Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
General Secretary Paul Super
Presents Statistics Show
ing Fine Progress

At The annual meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association
which was held in the Y. NJ. G. A.
games hall last evening, General Sec
rotary Paul Super presented his re-
port covering the work of the associ-
alton for the year ending May /.
The report, in full, is as follows:
The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton OF Honolulu is now forty-four
gear old, this being the forty-fourth
annual report TO be read before the
directors. the trustees and the mem
hers 1t has been my privilege to
present the last seven Of these, and
10 help in the work which has led up
TO them. At the close of these seven
years Of work with the Honolulu body
of association men | wish to testify
that ] know of no finer group OF as
sociaticn members anywhere than
those with within | have worked here,
and whose number ! have seen grow
from 293 to 1862. With you | re-
jOice in the spiritual prosperity that
has strengthened and built up the
Christian character of scores of men
and boys and a material prosperity
iudN lido dadCu QudAbCl
lion Of dollars of property to our
tangible assets during the past few
years, in addition to the thousands of
dollars given annually for current ex-
penses.
With you / rejoice in the associa-
lions large sphere of usefulness, and
the place ii has won and now holds
in the community. wish with you
TO praise God from whom these bless
ings have come, and to acknowledge
Linn as the giver of every good and
perfect gift The statistics of the
different departments will be pre-
scented by the employed officers or
committeeman in charge of that de-
partment and mailed to you in print
cd form. ! will here speak only of
the conclusions to be drawn from
these figures.
Membership.
Our membership. is. very large for
city the size of Honolulu. We have
in mind not so much the securing of
2 certain number of members, but the
securing of every man and boy we
think ought to belong to the associ-
ttion. And however big the number
may grow, the membership commit
tee will never be content until every
man and boy who could profit by be-
longing to the Young Mems Chris
tion Association does belong. The ex-
tent of our desire to serve includes
every man and boy in the city.
Finances.
The total amount of money pass
ing through the hands of the treas
arer during the past year was more
than $4,000. OF this amount 1882
was secured in the form of subscrip-
tions-a large sum to raise-and
sum that must be raised from year
to year, as no. association can be self
supporting and do the work it should.
If ii Is meeting the need, it's eXpen-
ses are sure to be in excess of its
income from membership and build
ing privileges. We have come to
place in our history where a large
endowment is a necessity; we must
have this to hold the ground we have
gained and to continued TO grow.
The association is splendid object
10 which to give or bequeath money,
and as field for the constructive use
Of wealth it is a highly satisfactory
investment. Another thing is true
of our finances just now. More mem
bers are making subscriptions in adj
dition to their membership fee. A
young man on small salary recent
ly began giving five dollars month.
II is a great big five dollars to him,
and is just as big to us.
Religious Work !
Last year, in my annual report, |
said that the chief deficiency in our
religious work was Bible study. With
twenty-nine classes and 259 men and
boys now in them, you will see that
this deficiency has been remedied.
We shall try and increase this num-
Der to 400 During the past year
sixteen men and boys have joined the
church as the result of our work. !
Committee Service
This branch of the association work
has been developed during the past
year so that 1874 have been engaged
IN work on the various committees.
This is fine, but | would like to see
the figures raised to 300 The as
sociation boasts of some. splendid
to their work and interested in do
ing it.
Social Activities
During the past we have held a
number of large and very successful
social functions, Our desire along
this line, as result of some years
experience, is two-fold: First, to make
the building an attractive social CEN
ter at all times; and second, TO have
numerous small groups who arrange
frequent social functions for the
group. Some of these groups will
be purely social in their aim. like the
College Mems Club, while others will
have an educational purpose. as the
Reading Club Social work of this
sort will interest more men and in
terest them permanently, as il will
provide continuous sociability, not
mere occasional sociability.
Educational Work
The educational department of the
association is strong. Growing knowl-