The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Associations of Nation Are Arrang-
 ing Campaign.
Many Buildings are Being Opened for Better Work Among the Men in the Cities of East and
 West, North and
 south.

the field for Christian effort among
 young men and women having taken a
 broader scope with each season, until
 now 1t seems to be at its best. The
 lethargy of summer Is disappearing.
 members who have been In some of
 the many camps maintained by the
 Young Mems Christian Associations all
 over the country are getting back to
 the cities, and the leaders of the vast organization. planning all through the vacation, are ready to put into execu-
 tion the ideas gathered while they rested
 The fruit of last winters money raising campaign is being gathered now. Some buildings are nearing com pletion, foundations are being put in for others, and plans have just been adopted for number of fine associa- ton homes.
 The $100,0O0 building at Pawtucket, R. l., will be occupied tomorrow, which will mark the naturalization of plans of a dozen years though 1t was in 1873 that the fund for the building was really started. An unknown work man in that year handed s5 to one of the Y. M. c. A. leaders with the re- quest that 1t go toward a building. It was deposited in a bank as the nu- cleus of a fund which finally brought about the present splendid home.
 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has just awarded a contract for $33,000 building for the associa- tion connected with its road. to be built at Riverside, Md. The roof will be on the building at Dallas. Texas, by the end of the month, the fifth story having been completed. The Building Committee at Richmond, Va, Is hard at work and a call has been made for the second payment on the recent subscriptions to the fund, which in cash now amounts to about S73,000. including Miss Helen Gould's check for $12,500, which is half of her gift Money is coming in rapidly for the proposed building. at the State Univer- sity. Austin, Texas, and it is an as- sured fact now that the college asso- citation will have a home of it's own. Within few weeks at the most the corner stone of the new building for Savannah will be laid, and Monday the eorn&r stone of the West Side branch of the association at Buffalo will be set in place. The foundation for the $100,000 building at Bloomington. H., was started during the past week, the corner stone having been laid with great ceremony.
 More attention than ever Is being given this year to the physical depart ment. The gymnasium at Augusta, Ga. is to be enlarged. A swimming pool will probably be added to the equipment at Waco, Texas. A new as- sistant has been engaged for the as- sociatton at Rochester, N. r., which will mean increased activity in that department. Bowling has hit hard the at Mexico City. 6 winter among the members. The association at Springfield, Mass.,- has added a medical corps to Its gymnasium de- partment and will make a careful examination of all members before assigning them to work.
 The educational side is not being neglected. Over 10000 square feet of the new building at Los Angeles will be given over to the evening classes and thirty instructors have already been engaged. One new feature this winter will be an automobile school and a course in watch and jewelry- making will be offered. The faculty of the academic department at Atlanta will be stronger than ever, while the commercial and technical departments will be in good hands.
 After 8 dozen years service with l the association at Providence. R. l.. Herman L. Calder has resigned and | will be succeeded by R. G. Harper of | Akron, O.
 The Philadelphia association has se- cured Rev. Robert B. Adams of Buff | 'alo. to take charge of the Bible class | shop meetings, one of the best features of its work.
 The association hall at Springfield. | Mass, will be converted into ,dormitory | rooms at a cost of $20,000.
 The only discordant note from any | section of the country comes from | Vt, where 1t looks as | though the association might be dis banded for lack of support
 The fall campaign of the association It Richmond, Va, will be started Sep .ember 22 by Fred B.. Smith, the sec- -etary of the religious department of | he International Y. M. c. A.
 The woman's association at Hoboken, '. J., Is collecting a mileof pennies, which will amount to about $1,000, to pay a debt against the organization.
 The Y. M. c. A. at Savannah has | asked for contributions of furniture Or It's home.
 Members of the various woman's as- jociations In the Northwest met with prominent workers from all the coun- ny at Seaside, Ore, for an inspira- ional and educational conference.
 Nearly 500 young women of the Mid He West have been attending the stu lent conference at the camp at Ge- ieva Lake, Wis, under the auspices of | he National Board of the r. w c A |