The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
FALL OPENING WAS
 VERY SUCCESSFUL Y. M. c. A. Had Largely At- tended Meeting Last Night SEVERAL TALKS MADE New Officers Were Introduced to Mem bers-Swimming Pool Was Opened.
 To Have a Ten-story
 Building.
SEVERAL TALKS MADE

The fall opening of the Young Mems Christian association was held last night under most suspicious circumstances.
 The talks of the officers and the facts brought before the meeting showed the association had made remarkable prog ress during the last year. The talks of the new officers brought forth hearty ap- plause from the 400 men present The ad- dress on Opportunity" made by L. J. Haley, Jr., was received with continued applause R. S. Munger, the president of the local association, made a short talk, in which he emphasized the splendid work that had been done in all departments. He said that .it was up to the members" to make the association even greater than 1t was at present.
 One of the features of the meeting was the statement made by General Secretary J. P. Jackson at the close of the meeting, in which he said that the efforts of the board of directors would not relax until a ndnQSOmc Ien-SlOTy bihNN0 thS front lot of the association.
 Mir. Jackson stated that when the mem bers at present in the association had brought in enough new members to run the total membership up to 5000 the ten story building would be built. The asso- citation has at present practically l0Oo members, the number of members having been nearly doubled in the past twelve months.
 If a ten-story building is erected, he said. 1t will be taken up with dormitories' reading rooms and offices. The members of the board of directors are known to be in favor of the erection of such building if the membership justifies it.
 Press Thanked.
 Resolutions were introduced and unani- mously adopted at the meeting last night extending to the press of Birmingham the thanks and appreciation of the Young Mems Christian association for the sup port and indorsement given to the work. The following is the resolution;
 .Resolved by the membership or the Young Mems Christian association or DIT mingham, Ala, in meeting assempieo' That our >Scere thanks and appreciatioh te extended to the Birmingham Age-Her- aid. the Birmingham News and the DIT ningham Ledger for their generous sup port, hearty indorsement and klnoly eN- nressions of confidence in the work or the association"
 The meeting last night was opened py a scripture reading. followed by the re- port of Hinds Peevy, chairman or the membership committee. The recommends ton that seventy-six new members who have qualified, be elected. was adopted by the meeting. The total membership of the association now Is 946' ana MT Peevy urges the members to bring Tn new men, reminding them of the fac. that the association will advance from now on in all lines according to the in- crease in membership.
 c. w. Collins, educational director, then spoke of the work in his department. MT. Collins began his remarks with the fol- lowing table concerning the attendance in schools:
 One in every eight finishes primary education.
 One in every 12o finishes a high school education.
 One in every fifteen hundred finishes a college or technical education.
 MT. Collins then drew from this the fact or the excellent field that is open 70 the Young Mems Christian association. He said that this was the third year of the local night school and that 1t would begin the term with ten courses and as may instructors.
 MT. Haley on Opportunity.
 l.. J. Haley, Jr., spoke for some time on the subject Opportunity" He defined opportunity as a meeting between a man and an occasion He stated that he no- ticed that 600 men had enrolled in Au- burn He said that they came from the