Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-02
RED LETTER DAY
FOR ASSOCIATION
Y. w. C. A. MEMBERS TO LAY
CORNER STONE
On Same Day Brother Members VIII
Also Hold Exercises incident
on Erection of New Head
quarters

Sunday will be a red letter day in
the history of the Los Angeles Chris
tan associations, for on the after
noon of that day the corner stones or
two large buildings, which promise to
be the pride of the city, will be laid.
The exercises attendant on the lay
ing of the stone for the Y. M. c. A..
building will take place at 2:3O o'clock,
and at 4 o'clock the Y. w. G. A. MEM
bers and their friends will gather to
place the stone of the building on Hill
street, for which the association con-
Quoted whirlwind campaign last
February.
The building which will be occupied
by the young women Is already well
under way and since the campaign
closed the building committee has been
active all the time. The foundation
has been completed and work has been
begun on the lower story.
| The first part of the exercises Will
be held in the rooms occupied by the
association at present and the cere-
monies actually attending the laying
of the stone will be held at the site
for the new quarters, just across the
street.
Governor Gillett, who will lay the
corner stone of the Y. M. c.. A. build
| ing, will also assist Mrs. George A.
Dewey, president Of the Y. w. G. A,
| in laying the corner stone for the home
| of the young womens association.
The association orchestra and choral
| club and the choir of Emmanuel Pres
byterian church will furnishe music
for the indoor exercises and the Y. M.
c. A. band will contribute out-of-door
music.
Rev. William Horace Day will de-
liver the address Of the day and pas
| oh Of danOrn-
nations will take part.
Members of Committee
Members of the building committee
who are in charge are: Mrs. q. d. Ma
thuss, Mrs. E. J. Marshall, Mrs. d. K.
Edwards, Gail B. Johnston, Valentine
Peyton and Homer Laughlin.
The building will be six stories high.
| of reinforced concrete and steel and
will contain offices, library, reading and
writing rooms, gymnasium, dining
rooms and kitchen, club. chess, board
and committee rooms, rest rooms and
all the equipment necessary to prop
erly house the large and growing fam
| lily of young women, now more than
1000 strong. The entire ground floor
of the new building will be given up
to dining room and kitchen in the eff
fort to make adequate provision for the
1000 to 1900 young women who daily
lunch at the association. This floor
will be four feet below and eight feet
above the level of the street, the en-
| trance being down q few feet from the
pavement. A splendid open court will
occupy the center of the building. Civ
ing abundant light and air to all the
rooms. In this open patio will grow
palms and ferns, with overhanging
window gardens from the balconies
above.
Opens Into Lobby
i The main floor, reached by fight
of steps from the street, opens di-
rectly into lobby AZ by AZ feet, where
the general information desk will be
placed. The library, the secretaries
cloak room, lavatories and two or three
department offices will occupy the space
reaching back to the centrai court. Be-
yond the court will be the assembly
room, 81 by 58 feet-large enough to
accommodate the general public gath
erings of the association. Above the
front Of the main floor will be a mez-
canine floor with writing room over the
| library and the offices of the educa-
tional and Bible secretaries, and ex-
tension, also the employment depart
ment. These will open into flower
balcony overlooking the court. The
second floor will contain the rooms for
| S6ulDC CluDS, anu Will dlSO ICdAlZC lAC
dream of the association for a long
time in a commodious rest room, fitted
up with a large number Of couches,
where tired girls may find rest. Ad-
Joining this will be sick room
equipped with necessary appliances and
remedies. Back of the court, and i'm
mediately over the assembly room, will
be the gymnasium, extending up two
stories in height, with galleries and
\ o.J-a -InAx k1e
| ing rooms and lockers. Opening from
it will be the offices of the physical IL
rector. On the third floor front, and
so remote from the other class rooms
as to preclude disturbance or distrac-
ton, will be the music room for the
choral and orchestra clubs, also the
room for junior clubs.
The entire fourth floor will be used
by the educational department. There
will be ten commodious class rooms,
with lavatories and cloak rooms. The
top floor will be the beauty spot of
all. The large front room, more than
forty feet square, will be used as the
members room, adjoining which will
be the directors room. Offices for the
state committee, which has it's head
quarters in Los Angeles, will also he
there. Back of the court will be the
rooms for the cooking school and the
sewing and millinery classes, besides
dining room for committee and club
luncheons, and for the use of the cook
ing school, where it's students may
| learn the art of setting a table and
serving a luncheon capably and artis-
tically. The dining room will be con-
nected with the committee rooms in
front by a long promenade balcony,
with bays thrown out overlooking the
court below. Il
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