The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-11-30

or our city, with TINS gracious SHl
y there comes new responsibility
\ Great as shall be the material equip
\ ment of this Association, it shall not
R be able to stand unless buttressed by
the common interest of the commune
I ty it seeks to serve. Fellow citizens,
this is our institutions and we must
contribute to its life. Our city needs
such men and boys as are produced
by its influence. For economic reasons
the clean, honest. virtuous life pays.
AS mere matter of contributing to
civic righteousness, the duty of sup
porting the Young Mems Christian
Association is imperative. The OPP
portunity is before US to help to es-
tablish centre of human brotherhood
which shall counterfeit the demoraliz-
ing influences and ruinous forces al
ready at work, by providing attrac-
tions and opportunities that will inter
est men, and equip them for greater
success and usefulness in life.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation stands for the development of
a symmetrical, harmonious manhood.
II believes in the cultivation of the
physical as well as the intellectual
and spiritual It recognizes the in
herent love in the human mind for the
Wilderness, and believes that a man
cannot be at the top of his condition
until he has not only sound heart
and a sound mind but a sound body
as well.
The Young Mems Cristian Associa-
ton has been appropriately called
The College of the People" Hun
dreds of young men are helped every
year through its educational advan-
tages to a larger view of the posi-
bilities of life. BY reason of the in
crease of their intellectual capabilities
thus acquired, many have received
promotion and increase of salary.
During the past year more than TWEEN
ty-five thousand students attended the
evening classes of the Associations of
the United States and Canada, and |
pursued uniform courses of study |
Many of these completed the require |
ments and received diplomas Of grad |
uation. The object of the educational |
department of the Association with its
curriculum of study, it's library, and |
literary societies, is not simply to pro-
vide a resort for men. nor merely to
keep their minds profitably occupied,
but to supply them with means for
helping themselves.
The hope of any community lies in
the intelligence of IT'S constituency.
Thousands of young men and boys
by the very necessities Of daily toll
are deprived of the ordinary priv
leges of culture provided by the public
schools, and must find their advan-
tages for mental cultivation, if at all,
outside the regular hours of neces-
sary work Emerson in his essay on !
Intellect asks, What is the hardest ]
task in the world?" and then gives
as the answer, ito think" and Isaac
Taylor says, Thinking, not growth, II
makes manhood" Ones thought is
the very essence of his life. Half his {
trouble arises from his inability to
think No man ever reaches the top {
Of his condition until his mental APP !
paratus has been trained to clear and
thought. t
How few think Justly of the think a
ing few;
How many never think who think they :
do" n
Any institution, therefore, that opens
he door of opportunity for practical 4
of the minds of men who
nave been handicapped by the ext Y
yences of circumstances, is contribut- y
ng in a substantial way to the adj
of civilization and deserves q
he support of every good citizen who u
IS interested in the publication of q
life. :
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ion is not concerned with the ques- :
ion of psychological unity of mind and
pirit, but keeps as the goal of it's
leart that is to be clean and pure.
t is neither a Church nor il
trap to catch men for the a
Jhurch It's work it supplemental to 81
very institution which seeks to S
eighten the spiritual tenor of the hu- 81
nan race. It's lessons are not dog Il
natic but practical. 1t is an exemp- N
ar of the Christian life. It's spirit G
5 not taught so much as caught. 1t lo
5 a physical training school, mental g