Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-20
HUNDREDS STUDY
IN NIGHT CLASS
LOCAL Y. M. C. A. LAB0RS IN
CRAMPED QUARTERS
Business Men Take Hold of Campaign
for a New Young Mems Head
quarters in Los
Angeles

In response to an invitation from the
executive committee of the building
campaign of the Young Mems Chris
| tian association there met together
yesterday afternoon prominent bust
| ness and professional men of Los An
geles, who formed themselves into cit
liens committees, various gentlemen
present agreeing to act as chairmen.
After Chairman J. e. Carr of Carr
& Stevens had introduced General Sec
rotary D. e. Luther plans for organic
ing into twenty committees of five men
each were completed in order that a
citizens committee of one hundred
men might support this building en-
terprse.
In Endorsing the movement S. P.
milford made announcement of his
subscription of $1,000. This subscrip-
ton has been added to the list Of
others which are coming in daily at
the building campaign headquarters,
rooms 330-331 o, T. Johnson building.
Different From Church
In presenting the matter Secretary
Luther said:
1.-THE Young Mems Christian ASSOC
citation holds a unique position, mas
much as it's means of support is a pub
lie response to the quality of work
which it does. This institution is diff
ferent from the church in that the
church has as an incentive for its
support church pride in keeping up
with sister churches.
at is also different from institu-
lions for public improvement which
can be brought before the public and
be supported by taxes. But the Young
Mems Christian association comes be-
fore the people Of Los Angeles in the
interest of her most important class of
people-her young men. The greatest
asset of Los Angeles today is her
young men. If you doubt that for one
moment think what would result were
it possible to remove every young
man between the ages of Is and So
from this city tonight. AS result you
would find the commercial and finan-
cial interests of this city at a complete
standstill. Every commercial interest,
every home, every church and every
enterprise in this entire city is vitality
affected by the quality of it's young
manhood, and yet today Los Angeles
has no building to care for this i'm
portant class of her citizens. The
efficiency of service in the banks, the
stores, the railways and every public
institution is measured by the effic-
iency of the young men and by the
quality Of character they possess.
Other Cities Work
an view of the fact that cities like
Dallas (of less than one-third our size),
Duluth, st. Paul, Denver, Scranton
and Omaha have either just completed
buildings or have just finished their
canvass for funds for buildings cost
ing all the way from $275,00O to $780,
900, Los Angeles is asking for a small
amount when she asks for $350,000 to
care for her young men. No city in
the country without a building and
with practically no equipment, using
rented quarters, would begin to do the
work that is being done for your young
men with such conveniences.
Los Angels has today nearly $50
young men and boys in her night
classes studying on practical lines,
such as plain reading and estimating,
mechanical drawing, architectural
drawing, mining, stenography, book
keeping, business law, arithmetic and
English. These and many other
courses, all OH practical lines, are help
ing young men who are employed dur
ing the day to secure an education
that they could obtain in no other
way. Within the last four months
over 100 men have taken instructions
in the automobile school.
about 1922 members in these rented
quarters fall short by only 600 mem
bers of what San Francisco, q city Of