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Show I; I WHAT THE Y. M. C A. SS DOING TO HELP YOUNG MEN WIN THEIR WAY " v ' ( -I t ' The upper picture shows the Burlington club. That in tho center represents the field survoying class. The picture at the bottom is that of the night class. I "For Making Winners" is the slogan slo-gan with which the Salt Lahc City Young Men's Christian association enters en-ters upon its new vonr's work of developing devel-oping manhood. This slogan is tho LiHc of a spicy little twcnt'-p:igc booklot which comes off the press tomorrow. The booklet is to be ?ent by messenger messen-ger to individual voting men of the community and each will contain a personal noto from soino ono of thn board of directors of tho V. M. .'. A. This note invites the recipient to meet the director at the V. M. C. A. building build-ing on a specified evening of ikxI week and oxtends a cordial welcome -lo a tour of inspection. Among the directors who will ns-sij-i in receiving the young men of t)in fitv during the week of the 23nl are: '.V-nd-sor V. Eice, .T. S. Hransford, .lohn Dorn. F. A, Druchl, "Dr. Chaih:s .0. Plummer, M. TI. Walker. O. A. Ilon-nold, Ilon-nold, Frank D. Stephens, W. .Mont. Ferry, Dr. E. V. Silver and C. 11. 1'ear-sall. 1'ear-sall. The contents of this annual announcement an-nouncement of tlio-Y. M. C, A. is made I up or a snappy talk on the coirnbu- lion which each department of l!.; association as-sociation gives to tho making of vm- I ners. "It is inoro important that a I man bo trained to hold up under a ten year's business run on a heavy rack than that athletos be trai.icd to do the' 100 yards in ten seconds the phvu.ral department does both.,-'' sava the S "M. C. A. secretary. And ap'parentlv t.hc volume of evidence in figures anil oic-turcs oic-turcs makes a clear case for the sra lenient. le-nient. Maker of Character. In speaking of the religious work the announcement declares: "Tho science of Mving so as to git dollars and other things usually listed under success, and yet keep your seJf respect because you've been square and kind with your .neighbor and clenn wiih yourself, "is not acquired by AccLlcnt. No more do you develop fine miifeles by accident, than moral tibro bv- miracle mira-cle or chance. Conscious attention and intelligent effort arc the price of both. Strength of character isn't going to iust happen; nor is religion going to kidnap you. Character is the greatest great-est thing in 'the' world, but you've got to work and study to get it. "Every r.no concedes that Jesus Christ lived the most successful and influential life. The religious department oxists to push the habit of studying how he liv-id 'nid to band together those who squarely try to follow his way of doing some of the things that he urged in personal and public life." Burlington Bible Glass. An interesting story in connection with the work of this last named de-j de-j partment is barely hinted at in the an- nouncement. It is the story of the Bur- lington Bible class in the Baptist Mis-' Mis-' sion chapel on Eighth South and Navajo Nav-ajo streets. The assistant" secretary in j niarge of boys' work camo across this bunch of boys who were noted for their j ability to break up all meetings held ' in the chapel. They, not only jeered j the three "goody boys" who attended Sunday-school there, but showed their disdain for anything "churchy" by I breaking the windows and stacking the j furniture. An interesting acquaintance I with the leader of the gang led to a j request for the "buncn" to be al-I al-I lowed to join the Affiliated Boys' clubs j of the Y. M. C. A. The secretary explained ex-plained that the could not be admit-I admit-I ted unless they were tied up to some I Sunday-school and attended at least half the time. Thc' promptly solved Sunday-school in a body. Fight ap- j poarod at the first meeting, soon there were fifteen and now they number twenty-five. . I Their first manifestation of real in- ; tercst was to scrub the floor, next tlicv ; took up a collection to buy window j glass, then they varnished the organ I and at last reports the' woro on tho I roof patching the shingles for tho win- I tcr. The Burlington Bible class is tho : "same old bunch," but its energies are j directed now. Work of Various Departments. The work of tho employment, sociaf and educational departments is also described in pictures and facts. Over GOO men were registered in the om- j ployment department last year, and I those who were put into the race to j make winners won over $100,000 salary during tho yoar. One very important service of this department is the ad- justing of men and boy a to tho races for which thoy are fitted, i. e., getting the right man into the right job. Tho social department has been welding weld-ing Lho members iuto a bond of good fellowship and will continuc to do so with additional equipment and under a new social director. Howard P Pink-ncy Pink-ncy accepted this position this past weak. The educational department of the association reports five hundred and fifteen students enrolled during tho past year, and anticipates, an enrollment enroll-ment of over (500 this coming ycur. Numerous new subjects arc announced, among them being vocal music, t.iught by M. .T. Brines; violin, by C. J. Nol-tleton; Nol-tleton; salesmanship,, with enlarged Bcope, under John D. Spencer; typographical typo-graphical drafting, under "Murray Sullivan: Sul-livan: advanced electricity, under Prof. L. -W. llurtman; separate schools for Europeans and Orientals under A, B. Keslcr and .T. .T. Litton, roipectivelv, and public speaking, undar A. Q. Aiam-son. Aiam-son. The field survoying class is announced for its second season. This class has attracted considerable attention both horo and in eastern Nirducatioiial circles. It is tho first time in North America that a class has been organized in this subject for ompbyod men. L'snally a man is compelled to give up his work and go to college to pursue this subject. sub-ject. This is mnu H'lor.r.bly tho better bet-ter method. N'ov'.irt'uii'.'ss, tlwre ate many men who caii'ut rt.- thh. Tlic Y. M. C. A. points out "tho young man whose father can pav the bills will be educated by the State without chargo, and rightly so. If ho has no father or has one wlio can't nay bills so that ho has to work days, he will not be educated edu-cated by tho State at any price." Chapter in Great Fraternity. A source of continued satisfaction to the young men who arc members of the local Y. M. C. A. is the rcaliaztion that they form but one chapter in the greatest great-est fraternity of men that tho world has yet seen. Tho Year Book, about to be published, shows that tho Y. M. , C. A, has '134. 135 members, in North America in 18S7 associations, to sa' nothing of thejarge number in all the civilized countries of tho world. Branches of the work, adapted to tho I needs of various classes or men aro: . Railroad, army and nnv', industrial, i student, count' and colored. Each in- dividual association has local solf-gov-ornmont, tho State and international committees moroly act in an advisory relation. All proporty Tomains in the handB of tho local board of directors. The managomcnt and executive J!orco of Salt Lake's association follow; I t Manngomont Windsor V. Hico, president; pres-ident; John Bern, vlco-prcamcnt; CharlfK O. Plummor, recording secretary; secre-tary; F. A. Tlmby, treasurer; Jnfuos E. Paine, auditor; Frank B. Staphens. attorney: at-torney: Edward V. Silver, S. B. Wood, F. A. "Druchl, Samuel Nowlious.i, .!. S. Brnnsl'ord, L. L. Torrv, O. A. Ilonnold. L. C. Millor, W. .Mont. Ferry, .M. H. Walker. C, P. Overfiold, K. A. Wall, C. It. Pcarsall, William II. Tibbals. Executive officers Oscar I. Cox, general secretary; F. .1. Lucas, t-ecru-tary in charge of oovs' work: .. Jl. Wilson, employment director; Edward S. Brown, physical diri.'CM.r; Uoldcn Tj. Long, assistnnt uhyji'.ul director; T. Gustav Whito, educatioiril director; A. Q. Adnmson. religious work director; IL L. Hoisington, assistant social dnoe-tor; dnoe-tor; II, F, rinydwrgaard. office socretai.y; Harry II, .Runyan, assistant office bee-rotary. bee-rotary. Why It Incurs Deficit;. .11 will be seen that a grout deal of the work dono by tho Y. M. C. A. is of a nature which permits of no monoy chargo for sorvico rendered. Other service, such as that rendered by the educational department, is given to members of the community whoso earning earn-ing dapacity ia not yot fully dovoloped. Hence tho association managomcnt declares de-clares it is unfair to charge a foo large onough to covor tho outiro cost of op-crating. op-crating. It is beoauso of those facts that the association incurs an annual deficit which isot by tho genorotm subscriptions of citizens. Whou it is romomberod that formation forma-tion is mnuh cheaper and much wiser than roformution tho wisdom of the association is mado plain. For Instance, horo are boiuo faots brought out by tho Y. M. C. A., which aro drawn from thn World's Almanac: "Two hundrod and fifty dollars, of public monoy in taxes or subscription, In addition, to sums paid directly by the rccipiou't, aro required to maintain: main-tain: Ono 'man for ono year in the ponitoatiary, one boy ouo yoar in the reform school, ouo boy ono year in tho detention homoj as agaiuBfc two students stu-dents for ono 3'oar in tbo University of Utah, ten studoutB In tbo public schools, fifty-two boys one year in tho Y. AI, O. A.,BCventy-throo young men in tho Y. AT. C. A. |
