The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-14
!. NJ. c. A.


tude Of excellent things suggest
themselves. It is not generally known
that an effort was made to secure IN
Honolulu as a figure in the launching
of building a campaign no less a per
sonage than Mayor Taylor of San
Francisco. He regretted very much
his inability to make the trip at this
season and expressed unreserved
sympathy with the work The mayor
of the coast metropolis has been
prominent in the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing movements of a number of the
cities of the Pacific slope and in his
addresses on behalf of the cause al
ways emphasizes the civic feature of
the appeal for new buildings. He
says they are the best things a town
can have on the principle of present
ing or Offering something that will
accomplish the greatest good for the
greatest number.
One of the questions of personality
to which the men in charge of the Y.
NJ. c. A. project now sizzling locally
is attendance of a notable for the
l9ying of the cornerstone. Effort
VIII be made to secure either Mr.
Roosevelt or Mr. Taft. Mr. Roose-
welt says that the Y. M. C. A. is
Practical as a Load of Brick" Mr..
Taft is heart and soul with the Asso-
citation. He has contributed to MANY
funds, the latest being for the new
building at Beverly, Mass He lad
the cornerstone of the buildings a,
shanghai and San Francisco promor
ed the Manila building, dedicated the
building at La Crosse, Wis, on which
occasion he said: when am invit-
ed to testify to the advantages of the
J. NJ G. A. to the community. | feel
that l should be neglecting my duty
as man if l did not bear witness
TO the great work of this Association
as l have seen it, in aiding young
men and in making them valuable
members of the community On the
lsthmus Of Panama we are today
using four trained general secreIa 45s
10 organize our associations there.
Inc Association furnishes the younc
man a club, a place where he can 90
and find the things that young men
enjoy and should have and at thn
same time he does not feel himself
az object of charity or that he is he
ing patronized in any way. A thing
Ike about the Association is that
u teaches men how to spend money
economically to accomplish she great.
'St amount of good with the cauitnl
at hand. If any of you wish TO si,end
money in helping your fellow men.
then the Y. M. c. A. is. in NV ing.
ment, the place to put it,"
AL during his present sr:D Mr.
alt mas shown his genuine interest
Ut the Association and has succeed
ed IN adding to the community apure.
Cidtlon and to the national apnrecia-
'lon of the institution.
1t was Geo. ;. Waterhouse who
when called upon for an address At
The banquet Monday evening said. we
only talk to touch"
Federal Judge Dole is activeIv eo1i-
citing for the fund. He has inter
viewed a number of his friends at the
Judiciary building.
The headquarters are opened at =
o'clock every morning.
The men of the movement are talk
ing bit of making a parade within
the next few days.
President Horne comes in from Ka-
mehameha for the conference at noon
every day.
lhere are several pairs of brothers
IN the field-the brothers Anterior
Dillingham;, Soper, Lyon.
The talk at the tables these DAYS
is all strictly business.
A new sign at headquarters reads:
Every man Something Every Day."