Arizona republican., 1912-05-21
FIRST YEARS
 WORK IF Y.M.C.A.
Synopsis of the Report of General Secretary Davis to the International Com mittee in New York. Is Growing Steadily.

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 Friends and supporters of the Young Mems Christian association will be interested in the following copy of d report recently issued by General Secretary Davis to the inter- national committee of the Y. M C. A. which has headquarters at New York City and which has general supervision over all of the associa- tions of the world. This report is copied from q daily report, which is kept on record in the association of flee and tells of the splendid work being done by the local association better than anything else could pos siDly do. Few people realize what d tremendous amount of activities are carried on by the institutions that stands for all that is uplifting for l men and boys of this community. Something over 600 men and boys ! have held membership in the associa- tion since March l. 1911. Seventy men and tWenty-four boys have been engaged in committee work connected with the various activities. while 63,-
 
 in the year from May l. 1911 and April 30. 1912
 Twelve social affairs for men and fifteen for boys or total of twenty seven were giveIr during the same time. Seven paid entertainments were given to the general public. Twenty 1 nine men and four boys were helped 10 secure situations. A large number of visits were made to sick men and l boys and scores helped by advice l and otherwise
 l There were 6284 games of billiards 1 and pool played and like number of ] bowling @ames.
 Two hundred and thirty-five were ! directed to boarding houses outside of 1 the association. There were seventy I five occupants in the dormitories dur ] ing the year.
 ] The educational department all 1 though without a director the work i all being done by a committee. show 1 cd q very healthy strat for a city Of this size. Twenty-six men and 1 thirteen boys were helped to a better ] education during the year. Two hum 1 dred' and nine class sessions Were l held with a total attendance of 747. i The reading rooms show sixty diff ! ferent periodicals on file in the mems i department and thirty in the boys department About 100 volumes have l been donated to the library. the value of winch iiestimated at $50. In the religious department one mems and six boys Bible classes
 were conducted with total enroll ment of S9. Six thousand one hun dred and twenty three men attended i association religious meetings during the year and 423 boys.
 ] Five hundred and eighty different
 men and boys have used the gym
 nasium during the year with a total
 Of 415 enrolled in regular class work. 1 There were 349 class sessions held, 1 with a total attendance of 4523 The
 number using physical privileges dur | ing the year. including baths, swim 1 ming pool, etc, was 34,639 Fifty eight men and boys were enrolled on 1 athletic teams A Sunday school baseball league was organized with q team representing each Protestant l church in the city and is now en- gagged in active work. Several bowl
 ing and pool tournaments were also l conducted and numerous hikes and 1 outings for the boys.
 Eleven thousand nine hundred six
 ty-five dollars and eighty cents was 1 expended in conducting the work and
 the receipts were s8,45203.
 Owing to the fact that the fees of l the association must be placed at 9
 low rate in order to accommodate
 boys and men who could not other
 wise become members the association
 cannot be self-sustaining. In fact
 there are no associations that arc
 sclf-sustaining unless they are pro-
 vided with an endowment fund and even then they often exceed the in
 come, but when the value of the work
 is taken into consideration the cit
 izens of Phoenix ought to feel glad
 to help support it. Business men all
 over the world consider the associa :
 ton q citys chief asset. It's work in
 making better men and boys is rec
 ognized as second to none and no
 city is considered as up-to-datc that
 has not provided. through this agency 1 for meeting the needs of the men and l boys Of the community.
 The citizens of Phoenix are justly
 proud of their beautiful association ! building, but more than the building 1 they are to be congratulated on the 1 splendid work accomplished in this l first year of the associations actiV- i ities and none. whether supporters O
 the association or not, would care tf
 sec it's influence eliminated. It i'
 destined to grow in scope and power
 each year and no one should be fount i speaking anything but words of cheer 1 and encOurag cement to the employed l officers or directors and committed
 men who are giving of their time ant
 money without stint.