The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-16
Y. M. G. A. FOR BRUINS.
WICK.
Now Has Splendid Structure
to be Devoted to the Elk.
cellent Work of This
Organization.

Through the generosity of the Bal
tlmore and Ohio Railroad Company and
a contributing list of many residing in
Brunswick, this county, the young men
OF that place will have Il most attractive
Y. NJ. G. A. building, the same being
now almost completed and ready for
occupancy. When the committee Wis
tied Frederick last year to solicit sub
scriptions to the building and equip
ment fund, they did not find such a
ready respone to their appeal and but
few Of our merchants and business men
did anything for them, although it was
understood that most substan-
tial list would be obtained.
Among those from this city who
helped the committee in their work
were Mr.. j. Holmes Baker, who gave
$4,000, General l.. v Baughman,
$4,000, Judge John c. Motter,
$1,000; Messrs. Rice a. Halter, $1,000,
Mr.. j. W. Bowers, $40 90. and DR..
L. B. johnson, $1,000.
The Building Committee, which had
charge of the outside subscriptions, was
composed Of the following well known
citizens Of Brunswick: II. NJ. Jones.
Chairman; W. p. McComas, Treas
JUROR; +. l.. Harrison, Secretary; j. T.
Martin, 5. 7. Hogan, DR.. Levin
West, F. +. Alder, W. +. Shannon,
A. H. Hodges, Dr. II. S. Hedges,
VIM. L. Gross, I. A. Sigafoose, c. r.
Gregory.
The new building will be commodious
and thoroughly fitted up for the use of
the Y. Nj. c. A. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has expended
about SIG, 600 upon the building and
equipment and the popular subscriptions
amount to about 81, 500.
Much interest attaches to this home
for the young men of Brunswick. Be
Ing a railroad town, it is the home of
many hundreds of employees, who
when off duty, find it difficult to profit
ably employ their time, and as result
low places exist and are literally pat
ronized
1t was to break in on that tendency
that the company worked out the Y. NJ.
c. A. plan, as it has successfully done
in other places. 1t has been found
wholesome relief from the past life of
the young men, and is power for
good that cannot be underestimate.
Not only in Brunswick is the Y. NJ.
c. A. gaining strong foothold. Al
ready in this city there is campaign
on for subscriptions to IA $50, 600 fund,
and in Baltimore on Tuesday night the
last of $500, 600 was subscribed, thus
assuring the erection there of beauti-
full building on Franklin and Cathedral
Streets, that will be a monument to the
public spirited people of that city.
In Frederick the latest reports show
that great strides are being made toward
the completion of the fund. The
building site has been purchased and
the plans adopted, which shows an abid-
inc faith in the success of the work.
There are many in this community
who gladly on all occasions, give of
their worldly means to worthy objects
what they can. The response to the
appeal of the local Y NJ. c. A. Com
mittee has been wonderful, and nearly
every one has offered his mite Another
appeal has been made for an increase
of subscription. Those who are able
will, no doubt, give further assistance,
but due credit should be given those
who have donated all that they feel
they can for this worthy cause.
All over the country there is surging
a wave of christian endeavor along this
line of action. In most all the large
cities there are finely equipped buildings
devoted exclusively to the use of the
young men, free from all concentrating
influences, and calculated in nearly
every case to produce most beneficial
effect upon the physical and mental
make up of the members.
There can be no question of the man
fold advantages derived from such asso-
citation and there is much philanthropic
work in this direction that can be done
in every township in the land.
The future of our country depends
upon the youth of today, and just in
proportion as he is allowed to follow his
natural inclinations and drift as a feather
in the wind, or is carefully nurtured and
trained and brought up under elevating
Influences and surroundings, Just so
much will our country digress from or
progress towards that glorious millennium,
which always exists as goal for any
worthy cause or effort.
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