Show I wL n S Si i ii I 1 90 I What 1 the I Org Or- Or Biggest Biggest J g 1 n i z a t j i on onIs Is Doing for forI I 1 Y I M M. C C. A A. Year Y ear Mankind d t T r U u i I i- i I i.- i. Th The Young Mon's Mons Ciz Iu association i made tic tlc largest t growth In 1007 1907 It I has re recorded In 11 an any one yar of or I Its lIl Is hl The organizations in 11 North America ll have increased to lo over LOuO 2000 00 mem- mem bora oue h hundred thousand of or r whom arc bo boyi In iii their te tc teens n nf tn n tp railroad n mt-n 7 I sr are I col college collo e students a. a arty aio In n ry branches g and ald as a many more In II colored department More than thal oin OI Third one of or the are Arc CI- CI cn- cn H e in industrial pursuit arid and In li some some- at of ot th the organizations there then are atc thirty na- na la represented In II the member SIL ship I p. p The fhe number of vr men mCI and nud boys boy who ar enlisted I III In U forwarding of vi the organization Is now equal eual to the enlisted force of the United Suites States H army One out of oC four er c every college student is on OIL 01 ItI Is I la- la rolls roDs and the railroad depart nt nic-nt Is 11 within o n few fow thousand member I uC IC f the railroad brotherhood li Ii lit I t he the world word Its ll educational clashes claes eH bar havi hn eight time as a. students student student as RS tin tilL largest In iii North America Aint and I Its Han three times n as man many member as aa the tile next largest gymnastic lc I o organization UK its IK V Ih physical departments If Ir s i A lild cover cower moro more than acres Its Ie 19 swimming pools placed mil 10 o ond Ind nd would extend more mon than a amile mile mil and ald I its bowling alcy alleys thus placed l I would Mt teh out for rol more than thUl three ml miles f. f ine ilie aggregate attendance at all til the lie UI this year IK is equal to one- one half hai the thu population Uon of North orth America Sixty four h tie hew w buildings have han been 0 oc- oc Il pled by tin the association S In the last lastar ar 1 the lH COt cost of which exceeded c 1000 10 The he associations ha live v in hand hahl and pledged l for new nw bul tIie ln the largest et the they hl have c ever cr r reported for sue such u. u I purpose t. t These structures will wi be bL arid opened pene in Iii th lh the coming Coaling two years in more more- than om out Jl hundred cities Iol ives s and railroad points point arm army posts s ind amI naval nH X ly Uly a million dollars dol tol lu lars has ha also aIU been pledged h by American l Associations 1 an and member for fOI headquarters ten for In the great capitals capital capitali and i ml commercial of oC the far East Eat Tin Tin- t in-t property of or th thin association now nowa a gates s more than The ht buildings if placed Ride Hide by hy side would 1111 II one ono hundred city blocks and the doria- doria l tries of the asca associations lon I If it r brought t to to- would make mako tout four botch boel with Ith as ac asman man many rooms roms p aa as th the Waldorf f ul Or torla The Thea rie a- a a summer r recreation camps would If assembled 1 make Ie a great I al camp amp to ten tell national guard state a encamp encamp- in TI nL of or one thousand men each cadi Millions I In I ii I I IK- IK Vi World I rid II The n nt for Tor Inch work voik I I lii In n the last year 9 O- O and for fol their International an and IJ com com- i work vOlk Of r supervision and extension exton- exton slot sion Iol 5 OoOO more Among mong the notable f features of or the eur eul ho Ic n the ex extension extension ex- ex tension of or the in Ii Panama S where four buildings erected b by tin tin- United States government nt ur ar director by twelve o association set secretaries an and l the moM for th bc betterment of oC I the thc foreign speaking ing Ing men who tell are aie m mt t t by representatives of uC th the associations at it the tho ports of entry Among foreigners foreign foreign- n- n ers uis organizations ha have lave C been established In tho the mining regions lc lumber camps I j janil anil quarry and mill mil towns to There have u ha been IS 15 new railroad cad as as- cla buildings and lal large e addition added during tho the year or costing eking II 1 76 i building b by this I branch blanch alone costing Most Mos n of If these theBe buildings are Lre erected on all i-all- road 1 property th the companies gh J about ul one third of ot the cost ost ost and maintenance maintenance maintenance nance and lOld the tin raIlroad men Inch the bal lal- ance nce These three Items show how much the tl men appreciate tc their theil I rooms at division points In III tho thit as ear 11 luh b beds were e use nse LISeI l lines th ie baths nth times and ami moro limn IQ 11 1 and 1 men nieul VOL c I In ii solar Isolated II points 4 liko o h. h practically trIO lie cu- cu Uro tiro ui of ot tho thio to town UI it i jiK f. f t 1 V if t Tho a ag ro uio Col II yur lt kl the tho devoted h to tl th tho o Y O t Y na-y y v men J J it t 12 times th the HIP on- on n- n nt Uio tho rny ai-rny nl corps corti orp f c UtU l i In being ox ox- vl lc-vl new buildings for Cot tUc- tUc these tUce e b branches n b r that a as gl g. eat un an increase In- In crease crenKO O and ani u of the the- lUI association Lion tion has hus been en made to meet el the needs of If men In iii the tho distinctive Held The aggregate to attendance for foi forthe the ihu year rear at Its rell religious meetings In North Xo a exceeds i ls tho 1111 c poj population population pop pop- of or the UIt l lou slon including Columbia antI and Alaska and nearly near near- I ly 1 equals the tho New ew l- l England population It has I students enrolled In It Its Bible which art are conducted al almost almost al- al 1110 most t everywhere not only In the asso asso- O- O elation buildings t but in such places t as t boar boarding houses camps campI coll col col- l i-g i jv hulls club rooms looms docks engine houses fraternity v houses farm tarm houses I lire life stations freight ht hotels jails lawns mines offices parlors railway depots street stroe car ear barns barn ships shops shop schools workmen's n homes woods ri fhe e employment t departments have hav been I rapidly pl l developing in their effi effi- In the tile pa pat past year 1 sayIng say say- aIng a- a Ing salaries of or 15 1 H. H yearly carb were found for and bo boys s s. I Industrial itil rini I Iro HUT In MX I. I The fhe association may justly be called call I u cosmopolitan Int international us well as national corI cor cor- and industrial lal It is Js cosmopolitan No 0 one class make 4 I I up its membership or dolmen its Held I which Is from the street bo boy to tile I bank hank president It Is he international sin II Kin guI city include c SO 30 0 nationalities na nu- ilu- ilu and It Is worldwide It I Is h. workably interdenominational for n nun n a nor or of every cry church who would woud help their the fellows find here that they thoy can work together and It gives hc tho the fundament message of Tho Tue gO government govern govern- rn ment us as well a as tilt railroads all and great grea t companies and corpora corporation t Ihil 1 that its It or work and Its gospel Is go l for tor the health happiness and honesty hoiu or vf orIts Its men as aH has hitts been shown in the a arm ai- ai m on Oil the canal zone one III in mill town to mines quarries 8 and lumber camps I Individuals Intro have taken r.- r. n- n backing a department T r tho the movement in a t city or entire en tire Ire country at the thc personal expenditure expendi ture Lure of or lays days of ot c care and thou thousands of lr boys s 's with equal Il devotion ha hue ha c carried their load of ot r responsibility In tI their lr schools or amon their belt fellow apprentices In Tn that flint spirit the lie work moves es forward This ministry tutu min letry consecrated to tusks tasks equal to th tIll HIP powers of or tho the Luau matt mail and boy is i assum d d' d throughout Its tanks ranks lanks au 1 from these servants tho church h and the world is h receiving a 11 permanent ministry I The rue time huit certainly come lu tv c ca c.-aae c. i regarding the Young Mens Men's Christian Association as fiR a weak Institution lo located ii- ii I cu t l In 11 a part of Ut th tile the city to deal with will witha I a fraction of vr th the tha man problem o of the tie entire city lt In Iii sonic ome cases uses lucre mort than thaI 10 per Ier cent of or the thc male mak population h between between be be- tween th the aRcs ages of or 20 o lo to JG 36 ate are enlisted In tho thu membership The Influence or of such an un Is exert o ll II through the membership on pra pra all tho the men of or the community of ut hut IJ lii BIJ b j lIilA huh Hill A furm former r V. V M. M C. C A secretary In tho the Japanese arm army Mr lr Oco Geo Gleason now recuperating In America while tra- tra cling from i-em i Grand to tu Spi Springfield ingfield Mass found that he must either cither get Fel a check ck cashed or go without hi h dinner lie He went vent to the tho nearest JUan man toM told him his Medicament showed il him his hiM check buck and ami asked him for Cor live 11 dollars lIe He wrote out the check but th the the- gentleman who hail lind no small bills hills sU suggested the they hey go o to the dining c car r to together Dm lag Dot Ins dinner tUnner din tUn- ner tier Mr Ir Gleason Glenson found that hiM iiIi host ha haul had been heen in Iii the American army in Cuba Culla and the Philippines had fought with the aU al allies ah- ah U lies S before Pelting ami was now a fI quai- quai tt sergeant er When hen he told him that he hal hail b been cn with the Japanese e troops In thc they found plenty plent to talk about After Acl the they ha had finished eating calin tho the stranger cr picked up bo both h dinner din ner nd checks paid lahl them grave gave the thu waiter n a liberal tip Up und l tilt lie Y M. M I. I C. C A. A man a it clean five dollar bill m. m lie ife expostulated ex ox- postulated at al this generosity but the arm army officer remarked I f always like to treat a ii Y V M. M C. C A A. man well vell What hat fob ob Galley did for rol int- int at ut wa was worth tea teu times what Ive I've done for you yuu Boll Bob Galley Gane Is the famous Princeton football foot foot- ball bail man now nowaY a Y 1 M. M C. C A. A secretary who went With Hh the soldiers to the Boxer wai wal wart i III In China Gaile Galley who is ij six tool fool four fOUl was reported b by an n anti army to have la been seen during a n battle off oce the lie Held with a n. wounded un under tinder I each arm atm A St Sin Sin-i lil cr le c. et i An Au organization of y Y- Y M ih C C. A A. A becI sec- sec lid members s lulLs hate formed to lo I tind be been n study social service This will wl meet at Falls Vails January S U. Subjects t. t concerning eon con the Ule relation of the tho association to social tocla tlc service the of or c methods of social service ICI which hould now become a n part of oC it its iLo work rork The rile Im subjects J include include- g of or l PIO lio ro- ro re nIi as of or th the Social Movement within the thc V 1 The Tile an and Lim- Lim athens of or Social f ort Ir In 1 th the thie A Ion On Organisation Vl Ut erv COS rJ Ce ThO t to liil a Jf cui um u Li ui J CL n J ii iiI t It t I- l 1 tt n t an un te rl Part Pu of or ROll Wink urk inong U lii fill Ue lH Me des s s. Mi-s. C. C U. U T rowson G GO Gee i J. J J. J J M. M l. l I U. U C G G. G K IC Vattel M. M Wood lIen Allen T. T 1 Peter r Ph Phi 1 D D. D ami others Much luch lime time will be 00 given to Icu nion II I de debat al and Lion llou members H rested interested te In the vital problems mob mob- lems le ems g of vr the movement mO especially with the lie no 1 flower phases IS I'S o of If social effort In iii both buth local and railroad s m associations can enn avail uvall themselves of or the conscience Allen Alien T T. BUrLs Durn Chicago Commons Common Chicago 0 in is tho the secretary of or this Society for COI the Promotion Promotion Pro Pru- motion moHon of Social Service Sel |