Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-04
YEARS RECORD
 AT THE Y. M. 0. A.

December 31st, 1907, closed the sec
 ond year of the Young Mems Christ ian Association in Bisbee. From q
 small beginning in the days of De cembers 1905, the Association made an enyiable record during the wear
 Asvo aud after surviving tho stormy condition that prevailed in the camu during the past year finishes the year As0s with splendid record.
 The Young Mems Christian Assu- citation of Bisbee is an orgaaiza,.., or men for the purpose of aiding otner men. According to its constitution Inc object of the Association shall se, the spiritual, intellectual, social ana paysical welfare of men resi- cents of Bisbee and vicinity"
 The management of the Association .s vested in board of directors, now ten in number. elected annually by the members of the Association. The present board of directors was organ azed early in January, 1907, after the Association had been for year under the direction of the International committee of tae Young Mems Christian Association with headquar- ters at New York City. At that time Mr. Ii. B. Paul. was elected Presi dent, Mir. c. F. Philbrook, Vice Presi- dent, Mir. l.. R. Allen, Recording Sec retary and Mir. I. w. Wallace, Treas. srer The other members of the board were Mir. Gerald Sherman, Mir w. P. McNair, Mir. Harry Aiken. Dr. E. A. Wilkinson and pr. F. J. Har- Yey. Recently the number of the d. rectors was increased to ten and Mir. J. T. Hood was elected as the addi- donal member. On account of the removal of Mr. F. B. Paul. to Du- luth, Mir. W. Q. Mckee has been re gently elected to fill his place on the board.
 It costs about s12,006 a year to maintain the local Association. Of this amount about ST;e00 comes from the membership in membership fees. educational class fees, locker Tees and receipts from pool, billiard and bowl ing, etc About S5G00 is donated by the public spirited citizens and the corporations who believe in the prin- ciples for which the work stands and who are interested in it's work.
 The Association began the year 1907 with a paid-up membership of 531. The membership is very cos mopolitan in it's makeup: miners, me- chanics, engineers, ranchmen, busi- ness and professional men and clerks, who find the use of the Association privileges pleasant and profitable. There was a steady increase in theI membership from January 1st until the end of February of this year. OnI account of the strike and many men leaving the camp the Association rusl almost half Of it's membership. since August, However, there has been a 4fVner cember 531 showed on the record more than 650 members.
 The physical department, during the year 1907. has been under the di. rection of MT J. B. Huntington who gives his entire time to the develop ment of the physical department. Two hundred and fifty to three hundred baths per week are registered in this department During the early part of the year the regularrclasses of the Association were conducted; nIaiIJ exhibitions and open house entertain' i ments were given and special classes held in fencing, boxing and other lines of gymnastic exercise. Since the opening Of the fall season four gymnasium classes have been organ ized who hold their regular sessions three times each week; the Junior Class with an enrolment of 21; the Intermediate Class with an enroll ment of 29; tkE Senior Class. com posed of yoU-g Een over eighteen years of age, VI h an enrolment or 49 and the clasa for professional and business men, enrollment 10 which meets three times each week from five to six o'clock. Men exercising regularly in the gymnasium outside or classes 22. The physical director or the Associatio alnso has chagre or the High School Athletics and under his direction the football team has been coached and other forms or athletics promoted During .the sum per months, June and July, the As sociation conducted summer camp in the Huachuca mountains for boys and men; 17 boys and IF men from the Bisbee and Douglas Associations enjoyed a pleasant and profitable out ing, the boys taking side-trips rom the camp grounds and living in the outdoor air for period of ten days, 1
 In June, 1907, Mir. D. W. Pollard, 1 who had been the General Secretary