Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-26
TED To RAISE $4,000 FOR new Y. M C. A. BUILDING

men teach should be put into the field
for a seven day Embarrassing campaign.
The 40 men present that night were
assigned as captains and heutenants
of the 20 teams The teams were then
divided into 10 on a side, John H. Haul
berg being put at the head Of one and
H, s. Cable being named general Of
the other. The first section will be
designated for convenience as the
Business Mems committee and the sec
ond as the Citizens.
In charge OF the whole campaign is
NJ. G. Williams of Oberlin, Ohio. an
expert in Y. NJ G. A. money raising
campaigns. who in the past few years
has directed campaigns which Melted
the Y. NJ. c. A over a million and a
half dollars.
ENTHUSIASM LAST NIGHT.
Last night saw the elimination of
the preliminary plans for making the
campaign. After sumptuous repast in
the banquet room of the Rock Island
club, H. E. Casteel arose and called the
meeting TO order. He then in a very
few words told the object of the gath
ering and likened the movement to the
growing acorn which turns into a
mighty oak tree. He appealed to the
loyalty Of the citizens of Rock Island
and expressed assurance that success
would attend the effort for a new and
modern Y. NJ. C. A.
He then introduced K. A. Shumaker
Of Chicago, state Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
tary, who exhibited with a stereopti-
con machine pictures Of various new
Y. NJ. c. A buildings which have been
erected in the past few years, princi-
pally through building campaigns SIM
liar to the one that started here today.
AS building after building was
thrown on the screen showing what
other cities had done in the way of
providing for its boys and young men,
enthusiasm for the project grew, and
when near the close of his talk, Mr.
| Shumaker brought forth the picture Of
the new Moline building which is to
be opened Thursday night, the climax
was reached and everybody cheered
and applauded.
Then came the expression of the
slogan-"What other cities have done,
Rock Island can Guido"
PAST AND FUTURE.
A. D. Sperry was the next speaker
of the evening. He recounted briefly
the history of the present Y. NJ. c. A.
building and told of the glorious pros
poets ahead. He labeled the Y. NJ. c.
A. building movement as one that nee
essarily appeals TO all classes, all de
nominations. all fair and open minded
men, and all progressive citizens His
speech breathed of optimism for the
success of the campaign and of faith
in the citizens of Rock Island to make
it go in short order.
Next came NJ. c. Williams, the ex
pert director of the campaign, who
briefly outlined the plan of the battle
ALL CATCH THE FEVER.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Williams
talk, H. Z. Curtis. captain of one o.
the soliciting teams, arose and aftel
expressing his hearty sympathy AMI
dNOOIu Will lue movement III manu-, Oh
fered the following resolution:
Believing that every interest in on
city calls for an up-to-date Younl
Mems Christian association building
Be It
Resolved, That we, the citizens o
Rock Island, here assembled, repre-
senting all lines of industrial, CONNER
> cial and professional activity in on
( city, heartily approve of the plan
; which have been made by the board Q
: directors to secure such building TO
( our city, and that we earnestly pro
= eeed at once to systematically canvas
= for funds with which TO erect a moo
D ern Y. NJ. c. A. building, on the col
r dition that at least $125,O00 be secure
+ by Tuesday night, April 2, 1912.
+ Further, That we, Individually an
collectively, pledge our hearty supper
10 the accomplishing of this undertal
d ing.
0 Before he had sat down, Rev. T. I