The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-05
The Work of the Y. M. G. A.
international in It's Scope

Every citizen of Pensacola has reason to
be proud Of the splendid record made by
the Rotarians and the committee from the
Y. M. c. A., who in less than three days
raised more than the FIVE thousand dollars,
the sum decided upon when the campaign
was launched.
1t is matter of pride that the Pensacola
Y NJ. C. A. is in very great measure SELF
supporting, but this fact IS by no means OF
the highest Importance in summing up the
value of the Y. M. c. A. It's value lies IN
the fact that it is daily making good c1ti-
zens, who will take their turn IN the up
building and the development OF the COM
munity
Nothing could go farther towards show
ing the splendid community spirit which
exists in Pensacola than the enthusiasm
with which the work of promoting the \.
M. c. A. campaign was taken up and the
readiness with which the business men OF
the city responded. This response has been
both ready and generous because those
who have contributed to the fund have
made their contributions with the realiza-
ton that their investment is a good one,
and that the money put into the \. M. =.
A. will come back to them not only today,
in the increased efficiency of the associa-
ton, but in later years when the boys who
are benefited today will be the men OF to-
morrow.
It is probable that few persons realize
the great extent of the Y. M. c. A.
throughout the world, and the splendid
work which is being done through the as
ISOLATION in all avenues of endeavor.
In Cleveland, beginning May II and
continuing through May 10, the lnterna-
tional triennial convention-the legislative
body of the brotherhood-will be held,
with a thousand guests expected, and
more than two thousand accredited dele
gates and hundreds Of corresponding mem
bers.
The associations eligible to representa-
ton include seven hundrd city associa-
tons, $50 railroad associations, 800 col
leges, 600 rural associations, in addition to
the army and navy branches.
Since the opening of hostilities in Europe
hundreds of trained secretaries have been
sent from the United States who have
been at work in the trenches and with the
prisoners, on both sides of the line, and re
ports will be made on this phase of the
work The report of the special commit
tee which has been studying for three years
the expansion of the association movement
abroad, and the findings of the commits
sion, will be presented.
An important discussion will be the ex-
tent to which the association should enter
the educational field It has inaugurated
summer Institutes for the training of its
young secretaries and has bought prop
critics in Estes Park, near Colorado
Springs; Lake Geneva, in Wisconsin, Sill
yer Bay, on Lake George, and Black Noun
tain, in North Carolina, where it assemblies
for training purposes its less experienced
secretarial candidates and officers for sys-
tematic education and training.
1t might be we'll for those who attend
the convention in Cleveland to put forth
Pensacola's claims as a training camp
should it be decided to increase the mum
Der of these camps. Pensacola has proven
through the work which has been accom-
p1ished here, and the fact that it has the
Y. NJ. c. A. which comes nearest to being
self-supporting of any in the country, that
It has efficient officers at its head The
location of training school, either for the
winter or summer months, would be a
splendid one, and the idea is worthy of con
sideration.