The Washington bee., 1907-05-11

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ter; E. w. Hearne, general secretary
Y. NJ. c. A. John Joy Edison, president
-~... gt.n Ian and Trus; Company.
treasurer h'Iilding fund. The personnel
! of this committee was an assurance to
al that he campaign va, to be con-
Quoted on Z strict business basis. and
IN has proved to be the case. This
mm.ttee in turn selected two hundred
.cn from all walks IF life IN the city
D canvass for funds, one hundred &C
2ting membership on the Citizens Com
-ttee and the other hundred becoming
MEMBERS of the Young Mems Commit
Our popular physician, Dr. Furm5n
Shadd. was named chairman Of the
5t-named committee, and the young
en. secured an energetic chairman in
-ir. Benjamin Washington A friendly
ivalry at once sprung up between the
-uO committees as to which would OBJ
a.n the greater number of subscriptions,
I'd the campaign started with a rush.
}enny Washington divided his hundred
men into teams of ten, each under an
| efficient captain, and the captains Wed
with each other to make the best daily
report. Here are the ten men selected
to captain the respective teams: A.
Alexander, ]. c. Bruce. Edwin Hender-
son, E Molen, Neval Thomas. J. S.
tucker, G. A Turner, 7. Walker. o.
Villains and E Webster. All of these
men did excellent work, the three teams
in the lead at the close of the canvass
b-ing those captained by J. S. Tucker,
o. Williams, and Edwin Henderson. DR..
Shadd and his men also did heroic work.
but they were outdone by the young
men, and Benny Washington IS happy.
1t is only fair to say, however, that the
l.ae between citizens so called. and
young men was not very tightly drawn.
and a number of men much older than
Benny Washington, and rlghtfully be-
longing to DR.. Shadd's committee, were
enrolled as members of the Young
Mems Committee. All were working
toward the same end, however, and each
lid his part in the accomplishment of
the grand result Chairmen Shadd and
Washington were congratulated on everv.
side Tuesday night when it was an
nounced that the months canvass showed
total authorizations ~oco;,-aI ,..-...-..--
TO $4,000, six thousand dollars more
than they started out to raise. While
no effort has been made to collect money
about eighteen hundred dollars has &C
tually been paid in, and a number of
subscriptions are made payable on de-
mand by January I, 1908. The head
quarters will likely remain at 1904 u
street northwest, from which point will
&c directed the work of collecting the
"oney subscribed. The officers in charge.
Of the local branch are: Mr.. E. J. Nor
ton, chairman; w. L. Pollard, treasurer; :;
". II. Davis. financial secretary; Ed.
Rouze, recording secretary, with L. z.
4 johnson as secretary. As an evidence
!of how general is the interest in this
movement It may be stated that between
| three and four thousand persons are
down on the books as subscribers.and the
largest individual subscription toward
The building fund was for $500. The
present membership Of the association
here is about seven hundred, though
1t IS pretty safe to say that when the
building is completed it will be a prob
lem to accommodate the men who will
desire to connect themselves with the
institution.
Now as to the building: 1t is a pretty
well-known fact that a site has already
been selected on Twelfth street between
5 and I streets, and it IS the expecta-
ton that the cornerstone of the new
building will be laid at the meeting of
the International Convention Y. NJ. c.
A, in this city, November p, 1907, at
which time there will be delegates pres
ent from all parts of the United States
and Canada. L he plan IS to erect a
four-story building with basement, the
,wo upper stories to be used for dor
mitories. In the basement will be found
shower baths. swimming pool, lockers
and dressing rooms. bowling alleys, bar
Der shop workshop for manual train
ing; the main floor will have reading
rooms, office, information bureau, board
lng-house register, employment agency,
and gymnasium; the second floor will be
devoted to the boys department, read
ing room, library, club rooms, and rooms
which can be used for educational, re-
IIglous and other purposes. One other
thing which might be stated at this point
IS, that It Is the hope of both the white
and colored men connected with this