The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-12
BOARD OF CONTROL
OF BOYS CLUB MEETS
April % to Be Tag Day.
Objectives for the Com
ing Year

The board of control of the BOYS club
began its work yesterday by adopting a
list of objectves and planning To inject
new life into the regular monthly board
meeting, Since its programme is one of
community work the board decided TO
make study of community boys work
and a committee consisting of Mrs Vic
tor Prowell, Miss Rosa Strickland and the
superintendent was appointed to arrange
programmes for the year. 1t was decided
to change the regular meeting time to the
second Thursday in the month.
April % was set .or the annual tag day
and plans We're set on foot for the forma-
tion Of an active tag day organization.
Three new members, Mrs. w. j. Ware
Mrs. Sam Blake and Mrs. Vernon Gray
were elected. A new system of member
ship was adopted by creating an asso-
ciate membership for the ladies who are
interested in the Boys club, but do not
have time to attend the regular meet
ings.
Present at the meeting were Mrs. Ed
S. Moore, Mrs. E. o. Sanders Mrs. George
Wheelock, Mrs. A. j. Gilmore, Mrs H. H.
DeBardeleben, Mrs. j. ID. Elliott. Mrs. j.
Frank Rushton. and Miss Rosa Stricl1.
land.
The following uD1ectlNes We're outlined
for the years work.
Il. To keep In touch with the boy sit
nation in Birmingham, and through per-
sonal friendship to encourage the working
boys a 5 much as possible.
-. To cooperate to the fullest extent
with volunteer boy workers wherever they
may be found.
80. To hitch up 100 big brothers to boys
needing friendship and encouragement
II 10 assist In the conduct nj N
tigation into child labor conditions, and
cooperate with the child labor committee
%. To serve the Playground association,
the Young Mems Christian association,
the juvenile court. and the public schools.
through an active interest In their prob.
lens from the angle of the needy and
working boys with poor home conditions.
6. For the unemployed, To conduct AN
employment bureau To give every boy
chance. and to fit square blocks into
square holes. To keep the boy in school
when his circumstances do not require
that he should work. To furnish a tenn
porary home to homeless boys, find them
work. supply them with clothing. and To-
cate them in good homes. To supply
clothing and books to other needy boys
~. For the Boy Scouts. TO furnish an
assistant to the scout commissioner on
half time. TO furnish complete camp
equipment and assistance at the summer
sist in general scout work
IS. For the Sunday schools. To assist
in thoroughly organizing the men teach
ers of boys. and the Older Boys council.
TO assist in conducting summer train
ing camp for leaders. To assist In con-
ductng a training course, weekly, for
older boys. training them for leadership
among younger boys. TO assist in con-
Quoting a state older boys conference.
TO otherwise cooperate with the Br-
mingham Sunday School association and
the local schools in working out their boy
problems.
49, For the newsboys. To furnish a
high school boy as inspector of badges
giving half time to the newsboys: to lower
the number of newsboys appearing before
the juvenile court to a minimum: to give
the newsboys free camp for 10 days; to
give the annual dinner for $50 newsboys
for the newspapers of Birmingham. and
to conduct the annual White Gibson bar
becue, well as other social occasions
for the boys; to make the Newsboys' Re-
public. and the Newsboys' court a real
influence in the lives of the boys