Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-11
WITH THE COUNTY Y.N.C.A.
What is Being Done in Other Counties
Corn Growing Contests.
Summer Camps. N

ino~ DS6inHiilS OF the 1Oung Men
Christian Association movement in
Gloucester County has well begun q
Assured of a permanent organization.
Gloucester County boys will now
question what they can get out of
it, and overlook the good that such
an organization will get out of them.
That the boys of Gloucester County
may learn something of the good
which they may get out of it, an out
line of what the boys of Camden and
Monmouth Counties are doing should
prove interesting
Last year the Camden County Y M.
CA. arranged a corn growing contest
for the boys of that county The pur-
pose of the contest was ssthe educa-
tion of the boys along agricultural
lines, the promotion of the habits of
industry, and the development of
character, with further view of
stimulating an interest in farming as
life work" The contest was open
to all boys of Camden county and
members Of the Grenloch Y. M. c..
A. between the ages of 10 and 10,
the boys being divided into two class
es, below and above Is years of age.
The contestants exhibited their pro-
ducts at the First Annual Corn Show
which was held in connection with
the annual meeting of the County
Board of Agriculture at Blackwood
hthe last of November. A great var
iety of appropriate prizes was award
ed, consisting of live stock, farming
implements, seeds, a two-day trip to
the N. j. Agricultural College with
expenses paid,a many other things.
III Monmouth County, says the last
issue of the Freehold Transcript,
fifty-three boys are already enrolled
in the Corn Growing Contest and
there is complete evidence that great
Interest is being taken Any boy
can enter the contest there being no
segistration fee and no other require
ments except that boys shall comply
with the rules in order that the con-
test may be uniform and fair for a1T'.
THE BOYS CAMP.
| One of the features incident to the
/ County Y, NJ. C. A. in New Jersey
/ is the County Boys Camp The past
| five SUMMERS, the Association Eais
conducted an outing for the boys
where they may have an active and
healthful out-of-door life, with prop
er associates, under careful super
vision and free from the bad influ-
e1lces of many summer resorts. Since
the Inauguration of the Camp. 212
boys have spent part of their. yaea-
/ ton under its Jurisdiction, many of
them returning for the second and
4 third seasons. 40 have learned to
1 cXx mn hox ylrc sod G I'll
unteEr Life Saving test, while 45
boys have become Christians.
/ This year the Camp will be located
on the Delaware river, near Point
Pleasant, Bucks County, Pa. op-
posite Byram, N. ]. 1t is a beauti-
full piece of country surrounded with
hills and pine trees, and with un-
surpassed facilities for boating and
swimming. Any boy over II years
of age may make application for
membership in the Camp. Swim
ming, boating, fishing, games, bible
study, excursions and scout activities
make up large part of the program
of the time at the Camp, so a glor-
ious good time is assured.
The Camp this year will open on
June 26 and continue till July "a :
i The total charge for board, etc., at
the Camp is s5 so per week for mem
bers of the County Associations and
$6.0 90 for members. The Camp
Director will be Otis B. Read, Co.
Secretary of Burlington County, with
whom will be associated Hugh D.
Maydole, County Secretary of Cam
/ den County and Others. They will
be assisted by Leaders representing
the County Associations from which
the boys come. There will be ply
sician nearby and waterproof tents
for sleeping, so that the boys will
be under excellent supervision and
be assured of the best of care.
4 Gloucester County boys may attend
Camp this year. Application may be
made to H. D. Maydole, Haddonfield,
IN. j.