The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-17
Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY
HAS GONE T0'HAVANA.

Association Is Continually Reaching
Ont and Hopes to Do Much Good.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons are sending out secretary to
organize an association at Havana,
Cuba. Since the fall of Santiago the
American associations have had this
responsibility before them.
Bishop Gambler of the Southern Meth
odist Church first appealed to the In
ternational Committee to organize an
association in Havana. He wrote
saying: "While there met many Pro-
testant Christians. who repeatedly
urged upon my attention the need of
a Young Mems Christian Association
in that city. l cannot overstate its
importance. / write to ask ii you
cannot induce some large hearted phil
anthropist to supply the funds for the
first year. After that it would be near
ly self-suporting.
Representative of the Christian
churches in Havana have united in
an appeal for an association and prom
Used support. The committee has had
so many large undertakings in foreign
lands, for which it has raised nearly
900 a year, that the funds were not
available to send a secretary to
Havana until the Young Mems Chris
tan Association of the West Side, New
York and the associations of Virginia
provided the support of an association
with a thoroughly trained secretary
and equipment. The West Side branch
undertakes to raise $1,000 within three
years.
]. E. Hubbard, state college secretary
of Virginia, has been appointed as Sec
rotary. Mr.. Hubbard has been con-
nected with the associations in the
South from boyhood. and during his
course at Harvard held several offices
in the University Association, of which
he was president in his senior year.
He is something of an athlete, and for
three years he trained with the track
athletic team. He was a teacher in
the South Carolina schools for four
years after graduation, and is known
i'll Savannah.
There are over $4,000 young men in
Havana, and it is probable that several
distinct departments will be establish
ed in time, the first will be for native
Cuban and Spanish young men, with
whom the Americans will affiliate.
Later branch for colored young men
may be organized. 1t is expected that
this association will be as successful
months has a membership of nearly
400, including forty-three sustaining
members at $50 per year, and repre-
senting nearly a dozen different ma
uonalities. 1t is the popular rendez-
Nous of the English speaking young
men OF the city. 1t has a gymnasium,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, lecture
room, reading room, club rooms, series
OF evening classes, practical lectures,
bible classes, religious services, meets
Inc leisure time needs of the young men
OF the City of Mexico, as it is expected
mat an association in Havana will
do.
For the present. rooms will be rent
e. but it is confidently expected that as
lhe association grows, funds Will be
provided for an association building in
havana, costing at least $150,000. Maj.
Halford, who was for two years chair
man of the Army Association at Manila,
winch is supported by American philan-
lnfopy, declared that an association
with a 100000 building III Manila would
40 more for that city to enforce Amer
van y. Christian ideas in the Philippines
man any other one thing. The same
NouId be said of Havana.