El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
Ell Paso Y. M. C. A. Has
ActiUe Membership of 932
Among the Members Are PIG United States Soldiers of
the Border Patrol; Athletic Work Is Feature and
the Boys Take 5000 Baths Month; the
Dormitories Are Crowded

issued its yearly report OF Lnt
4 work and membership for 1913.
It represents features OF the work IN
,eacbinp the Young men OF the city and
,ffordinq them a comfortable and well
liqIfed room for their reading, or
WRITING or recreation, a good wei
oouiDDed. gymnasium for their physical
6evel5pment. reasonable priced bed
rooms and good cOmpanlOnshIp.
There ere 932 members Of the ]. NJ
G. Al. in El Paso. and OF these AZ are
brsiness men. ACT are young men, 6z
older boys, loz younger OoSsi anu % ~
soldiers from the border paGrOls. VI
fbis number "a men live in the dormi-
tories of the building, and these repre-
sent 81 different trades and professions,
Five Thousand Baths Month.
The bows of school and high school
aCe are among the most enthusiastic
of the aY' members. Inc quarters De-
mo overcrOwded. limit the number OF
bovs to about the present figures OF 195'
In the gymnasium work these boys are
divided into four groups, OF nine classes.
The total enrolment IN these classes a ~
US. with an average attendance OF ~
at each class. The gymnasium work
aIWsvs winds up with SWIM IN the
swimming pool and an average OF over
5000 baths per month are taken. III
this way a large number OF boys each
year learn to swim.
The gymnasium work reaches a Dig
mart of the f9Y'' members. The classes
are sfrOn0 and growing, with the phys
zeal deuartment in the best condition
If has ever known. There are 5Z5 men
who use the gymnasium and these are
divided into IL different groups, OF q
classes, with an average attendance OF
90 at each class. The business mems
attendance at their classes averages %
q week.
Ting and fencing classes is II a week.
There are Il tennis club members, and
the association has a double tennis
eOurt for its members on the corner OF
Arizona and Campbell streets. In the
leaders, CORPS are % young men who
have been selected Tor this work Tor
proficiency in the work and regularity
in attendance.
onstratiOn of the physical work OF the
association, over $50 take part. In the
grammar school athletic league track
meets and basketball games about 3O4
participate.
Bow Scouts a Prominent Feature.
The Boy Scouts are a prominent fea-
tl1re of the work among the boys OF the
city; there are four patrols under the
direction of the boys secretary, Z. ID.
Brown, with IS members IN these pa
trolls. During the year the Scouts went
on 10 hikes. one of three days, and
the others two DAYS and one night, ana
had four weeks of camping out IN the
summer f'Y'' camp in the Sacramento
mountains above Mountain Park, n. NJ.
There was a party OF 81 boys IN the
first two weeks of the camp and 20 IN
the latter two weeks.
The educational work of the assocla-
ton includes a series of sex hygiene
talks. and first aid to the injured IN
struction. There was an attendance OF
30 at the former series, and 10 Tor the
first aid talks.
Ten Bible Study Glasses.
The religious work is done in 10 bible
study classes. under eight teachers, with
an enrolment of 101 young men, and
SIX bible classes for the boys with an
enrolment of 120. Seventy-two Of these
enrolled during the past fall. Three
bible study dinners were given at the
of the fall work for the boys.
During the fall a Sunday music hour
was inaugurated for Sunday afternoons,
at which music was furnished by mem
5ers of the various church chOirs and
musical organizations of the city.
The reading room IN the lobby al
fords a phase of social life that attracts
B large body of students, clerks, me-
1iers and visitors for their nightly rec
reatiOn- 1t Is estimated that the daily
Is $50 with 1900 letters
written at the correspondence table dur
mo each month. Special meetings for
the members are held from time to time,
and gymnasium parties, mock trials, /
bowling parties and the annual New
Years open house and dormitory !
Christmas tree afford social features for (
the members.
Meetings at Railroad Shops.
At the E. P. & S. W. shops, meet /
ings have been conducted weekly at 4
noon for the past three years, with |
discussions on live questions of the day !
led by prominent business, professional /
and religious men.
The greatest need of the association /
is s larger amount of dOrmitOry space, /
IS many applicants have to be turned /
away for lack of room. There are SO 1
rooms, and these are occupied by "a
men.
The Financial Statement.
The financial statement of the Y. M.
=. A. for the year 1913 follows:
Receipts, Estimated.
Membership, business men. e.. S1,18l.Z5
regulars ......-.. 6,465.27
older boys. 3o4.5O