Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-17
Y, N. G. A. NOTES.

The trustees of the estate of the late
George i. Seeley, Of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, will erect a building for that
Association to cost $50, 900 The citiZ-
ems of the town have met the condi-
Cious named by the trustees. which
were to provide by voluntary subsCrip-
tious for maintenance for five years
sum not exceeding > per cent, per an
mum of the amount invested in the
building and improvements. This
building Will be the headquarters for
the college Association of the Iowa
Wesleyan University and will also
contain a manual training department
for boys as we'll as the usual equip
ment of city Young Mems Christian
Association. The trustees were in
structed by the will of the late Mr..
Seeley to erect a building for the in
stitution which in their judgment
would promise to he the largest benefit
to the town. They have spent long
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after making a study OF the situation
and the needs Of the town, decided up
on the Young Mems Christian AssOcia-
tion as the most important local in
stitutiou which needed equipment and
would prove of the largest public ben
eft.
By the will of the late Henry Con
gar. the Newark IN. j Young Mems
Christian Association Will receive 30
per cent. of the residue of his estate.
A conservative estimate places the sum
at $50, 1000 This will be applied to
the endowment fund of $3.50, 600 which
the Association is eudeavoring to
raise. Two years ago the late Cyrus
o. Baker left this Association 320, 900
for endowment purposes.
Worlds Fair Clubs are being form
cd all over the country by young men,
who are spending an evening week
in a study of the Worlds Fair and
what can be seen there with profit.
These clubs viii charter special cars
ing provided near the grounds. Many
of the men are saving their money
and making deposits weekly with the
secretaries. August 1920 will be As
sociation Week" when athletic events
will be run off. Many of the Associa
tions now have their best athletes in
training to participate IN these con-
tests-tests of strength and basketball
and other games.
What is considered the finest and is
the largest building devoted to the
Association work in this country will
be opened in New York City on March
2lst. 1t is the new building of the old
23d street branch, the original center
of the Association movement in New
York. This building will cost $780,,
000 1t is nine stories high and has
roof garden, where services and social
life will center in the Summer months.
This building has 1l2 rooms for young
men, which will be rented at moderate
prices first-class restaurant is plac-
ed on the first floor. This building
rivals in its attractiyeness many of the
finest clubs in the country. 1t is de-
signed to accommodate membership
of 1900 men, providing for at least
600 in educational classes and / 800
in its gymnasium The gymnasium is
on the top floor and is lO7 by 90 feet.
On the sixth floor Is swimming
bath, 40 by 30 feet-a great steel tank
supported on massive pillars. There
are four bowling alleys also on the
sixth floor This Association is one
of thirty branches in Manhattan. Four
are for railroad men, four for SELLERS,
eleven for students, one for French
men, ono for colored mon, one u res
cue work and relief station another
is a Summer buathouse and seven are
general city Associations. The com
bined membership on January lst was
u, 233. Hon. Elihu Root has been in
vited to deliver the address at the
opening of this building on the even
ing Of the 2lst