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Show - Q5 IIS; 1127 GCi'.lB One TL:usa:i Pcrsc:s E:ar Element Ailrcsscs Ap- prcpriatc to the Occasion. The corner-stone of the new Y. M. C A. building at tha corner of State And First .South streets was Ull at I o'clock! Sunday afternoon In tha presence; pres-ence; of 1000 spectators. The preliminary exercise were held In the Bait Lake Theater owing to the rainstorm that came' up about the time scheduled for the out of door services to begin. - ' .. . The theater was well filled when Hold's band opened the service with muelo. President Frank B. Stephen of the local T. M. C. A. Introduced the Ron. C. E. Allen as chairman.' Dr. E. V. Silver led In the singing of the Dox-ology Dox-ology and Dr. R. J. Cook of Chat tanooga. Tenn., offered an Invocation. . lllae AxaUia, Berkhoel gave tha solo, "Rest In the Lord," and Secretary O. U Cox explained the purpose of the building build-ing and took occasion to .thank those whose liberality and public spirit had made It possible. He was followed by Mrs. C. G. Plummer who sang "Open the dates." The Rev. Elmer L Goshen delivered a scholarly and eloquent address, calling attention to the problems of the age. "This la an age of rreat activity and unrest." he said. He alluded to city in. fluences on lives of young men. The duty of the city Is to surround the young men - with good influence. Young men .who 7 . work hard all day and leave their room at night re driven to the aaloons and brothels for companionship and. entertainment. A place where they can spend their evenings amid desirable surroundings la one of the best investments the people of any city can make. i . President Frank B. Stephen then delivered de-livered the address that he waa to have delivered at the laying of the corner-stone. He said In part: "The 'Toung Men's Christian association associa-tion Is an Institution for the whole people; peo-ple; It knowa no creed, no sect; Its aim is the development of a nobler type of manhood. Christian manhood, and by Christian manhood we do not mean the manhood of men who belong to any particular par-ticular church, or Indeed any church at all, although one of our most Important purposes is to encourage all young men to ally themselves with some organisation, organisa-tion, wherever they feel most at home, but by a higher and nobler type of Christian manhood we-mean that man-lines man-lines and nobility of character which can only come from an earnest effort upon the part of the individual to follow in the footsteps , of the great Way Shower. "The association supplements tha work of the church. All men meet in the association on the broad platform of Christian manhood." x Nearly all of those in the theater crossed the street at the conclusion of President Stephens' address, to see the corner-stone put into its position where it is to support the 1125,000 building now being constructed. A box containing copies of the Salt Lake daily papers, a Bible, the list of contributor to tile bulldlne; fund and a number of pamphlets pam-phlets Issued by the association at various vari-ous times was placed in a cavity underneath under-neath the stone. When it had been lowered into the place, the Rt. Rev. Dean J. B. Eddie offered a short prayer and the services were concluded. |