Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-02
'. M. c. 4. BOARD


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1918. the income from this sourcs
was sl.4iT45; This year The hirhssi
possible amount that can be sesarea
from This ource UNDER tho prcssai
attes Is sf.Se0 they ought I, raw Il
hast 81 5ea gross annuaiIy ii al AIDE
aaale dividend IS 10 Sc earned Oh tle
Investment The Cumberland Associ
alton with two rooms more than oui
Association received from this source
last year sS.fisS6 or s2,o22. Sc more
Than We received and tho indications
sor the current year are that taeiy
4 gross income from this source VII be
larger than last year. Tho Associa
ton dormitofies were never intended
ITO lurnleh cheap room rent to 'nea,
but rather to be an inves tment, the
dividends On which would aid the
work q the Association. The income
from some of our rooms is not az
large as is secured from rooms in
private homes with none Of the ad
yantages which the Association offers
I To increase the source of income the
rooms ought to be painted, some
changes made in the steam heating
apparatus. and much better service
rendered in every way to the room.
crs.
The income from the memberships
and dormitories alone ought to az
gregate $4,000, sum sufficient to
guarantee the continuance Of this
work.
The Build NC.
We find that the physical condition
Of the property is very bad, showing
plainly that there has been no exec
/ utiye head to the Association II
many parts of the building it is both
unclean and unsanitary. Extensive
repairs are necessary. Some of the
things needed are: The painting Of
: the entire building in good oil paint
) and the cleaning and vanishing O.
tn ewood work, repairing the boiler
and the installation of a coil system
OF seating the swimming pool; re
| pairing Of practically all the lavatoF
J les and a number of shower baths
the construction of water proc
wall along the entire west wall of thu
building TO prevent the daripnesi
which Is running the plaster ON The
wcs; wall in the basement and th'
J bowling alleys, and the construction
j, Of a new brick wall where the wooGe,
! partition now is between the 9owlG'
: llleys and the swimming pool 41d th'
!. shower baths; Tie wood in this par
; tition has very badly decayed, anl
: while these changes are being mad
/, it would be a profitable iavestmen
t to remove some Of the layatoiies il
! the shower bath room and install ST.
r more shower baths These repair
r and improvements can be made TO
LESS than 1880 according to figure
Riot reputable contractors This worl
! ought to be done both to preserve tn
9 bu5iT7ng and 10 add to its general al
T ftIactiveness
/. We believe that We are safe in say
/ Tag that the present condition Of tn
| ssociation is due to lack of intel
lieent supervision of the work in al
Of its departments For some reasoi
TIC employed force has failed to toucl
the work in its most vital aspect )
s Little or nothing has been done 4
touch The life of the young men Of III
community in its social intellectual
ana religious phases This is one o
the severest criticisms against thu
work of this Association that we have
met While the general physical con
dition of the property and the condi
ton Of the Associations finances in
dicate that the work has lacked |
strong executive hand, VIC do not an,
: indeed cannot, say that the Associa
tion has hcen mismanaged, rather
: would seen that there has been praa
tically no management at all. Ere
Guent changes in secretaries durinl
the past year with long periods with
out any executive officer and will
little close personal supervision Of thu
building the work, and its finances
on the part Of the Board of Directors
! Is largely respons Bile for the presen
situation No business or insdtltioT
caa long continue unless there IS I
= responsible reao, who aas suiFcier
aaiiiiy to Tenege its affairs, ans Owe
: that head a strong group of manager
Who viii see to it that the institution
; is maiats:aed al the highest pcssiop
standarG OF efficiency.
V'he MANILA of ihfua offv flo uat txil.l