The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-14
PARDONABLE PRIDE.

While they are saying fine things about the Y. M. c. A. of San Francisco word about our own Y. M. c. A. seems appropriate. A writer in San Francisco says in a press dispatch, with evident pride, no doubt wholly justifia- | ble. that mo city in the country prob ably has a more effective Y. M c. A. than San Francisco" and that much of it's effectiveness is due to H. J. Mccoy, 1 its secretary, who has been with it for the twenty-four years of it's existence. Proceeding, the dispatch says: At an anniversary meeting this week MT. Me Coy gave some remarkable figures of the work of the association. It has helped 30,000 young men who have been on it's rolls. The present membership l is 2,190 men and boys. Fifteen hundred men and boys used the gymnasium last year, and 700 were enrolled as students in the night school which teaches forty subjects. Secretary Mccoy says that the greatest need is dormitory of at least one hundred rooms. The associa- ton has a fine building at Ellis and Mason streets. and this as well as funds for carrying on work, came from voluntary gifts
 Now this reminds us that New Haven has a remarkably successful Y. M. c. A., which has a remarkably efficient and effective secretary, who accomplish ed wonders in securing through volun- tary gifts the quarter of a million dol- lars with which our associations hand some and imposing building-a credit to any city-was erected and equipped and which has cost in all $3S0000, including the cost of $So,oOO addition, which has been erected in the past year. It has in addition to this a boys department for lads who have no money, which is in a separate building, but connected with | the main structure, and this is highly popular and successful also. There Is !! also paid department for boys in the main structure. While the San Fran cisco Y. M. c. A. has larger member ship, great forward movement is in progress at our '. M. c. A. to increase the membership to 2,0OO and which bids fair to be crowned with complete suc- ] cess, The San Francisco organization greatest need is dormitory of 100 rooms" but the New Haven Y. M. C.. A. in this leads It's Pacific coast con- temporary as 1t has in the last year provided for the case here by very largely increasing the number of it's rooms for dormitory purposes by build ing a large addition, each of the rooms being equipped with the modern im- provements. It has now a total of eighty rooms for the purpose. More over, New Haven Is city of only about one-third the population of San Francisco.
 New Haven 1t will be seen, is thor oughly up to date in it's Y. M. c. A., and while San Francisco is be congrat- ulated the New Haven Y. M. c. A. has ample reason for surveying itself with good deal of just satisfaction and pardonabIe pride.
 With much pleasure we call attention to a communication to the Journal and Courier of special interest in reference to our own Y. M. c. A. from the gifted pen of the Rev, Dr. T. T. Nun ger, pastor emeritus of the United church, which appears in another col umn in this issue. It speaks for itself in regard to the important develop ments in the field and scope of Young Mems Christian associations, and to the importance of forward movement by the local organization to clear away it's indebtedness. The commendable pride shown by citizens of New Haven in it's Y. M. C. A. building and work and it's broadening field should render the lift ing of the debt only matter of little time.