THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The “Y” Men
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The buildings where, “Y” men do live Have comforts like, dear mothers give. Fine lodgings they are for single men, Who with the best do want to blend. Without rank smoke and vulgar swear Billiards and pool are also there The gym., the baths and sleeping rooms Give to their healths the greatest booms. Night schools and also Christian talks Do most to guide young “Y” men walks. —Harrison.
THE 110 Negro college Young Men’s Christian Associations and the fifty or more city branches is as many cities in twenty-three different states in the Union are really God-sends to thousands of young Colored men who prefer to spend their spare minutes in the best places of physical cleanliness, social purity and mental advancement. These “Y” branches in the cities are also great blessings for thousands of intelligent, refined and progressive Colored men who are constantly visiting strange places on important businesses and want to be sure they are stopping in modern, sanitary, decent, respectable and congenial lodgings.
Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, Ill. made an offer in 1911 to give the sum of $25,000 to every city in the United States that would raise $75,000 by public subscription for the construction of a Y. M. C. A. building for the use of Colored people. This offer was gladly and eagerly accepted and as a result buildings have already been erected in Atlanta, Ga., Baltimore, Md., Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., Columbus, O., Indianapolis, Ind., Kansas City, Mo., New York City, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Pittsburgh, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., and Washington, D.C. During the past ten years Mr. Rosenwald has given $350,000 toward the erection of these buildings, other white people have given nearly a million dollars, while Colored people have contributed over a quarter of a million dollars. Thus over two million dollars have already been expended in the construction of Y. M. C. A. buildings in cities for Colored men.
Great credit for the early development and rapid growth of this work is due the late W. A. Hunton, who was made a member on the staff of the International Secretary Board of the Y. M. C. A. Today this work is continuing to rapidly grow and spread with the friendly co-operation and hearty support of Messrs. B. H. Fancher, Treas., A. E. Marling, Chairman and J. R. Mott, Gen’l Sec’y of The International Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and under the wise supervision of Dr. J. E. Mooreland, who is being ably assisted by H. K. Craft, W. C. Craver, R. P. Hamlin, C. H. Tobias, J. B. Watson, Max Yergen and other efficient members on that large staff. During the World War 350 Y. M. C. A. Colored Secretaries, under the guidance of Dr. J. E. Moorland, R. B. DeFrantz, W. J. Faulkner, J. F. Gregory and G. L. Johnson loyally served Colored soldiers stationed in 55 camps, training schools and forts in America. Among those who were the leaders in Y. M. C. A. and social work among the Colored soldiers over-seas were J. E. Blanton, Mrs. Helen Curtis, Miss Helen Hagan, Dr. John Hope, Mrs. Addie Hunton, Miss Katherine Johnson, Dr. B. M. Murrell, Dr. H. H. Proctor, C. H. Williams and Max Yergen.
In the following named cities Y. M. C. A. Branches are being directed and carried on by their secretaries for the encouragement and uplift of Colored youths:
Akron, Ohio, G. W. Thompson, Secretary, 259 So. Main Street. Asheville, N. C., N. Martin, Secretary, Market & Eagle Streets. Atlanta, Ga., W. J. Trent, Secretary, 146 Butler Street. Atlantic City, N. J., C. M. Cain, Secretary, 1711 Artic Avenue. Augusta, Ga., Silas Floyd, Secretary, 9th and Miller Streets. Baltimore, Md., S. S. Booker, Secretary, 1619 Druid Hill Avenue. Beloit, Wis., J. D. Stevenson, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. Benham, Ky., Alex. Gregory, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. Birmingham, Ala., A. M. Walker, Secretary, Acipco Branch. Bluefield, W. Va., P. A. Goins, Secretary, 432 Scott Street. Boston, Mass., B. F. Seldon, Secretary, 316 Huntington Street. Brooklyn, N. Y., R. M. Meroney, Secretary, 405 Carlton Avenue. Buxton, Iowa, W. L. Hutcherson, General Secretary. Camden, N. J., E. C. Richardson, Secretary, Hunton Branch. Charleston, S. C., G. D. Brock, Secretary, 61 Cannon Street. Charlotte, N. C., J. B. F. Prather, Y. M. C. A., State Committeeman. Chicago, Ill., George R. Arthur, Secretary, 3763 So. Wabash Avenue. Cincinnati, Ohio, B. W. Overton, 436 W. Ninth Street. Columbus, Ohio, N. B. Allen, Secretary, 202 E. Spring Street. Columbus, Ga., Robert D. Kelsey, Secretary, 521 Ninth Street. Crossett, Arkansas, Chas. E. Johnson, Secretary Colored Men’s Dep’t. Dallas, Tex., J. D. Rice, Secretary, 3710 State Street. Dayton, Ohio, John A. Green, Secretary, Fifth Street Branch. Denver, Col., T. J. Bell, Secretary, 2800 Glenarm Street. Detroit, Mich., H. S. Dunbar, Secretary, 1930 St. Antonia Street. Des Moines, Iowa, E. C. Robinson, Secretary, 782 West 9th Street. East Moline, Ill., B. G. Smith, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. East St. Louis, Ill., J. E. Nance, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. Englewood, N. J., W. H. Kindle, Secretary, 135 W. 132nd St., N.Y. City. Evanston, Ill., J. D. Ross, Secretary, 1014 Emerson Street. Fort Worth, Tex., S. H. Fowler, Sr., Secretary, 915½ Calhoun Street. Gary, Ind., H. K. Craft, Secretary, 1716 Washington Street. Germantown, Pa., Leon C. James, Secretary, 132 West Rittenhouse St. Greenwood, Miss., Thos. M. Elliott, Secretary, Hunton Branch, Box 283. Harrisburg, Pa., Fritz Caneler, Secretary, 644 Broad Street. Houston, Texas, H. P. Carter, Secretary, 711 Prairie Avenue. Indianapolis, Ind., F. E. DeFrantz, Secretary, 450 N. Senate Avenue. Indiana Harbor, Ind., A. G. Fallings, Secretary, 2115 137th Street. Kansas City, Mo., F. A. Harris, Secretary, 1824 Pasco Boulevarde. Los Angeles, Cal., T. A. Greene, Secretary, 1400 E. Ninth Street. Louisville, Ky., J. W. Ramsey in charge, 920 West Chestnut St. Marshall, Tex., J. W. Davis, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. Miami, Fla., G. P. McKinney, Jr., Secretary, 1st Street & Avenue H. Mineola, Long Island, R. T. Weatherby, Secretary, Nassau-Suffolk County. Mobile, Ala., W. J. Williams, Secretary, 510 Congress Street. Montclair, N. J., C. H. Bullock, Secretary, Bloomfield Avenue Branch. Nashville, Tenn., W. N. Sanders, Secretary, Cor. Cedar St., & 4th Ave. No. Newport News, Va., A. F. Williams, Secretary, 2201 Marshall Avenue. New York City, N. Y., Thos. E. Taylor, Secretary, 181 West 135th Street. Norfolk, Va., C. C. Dogan, Secretary, 440 E. Queen Street. Oakland, Cal., Allen O. Newman, Secretary, Colored Men’s Branch. Orange, N. J., J. W. Bowers, Secretary, 34 Cebtral Place. Philadelphia, Pa., H. W. Porter, Secretary, 1724 Christian Street. Pittsburgh, Pa., S. R. Morsell, Secretary, 1847 Central Avenue. Princeton, N. J., H. H. Cain, Secretary, 102 Witherspoon Street. Richmond, Va., Secretary, 214 East Leigh Street. Ridgewood, N. J., A. E. Flournoy, Secretary, 220 Broad Street. Rouse, Col., W. T. Thornton, Secretary, Colo. Fuel & Iron Company. Savannah, Ga., T. Walter Moore, Secretary, 817 West Broad Street. Sewickley, Pa., J. T. Morris, Secretary, 411 Walnut Street. Springfield, Ohio, W. S. Smith, Secretary, 209 So. Center Street. St. Louis, Mo., D. D. Jones, Secretary, 2839 Pine Street. Tulsa, Okla., G. A. Gregg, Secretary, Hunton Branch. Washington, D.C., Wm. Stevenson, Secretary, 1816 12th Street, N. W.
