The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-21
GIVE
$4,000 TO AID
STATE Y.M.C.A.
Generous Donation to End0w-
ment Fund Announced at
Banquet of Workers
ASSOCIATION MAKING
STUDIES IN MICHIGAN
Encouraging Reports Received
From Various Olficers-W.
Nj. Kingsley Chief Speaker

The movement TO raise 100000 as
an endowment fund for tie support
| OF the state Y. NJ. &. a. organization
+ ot Michigan, was launched -&ita en-
lthusiasm At banquet in The Hotel
Cadillac. Thursday evening. which
! featured the annual convention u the
association state executive commit
tee. when Wilfred c. Leland, chair
man of the committee, announced that
lie and his father, II. NJ. Leland, would
be responsible for $4,000 OF the $780,
900 which Detroit is asked to con-
tribute.
The banquet, presided over by VIII
fred {. Leland, was one 20 the bust
ness men of Detroit, about 100 OF
whom attended. II was not for the
purpose OF collecting funds. but rather
for the purposes of inspiration, TO
show the work that may b. done with
the proper financial BACKING. The dif-
ferent state secretaries told OF their
respective duties and what ,hey would
! like 10 do. Added 10 their talks were
addresses by Or. f. ". Burt. head OF
the y. NJ. G.. A. college in Chicago and
Lake Geneva, Wis, and William VI.
Kingsley. chairman of the state exec
utive committee OF the New York Y.
Nj. {. A. and OF the West Side assoc
citation in New York city. the largest
one in the world. and vice president
| of the United States Trust company,
of New York.
The subject of Mr.. KingsIey's talk
was Value and di' bends" The put
ting of money into Y. NJ c. A work,
he declared, was an Investment that
could not fail TO produce good diVl-
dends. He toll OF the growth cf the
actual capital invested in the bEild.
ings and equipment of the ASSOCIATION
III the whole country from about 81
100000 in 1880, 10 more than $50 000.-
600 in 1913. BY way OF inspiration for
the Michigan campaign for funds, ne
gave accounts of similar ones in which
he had participated in the east That
in Rochester, y. Y. was typical
When we wanted to start there
he said. ''other folks We're in the
midst of raising 100000 for hospi-
tai, and argued that ii would not be
right to carry them both on together,
SO we waited three months.
THE hospital fund had then reach.
ed $4,000. but those in charge OF II
said. Go ahead, that it wouldn't be
fair for them to hold us up any longer.
We started out to get s75O,000 Tor
the Y. NJ C. 4. in 10 days. AT the
end of the ninth day We had s76O,0oO
subscribed. and on the tenth the teams
of workers cleaned up the remainin 3
So ha hne fol
He spoke OF the present effort in
New York city to raise s4,000000 for
the Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. W. {. A. to-
gether, saying that a worlds record
would be established by the raising
OF more than $3,000000. even If the
whole amount We're not reached. he
read telegram announcing that $lS6,.
900 had been added. Thursday.
l.. Z. Buell., state secretary, speak
ing on The state executive commit
tees administrative problems out
lined in a general way what the or
ganization as a whole is trying 10 ac-
cCmplish, and pointed out the need or
financial support, such as an adequate
endowment fund would afford, to give
the work backbone
Casper l.. Rowe, secretary for cOun.
ty work, told OF what is being done In
that line, and OF how the boys OF ru-
raj communities are being organized
and taught to work out their own sal
walton toward social and religious cd
ucation.
The field secretary for the commit
tee, Charles A. Caster, who has been
chiefly engaged In taking subscrip-
tons, asserted that he looked upon
his work as giving people an oppor-
tunity to invest in good cause rath-
er than as asking for money.
The task of organization Of Y. II.
G. A. work in the upper peninsula,
which has been placed In charge OF
George ID. NNesterman. was reviewed
by him with hopeful promises oil ac-
complishing much in the future.
j. A. Van Dis, secretary OF boys
work, told of the efforts being put
forth to reach the boys between he
ages OF IL and IS, especially.
lit is during the years OF Adde'S
cence," he asserted, that 80 per cent
Of criminals are made. Our aim Is
TO tide them safely over these years.
II is not, however. our plan 10 SEQ
how much we can do for them, but
TO what can we get them to do for
themselves"
Burton Il. Johnson. state student
secretary. told OF the value Of work
I'm the schools as means OF training
men who will be able to go out in the
state from college and be the leaders
in their own communities
After the other speeches Of the ban
quet, r. ID. Taylor, one Of The men
who first started Y. NJ G.. \. worl- IN
Michigan. In 1864. was called upon
and gave "reminiscences OF that time.
In business meeting OF the CON-
mfttee, held in the afternoon, the
work of the different departments
were gore over and discussed In de-
tail. The budget for the year. amount
ing 10 approximately $4,000, was
adopted, and the places OF eight mem
bers OF the committee whose terms ex-
pired were filled. Seven OF these were
reelected. including Frank NJ. Thomp-
son, OF Detroit: Victor II. Lane OF
Ann Arbor. W. H. Gay and Clay ~.
HOLSTER, OF Grand Rapids; +. Is.
Perry. of Bay City. George $. Rice.
of Petoskey, and Charles s. Campbell,
OF Kalamazoo. ". A. Duglass, Of De
troit. was chosen TO take the place OF
Harry T.. Pierson, who had resigned.
otsg ,>irchp~r. prominent Detroit az