The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-03

| Foote's interest in what l believe IS destined to be one Of the greatest movements ever inaugurated for the boys of New Haevn.
 Following Mir Lotze Joseph Porter made an address of acceptance on be- ] half of the trustees of the club. | In his introductory remarks on be- half O. the committee of management, Charles P Walker said $1,OO0 were needed to cover the running expenses ] for the current year.
 Harvey L. Smith delivered a very in ] teresting address on the work of the | club. It follows:
 l HARVEY L. SMITHS ADDRESS. 1 I have been asked to state briefly some of the facts in regard to the | building and it's use, and the work of the club In the old skating rink days I the building was known as Lincoln rink Later it was called the polo rink, but nowadays people are learning ! to speak of it as the boys club build i ing. Mir Chairman, I do not like to l think of the building as the Boys club building, but manufacturing plant. 1 The raw material that comes into this 1 1dGkOTy CpIilGS lO III G4luAAfAc hc% y t''o in weight from fifty to one hundred and fifty pounds. Each chunk meas ures from three feet six to six feet in 1 length. Some of the chunks are chunky and others are not. They all bear the same label, a boy.
 1 Our ambition is to turn out finished product that We can honestly get an all round man. Three great features are to be considered in an establishment or this sort The workers, the building in which the work is carried on and the l tools to be used in accomplishing the results aimed at.
 To thoroughly appreciate your pres ence here tonight we will welcome you on every occasion that you can come to 1 this building because we believe 1t is 1 for our interest to have you become personally acquainted with the workers who are guiding this work. We have visited many other clubs. some of them with buildings more costly than ours. but we have yet to find one more thor i oughly adapted to the real workings of 1 the boys club. When it comes to tools, 1 however, our needs are many. There are two reasons, however, why, it is we'll perhaps that this is so. First be- cause the boys thoroughly appreciate every little thing that we can add to our club equipment, and second 1t gives an opportunity to New Haven people to become partners in this concern by in- vesting some of their means in its equipment.
 We had rather have a thousand peo- pie contribute thousand dollars to- wards the club than to have one man put in double that amount. One of the greatest needs of the club is swim ming pool. No other one thing could do more to add to the attractiveness of our work In factory the amount of raw material simply depends upon the amount of money that can be invested, but in our boys work money will not buy raw material. It must come will lingly. and with a swimming pool it would be easier for the club to hold one thousand boys month after month than it would be to hold four hundred with out this feature. A pair of bowling a1- leys would add greatly to our equip ment.
 l Lucy Boardman, I have been able to put in small number of benches for our carpentry department. We are in pressing need of tools to make the equipment fully available. We trust that this is merely the beginning of what will be eventually large techni- cal training school, which will occupy the same position in New Haven that Cooper's Institute occupies in New York city.
 A very great item in the running of boys club is that which has to dc with the current expenses. The Young Mems Christian association has started the club on its career, and until it has thoroughly been set on it's feet will continue to furnish light, heat, ventila- ton and also the salary of the director. It will be necessary for the club to pro- vide at once for part of the salary of an assistant, for the janitor's wages and other incidental expenses. We should secure one thousand dollars for the club work, two hundred and fifty dollars to maintain the summers camp for working boys. Of this amount, the working boys themselves will undoubt- edly pay five hundred dollars toward: the current expenses and one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the summer camp, leaving a total of six hundred and twenty-five dollars that our con- mittee should raise This amount of course does not include any permanent improvements. The club has been in full action less than two months, but already three hundred different boys have come in under it's influence. The March record is strikingly significant. Two hundred and eighty-two members have walked in and paid their monthly dues During March these boys from their own personal earnings, which are not any too great. have paid in forty nine dollars and fifty cents towards the current expenses of the club. Is it too much to ask that the 107,71S other peo- pie in New Haven contribute another fifty dollars month towards this work?
 Nothing that I can say would be of more conclusive proof that the boys are intensely interested in the club than the statement of the manner in which they are supporting it. Five cents per month gives a boy the privileges of the game room, reading room, library, pen ny savings bank, socials and entertain ments. Ten cents additional will give