Fifty Years Of Federation Of The Young Mens Christian Associations Of North America

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ISBN 13 : 9780428197636
Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Fifty-Five Years written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty-Five Years: The Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, 1858-1913 At the close of fifty years there was entertained the purpose of publishing a historical sketch of the half century of activity of the Chicago association. Material was prepared for such a volume, but one stubborn fact prevented the execution of the plan. The association was making history so rapidly that there was little time to record it. Notwithstanding the fact that history is still being made, the plan has been revived of publishing this volume. In sending out this record of the years we wish first of all to bear testimony to the thorough historical investigation which was. Made by Edwin Burritt Smith, the results of which were pre pared by him for the volume published fifteen years ago, giving a history of the first forty years of the life of the association in this city. With a few changes this sketch prepared by Mr. Smith has been incorporated into the present volume. In the second place, we wish to call attention to the fact that the present volume is not confined to the records of the fifty years, but that supplemental material has been added covering the five years since the close of the half century, five eventful and progressive years. Grateful recognition is given, not only to a multitude of friends and workers who have made possible the large achieve ments of this association, but also to a small group who by their efforts have made this volume possible. No effort is made to record their names, but the thanks of the association is due to each one who in his place has given loyal and valued assistance to this effort to briefly set forth the accomplishments of these years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.