The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
SAYS Y.M.C. A. NEEDS
MASSIVE BUILDING
Educational Secretary G. B.
Hodge Delivers an Address
at Association Hall

Il have Travelled all over the country,
visiting the branches of the Young
Mems Christian association in every
city Of Importance and / must say that
st. Paul is the first city Of it's size, or
in fact, of more than $4,000 people,
where I have been compelled to meet
the members on the third floor" said
Educational Secretary George B.
Hodge, OF the International Y M. C. A.
committee, at Association hall last
night.
Mr.. Hodge visited st. Paul in the
interests of his work, being entertain
ed by the executive committee in the
afternoon and delivering an illustrated
lecture in the evening, using s'Educa-
ton for the Masses as his topic. The
lecture was profusely Illustrated with
Photographic reproductions of actual
scenes in Y. M. C. A. educational
work, and proved such a magnet that
the rather cramped quarters of the hall
were crowded almost to suffocation.
Need of Larger Quarters Apparent
The speaker, although possessing a
clear, rapid delivery. was interrupted
repeatedly by the sound Of members
and by the clatter of the younger
members on their way down the stairs.
The need for adequate quarters for the
7. M. G. A. was never so forcibly i'm
pressed upon the audience as during
the lecture.
Mr.. Hodge paid q high compliment
to the local officers on the work they
were accomplishing, and limited at the
possibilities that were certain to de-
xrn1O i@,t1 nfe he La
a proper home for the association
''The general public has a small idea
of the work of our educational depart
mentS," he said. mo correspondence
school in the land can hope to equal
the Y. M. c. A. practical, as well as
theoretical training. We are fitting
an army of young men for the battle of
life and rounding out the uncompleted
training of thousands Of their elders.
In every town local conditions are
studied, and the course Of training is
the town as nearly as possible. The
ratio of cost to income is decreasing
every year, and within few years this
work will pay for itself.
Give Practical Education
"At the present time members of the
various Y. M. C. AS throughout the
every conceivable art, science and
trade. Workshops are being installed
in Y. M. c. A. buildings, and practical
men in the various branches Of trade
employed as instructors. My expert
ence has been that the graduates Of
these shops are well fitted for the
highest obtainable positions in every
large industry in the country, and the
rapidity with which they are finding
employment bears me out in my state
ment.
I'VE cannot, of course, hope to give
a university training in every branch.
Such training would be out of the
question to the greater number of our
pupils, but we are fitting those with
educations obtained in common schools
for advanced positions and are even
starting out with the employed boys
under sixteen years Of age and giving
them an education from the ground up.
1T seems strange that a city like ST.
Paul, well advanced in every other line,
should be content with it's present Y.
M. c.. A. headquarters. There should
be a massive building here, and hope
every member of this organization will
give his unqualified support to the
members of the executive committee in
their endeavor to provide building Of
which the city may well be proud.
feel confident that such a building will
soon be In the course of erection, and
in case it does get started, let me i'm
plore you not to forget the talk tonight
and install every possible appliance for
the proper following of a varied educa-
tional course