Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
NEW BUILDING N VIEW
Plans of Y. M. G. A. to Raise
the Funds.
ADDRESSES DELIVERED
BANQUET LAST NIGHT AT THE
ARLINGTON HOTEL.
Hopes of the Management Outlined
Committee Of One Hundred
Named to Assist.
ADDRESSES DELIVERED

inent in the business life Of the District Of
Columbia, who gathered to enjoy the ex-
cellent dinner and incidentally devise ways
and means for raising $685. 900 toward the
building fund for the new Y. M. c. A. home,
now in course Of construction The meet
ing was successful from every point of view
and while no actual cash was subscribed
last evening 1t was demonstrated that the
entire amount can be raised with the txer-
else of a little energy on the part OF the
friends of the association.
Secretary Shaw of the treasury was the
guest of honor, and as usual was In the
best of humor He declared that talking
was a good thing, but that money talks
best. DR.. D. Percy Hickling also was
named as chairman of a committee of five
to select a committee of 100 leading cit
liens, which latter committee will endeavor
to raise goodly proportion of the needed
fund.
Commissioner Mcfarland. vice president
of the Y. M. c. A., was POSTMASTER. The
guests besides Secretary Shaw included Mr..
Fletcher s. Brockman, for six years repre-
sentative of the Y. M. C. A in China. and
Mr.. c. s. Ward. International secretary. of
Chicago. were the speakers The Commits
sioner and the Secretary were at the head
of one table, and seated near them were
Judge Thomas H. Anderson, F. S. Brock
man, A. M. Lathrop. A. Lsner, G. w. r.
Swartzel1 E. D. Shaw, James Sharp E.
Quincy Smith Lee D. Latimer and H. G.
Jacobs About 100 In all were at the
tables.
The President Remembered.
The dinner was served at $50. Shortly
after 8 o'clock Mr.. Mcfarland called for
order and proposed the health of the Pres
ident of the United States. speaking of
President Roosevelt as typical Young
Mems Christian Association man-developed
in body. mind and spirit, and working for
the common good. The Commissioners re-
called the noble speech Of President Roose-
welt at the Washington Associations jubi-
lee banquet two years ago. when the new
building project was begun. and spoke
gratefully of the constant interest which
Mr.. Roosevelt had shown in the progress
of the work
After speaking appreciatively of the gifts
that had been given and the work that had
been done by the citizens, whether they
were members of the association or not.
Commissioner Macfarland said
1--WE want the best of everything for
Washington. We are working hard in this
enterprise, because we believe that a Young
Mems Christian Association is absolutely
indispensable to the welfare of the COM
munity, and that 1t must have adequate
and up-to-date facilities. We are building,
as citizens of the national capital
structure that will be worthy Of 1t. OF all
the many association buildings throughout
the world, now valued at 100000. none
will be better, although some will be larger
and costier than the Washington building
Secretary Shaw's Address.
Mr.. Mcfarland then introduced Secre-
tary Shaw. II don't know why In the
world l am here" said Mr.. Shaw, Tex
cept that was invited and accepted. hope
that 1 say something to help you,
but realize my inability when l know that
only money talks on such occasions" He
told the diners that look into their faces
showed that they were practical men, mel
who study life at close range and whose
countenances portrayed the fact that they
were not theorists.
1t gave him much pleasure to see their
interest in the Y. M. c. A. work, for, said
he, he thought nothing paid such dividends
as investment in young men, or at least,
for young men. Nothing at Benning, he
continued, existed that could compare with
the opportunity investment in young men
presented and there was nothing like the
chance at the tracks.
Some young men, Secretary Shaw told
the men, make confidants of their fathers,
some of their mothers, but very few, some
of their sisters. but not often. and some
times to their best girl. Confidence must
be bestowed somewhere and he figured out
that 1t would be with young men asso-
ciates. He said that 1t Is impossible to get
a young man to sit down In the library and
read, and If he did he didn't know II he
could hold much Of job In business. Some
place must be found for association with
men of his age, and II not under the best
surroundings then under Objectionable ones.
This said he, lis the duty the Y. M. c.
A. must do. to bring these young men to-
gether under proper and wholesome sur
roundngs, and 1 am here tonight simply
to show that 1 am with you In this work
and that I wish you success" he said In
concluding.
MI. Brockman was next introduced
N America a
years. absence, Mr.. Brockman said the
most important change be noticed was that
at last Washington had been discovered
by this country. Many times he had gone
through the city, spent an hour here with
guide book in hand, but Washington to
him had always been place between New
York and some other place. Now the in
fiuence of the capital Is being felt, and peo-
portance.
Eyes Turned to America.
IT do not want to appeal to false ideals:
do not want to appear as making
Haunting Fourth of July speech, but
having lived in the orient for six years,
know Tat the eyes of those people are
turned to America for guidance. China
being ushered out of her position as the
oldest nation on the earth into that of
the youngest, Japan and Korea are pro-
claiming in one voice that America leads
them.
"Hadit not been for an unfortunate excIu-
sion of Chinese students by the exclusion
act this country today would be filed with
Chinese students learning our ways. All
orientals in coming to this country expect
the capital to reflect what is typical Of
nation. They regard their capital as most
sacred and, have kindred IDEAS Of ours. So
1t is that it behooves US to establish here
Y. M. C. association that will be pro-
portionate to the duties which Is imposed
upon it. The very ends of the world are
resting upon US and We must act largely
and do heroically because Of what is upon
US to do"
The last speaker was Mr.. Ward. He told
of the need of the fine and costly equipment
proposed for Washington. During the last
six years he said that the influence Of the
Y. NJ c. A had more than doubled. He
told of the physical scientific development
Of the body under the direction OF the
physical director, OF the educational work,
enabling the young man who had no fitness
to face life to get just what he needed, and
of the religious influence and, finally, Of
the social advantages.
Committee Named.
After the speeches DIR. d. p. Hickling was