The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-25
CROCKER STREET BRANCH
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION.

First annual report of executive sec
retary, Crocker street branch, Y. M. c.
A., May Is, 1920. .. .-s
Mr.. Chairman and Members:
Your secretary begs 2leave to report
the following for the year 1919 and
1920 to date. ~ -..
Realizing that one of f>the greatest as
sets to our movement was organization,
we set out first of all to organize our
selves into a committee of management
and subcommittees. In the hands of
the committee of management rests the
whole responsibility for the work. This
committee is elected annually by the
qualified members of the association
and submitted to the board Of directors
of the central association for approval.
The subcommittee are: The fnan-
cial committee; the religious work com
mittee; the membership committee; the
committee on athletics; the building
committee; the social committee; the
educational committee.
All of the afore-named committees
work eagerly in their respective fields,
but in cooperation with each other.
r The financial committee launched
financial campaign for buildingy in
M arch of 1919 and succeeded in secur
ing subscriptions to the amount Of $7,-
12S.00. Subscriptions were to have
been paid in on installmcnt plan with
two month intervals Of that amount
S ,42S.42 has been collected and $362.7S
spent, leaving a balance Of 81, 1864.
The religious work committee con-
Quoted a six week Bible institute for
Sunday school teachers, in which 100 or
more persons enrolled. They are now
conducting a men s Bible class.
The membership committee launched
q membership campaign for new mem
bcrs which resulted in fifty new mem
bcrs in addition to the 125 members.
The building committee is now busy
getting ready for the foundation to be
laid for the new hut on Twelfth and
Crocker Streets
The social committee has held two
prominent socials, one of which was the
father and son banquet and the other
for men only. Both proved successful.
The educational committee has ar
ranged a prominent lecture course to
raise the budget as planned for this
year. One has already been had in the
form of a musical recital, from which
we realized $685. clear profit.
A boys work committee has not yet
been formed but the work with the
boys has moved on with decided sue
cess Clubs have been organized all
over the city among the boys Each club
is carrying out a program of four fold
development. 274 boys have actually
been touched and made to feel the eff
fort of this work during the past year.
One of the older boys clubs, club of
sixteen high school boys has progressed
wonderfully in debating, singing, Bible
work, discussion and thrift. They now
have $500 on a saving account, besides
small checking account. They arc
planning some big things for the asso-'
citation. asfsfa
Many hikes and dhting we're taken
with the boys during the year and
twenty-seven enjoyed a ten-day summer
camping trip where wholesome recrea-
tion under the Christian supervision
was given them. We hope to double
that number this year.
Our committee on athletics conducted
gymnasium work at West High school,
one week during the night school ses-
sion. Over one hundred boys and men