The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
APPEALS FOR AID
Y. NJ. c. A. Asks Churches for
Financial Help.

In the interest of the Y. M. G. A. and
its project to erect new building in
this city, several of the speakers of
the organization discussed it's work and
it's purposes before a large gathering
last evening at the Park Congrega-
tional church. The international Y. NJ.
C. A. quartette, consisting of Paul j.
Gilbert, first tenor; P. H. Metcalf, sec
ond tenor; c. M. Keller first bass, and
E. W. Peck, second bass, sang several
times in the course of the service, &C
companied by Mrs, r. r. Dorr at the
organ.
E. w. Peck, as representative Of
the national organization, discussed the
work at large throughout the country,
devoting his attention chiefly to the
achievement in the line of educational
effort. The Y NJ. G. A, he said, fur
in it's night schools AS an evidence
of the usefulness of this branch of the
associations work he cited the fact
that there is in one of the cities of this
state night school of the Y. M. G. A.
which has a larger attendance than any
educational institution excepting the
state university. This work, he said,
is no longer experimental, and the pu-
pills Of these schools are not circum-
scribed to a few of the elementary
branches; it's members are sent out full
ly equipped for business life.
The association employs in its night
schools the best of teachers and pays
them in some cases as high as So or
Sc an evening for their services. He
said he believed he could name as
many as 100 young men whose salaries
had been increased from 100 to 500 per
cent by reason of their attendance at
the aSSOcia ton night schools
you endow your colleges literally
he said, and why not put some of
your money into this work, which is as
beneficial and as worthy of your as
SiStance?"
He made an earnest plea to the peo-
pie Of st. Paul to assist in the plan of
the Y. M. c. A, to erect a new building
Y. Ne. c. A. here" said he, "and it is
well conducted; but it takes all the
energy of your business men half the
time to raise the money to pay the rent
of the quarters it occupies. You should
have a building that would bring in
rents and pay it's own expenses. In
this splendid city Of st. Paul are you
going to play with this great institu-
ton, and leave it in rented quarters
rather than raise a quarter of mil
lion dollars to put it into a building
OF its oWn?"
George F. Lingsdorf addressed the
meeting on the subject of "Our Edu-
cational and Social Work" his remarks
and those of the speakers who followed
him having strictly local application.
He said that the attendance of the
night school in this city last year was
227 and the class enrolment 300 or
more. The cost of maintaining the
school for that year was $4.75 per cap
tia, of which $3.50 was paid by the
pupils and the remainder taken out of
the general fund Of the organization.
c. ]. Hunt spoke briefly of the re-
ligious work of the st. Paul associa-
tion.
Rev. Alexander McGregor. pastor of
Park church, spoke on the Relation
of the Church to the Association
These two great elements of Christian
influence should be as one, he said
He hoped to see the day when the
churches would be kept open all day
and every day and would provide
places where the young men and young
women could come and look over the
periodicals and other desirable litera-
ture; and as partial accomplishment
of that end the churches should give
substantial aid to the Y. M. c. A.
Edward Grace, secretary of the ST.
Paul association, spoke of the local
work and Of the practical side of the
building project. He said the officers
had become convinced that if they were
willing to close up their present asso-
citation they could have the amount
necessary for the new building in about
eighteen months. The great setback
to the building fund thus far, he ex-
planned, has been the necessity of
funds to carry on the present work,
and the same men upon whom the as
ISOLATION will have to depend for the
money to erect its new building are
the ones who are raising the money
for current expenses.
He said the association had deter
mined not to close up. and for that rea-
son had found 1t necessary to come to
the churches for assistance If the
churches would furnish the funds for
present expenses the directors of the
association could devote their energies
to the building fund. The association
had never before appealed TO the
churches in all it's history, and the as
soeiations of nearly all of the large
cities have done so regularly.