The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-14
~" IS DIRECTED
BY BUSINESS men
ASSOCIATIONS IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF COUNTRY HAVE EN-.
LISTED BIGGEST BRAINS or
EACH COMMUNICATE rs A
BUSINESS PROPOSITION.


equipment, is directed by business
men who have themselves won success.
II has 2,107 centers in North America
alone and a membership and force of
half a million men and boys. These
men thread the vocations. They are
part of the fabric of a nations life
from the grocery store TO the univer-
sity hall, the mine to the factory, the
railroad to the battleship. It has 700
buildings costing $70,00O,000. These
teeming centers are equipped to serve
and conserve the young men and boys
in the sensitive and shaping period of
life. The employed force of 2,927 men,
expert in the science of directing
christian service, are trained in it's
institutes, conferences and schools.
Buildings have been secured on the
wholesale plan, Toronto, Pittsburg,
Cleveland and Chicago, by the rapid
campaign method, provided for four
each. Montreal is erecting three and
Winnipeg two. In FIVE days VancoI-
yer, B. c., pledged s525,000 for two
buildings. Louisville on Dec. 10 round
ed out a fund of 1895, 200 for three
buildings. Ohio has done a fine piece
Of work in it's cleanup campaign
(mortgages and additions to buildinCs)
for over 100000. BY this plan $780,
900 was secured for San Juan, Porto
Rico. The most striking undertaking
was the 81 zoo, 900 fund for over fifty
buildings for foreign cities launched
at the White House, Washington, and
which is now four-fifths pledged At
this rate the associations equipment
for service to men should total a value
of $100,000,000 within four years Years
ago, soon after the first genuine asso-
citation building was erected, the late
Cephas Brainerd-who passed away
last month in the S0th year OF his age
and in his 50th year as director of
the New York city association, and
who for a quarter of century was
chairman and strong leader OF the in
ternational committee, said: IT expect
to live to see the day when associa-
ton buildings will be planted in all
| the cities of our country" He was
spared to see far more Of his vision
realized than seemed possible to his
associates in those early days. But in
the light of present achievements and
| promise and in the knowledge Of
| world wide need of the brotherhood is
only beginning to ful1ll it's mission
to the young men of this and succeed
ing generations.
Five hundred and seventy-seven
gymnasiums, directed by men scienti-
fically prepared for leadership in the
training schools, are the radiating CEN
ters Of health and physical betterment
There were 271,O0O men and boys
drilled for physical excellence and eff
| ficiency by these directors and nearly
10000 volunteer leaders instructed in
the methods of exercise and laws of
health, of recreation, Of life saving
and Of sanitation and right living.
| This business runs night and day.
The doors Of many of the buildings
have not been locked an hour for years.
| Fargo's building is never locked, a man
is on all night To men who work at
night, the association goes with its
| services and lectures at the midnight
lunch hours On Sundays and holt
days the days as well as every night
| when men are at leisure-the asso-
citation makes the strongest bid for
their time. The aggregate daily at
tendance at buildings reaches 1911 SAT,
but thousands more are reached out
side.
| OF its 100000 and more members,
| 66,723 serve on organized committees.
Some of them have wrought for more
| than a generation. The boards of di-
rectors OF the 2,017 associations num-
| Der fully $4,000 selected men. The
| 1882 members of the forty state and
| provincial committees, and the sixty
three members of the international
committee are among the recognized
christian leaders of the two nations,
The railroad department is now es-
| tablished in 242 pivotal points where
railroad men chiefly center, with a
| chain of established branches from
Maine to Honolulu. 1t has lately ex-
tended on the Canadian Pacific from
| North Bay out beyond the Rockies and
on the railroads of Manchuria, Japan
and India. Over twenty new buildings
| are now assured for next year. The
use of it's beds alone increased in five
years from 1,144,457 to 2,275,067, num-
Der OF meals served from 2,776,20O TO
| 4,930,130. 1t has So become a welfare
agency as to stay the waste OF men
and money Railroad companies give
$4,000 a year for buildings and sup
| port
j. q. Yohe, general manager Of the
p. & L. E. railroad at Hazelton, o.,
said at the opening OF their building:
1T will stand for years an expression
Of the interest OF the company in the
welfare and comfort of it's employees.
The principle underlying this building
is that of partnership. The company
as one Of the partners interested has
erected this building and made its
monthly appropriation showing it's
confidence that the other partner. its
employees. viii give to this enterprise,
good will, continued cooperation and
practical support"
| The association relates christian
Americanism to the immigrant by per-
sonal service. 1t has ten secretaries in
foreign and nine in American ports,
who meet outgoing and incoming
throngs in the spirit OF christian
brotherhood. A point of contact has
been formed with thousands OF men
from Europe by teaching them Eng
fish, naturalization. American GUS
toms and habits, lectures relating to
mining trade. etc.
The student associations In insti-
tutions with 100000 students have 25,-
/ 922 in Bible study and 17S employed
secretaries. The next five years should
see 100 associations sustaining men on
the foreign field, double the number Of
recruits for the ministry and christian
callings, and thousands prepared for
christian citizenship through social
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