The Detroit times., 1908-12-31
YIN. c. A. OPENED "a
NEW BUILDINGS
DURING YEAR
sPL ENpID PROGRESS OF AssoclA-
TON SHOWN IN INTERESTING
sTATIsTIcs-LocALsTRUcTU
TO BE DEDICATED FRIDAY.

Open house will be held by members
Il the Y NJ. c. A. in the new building
at Adanls.ave. and Witherell-st.. FRI
day. beginning at 10 o'clock in TIC
morning and continuing until the same
hour in the evening. II will be the
first New Years celebration in the
handsome association building and
quite an elaborate program has been
arranged for the morning. Besides
the musical program by the assocla
tons string orchestra. several promi
nent clergymen OF the city VIII par
ticipate in the services.
The Rev. A. II. Barr. ID. d., WI
speak on The Young Man and HIS
Honey" the Rev. Gaius Glenn Atkins
d. d., The Young Man and HIS
School" the Rt. Rev. Charles ID. VIII
l.ams. THE Young Man and His City;
the Rev. Frederick Deland Leete, II
D.. 1.-THE Young Man and His Friends;
the Rev. Maurice Penfield Fixes, ID. d..
THE Young Man, His Church and Ills
God"
II has been arranged to have come
100 men Of the association act as ush'
ers during the day TO show visitors
through the building.
Next Sunday afternoon. the Rev.
George Dugan, OF Toledo. will deliver
the address to members OF the asso'
citation.
The Detroit association building will
lie the LARGEST in the world TO be used
exclusively for Y. VI. c. A. purposes,
and cost practically 100000.
The annual review number OF Asso-
citation Men for January, the represen'
tative paper OF the Y. NJ. c. a. move
ment. shows that the organization In
North America, although embarrassed
by the financial strongency OF the year,
has added more buildings to Its per
manent equipment at larger cost than
in any previous IL months. Eighty
four new buildings. costing over $40.
600, 900, were opened. and as many
more are under construction or pro-
,ided for to cost 50 900, 900. The men,
hership of its 1919 branches has liz
creased 10 100000.
Among the largest buildings opened
IN the year were the Philadelphia Cen
trail. costing s1.043.0C0 Baltimore Cen
trail. S6i0,000; Los Angeles, 100000;
Dayton, $542 900; st. Paul. S350.09o
Norfolk. s325,000; Syracuse, $500 600;
Duluth. s225.000; Wilmington. $225,-
600; Houston. Tex. s250.000; Char
!otte. n. c., S12S000. These builGingr.
q manhood factories as PresidenS
Roosevelt called the 100000 Stude-
baker Memorial opened in South Bend.
devote every inch OF space TO their
operations and spend little for orna-
rlentation. They contain gymnasiums,
usually two in the largest buildings,
for beth men and boys. swimming
FOOLS, two TO ten bowling alleys, spe-
cial exercising rooms, and handball
courts. Even the roofs are utilized for
summer gardens. From 500 to $50
students are provided for in the edu-
cational departments, some OF them
with blacksimt shops and chemical
laboratories.
A feature of the year has been the
completion Of five buildings. the gift
CT Mrs. Russell Sage-the Interna-
tional association headquarters, New
York city, cost s350.000 for which
Mrs. William E. Dodge gave the site /:
the Brooklyn Naval Extension, cost
$350000. which. added TO the original
building given by Miss Gould. provides
a hotel and social headquarters Cor d
thousand sailors a night; the Fort Slo.
cum Army building. where thousands
of recruits for the army are received
yearly; the Long Island City Railroad
branch. costing 100000, dedicated