The daily sentinel., 1907-02-05
MEN OF GRAND JUNCTION
ANSWER THE CALL

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great questions to be decided: First
rs the Y. NJ. c. A. an organization OF
sufficient strength to care for the
young men," Second "Wnl you
make a sacrifice to get this institu-
tion here"
Mr.. Dodge then for the time be
ing fguratively brought the Y. NJ.
c. A. building of Colorado Springs
to Grand Junction and set Il down in
the midst of the city. He described
the beautiful structure, telling of its
reading rooms, gymnasium, swim
ming pool, music and social room, il
brary. school rooms. and various
other departments. He told what
such an institution had meant for
Colorado Springs and what it would
mean for Grand Junction.
with all the men. all the women.
all the children working for it. with
the churches. the schools and the
newspapers working for it. this
movement is bound to succeed" de-
"Af'it -Ai DOuEts
In closing Mr.. Dodge recited that
beautiful, powerful plea, God Give
Us Men"
His address made strong impress
sion on his audience and he was
heartily applauded several times. 1t
was an eloquent, sincere talk.
Mayor I. n. Bunting then introduc-
ed Mr.. f. l.. Starrat. secretary of
the Denver Y. NJ. G. A. declaring that
the gentleman to a large extent was
responsible for Denver having one of
the premier associations of Ameri-
ca"
No more earnest speaker has been
heard in Grand Junction for months
than Mr.. Starrat and his plea for a
Y. NJ. C.. A. for Grand Junction, the
reasons he advanced for its estab-
lishment, its high worth as attensted
by him, impressed his every hearer.
What IL Would Cost.
Mr.. Starrat declared that Grand
junction bids fair to be n great city
and 1t behooves her to take the best
~aNa = Va htA sOuhE lie CltdT-
ly showed that 1t is everybody's busl-
ness to help care for the young man.
hood. all are affected. There is al
ways somebody that cares for every
oung man and boy" he impresslvely
exclaimed. Whose boy was IL that
was shot by "A policeman last night,
it was some mothers son, there Is
somebody to care" Who can say
that it would not have been worth
81 900 to have put influences around
him that would have made him n bet
ter man." Who can tell of the agony
suffered by the mother of young King
found dead here some months ago.,
wasn't there somebody that cared for
every one of those coo boys and
men l counted in the saloons and
poolrooms of the city on Saturday
night" He then asked who would
dare say that all of these conditions
might not have been averted If there
had been clean, and proper place
for the boys and young men. where
they would have received the glad
hand and been provided with clean
amusement
In speaking of the great reasons
for advancing manhood Mr.. Starrat
stated that just about 5 per cent of
the young men get college educa-
ton. about 95 per cent earn their
living by their own hands. not more
than rs per cent of the boys reach
high school," The Y. NJ. C. A. is
raising these standards.
Mr.. Starrat then spoke of the cost
of building and operating Y. NJ. c..
A. here. He thought that at least
n 100000 fund should be raised He
stated that the yearly running ex-
penses would be about $1,000. These
expenses could be met as follows:
Membership fees ...... $500
Dormitory rent .... 1900
Annual Subscriptions. 1000
He declared that 1t should not be
expected that the Y NJ C. A. Will be
self supporting because a large pro-
portion of the class of young men to
be reached are not able to pay a large
per capita that would be necessary
to make the building self support
ing.
These $4,000 in subscriptions
should be made up annually in a.
town like Grand Junction about as
follows:
Four persons. each 500
Three persons, each .... rs
Four persons. each .... 80
Seven Persons each 80. 25
Fifty Persons. each ..$1O
One Hundred Persons each 5
other details and plans were dealt
with Interestingly.
The story of how So bill became
100000 was telling Illustration.
The unique parable of the little
engine. closing the address. carried
great lesson home to the audience.
"Broken Down Preacher"
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