| Show the M. G. A. lH Towards Churches and Other Good Things Laid Before Our character of its native the m census of religious i a M. C. A. was Ki lich disclosed this Nil Church of Latter Day am Congregational 19 Presbyterian in Episcopal Methodist 65 Catholic mP 43 Baptist SI Christian Science 21 Lutheran 5 Christian 13 Jewish ial 10 Unitarian fiends 1 1 United ir 1 U Evangelical el I J Total led t r nations r. own and boys 1 4 Smith in hi o note of the one men 8 suggestion began a straight w from the shoulder Christian Here are the number of names of these men turned over by the M. C. A. to the as a result of Smith's visit r To Latter Day Saints Church Presbyterian Methodist Lutheran Congregational Episcopal Christian 2 and Catholic 27 had no church Lobby meetings and Bible class and Shop Meetings are some of the other special religious activities of the Association in which young men of all churches and of no church take As a social headquarters the Young Men's Christian is privileged to serve a large proportion of the Young Men and boys of the Since January have applied for Over applicants were turned away last because the Employment was needed to help raise money for the M. C. A. One Thousand young men away from home have occupied dormitory rooms since the building Billiards and pool in respectable and helpful camps during the and numerous special social events such as Indoor Thanksgiving out the rounded calendar of social activities for men and The Physical Department of the Young furnishes that body development- so necessary for strenuous 2800 members have enrolled for definite physical class work while twice that number have used the physical department equipment since the opening of the The high efficiency of the work has been demonstrated by the victorious athletic teams in basket indoor and outdoor and The Night To care for those who too and those whose occupation requires advanced instruction by experts in their occupation the educational department of the M. C. A. conducts forty different evening classes under twenty-five practical These classes have enrolled students since the new building was in spite of very inadequate One thousand and five attended educational talks and lectures last users of the and over library and reading room were registered in a single Five hundred boys have been taught in the grade classes during the last four They could not afford to go to public where tuition is because they had no one to pay their board and So well was this evening class work done that the International trophy for efficiency in educational work among boys was awarded to Salt Lake July lt That was the first time that the McBurney Cup crossed the Mississippi It is almost sure to be won again if the M. C. A. is allowed to continue its Board of To do this work requires the service of a large force of volunteer The Board of Management is made up of twenty representative business men who give largely of their energy and money to this man-building Volunteer committees carry on the many details of educational and physical The loyalty and of its members constitutes the strength of the The second requirement for successful M. C. A. work is money and of this the public gave generously to start the And it is expected that citizens will give even more generously to preserve the building and prevent the pending Source of Four years ago the management of the Young Men's Christian As-i secured half enough sub- j to provide the present Association But to build half size meant because a small work could not be adapted I to the city's the small num- j ber of members would not justify j employment of expert department quality work without this expert supervision would be irn-i possible and without quality work it would be neither right nor possible to support necessary for continuous Out of necessity therefore the management borrowed the remaining half of the funds required to build C. A. quarters adapted to the needs of Salt Lake City and large enough to allow quality They believed that the citizens having generously upon would later respond much more generously when solicited upon a record of results Whether this record justifies further support is a matter for each citizen to Immediate Immediate relief is now necessary as among other causes the recent panic so affected certain subscription resources of the Association that a default in interest has brought to maturity the original bond and legal proceedings have now been brought for its Various plans for caring for this matter have been carefully but the management has been able to secure support only upon a plan to clear all It is proposed to raise in popular subscriptions for the following Liquidating indebtedness to meet annual subscription need for the year Interest and to cover possible shrinkage on subscriptions This amount is positively necessary at this If the money is not raised the management cannot retain this institution for the hoys and young men of the An indication of the record upon which the gentle men of the M. C. A. management except to raise the necessary funds is found in the following Results Results compared among the cities of North Salt Lake City ranks in But when compared its' M. C. A. has these-ratings Among all Among cities of or 1st in number of Boys' tion Certificates in total number of International Educational Certificates in amount received from educational tuition fees' in number of educational teachers employed in amount of expense for educational work in number enrolled in educational classes in number of boys in Bible classes in number touched in Extension Work in amount paid for religious work in total attendance in all Bible classes in number of students in Bible classes in number enrolled in Gymnasium classes in number using Physical Department Equipment in number of positions secured by Employment Department This rating is taken from the Year Book of North American OSCAR L. General It was a thoroughly representative audience that greeted the celebrated Russian pianist last Monday evening at the First M. E. Josef Lhevinne ranks among the world's foremost The reading of his the imaginativeness of the refinement of his touch are qualities that must ever charm the listener who hears |
