Youngs Men's Christian Association Wash. D.C. A MODEL BUILDING FOR COLORED MEN AT THE NATION's CAPITAL FOUR STORIES AND BASEMENT.

This perspective view, with the plans detailed on the following pages, represents a good type of Association Building. It is the purpose of the management to erect a similar building, which will be fully equipped to meet the needs of our men. Wash., D.C.

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WASHINGTON IN LINE WITH OTHER CITIES Nearly every city has its Young Men's Christian Association. Forty cities have Associations for colored men. Washington, by reason of its large colored population, needs such an Association Building with full equipment for the work.

A FEW FACTS ON THE GENERAL WORK. $5,000,000 were spent last year for current expenses of the work in America. $42,000,000, in property, is owned by the Association. 161,000 men used the gymnasium. 39,000 in educational classes. 128,000 weekly attendance at religious meetings. 81,157 Bible class attendance. 18,356 conversions. $151,000 given to work for foreign young men. The membership embraces nearly one-half a million young men.

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OUR LOCATION EASY OF ACCESS FROM EVERY SECTION OF THE CITY. Lot fronting 63 feet west side of Twelfth Street, N.W., extending west to alley 155 feet.

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THE BASEMENT. Shower baths Swimming pool Lockers and dressing rooms Bowling alleys Barber shop Lavatories Work shop for manual Training Basement well lighted Airy and convenient

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SWIMMING LEARNED AND PRACTICED IN SAFETY PLEASURE AND PROFIT COMBINED EVERY MAN AND BOY SHOULD LEARN TO SWIM. The swimming pool will be of ample size and depth. The water will be kept fresh and of the proper temperature at all seasons of the year.

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THE MAIN FLOOR. Inviting entrance Well lighted reading room Delightful meeting place for men Well arranged office Information bureau Boarding house register Employment agency Gymnasium Well proportioned and equipped

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A FULLY EQUIPPED GYMNASIUM EVERY MAN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A TRAINED PHYSICAL DIRECTOR. Muscle training is an integral element in brain development and growth of moral stamina. PRODUCTIVE OF FUN, FROLIC, FELLOWSHIP, VIGOR, VIM AND VITALITY. 0008 8THE SECOND FLOOR. Boys' department Reading room Library Amusement room Club rooms Multi-purpose rooms Can be used singly for Educational classes Clubs Societies Bible classes Committee meetings Or in combination for Banquets Suppers Concerts Lectures Stereopticon addresses Meetings of all kinds

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AN EVENING SCHOOL FOR MEN. Every class of practical value. An opportunity to get a little more education without giving up daily employment and means of livelihood. Leisure evening hours thus invested bring large and sure returns in the future. A BOYs' DEPARTMENT. A whole volume Would be Need to Describe this Department.

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A BIBLE SCHOOL FOR MEN. For the reverent and systematic study of the greatest book in the world, with a view to practical application in the student's daily personal life, to the civic and social problems of the day and the hastening of the reign of peace and right. Graded classes will be conducted for men and boys covering the important characters and events of the Bible.

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THE THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS. Dormitories Furnished Heated Lighted Cared for Baths and lavatories The demand is great The price will be right The fourth floor will be Similar to the third

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THE DORMITORY IDEA. A home for a fellow Away from home There are so many young men away from home in every great city today that the Association has found the dormitories of the greatest help to such men - pleasant home under good environment. This will be one of our strong features.

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THE ASSOCIATION AMONG COLORED MEN. A splendid showing for the first six years in the new century.

1900. 1906. Number of Associations 86 120 Membership 5,108 8,291 Number of secretaries 7 23 Number of buildings 5 18 Value of property $23,500 $156,000 Boys' buildings 0 1 Boys' secretaries 0 1 Students in educational classes 31 254 Attendance at Bible classes 14,988 22,524 Attendance at religious meetings 67,566 143,034 Men employment found for 50 435 Current expenses $ 5,021 $ 25,020

A $20,000 building is in process of erection at Columbus, Ga., for our men - the gift of Mr. George Foster Peabody.

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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN WASHINGTON. Meetings have been held for men every Sunday afternoon for over three years. Some sixty men have been converted, most of whom have joined churches. A profitable friendship has sprung up between many young men through this means of meeting. Six hundred men, representing all churches and classes have been enrolled. WHAT WE NEED. A building which will be the center of the uplifting activities of the young colored men of the city. A building such as has been described in this prospectus. To this end, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, an outside friend, because of his interest in the Nation's Capital, offers $25,000, on condition that a like amount be raised among our people.

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WHAT PROMINENT MEN SAY. Hon. Henry B. F. Macfarland, President Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia: “All the conditions which have made it difficult for your men to develop fully and perfectly into the highest character have been increased and intensified. Against the new as against the old dangers and temptations there is no better defense for young men than the Young Men's Christian Association.”

Charles Cuthbert Hall, D. D., President Union Theological Seminary, New York “If I were asked to name the agency that within the last few years has been most helpful to the Church of Christ, and most successful in winning men to the Christian life, without hesitation I would name the Young Men's Christian Association.”

Booker T. Washington: “Every dollar invested in the Young Men's Christian Association work in city or in college, is an interest-bearing dollar. Every dollar so spent makes the black man more substantial as a taxpayer and more reliable as a Christian citizen.”

Hon. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia: “If I had my life to go over again I would not put less money or less time in the Young Men's Christian Association work, but I would put double what I have done.”

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NEW BUILDING CAMPAIGN. The special campaign committee, in charge of a canvass for $25,000 to be raised among the colored citizens of Washington, in order to make available the $25,000 contribution of Mr. Rockefeller, includes the following gentlemen:

W.P. Thirkield, D.D., LL.D., President Howard University, Chairman; W.L. Pollard, C.F. Nesbit, W.H. Davis, T.A. Harding, Dr. F.J. Shadd, Chairman Citizen's Committee; Benjamin Washington, Chairman Young Men's Committee; Lewis E. Johnson, Branch Secretary; S.W. Woodward, President Y.M.C.A. of the city of Washington; E.W. Hearne, General Secretary Y.M.C.A., city of Washington; John Joy Edson, President Washing Loan & Trust Company, Treasurer Building Fund.

The campaign Headquarters are located in the True Reformers' Building, 1204 U Street, N.W., telephone North 4624. All checks for contributions should be made payable to the treasure of the building fund, Mr. John Joy Edson, of the Washington Loan & Trust company. All communications and subscriptions should be sent to the Campaign Headquarters, in care of Lewis E. Johnson, Secretary Colored Men's Branch Y.M.C.A., 1204 U Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.