Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
ANNUAL REPORT OF
Y IS SUBMITTED
To THE DIRECTORS

At the annual meeting of the board
of directors of the Y. NJ. c. A., which
was held the latter part of last week
the annual report of the association
was submitted by the general secre-
| tary, Lynn II. Fox. The report makes
very creditable showing for the Of
ficers and the work done. 1t IS the
determination of the directorate and
the officers to enter upon he new
year with the firm purpose of making
it n record in the history of the or
ganiZation.
The association as it is today has
reached the proud distinction of be
ing one of the most efficient organi-
cations in the west. This fact is clear
" eXemplified when one leaves his
own native haunts and listens to the
I conversations of men from every part
of the country.
A year ago when the last annual
report was made. it referred to the
unsettled condition of the association
on account of war and it stated that
the year 1919 would indicate con-
siderable advance in the program of
the association.
The service that has been rendered
as shown by the report may be diVldA
ed into three classes: To association
| members, TO the community 1T ldl 30
and to the travelling public.
According to the report the service
to the community has not been up to
what had been expected with regard
to definite extension work. However,
definite service program is just
ready to be launched, the nucleus of
which was formed in l9lS in the
"Grownups" society.
With regard to the service which
! the association has rendered to the
community with respect to the new
association building. the following
items might be noted:
Santa Fe system damage and loss
committee, which held three meetings
in the building.
Kiwanis club meeting every week;
father and son" dinner last February,
attendance 800; Presbyterian Mission
airy society of New Mexico; conven-
| ton of w. c. 7. u; democratic club;
South Methodist church campaign;
Retail Merchants association; real
estate dealers; Lawyers club, regular
meeting; New Mexico Postoffice
league; organization meeting of the
American Legion; a notable event set
down as the "Catt banquet; organi-
cation meeting of the local inter
church world movement; Chamber OF
Commerce annual dinner; Victory
Liberty Loan dinners four Santa Fe
system entertainments; School Mas
ters' club; state educational conVen-
ton banquet. The building was also
used for the information headquar-
tiers of the convention attended by
1000 teachers.
| With the signing of the armistice
| it was thought that most of the serv-
ice to enlisted men would be over,
| but since then over 5000 men have
used privileges of the building, in
GLIDING shower baths and swimming
tank with no expense to them.
A service that seems very small but
yet has reached vast proportions has
| been that of checking articles for the
public. A very conservative estimate
| of this would be that the association
| has saved the travelling public over
| 81 900 a year by free checking of
baggage The fact that the building
| is open all the time makes it possible
for the traveller to get baggage at any
| hour of the night.
Just recently the association re-es-
tablished the employment service
which is free to ALL and has been able
to place a number of men in good
jobs
The social events of the year num-