Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-01
The Y. M. c. A. Supplementary
Agency,

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home. the church and the school To
these three agencies is intrusted the
trai ning Of the coming citizens. And
the Y. NJ. T.. A, no matter how eff
icicnt it's work, cannot take the place
OF any one OF these established insti-
| tutions but IL can and does suppl
ment the work of all three.
1t supplements the work of the home
In number OF ways depending entire
! ly on Just where the home fails TO
function properly. Where the home
is lax in teaching spiritual things the
Association enterests the boys of that
home in some branch Of Bible Study
and aids them In applying the truth
to conditions as they Hnd them in
| life. Rather than dwell too long
upon the things they cannot do we
prefer To lay emphasis upon the
things they can do and create within
the boys a desire 10 do these very
things. If the father because of long
working hours imposed upon him by
ma adjustment OF industry or because
OF long working hours self impose
owing To an overmaslering desire To
Sc" certain things come TO pass, fails
to be chum TO his boy we try TO do the
''chumming' that the father should
do and realize that We are far from
fling the need. Knowing that the
homes fail almost entirely To teach
anything regarding sex hygiene the
Association arrainges 10 secure the
services Of experts who can do this
satisfactorily. OFTEN failures on the
part OF the parents TO fully under
| stand their boys or on ihe part of the
boys to fully understand their parents
have been adjusted by secretaries and
the disastrous results of broken home
ties averted.
Realizing the importance Of edu-
cation not because it increases the
boys power TO earn more money but
because IL increases his power TO SER
we've aim 10 cooperate with the schools
in STIMULATING the interest of the
boys in things educational, Not only
do we aim 10 assist'che boy while Ae
is attending high school in the coun-
ty but We follow him after he leaves
the county for college and attempt 10
lux him up with the Association in
the college. 1t is very seldom that
young man leaves one Of the organ
ized counties for college aud does not
find when he arrives there that the
news Of his coming has preceded
him and the local association officers
are ready To assist him in getting To-
Gated aud If he is interested in find
inl work 10 defray a part of his col
lege expenses their assistance is val
usDie.
Young men leaving their homes 10
work In large cities. Go join the army
or navy or TO visit a foreign country
can be provided with letters of intro
duction that will prove of unfold val
ue. The secretaries are notified in ad-
vance that certain person has been
given letter of introduction and
ia case it is not presented within a
reasonable length Of time TO take
steps TO locate the young man
and render him any assistance poss-
ible. This assures yonng mans get
ting opportunity to line up with
things that are right in his new lO-
cation and he is made TO feel the per-
sonal interest OF somebody who comes
to him at time when he is deprived
of the intimate friends OF his home
town.
The cooperation between the
churches and the Association takes
the form OF leadership training and
the enlistment OF the services Of
more men In the work OF tue King
dom. The matter Of aiding TO in
crease the attendance of the boys at
Sunday School and finally relating
them TO the church as active members
is defnit te policy OF the Y. M. CA
Besides cooperating with the above
named agencies the Y. NJ e.. A.
stands ready to cooperate with any
organization which has for it's odject,
better temporal aud spiritual cond-
tions in the county, the state or the
nation.
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