The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-22
WORK OF THE INSTITUTION
IS BEING CRIPPLED FOR
ROOM
SEC. BURNETT
COMPLIMENTED
Directors Put Minimum Amour,
To Be Raised at $4,000
Some of Which 10 Pledged

At a meeting Of the directors Of the
Y. M. c. A. last night 1t was decided
to inaugurate campaign for q new
home for the association to cost not
less than $4,000 This is in pursu-
ance Of the agreement entered into
with Secretary Burnett when he was
engaged year ago. and also in COM
plinnce with the statements made to
the subscribers In the reorganization
of the Y. M. G. A.
The Y. M. C A. last fall and spring
did some wonderful work, wilen the
lack OF equipment is considered. It
attracted attention all over the United
States. The night school was hailed
With particular delight by the well
fare workers of the country. and the
success Of the textile night school was
regarded as the most remarkable
thing ever undertaken by Y. M. C. A.
OF this size, especially handicapped
for teaching facilities. AS result Of
that work q number Of. young men
have been inspired to seek for O
broader and more liberal education,
and the college and the Y. M. C. A. are
actually gratified.
So notable has been the achieve
ment Of the Anderson Y. M. G. A. in
the last year that persons from other
cities and in "big business" have been
trying to, get the secretary away from
Anderson into what they consider q
larger field. of usefulness. Mr.. Bur
nett has repeatedly declined to con-
ciddrsany offers, but some have come
recently HJtb sABGb Z persistence that
the. directors: thought It their duty. to
to him try to, give Mr.. Burnett d better
equipment with which to work, In
consequence whereof it, was decided
Last night t:iAt eh;ess there. should be
something 20 interfere. the campaign
for funds for a $4,000 building will be
inangurated in November. It. is
thought that nothing will interefer..'
Nothing To Interfere.
The field was canvassed thoroughly
and 1t was found that there Is no other
benevOlence or charitable or ellemos-
nary institution having claims on the
public that desires to put on any such
campaign for some time, and as the
need of q Y. M. c. A. building must be
faced some time, 1t was decided to
start right now. Pledges Of subscrip-
tions aggregating several thousands
Of dollars were made some time ago
and there was 6 strong sentiment 70
start out for an even more preten-
dous building, but Mr.. Burnet and
others cautioned that what. Anderson
needs ia merely:a home for It's Y. M.
G. A. and q comfortable and attractive
working quarters. and 1t would be bet
ter to have q definite and modest
fv% x,lnx 10
Anderson is the only city of its size
In the country that has no Y. NJ. c.
A. building. and this cannot be said g
year from now, for the directors have
had such assurances that they believe
that the money will be raised In four
days Of the week set for the campaign.
about the 18th OF October. Spartan
burg is lust completing handsome
home for its Y. M. G. A. and the build
ing at Greehviile IL the center OF in
tsrest for that busting city. Sumter
has recently occupied it's building SIM
ilaras to the one that Anderson would
Ike to have. 81
Columbia a few;.years ago put on q
campaign for $75 900 and raised over
st00, 900. THE people in the cities
where the campaigns have been put
on declare that the greatest asset of
those cities Is the home for the Y. M.
! c., "A. For every live city there is
asgrowing population or young men,
and the atmosphere. Of the Y. M. G,
Az building is always such that the
yorng men aeek to get In there and to
have q homelike place white they are
away from home. The result is that
they are ketf from straying into smis.