Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-04-12
Finish and Furnish Is Slogan.
Of Public Spirited Citizens
Who Listen to Spirited Ad-
dresses at Banquet,
TEAMS TO GO OUT AT
IL O'CLOCK TODAY
More Than S1,1O0 in Sub
seriptions Already Received,
Is Announcement Made by
Secretary Benning,

That the $4,000 needed To finish
ANA furnish the splendid \. NJ. &, a.
Iuildna bebun in albuquerque over a
yenr ago win he raised within the six
dnys sci by the men who nave the
work in charge was rendered certain
hv fine hearty enthusiasm displayed by
some two hundred citizens at the ban
uue at the building last night at
which the campaign to raise funds was
formally launched.
The dinner Itself, served by the
Comts motel, was an excellent one,
Inn the spirit and pep displayed by
the aIners in their expressions regard
ing the chances of a successful termi-
u,ion to the campaign lent a spice
and relish to the feed that it otherwise
would noe nave had. No doubt of the
complete success OF the effort To fin
ish and furnish was for moment en-
tertained by any one present 1t Was
considered as certain as that the six
DAYS in which the work is to be done
Will come ana go.
Nations Chief speaker.
NJ. T. Hickey presideu over the BAN
Quet and introduced the speakers. the
first Of whom was W. III. Day the
first secretary of the local organiZa
uon, unucr Mnom the erection of the
building was begun, and at present in
terstate secretary of the Y. NJ. &. A.
with headquarters at El Paso. Mr.
DAY told a humorous story to Illus
trate the point that the people of Al
buquerque must take up where they
left off and finish what they had start
ed, and aroused much enthusiasm
among the diners
j. II. Nations, of IIl Paso, president
Of the Y. Nj. G. A. of that city, who
with Mr.. Day made the trip to Alhu-
Qhcfqup specially to be present at the
banquet, was the principal speaker of
the evening. Mr.. Nations compli-
mented Albuquerque on having built
for the future in the erection of the Y.
N. G. A. building, and told Of how
FL Paso had failed to take into con-
siderati0n the certain rapid growth of
the city IN the erection of her build
Xlg, with the result tnaf the bidding
is now too small for the city He
made a stirring appeal to the public
Split Of the citizens to take up th"
w0rl of finishing and furnishing, and
predicted the complete success of the
campaign
SthucIcr Leads Singing.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Ma
tons remarks. Rev. r 2. Schueler
whose vocal abilities PLAYED such an
important part in the success Of the
original Y. NJ c. A. campaign ana
IN the state fair campaign last fall
led IN the singing Of some songs spe-
cially prepared tor the occasion b.
himself and succeeded in getting the
big crowd into a thoroughly happy
enthusiastic, singing humor. One OF
these songs, to the tune of "The old
0aken Bucket" was entirely new. but
The banqueters were not long m get
ting the swing Of the air and in
catching the words which were
printed GA leaflets distributed around
the tables.
\. + McMillen, the next speaker
told of the success of the original
campaign and of the great difficulty
under which the money had been
raised. He was confident that the
much smaller amount now needed
could be raised readily, and that with
great deal less difficulty than that
Involved in the first movement. He
told of how the general impression
among visitors to the city was that
IN its adaptaDility to the needs of AL
huquerque the building here has no