Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1916 — Y. M. C. A. EXTENDS ITS WORK [ARTICLE]

Y. M. C. A. EXTENDS ITS WORK

War Has Enabled Organization to Gain a Foothold In Both Austria and Russia. The Y. M. C. A. is one of the biggest and most efficient religious under- | takings in the world. So practical is the nature of its work, and so carefully are its finances administered by competent business men that it is easier to raise money for Y. M. C. A. than for any- other religious work. Plans for its world-wide activities next year call for the expenditure of $4,500,000. The war has enlarged Its European field, and $2,000,000 of the budget will be spent there. From Switzerland to central Russia the association is now maintaining 250 graded schools and colleges of which instructors as well as students are prisoners of war. The total enrollment approximates 3,250,000 men. For the first time in Its history the Y. M. C. A. has gained a foothold in Austria and Russia. TherA is no other religious organization that could have so promptly and so efficiently taken up the opportunities for service offered by the European war, ministering to Jews, Catholics and Protestants, all on equal footing. Along the Texas border where American troops have been stationed, the Y. M. C. A. has founded stations, and nearly 40 schools in which Spanish is the most popular course. Half a million dollars has been laid out for the work in Texas, and a million for the Industrial department in various railroad centers throughout the coun-try.—-Leslie’s.