The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-24

Judgment that the average city ORGAN
zation is maintained in
ate degree for the commercial GRASSES
rather than for the industrial class
The intention is to bring the assocla-
ton nearer 10 the average man VINO
works with his hands rather IMAM 70
make it an inexpensive clup Ior clelNS
and professional men.
The outreach of the I. NJ. Z. y.
in the industrial world is given as
one Of the years notable develop
mentS. Shop meetlngS-that Is re-
ligious services held actually IN shops
and factories, commonly at the noon
hour-were held TO the amazing
number Of 1888 during the past
association year. one would have to
Iisuaiize all these association meet
ings to realize what they mean IN
the aggregate for aside from the edu-
c|ational gatherings ana the snop
meetings., the associations report 4e,-
764 meetings for men within the
twelyemonth, and 9,139 for boys.
Capturing College Men.
Wherever a special need arises
| among men and boys, the Internal
tional Y NJ. G.. y. at once claps a spe-
ciaIist on it to study it out and pro-
| pose a method Of work. The latest
college graduate. AS is we'll known,
there is scarcely a university or a
| college of any standing in North
America without its Young Mems
Christian Association. The Atlantlc
City meeting heard that there are 495
$4,000 meetings. But II has Deen
found hat many Of the men VINO
| are active in Y. NJ. c. A. during their
| college days drop out Of religious
work upon graduation.
Now the association plans TO follow
" $3.50 on, in ~ n
with the churches and engage them
in social work. A story was told
at Atlantic City of one notable col
lege athlete, for three years president
of his college association. VINO return
ed to his home in Buffalo n VINO
is today nOt known to either aSsOcla-
ton or church. To remedy his sort
of thing by bridging the time when
the young man is leaving the student
world to enter the business or pro-
fessional world is the new endeavoT
Of the international comnittee. Like
wise, they have experts on the PROB
lem of relating the college Young
Mems Christian Associations more
closely to the student pastors and &c
the local churches.
The Peoples Gymnasium.
In teaching American men how tC
play, the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION has borne a large part. Al
outdoor athletic field is part OF the
equipment Of all the big modern as
~sociations. Sports. indoor frolics ant
entertainments are the vogue every
where. This is in addition to tn
straight-out physical culture side O
the association. That the @eat bull
Of the amateur athletes Of the lane
are enrolled in Y. NJ. c.. AS is know
in a vague fashion, but it is a bi
impressive to learn hat during tn
past year more than three hundre
thousand men were participating il
the physical work Of the Y. M. c. A
Into All the World.
The Atlantic City meeting was at
tended by a notable group Of youn
American men who have been work
ing as association secretaries in for
eign lands. Their reports read lik
l modern history in tabloid form. A
/, foreign capitals have been invaded b
the Y. NJ. c. A., and at Atlantic Cit
it would have been cas- to ecu
= speeches by Americans in a doze
q different ongues. These secretarie
have carried American ideals an
e American athletics to the Orien
5 Careful observers recognize that the
have been an important factor i
. helping to bring mankind toward
= common standard of life, and tn;
\ standard predominantly western ar
increasingly Christian.
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