The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-15
Kenosha Branch Of the Y. M. C.
A. To Offer Many New
Features to Members
SOME INTERESTING LECTURES
All the Former Interesting Features Of
Association Work Will Be Con-
tinued-Athletics to be
Well Cared For

The officials of the Kenosha branch
of the Young Men s Christian Assoeia,
ton has just issued the annual program
for the work of the association for the
coming year and it is certain that the
association will have a busy time in
the next twelve months and MANY in
teresting features are to be offered for
the members Of the association. In
the past two or three years the work
OF the association has been growing
wider and in the coming year the new
features are expected to draw many of
the men of Kenosha into the work.
Every depal tnent of the work for the
coming year will be broadened. The
athletic program for the year aranges
for the organization of many gymna-
SUM classes and in addition to this
none Of the old lines will be eliminated.
The basket ball team, the indoor base
ball team, and the track team, will
all be continued and special features
will be offered for all of these teams,
The five mile road race will take place
on Thanksgiving day as in other years.
A special effort is to be made to in
terest the men of KenOsha in practical
Christian work and in order to do this
a series of Sunday afternoon lctures
and entertainments have been arranged
for the winter months Many we'll
known speakers from Wisconsin and
other states have been engaged to
speak at these meetings and several
entertainments Of more popular nature
have been arranged for. Following
these Sunday afternoon meetings ex-
pert students of the Bible will be in
charge Of Bible class. The F'Wan-
derers Club composed entirely of men
who have no home in Kenosha, will
hold regular meetings on Sunday night
when a luncheon will be served and
general discussion Of popular topics will
be taken up. These meetings win be
i opened only to the club members.
During the summer months many inn
provements have been made at the
building. The bath rooms have been
enlarged and several shower and tub
baths put in in order to accommodate
the large number of members. Steel
lockers have been put in forlthe benefit
of the members of the athletic teams
and the members of the various gym
nasium classes.
notwithstanding The fact that the
Board Of Education has arranged for
the opening of night schools for the
! foreigners in the city, this work viii
not be entirely abandoned by the as
ISOLATION and several classes have al
ready been arranged for. The work
will, however, be on a higher plan than
in former years aud the classes will be
offered work in subjects more advanced
than those taken up in former years.
/ Already classes in mechanical drawing
and German have been arranged for
and others viii be offered Just as fast
as demand for them is shown. Plans
have been made for the organization
of a debating club and there win be
other similar clubs to interest the young
men of the city.
The membership in the association
has been steadily growing and at this
time this membership embraces a ma
jority Of the young men and boys of
the city who are interested in the ad-
vancoment Of the Christian life