The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-09-27
OUTLINE WINTERS
WORK At Y. NJ. {, A.
Athletic Glasses Organized fer
Effective Exercise
SPECIAL DAYS SET ASIDE
Evening School Will Open October II
and Religious Work of the Asso-
citation viii Be Continued
with Renewed Energy. \
SPECIAL DAYS SET ASIDE

The Young Mems Christian association
is now opening up its winter work and
within few weeks all departments will
be in full swing. Athletic, educational,
religious and social departments will be
pushed actively during the next six
months and the nearly 900 members of
the association will be given every adj
vantage that facilities afford
The athletic work has already begun
and all of the mems classes have taken
on new life under Physical Director r. C.
Cubbon. Next Thursday night will oe
visitors night in the gymnasium, when
the friends OF the association will have
an opportunity to see the young mems
class in calisthenic drills, gymnastic
work, games and the regular programme
which is carried out every night
This class has grown within the last
two weeks to a double membership and
the men are taking a live interest as the
zest OF cool weather shakes them out of
summer drowsiness.
BY the first of October all classes will
be organized and busy. Three classes for
business men have been arranged on Mon
junior business men being from IL, noon,
to y. M, for senior business men from
5:l5 p. m. to p. M, and the regular bust
ness mems class from p. m. to Z p. m.
The class for young men, which is al
ways the largest, is from 8 p. m. to $50
p. m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Tues
day and Friday nights are reserved for
basketball. A Sunday school basketball
league and a commercial league will De
organized, while the first team will be
given plenty OF practice. The leaders,
corps will be drilled from p. m. to D.
m. on Mondays.
F or the 200 husky boys who enjoy the
privilege Of the association for classes
are arranged. There will be a special
students class from 4:3 OTTO $50 p. m. on
Tuesday and Thursday. The Intermediate
or High school boys will have the floor
from p. m. to 4:30 p. m. on Monday
from 6 to 1850 p. m. on Tuesday and
Thursday, whilethe juniors go on from to
AIS p m. on Tuesday and from 10 a. m. to
II :15 a. m. on Saturday.
This shows a total of 81 classes during
a week. which will give Mr.. Cubbon and
his assistant plenty of work. At the
same time the associations track and field
team will keep actively at work. Prepara-
tons are on for the annual five-mile race
will be free to all who wish to enter COM
petitve athletics. Physical EXAMINATIONS
will be given all applicants to prevent
any complications and to properly regu-
late the exercise.
The associations evening school will
open October IL for a term closing in
April. Indications point to the largest
enrolment in the history of the depart
ment. General Secretary J. p. Stubs has
secured the services of the best special
lists in eevry line, and both boys and men
who have no chance to attend day schools
will have every advantage in the evening.
Foster Ansley, instructor at the High
school, will have charge of the English
couses; ]. s. Counselman, instructor at
the High school, will teach elementary
and advanced arithmetic, as well as high
mathematics; l.. r. Jackson. draughts-
man for the Tennessee company, will
teach mechanical drawing, and e. r.
Smith, principal OF the Martin school, will
attend to the general classes for employed
boys.
This night school is part of system
of AT schools with 46,945 different stu
dents, conducted by general commit
tee composed of men of national reputa-
ton
The religious work will be continued
with renewed energy. Sunday afternoon
meetings were resumed yesterday at the
Pastime theatre, with over $50 in attend
ance and the Rev. V. p. Merrell con-
Quoted services, which met with actual
results. Bible classes are being organ
lied for various hours to suit the convent
ence of the men and boys, and spiritual
development is being pushed as much as
possible.