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· The Young Men’s Christian Association has a steadily increasing [
membership and is one of the most potent influences in the university M5
· community. It occupies spacious rooms in the gymnasium, well—lighted Fyjd,
and heated and provided with suitable furniture, offering to the members Am
a place both attractive and convenient. Free stationery and magazines mt
are provided in the reading room, which is comfortably furnished and "a
home for the boys." In addition to its religious work, including weekly Y· W
meetings, Mission and Bible study, it offers an interesting social life to r
its members and engages them in many activities leading to the forma- ing n
tion of character. In order to promote most efficiently this varied and em,
important work, a Board of Management, consisting of eighteen mem- equi]
bers, cooperates with the Association in its efforts to be influential in mus,
the moral and religious life of the University. On this board the citizens The,
of Lexington, the faculty and the students are each represented by Ae,
six members. me]
The Y. M. C. A. does not pretend to be an excuse for the gathering Blue
together of a lot of "praying parsons" who look upon the world through new
spectacles that distort everything that comes to their view, but it exists even
for the gathering together of men, who wish to meet the issues of life gene
fairly, squarely and with an idea to winning honorably. A p
As a training for becoming real citizens these men, with the guidance WO,]
of the Secretary undertake work that is beneficial both to them and to men
the community. Visits are paid to the Reform School by committ€€S Far,
appointed for that purpose; other bodies of men act the part of a "big WO,
brother" to boys who have been released from the school or are in d3¤· mv
ger of being sent there. cia}
There are many other endeavors handled by the local association,
among which is the Gospel Team work, usually being carried on during my
the Christmas holidays, This movement has become one of the b€5l ]if€
instruments for good, and productive of more beneficial results than any
inaugurated here for some time. Visits are made to towns where thm The
is no Y. M. C. A. and an effort is made to bring the people to a realiza-
tion of the needs of such an institution and the benefits to be derived e
therefrom. Elm
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