SPECIAL Y. M. C. A. EDITION
THE
Vol. 17.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1909.
No. 15.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
THE Y. M C A. MOVEMENT
IN THE COLLEGES OP NORTH
AMERICA
1. Among the 200,000 students of
.North America there are Young
Men's Christian Associations in 763
universities, colleges and schools,
and a membership of 59,000 students
and professors. By enlistnig them
in service for their fellows, the As
sociation is training students for
eventual leadership in the Church
Last year 48,000 were enrolled in
voluntary Bible Study and 33,000
remained in attendence two months
or more.
2. The missionary department,
promoted by the Student Volunteer
Movement, enrolled 23.000 students
in the study of missions and raised
$107,000 for Missionary objects.
Since the founding of the Volunteer
Movement in 1886 over 3600 have
sailed as missionaries.
3. Hundreds of students have led
into Christian life and membership
of the Church through evangelistic
meetings, conferences, Bible classes
and individual effort.
In the University of North Carolina
1. Of 767 students in the Univer
sity of North Corolina (excluding
those in the Medical School at
Raleigh), there 260 students who
are members of the Association.
The Bible Study enrollment is 35U.
2. The missionary department
has enrolled 125 students in the
study of missions. A missionary
collection is being raised. There
has been organized a Volunteer
Band of five men who are canidates
for missionary service. There
are 16 canidates for the Ministry at
home.
3. In an evangelistic campaign,
conducted in the fall, there were
more than a score of decisions for
the Christian life. Futher accurate
statistics are not available.
4. The association employs a
General Secretary who gives his
entire time to the oversight of its
interests. Twenty delegates are
expected to attend the Asheviile
Summer Student's Conference in
June m
A Tribute
It gives me great pleasure to put
on record my testimony of the value
and efficiency of the University Y.
M. C. A. as an organization for
Christian work, and to its hearty
cooperation in every matter of com
mon interest, with the churches of
the town, It is possible, I suppose
for different religious agencies oper
ating in the same field to work at
cross purposes, as some have stated
to be the case with the churches
and Christian Endeavor Societies in
Great Britain; but certainly one
would look in vain for any such phe
nomenon in the religious life of
Chapel Hill. Personally I regard the
University Y. M. C A. as the most
indispensable coadjutor and backer
that I have.
LeRoy Gresham,
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
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BIBLE STUDY DEPARTMENT
350 MEN IN VOLUNTEER BIBLE
STUDY
Y. M. C. A. HOUSE (SIDE VIEW)
THE ASSOCIATION HOUSE
CENTRE OF COLLEGE ACTIVITIES
Lounging Quarters Reading and Game
Rooms Newly Furnished Auditorium
The Association House, centrally
located on the campus, and admira
ble adapted to the needs of the stu
dents, has fast become the centre of
University life. In it are found the
only lounging places on the campus
open to all the student body. In its
reading room are kept all the col
lege papers aed magazines, a num
ber of college annuals, the leading
denominational papers of the state,
and a dozen of the leading dailies of
this and five neighboring states.
The game room contains two large
tables of table croquet, chess, check-
ers, carrom ana otner games,
and is in almost constant use.
The offices of the Tar Heel,
Yackety Yack, and Magazine are
also in the building and are provi
ded for these publications by the Y.
M. C. A. The Mission Room and
Bible Study Room, while set aside
especially to these departments of
the Y. M. C. A., are in nightly
use by other organizations of the
student body, Athletic organiza
tions, literary clubs, county clubs,
class committees, religious organi
zations, all find in the Association
House a convenient and comfortable
meeting place.
The Auditorium which has been
vacant since the occupation of the
building two years ago, is now
being furnished with electric lights
steam heat, and opera chairs at an
approximate cost of five hundred
dollars. When furnished it will seat
two hundred people and will fill a
great need in providing a meeting
place for the religious meetings of
the Association.
The ofiice and rooms of the Gener
al Secretary and three dormitory
rooms occupy the remainder of the
House.
The purpose of the Y. M. C. A.
is to provide in its House a college
'Home" for the students. An in
creasing number of studensare ap
preciating and utilizing it as such.
DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
MARKED GROWTH DURING THE
. YEAR :
125 In Mission Study Missionary
Giving Volunteers
The Missionary Department has
its headquarters in the well-furnished
Mission Room on the second
floor of j the Y. M. C. A. Building.
Missionary charts and maps have
been procured and mounted to hang
in the rdom. Leaflets have been
placed iri the room for the use of
those wlo are interested in missions.
The purpose of this department
is to cultivate among the students
a lively interest in missions, to en
courage the students to give mission
ary work, and to recruit for the
mission field. ,
The Missionary Department has
made moire progress this year than
any other department of f he Y. M.
C. A. Whereas there was no mis
sion study and little missionary
giving last year, the work was re
organized this year and has been
running smoothly, It was launched
last fall by a Missionary Rally at
which Mr. Laflame, of India, pre
sented the missionary cause. Then
a canvass was made for mission
study classes, in which there were
one hundred and fifteen men enrol
led in four courses. Several men
have since joined the classes of their
own accord.
A canvass has also been made
among the students for missionary
contributions. This is to help sup
port a Y. M. C. A. Secretary in
China and Korea. From the nature
of the collection its amounts can not
be reported definitely until later in
the spring.
A Volunteer Band, composed of
students intending to go as mission
aries to the foreign field, was or
ganized October, eighteenth with
four members. The purpose of the
Band is to help the members in
their preparation for future work
and to enlist men to go as missionar
ies to the foreign field.
A. R. Morgan, Chairman.
4 Normal Leahers 30 Student Leaders
A Football Group
The first task confronting the
Bible Study Department was the
securing of strong men, who are
leaders in college life, to lead the
student classes. This was done
during vncation, or shortly after the
University opened, by Mr. Barnett,
Mr. Graham, and the chairman of
the department. Thirty men agreed
to lead Bible Classes. It. was deci
ded to have four conrses of study,
two covering work in the Old Tes
tament, two in the New Testament.
Having secured the leaders and
selected the courses of study it was
absolutely essential that we have a
normal class for the leaders in each
of the four courses, in order to pre
pare the leaders to conduct their
classes more ef ficienty and effective
ly. We were fortunate enough to
secure Prof A. H. Patterson, Rev.
LeRoy Gresham, Rev. W. R. Roy
all, and Dr. H. M. Wagstaff to lead
the four normal classes.
The next step was to enroll the
students in Bible Study. In order to
arouse a general interest in Bible
Study we first had a Bible Study
Rally in Gerard Hall, at which Dr.
Edwin Minis of Trinity College
explained the advantages and impor
tance of Bible Study. This was fol
lowed a few days later by a canvass
of the entire college, and as a result
three-hundred and ten students were
enrolled in thirty classes. Since the
Christmas vacation forty moe have
been enrolled, making the total
enrollment three-hundred and fifty.
Nine of the thirty groups are
strictly fraternity groups, which
meet in their respective fraternity
halls. A group composed of the
members of the football squad has
recently been organized. It is the
largest group we have, and the
men seem to be very much interest
ed in the work. As far as possible
groups meet Sunday at 12:30, an
hour that is suitable to most of
them.
The leaders meet once each month
to talk over the work that has been
done, and to make plans for the fu
ture. A plan has been adopted in
.several of the classes which has
worked well. The whole class is di
vided into two committees, one on
membership, the other on attendence
The duty of the former is to enroll
new members, of the latter to see
that the members attend. In this
way the whole class is given some
active work.
We believe, in fact we know,
that the students have derived a
great deal of benefit from the Bible
study work this year, but we hope
for even greater results for next
year. We are now trying to secure
and partially train before the end of
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