New-York tribune., 1903-07-27
DIGEST OF Y.M.C. A. WORK
associations Nozv Number 1886
Property O1vmed, $98, ,S@7, ,886.

The Forthcoming year book of. the Young Mems
Christian associations, covering the WORKING year
ending May I, will show that the assoclatohs
have increased last year from LOO to LtSo' Inc
reports of L. 500 of this number show membership
Of 350455. increase of 27231. OF the total 4SOS9
are boys under sixteen. The active membership Is
144279 an Increase Of 1900; and there are S0'5Vo
men serving the committees OF the assoela-
tons The total property owned is 2SS27,SSs an
increase of s4,726OOO. on this property debt OF
only ST. 4e0 100 rests There are besides this l44
building and endowment funds pledged. amounting
to g. 24isf5 The associations spent $,5S3,+96 fer
current expenses last year, Increase of Sil2WO
The State committees spent sl79155 In supervising
and extending association work, against Sl52l0S
the previous year. The international Committee
expended s15o.574. 5000 less than the preceding
year; but for the extension of association work In
foreign lands the associations and their friends
raised and forwarded $S1625, increase Of S26.OO
There 1.729 men employed as general sec
retaries and other paid officers, as against 1,bl2
last year. and there POS such positions now
vacant awaiting qualified men. The associations
have 7S9 reading rooms and expend s4209 for peri
,odicals. They have 699 libraries. with 5444O0 vol
umos. Courses of educational lectures and Prac-
teal talks given by 514 associations. and SSS
educational clubs organized. There were
2960O students in educational classes. who PAID
SS6 099 in tuition fees.
In their religious work the associations show an
attendance of S,954.207 at 702S6 religious services
and 800 associations show attendance of 71,OoO
at foreign missionary meetings The number OF
and boys in the Bible classes in the city ana
railroad associations has increased from @.O9S
31,S90 There were 6510 shop Bible classes ana
meetings held. or much more than doupIe Ine
preceding year. There were 1862 men engaged on
religious work committeeman increase or ~ per
cent. The amount of money spent directly on re-
ligous work has increased from SlO25O to $1,000
The number of men uniting with the churcheS
from the associations has increased II per cent
training; these have SIS gymnaSiums, ana 409 OF
these enrolled 129, 1873 and boys me dallv at
tendance at the associations is l08.O52. POSITIONS
were obtained for 1879 men and boys Women S
auxiliaries assisting 443 ASSOCIATIONS Inc
railroad departments number 1885, employ 295 secre-
their rest used 841,179 times; they
served 2373.215 lunches and meals and circulated
Isl GAS volumes from their "a libraries. There are
6S9 student associations, these having 5 wv MEM
bers. Army and navy association work IS con-
Quoted at 269 points. The committee has 100 trav-
elling libraries r circulation. furnished rs tons Of
reading matter and supplies, gave away +VOUO
pieces of stationery, and obtained the signatures
of 1565 young to temperance pledges. Fifty
tWo rooms or buildings used by these branches
by permission of the authorities. At the three
naval branches in operation the total attendance
was 1853 l35; 1885 meals were served; 1920 beds
were occupied and S12 4S7 deposited by sailors
for safe keeping with the secretaries. The col
ored mems department has "a city and town asso-
Citations and AZ student associations. The 576 asso-
Citations having boys departments employ 81 boys
secretaries have a membership of nearly 10000
have Bats different boys using the gynnasiuns.
and gave 204 educational talks. The 9,775 Bible
classes attended by 11S714, and religious ser
vices attended by $4,000. There were 4,5S9
BOYS in the 214 summer camps. Associations were
extended last year among street railway men, in
dustrial workers, lumbermen and miners The
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