New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08
YIN. CA. ENLARGES WORK
Building Just Opened Has Many
Added Facilities.
AN OPEN AIR GYMNASIUM
New Summer Camp Comprises
$50 Acres, with a Lake,
Near Kingston.

Both IN its city home and its country
camp the West Side Young Mems Chris
tan Association Is broadening out Its
work. It's new building, at No. S23 West
18th street. adjoining the old building. has
been opened this week,
The most striking feature of the new
structure is the gymnasium on the
eleventh floor for boys only. The old one
will be used for men Above this is an
open air gymnasium, which Phihp D.
Fagans. director of boys work, thinks is
the first Of it's kind in rho East ard prob
ably IN the whole country This viii o.
specially valuable TO tho employed boy,
who can get their recreation and physical
training in the open air
Here they will play handball and III
door, baseball out of doors Unul tn-
present time the boys work OF the associa
ton has been done principally with school
boys. but the range of usefulness - en-
'larging more and more, and an eve. i'll
creasing number of working boys is IN
Ing to the association. Plans are '.ius
considered for flooding this open air gym
nasium in the winter time and using 70 ass
a skating rink.
Just now what interests Mr.. FagauS
mer camp from its old quarters 20 the
$50 acres of land purchased during the last
year. There is d lake on this property and
a house, which will bo Uttered somewhat
10 suit the purposes OF camp liz. Part o.
the rrospec, is not a'toa,,hor joyiII, now
ever.
Range II Be Transported.
''There is a heavy French range TO bo
kot UP there .omehow," SAID Mr..
Fagans and I, has 10 De carried GUAR
ter Of a mile To- the lake shor. because
wagon can't go nearer than that. Then it
must be taken across the lake on a raft
built for the occasion, aud then carried
UP O. Hill t. the new camp site. dream
about that at night alr"ady."
The advance party. which will have the
work 10 do. is TO go to camp on June Il.
Peas, beans. corn, lettuce and radiShes
have already been planted. and the boys
will help cultivate the garden. There is
no revenue for the association iu this, he
cause the activities u the camp develop
appetites hearty enough to account for the
disposition Of all TN" vegetables raised.
This year especial stress will he laid
upon camp craft ana wood craft. Tho West
Side camp emblem viii Zoe worn by boys
who qualify N certain accomplishments.
To earn the privilege Of wearing this EN-
blem candidate must be able to identify
the leaves of fifteen different kinds Of trees.
lie must swim fifty yards and row boat
containing two passengers at least
heavy a. himself for a mile. On one day
he must walk fifteen miles and climb a
certain mountain. He has 10 do ten hours
manl.d labor on an assigned task. The
ten hours can be stretched out over
week OF two
system prevails in the camp Of send
ing boys on hikes" one night each week.
and in this way they become accustomed
70 cooking and taking care Of themselves
in the woods The Young Mems Christian
Association is the father Of the boys
camp idea in this country.
New Camp Near Kingston.
The new camp is near Kingston, y. Y,
On Lake Binnewater. There will be man
in the party for every seven boys
There will also be changes in the Young
Mems Christian Association shop work this
summer Usually this has been discon-
tinued from June 10 October but about
ten shops will keep it up this season. This
shop work is entirely undenominational.
Meetings are held in factories at the noon
hour. First there is popular music, and
this collects the men. After that hymns
are sung. Then follows A fve-mnute talk
of a character building nature. Occasion
ally there is a definite religious appeal,
and the meeting closes with another hymn.
Wherever circumstances make 1t possible
this work will be done out of doors. The
cost of this part Of the associations
activity last year was $500. Five hundred
and nine meetings We're held, with total
attendance Of 67,50 persons. 1t has not
been a matter Of an outsider going in and
doing II all. The factory workers have been
in several cases sufficiently interested to
form committees among themselves to CO.
operate with the associations representa-
tive.
AS an outcome Of this Young Mems
Christian Association work the welfare
work of the marlborough shops at Van
Cortlandt Park has been greatly increased.
Entertainments are held there for the en-
ployes and their families under the Joint
auspices Of the company and the Young
Mems Christian Association. The latter
supplies the talent" while the company
furnishes the auditorium and special cars
b help in assembling the audience.
E. Graham Wilson is in charge OF this
branch Of the associations work.