Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28

annual reception to business and pro-
f~esional girls on Halloween night, the
annual women's department social. the
social features in the annual New
Years day open house program. 1t
aided in organizing the ~fatherless and
bachelors dinner and in recognizing
the resident department young mems
club. and helped the wOmens depart
mpnt in it's annual membership cam
paign and annual women's department
dinner. Many other social functions
took place in the building that might
be connected with the work of this
committee. such as the city young
peoples society party. numbers OF wo-
mems club social events. etc. In all
there have been II social events with
a total attendance of 2.400.
House Committee.
The association lost during the past
year at least 26S young men from its
membership through removal from the
city. This greatly affected the resi-
dent department although more men
were accommodated in rooms than dur
ing the year of 1920-21. yet receipts
wer under that of the past year. The
comparative. turnover is shown by IA
resident roomers" as compared to 300
the previous year. The receipts of
this year were SS165 as compared with
$4,000 of the previous year In Janu-
airy of 1921. the house committee. sup
ported by resolution from the board.
raised all room rents IS per cent. If
the ASSOCIATION had not raised its rates
there would have been n loss of be-
tween $500 and $1,000. The rates now
charged compare favorably with the
other associations of the state. The
resident department is an endowment
feature and should earn mt least 3 to
50 per cent for the association as well
as being "a home for young men away
from home
Although the association will CON
tinue to give preference to younger
men until the room demand exceeds
the supply, it isn't in a position to
keep rooms standing idle when
more mature young men desire to
make their residence in the building.
This would necessitate the raising of
additional funds to cover the loss of
idle rooms.
During the year free beds were
served to Is men and = boys; IA other
men were given reduced rates and Is of
these were aided in earning room rent
by odd jobs. About , different per
sons were directed to the Salvation
Army and Red Cross for relief and
aid. Probably at no time has the resi-
dent members given larger service as.
volunteer workers than during the last
year. We could easily name 40 ex-
ceptional eases. Five of these will
stand in the so-called honor roll. Some
of the things in which they have aided
are: The annual membership Roundup.
putting over the Fatherless and Bach
elors' dinner. giving and securing free
memberships for poor boys. active par
ticipation in the 'Y' orchestra. excep-
tional leadership in Boy Scout work.
resident department fellowship club
work, ushering strangers through the
building and participation in various
social events.
During the year 1925 was spent on
building repairs and improvements.
By careful attention to lights and valve
repairs and some additional equipment
to our boilers. items of light, heat and
water tcosting S2.6S6) was consider
ably reduced. Building wages was d
heavy item. running at $5,44S. The
staff includes one engineer. one .Japitor,
two matrons and a locker room attend