Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
BUILDING NEW HOME
LOCAL Y. M. C. A. TO COMPLETE
FUND BY MAY /.
President Woodward Inspects Struc-
ture Before Leaving for Europe
Dinner Tonight.

Mr. S. w. Woodward of the firm of Wood
ward &C Lothrop, president of the YOUNG
Mems Christian Association of this city
and equal partner in the donation of s25,
coo toward the building fund Of the Y. M
C. A, left yesterday for New York, ant
sailed this morning for Europe. Just be
fore his departure Mr.. Woodward paid &
visit to the building now in process OF
erection for the Y. M. c. A. on street
and in company with Secretary Lyman l.
Pierce made a thorough inspection of the
same. Mr.. Woodward. who has been the
largest individual contributor to the build
ing fund. expressed himself as thoroughly
gratified at the work done He said the
plans had been admirably carried out and
that he hoped and expected that the funds
necessary to complete the structure and
equip it would be forthcoming from sup
porters of the Y. M. C. A. by May 1.
Mr.. Woodward recalled that in his an
nual report at the fifty-third anniversary of
the Y. M. c. A. in the Lafayette Theater
January %, 1905 he stated the financial
requirements of the new building and the
responsibilities reposed upon the projectors.
At that time Mr.. Woodward said: Our
new building is calculated to cost approx
imately 100000. OF this amount we have
In good subscriptions $4,000, leaving $780,
700 still to raise. In addition to this
amount we must raise coo for the COM
plete furnishing of the rooms. However.
when completed we shall be able to give
accommodations and good service to not
less than 1000 members, which number it
is expected will be enrolled early after we
enter our new building. When Mr.. Wood
ward had completed his tour of the new
building in company with Mr. Pierce he
expressed the greatest delight at the prog
ress made, and said that the structure in
all of It's particulars much surpassed his
nd ntot I,
but congratulations for those actively con-
cerned in the erection and equipment of
the building"
One of the most important functions in
connection with the completion of the
building fund will take place tonight at the
Arlington Hotel. 1t will be in the form of
d dinner to which have been invited lead
ing business men of the city, regardless of
their afhhation with the active work of
the Y. M. G. A. Not only those to whom
invitations have been sent, but all bust
ness men who approve of the purposes and
results achieved by this institution are
asked to attend. The committee on invi-
tation, Messrs. ]. Whit Heron Scott c.
Bone, Ralph w. Lee C. B. Rheem, Ed
ward Graves, William H. Saunders and
S. S. Shedd, had received up to noon to-
day gratifying list of acceptances Sec
rotary of the Treasury Shaw, than whom
no one is more deeply interested in Y. NJ
[. A. work, will be the guest of honor,
having postponed the departure on an i'm
portant trip for the purpose of attending
the dinner. Mr.. c. S. Ward. international
Fletcher f. BrOckman of Shanghai, China
Will also attend. District Commissioner H.
Is. f. Macfarland will preside
Hopes of the Management.
1t is expected that at this dinner a citi-
zens committee will be formed to carry
cut the plans necessary to complete the
building and furnishing funds in the next
twenty-five or twenty-six days. 1t will
be borne in mind that Messrs. Woodward
q Lothrop have offered a generous do
nation of $4,000 provided the remainer is
raised from other sources before May l.
IL is believed that tonight the support of
the leading business men, those identified
most closely with the commercial and
financial interests of Washington. will re-
suit in the forming of a citizens committee
TO carry to a successful close the campaign
inaugurated.
Friday of this week ladies of this city
who are sstanch supporters of the Y NJ
1. A. will give a luncheon in the gymna-
SUM room of the association, to be fol-
lowed by busineSs-like conference on the
ways and means of raising money for the
furnishing of the new building. Among the
distinguished names on the ladies' commit
tee are the following: Mrs. Fairbanks Mrs
Dewey, Mrs. Chaffee. Mrs. Hitchcock Mrs.
CortelyOu, Mrs. Brewer Mrs Foraker Mrs
Foster, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Slater, Mrs.
Mcfarland. Mrs. Reyburn, Mrs. Higginson
and Miss Kibbey.
Actively enlisted in the cause of carry
Ing to successful completion this great en-
terprlse are the young members enrolled
under the banner of the Y. M. C.. A. in
this city. In ten groups. each comprising
ten men, captained in military order are a
hundred workers who have pledged them
selves to do all in their power to aid in
raising the money to insure the receipt of
the promised donation by Woodward 6.
Lothrop. These young men devote all of
their spare time to work among their &C
quaintanceS and at headquarters, where
their names are to be seen emblazoned on
banners around the wall, and 1t is believ-
ed they will be largely instrumental in the
contamination so much wished for The
names of the young mems teams are as
follows:
Young Mems Teams.
A-Capt C. A. Aspinwall, c. c. Billings,
C. o. Bohrer. Arthur Copeland. Charles
Ray Dean. w. j. Eynon, E. P. Hanna c.
w. Pimper, W. f. Springer Nelson Wilson.
B-Capt. NJ. w. Baldwin, H. E. Bittinger,
c. r. Burr Charles D. Church. j. NJ. Drys-
dale, II. L. Lewis. ]. E. Potbury. J. w.
Rawlings, Frank Upman.
Capt. Charles F. Crane, c. R. Ball,
James Brooks. John E. Fort, Fred H.
Martin. w. w. Rogers, S. A. Swindells.
D-Capt. b. G. GetSinger, Walter Allen
Cameron Beck, w. NJ. Brashears, E. v
Critteuden. Charles Graft, w. II. Houghton
D. B. Macleod. j. NJ. Rauch, George Otis
Smith.
.E-Capt. NJ, J. Gleason, J. E Earn
shaw S. II. Greene. jr., Phil Kemon. T.
Lakeland, l.. J. Mather III. s. Neale
Charles o. Paxson, f. C. Schraeder, a H
Semmes.
F-Capt. H. o. Hlne. L. D. Bliss. f. D.
Burrows, A. A. Charles. F. d. Fletcher, ].
c. Hatton, A. NJ. p Maschmeyer. Perc,val
Padgett, Luther Speer, Williams Welch.
G-Capt. f. S. LaFetra e. r. S. Crog-
gon, B. S. Graves, c. L. Harding. d. F.
Harris, Owen p. Kellar. E. r. Rochester,
A. l.. Swartwout, James E. West.
H-Capt. Charles II. Roesch. A Bowdler.
r. H. Bowdler. S. H Brant l.. G. Honodel
George II. LaFetra, A. ]. Leonard. w. IL.
Ronsaville. G. f. Williams.
Capt w. f. Woolard. Harry Anderson.
E F. Brown, C. f. Emig. F. T. Israel L.
n Lawrence NJ T Moomaw Dr. E c.