South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
THE y. VI. {. \. CANPAIGN.


South Bends Y. u. G. 4. needs 10
increase it, annual Income approx
mately <40)0 a year 20 cover neces-
sarz expenses This money goes 10
improve the manhood of the city
present and future. The association
is accordingly a valuable asset. After
all the altitude OF a community is de-
units. There is a moral obligation.
therefore. and as we'll as a civic one,
IN the advancement OF such an affair.
In addition 20 the 1920 members Of
the association now, there ought 20 be
three or four hundred additional men
ia the city willing to help out
The campaign which starts. Monday
should meet with an easy success. 1t
is a matter Of Importance TO the bust
ness interests Of the city as well as to
the young men themselves. The Y.
". c. A. is a home of good surround
ings for the young men that they en-
ploy conducive of honesty. character
substantially. 1t is prima facie a
good recommendation for any young
man 10 be a member OF the organiza-
ton: this wherever honesty and in
tegrity is required. 1t appeals to the
physical and the intellectual man. as
well as the moral. You may be
prejudiced against the Y. NJ. c. a, but
YOU cannot eliminate your prejudice
and continue 10 insist that the insti-
tuition is incapable of infinite good. or
that it is not performing it's function
Much as one may feel the strain of
these many demands in these tenn
pestuous times-the recent Chamber
of Commerce campaign, now the Y
VI. G. ~ campaign, and next the
Goodwin week" campaign,-there
is another feature not to be over
looked. The development of n COM
munity profits most those who can see
opportunities and know how to grasp
them, and these who prosper in times
of plenty. have always felt more or
less of the responsibility of caring for
the less prosperous in times of their
adversely. In land Of such resources
rs possessed by America, these sup
plemented by its giant industries.
there ought not be such a thing as
woefuI want, but there is. and it is a
matter OF indisputabIe economies that
the afhuent are the possessors Of the
affuepco that makes II.
There is an unjust distribution of
the rewards of industry somewhere.
accounting for some men being rich
and others being poor, and this is what
the world is trying TO overcome. the
Chamber of Commerce Goodwin
week being instituted for a tempo
rary evening-up. while the Chamber
Of Commerce in its Fundamental sense.
and such institutions as the Y. NJ. c.
4. promises a relief more permanent.
IL is all q part of an age tendency.
Cooperation in the advancement of
the community life is a watchword Of
the age. While the Chamber of Com
merce looks at it more from the com
nercial angle. the Y. NJ. g. \. tends To
supply moral stimulus and brotherly
desire. IT is the modern way of inn
proving the mass without losing sight
of the Individual. IL still holds 10 the
theory. if liz be only a theory, mat
The whole is but the sum for all its
parts.
Let the Y. N. G.. y. proceed with its
campaign for new members. The
moral. intellectual and physical bet
terment of the young men OF the city,
arc among the most important essen
tials i'm the final solution OF the big
problem. The city owes it TO its young
men. TO itself. To its future. II is an
obligation. When the y. NJ. G. y.
plant was built. there was a spon-
taneous response in the way of
promise to see that the institution
would be efficiently maintained. We
ar not doing that when the books
show an annual deficit OF $4,000, and
the Trims 10 do is TO buczIe-up and
discharge the debt