The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12
PLANS OUTLINED FOR.
NEWY. N. C.A WORK.
Social Features to Bring the
Members Closer Together
CLASSES FOR BOYS
New Men Will Arrive in September
to Take Up Work of Organizing
Various Clubs Among
the Members

The new policy for the Birmingham
Young Mems Christian association has
been completed According to an
nouncements made by General Sscre-
tary Walter s Stallings. one of the
things set forth is that some kind of
social feature will be given at the
association building every week. This
additional attraction Will be In the
hands of II, R. Howell, who. came here
from New Jersey some time ago.
Mr.. Howell has been working over
time during the last few months de-
vising ways and means to entertain
the young men who are members of the
association, and 1t Is believed by him
that under the new policy the Young
Mems Christian association will soon
become the social center for the young
men of the city He says he means to
promote the feeling of brotherhood and
good viii among the members and that
it is his ambition for every member
of the association to Know every other
member Hs-
Members of the educational depart
ment will have special functions ar
ranged by Mr.. Howell to conform with
their tastes. Members of the athletic
department will be treated in the same
way likewise the members of the re-
ligfous department and of every other
department of the Young Mems Chris
tian association.
Additional to .hese many new apart
ments that are being conducted under the
auspices of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION, IS the boys work. 1t is con-
sidered by the board of governors to he
the greatest feature ever adopted by the
organization here. and Mr.. Stallings has
been highly complimented over the suc-
cess achieved so far in that department.
The entire third floor has been fitted Up
for boys and secretary will arrive in
Birmingham Sci tember ! to take charge.
He Is Horvcy l.. Reno of Allentown, Pa,
a man "a years old who has been COLI
rected with asosciat ton work for several
years. He writes that he has 10 or ~
clubs in the department In Allentown,
where the membership is but 300 boys.
These clubs work together and separately,
and he says that great things-are accom-
plished by those boys toward amusing AMI
themselves. This practice he
will bring te Birmingham.
There is class for working boys who
have been compelled to leave home and
seek living without having an educa-
tion sufficient to cope with the world.
These courses comprise studies OF the
fourth, fiftn and sixth grades, and upon
completion the boys may enter into any
ore of the several classes for industrial
men.
Mechanical freehand and architec-
tural drawing will be taught and math-
ematics corresponding with these
courses are already being taught but
there will be several additions to this
There will be courses in salesmanship,
public speaking and advertising in
cluded on the innovation list Others
Will be brought in before the. fall when
all of these will be instituted.
The physical department is another
thing which will receive more consid-
Grafton than IL has received in the past.
Fred West and II. f.. Mitchell are the
physical directors and they personally
supervise the physical training of every
member of the Young Mems Christian
association. Secretary Sailing says
that in September every boy in Bir-
mingham who does not know how to
swim will be taught. The pool in the
basement of the building is second to
none in the south and will be thrown
open to the nom swimmers of Birming
ham. Personal instructions will be given
to each boy.
, During the winter prominent speak
ers viii be brought here that the
religious work may be pushed to its
full extent. Among them will be DR..
Stanley l.. Krebs of Swathmore univer-
sity, who will speak on Three Gods in
One sometime In the early fall.
There will be Is or IS Bible classes
in which $50 or $50 men and boys will
take part. These will also be enrolled
in classes giving courses in religious
work to the younger members of the
association.