces
of the community. Over the first
year Of work in the building every
department meet has grown from forty
to sixty per cent. The night educa-
tional department was emphaticslly
useful the attendance of the gyp'-
nasium, very large-increasing quite
70 per cent and the writer says: 1.-THE
social life Of the association has been
. large factor"