The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
Y. NJ. c. 4. STARTS
A BIG CAMP AIGN
Association Men viii Try to
Secure 300 New Mem
berS at Once.

The opening OF the campaign IOi three
hundred new members i'm the Y. NJ c. A.
was marked by d very large and enthu-
siaStic gathering of workers last night
When the call for the meeting was sent
out il was expected that President Tart
would be present at the y. NJ c. A.
last night to start the cmpdign, but word
was received from Senator Reed SmOot
yesterday afternoon that the President
would be unable to be present To the
great Chagrin of the y. Nj 9. A. members,
a second message was received last night
just after the meeting was dismissed
stating that the President would be
pleased to come down just as soon as he
could get away from the banquet, pro
yided the crowd would remain. How
ever. the members feel very pleased over
the expression of good Will sent them
10y the chief executive of the nation, their
most prominent fellow Y. NJ. c. A mem
Der
While the program was somewhat
abridged dy tIe absence Of me Ln0SlGaOS,
$40 YSeye S0VN1e0 OK Cox &c 0Qed12g u
the meeting. the business portion Of the
meeting was fun of ginger.
MeetjUq Opens.
Senator Carl f. Badger, chairman Of
the Membership Campaign committee,
presided at the meeting which he opened
by stating the purpose and reviewing the
past history of the financial campaign
He then introduced Frank b. Stephens of
the y. N. c. A. board of management. IN
arOuSing the working enthusiasm, MI
Stephens declared: salt Lake expects
the Y. III. G.. A. to make good. The time
has passed when we should urge men to
so into Y NJ. G. A. memberships for
what they expect to receive from il alone.
This association must gradually grow into
a larger work for the city's good. The
Y. VI. c. A i'm Chicago demonstrated the
value of the public Fairgrounds, and that
metropolis has now invested eleven mil
lions of dollars i'm this work for the youth
of the own. The Seattle Y. NJ. C. A
g-rr Is
much that YOU as members can do for
this city. But one of the easiest things Is
To fill up the membership of this asso-
citation to its utmost capacity and get
three hundred more members before q
week from tonight
Elwood Brown was then introduced to
outline the details of the campaign He
declared that the time is right for harvest,
in view of the earnest desires of the re-
cent financial campaign. These are the
days, he declared. when the young men
are thinking and planning how to use
their leisure evenings We should give
them an opportunity TO use these even
ings to their advantage and also to the
COmmunity'S welfare.
Oscar L. Cox, general secretary, was
called on 10 express his interest in the
matter. He stated the case by saying:
This whole plant represents unselfish-
ness. and it is now time that we younger
members show the spirit manifested by
the older men of the city, who have done
SO much towards putting this plant here
for our use and convenience
King Pin" Talks.
Mr.. Cox called on W. c. Coulson, whom
he characterized as the king PIN mem
bership EetteT, having brought more
young men into the association than any
other man in Salt Lake. Mr.. COulson
likeued the present campaign to the mem
beTs by the story of some boys that got a
rich man i'm the neighbOThOOd To give them
the use of his barn and to fit it up with
horizontal bars, rings and punching bags,
and then these boys failed to use the
barn after the novelty of the first two
weeks had worn off. During the meeting
blanks were passed to the workers, call
ing for names and addresses of young
men who should be invited to join the
association.
These. with other members names that
had been accommodating for some time.
which viii make a list of eight hundred
men. who will receive an invitation to
Join the Young Mems Christian assOcis-
ton Then, beginning Monday. there will
be q systematic canvass begun by the
committees.
The captains of the teams viii meet for
luncheon today at 1890 D. m. and, begin
ming Monday, all the members of the
team will lunch together for the three
days of the whirlwind campaign.