The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-13
ENGLAND SEEKS
AMERICAN MODEL
New Features in the Young Mems
Christian Association
Work
HAS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
Adopting Our System For the Free
Education of Her
Youths.

and where within a year and a half it
proposes to carry out all the activities
which are the feature of Christian AS
ISOLATION life in America The new
building is to stand on magnificent
site which has been acquired by the
association in Tottenham Court road,
close to oxford street. and which has
an area of 2S,124 square feet, occupy
ing a whole square block. 1t is esti-
mated that the entire cost of the new
building will be $75O,OOO, and toward
that there is 1925, 900 in hand.
GOOD ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
For the first time in the history of
the English organization one of its
buildings will have fully-equipped
athletic department. There will be a
fully-equipped gymnasium, with swim
ming baths, bowling alleys, indoor ten
mis- courts and facilities for other
games and sports and a special depart
ment will be set apart for young boys.
The Tottenham Court ROAD frontage on
the ground floor will be occupied by
stores but the main entrance will lead
past them into a magnificent entrance
hall, from which a short wide stair
case will lead to the reception lounge.
The executive offices will also be here,
so that the officers will be in continual
touch with the members and visitors.
The entire front on Tottenham Court
road of the first floor will be occupied
by a reading-room. This will be nine
ty-slX feet long, will be the finest of it's
Kind in London, and will be equipped
with periodicals from all parts of the
world. The French section will also
be housed on the first floor. In the
rear of the ground floor and the first
floor there will be a number of small
meeting rooms for classes, etc, and
on the ground floor there will be
large assembly hall capable of seating
1000 people, which is to be the gift OF
the American people, in honor of the
memory of Sir George Williams. A
public restaurant for members only
will be on the first floor.
FREE INSTRUCTION IN BUSINESS.
The entire second floor will be given
up to the educational work of the as
sociation and it is here that the Ameri-
can influence is most strongly display
ed The second floor is to be a bust
ness university for London, at which
any young man may take up course
of study that will teach him in a cou-
pie of years all that can be taught on
the theoretical side, about his own
trade or business.
The Central London Young Mems
Christian Association started educa-
tiOnal work ten years ago, but it was
on very small scae, and it has been
confined chiefly to bankers and broR-
ers' clerks in the city. At that time it
undertook to prepare it's members at
the city branch for the examination
of the London Institute of Bankers,
and it is a splendid testimony to the
efficiency of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association teaching that for the
last seven years rs per cent of the sue
cessfui candidates have been members
of these classes.
FOR THE COUNTRY YOUTH.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the whole building, however, is the
fact that the two upper floors are to
be set aside as home for the young
man from the country. Thousands OF
young men come from the country
every year to seek their fortunes in
London. The Young Mems Christian
Association alone receives 1000 letters
year, asking for advice about lodg
ings for young men coming to London
, The average earnings of these young
men is 5000 a year, and on that the
great majority have to support them
) selves. Up till now they have beer
condemned to a third floor back in {
dingy, grimy, clearinghouse, but thu
new building will provide bright
cheerful, well furnished rooms for 20l
of them at $1.25 a week The restau
rant win provide good wholesome fooC
; for them at cost, and they will have al
the comforts and advantages of ever,
department of the building.
GETTING HINTS FROM AMERICA
We are proud of having started tn
Young Mems Christian Association
movement" said ]. H. Putterill, III
8 secretary of the London Central SO
clety, "but We are not ashamed to ad
1 nit that we have much to learn froI
America We gave them the idea an
they have shown us how to work
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