Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
Y. M. c. A. WILL
COOPERATE WITH
y LOCAL CHURCHES
Project Is to interest Boys in
Activities of Sunday
School.

To popuIarize the title 1.-THE sun
day School Boy" and make it one
to be sought by boys, is in essence
the purpose of the movement in
augurated last night at the fall boys
rally at the Y. M. c. A. May boys
have not always been faithful in
Sunday school attendance and inter-
est. 1t has been difficult in some
schools to do much for the boy, it Is
said. The extension work to be I'M
dertaken under the direction of Ivan
P. Flood, as secretary, in co-opera-
ton with Sunday schools is to In
clude number Of methods and plans
for helping boys to understand the
value to them OF Sunday school fell
Iowship and life.
A program by which the weekly
activities of boys will have applica-
tion to Sunday school interest will be
undertaken. Athletics, both outdoor
and indoor, will claim much atten-
ton. A big carnival is planned for
October 10 on the public school ath-
letic field. In the winter basketball
and swimming will receive attention,
the purpose being to have every Sun
day school boy know how to swim,
During holiday seasons special rally
programs will be carried out. AT the
athletic meet October 10 trophies Will
he awarded to successful contestants
In all events. This meet Is to be
under the auspices of the Essex Fed
Grafton Sunday School Boys Clubs.
The general plan contemplates the
organization in Sunday schools OF
.1.~e,as x.rif1, man taachara for
boys over twelve years of age, who
are to have their own officers. A city
boys council is to be formed, made
up of older boys appointed by the
pastor and superintendent OF each
school The council is to plan and to-
carry out the details OF work through
contact with Sunday schools The
plan includes coordination with
boys organizations, as boy scouts,
big brother movement, clubs and
others. Men as leaders are to have
training class, and every other week
at a. Y. M. G. A. supper are to con-
duct a study course for the purpose
of knowing better the boy.
: The emphasis to be put on this
leadership of men is that the special
need, of the boy is a man friend and
brotherly association. For this end
facilities of Sunday schools and the
Y. M. G. A. are to be used In CO.
operation. In the summer a section
of Camp Kiamesha, the city Y. M. G.
A. camp, it Is expected, will be set
aside for Sunday school boys. Some
churches have recreational equipment
and meeting rooms, but where such
equipment Is not possessed special
use CT z. M. G. A. facilities may be
had only on condition that Sunday
school boys so using them have been
present at Sunday school the Sun
day previous to their use.
ssBoys' Day" or Sunday, when the
ministers may preach sermons on
some phase of boys needs and life.
In Sunday schools the exercises are
to be turned over to the older boys,
who will conduct them. Provision Is
made for the practical and inspira-
tional sides of the movement for
boys through a series of conferences.
The first will be held November
1920 when the older boys crusade
will be launched. This will be for
church. Literature will be provided
explaining what the church stands
for. Boys will be taught that they
are to be defenders Of the church.
1t is hoped to enlist 1000 boys of
Newark and vicinity in the crusade,
and the task of every crusader will
be to secure for Sunday schools nom
attending boys. Older boys will be
formed into an organization known
as knights of the Church." a ma
tional order of which exists, with
which in time utilization may be at
tanned. The whole plan involves a
varied and wide cooperation of Sun
day schools with one another, and all
with the z. M. c. A. in an effort to
develop the boys into manly, Chris
ton men, who shall continue for
coming time their interest in church
work and life.