The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-11
Great GrolUth Is ShoUn
 by Montgomery Y. M C. A.

GAG4HU Qh Am0ANNNNonlP VI taS AcoVtlA~ tion. This increase was attained with out any membership campaign or high pressure methods to increase our num- Ssrs in Mssch isos ssn the msmssrsh% sss R % less than a year to 96i. Secretary Dix quotes figures to show that the Asso- citation has one out of every ten per- who are entitled to membership. now
 The report of Secretary Dix was sub. mitted with some pride and heard with great satisfaction by the members
 The Directors were elected last night
 For one year--George W. Ellis. J. M. Kennedy, W. H. Thomas. J. W. Ter ry. and George Stowers.
 For q term of two years;--F F. SIass: eIa.s T i.lea '. H@olioway; @ F; q Branch
 For a term of three years;-B. J. Stay sa.Ssd snd C C M. enss yonss. 4 :. '0ns'' r
 For trustees for terms of one; two Glass. ". H. Thomas and J. r. Hoilo-
 The elections were made upon the re- which consisted of Hartweli Douglas. F. c. Branch and F. P. Glass.
 The report of Secretary Dix follows in full.
 Mir. President and Members of the
 Young Mems Christian Association of Montgomery:
 Gentlemen--We are assembled this evening in business session for the hrst time since the completion of our new building. This meeting does not mark the close of a years work. nor the beginning of new Association year, eraI Secretary's annual report If Is we'll however to utilize this occasion for the purpose of bringing to the at tention of our members the facts and conditions that pertain to cur work at
 The year 1907 brought great bless ing to the organization of which we are . part. and its passing marked Association effort throughout North
 The membership of our brotherhood has increased to nearly half million, seven times the enlisted force of the United States Army. More than one in four Of ali college students are on our rolls. Our Railroad Department is the second largest brotherhood in the
 This does not represent merely an enroIlm ent of names Two hundred thousand men attended the religious meetings of the Association every tional institutes are eight times as many students as in the largest uni' versity in North America. In It's sym nasiums are three times as many mem bers as in the next largest athletic or- eariization: S4.37S. 900 was expended for new buildings last year, and 16,769,- 000 is now in hand or pledged for new buiidings. Our aggregate expense last erty now amounts to s50.00o.0oO
 These facts and figures indicate the biKness of our organization, Its ability to reach young men. and the confl- nsgse nsss men 1e po of our Nation. During the sixty-four years of it's history, the As- socintton has grown from little pray CT meeting in a dry goods clerks bed room, to great inaernaLon1l sadO Scethp Scemhcp- hood. But 1t has never swerved from it's Fundamental purpose. the develop. Inent of the highest type of manhood. {. And to this fact we may aLtrinute the success which has been attained. and the blessing with which God has crowned the labors of those who have wrought in this great cause. Then our future usefulness depends not upon faelity to the great purpose for which God has called the Association into be- inG. the North American Associations, the Montgomery Association has~contrinuh' ed it's mart.
 On March IS. 1907, we entered our unfinished building. With hardly
  fsifnishings, we began the task of ad- jtsttng ourselves to the new conditions From tenants at will Tn rented QuaFe teks. we had become the owner ot new home. From a long period or un- cerfainty and doubt we looked forward into the future with confidence ana comfort in the thought that I've are AShs 4ss,tV I the question shall we measure up to our new responsibillties and make good in the light of enlergeo opportunityT' remained to be answered. During these months we have been answering #. It is not our purposS ns sS to make excuses for failures. Our work Is with individuals. and the tns fiuence upon the individual nfe canno1 be made matter s of recoro; sr, ths nne rse se ord of activities conducted.
 Our first need upon entering the new building was equipment The nIse % step taken in this direction was oy the Ladies Auxiliary. who agreed to fur nish the dormjtory floor of the building. This they did at an expense or apout si.sO0. enabling the Association to utilize this tss oSr sSserSeS M GScs si6oo soT the purchase of gymnasium apparatus and lockers and soon the physical de- partment was splendidly equipped. The tIally furnished at an expense of about s2,S00. And thus by July l6. we were l In possession of our building practical | ly finished and furnished.
 Now, aftel leading precarious ex- | istence for a period of forty years, the Montgomery Association has entered l into Its promised land. We may feel justly proud of our new home. for if probably represents the best results for | the amount of money expended to be found throughout the country. The building Is being used as contemplated kn the plan, with entire satisfaction. On March IS, 1907, our mem bership was 246. Without any membership | campaign or high pressure methods tc | tncrease our numbers, we have now en. HIa-a nA Ehia- TIT ar.