Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-12
REORGANIZATION OF YIN. c. A.
FORCE TO INCREASE. EFFICIENCY
Changes Made in the Employed
Force to Broaden Scope
of the Work

ATJHuT ~. lOI the past
, three years educational and member
ship secretary Of the Young Men
I! Christian Association of Honolulu,
through a recent action of the board
of directors of that organization, has
/ been promoted from his former posi-
ton to one just created, that of sec
Rotary of the mems department. His
blace has been taken by Jay A. Uriee,
| who has been affiliated with the local
association for the past year, and dur
! ing that time has been assisting Mr..
Larimer in the educational work and
acting in his stead during his recent
tour of the world.
The object of this change is to pro-
vide for more intensive development
of the work in the mems department.
/ The association now has 1888 mem
bers which, considering the number
of men in the city of Honolulu, makes
it a remarkably large establishment.
This large membership, from the fact
that it continues to grow from month
TO month, makes it absolutely neceS
sary that one of the most experienced
secretaries give a great deal CT his
time to seeing that the members are
properly assimilated, that the nature
and the work of the association are
made clear to them and that they
become interested in and related to
the many activities conducted by the
association. 1t will not only be Mr.
Larimeris duty to relate the men to
the activities now in operation, but
it will also be his work to provide
for an increasing and growing number
Of features conducted by the organ
ization
! 1t is the aim of the board of direc-
+ tors to make the associations work
so thorough and effective that no man
will ever be allowed to drop his men,
bership because of his not having be-
come interested in some part of the
associations activities. Men some
] times say that they do not care to
! renew their memberships as they sell
| dom have chance to get around to
| the association building. That means,
| of course, that they have not been or
/ gapiZed with some activity which par
! ticularly appeals to them. The big
job of providing for the assimilation
| and distribution of the members be-
J SOAiCC WI 1<dl WOIhp do Ilc dI
once takes up the position as secre-
/ tary of the mems department. Lari-
mer's broad experience and training
! Qualities him especially for this work.
His interests are wide and varied
] which accounts for his pleasant So
: cial contact with large number of
1 the men of Honolulu. Part of his spe-
| cisl duties as secretary of the mems
department will be the membership
/ work, the development of an employ
ment agency which will be more ex-
! tensive and thorough than the pres
: ent one, and general charge of the
/ social activities -.
Jay A. Urice, who steps into the
position of educational secretary, will
! have complete charge of the associa-
tons educational work, including the
might school for men, the educational
| classes, Clubs, practical talks series
and lectures. His development of
| the summer school in the mems de-
! partment, which enrolls at the pres
ent time so students, the Thursday
q Night lecture series which have re-
Gently been taken over by a special
! committee of business men, and the
| reading and discussion club, are
among the many things which Urice
has added to the associations pro-
gram OF activities. The count has
been kept al the association office
during the past few months to get
the average daily attendance of men
at the association building, and it
has been found to run from 500 to
}, 700 per day The attendance after
half-past six o'clock in the evening
ranges from 100 to zoo according to
what is on the program, but not
counting those evenings when some
/ special entertainment is under way.
1t is the desire Of the officers of the
association to very greatly increase
the use of the building and the means
which will be taken to acquire this
end will be the development of a
number of special educational clubs.
lecture series, etc, conducted for the
study of special topics which will in
terest an increased number of mem
bers. both seasoned men who like the
study of solid subjects and younger
men who are merely looking for a
pleasant way TO spend the evening.
This reorganization relieves General
Secretary Super of some of the duties
which he has previously given atten.
ton to in order that he may find
time to devote to association
finances and the development of as
-sociatiou activities outside the build