The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-02

Meh SnrlStlan association may
know his money will go as far as it
can to help his fellow creatures.
The use of the word charity was
an unfortunate one, for | expected
to dwell on the fact, which / wish
to emphasize, that when men 20 into
the Young Mems Christian Association
they do not feel as ii they were going
there as poor young men dependent on
somebody. They receive the impress
sion they are a part of the association;
they are entitled to be there.
Praises South Side Branch.
Mr.. Julius Rosenwald, who sits
here, has taken this in hand and
want to congratulate the Afro-Ameri-
can people Of Chicago that they have
raised the money needed and are
putting this thing through with true
Chicago enterprise.
The chief spirit OF the Young Men s
Christian Association is federation,
Any one who comes into the portals
feels at home. 1t promotes the BROTH
erhood Of man. 1t takes out racial,
sectional, and religious sectarianism.
And what is better than all it is like
hledicne-a specific medicine. 1t
reaches the spot.
There are good many other
things the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION promotes besides good fell
lowship. 1t promotes cleanliness. ex-
ercise; it promotes everything that
makes man stand up on his two
legs and rejoice he is a biped.
Useful In Army.
Its usefulness in the army and
navy can give personal testimony to.
When we have club of Any sort, or
thing that has to be described as
club in the army, what do we do?
We look around for the secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association
because he knows how to run it. We
have 5000 Americans. ON the isthmus-
more than that with their families
When you project crowd like That
into small community like the zone
of the 1sthmuS, one of the first things
that results because of the withdrawal
or home restraints is a tendency to
dissipation and vice.
we spend out of the funds we had
to erect canal a good many thous-
ands of dollars to build clubs. Then
we went to the Young Mems Christian
Association. We put their secretaries
at the heads Of the clubs and they
have been the greatest instrumental
ity for making life endurable there
and for keeping our employees out of
mischief that we could possibly have.
Laud Works of Rosenwald.
"Of course we have not the right
to spend money just for charitable
o. general social purposes given to
the construction of the canal, and
there might be some stickler vito
would like to impeach us for spend
ing money in that manner, but l am
prepared to defend myself against an
indictment for embeZZlement in the
use OF that money for that purpose
On tie ground that the government
gor so FER cent profit from the money
so spent.
And that is why I am here, my
friends to testify to my intense APP
probation of the patriotism of Mr..
RosenWald and the others interested
III this development, and my belief
that the colored men Of Chicago
could not have done a better work
for themselves than to have brought
about this Young Mems Christian
Association building.
j wish fol it all the succa:s That
l know it is going to have. in con-
tinuatlon Of the influences with all
the young men who come within the
region where they can improve them
selves by becoming members"