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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1913
Page
46
The Mobile Young Men's Christian Association emerged as a world renowned civic group promoting manhood since 1856. Its 1897 building houses a library, dormitories, gymnasiums, and a large natatorium while its Employed Boys Night School boosts local youth education and future employability.
Prelate D Barker postmaster at Mobile is a prominent local figure active in Alabama politics. He served as a Republican national convention delegate for Alabama's first district in multiple years and was appointed postmaster in 1890 by President Harrison, with subsequent reappointments by McKinley Roosevelt and Taft. He has deep roots in law, business, and Confederate service, with leadership roles in Internal Revenue and Alabama railroad and cotton interests.
The association conducts Bible class work for men and boys with 220 enrolled in systematic study. It hosts noonday meetings at railroad shops, Sunday devotional services, evangelistic meetings, and personal interviews. It cooperates with churches and health boards, welcomes all creeds, and opens its building to 40 civic and church groups as a public uplift hub, operating seven days a week year round.
Mobile hosts numerous private and parochial schools alongside public and university offerings. Notable institutions include Spring Hill College five miles from Mobile founded 1830 by Bishop Portier now run by the Jesuits, and the Academy of the Visitation for girls on Spring Hill Avenue. Other schools include University Military Academy 933 Dauphin Street and Mobile Military Institute on Ann Street, with parochial schools such as St. Vincent's 264 Charleston, St. Mary's Old Shell Road, and Cathedral School 257 Conti, plus McGill Institute at 252 Government Street and several private girls and boys academies across the city.
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