R E V IE W O F T H E Y EA R’S W O RK peated this spring.
Of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation by Retiring President
Curtis A. Gardner, ’08
O u r association year begins the first
of A pril, to allow the new officers to
become accustom ed to their work be
fore the opening of college in the fall.
L ast y e a r’s work was along lines laid
out in the association policy. F ollow
in g is a general statem en t of the re
su lts accom plished in each departm ent
except B oys’ d ep artm en t, which ap
pears elsew here:
It has been the policy of the associa
tion to give an invitation to every man
in the U niversity io en ter Bible study.
L ast sp rin g a thorough canvass was
m ade. Last Septem ber and O ctober,
the freshm en were urged to join clas
ses. T he results are encouraging be
cause of the steady grow th in a tte n d
ance. Five classes have been conduct-
By m eans ol stag
and Jo in t socials, banquets and Bible
study picnics the association gets the
stu d en ts to g eth er through the year at
convenient tim es for a pleasant social
hour.
M eetings are held weekly and are
aimed to supply a place w here men
m ay come and enter into an hour of
praise and w orship to God.
1 liese
m eetings should be taken advantage of
by all the men of the U niversity.
Few stu d en ts hav applied for work
this year. ( if those that have, several
have secured em ploym ent th ro u g h Mr.
Lym an, the general secretary.
T he Book Exchange has a good su p
ply of second-hand books for next year.
A nyone w ishing to dispose'of second
hand books th at will be used next year
can do so by leaving them in the Book
E xchange.
T he Y. M. C. A. library contains one
hundred
volum es o n
M issions and
P R O F E S S O R F R E D E R IC S. DUNN
W rites an Felicitious Article for the
Association Issue of the
W eek ly .
I was seated at the tab le, ready to
w rite my eulogium upon th e Y. M. C.
A., w hen, lo!— th ere first floated gently
in from th e a d jo in in g room and at last
sw ept tu m u ltu o u sly into m y whole be
ing the delicious chords of an aria from
G au l’s “ H oly C ity .’’
"E y e h ath not seen, ear h ath not
heard,
N eith er have en tered into the heart
of m an
'l'he th in g s w hich God, w hich God
hath prep ared
F o r them th a t love H im ; the things
w hich God
H ath p re p a r’d, p re p a r’d for them
th a t love H im .”
And som ehow , ju s t from th e chance
refrains m y siste r stru ck from the in-
Y. M. C. A. C A B IN ET, 1908-09
ed with an attendance of tw enty-live. helps for Bible stu d en ts. T h is lib rary
T he work is carried on by men who ' is open to all stu d en ts.
have had sy stem atic Bible study. Bible
T here are 116 m em bers out of 260
stu d y is the back bone of the associa men in the U niversity, or about 45 per
tion.
cent of the men stu d en ts. M ost of
A rch b ish o p V hately said: "If our these are active m em bers. T h irty -six
religion is not true, we ought to change of thi., num ber have been serv in g on
iL If it is tru e, we are bound to pro com m ittees d u rin g the past year.
pagate th at which we believe to be the
l'he expenses from S eptem ber, '07,
tru th .” O ur association is acting on t o June, ’08, were estim ated to be $640,
th is principle. 'Plie Mission study d istrib u ted as follow s: M eetings, $50;
courses aim to arouse the stu d en ts to Conference. $135; S tate and N ational
the non -C h ristian w orld’s need for pledges, $50; s e c re ta ry ’s salary, $300;
C h ristian ity .
O ne course has been sidewalk $25.00, su n d ries $82.00. T he
com pleted th is year and another is be expenses will am ount to a little m ore
ing organized. The courses are in than this. T he cem ent sidew alk re
tensely in terestin g , dealing with ex ist cently constructed on the A sso ciatio n ’s
ing conditions in non-C hristian lands. property just west of the C am pus, cost
A nyone will find these courses profit the Association $108.75. It will re
able from a general educational sta n d quire about $675.00 to cover the ex
point.
penses for the year.
'l'he S tag Social and the Joint Social,
both of w hich were given at the begin
A joint m eeting of the E u tax ian ,
ning of college were largely attended. Laureali and l ’hilologian societies is a
T he Y. M. C. A. took trips up the W il prospective event of interest.
lam ette and on the M cKenzie last
\\ hitm an College is to have an a d
sp rin g . No doubt the trips will be re ditional endow m ent of $2,000.000.
stiu m e n t, the tw o are now a beautiful
harm o n y in m y m ind,— I can not dis
sociate them ,— th e " H o ly C ity ’’ and
the Y. M. C. A.— th e y are both b eau ti
ful to me. H ow ab so lu tely im possible
it is to tell the fath o m less charm of
the o ra to rio on th e one hand, while
.only those w ho know can begin, in an
infinitesim al so rt of w ay, to estim ate
the circum ference cu t into the great
heart of the A lm a M ater by the radii
from her Y. M. C. A. T h e place of
the A ssociation?— at th e h e a rt of th at
A lm a M ater. T h e place of th e A ssocia
tio n ?— th a t sam e place w hich the cup
of cool w ater assu m es in the fevered
conscience of th e ty p h u s-p a tie n t,—he
stretch e s o u t his tre m b lin g hands to
w ard it,— it is p a st all n am in g to him.
Sham e to the u n th in k in g citizen or the
listless stu d e n t w ho w ould belittle the
Y. M. C. A. o r its siste r A ssociation.
T h ey are tw in p ea rls in th e brooch ot
good fam e o u r U n iv e rsity of Oregon
has come to ow n and to w ear upon her
h e a rt,— p earls th a t glow and gleam
with a fadeless lu stre.