In one department of civic life, during all these years of clopment, we have ttle progress. Namely, our provision for the young men arriving in Shanghai, who while they are the juniors in the hongs to-day, dream that they may be the taiping of to-morrow. Some firms, sume concerns, have made wise and thoughtful provision, but the majority of the young men of business, those especially whose salary ly. a meagre one, arrive in our midst as strangers for whom nothing special is provided. And for them we need home from home," a place where they can, on their' modest -means, cniny the comforts of a home and the advantages of a club. Not only a roof over their heads, and a place where they can eat and sleep, but a place where they ea have the full range for the cultivation of their bodily, mental and spiritual requirements.
And this is the provision that the! new Foreign Young Men's Christian Association will provide. And 'i manner commensurate with the importance of the place and its development, and the requirements of vigorous youth, In the past attempts have been! made in a small way, and by small groups of persons, to meet thes:
Carr. Roncat Doutan LAYING Tue FOUNDATION Srone OF THE NEW
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