Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1914 — GAVE $100,000 TO GREENSBURG T. M. C. A. [ARTICLE]

GAVE $100,000 TO GREENSBURG T. M. C. A.

Nelson Mowrey Give That Amount So That Kls Home Town Gould . Have a New Building. Y. M. C. A. workers and endorsers throughout Indiana are rejoicing with sburg, Decatur county, at the splendid fortune of that city in having SIOO,OOO given by its most revered citizen, Nelson Mowrey, for the purpose of erecting a fine Y. M. C. A. building. E. L. Hollingsworth, of this city, long an enthusiastic believer in the value of the Young Men’s Christian Association, has received a letter from A. W. Hanson, assistant state secretary of the Y. M. C. A, in -which was enclosed a copy of The Greensburg Review relating the gift 't>y Mr. Mowrey. The letter states that the excitement over the war had pushed the news about this splendid gift to the back-ground and' it had, not received the publicity which It so well deserves. The terms and conditions of the gift are that, $60,000 shall be ex-, pended in the 'purchase of grounds in Greensburg and the erection of a building thereon. The remaining 40,000 is to be invested and remain in trust for the upkeep of the building and in carrying out the objects of the association. The gift was accepted and the building will be erected as rapidly as possible The generosity of Mr. Mowrey should impress other wealthy men throughout the state that th ey can thus contribute to the welfare of young manhood in a manner much better than leaving their wealth to some relatives who do not need it or to some person who employs it in riotous living. Greensburg is not a great deal larger than Rensselaer and some time, in all probability, Rensselaer will have a Y. M. C. A. and it would be a fine thing if it could be endowed by some wealthy Rensselaer citizen.