THE WEXA TCHEE DAILY WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,1910.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'S NEW BUILDINGFirst Authentic Description Published of New Build-

ing's Detailed Arrangement ? Gymnasium, Swim-

ming Pool and Dormitory the Leading Features?Unsurpassed by Any City the Size of Wenatchee.

In this issue is presented a cutof the proposed Young Men's Chris-tie n Association building, which isnow under construction. Thefoundation and basement walls havebeen completed and work has beentuspended for the present owing tounfavorable weather conditions. Itis expected to resume constructionwork as soon after the cold weatherof the winter as the conditions willpermit and work will be pushed asrapidly as possible. It is hoped tohave the building completed readyfor occupancy not later than July,1911, possibly before that time. Itis the intention of the building com-mittee to have all of the materialfor the building ordered and deliv-ered on the ground so that construc-tion can be prosecuted without de-lays in the spring.

Inscription of New Building.

As shown in the cut. the buildingwill be of red brick, laid with a jointof while cement mortor, giving thecolor of the walls a pink cast. Thetrimmings will be of light stone. Theplans have been under very carefulconsideration by the Board of Trus-tees and the building committee forsever.'l months and are regarded byassociation men to be among thebest for the smaller associationbuildings in this country. isno v. aste space and all of the fea-tures of a first class associationbuilding an 1 Included.

It will be two stories and base-ment. On the main floor a spaciouslobby is provided for the use of themen and another for the use of theboys' department. The main en-trance to the building will be fromOrondo avenue and there is also pro-vided a side entrance from Chelanavenue. The side entrance la Inpari for the accommodation of those joccupying tho dormitory rooms in jtie second story of the building, but jir also to the lobby. In thejback pari of the lobby is located thejgeneral office of the association andcommunicating with this is the gen-1

O. E. M'LAUGHLIN,General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.

nasium and consists of a gallery ex-men of the city. At this meeting, af-eral secretary's private office ou theone side, and on the other side, theoffice of the physiei» fTirector.Leading down from the men's lobbyis the main stairway to the basementand another stairway to the base-men': from the boys' department.At the rear of the office rooms islocated the gymnasium, which occu-pies the whole of the back part ofthe building from the ground floor,including the second story.

Gymnasium Leading Feature.The gymnasium is one of the main

features of Young Men's ChristianAssociation work and has been pro-vided for in this building by a roomof suitable size,?in fact, much larg-er than is usual for buildings thesize of this. It is the intention tohave this gymnasium equipped withthe best appliances and it is expect-ed that this will be one of the mainfeatures of the work in Wenatchee.the need for which has been fel;very keenly in the past. The build-ing is lighted throughout by largehandsome windows and will be, forthis reason, a very pleasant place tospend a few hours.

The basement is occupied, in thefront, by two large class rooms,which can be thrown together by theremoval of a rolling partition mak-ing it possible to use it as one roomin case of lectures, banquets, or oth-et entertainments. Communicatingwith these rooms is provided a kit-chen with a range and all other nec-essary appliances. Adjoining thekitchen on the east side of thebuilding, are the boys' work shopand the boys' locker room. On thewest side are the business men'sclub, the men's locker room, lava-tories and toilets.

Fine Swimming Pool.Communicating with the men'?'

locker room and the boys' lockerroom are the shower bath, passingthrough which, loads to the nata-torium. This swimming pool is aslargo as is usual in association build-ings. There is also a steam roomwhich can ho used for Turkish bathpurposes. The remainder of thebasement is occupied by the boilerroom and the fuel room.

Dormitory for Young Men.

! The second story is reached by thej stairway near the Chelan avenue en-trance to tho building and is occn-

| pied by nineteen dormitory rooms.\ Those rooiKrs are the usual size andj eaoh room has a closet. They will

! contain the usual furniture, a sin-gle a table, etc. They are forthe nse of young men who are liv-

I ing away from home and desire ai plaro among good, surroundings and! moral influences. There is on thisj floor a shower bath and lavatories

i for the of the occupants of thei dormitories and also a trunk room| and closet.

The corridors are of ample dimen-i sions and lead to fire escapes suit-ably locaied. There is an entranceto the running track in the gymnas-ium from the dormitory floor. This

The new building of the Wenatchee Young Men's Christian As-sociation, now being erected on the corner of Chelan and Orondo Ayes.

is an attractive feature of the gym-tending completely around the room,properly inclined at the turn for theuse of persons desiring this kind ofexercise. This running track is alsoreached by a winding stair from thefloor of the gymnasium. It is de-signed to be used also as a specta-tors' gallery in case of events on thefloor of the gymnasium. There isalso provided a gallery on the mainfloor of the gymnasium at the rearof the main office large enough toaccommodate twenty persons, thisgallery being separated from th*>gymnasium by a heavy wire screen.

Will Fill Long Felt WantThe need of the Young Men's

Christian Association in Wenatcheehas been felt for many years,?infact, about three years ago a num-ber of our citizens, realizing theneed of the organization here, hadtalked the matter over. GuilfordMarr. acting as a self appointed com-mittee, obtained an option on a cor-ner which he regarded to be a suit-able site for the building. Not re-ceiving the support of others, whichhe had expected, the matter wasdropped for the time.

Some time later, about in Septem-ber, 1909, on the solicitation of W.A. Thompson. State Secretary C. W.Wilcox came to Wenatchee and waspresent at a luncheon attended bya number of tho prominent businesster careful consideration of the sub-

L. V. WELLS,Chairman of the Y. M. C. A. Build-

ing Committee.

ject, it was decided to defer actionfor one year on account of the factthat it was very strongly advised bythe state secretary that no organiza-tion be formed until a suitablebuilding could be provided.

However, a little later in Febru-ary, 1910, booster clubs were orga-nized in the various churches by thesuggestion of the PresbyterianBrotherhood and Dr. Stevenson.Sentiment was worked up by thesebooster clubs when it was found thatthe conditions were favorable forlaunching a campaign to securefunds for the building. Accordinglyin March, .Mr. Wilcox again made avisit to Wenatchee and organized anexecutive committee. After carefulconsideration by the committee, itwas decided that a fund of about$25,000 could reasonably be sub-scribed, and with this amount it wasthought that a building could beerected which would be suitable forthe needs of the association in We-natchee.this committee it was decided thatan attempt should be made to raise

After ;i number of meetings of$35,000. Accordingly, on the 23rdday of May. a campaign was startedto secure subscriptions for thisamount and it was decided to raisethe full amount in six days. Thiswas accomplished so successfullythat the total amount subscribedwas somewhat in excess of $37,000.The association was assured of hav-ing a building which should not on-ly bp a credit to the town but shouldprovide suitable quarters for carry-ing on the association work.

Organization Formed.The association has been duly or-

ganized by the election of a boardof trustees and officers. The boariof trustees is composed of the fol-lowing named members: ArthurGunn, P. P. Holcomb. C. C. Bacon,Howard Thomas. L. V. Wells. C. C.Ward. George W. Coburn, R. C. Col-lier, George Pfau, Guilford MarrClark ('ox. J. H. McGohan, L. F.Buck, c. H. Schiltz, R. S, [alding-ton. From this number the follow-ing officers were elected: President,Arthur Gunn; vice president, P. P.Holcomb: recording secretary. C. C.Bacon; treasurer, Howard Thomas

This organization was accomplish-ed immediately after the elope oftho campaign for raising the fundon May 2*?h and it was duly incor-porated nnder the laws ef the stateon July Ist. 1910.

DIGEST OF LOCAL EVENTS FOR YEARFeb. 15.?Annual meeting of Com-

mercial club.Feb. IS. ? Contract let for new We-

natchee hotel.

Eack Numbers of the Daily-World Indicate a Busy

Year in Valley.

Back numbers of Daily World In-dicate 1 i busy year in valley, head

Jan. 6. ?Work progressing onCommercial Club building.

Jan. 7. ?Two mile ice jamb in Co-lumbia.

Northern Pacific line to tap Grantcounty.

Jan. 12-13-14. ?State horticulturalconvention in Wenatchee.

i Jan. 1 3-14-1 s.?Chelan County\u25a0pultry show.

Jan. 15.-?Wenatchee bonds for$50,000 for municipal purposes.

Jan. 18.?V. M. C. A. planned.Jan 25.?Floods at Crab creek.Jan. 26.?Entiat power delivered

in Wenatchee.Jan. 26. ?City council passed reso-

lution favoring $250,000 expenditurefor sewer.

J;-n. 27.?Annual meeting of theWenatchee Fruit Growers' associa-tion.

Feb. s.?Moving day for DailyWorld.

Feb. 7.?Elks install lodge.Feb. 12.?Dedication of Commer-

cial club, depot, high school and theWorld building.

County Good Roads association.

Feb. 24.?Great Northern trainservice paralyzed.

Feb. 26. ?-Snow slide at Cascadetunnel.

Feb. 2*.? Coeur d'Aiene towns areburied by snow.

March I.?Great Northern train re-ported buried.

March 2. ?Loss of sixty lives con-firmed.

March '.). Colfax is devastatedMarch 3.?Loss of lives at Welling-

ton runs to 11 8.March 12.?Train service resumei

after 18 days' blockade.March 14. ? Ephrata swept by fire.March 15.?Commercial club mem-

bership 523.March 16.?Council of Wenatchee

decides to accept Carnegie Libraryproposal.

March 23. ?City Improvement con-tracts let involving third of a mil-

lion dollars.

March 24. ?Great Northern heldnot responsible for Wellington wreck.

April 6.?Dr. King urged for con-gress.

April 7.?Spokane Indians in' We-natchee.

April 12.?Commercial club ban-quet.

April 20. ?Commercial club ex-cursion to Mansfield and Waterville.

May 2.-?Census work begins.May IS.?Wenatchee Commercial

club visits Leavenworth.May 20. ?Judge Burke speaks in

1 Wenatchee.May 23. ?Y. M. C. A. canvass be-

gins.May 26.?-Tacoma boosters in the

city.May 28. ?$37,000 raised for Y. M.

C. A. in six days.June 4. ?Chicago men visit We-

natchee and Methow.June 5.?Laying rails into Water-

ville.June s.?Wenatchee puts out

strong base ball team.June 15. ?Two men killed on rail-

road in Wenatchee.June 15.?Christian church decides

to build.June 21.?Mountain of magnetic

ore located at Blewett.June 25. ?Local stockholders in

United Wireless get humped. DailyWorld had warned them not to buy.

July 4.?Big celebration in We-natchee.

July 7.?Worthen mill burns.Jnly S. ?Woman's club fights for

Carnegie library.July 2 o.?Wenatchee Commercial

club visits Methow and Okanogan.July 25. ?Progressives and stand-

patters clash in republican primaries.July 26. ?Political pot boiling all

over country.July 30. ?Republican convention

has hottest session in history of coun-August 2. ?Wenatchee Flour mill

tar.burns.

August S. ?Captain McDermottprogresses with government work onColumbia.

August 8. ?Annual report of Su-perintendent Bowersox shows gain of10 per cent in one year.

August 11.? Murder of James Sut-ton at Cashmere.

August 12. ?T. H. Atkinson be-

After holding a number of meet-ing the board of trustees selectedthe present site on the corner ofOrondo and Chelan avenues, whichis 75 by 120 feet. At a meeting onAugust Ist, 1910, the board of trus-tees called O. E. McLaughlin as gen-eral secretary of the local organiza-tion. He was then serving as gen-eral secretary of the Pontiac. Ills.,association, which position he re-signed and came to Wenatchee, tak-ing charge of the local work on Sep-tember 20th.

Wellington Wesco CoalCl STEAM Lump

- $9.00

oai lump -$8 0°L