The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-10
Y. M. (. A. YEAR BOOK
INTERESTING STATISTICS OF ITS
 GOOD WORK.
It Is Shown That Montgomery Is the Only City Without a Building. Secretary WtnslOw, of De-
 cntur. Here.

The Young Mems Christian Associa- tion Year Book, which has just been issued, shows an increase in most of its figures.
 The number of associations, for in- stance. has grown from 1,7S6 to 1.Sl3, and the membership from 350,4 to 313,- 502. This Is is an increase in four years of 11S,030 membersand 374 asso- citations. The active membership of the association has increased l4,060, but the chief growth has been through employed boys and men not affiliated with churches. The number of men giving voluntary service on committees and as directors is 47,7S7.
 A notable increase has been made in the amount of property owned. so that now the associations own 475 buildings and other property worth $29,676.S07. increase of $S4s,921 for the past year. There is $2,299.2S3 pledged for new buildings. and 120 such enterprises are on foot.
 The current expenses amount to $3.- s56,32 or nearly double those, of ten years ago. The number of men em- ployed as general secretaries, physical directors, educational directors, reli- gious work directors and boys work directors has increased from 1,729 to 1893, while there are nearly 200 such positions seeking qualified officers. the two association training schools being unable to supply the demand.
 The association has 556 gymnaslums. with 126,966 men and boys constitut ing the largest athletic organization in the world. The number of men in even- ing educational classes was 32,821, a number larger than that in the eight largest universities. The number of men and boys in the Bible classes has been 56.301, an increase of 9.773 over the previous year, while the shop meet ings, held chiefly at noon for skilled workmen, number 6.096. The daily at tendance at the association buildings rose to over 120,000.
 The Railroad associations. numbering 19, was 69,426 members, have more than doubled in five years. The reli- gious meetings and Bible classes report ed total attendance of 4,S34,655 men and boys. In some of the large cities a theater was engaged during the sea- son, and crowded each Sunday after. noon with men.
 There are now 578 associations doing special work for boys. a notable in- crease being made in the department for working boys The colored mems department has opened a building in a mining town in Iowa, backed by a mining company, and has associations in colleges and towns. Mill towns iil the South. new lumber towns, and other manufacturing centers have shown not able development in industrial associa- tions.
 The North American associations have expended $s7. .O0O the past year in effitending the organization in foreign lands, and this year have entered Ha- vana. The associations in South Amer lea and the City of Mexico have made decided progress. The college associa- tions. numbering over TOO. have 45.000 members, and this year had 1,691 mem bers in their summer conferences, from 401 institutions.
 The associations are being extended into the country towns under the al . rection of a county secretary. and there are now 23 such county associations.
 A Visiting Secretary.
 c. II. Winslow. secretary of the Y. M. c. A. at New Decatur, spent yesterday in Montgomery. He was returning to his home in Decatur from Auburn. where he entered his son in the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute
 While. In Montgomery MT. winslow called on the local officers of the Y. NJ c. A. and discussed the new work of the association at New Decatur. He said that the new building. which Is l being erected by the Louisville 6