Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
Y. N. c, A. NEARS The COAL
Sunday Mass Meeting Stirs Up Senti,
ment for Building.
CONSIDERABLE SUM SUBSCRIBED
OrIy Two Thousand Dollars More
Needed go Com Ictc structure
Ac%cordInE u Original
Plans.

Itcrr ~ no question but tina the 5000
needed to complete tho Young Mems chris
tian association building In accordance with
the original plans. which We started out
10 raise. will be secured on or before
Wednesday night declared J. q. wads-
worth. chairman OF the executive COM
mittee which has the campaign in charge.
yesterday afternoon after tho close Of the
mass meeting In tho opera house. MIR.
wadHworth's optimistic declaration was
brought about by the fact that 500 was
subscribed at tho mass meeting and that
k2n had been subscribed Sunday morning
nv the Sunday school OF the Broadway
Methodist church. or the amount sub
scrihcd by the Broadway church Sunday
school tl6S was raised by the Baraca boys.
Saturday evening when tho books were
closed for tho day the associations build
Ing fund thermometer registered SiitS2. in
Guiding the conditioned 5000 promised by
a eotcric Of business mon. with the 800
subscribed ~ tho mass meeting and the
1925 raised among IT," Sunday school pupils
Of the Rru ndway Methodist church there
now remains hut about seem 20 be secured
10y Wednesday nlght,
Tho mass meeting yesterday afternoon.
which Mas tho second OF the present cam.
paisn, was largely attended. every seat on
the lower floor Of the opera house being
occupied, Tnt audience was thoroughly
representative of the best element Of the
community and included quite a number OF
young people,
Features OF Meeting.
Pleasing features ~ the program. which
was quite lengthy, were tho solo 10y Miss
Grace Barr, instructor OF music In tho
public schools OF tho city: the solo by
Charles Havcrstock. the selections by tho
quartet composed ~ Mcssrs, Rigdon and
Havorstock, Miss Barr and Mrs. Helgren
Of Omaha, the singing OF the High School
Glee club and "a reading by Mrs. Robert
r. Wallace.
The principal address was made by John
W Hansol VI Omaha. formerly president
OF the Young Mems Christian association
training school In Chicago, Having devoted
neprly twenty-five years as a worker In
the interests OF the Young Mems Christian
association, Mr., HRnsel was enabled 10
speak from experience. lie traced tho
srowth ~ the organization during the last
forty years, dcvoting considerable time to
telling ~ the association buildings erected
IN different cities,
Abiding to the campaign In Council
Eluffs to raise tho funds necessary to com.
plete the association building In accord
Hncc with the original plans, which in
cluded a dormltory floor. the speaker said:
mo association building today is com-
rlete without this dormItory feature. 4
live and up-to-datc secretary will have
about him y group Of young mon who make
the association bullying their home. with
out tho dormitory feature the building
would not he n home for these young men. %
he cited the case Of the Omaha association
building, where he said la young men
made Il their home,
The dormitory feature, Mr. Hansel said.
also had It's financial side. This feature. 90
he said, lis everywhere n good revenue
producer, The work il not ended when the
building Is erected; not by any means.
There will he n heavy burden to keep Il
going and the revenue from the dormitories
will necessarily llghton the burden"
Mr.. HRnscl told OF the immense amount
81 money invested in Young Mems Chris
tian association buildings throughout the
country, There are, he said, upwards Of $50
association buildings and new ones con-
stsntly hcinE erected, curing the last year
sixty seven new association buildings were
erected.
The benefits " u live association with an
adequate building to n community. Mr..
HAnsel said. were practically unlimited.
The YOUNG Mems Christian association ~
today, with It's constant expansion OF work.
Is nothing less than \ great university.
In closing the speaker bespoke the hearty