The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-22
Y. M. C. A. NOTES

country high school boy in an Iowa
town quit study and had '1aid down"
He was stimulated to a purpose by the
county Y M. c. A., began to study again
and has been appointed to Annapolis be-
cause of high rank at school.
Christianity as a factor in Japan's world
achievements is the theme of two leading
men, one of whom was president of a
Japanese government school, and the Sec
ond, the editor of one of the leading
Christian papers In Japan, who are visit
ing the city and university centers in In
dia. Their tours being directed by
the National Association of India and
Japan.
There is a man in an eastern town who
means to secure building for the Y.
NJ c. a.. The canvass started slowly and
he pledged $1,000. But said he. to the
secretary, %I began In this town at 81 80
a day and supported my mother I
pledged 500 TO the church payable $50
a year, not knowing how the money
would come; but it did come. 1 want to
say that Pm going to stand by this as
ISOLATION building canvass till it's
through. They will have a building yet,
II nave TO put II up myself.
The superintendent of one of the great
est paper companies In Maine declares
that he laid the foundations for his scien-
tific studies in the class room of the Glas-
gov, Scotland Y. NJ. c. A.
The colors adopted by the Indian Ma
tional Council of the Y NJ. c. A, would
require courage to wear ON Broadway. A
4.
inch wide red band up the back, over the
shoulder and down the front. The belt
IS white with red bar in the center; the
tie is red: a. blazer of white flannel is
trimmed with red on the edges of the
cuffs, on top of pockets and sleeve bands.
The red triangle association badge Is
placed on the breast pockets of blazer
and shirt. The hat band is to be white
with red bar in the center. But these
are for the athletic field and in India.
Cleveland Y. M. c. A. is forced to erect
n new building 10 accommodate its great
membership. the present edifce being the
third erected. Each has been success
ively outgrown The present building,
costing $350.0O0. was was planned to ac-
commodate 230 men in the night classes;
I'm place of that the average during tho
winter was 100. While the gymnasium
was built for $50 men. over 1900 had been
using II. Since this building was opened
three others have been erected in other
parts of the city and associations organ
lied. Bible classes and centers of int1u-
ence are established at over sixty other
different points in shops and boarding
houses.
To acquaint workmen with the material
used I'm; manufacturing and the technique
of the business conducted in different
towns, the Y. NJ. q A. is arranging lee
lures by experts, At Johnstown and
Gioversviile, N. Y, glove manufacturing
centers, lectures on tanning glove leather
are given. The mill workers at North
Adams have special course In textile
design and fabric. In Brockton the shoe
workers are Instructed about leather and
shoes. AT Portland similar talks are
given In forestry problems to the wood
and lumber dealers. In Iowa one associa-
ton is now arranging for two weeks
course of lectures, quizzes and demonstra-
tions on corn and its cultivation, and on
the care and feeding of live stock for the
farmers.
A Camden, N. J., man who was shovel
ing coal into a furnace for living was
met one day by man who crossed the