The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-19

| Charles II. TOWSon is the chief eX
ecutive secretary of the Industrial de
Iartment ana nine other International
secretaries are associated with him in
promoting This work throughout the
country TheiI headquarters are at
The International Y. VI. q. A. building.
~ East twenty eighth street Ten
states secretaries and one hundred and
fifty special secretaries are promoting
This work in more than four hundred
| local associations. OF course, New
| York city Ii one OF the principal fields
ana the FOCAL secretary In charge of
this special work is Elmer Galloway,
whose office is al sd West ll4th street.
That there is a place in industry for
the Young Mems Christian association
as shown nv the conspicuous success
in Gary, Ind There "A building cost
ing 100000" WAS given by T.. II. Gary
to the steel city created over night
Nine months after the building was
opened the Gary Y. NJ. G. \. had more
than l,200 members on it's rolls and
was a large factor in the general de.
velOpmen' of the community. Ii pro-
notes civic improvements and church
activities ana is IA leader in welfare
work.
The Gary association organized the
Associated Charities and established
IA" board Of children's guardians and
the public hospital. Its educational
director is superintendent of the pub
l!c continuation schools Eight thou
sand men are employed i'm the steel
industry and the Y NJ. &. \. means a
great deal to many Of them. OF the
Zoo members, 81 per cent take edu-
'ati"nal work ana "a per cent go in
for ply steal training The sixty five
dornitories of the building are occu-
pied hN ninety-two men. Twenty eight
per cent of the schoolboNs of Gary
are members of the association.
The success of the organization in
the cotton mill villages is based on the
iact that It is "A cooperative agency
offering constructive service. not seek
ing To- acquire property or to attack
either employer or cmploye. but ere
atinE platform ON which both can
meet with mutual respect and mutual
benefit. 1t uses expert leadership. un-
dertaking work only where trained
secretaries can he employed. The as
ISOLATION stands for all-around welfare
work-physical social, intellectual,
and religious, Because il is religious
II is character building, and therefore
wins its way with business men.
\ foreman i'm one of the largest cot
ton mills in the south says: The ben
eft To the boys alone is worth all that
the association costs" Among the
many successful Y. NJ. c. 4. homes in
the cotton Industry are those in Kan
napolis, n. G.; Greenville. s. &; CO.
lumbia, = G. Spray. n. g.. Hartsville.
g. c., and Greers, $. &
Testimony AZ To the value of The
work is given i'm this statement by "A
y. NJ. G. \. member: II had very poor
school advantages in the country and
none for a fellow of my age at the
mill, ill came under the influence of
the Y. NJ \. This resulted in "A
desire to do welfare work for cotton
mill people. so | am now at the
ing for work i'm cotton mill Y. NJ. G.
y. was about to give up i'm despair
when some one told me about the in
stitute, and what it could do and was
doing for those who wanted to do for
themselves. and ! was interested at
once. My wife and | are both working
our way through the institute. and we
consider - LII,
class OF people
Y. M. c. A. in Lumber Camps.
Many of the lumber camps of Maine,
Mississippi, Alabama and other states
have found it distinctly To their advan-
tage To establish Y. NJ. G. \. branches
IN their camps. This is be ,aUse the
employers realize that To get the best
results from their men they. must look
after the social life of the workers.
1t is not sufficient to pay men well
and house them comfortably, or guard
them against illness and accidents as
far as possible. If they are left to
their own resources, in their leisure
time, they will develop characteristics
that eventually win he sure to impair
llltlI y. TOT lndl reason tu'
Y. NJ. G. \. secretaries are welcome in
the cypress swamps of the south aud
the logging camps of the northern
states Even employers who may not
be sympathy woth the religious ..de
of the associations work recognize the |
associations industrial value. and |
hasten to cooperate With IL.
Construction camp wrok has many |
points of resemblance to the activity |
OF the association in other Industrial |
divisions, and at the same time pt sses- |
ses problems of its own. To meet the |
specific conditions the organization has |
been as progressive as in othc. fields |
The Y NJ. G. y. car is the keynote Of |
the solution applied to the difficulty |
encountered in construction camps
This branch of the Industrial move |
ment of the Young Mems Christian
visited the big temporary |
settlement OF wor<men who were en-
ployed in building The bridge over the
Missouri river for the Pacific coast ex-
tension of the Chicago, Milwaukee y
st. Paul railroad. The secretary found
700 men quartered in box cars and
bunkhouses. Everything was being