Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
Lays Stone for New
Building
Governor GIIIett VIII BE the Chief
Speaker at Formal servIees--ln-
stltutlon ls Twenty-Five
Years Old

ernoon, with Governor Glllett orlc|at-
ing. Elaborate exercises will mark the
event to be held at 2:So o'clock in
Simpson auditorium, just across the
street from the new building site on
Hope street, near Seventh.
Arthur Let's, president of the asso-
citation, has issued an urgent invitation
to all former officers and members OF
the association to attend the exercises
this afternoon and to occupy reserved
seats on the platform. These mem
bers should give their names to AS
sistant Secretary Willis at the main
entrance to the auditorium as they
enter.
Aside from the officers and visiting
speakers, the association glee club and
brass band will take a prominent part
in the program.
Henry J. Mccoy, general secretary of
the San Francisco association, who will
present the greetings of the associa-
tions of America this afternoon, took
part in the first corner stone laying
exercises Of the Y. M. C. A. in Los An
geles and has been actively interested
in the welfare of the association many
years.
Twenty-Five Years Old
Twenty-Five years ago this organiza-
tion held its first meeting in Los An
geles, and since that time the associa-
tion has steadily been pushing forward
toward gaining its own building, and
accomplished this feat once, but out
growing its own building again sought
new quarters, and this time will have
one of the best in the country, well
equipped for the enlarged work Of the
association, both religiously, in the
athletic field and in educational work.
From a few members at the first
meeting, the number of young men
now enrolled in the association is over
the 1000 mark, and many of them have
entered the various classes of the night
school, which has been carried on sew
eral years.
The building to be erected will con-
tain eight stories, which will be en-
tirely devoted to the work of the asso
citation, the building being divided
among the various departments. Cen
eral locker rooms, shower and plunge
baths, barber shop, bowling alleys,
massage room, laundry, bicycle shop
and machine shop will occupy the base
ment, while the first floor will be de-
voted to offices, Hobbies, gymnasium
and the upper part of the plunge. The
mezzanine floor will contain reading
rooms, music rooms and gallery, direc-
tors rooms, grill, dining room, run
ming track, physical department, Ii
brary and outside ball courts. The
auditorium, religious department Of
fees, boys department, gymnasium,
baths, lockers and parlor will occupy
the second floor. The armory, camera
and other rooms will be on the third
floor, the educational department 10
occupy the entire fourth floor. Dormi-
tories will occupy the remainder of the
building.
The General Secretary
D. e. Luther, the general secretary,
came here a little more than a year
and a half ago from Atlanta, Ga,
where he was engaged in association
work, and since his arrival the work of
securing funds for the new enterprise
has been carried on, with the result
that today the laying of the corner
stone of the building will be one of
the most elaborate ceremonies held in
the city, the governor having come from
the north to take part in the exercises.
The Y. M. C. A. will spend about half
million dollars on the building and
furnishings At the exercises this aft
ernoon Lieut. Col. e. w. Halford, U. S.
A., will make the address of the after
noon, and Governor Gillett will Law the
stone. Arthur Let's will preside at the
exercises, at which the program will be
as follows:
PART I.
Paraphrase, Nearer, My God, to
Thee" Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation band.
Hymn, Joy to the World"
Invocation, Rev. Hugh K. Walker,
D. D.
Responsive reading, First psalm, Rev.
Robert j. Burdette, D. D.
Hymn, Crock of Ages -
Prayer Rev. Baker p. Lee.
CnY~ir
1ntyre, D. D.
Solo, Abraham Miller
Greetings from the Brotherhood of
Young Mems Christian associations of
North America, Henry ]. Mccoy, gem
eral secretary San Francisco associa-
tion
Song, Messrs. H. Beal, Campbell, Ed
miston and U Beal, the YOUNG Mems
Christian association quartet
Address, Lieutenant Colonel E. w.
Halford, U. S. A.
Hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy
Benediction, Rev. Francis Murphy.
PART II.
Procession to new building across the
street from Simpson auditorium, Young
Mems Christian association band lead
ing.
Professional, How Firm Founda-
tion.'
Laying OF corner stone, His Excel
lency Hon. James M. Gillett, governor
of California.
Prayer song. written for corner stone
laying by Edward T. Harden.
Prayer, Rev. William Horace Day.
Song, America"
Benediction, Rev. William Ross
Lloyd.
The present officers of the association
are: D. E. Luther general secretary;
w. w. Willis, assistant secretary; Ar
thur Let's, president; A. B. Cass. first
vice president; A. j. Wallace, second
vice president; w. S. Bartlett, treas
urer; A. P. Fleming, recording secre-
tary; board of directors-W. E. McVay,
E. p. Clark, James G. Warren, o. T.
Johnson, George 1. Cochran, w. H.
Booth, Gregory Perkins, jr., E. T. Earl,
j. Ross Clark, d. K. Edwards, j. E.
Carr, Oscar B. Smith, c. M. Staub, II.
H. Oman, Judge G. D. Wilbur, e. c..
Lyon.
First Passenger Gn railroad train)-
There is a great deal of wickedness In
this world
Second Passenger-I wasn't aware of
1t.