The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28

perfence with boys In their teens and
with young men convinces me that /
am right and that what we want Is
to get our boys busy doing real
things where commonsense and re-
sponsibility are brought much into
play and where there is developed an
interest in his fellows. This leads
to the citizen who is worth something
in his community. l am still a young
man but have lived to see that
these principles applied in the work
among boys which I have had the
pleasure of leading bring results APP
preciated by the man himself in af-
ter life and the community in which
be lives.
Boys club work in churches too
often misses the mark by treating
boys of from fourteen to eighteen as
II they were not of any consequence
and for get that the republic stands
today because of the service rendered
in the ranks by thousands upon
thousands of boys under eighteen
How often l have heard men say
He's mere child; He don't know
or He can't do that Then in an
unguarded moment that same man
has yold how he performed some
giant undertaking at the age of four
teen or sixteen.
The and l Fraternity, the Boys
club of the Baptist church, was or
ganized by the boys themselves and
they based it on the principles / have
just enlarged on. They are a crowd
of manly fellows with ambitions and
they intuitively worked out their or.
ganization along these lines.
Boys Home
ITO bring out Individuality and
maintain the highest moral stand
ard, nothing beats the plan of getting
one boy interested in other boys. s.,
these fellows have taken upon them.
selves the pleasing task of operating
hall for games and athletic con-
tests not only for themselves, but
For clubs of boys who can't afford to-
pay for higher class privileges, and
also to build home for working
boys similar to the institutions of like
nature found in many cities.
In such a home, boys who are
earning but small wages may get the
comforts of real home life by the pay
ment OF sum commensurate with
the wages they receive. Such a home
would be presided over by some
motherly woman. This is a great
thing for North Yakima and 1 be-
lieve the citizens will unanimously
tgree with our plan when it is pre-
sented to them for endorsement. All
this is being managed by our boys.
| want to tell you they are dead in
terested. They have their basket ball
and base ball teams and their other
work that fits right in with the school
work, but every boy feels his deepest
in this work for the other fellow"
With the boys club work being
we'll cared for by the individual
church, and these clubs working in
harmony and with the assistance of
the Y. M. c. A, as is the custom,
there is no reason why the boys Of
North Yakima should not have plenty
to do and be looked upon and figured
with as an important feature as well
as strong asset to our community
life
The boys of the U and I Fraternity
" "NiS 'hS DoSS Hoile PROJECT
feel that they should have not only
the endorsement of the citizens but
especially the officials because in a
city of this size, as has been pointed
out by Mr.. Beekman, there is hardly
sufficient demand to warrant the
building or maintenance of a deten-
ton home, for the Boys Home, when
established, can handle this matter ad-
mirably.
1t may be interesting to know who
the officers of the U and I fraternity
are. The president is Frank Slasor,
the vice president is Lee Johnston and
the secretary-treasurer Reuben Dills
Mr.. Beekman is advisor.