Excerpt from The Boston Y. M. C. An. And Community Need: A Century's Evolution, 1851-1951 His history of the first Young Men's Christian Association formed in the United States is a case study in one of the most highly significant topics in the history of the past century; the development of the social welfare programs of private agencies. It relates the evolution of the Boston Y to two important trends: the world-wide Association movement, as an effort to meet the needs of young people during a period of urbaniza tion and industrialization; and the growth in particular of the Boston community, with its own problems and needs. I have sought to analyze the forces which brought the to Boston, to explain the organization's changing emphases, and to evaluate the effectiveness of its service to the community. 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.