The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-02
CHIEF EXECUTIVE SPEAKS IN
HIGHLY OOMPIiI ENTA r Y
VEIN OF Y. Nj. G. A.
Quinn Chapel Talk
Praises Julius KOsenwald, the Chi
cago Hebrew, Who is Doing Much
to Encourage the Y. Nj. G.. A.
Movement Among Negroes.

members of the South Side Young
Mems Christian Association, at q mass
meeting held in Quinn Chapel, A. NJ
e. Church, Twenty street and
Wabash avenue, Chicago Sunday, gave
the organization the stamp of his
most hearty approval. The South Side
branch is in section largely Dopu-
lated by Afro-AmericanS and the men,
bership will be to great extent COM
posed Of them
There is no single fundamentally
for the promotion Of good morals"
he said, furnishing healthful occu-
patton during leisure hours, making
sound, religious club life, equal to
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton.
He also praised the movement Tor
colored mans branch on the south
side. lie lauded the patriotism of
julius Rosenwald and other expon-
ents Of the movement, and closed his
speech with best wishes for a success
full issue of the campaign.
The automobile procession escort
ing the President reached the little
chapel at Wabash avenue and Twen-
ty-fourth street at 4:3O. The side
walks were TANNED and had been
| for two hours before he arrived The
| church had been filled for the same
| length Of time
Mr.. w. p. Sidley, president Of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A., presided and
| Mr.. II. A. Roberts introduced Presie
| dent Taft.
The Presidents Speech.
SO impressed have | been with
| the associations influence for good
| the world over" he continued, that
| Mr.. Mott, who is one Of the head
movers in the organization, sug-
! gested he would like to have me at
| tend meeting to raise money to
| build Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions throughout the orient. l threw
open the east room Of the White
| House.
1--WE gathered in there as many
! millionaires as we could find, and
raised about $2,0OO,OO0 The money
| now is being expended and associa-
tions are being put around the world
They are dOtting the world as light
houses dot the journey around the
| world, to help along the Christian
white man, or the Chimaman and all
others, without respect to religion or
| race.
l. In Shanghai they have a magniu-
cent building which | helped dedi-
cate. 1t was built through the gem
crosby Of some Americans. But the
money so given was supplemented by
a large fund collected from promin-
ent Chinese mandarins, familiar with
the influence Of this institution upon
young Cinnamon.
Aids Youths in Tropics.
"NoW, that is the case with the
Young Mems Christian Association
the world over | knew something
| about it's operation in the tropics, es-
pecially. If you have ever been in
the tropics you know there comes a
time, or o'clock in the day, when
you feel deVtaliZed. If you have
any taste for strong liquor it comes
| effect is satisfactory.
And as there is nothing much to
do at night in the tropics, you take
another If you are at the age when
you feel that nothing can hurt you
and you are free and away from the
neignborhood, there is danger.
There is danger to the men who
go out from here to the tropics. as
to Manila,S that is so great that it
needs a positive force to keep them
from going down to degradation.
I'VE have a Young Mems Christian
Association in Manila for Americans
and for Filipinos. They raised the
money out there from the merchants
at time when business was much de-
pressed. Money had been given from
this country OH condition that more
should be subscribed, and it was the
hardest thing for those merchants to
squeeze out the money
y. NJ. G. A. Not Charity.
But with the knowledge they had
Of its usefulness in keeping men.
upon whom they depended to carry
on their business, with proper moral
1deals-nerely business propositions
they went into It and raised the
money. Now they have a magnificent
building III which al the American
young men gather. And similar case
arose with the Filipinos.
If is che
is one Of the greatest features Of it
that the benefits Of it can be con
terred upon young men without givinr