The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-19

school. The association was one OF
the first places in the city to meet
the new law concerning drinking cups,
and five drinking fountains were
placed in the building at considerable
! expense.
All the remaining gas lights in the
building were removed during the year
and now the building is electric
lighted throughout. Just before the
could be used economically, This was
done at 100 per cent less cost than
estimates secured for this work two
years ago. During the year some I'M
used furniture was disposed of and a
large unused wooden top cue-roque
table was presented to the Y. M. c.. A.
The needs of the building are many;
forty steel fireproof waste paper bas-
kets in each of the resident rooms, this
has already been accomplished; re-
finishing the swimming pool and
swimming pool room, with better
draining facilities and floor crates is
being accomplished at the present
time. Completing and refinishing the
resident rooms and placing protection
screens on the windows near the bill
lard tables are some smaller items
which need attention. Two other
items that have been requested are a
large cabinet for dishes in the kitch-
en- and one for the gas tractor shop.
We also need a first class Brunswick
Bake cue rogue table installed direct
ly in front of the unused portion of the
main lobby entrance. This game table
will in time pay it's way out, and at
times could be used as a boys de-
partment game when they are crowded
out in hat side, and could then be
supervised through the boys depart
ment double doors.
The really four large outstanding
problems facing US are: An enlarged
kitchen on the second floor, which
can only be done at heavy expense;
also cutting an arch and equipping
folding doors between the reading
room and auditorium, so as to throw
these rooms together and saving us
from imposing upon the physical de-
partment gymnasium for our larger
entertainments and meetings. The
new ordinance requiring a meter
brings before us the necessity OF
~equipping a reflteration plant in our
building so as to re-filter the water
in our swimming pool. This would
give us a continuous flow of pure wa
ter and make a great saving in water
and in the heating of water. A care
full heat study of the past year has
revealed that our hot water has cost
us little less than our building heat
ing, This brings before us the prob
lem of investigating the feasibility OF
putting in a hot water boiler of our
own. This could be cared for without
n additional cost of labor.
We should be able this year to Sc
cure an adequate electric sign for our
building by subscription. The photo
holdings which were purchased
time & for the resident rooms are
being placed at this time. We should
plan to kalsomine the main lobby and
main halls, something in keeping with
the new finishing Of the Boys depart
ment. Cement repairs are needed on
the east court main walls and the
front entrance steps, and the court
should also be cemented between this
and the North Dakota Improvement
building and It some future date we
should secur a National cash reg
lister for the office; this would save
time and safeguard our transactions.
An assistant physical. directors of
flee might well be established in the
present boyG' Printing room, just off the
boys locker room. This would guaran-
tee considerable SUPERVISION on that
floor. We are still hoing to find some
SAGE where we can give the general
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State Work
As actinc state secretary. the gener-
al secretary visited Mandan, Bis
marck, Minot, Grand Forks and
Jamestown in the interests of state
work, and also co-oerated with the In
ternational committee in holding an
Indian convention on the Berthold res
ervation; travelling in all a little over
1000 miles and with no expense to
the state committee.
Surveys were made in Bismarck and
Minot and committees are at work at
these two points rearing a way for Sc
curing a building. There is also a
volunteer committee at work at Man
III. At these various places twelve
meetings and dinners have been Civ
en-, with a total attendance of 1.030.
There have also been a number OF
conferences held with business men
and committees. A physical director
was secured for Grand Forks who mas
proved eminently satisfactory. A
physical director was also secured
for a small town. Numbers Of letters
have beer written and advice given
concerning proposed small town as
socaition. We disapprove of such or
carnations unless they are ear
enough to secure the constant atten-
tion OF student associations or some
city association; and then only when
there Is an absolute unity of effort
and a willingness to finance the
work. Most of these calls have ON
from churches and we have advised