The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION
The Object and Purposes Of
the Organization as Seen
by Persons Interested.
THE NEED FOR A NEW BUILDING

lHE NEED TUX "A NEW BUILDING
EDITORS OF THE CHRONICLE:
Will you permit me through the
columns of your paper to make a
4 brief reply to "a Y. NJ. G. A. Patron?"
Primarily, the work of the Young
| Mems Christian Association is for
young men; young men of all creeds
! or no creed, of all faiths or, no faith,
and if among its other lines of endeay-
1 or it puts on under its auspices vari-
Gus entertainments, its sole aim in SO
| doing, at least its principal aim, is to
furnish high grade entertainments,
which will be a means of social enjoy
ment, first, to the members and pa
| irons of the Association, and second,
: to the general public. If, however,
after putting on very high grade of
| entertainments for number of years.
it seems that neither the membership
or the public care for them enough to
make them self supporting, then the
| only thing for the Association to do is
| to put forth its efforts along other
| lines, where young men may be bene-
! fitted more directly.
1 To a degree the work of the ASsoci-
alton is made possible through the
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son why business men support the
work is that the affairs of the Associ-
alton are administered in a business
like manner, hence the Board of Di-
rectors do not feel justified in carry
ing on the course at considerable
financial loss.
4 AS a rule the Association manage
ment is too busy trying to accom-
"a II - of TO ,ol-
explanations as to its policy but in as
much as this seemed to be a some
what general feeling of regret that
/ the annual course of entertainments
were to be abolished. / submit the
above in explanation.
DAVID MILLER CLAGHoRN,
General Secretary
MoRRIsToWN, N. j., Jan. 26, 1907.
I EDIToRs OF THE CHRONICLE
/ The writer of this lays down AS
ISOLATION Men, " 1.-THE general organ
of the American Young Mems Christ
ian Association) after noting that
generous Christians all oyer the coun-
try have made numerous individual
gifts of ten, twenty, thirty, even fifty
thousand dollars for the upbuildidg
of Association Work.
| He rubS his eyes, and asks if it can
indeed be possible that MorriStown,
which, if not "a city of millionalres'
! is at all events conspicuous for its
j large wealth, is unwilling to do for its
4 own Woodworking and deserving As
ISOLATION what little Madison and so
many other American towns are doing
for their own similar organizations.
The undersigned, writing this in
later years, was an originator of the
"Morristown Young Mems Christian
/ Association, an originator of it's first
Building Fund" and an originator
of its little struggling Endowment
Fund"
/ Consequently, he asks, intelligent
/ ly, when will the Christians 80 whom
God has entrusted the hundreds of
thousands, when not the millions, of
dollars, treat the young men of Norris
J town as generously, through the medi-
UNI of such an association wise and
! consecrated rich men all over the
/ Union treat their nearest Young
/ Mems Christian Association.
I If the writer's ability to help his
Association, in these greater things,
ran parallel with his affection for this
vital work, he would answer his own
question and rebuild the Morristown
/ Association. to correspond to the
/ Christian needs of the community.
/ Yours Sincerely, "TENEo ETTENEoR. :"
MoRRIsTowN, N. j., Jan. 30, 1907
/ To THE EDITOR;
/ In your issue of last week, | see an
editorial comment on the work of the
Young Mems Christian Association
which | consider to be most timely.
For some years past ! have been a
close observer of the work Of that or
ganization in this and other lands and
am compelled to state that it is my
conviction that the work Of that
organization is the greatest in the
land today, outside the christian
church, for the betterment of the life
of the young men and boys of this
land. This is especially true when
we consider the conserving of the
vital energies of the young men and
+ the safeguarding OF the morals of the
boys.
4 To quote from a recently received
letter from the General Secretary OF
your local organization, lit is a work
/ which is at once preventative and in
/ spring" and as such it surely is de
I serving of the hearty support of the
citizens of Morristown.
j If there is the need of a new and
better equipped building las | should
judge to be the case after call at the
present one) then the good people OF
Morristown could scarcely do them.
selves more honor than to see that
such building is erected, which
would not alone enable the ASsOcia.
tion TO do more effective and fan
reaching work than it is at present
able to do but would be great credit