The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
VITAL FORCE IN THE
LIFE Of UNIVERSITY
Position of Young Mems
Christian Association
BELIEVES IN HONOR SYSTEM

1t is Not an Isolated Part Of the Uni
,ersity.s Manifold Life, But Is !
Related and Contributing Part That
Strengthens the Life of the Whole
In all Fields of Its Work it Stands
for the Development of h Body,
the Mind and the Soul.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton Of the University of North Car
DINA true TO it's purpose and spirit,
is not an isolated part of the Univer-
sity's manifold life but is a related
and contributing part that strengthens
The life of the whole. The Y. NJ. G. A.
believes in the Honor System as it
steadily evolves out of a strong senti-
ment and grows into a system more eff
fective and more vitality related to the
student consciousness. 1t believes in
the publications. as they reflect the
opinion IN the campus and give ex-
preston to student life, simple and
democratic. 1t believes in the Di and
the Phi Societies., those two mighty
pillars of the University structure,
training camps of great men and gem
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State. The Y. M. G. A. believes in the
athletics of the University as grad
ually adjusting herself to the obser-
vance Of a high athletic standard, she
comes to her own in South Atlantic
athletics.
The Y. M. c.. A. believes in the stu
cents of the University, their physical
W~el-being, their social instinct, and
their Unborn religious life. On such a
belief in young men it was founded
and its growth has been one extend
ing miracles all the way from the
time when Sir George Williams gath
cred a few young men about him in
the city of London In 1874 down to
the present time, as it reaches into
every quarter of the globe embracing
in the scope OF it's work the young
men of the city, the army. the navy,
the railroad. the factory and the col
lege.
In all OF these fields Of its work the
y. M. &. a. stands for the develop
ment of the body, the mind, and the
soul. In the cities and elsewhere the
Y. M. G. A. develops the body in the
gymnasium and the mind in the class
room. IN the college, however, the
college gymnasium and the college
class room supplant these parts of the
Associations work and the Associa-
lion of this University while endorsing
a full, rounded development, is max
ing its particular appeal to the high
Est self. IT appeals to what after all
Are three of the dominant things in
life: social instinct desire for social
service, and innate religious nature.
Ihe Y. M 6. As. appeal in the first
place Is to the social instinct. It's build
ing as a center Of college activities is
the social center of the campus. lis
game and reading rooms and its hall
as a gathering place from comforta-
Ole Dlac9S for hanhSvar6 ct,a,p+
meetings. he religious classes give
the opportunity for that social inter-
Ghange Of self that comes in no other
way. The general social reception
given a chanc to the whole student
body to meet together over a glass Of
lemonade or a barrel of apples. A
social organization. 1t believes in the
universal brotherhood Of man and
h blueness Of all blood. Under it's
Influence the man from the West, as
strong and rugged as those Ounta
among which he was reared, and the
man from the East, as polished and
Finished as the drawing room which
he graceS; the man of the professional
school n the man Of the academic
school; the senior and the freshman;
the feeble and the athletic; the good
egg" and the grind; the frat, and the
not-frat, all, meet together on a com
mon ground and in a common cause.
The \. M. {. A. is thus a force for the
harmonIzatIon of those varied ele-
ments that make up the complex Uni
versity social life.
Besides being thus a force for col
lese unity, the Y. ri. G. A. has other
definite D of service and makes
a further appeal to the desire for So
cial usefulness. A social organization.
Is has opportunity for social service In
fact the very existence Of the Y. M.
&. A. like the existence of any social
organization with moral is
of inca icula bic good. In the hurry Of
every day student life the students
often take the Y. NJ. G. A. for grant
ed, and it is glad that it Is so. They
all, irrespective of membership, have
the advantages Of fts rooms for con-