Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-24

more than COCO miles up and down the
yukon and its tributaries carrying maya
sines. music and good cheer TO the isolated
posts and mining camps In some Of these
places the mere sight of a human heing
and the sound Of a woman's voice are
godsends to men consumed with Loneliness
and overwhelmed by the great silence
Shifting from the Arctic TO the Torrid
zone, the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton Is found q potent factor IN the Pan
anna canal territory. There the United
states government gives official recogni-
ton OF the invaluable work being done IN
its club houses. giving comfort to the men,
making them contented aud aiding ma
terially in the work of law and order
when the government erected club houses
on the zone several years ago President
Taft, then secretary Of war, asked the
Young Mems Christian association TO take
charge Of them In explanation Of this re-
quest, he said: When YOU want capital
operation performed you SO to good
surgeon when YOU want a lawsuit car
ried on as IL ought 10 be carried on you
go to a good lawyer. and when YOU want
a means Of keeping a population occupied
through leisure hours with rational amuse-
ment OF high moral and religious tone
you go to the men who have experience
in carrying on such a work and such an in
stitution Il cannot be learned over night
Therefore, what we did was TO apply to
the Young Mems Christian association.
A recent movement inauEurated by the
Young Mems Christian association seems TO
promise lncaleuable benefit, not only TO
the individual youth Of the world. but to
! the great commercial enterprises so vitality
I affected by the efficiency OF the young men
! employed. This movement 10 known the
! vocation bureau" Its establishment is
| based upon the theory that boy raised In
| city takes the first job he can get and
drifts around trying one place after another
! without advice or a chance to discover
| or develop any special fitness for a certain
! line Of work. The vocation bureau is de-
signed to study the applicant and his caps-
bilities and work with the employment de-
partment OF the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION In this way It Is believed con-
genial occupations will be given to yoUng
men who might otherwise grope blindly
about and perhaps never secure the work
for which they were best fitted.
Among the most ardent supporters OF the
Young Mems Christian association indus
trial movement are the cotton mill operators
in the south. They have already invested
$4,000 in equpping Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian association
! buildings and are contributing from their
company treasures from $1,000 TO $4,000
year for their support. Through the in
sututons efforts personal and community
I cleanliness, more and better education and
greater attention to the health and re-
moval OF the causes OF disease are being
fostered.
The field which the Young Mems Chris
ton association has adopted as its own Is
the field OF everyday life, and the every
Il day religion of better service, better livins
}, and higher thinking as oontrasted with
Sunday religion Of creed and dogma. The
institution has gone to the railroad man
in his shop, to the soldier on the frontier,
TO the sailor In port, to the workman in
his hour of ease, and has made that ease
period of recreation, advancement and
education: to the country boy in the VII
Ilage, and has helped him equip himself
J with the commercial training which he
needs when he breasts the tides Of COM
, petition In the great cities; to the student
who Is anxious to gain commercial train
} ling, supplementary to his collegiate course
to the physically unfit who would
strengthen the muscles and prepare them
selves for the physical strain which comes
, with mental as well as manual effort; ana
to the industrial worker In the factories
and the offices of the world, who Is anx-
: tunltles which are constantly being pre-
, scented to the man who Is ready when the
logical moment for promotion arrives.
It's diversity OF interests its freedom
from the shaokIes OF GLASS distinction and
its fundamental principle OF the brother
! hood Of man ara the factors which have
J maae possibIe the wonderful growth OF
! the Young Mems Christian association in
the ten years from 1899 &C lala The value
J OF its club houses and equipment has
grown from S26OOo.OOO TO tes,5Oo.Oo0. and It's
I membership now exceeds A66,OOo. In 1909
: forty-three buildings were erected or en-
larGsd at q cost OF tssOO.0Oo, and there are
, buildings under way at the present time
, which will cost more than O,sOoOOo. The
current expenses OF the institution total
, 81, $4,000
ny PRMDM11O =. ZANEIM.
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