07/19/1929
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"In drawing attention to the nationwide and worldwide problems and service of the Y.M.C.A., however, we should not lose sight of the primary object of the organization which is to serve individual men."
"Your organization is a great militant body enlisted in the fundamental advancement of human progress."
"The accomplishments of your associations over these many years have quickened the hopes of mankind."
"No thoughtful person can overlook the profound truth that the ideas and ideals of Christ which you uphold not only have dominated the course of civilization since His time but are the foundations of o..."