Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
PLAN AN EXTENSION
Property Next to Y. M. C. A..
Building Purchased.
ADDITION IS PROPOSED
Suggested That New Auditorium Be
Memorial to John B.
Sleman, Jr.

A handsome addition to the new build
ing of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation on G street is to be erected on
the property adjoining the building on the
west. Within the last day or two the
association has closed the purchase of
the property lying between its building
and the corner of 18th street, which has
been used as an army dispensary.
Although the property has already been
bought it may be some time before the
projected addition to the. Y. NJ. c., A.
building is erected. 1t is estimated that
1t Will require about $4,000 to put up a
s1x-story building which will correspond
in style of architecture and construction
with the present building, and 1t will be
necessary to raise this sum before the
work can be begun
The lot which has been purchased has
frontage of 80. feet on G. street and 112
feet on 18th street, and is occupied by a
four-story brick building Although the
purchase price has not been made public,
1t Is believed to have been in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000
The new building will contain a fine
auditorium on the first floor and the up
per floors will be given over to dormi-
| tories similar to those in the present
building. n~
Proposed Sleman Memorial.
The suggestion has been made by mem
bers of the John B. Slemen, jr., memorial
committee that the auditorium be called
the John B. Sleman Memorial Hail. The
committeeman suggest that $4,000 be
raised by subscription to erect perma-
nent memorial to Mr.. Sleman. Them con-
tend that no memorial would be more
fitting than an addition to the Y. NJ. c. A.
building, for which Mr.. Sfeman did yeo-
man service and collected the larger
share of the money needed for its erec-
ton,
They propose. therefore, to contribute
ZOO toward the erection Of the me
mortal building. On this investment Of
$4,000 the Y. M. c. A. Is to pay per
cent interest The revenue thus derived
is to be used one-half for free MEM
berships in the Y. NJ. C.. A. for poor
boys, and the other half for the Foreign
Missions Society, Yin whose work Mr. Sic
man also took very keen interest They
point out that from the upper five stories,
laid out in dormitories, the association
will derive a good income, and will be
we'll able to pay the interest on the $685.,
900, which will be used for purposes
which would have had the entire APP
prevail of Mr.. Sleman were he still alive.
To Launch Plan November 8.
William knowles Cooper, general sec
rotary of the Washington Y. M. C. A.
and chairman of the John B. Sleraan, jr..
memorial committee. is out of the city,
but it is understood that the plan to COL
lect $4,000 to aid in the construction Of
the John B. Sleman Memorial Hail will
be launched at the meeting of the me-
mortal committee, November 8.
The finance committee of the Y. NJ. c.
A. had for some time planned to pur-
chase the property on g street between
the new building and 18th street. Mem
bers of the committee considered that
this should be done as protection to the
present holdings ofsthe association. The
purchase was consummated, therefore, as
soon as it was found possible.