Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-30

order to keep the cost of member
| ship privileges well within the reach
of the average young man. and give
him the greatest opportunity possible
4 great many associations are COM
| PEELED TO secure annual Contributing
Memberships. amounting To twenty
~ thirty per cent Of current eX
TonSes.
! THE TRUTH Is that but for en-
dowments and contributions. every
college would have To shut its doors
i'll the face OF worthy Young men.
men Of ability. fortunately. perhaps
born to poverty.
SO WOULD WE-have To shut our
doors The average cost of an am
Lual membership in the Phoenix Y.
NJ c. \ including full privileges.
with a membership of 500. would APP
lroximately be $500. OF this the
members should pay - per cent the
balance t25 per cent? should be paid
by those who seek to elevate young
men and by those who are the direct
heneficiaries Of this Institution. How
ever the record shows that. bv con-
serVatism. We practically made both
erds meet" and having done this the
first year. W. ought now Ia feel JUS
titled in scaling down our rates. es-
pecially on membership dues. class
work etc. etc. with the confident
expectation that such a generous
Policy would meet with generous
response from the Young men of
MI
falling off but largely add To our
membership. maintain our revenues.
and thus enable us to do much for
better and greater work the coming
year.
What is the Phoenix Y. NJ. c. A?
THE PHOENIX YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Is NOT
\ CHARLTON THE CONTRARY
IT IS \ MOST PRACTICAL PHIL
ANTHROPY-of which every home.
every church. every banker, every
merchant. every business man. every
rancher. and every parent. father or.
mother. is a direct or indirect ben
eficiary Do YOU ask WHY? Then
we say. BECAUSE it stands for ev-
cry element of Christian manhood a
well developed physique. honesty. in
teErity industry. loyalty. high ideals.
both in business and private life. and
practical Christianity seven days in
the week whether as a public official
or as a private citizen. Have YOU
daughters? Then we say. BECAUSE
il s doing its utmost TO educate
tam ard develop a generation of
young men with healthy bodies. clear
beads. clean hands, and pure hearts
whom you VIII be proud, and feel
safe, in accepting as husbands for
your own daughters. To this end the
Y VI. c. a. carries on its work every
day in the week and every hour Of
the dav
hoy OF today will shape the destiny
OF the world Of tomorrow"
Real Estate and Grounds.
Since the presidents last report,
January. 1911. the Salt River Valley
Water Users beautiful building has
been completed and construction of
the federal building is now being
rapidly pushed to completion.
Real estate values in the vicinity
of our building have steadily risen
snce we purchased nearly five years
ago and il is cOnservatively estimated
that the Y NJ G. A lot l40x220 feet
is today worth not less than $4,000.
and the building has cost approx
imately 100000
When the federal building is COM
rleted our cream of a beautiful
block. centrally located. containing
only the three public utility build
ings." Federal. Water Users and AS
sociation. will be at last realized.
With the public park on the south
east corner and shrubs and flowers
around each of the buildings. PhOe-
nix will have a unique beauty spot
without an equal i'm the entire south |
west
Finances, etc.
Last summer the Finance Commit |
tee employed Attorney i. L. Marks |
To assist the President in collecting |
rast due subscriptions and bring |
ing suit in the courts, where neces- |
sary. To date forty-nine suits have
been brought i'm the Justice Court |
involving one Thousand Nine Hun |
dred Dollars $4,000 in subscription |
contracts and twelve suits in the |
District Court involving Three Thou |
sand Five Hundred Dollars S3500D |
in subscription contracts. of these |
none have, as yet. come to trial. |
All in the District Court have gone /
over TO the next term. The suits
have been brought under the statute |
Of limitation and only To protect the ]
Disbursements