The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
AR0UNU THE WORLD WITH The
Y, NJ. O. A.

Richard c. Morse, for thirty-three
years general secretary of the Inter
national Committee of the Yourg
Mems Christian Association, one OF
the first members of the Worlds Cen
trail Committee and a member of he
Committee of the Worlds Student
Federation, has completed tour
around the world in which he has
visited the Associations which have
grown up under his eye until they
now number $500 organizations with
6oo,o 900 members and reaching with
generous hospitality many times that
number of young men. Mr.. Morse,
though not largely known upon the
platform, has been moving factor and
genius in this Organization. In the
I6s days Mr. Morse travelled $4,000
miles. In Tangiers he found young
men ready to establish an Association
which should be the centre from
which other organizations should ex.
tend throughout Morocco. This is
a country with at least 5000, 900
young men of vlrlity. MIR. Morse
considers this one of the coming
fields for the Association movement.
He visited Europe, where there are
5000 Associations with 10000
members. Many of these Associa-
tions are celebrating their httieth an
nlversary. An active Association ex-
lists in Cairo, Egypt. In Jerusalem
there is a small Association with its
headquarters in the tower of David.
Mr.. Morse spent so days and trav-
elled 6,ooo miles in India. Here are
thirteen North American Association
secretaries who are spoken of by the
secretary of the Bible Society OF India
as men of unusual ability. Calcutta
has two buildings, and Madras one,
all three erected by Americans. The
impressions Mr.. Morse received here
conceded with those of Bishop Potter
who was forcibly struck with the free
commingling of races irrespective of
caste in the restaurants, clubs. reading
rooms and meeting rooms, Of thes,
buildings. These Associations in In
dia reach university students, to whom
the missionaries have not before founC
access. 1t is 4 fact that every As
sociation secretary. who has gone ou
to foreign parts, has been sent in re
sponse to the call of the missionarle:
on the field. The number of Ian
guages spoken IN these buildings i
surprising to a visitor but not remark
| able when it is remembered that ther,
are ia languages and dialects spokel
| in India. The Associations in thes,
commercial centers where the organ
izations are located gather men from
France, Germany, England, America
and nearly every country. MIR. Mors
was especially impressed with tn
worldwide hospitality extended by tn
Associations to stranger young men
and the universal appreciation of tn
| OlSdllLaN tIu. ICsC -hssOSleN4OuS (
gard as their standard the America
type of Association work. which seek
the welfare OF the individual youn
man-body, soul and spirit, and rt
cognizes its obligation to reach wit
its benefits men of every class an
, occupation. In these countries SUI
prise has been expressed that tn
American Association has so readil
, adapted itself to the men Of the raj
roads, colored young men, Indians
miners. students and the boys. Il
Australia Mr.. Morse met with Assoc
stions which had retrograded froI
lack OF competent supervision. A
conference of college me.., - th
largest ever held in Australasia
conducted by student secretary Joh
r. Mott, Mr.. Morse was present, Il
gether with the chairman of th
American International Commit lite