The Frankfort roundabout., 1904-07-30
Y. NJ. c. i. GROWTH IN KEN
TEGEY.

velnpmcHt Of the Young Men
Christian Assuci 'tion work in lto -
tucky for tie pist three years,
under the Surer\ OF the state
Executive Committee. has been
sent To the International Commit
tee, and will appeac in tn" Year
Book of 1904. 1t contains the fol-
lowing informalion:
During the past three years the
growth of the various departments
of work in the State. city. railroad,
student and county. has heen
notable. and has been especially
characterized by II broader vision
of the field To he occupied by each
association, and by IA more system
the fields i'm which work is being
done. This period witnessed the
Jubilee of the Association work in
Kentucky, CONNIE morating the
semi-cetennial of the organization
of the first a Association in the State,
and of the quartcr-centennial of
the organization of the State work.
Five hundred and fifty-one dele
gates attended the jubilee Conver-
tiOn at Lexington, the largest y =
sOciatiOn Convention State or In
ternationalJ ever held in the South.
There are now seventy-four AssO-
Citations in the State. Ten of these
are city, seven railroad. twenty
seven student, and thirty town.
Fifty-one secretaries are employed.
Two assistants have been added to
the secretarial force of the State
Committee, which is now as fol-
lows: State Secretary. Secretary
City and Railroad Department,
Secretary Religious and Educa-
tional Work Department, Secretary
Student Department and two Secre-
taries of the County Work Depart-
ment. With this report, the State
Secretary, Mr.. Henry f. Rosevear.
completes fifteen years of service
in the State.
AN ENCOURAGING GROWTH.
In the material equipment of the
Associations of the State there has
been an encouraging growth.
Buildings have been opened for the
railroad departments at Ashland
n
respectively. Lexington has raised
$40, 900 for a new building now in
process of construction. A build
ing at CovingtOn has been assured
by the securing of $50. GOO in sui =
scriptions. Hartford. Chic county,
owns TIE first County Association
building i'm the State. Bulldog
movements are in progress in a
number OF other communities. The
Louisville Association raised a
Jubilee fund of $4,000 to cover the
mortgage indebtedness and cost Of
Improvements on its building.
The railroad work has made more
rapid and steady progress during
the lastthIee years tlIan in any pre-
vious period in our history. Two
new railroad departments have
been organized and preliminary
work begun at two other points.
Institutes for the study of the re-
ligiOus and educational needs of
the railroad men in Kentucky, al d
the Association relation thereto,
have been held by the State Com
mittee and have horne fruit in II
larger and more aggressive work
in these departments.
In the student department there
has been an outward and an in
ward growth. There has been a
decided increase in the number of
Associations and in their material
equipment, and the aggregate
membership ard enrolment in
Bible study and mission study
classes surpasses that of any pre-
viOus period. The annual confeI-
ence OF presidents, the State Stu
dent Conference and the super
vision of the Student Secretary OF
the State Committee, have been
vital factors in the development of
this department.
OTHER STATES FOLLOW.
The employment of county work
department. secretary, begun in