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Page 282 - May I not call your attention to a matter which has been recently engaging my thought not a little? "The War Department has recognized the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the Salvation Army...
Page 254 - Whatever shall be, sincerely and in God's name, devised for the good of the soldiers and seamen in their hard spheres of duty, can scarcely fail to be blessed. And whatever shall tend to turn our thoughts from the unreasoning and uncharitable passions, prejudices, and jealousies incident to a great national trouble such as ours, and to fix them on the vast and long-enduring consequences, for weal or for woe, which are to result from the struggle, and especially to strengthen our reliance on the Supreme...
Page 66 - Resolved, That this convention most heartily commends the excellent work which the Knights of Columbus have undertaken in cooperating with the Government of the United States in meeting the moral problems which have arisen and will arise out of the war, and it is the opinion of this convention that the Knights of Columbus should be recognized as the representative Catholic body for the special work they have undertaken.
Page 284 - Campaign" followed by the names of the seven organizations participating. 6. That Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge be the national treasurer and that the moneys collected in the States be paid to him for proper distribution among the societies. 7. That all funds collected be distributed on a pro rata basis among the seven societies participating in the campaign; that is, the funds received shall be divided among the participating organizations in such proportion as the total budget of each organization bears...
Page 165 - The activities involved in religious endeavor and worship are carried on by various voluntary associations, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association and the various church clubs for college men and women.
Page 284 - It is agreed by the National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, the War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, the National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association and the Salvation Army: "1. That there shall be a joint campaign for funds during the week beginning November 11, 1918. "2. That by joint campaign we mean, so far as it can be...
Page 284 - ... shall be a joint campaign for funds during the week beginning November 11, 1918. "2. That by joint campaign we mean, so far as it can be brought about, a campaign undertaken through the agency of consolidated committees rather than seven separate campaigns in the same week. "3. That each society will adopt a joint pledge card. "4. That the committee organization now installed throughout the country for the collection of funds be disturbed as little as possible, and that the policy of addition...
Page 254 - The birthday of Washington and the Christian Sabbath coinciding this year, and suggesting together the highest interests of this life and of that to come, is most propitious for the meeting proposed.
Page 15 - The said act of May 31. 1902 (32 Stat. 282, 283), provides: "Authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to grant permission by revocable license to the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations of North America to erect and maintain, on the military reservations within the United States or its island possessions, such buildings as their work for the promotion of the social, physical, Intellectual, and moral welfare of the garrisons may require, under...
Page 25 - ... community, presenting the inclinations and habits of groups of men of a somewhat similar age, and already there exist agencies, like the Young Men's Christian Association, which have for years dealt with this phase of the life of men, and were ready to be transplanted into the service of the Army. Indeed, in this regard, our experience shows that the desire of the country to be of service was so general that we were more likely to be embarrassed by a multitude of expedients than to lack for sympathy...