The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-11
Business Men Meet at CONNER
cial Club Rooms.
C. M. SHELDON TALKS.
Urges Importance of the As
ISOLATION Work.
Business Proposition to Make
Venture a Success.

private dining room of the Commercial
club to devise means for a more rapid
fire movement in the direction of bring
ing the subscriptions to the desired
| mark-$75,00O. 1t was an enthusiastic
gathering and resulted in the pledging
of time for hustling for the young
ladies of the association. Crosby Bros
Dry Goods Co., through E. H. Crosby.
| increased their subscription from $500
| to $1,000, and G. G. Blakely added an
other $50 to his donation of 500. Sol
Berkson offered to give 10 per cent Of
the proceeds of a sale to be held tomor-
row to the association.
DR.. Charles M. Sheldon made the first
| of a series of short enthusiastic talks in
the interest of the building campaign,
| taking up the proposition from the
| standpoint of the church.
There are two kinds of churches to-
| day that have a right to exist-the in
| stitutional and the inspirational. Most
| of them in Topeka are of the latter
| class, SO we have the Y. NJ. c. A and
| the Y. W. C. A., where the young men
| and women are inspired to do good in
| the world. We may look upon the
organizations as arms of the church
| THE churches of the city have a vital
| interest in the work of the institutions.
When we investigate we find that those
| who promote these organizations are
| members of the church and get their
| inspiration from the church. We want
l associations
| and the church made as close as posi-
| ble''
| E. w. Rankin gave his ideas in re-
| gard to why Topeka should have a
/ building. 'There are thousand girls
in Topeka who do not reside here
said he. land 1 am sure that any one
who is interested in the city should
see to it that we have the best sur
roundings possible. Topeka is grow
ing and it will grow more and more
in metropolitan way. Topeka needs
this building and needs it badly"
From a business mans standpoint,
the proposition was taken UP by J. B.
Larimer In his opinion every com
munity is justified and well paid by
the establishment of such an institu-
ton as the Y. w. C. A. He pointed
out that in places where association
buildings have been established prop
erty values have increased. and he
: was confident that the same would be
/. the case in Topeka He thought fur
Their that the building should be
erected as a business proposition and
that there should be no debt left on
it which would have to be paid at g
/, later date.
. Plea From zone of the GirIs''
Bertha Rowles made a plea from
the standpoint Of one of the girls. She
gave many sound reasons why Topeka
should have an association.
Miss Abby McElroy, former Y. w
C. A. secretary on the west coast, who
is here in order to give the girls OF
the local association the benefit of heI
/, wide experience in managing aSSocia-
ton affairs was the next speaker
She believed that the Y. w. C. A
movement is the greatest work fol
f. women which has ever been at
tempted One of the reasons why the
business men of Topeka should stand
back of the building campaign said
she. is on account of the fact that the
affairs are managed by board OF
prominent women in the city who are
advised by a similar board of in
terested men, and therefore, she con-
tended, that they are wisely con-
Quoted 1.-THE citizens of Topeka, have
never failed to further any efforts,
continued Miss Elroy, "to add to the
civic righteousness of the city.
1.-THE business girls of the city have
: worked diligently and have them
; selves raised $1,000 for the building
and they should be aided in their en-
; terprise."
Edward C. Brownell, secretary OF
: the Y M. C.. A, was the last speaker
on the program and in few brief but
well chosen words he urged every
man present to do his part to make
the campaign a success, urging them
to go out in two and threes to solici,
; funds Robert A. Stone presided a
: the meeting.
Fund Now Exceeds $33, 900.
The Y. W. C. A. building fund ha.
: now reached an aggregate amount O
sa3 os4. of which amount s1.z4o was tn,
result of subscriptions given from nool
Yesterday until noon today. Th'
Iamounts and names of those who sub
ccrihed same are as follows;