Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-21

fcrring to Mr.. j. G. Eastman, Secrc-
tary of the National Boys Clubs,
whom she was pleased to introduce to
the gathering.
Mr.. Eastman commenced by cx-
planning to the boys about the work
ing of the clubs and told Of speech
made by one of his confrcres at the
opening Of club in one Of the large
cities.
If you want to make a boy good
you want to commence before he be.
gins to get bad. The little fellows
know what Is right and what is
wrong, and if we commence at the
right age and keep at them until we
instill into their minds the good part
of life and the necessity of living a
good life, then we are doing what
should be done. And tins is what
the Boys club does.
We commence with them when
they enter the club and they have a
reading room where books are kept
which are not injurious to them, good
reading, no trash, and besides we have
the very best of games that can be
purchased, not games which will dc
them harm or games that will only
pass away the time without doing
any good, but games wherein they are
being taught without their knowing
it. This is what we do with them.
OF course we do not expect to start
here at the first on a very elaborate
scale, but let us commence with the
reading rooms and the games and in
time we will arrive at the place we
started for, large building with
everything necessary for the boys.
Mr.. Eastman explained in detail
the workings of some of his clubs and
the great good they are doing not only
in the way of keeping the boys from
running the streets but teaching them:
securing positions for them and in
some places teaching them trades so
that the boys when they arrive at that
age where they have to go out and
earn their own living can do so assisted
materially by the superintendent of
the boys club who does his utmost to
secure them positions.
This superintendent not only~looKS
after the boys when in the club, but
also knows when they arc at school:
he knows whether his boys are dong
what is right on the Sabbath: if IA
family is in need he reports it and
many other things pertaining to the
welfare of the boy and his home.
He gets up the baseball games, takes
the boys out for walks through the
woods, gets up picnics for them, and
looks after their athletic training as
we'll as their moral training.
Mr.. Eastman closed his remarks by
giving few little examples or stories
of what the boys have to do when en-
tering a club room. He showed Il
card with boys name on it and a
number which this boy presents to
the circtakcr of the book or games,
and when he is through with what
ever article he GOT he must return it
and get his card. This cad entities
him to Il pass through tho door if he
wants to 90 home, i'm other words he
cannot 60 home unless he presents IT'S
card at the door. This prevents the
boys from going home with anyof the
books or games belonging to the club
as to get their card they must return
whatever article they got when enter
ing.
John w. Gordon with few prclim-
mary words of praise for the move
mcnt. move Il:
"That the chairman appoint Il COM
mttce OF three to provide ways and
means to carry out the proposed sug-
gestions.
Judge w. a. Boyce seconded the
motion.
Mayor lIersey gave very eloquent
speech in favor of the movement, and
said he would do all in his power to
aid it.
Rev. Ellie X. NJ. Jones said that the
of the committee could
not be made then as it was necessary
to talk the matterover first with those
who would be likely to serve and said
that the committee would be named
at meeting to be held in the dircc-
tors room of the Granite Savings
Bank at 10 O'Clock Monday morning.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The quartet sang hymn and Rev.
Murray Watson pronounced the bene-
diction.
Those present on the platform were
Rev. Ellie X. NJ. Jones, Rev. DR.. S.
N. Jackson, Rev. A. e. Atwater, Rev.
MIR. Fuller, f. G.. Rowland, John w.
Gordon, Mayor Hersey, Frank Howe,
Judge W. A. Boyce, Signor A. b. Bel
ondi, Mrs. Frank Martin, and Mrs. r.
w. Watkins.
The quartet was composed of the