Arizona republican., 1909-11-26
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED
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words, ! OunB ana Snl1Sllan. The
 organization he said is one to be
 fashioned and builded by the elders
 but to be managed as far as possible
 by the younger men that their inter-
 est might be maintained.
 Ex-Governor Kibbey responded to
 the work of the association as related
 to the community. He spoke of the
 underlying reasons that brought
 about in this country the complete
 separation of church and state point
 ing out that mere government is in
 adequate for moral and religious edu-
 cation. Crimes of violence are uni
 Versally conceded to be wrong but in
 matters of morals and religion it has been found by the experience of this
 and other governments that they
 must be maintained by other meth
 ods than government. Law cannot
 make men moral and does not aspire to. A man cannot be moral, measur-
 ing his conduct by the statutes only. Morals must be taught elsewhere. Laws, good or bad, emanate from the people and the moral status is the condition precedent. The govern ment institution though commanding the highest respect, is in reality least important being the effect rather than the cause. The home, the church. the Y M. C. A. and the schools are the fundamental institutions.
 The next number was on the sub
 feet What the Y. NJ. C. A. Stands for
 Locally" and it was to be responded
 to bv J. W. Doris, the first presi-
 dent of the organization which finally undertook the construction of the
 building. Lloyd B. Christy. Dwight B.
 Heard, Dr. H. A. Hughes and w. J. Murphy. all now or heretofore off cers or directors of the association. It was at this time that MT Fowler. re- ferring to the natural modesty of J. w: Doris, paid him a high compliment for his hard work in the interest of the association. He then introduced MT. Christy. who read a short and inter esting history of the initial Y. NJ C. A. movement in this city. which began twenty years ago. his father having been the first president. He recited the struggles of the little society, and the good it did through Sunday meet ings and a night school that was main- tained for a time, and the final sinking of the organization into a deep slum- ber through the financial afflictiOns of the valley, from which it was awak
 ened only with the beginning of the present movement. MT. Christy's pa per was deposited with others in the tin box later to be placed in the corner stone. Dwight B. Heard said that Phoenix is an inspiring place in which to live for its people have a well earned reputation for doing things. The Y M. c. A. he said stands locally for the public spirit of the men and women of Phoenix As a young man he had had the advantages of such an institution in all its influences and felt that it had been of great benefit to him. that it will prove here a warrant of good citizenship and that the building itself will mark a milestone in the progress of the community toward the city beautiful.
 Dr. H. A. Hughes said that the build ing here in the days to come will be the pride of the city. Many in pass ing will admire its surroundings, oth- CTS its architecture, others its influ ences upon young men for good But looking still further the doctor said he could see in it a monument to the unselfishness of those who had con- tributed towards the cost of its con- struction-many who had suffered hardships and self denial that they might meet their obligations and not deter the work Particularly was this true of many who did not expect ever tO personally enjoy its benefits or re- ceive one dollar in return for the amounts they had subscribed. He said it was a great step in the right direc- ton, a step toward the brotherhood of man; a milestone toward that prophetic day when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together; when men and na- tions shall help each other and when intemperance and wars shall be no more.
 W J. Murphy spoke of the cost of the building and the value of boy. illustrating his point by story which | inferred that no cost is too great to save even one boy if that boy be 'my" boy. Then he proceeded to explain | that all the boys in this community are my boys" Further Illustrating, he told of conditions in eastern towns | with which he was familiar, in the days | when intemperance and evil were ram- pant and of bettered conditions when | vices were abolished. Disagreeing with | Dr. Hughes in respect of the sub scribers getting their money back, he said he believed they would. indirectly, | get back more than they put in. most of them at least. and he believed that | he would in one way or another get | back two dollars for one in actual 1 money.
 A slight intermission followed dur | ing which d photographer took pie | ture of the assemblage and the quartet l sang another song. Rev. Orville Coats. | pastor of the Baptist church. was in troduced as the principal speaker of the day. He began in a humorous vein. launching q few jokes at the eX- pense of himself and others. but pres 1 ently merged his remarks into d serious ! consideration of the subject in hand. | He said he was glad to know that as the chairman had remarked. there was an excuse for the presence of each one | and his excuse was that he is the old 1 est pastor in the city. in point of serv- ice in Phoenix. having reached the ven 1 erable age Of four years and few months. days and hours. as he had carefully calculated He said that he had once been a homeless and father