New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16
FOR BENEFIT OF BOYS.
Club WHICH HAS ITS HOME
AT ONE CORNER OF
TOMPKLNS SQUARE.
WHERE MEN OTTO MORROW ARE LED
= ALONG RIGHT PATHS BY ENJOY
~
ING WHAT THEY. DO.

The conference, lust closed in this city which was
held ~ representatives from all over the land Of
associations which engaged in promoting the
welfare and the happiness Of the American boy
brought the Of tomorrow" forciby 10 the
attention Of the public. which had heen unaware OF
the nj Tlber and importance of the boys friends.
Almost ar the same time the escape Of two hun
dred and fifty lads from the New-York Juvenile
Asylum in this city emphasized the fact that the
boy has his own views Of what his friends are
irving 10 do him. Certain boys VIII always
need confinement in asylInls. doubt. and will
always kick" any attempt TO guide them: but
there is big building in this city where boys are
guided along the right path so subtly and wisely
that they never know they are being guided at all
They think they doing just as they please and
90 don't kick" all Il is true that these boys
are doing Just as they please. The wisdom of their
guides lies in the fact that the boys induced 10
like doing the proper thing and to dislike doing
the improper thing
The BOYS Club. which the generosity OF z H.
Hartman and other public spirited men
70 the dignity of a social institution Of the O.
ellis has had almost years enjoyment out Of its
new house Avenue A and Tenth-st-. into which It
moved December % OF last year Inc PLAIN eA-
terror OF the six story building affords little indi-
cation Of its many provisions for the enjoyment
and instruction Of the boys Of the East Side STU
nted 81 the northwest corner OF Torpkins Square.
probably the most freouented OF all the parks OF
the city and IN the heart OF the thickly
populated regions. II enjoys the distinction Of being
the only club in New-York in which prosperous
business men and the least fortunate Of the citys
bows meet 10 enjoy each others condolences
That IL not putting the case too strongly. Mr..
Hartman, Sherman Evarts Herman L Griggs.
Henry Stanford Brooks. William B. Anderson, S
Reading Berton Philip T. Dodge Loyal Farragut.
Russell A Griffin. Lewis s. Haslam. Otto H Kahn,
Wallace Percy Knapp. Alvin ". Krech. Allan Nc
Culoh, Thomas Wyman Porter, ". ". skiddy.
Henry Osborn Taylor. Thomas Tryon and Percy A
Rockefeller regularly visit the club and amuse and
Instruct its members In various ways They give it
she Tg-0a neil their o
70 the late William Carey II owes both its exist
ence and its success.
The six floors Of the new building utilized
follows: In the basement are the lockers, offices.
store. carpenters shops and shower baths. On the
first floor is the great general room. with its NOV
able stage chairs settees and tables and the stor-
age for the games to which IL is partly de-
voted On the second floor the lecture and loung
ing room for seniors. the billiard room and the
whist On the third floor the well equipped
and equally well appointed library. the natural
history museum and FIVE rooms for the small clubs
of Juniors. The gymnasium. the main or
which IS the third floor. rises into the fourth
and has its Level a running track built bal
cony. The rooms for music and drawing ana add
tional small clubrooms also situated on that
floor. and on the next dressing rooms and the
room for physical examinations On the sixth floor
are the restaurant and the superintendent apart
usent, and the roof is great open air playground
ar. Hartman erected the building and furnished
i from bottom 70 top and he doesn't even e1srge
holds It's obligation for the repayment Of the prin-
.sS g Esty ENC ss5 ap9osTP 1 aa2Hs
re cISO e.ta.Ls its 70 M
baths the price being one cent. The seniors also
are as q h P seT 9SS 5g IS limited to
lne e ~ % aTe1Ue rom dues The ast ~ the
more important hctions is Superintendent Francis
Il Tabor's salary, the amount not having oeen
Any boy, without references o.. formal proposal
ticket II he is dirty. the FIRST requirement is that
thirteen nor more Than seventeen years old to be
come junior and seniors are created as Kacan-
list is probably larger than that OF any other club
IN the world Senior membership is terminated
only by DEATH resignation. expulsion or removal
from the part OF he city where me clubhouse is
for retaining the privileges OF the club after they
large room on the hrst floor and the library and
baths; After they have served the probaticIary
belong. ne seniors have ali the privileges Of the
Cli,b and thew alone are allowed 70 smoke or play
Billiards and pool This is an unwritten Law. and
Obout the only well defined law Of the club; There
are no house rules. except the general requirement
The smaller clubs. consisting Of TWENTY-FIVE IN
chess ana listen to lectures by members OF the
oSsTo- os1sy some me OF nseIg instruction ! is
Among these sub-classes or clubs the football
one each Tor seniors Juniors and int st
onaH1ng class me natural History Club the out
Club. the Law and Order Club the Checker Club.
Zach Of these clubs is presided over BY one Of The
trustees Lectures entertainments and suppers
camp al Plum Island. which was Instituted bv
william Carey's generosity, and was endowed bv
him with a permanent fund. IS one OF the most en-
5oyable features. The employment OF as many OF
fhe boys as show especial fitness for corddeDre
and intelligent service is OF the features fhaF
has been largely developed. Owing 10 their per-
sonai associations with the trustees the worthy
members OF the club enjoy opportunities better
then those Of other boys, and many reapng
the fruits OF improving them
LAWRENCE BARRETTS HELPING HAND.
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