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v. SECTION TWO Pages 1' to 8 CL E A N A. NDD VIGOROUS Society Editorial Better Homes SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR (FmmMcm Bersondh SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1926 PRICE FIVEftSNTS First President Second President ties Aiding Y. M. C. A. President Today ITTTJ Portland Chief ? - ' if W . r ' -i ' H. S. Gile ' Fred Wiggins Staley Harry V. Stone, General Secretary Dormitory Men Gather 4. -K.- 1 General Secretary Th picture,-taken on Thursday evening, was the first get together of itien living Inlhe dormitory. . TweBty-ieven states or conntrtes were ..represented by, those present Minis i terial Association ion&rratuiat I 'It' es iv Record ? ; 'J iit, .... . -. - "Pastors Affrrr' ASSocTaiion is 'Not Another Church, But Serves All Churches, Aiding in Advance 1 -' i ent jf Comrton Mission . By TH OS. ACHESON President Salem Ministerial Assn. 5 The ministers of Salem,- probably as no other group, are interested in the 35th anniversary of the organization of the YMCA' in this cit, and wish to extend their congratulations and good wishes for the continued and enlarging usefulness of this institution .-'"..."-. i..'.?.,- . From ihe minfster's point of view this organization is not another church, but a servant of all the churches, doing a work which individually could not be done by any one or by all of them separately. It is practically the only meeting place in our city for all the .denominations, and for those of no definite church , affiliation at all, and the contacts and reactions realized here are altogether wholesome. Furthermore it furnishes recre ational facilities for all the churches, which are out of the , question for any church single-handed. Besides; being; a-great economy to the church people of Salem from the point of building recreational halls, this of ? f er puts the organization at the services of many who other j wise could not afford it. . But doubtless the most valuable service of all rendered the churches, f rpm the minister's standpoint, is the splendid i leadership it furnishes for boys; work; The operation of the ; Y through the local church takes the boy at the critical years of his life and furnishes him a wisely chosen leadership and . training fori tlrae years, ; ' The scope of these operations has been somewhat limited so far, due to poor housing facilities, and an inadequate staff, although! iapite of Ithia the results obtained thus far, where the program has been tried, are worthy the highest commen datiori. -"With theew modern plant, however, and the splen did staff of workers now in charge the future of this institu tion in "war city is, bright "with promise, and in increasing numbers the churches will avail themselves of the fine oppor tunities its placing at their disposal. .i. ' '-- - MomFhaniOOO -Persons FindaWork by " Y" Bureau More, than 8,000 people found employment this year, through the Salem Y. M. C; Ai-free employment bureau. Not merely; found that there is work waitinglfor applicants -in : Saleni factually were placed on jobs and began to draw their wages. ,r - ( That was almost enough oi an army to build the Panama canal ; enough men to build the entire road system of Oregon ; ,enough men to sow, "harvest and haul all the wheat of Oregon. T And they didn t Day a cent of commission: there was no pa furorte waiting around on payday .to take five or ten per cent of their wages for months or years, as long as they stay on , the job. ;,; , i ;. . . ""S-M- i If that isn't a practical service for a community, it would . be hard to define service. Some of -these jobs V last longer than, one or.t I ence between even one dr is jobless and hungry, is J difference. 4 - v ;?. ' Some of these men h nay be Jh evry stated pe: I cation. 'But -wherever th i - - 1 . - i& noporary ; some might not u or weeks, i But the differ ;and :no pay at all, when one v The Salem Y made up the sed on through alem ; they i almost every county, in the hey wiH say: :A - John ll. Mott, General Secretary of the National Y. M. C. A., and General "Secretary of the World Committee Mott Congratulates October 5, 1926. Dear Mr. Kells: ' On my return to New York this morning I find await ing me your good letter , of September 20th.I wish through you to convey to the members and friends of the Salem Young Men's Christian Association the most hearty.; greetings not only of myself personally but of the officers land staff of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association of the United States of America on the occasion of the Hiirty-f if th Anniver sary of your Association. We have learned with the most lively ' satisfaction fo the splendid new building you have secured and recently opened, and have been deeply impressed by the .wonderful manifestation of patriotic and Christian spirit on the part of the citizens of your community in thus safeguarding theyoiuig man hood and ! boyhood of the city. We wish you most hearty Godspeed-in the carrying out of your forward-, looking and vital program. " ! " Very cordially yours, JOHN R. MOTT, General Secretary of the World Committee, Young Men's Christian Association. C. A. Kells, Esq., ; Y. M. C. A. Building, - Salem, Oregon. Local-Staff of Experts Among Nation's Finest The Salem ,Z has an interesting staff ; a big capable staff both big in numbers and in quality because of the big job they have. to do. ' - - ) . lT " ;- - ' -- v ' . j Claude A.? Kells is a graduate of the Springfield Interna tional Y college. 'He has had years of experience in railroad and factory units. During the World War he did a'magnifi cent job: of organizing m unitions arid coal mining service in Canada; some generals did less for their countries. His five years of service .i SaJeni speakii for iUeifjrFriehds tell liim': "You're wasting your life in this little placeT--He tells them "But' I like it here; there's more, work to do here than any 1 Portland Elxpert : li. .: Cuntyy Chief and s- - M SfaTIOT710 - t." - .. . i . , i . 1 ! : 1 .A 1 I - II . i ii v 1 1 1 - 'V ? IS.' j :i " I . . . . - . - -"z-rvnir oago- On Local Staff : Taking Training 1 Kverett Craven, Membership and Promotion, Sec retary Mr. "Mar jrie Marriott . f -.V ' " 'I i i- 'JvV i-J?'1",V,--. r- : '. - r - Everett Lisle, ; : r At Chicago Training School' (By EVERETT CRAVEN) Membership and Promotion Secretary Portland Y. M. C. A. One of the leading problems facing the Young 'Men's Christian association today is that of , the recruiting and training its personnel Willamette University, in conjunc tion with the Salem Y. M. C. A., is doing. ts share in reliev ing this almost critical condition , by , .enlisting college men in Y. M. C. A. service. ' " Willamette University is conducting1 the only Y. M. C.'A. training class west of Chicago. Although lacking equipment '. and program of the larger Y. M.'.CUVX. training classes at Springfield and Chicago, this classVteachWjusiias efficient ly the association history, methods, principal fcaniiv technic which are of first importance overyrY?. secretary. :. Ihe Y. M. C A. Secretarysmp opens wide Jield of ser vice and endeavor to the college. rnan 'f Today there are many new positions open for well trained men, well chosen. TThere is a bright future ahead for the Y: M. C, A. training class at Willamette. J First President Reviews Growth of Y. M. C. A. Here .'.. H. S. Gile, in Intimate Story Sws Three Chief Executives - of Local ,Qrgim?zatioif7Spah;IUre . five Years Service. By H. S. GILE , It is unfortunate that the Young Men's Christian associa tion office records covering the organization and early years of its activities have been lost and that it becomes necessary to r'Jy upon memory to some extent to put together facts sub sequently set down. It was not long after the writer of these lines came to Salem in the year 1890 that the association idea became agi tated among a small group of the younger men. A Sunday afternoon men's meeting was the beginng. These inspira tional meetings were well attended and soon led to the idea of a fully organized Young Men's Christian association for Salem. I believe the determination to launch a full fledged association was reached at a meeting held in the private of fices of the State Insurance company, at that time located about where the room until recently used as a dressing room over the swimming pool of the association building just va cated. , This must have been about 1393. The first quarters occupied by the association were lo cated in the Patton block. The new organization brought out a Salem Athletic club composed of a group of prominent Salem young men. I recall that some of the equipment which they owned could not be used by the YMCA, such as boxing gloves, fencing foils, etc., which were safely locked up. Most of their equipment however, was sufficiently religious to be useful even at that early day. In these small quarters the real work of the Salem YMCA began, but the Sunday after noon men's meeting was still the center about which all else revolved. We did not occupy these premises long until it -became evident that we had already outgrown our space and a search was made-for a larger and better appointed place: The Grey building was selected on the southwest, corner of State and Liberty streets. -This was made to serve the pur pose of YMCA headquarters for a'time, but it was not long until it again became necessary to find much larger rooms. The third location was provided by persuading the owner of the building occupied by the J. C. Brown Hardware company at 15J0 North Commercial street to build the walls up to a sufficient height to make a good high ceiling over the J. C Brown Hardware company's store, now, the Salem Hardware company. These quarters when finished and furnished gave us rooms of which, everybody at that time were justly proud. We had a real fireplace with a mantle and a. lot of things that we had not possessed before. -' This was a real step forward. Here we had a much larger gymnasiuni floor" and meeting room, and in these rooms many interesting jeyents took place. .However; it. was not very long until ; the association requirements developed to such an extent that more room and better quarters were required, and ori July I. 1898, we again moved, .this time to the new Hughes block, the second floor! having been especially fitted, for: our purposes and here, the work was carried on until , December. 24, 1901, when the final. move was made to the1 property; just vacated by this as sodation,'know as the State. Insurance: building. This building had been purchased from Mr. W. S. Ladd of Port land,' it having passed into his hands after; the failure of the insurance company at a very low price, and he in turn being deeply interested in YMCA work sold it r to Mis at - a - low figure. ' 1 - -1 " " " ': - J - T ; . Daring these early , days it was not an easy matter to raise money by public subscription for YMCA purposes, in fact the public had a very hazy Understanding of j ust what the YMCA stood f or. ! W- -.U--' k?)i3vV? r I recall the names of a few of ;thernenwho became inter ested tit the very beginning and 'who served on the board of directors In the early period as follows: - E. B'. McEIroy, state superintendent of public instruction; ? Frank Hodkin, C P, Salem Y Boys Take Hike " -c - - - - r'-'- 7 Group Seen '-CUmbingMount Jef terson ,-jSien.eT- at--, Su mmer ; Camp Sp Irit of Giving Marks Development of Salent Twenty Five Dollars Service Per Member Given for Only $5, $7, $9, $16 Fees, in Order That All May Join in Activities The Salem Y expects about 1200 members: its budget is for $30,000. ' ; ; tr . ; That's $25 apiece for the cominir vear. 1 The 'small boys pay $5 a year; a deficit of $20 each has to be made up somewhere else. " ; i ' : The Junior High school pays $7 per member; the deficit is only $18 each but it is cash. i ; v - , r. - ; The Seniors pay $9 each; their deficit is $16 a year. '. The general membership is $16; the deficit is $9 in hard cash. ' : -::z: The business man's membership of $25 just balances ; he doesn't owe the Y anything on his own- account when the year is gone. . . j-;-;"..5 y-r-: Who, pays this deficit? "j. 1 , ' ; Who is the real Y member and supporter? .:- ; It may be the boy whose $5 is the widow's mite all W has, given with a clean, white soul bent on saving others' as well as himself. It may be any one else in the whole .1200, who is heartfully serving with the thought of making things better for sohieone else. . "; ., ; ' . . M.5 And -then, it may be the man who gives, whether it is $5 or$500,.to keep the Y open for those .whose membership fees do not meet their proportion of , the actual cost "Pof the out-ofrluck who can't pay.liis share," he says. ."Wish it was moreTmaybe I eanJiave more," next year." . ; He may be narrow-shouldered, and broad of tummy ; he may have a biceps like a string-bean, and an eye as accurate as a baby's when its little fista haven't yet learned to track but; he's a real Y member. The Y couldn't run without- him ; ; it might spare any, particular athlete or physical 'model, but the man fwho pays for, another is' Its heart arid soul and its best "excuse for living. ' He does not live to get,; he -lives toi give. - :;,,;.ri;V'.-'..i'.::f' ' This year, the Y expects to lay particular stress on the giving rather than the getting. I : s - When, the World War came, the nation stopped recruiting with, fine pictures of , soldiers in sports and in immaculate uniforms, enjoying themselves all over the world. . It said : "Come and die! : Come and serve like a man, and give your body to the-bullet and; the .bayonet and, starvation-and dis ease. and'all that 'goes with war! - You get nothing. but the aporoval of your own souls, and - what? you can give to the . unknowns; who will live after j you." r Did they go? r TheyJ did. (Manhood s'may desire" loaves and. fishes and raiment and enjoyment; but more than that ' the real joy of living is in the igiving rather than 'in the jrct- tmg. . What a despicable American it would have been with out the yoluriteer spirit that gives all and asks nothing in re turn! r 4 v ;-.:-?;r -S-yr't" : ' . : . TheX Is- the 'spirit; of giving.' It gives, gives priceless treasurejwitbout stint -$25 service per member, for only to, or; $7, or $9, or $16,' for-the joy of service. But the Y can give physically only "what is entrusted to it; if the communi tyffails tc put 'enough into Its jiurse it fails, v ; ; To give,' rather, than to get there is a splendid apr . I to the man who will accept that as his xrm obligation to tl.j Y aa almQner to the coinmmuty, 1 , . ... -' V t -