The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-20

Finding IL absolutely impossible to
secure the amount of money deemed
necessary to make such improvements
rs are entirely necessary for modern
izing the Y. NJ. G. A., it was de-
Cided at a meeting held in the gym
nasium today noon to take the only
course left open and ask those who
lave donated $4,000 to allow their
subscriptions to stand.
Plans for securing consent of sub
scribers to this plan We're laid at
the meeting. 1t is figured that with
1000 in hand the debts of the as
aociation can be paid, the deficit for
the coming two years will be pro-
vided for and the residue will be
lie sufficient to make number OF
important alterations I'm the building
such as will help greatly to remedy
many of the present defects which
nave seriously affected the institu-
ion doing its best work.
There was much larger attcn-
lance than usual today. Yet the at
.endancc was far from what 1t
ihould have been and was in reality
uut another Indication of the hope
essness of the task of raising $780,
90 for the association.
IT is no disgrace to MIR. j. -. Van
cutcn state Secretary sent here to
ircct the campaign or TO Dr. G. r.
lawyer general chairman, members
If the executive committee or the
,olicitors that the project failed.
Ieither is IL i'm reality such
lisgrace To Marion because the rails
lg of 100000 under conditions that
revailcd here is nothing less than
xcellent. Had the corporations OF
Iarion given the amounts that they
.ihould have given, raising the resi-
Iue would be an easy task, say thos
4 charge. other places the corpora
ions have given ILLEGALLY ana as
listed the work to no little extent
legal advisors of local corporations
.dvlsed against making donations.
Those present at today's meeting
greed to go forth again, call on those
.ho have subscribed and ask them
% allow their subscriptions to stand
Notwithstanding the fact that $5O'OOo
AZ not been raised. All ihose at the
meeting voted to allow their pledges
o become binding and 1t is believed
hat every glver will do the same.
will mean that Marion VIII keep
Ter Y. Nj. G. A. and while much
what was hoped for cannot now be
lone yet enough Will be possible to
continue the association in It's good
york and there is hope that the fu-
ure will provide the remainder.
Though really defeated in the en-
leavor to raise $4,000 the workers
we're in "A way jubliant today when
plan was devised that viii pre-
rent the association from closing lts
loors. The plan of adding another
loor to the building and installing
lormatories WIZ of necessity, be
abandoned. A number of other pro-
losed changes will also have to bt
glven up but 1t will be possible To
nut the association on the GROUND
floor and make other changes tha'
hould practically double the present
membership.
Secretary Kaufman Is hopeful OF
,utting the association in such con-
lition that II will no longer be
burden to the community. Had the
whole amount asked for been SUBJ
scribed this would have been possible,
Now il may not he but nevertheless
the men in charge will do every
thing i'm their power to accomplish II,
The workers started out again
this afternoon and 1t Is believed
,hat the 500 or more subscribers who
pledged various amounts VIII allow
their subscriptions to stand without
much argument being necessary IL
ls deslrous that everyone under
stand thoroughly that the debts OF
the association are to be paid iirs'
of all and the remodeling will only
he done after the expenses of the
coming two years have been provld-
cd for No debt will be incurred In
the remodelling.
The outcome, while not all that an
enthusiastic Marionlte might wish for
is doubtless source of JOY to many
Marion citizens, as the association
will not have to he closed, that Is
If the subscribers will allow their
donations to stand under the new