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Vol. Vm. No. 125.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1909.
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IS GAINING IN RANK
UNIVER8ITY Y. M. C. A. STANDS
WELL IN COMPARISON.
SIXTH IN STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
ANNUAL ASSOCIATION BUDGET
AMOUNTS TO NEARLY $2,000.
Work At Nebraska Only Part of
Movement Attaining Great Im
petus In Universities All -Over
the Country.
The Young Mmi'b Christian ABsocln
tlon at the University 6f Nobrnskn 1b
coming to Its own. It hns nearly, If
not qulto, reached a poBltlon among
similar organisations 1-n other 'large
universities of the country that cor
responds to the rank of Nebraska
among sister institutions.
Within a few years, at tho prosont
rato of growth, our organization bids
fair to rank among tho leaders in this
line of work. LuBt year in point of
membership tho Nobraska Y. M. C. A.
was sixth among 763 student organi
zations. The university association Ib an In
terdenominational organization, or
ganized for tho purpose of mooting
needs of students not provided for in
any other manner. Its membership is
open to any Btudent of good moral
character upon the payment of the
annual fee of one dollar. Tho Tfues-'
tlon of a man's moralB Is not decided
b the association. A man to bo a
member of tho university must possess
a good moral character. Theroforo if
tho university authorities permit a
man to attond tho school Is ho eligible
to membership in' the Y. M. C. A.
The following figures Indicate tho
recent growth of tho association:
06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
Bible classes 186 400 525 576
Membership. 312 375 576 757
Student sub
scriptions . 215 5QQ 600 800
Faoulty sub
scriptions . 140 136 235 300
Tho last two Items under 1909-10 are
approximately correct. Exact figures
can not bo obtnined until tho end of
the semester.
Space forbids the enumeration of
the varied activities of tho organiza
tion which have already been brought
before tho student body through the
columns of the Daily Nebraskan. Yet
in keeping with the custom of pub
llshing statements of tho financial
standing of, student organizations tho
budget for tho current year Is given
below.
Budget for 1908-09. .
Expenditures.
Handbook and directory....'...? 250
Incidentals 100
International Com. Fledge 30
Stato om. Plodgo 45"
Committee Appropriations 310
Religious Meetings $75
Social 75
itf iBBlonary '. . 20
Bible Study 25
Membership 15
Finance 50
Rooms 50
Salary 900
PJano 120
Telephone 35
Missionary, (Contribution to
. Lookwood) 7. . .. .' 50
Conferences 60
Total $1,900"
INCOME.
Advertising and jjale of direc
tories $ Q50
Faculty subscriptions , . . . 300
Membership dues.- 400
Locker rent..., , '. . 15
Student subscriptions , . . . 660.
Alumni and Friends subscription 200
State Farm Assn. Pledge...... 25
Missionary Contributions 50
Total f 1,900
General Figures
The following statistics apply to the
student department of North America.
Figures of tho Bible study department
aro glvon elsewhere.
Seven hundred and sixty-three stu
dent associations are In existence,
666 having a membership of 57,104.
FIvo hundred and sixty-five have 13,
103 men on committees.
Threo hundred and twenty-six paid
out $119,847 last year for current ex
penses. FIvo hundred and ten report 28,055
young men's meetings with an avor
ago weekly attendance of 30,365 and a
total attendance of 985,953-,
Two hundred and ninety report 2,039
missionary meetings.
Two hundred and ninety report 8,757
men In mission study.
Three hundred and nineteen report
1,566 lectures.
Five hundred and twenty-one report
1,550 socials.
Throe hundred and forty-soven re
port association rooniB.
One hundred und eighty-nine report
19,911 volumes In libraries.
Tho summary of North Amorican
association work is takon from tho
January number of "Association Mon,"
the publication of tho movomont.
8ummary of Work.
It has increased its "Manhood Fac
tories," to uso tho term of Prosident
Roosevelt in referring to the. Studo
baker Memorial Association building,
by 84 in tho year, at a cost of $10,
000. Its property, now totalling $60,
000,000, with 80 buildings to cost $9,
000,000 more, under construction or
projected.
The associations also secured and
used In their undertakings $6,993,000
within the year, fully half of which
waajuld by their members.
There are 48,000 employed mon and
boys Increasing their ofllcicncy for
business by night Btudy In 160
branches of supplementary education
and training. For this thoy pay $323,
000 in fees.
More than 190,000 men and boys aro
Increasing their physical ofllcloncy in
tho 613 gymnasiums taught, by 413
trained physical directors, assisted by
6,400 volunteer loadors, while right
habits of wholesome living, exercising
an dworklng are taught fully 200,000
more In communities and factories.
On tho Panama canal zone four
bulldlqgs provided by the government
for the' safeguarding of Its employees
are put into the association's hands
to conduct. ,
Tho war department opens the way
at posts, forts and navy yards, and in
vlteB and facilitates the association's
work among soldiers and sailors.
In Bummor Institutes of teu to thirty
days each, over 3,000 men are trained
in Christian leadership, 2,200 of whom
aro college students.
School and employed bbys in their
teons by thousands aro "guarded in
tho unguarded years". and ongagod for
Influenco among their companions,
and 10,000 were with Christian loadors
In summer camps.
Cotton, mining, lumber, steel and
other great manufacturing industries
have engaged and equipped associa
tions to serve their mon.
The- government has invited the
county department to work with it In
its country uplift movement.
In the association dormitories 19,000
young mon made tholr homes and ful
ly 40,000 more wore directed to good
boarding places.
Employment was found for men
and boys, with yoarly salaries aggre
gating $16,000,000.
Tho 4,989 country and town corres-
pondents introduced thousands of
young men when leaving home for city
or college, tho world over. '
The daily attendance at tho reading
rooms exceeds 165,000.
Tho international and state commit
tees ongagod in the promotion of this,
business used $650,000 in their work
last year.
Railroad companies gavo $385,000
last year for maintenance and often,
us much or .more for equipment of the
242 associations on their lines, and
no appropriation was cutpff during
tho panic.
OPINION Of THE WORK
CHANCELLOR AVERY COMMENbs
THE A88OCIATION.
DEANS EXPRESS APPROVAL
Alms and Accomplishments of the Y.
M. C. A. Discussed By Repre-
oentatlves of Faculty and
8tudent Body.
That the work of tho Y. M, C, A.
was being appreciated throughout tho
university and Rb various departments
has been a raattor of common bollef,
but no widespread roprosontativo
opin'.oln has heretofore boen pub
lished. Consequently Chancellor Avery and
the deans of many of the colleges
havo boen requested to express tholr
opinion in writing.
Chancellor Avery writes as follows:
"It givos me great pleasuro to havo
an opportunity to oxprcss my apprecia
tion of tho good work that tho Y. M.
C. A. is doing In this university. I
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I enjoyed especially tho meeting that
you had at St. Paul's x church during
the winter and bellevo a finer or more
manly sot of young follows could not
be found anywhere. It Is indeod worth
a great deal to the young man com
ing to the University to havo tho privi
lege of such associations as the Y. M.
C. A. affords and tho opportunities of
fered are of the greatest importanco
in the formation of a student's char
acter." Has High Opinion.
Dr. Charles E. Bessoy, head dean
of tho university says: "I know of no
volunteer organization In or about the
university that te doing more for the
uplifting of, tho young men students
than the Young Men's Christian As
sociation. I havo been greatly In
terested in watching its growth year
by year."
In writing of tho Christian Associa
tions of tho unl-vorslty, Dr. L. A. Shdr
man, dean of tho graduate school
says:( "It is generally recognized that
the Christian Associations are almost
the chief means of administering the
gospel of righteousness and happi
ness. Tholr privileges and responsi
bilities are correspondingly great.
Thoy should stand, In university llfo,
for manly and womanly integrity in
all relations of members with the
university authorities, They Bhould
clarify student idenls and Intenstfy
student sentlmentngainst cribbing and
dishonesty of every sort. They, should
neither ask nor accept concessions
because of professions or pretenslonB,
Thoy should be free withal from cant
and parisecism, and 'accepting stu
dent life and character as they' are op
timistically and .yolcetessly strive to
make thorn cleaner and moro aspir
ing. Our associations stand today for
thoso things moro than ovor, and do
servo tho support of tho studont and
tho largor public."
Essential to Students.
Tho opinion of Dr. Goo. P. Costi
gttn, Tr., doan of tho collogo of law is
cxprosBcd as follows:
"I regard tho Y. M. C. A. work as
ossentlhl to tho welfare of tho stu
dont body, and nm glad that tho uni
versity Y. M. C. A. has tho opportuni
ty to call attention to tho good that
it is doing. May the Nobraska Uni
versity branch livo long and proapor."
Doan H. B. Ward of tho school of
modlcine, expresses his opinion thus:
"In my opinion tho Y. M. C, A. hap
a very Important place and function
in modern university life Collogo
training tonds to lay unduo emphasis
on tho Iqtollootunl side, This dovol
opment of soTt unbalances tho Indi
vidual; responsibilities and oppor
tunities in work for othors aro large
ly ignored. Tho Association affords
tho men a chahco to see what can bo
done for tho other fellow and to do
volop tho moral and spiritual sldos of
their natures. Tho whole tondoncy of
university activity is toWnrds speciali
zation and towards tho disintegration
of tho institution Into a mass of sep
arate units, of atomic value. Thoro is
need of a strong central organization
to bring men together and to Impross
on them tho importanco of tho whole
and their truo relations to it."
Student -Opinions.
The r pinions of several members" of
tho Btudent body woro also received.
In his opinion of tho Y. M. C. A. Rosb
W. Bates says: "I am convinced that
our univorslty hns an interest in
Christian work. The Association does
things well worth while. Both spiritu
ally and socially it fills a need sup
plied by no other unh'orslty organi
zation." Elmer W. Hills also expressed his
opinion that, "Tho Y. M. C. A. is a
growing force for good among the uni
versity men. It is doing much to
broaden and deepen the student con
ception of religious duty in llfo. It is
a most potent factor hi influencing
the lives of a largo number of mon."
- Y. M. C. A. AT STATE FARM.
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Has Had a 'Steady Growth During the
Past Year.
Tho brnnch organization of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. at the School of
Agriculture has enjoyed a steady
growth during tho current year. The
ability of the association to meet the
needs of men -Is well illustrated by
the new student work that was done
this fall. A letter was sent to each
prospective new student containing in
formation regarding the work of tho
organization. A form postal card was
aiso enclosed, rnis cam wnen re
turned with information as to the
time and place of arrival in tho .city
brough an old student to the depot to
meet the new comer ana assist him in
any possible manner.
Tho stag reception and social af
fairs havo been well attended. Three
lectures havo boen given, under the
auspices of the association for tho agri
cultural studonts. W. J. Bryan being
ono of the speakers,
Several additional articles of fur
niture havo been, placed In the Y. M.
C. A. rooni. Tho enrollment for Bible
Btudy roached 140 men of which 120
continued in. classes two months or
moro. . t
Last yeai for tho first tlmo In Its
history, thfo association was repre
sented by delegates to the summer
conference at Cascade. Col.
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STUDENT CONFERENCE
Y. M. C. A. MEN TO MEET IN THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CASCADE TO BE THE PUCE
NEBRASKA DELEGATES FIRST AT
THE LAST CONFERENCE.,
Many Schools of Many State to Send
Delegates to tho Hills to Attend
Meeting Heldat the Close
x of Oie School Year.
As tho end of tho school year draws
near, the attention of studont Y. M'
C. A, mon all over tho United Stages
N drawn to tho coming Btudont con
foresee hold onch year In tho Rocky
Mmintnlns. ThlB conference is at
tended by delegates from all tho col
legos in tho westerncountry.
At tho conferpneo hold last Juno,
athletics formed a largo part of each
afternoon's amusomont, and boforo
tho session closed a track .moot was
hold In which tho Nobraska delega
tion camo out victorious. Anotbor
first was handed to Nobraska in, tho
baseball championship contest heid at
tho sumo time. In thoso champion
ship contests tho mon from tho 'univer
sity took a prominent parL
But athlotlcB of tho track and dia
mond sort wore by no moans tho only
ififlort. -Iminrgbd in by tmrMelogatos.
Situated as ft Is at Cascado, Colorado,
the conference ground is surrounded
b some of tho most beautiful scen
ery that America can boast of.
Scenery not intonded moroly to look
at but also to climb. Climbing proved
a popular pastime at tho last confer
ence, Pike's Peak, tho South Chey
onno Canon and Uto PaBs being tho
scenes of trlpB mado by the mon from
Nobraska. u
ThiB conference was started for the
first tlmo last June at Cascado. For
merly the territory embraced in the
Rocky mountain conference was in
cluded in tho Lake Geneva conference.
Although tho student gathoring of last
year was somewhat of an orperlment,
tho results wore so satisfactory that
it becomos an established fact that
this year's conference will be an equal
if not a greater success.
To make It so the Univorslty Y. M.
C. A. Is beginning to make plans for
sending a rousing delegation and ac-T
tlvo campaigning will soon commence
In order to secure tho best represonta
tiv men to sond. Last year's delega
tion from this university ranked sec
ond in sizo, only boing overtopped .by
Colorado whose proximity to tho con
feronce swelled their delegation. This
year's conference will open June 8
and close June 17. Tho district em
braced, by It Includes all the colleges
of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Wyoming.
Tho purpose, of tho conference Is to
gather together good strong men amid
the grandeur and rugged boauty of .the
h511 country, and there" to put forth
,oyory. effort to .help thorn in prepara
tion for association work In their re
spective colleges,
xne mornings and. evenings will bo
devoted to the business of the. con
ference and the afternoons to recrea
tion. Some ot- the best "and clearest
thinkers in Y. M. O. A.' work In the
United States will be present at the
conference.' Among these will he
Thornton B. onfield, BJshop W. P.
McDowell, R, P. Coylo, Rev. P. T. Bag
ley, Rev. H, A. Johnston, William E.
Sweet, A, J. Elliott, Rev. Prank K.
Sanders and Mr. Bruce Kinney.
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