El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-26

Chinese young men The work in Ko-
rea is, likewise. advancing rapidly
The cardinal virtue of the Y. NJ. c. A.
method Of reaching men is that it is
unhampered by traditions and that it
is a democratic institution in the broad
est and best sense Of the word. 1t is
progressive in its work, utilizing the
scmmon sense means at hand The
best example of this is to be found in
the work being accomplished in the
ice-bound regions of Alaska. There the
at Fort Seward spends his summers on
a Floating, Y NJ. c. a. building" a
3S-foot launch, called the Helen
Could In this tiny craft Mr. Reid
and his wife have travelled more than
5000 miles up and down the Yukon and
its tributaries, carrying magazines
music and good cheer to the isolated
posts and mining camps. In some Of
these places the mere sight of hu-
man being, and the sound of a wo-
mans voice are godsends to men con-
sumed with loneliness and overwhelm-
ed by the great silence"
Potent Factor in Panama.
Shifting from the Arctic to the tor
rid zone, the Y NJ c. A is found a
potent factor in the Panama canal ter
ritory There the United States gov
eminent gives official recognition of
the invaluable work being done in it's
club houses, giving comfort to the
men, making them contented and aid
ing materially in the work of law and
order. When the government erected
club houses on the zone several years
ago, president Taft, then secretary of
war, asked the Y. NJ c. A to take
charge of them. In explanation of this
request, he said: when you want a
capital operation performed, you go
TO a good surgeon; when you want a
law suit carried on as it ought to be
carried on, you go to good lawyer;
and when you want a means Of keep
ing a population occupied through the
leisure hours with rational amusement
Of a high moral and religious tone,
you go to the men who have expert
ence in carrying on such a work and
snch an institution. 1t cannot be
learned overnight. Therefore, what
we did was to apply to the Young
Mems Christian Association"
A recent movement ineugurated by
the Y. NJ. C. A. seems to promise in
calculable benefit, not only to the
individual youth of the world, but to
the great commercial enterprises so
vitality affected by the efficiency of the
young men employed. This movement
is known as the vocation bureau. It's
establishment is based upon the the
ory that a boy raised in a city takes
the first job he can get and drifts
around trying one place after another
without advice or a chance TO dis
cover or develop any special fitness
for a certain line of work. The voca-
tiCn bureau is designed to study the
and his capabilities and work
with the employment department of the
Y. NJ. c. A. In this way it is believed
occupations will be given to !
young men who might otherwise grope
bIindly about and perhaps never Sc |
cure the work for which they were best
fitted.
Southern Mill Men Help.
Among the most ardent supporters CT |
the M. c. A. Industrial movement |
are the cotton mill operators in the |
south. They have already invested |
$4,000 in equipping Young Mems and |
Young Women's Christian association I
buildings and are contributing from /
their company treasures from $4,000 |
to $4,000 year for their support. |
Through the institutions efforts per- |
;onal and community cleanliness, more |