The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-12
Y. N. c. A. Enterprise Looks
too Big For Present Means
Available.
Committee Of Posters Will
Consider Plan.
MEETING HELD THIS MORNING.

Instead OF making the investment
Of thousands Of dollars into Y. NJ.
G. A. building and taking chances in
maintaining Il. the ministers OF Pa
ducah may unite In a plan TO make
the churches OF Paducah open
house. where young men may con-
gregate every day in the week. This
plan was suggested before the Padu-
cab Pastors association this morning
by the Rev. d. c. Wright. rector OF
Grace Episcopal church. and on his
motion a committee composed OF
himself. the Rev NJ. r Dodd and
Professor ]. A. Carnagey. superin-
tenient OF the public schools. was
appointed by President c. T. Sulll-
van 10 see II the present equipment
Of the churches IL adequate for in
stitutonal measures.
The pastors association Is In favor
81 Y. NJ {. A, but Paducah Isl
not able at present to build and
maintain one. 80 they thought. why
not convert the church Sunday school
rooms into gymnasums and places
Tor social Mfe. instead OF having the
doors locked tight six days out OF the
week and turning the young men out
TO wander away from the church.
The Y. NJ. G. A.
DR.. NJ. u. Dodd. pastor Of the First
Baptist church. spoke ON "a Y NJ.
c. A." for Paducah, and presented
facts and figures Five propositions
we're made a. followF: GD The
status OF Affairs relating to the
young men OF Paducah; (2) Possi-
billty OF saving the young men; (s)
what part a Y. NJ. c. A. can take In
saving them; 90 what will be re-
quired to build. maintain and operate
aY. NJ. c. A.: (5) IL Paducah able
10 establish. maintain and operate a
Y. NJ. c. Az
Each proposition was discussed
fully DR. Dodd said there are pos
slbly 5000 young men. who should
be brought Into the religious life.
ard he spoke In behalf OF them. The
possibility Of saving them was a Sc
rious question. lie recently wrote
several cities. receiving letters from
Y c. A. secretaries. and also one
from Philo c. D.x. state secretary
OF the v. NJ. c. A. According TO Mr..
Dix. Paducah should have $50 900
building with an annual expense OF
$4,000 Out Of this s2.0C1 could be
obtained from the income OF the
bullding. leaving the remainder to
b. subscribed and collected In fees
for membcrshlp. Nashville is solic-
itlng funds for a 5000. 600 building.
and jackson. Tenn. for $4,000
one. Owensboro has $4,000
building. The Y. NJ. c. A. at Ovens
boro for 1909 had an average daily
attendance Of 200 members. Figures
we're also submitted from Lexington,
Ky
II would depend largely upon the
church people 10 support v NJ. c.
A. and Mr.. Dodd said the Indebted
ness Of the local churches Is as much
rs the people can take care OF at
present He said the bonded indebt-
cdness OF church property here is
$4,000 with an unbonded Indebted
ness Of about $4,000 and a monthly
deficit OF 81, 900. DIR. Wright was OF
the opinion that the total indebted
ness would double that amount, and,
considering this. he urged that the
churches do what Y. NJ. c. A.
would do. He said between si0O,-
600 and $500 900 are invested In
church property In Paducah, and he
could see no reason why more money
should be invested for the sake of
the young men, when the churches
could be thrown open to them. He
suggested that the Sunday school
rooms be fitted up with gymnasium
equipment and reading rooms be es-
tablished. He said the Carnegie IL
brary would do away with reading
rooms TO n certain extent. Games
could be enjoyed six days In week.
This idea met with immediate favor
and aroused the enthusiastic sup
port OF Supt J. A. Carnagey.
Professor Carnagey said he be-
Eeves in keeping the young men In
the church and not trying to get
them back after they had wandered
astray. He said he believes In max
ing the church the place from which
to fight against evil. instead Of fight
ing It I'm the devils vantage places.
Anti-Tuberculosis Fight.
The association this morning en-
dorsed tho request of the state com
mittee that the pastors OF the city
agitate. the fght against tuberculosis
on Sunday, April "a. On motion oi