The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-05-06
ARMY IS
LEADING
IN Y.M.C.A.
CAMP AIGN
Reports Made of Progress
of the Mensbership Mooe-
nzenf at Noon Luncheon


resenting the working force in the
big membership campaign. gathered
at the 7. NJ. c. A. for luncheon at
1915 today to report progress and to
discuss matters relating to the sue
cess Of the undertaking. Secretary
Van Patten presided at the dinner
and made a short tank in which he
! urged everybody connected with the
movement to get busy" as quickly
as possible and bring in their returns.
He said that a good many new Oeni-
bers already had bsen secured AID
that the outlook for many more was
encouraging Get the campaign up
to fever heat cchtinued Mr.. Van
Patten. "and the N6rk We have in
hand can be done easiiy.-
Reports were mado by General Sale
Admiral Lauterbac6 and their subor-
dinate ofncers in ht1h the army and
the navy: all Of thcm more or less
gratifying. While tot a great many
new names have thus FAR been chtaiE-
ed. the reports were to the effect that
q large nurnber OF pros1ectiyss have
been ~lined up and that their sub
scriptions would be forthcoming with
In the neat twenty-four hours. favor
able action is expected from some OF
these pro.pectives this afternoon
cunni1sFnble rivaIFy has been al
rualy 1eV,lopsd between the military
an nav1l fSFces enIlt,e1 IN the mem
1lD - - e = elpertnd e
/ groW II ztZ11lty q tie campaign
eoes q. Prises aEe oRAed to the win
ming side a. well rs to those who
achieve the greatest Individual sue
cesses and there VIII be keen com
petition for the honors- Up TO this
time the advantage seems 70 be with
the naval contingent but that may
be from the fact that its forces are
more mobile than those of the army.
General Sale said Mt the lunchesp a,
noon today that It was but natural
that the navy should show good re-
suits at the beginning but that for
the real heavy work OF the campaign
the main confidence for victory
would be with the army. To this
sally Admiral I-auterbach replied by
quoting the old proverb that actions
speak louder than words
That the army has something az
It's sleeve and viii give a good &C
count Of itself before the week is
over is practically assured. 1t is
equally certain that the navy will
make good" and that between them
the Y. NJ. C. A. membership will be
largely Increased within the next few
days. The relative standing at noon
tomorrow OF the forces under General
Sale and Admiral Lauterbach will
be awaited with no small degree OF
public interest.
Al has been stated in these columns
before, the Y. NJ. c. A. stands funda-
mentally for three things-a sound
body: . clear.cut penetrating mind;
. soul alive to rishteousness. When
you have these three things. you
have the ideal Of the Y. NJ. c. A. A
man h mot enough oe . man without
an Of them. A man b not . whole
/ man who has got keen mind and :
eood character. but h going about
ia . decrspit BODY. Strong emphasii
70 bsing iAid IN the campaign upon
the necessity Of physical deveiopment
such - u furnlsAsd BY the Y. u. G
/ A. No man can hope 10 succeed In
this twentieth century ~ an all
around man who doas not possess the
thinss the 7. n. G. 4. stands for.
Although It appeared from the frag-
mentary reports made At the luncheon
to-day that the navy was leading the
armx IN the mombership campaign
subsequent developments showed that
the rsvorse was the case. The figurel
given out BY Secretary Van Patten q
! / o'clock this attsrncon we're. army
I 90: navy s6. Each dollar paid In on
membership ticket counts two
points and each doll4r paeagsd tol
! The sams puEpoae cG1ntn one point
j To keep b tnoeA uit6 the 1zezsees
| oe the eannpalIn Natin. ~ nAnaa g
lthe. efsly ~ niN1 49, n eiens q
/ ~ Z. y. G. a. &
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