Young Men's Christian Association.
This was founded in 1858, and is the oldest of the College Christian Associations.
Its object is to promote the religious and moral welfare of the
students by furnishing opportunities for religious work in and near the University,
and facilities for various kinds of healthful recreation and instruction.
Under the former head it conducts Sunday-schools at the University
and among the poor of the neighboring mountains, carries on a system of
central and district weekly prayer-meetings, and arranges for courses of
Bible-study under the direction of competent and experienced teachers.
Under the latter head it publishes a compact and useful Students' Hand-Book
to the University, secures periodical public lectures and discourses,
conducts the Students' Reading-Room, and has purchased and put-into
a high state of improvement a valuable field near the Fayerweather Gymnasium
as a free Campus for athletic sports. The Students' Reading-Room
was, until the recent fire, convenient of access, comfortably arranged and
furnished, and supplied with a large selection of the best periodical literature.
It has been re-established in temporary quarters, and will be much better
provided for in the new buildings soon to be erected. It is open to all
members of the University upon the payment of an annual fee of $2 to
meet its current expenses. The Visitors and the Faculty of the University
heartily commend the good work of this Association to the students of
the University, all of whom are invited to unite in its membership and
privileges.
