Y.M.C.A. IN LONDON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 5

Y.M.C.A. IN LONDON.

-♦ A NEW BUILDING TO COST £150,000. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. (By Tclcsrapb.-Prcss Aaioelatlon.-doprrlehi.) (Rec. July 22, 10.30 p.m.) ■ * London, July 22. Lord Kinnaird turned tho first sod of tho t Young Men's Christian Association building . at Bldomsbury: Tho building will cost £160,000, of which t £35,000 (?) has been subscribed. It''in- ' j eludes a hostel with accommodation for 300 1 young mcji, and a technical college. 1 THE INSTITUTION-ITS OBJECTS AND SCOPE, • i Tho scope and objects of the new institution I' were sketched in the following, appeal made I last j ear by representatives of tho British I .Committee of tho Y.M C..A. .- 'Tor mors than CO jears tho Central (London) Young Men's Christian Association has maintained a work id the metropolis which has piovcd invaluable to thousands of young men, particularly those coming from tho provinces to enter upon business life/ Tho Association, having been compelled to 'vacato Exeter Hall, a representative committee has' befcn appointed to, bcuio tho erection of a building adequate for tho work of the Association, which, when com- >■ pleted, will bo dedicated to tho memory of tho late Sir George Williams. " ' . ''Experience hero, and ospocially in America, proves that a suitably-equipped association becomes a powerful factor in moulding the young manhood of a community. During the past two ! yews tho business men of Amonca have given ; more'than two million poupitaqterling erection of Y.M.C.A. buddings.'•on'the ground I that it is an, investment which produces ado- ] quato v rctults" in the increased efficiency, of jouh'jj'men engaged in professional and com- ' i mercilil: lifo. "Tho committee have secured ah adhiirable ' side for the new building, '-situated in tho .Tottenham Couit Koad, bounded by Great Russell , * Street and 'Bedford Avenue, in close proximity to Oxford Street-'-a point easily accessible from all parts. . T.lae plans provjdo first-class club accommodation ,for young men; a most attraotivo resort for leisure hours; hn up-to-date business college; a largo gymnasium', and 'swimming , bath, a separate department for boys, a resi- i dential home containing 200 bedrooms; and, in addition, halls and rooms for tho many agencies connected with tho religious department, all dtsigh6d for the encouragement Of'young ' men in the building of charaotor upoh a basiß ' Of vital Christianity. - > ,' , "Tho acquisition of tho site, tho erection and \ ' .furnishing of ,tho building, and incidental ex- ' penses, will involve an outlay of ,£150,000, tor J wards which tho committee have received fro!n frionds of'the work gifts and promises which, . I added'to tho purchnse prico of tho remainder 'J of the lease of Exeter Hall, amount to .£85.000." The appeal goes on to state that at ] that time promises of three separate gifts of ' -JCSOOO each-liad been received on cbndition that. I two further sums of an equal amount were 1 given. | j " The .£35,000 mentiohod in tho oablcgrairi may 1 be a mistake for .£85,000, or it may mean that 1 •>M>sonptionS'-in v addition .to the £85,000 in j hand—amount to v £35,000 In that case, only ] jCSO.OOO more is required to cover the £150,000. ' The bedrooms will bo comfortably furnished,, , and will bo let at a very moderate rental to j young men coming from the country to entwt > « 'business life in London, ' , ,- , i i »' ■ . ..- •