A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . d the object of theorganization to be the improvement of tlie religious, moral, intellec-tual, and social conditions of the young men by means appropriateand in unison with the spirit of the Gospel. An effort, therefore, wasput forth to induce the churches to take over the responsibility for * See pictures on pages and 232. 1861-79] RELIGIOUS, ETC. 637 the Rago-cd School and the riiioii Missionary Sunday school. Theearly association maintained a library of 1,000 voliinies and supporteda course o
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . d the object of theorganization to be the improvement of tlie religious, moral, intellec-tual, and social conditions of the young men by means appropriateand in unison with the spirit of the Gospel. An effort, therefore, wasput forth to induce the churches to take over the responsibility for * See pictures on pages and 232. 1861-79] RELIGIOUS, ETC. 637 the Rago-cd School and the riiioii Missionary Sunday school. Theearly association maintained a library of 1,000 voliinies and supporteda course of lectures each year. Among the lecturers we find the namesof Bishop Potter, Henry Ward Beecher, Bayard Taylor, Bishop Mc-Ilvaine, George AV. Curtis, Cassius M. Clay, and Andrew U. are records to show that the men of the and thewomen of the Ladies Christian Union met in tliese days to pack liooksand newspapers Ior the soldiers. 1867-1879 After the close of the civil war, the population of Cleveland in-creased with great rapidity. Young men from all over the country. Pkukins Bh)ck were locating in the city. Among these was C. E. Bolton, who soonformed a circle of acquaintances among the young men of the churchwith which he was connected. These men became interested in thework of the Ydung Mens Christian Association of other cities. Withthe approval of the ministers of the , they formed a new YoungMens Christian Association in Cleveland. Prominent in this groupwere C. E. Bolton, J. W. Walton, E. B. Holden, J. W. Clarke, J. , S. P. Fenn, S. H. Stilson, C. J. Dockstader, and E. C. May, 1867, a constitution was approved and later rooms were se-cured in a brick building on the corner of Superior and Seneca (West 638 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XXXIII Third) streets. The first meeting was held iu October of the sameyear. In January, 1868, a man was employed to keep one room opendaih. In September, constitutional provision was made fo
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