The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-11
WORK PLANNED
FOR Y. M. c. A.
Funds are Needed for the Work
and for Much Needed Re.
pairs to Budding.
LIBERAL RESPONSE HOPED FOR


MT. voorhees,, Secretary of the Young
Men's Christian Association, has re.
turned from his short vacation. fnllO
recovered. He was seen by a repre-
sentative OF this paper, and asked
what plans, if any, the Association
had made for the fall work. yoor-
hees said, over year ago, some Of the
friends OF the Association proposed
erecting a larger and more connections
building, but after the matter had
been fully considered by the Board of
Directors and Board of Trustees. II
was decided that it would be unwisa
20 do SO at this time. While it IS trne
that new building with all the mod
ern appointments would enable the
Association to do larger and more
satisfactory work among the men ana
boys of Morristown, at the same time
it is possible to continue to carry On 4
very commendable work in the present
quarters.
1t is true that the present building
Is much in need of repairs. The roof
leaks, and the water stains the walls
and will soon cause the ceiling to fan
unless attention is given to it. The
water also by reason Of defective lead
ers flows into the gymnasium in heavy
rains. On the whole the building is in
good state of repair, considering that
1T has been in use for more than eigh-
teen years, thanks to the careful man
ner in which Mr.. Jonathan w. Roberts
'superintended its construction, but
now the time has come when in the
ordinary course of events, repairs are
needed. Another much needed i'm
provement is large electric light at
the foot of the stairs near the front
door.
The Association Is in need of about
$4,000 to make these Improvements,
and to put the Association on sound
financial basis, and a joint committee
from the Trustees, and the Board Of
Directors, consisting Of DR.. f. w.
Owen, Mr.. Z. A. Carroll, Mr.. Samuel
Fl. Gillespie, and Mr.. W. w. Cutler,
have been appointed to plan for the
raising of the above amount. Mr.. W.
W. Cutler is the Treasurer of this
special fund.
The Association expects to begin in
the fall series of religious meetings
every Sunday afternoon, securing men
Of prominence andIability to ospeak, and
thus arouse religious interest among
the young men. The Sunday afternoon
meetings for boys, which were so sue
cessful during the past year, will also
be feature of the religious work this
fall and winter: Great emphasis viii
be placed on Bible class work. Last
year seven different classes were con-
Quoted and number of the students
were successful in passing the Inter-
national Y. M. @. A. examinations.
A recent letter received at the
local Association from the Inter
national Committee Of the Y. M.
q. A., says, Your copy OF the Honor
Roll for Bible Study Examination
Work will be sent to you, probably
the latter part of next week. Allow
me to congratulate you in Mr.. Good
mans absence upon your splendid
work.
Mr.. Brink will be in charge of the
Physical Department., and the work
along this line will be Systematically
carried on, and graded classes for the
boys, young men, and business men
will be conducted.
The Educational Committee of the
Association intend to haYe popular
talks and lectures of an educational
character, by we'll known men during
the coming season. They also con-
template the opening OF such educa-
tional classes as the demand warrants,
after the situation has been carefully
gone oyer.
1t has not as yet been decided
whether an entertainment course will
be given during the coming winter, or
not, but if it is decided to have such
a course, a series of first class enter
tainments will be provided
Socials for boys and young men, as
we'll as for the parents and friends Of
the members, will, as usual, have a
place in the general plan Of the work
of the Association.
A phase Of work started by the AS
SociatiOn last spring will be carried on
on a larger scale this fall, viz Exten-
sion Work. This work consists in sup
plemepting, by the members Of the 7 /.
M. G. A., the work carried on by other
organizations In the town. The AS
Sociation made good start last spring
in this respect along religious, phySi-
cal, and social lines. The General Sec
retary stated that his attitude regard
ing this particular kind Of work could
best be understood perhaps If he should
quote from one Of his recent monthly
reports, in which he said, tin getting
!, our members to do work for others out.
side of the Association, we are teach
ing them that the Association is more
than place where men simply gather
to enjoy themselves, but rather a place
where men meet and benefit by the
advantages offered to 60 out and help
j somebody else. In other words we win
teach them the difference batWeAn n