Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
Y. M. G. 4. DoINGs.

The holding Of gospel meetings each
Tuesday evening in the guardhouse is a
new feature Of the religious work at Fort
Myer. The weekly meeting and song
service is led by Chaplain Perry and Ar
thur Lewis Smith, army and navy Y. NJ.
c. A. secretary.
be abolished" is the question which will
be debated December Z. between teams
representing the Institute Debating Club
and the Vaughn Class Of the Calvary Bap-
list Church. The Y. NJ. C. A. club has
elected to defend the negative. A prelimi-
nary debate for the purpose Of choosing
a team to meet the Vaughn class will be
held November I.
Standing broad jumps and a 25-yard
dash will be the events of the weekly in
door athletic meet to be held in the gym
nasium Wednesday, October %.
DR.. Charles S. White will talk and dem
onstrate about "Bandaging" to gymna-
SUM men Monday, October q. This is
the third Of a series of talks on First
Aid to the Injured" Seventy-two gym
nasium classmen attended last weeks lee
ture
A hand ball tournament has been ar
ranged to begin November 2. The winners
in this tournament will represent the
Washington Y. M C. A. in contests with q
Baltimore association team.
A schedule Of forty-eight games of bas-
ket ball has been arranged for the Tri-
City League, consisting of the association
at York. Pa; Baltimore and Washington.
Each team will play six home games and
six visiting games. November Is the
date set for the first game. on which even
ing York will play the West Branch Of
Baltimore and the Centrals Of Baltimore
will be visitors at the Washington Asso-
citation.
Arrangements will be completed in a
few days for a five-mile cross-country
run, to be held Thanksgiving morning.
Special practice runs In preparation for
the big event are being held each Mon
day and Friday evening.
The attendance in the twenty Bible
classes for boys connected with the asso-
citation last week was los.
group of boys takes a practice run
outs for the cross-country run to be held
in Baltimore November II Saturday. Oc-
tober "a. was the date set for the try-out
The run will be four and a half miles in
length and Washington will be represent
ed by the two feetest boys in the associa-
ton.
Election returns will be received Novem-
Der In the lobby. A special program Of
songs and speeches to make the time pass
pleasantly Is being arranged.
The annual Halloween party the big So
cial event of the association year. will
take place Saturday. October 81 This
party will take the form of ladies night"
and public reception to General Sec
rotary Cooper. The first three floors of
the building will be thrown open and the
committee in charge is making large prep
arations in the way Of decorations.
stunts" and refreshments. It is hope.l
that the crowd attending will be the
largest ever gathered In the association
building. The association orchestra will
furnish music.
During the month Of September thirty
two positions were filled by the employ
ment bureau Of the association
The registration by classes In thesAsso-
citation Evening Institute at the present
time in 753. The new classes in applied
electricity. literature and higher mathe-
mates are. 1t is reported. proving popu-
lar
Lieut. Frank p. Lahm. USA., will lee
ture on the subject Aerial Navigation"
under the auspices OF the Association In
stitute In November
DR.. James c. Fernald will deliver a lee
ture on English as World Language"
the evening OF November 4. This is the
first OF a series of twenty lectures on
English Prose Style" which DR.. Fernald
will give as part of the course in English
In the evening institute.