El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-25

who made brief statement showing
the needs of the association. He spoke
OF the necessity for the boys building
and the extension Of the boys work,
which had almost been crowded out
of existence by the demand for more
room for men in the present building.
He called attention to the fact that tho
Ell PasO association was more nearly
self supporting than most associations.
which require one-fOurth to one-half Of
their total cost Of maintenance to be
subscribed. Ell Pasos association, he
said, fell far below these figures.
Analysis Of Budget.
Mr.. Durkee presented the details of
the budget to be raised and explained
the items as he read them. The de-
tails of this budget is as follows:
1914-15 Operating deficit. 5000
1914-l5 Interest deficit........ LOO
1916 Operating needs......... $500
1916 Interests needs. 800
1916 Extension fund for work in
army and Mexican branch. 5.OOo
Shrinkage 1000
Payment on Debt..... 500
Campaign expense. 200
4OldA -s--... SO, OOU
Mexican Work.
Jose Escobar, secretary of the Next
can Y. NJ. G. A, was introduced bv Mr..
Cooley in a brief statement i'm which
he declared that the people Of the bor-
der. living in close contact with their
neighbors, had learned the proper value
of the Mexican people. He declared
that proper provision should be made
for the housing of the Mexican branch
of the Y. VI. c. A, as this need was well
known to association workers and lead
ers.
Secretary Escobars speech proved
one Of the most interesting Of the en-
tire meeting. In modest way he told
of his experiences with the Y NJ c. y.
work at college. I'm Chihuahua and in
FL Paso.
At went 70 Stanford university to OBJ
tain an education" he said. 4 Joined
the Y. NJ c. A, not knowing what il
was. but only in order to learn Eng
lish. I then became interested I'm the
physical work, then the religious work
and I thought how much we would
appreciate such an institution in Next
co. When I returned to Chihuahua
discovered that there was an assOcia-
tion there and I Joined it. Then I was
made physical director We saved
many boys and helped many more to
find themselves in that chihuahua as
ISOLATION. One boy 1 persuaded to Join
the association He was persuaded to
take charge Of the Bible class for boys
and is now our boys secretary.
Then Came PanchO.
Il was happy and was working in
the Chihuahua association when
PanchO Villa-you all know him-came
to Chihuahua in that awful December
two years ago. We closed the associa-
ton, and I came to the border dis
guised as a mule driver. I came over
the same road the American troops are
now using by Casas Grandes and Pear
son, but 1 had no aviators TO watch the
road for me for I was alone and hun
cry. remember how I felt when 7
swan the Rio Bravo and knew that
was in the land of liberty and peace. I
went straight to the association and
Mr.. Durkee helped me to start the
Mexican work in his association.
Take Back Best.
The international committee asked
me to Investigate the situation among
the Mexican boys. 1 found that you
have more than 400 students of schools
in Mexico who have been forced to
come here when their schools closed.
They were the best and most promising
young men Of Mexico. Those boys will
be. the leading citizens Of s(exico to-
morrow when the war is over, if it is
ever over. They will carry back the
best things Of your American life if
given an opportunity, or they will carry
back the worst Of your American life If
they are not shown by you the better
things.
1000 Members.
You send missionaries to China. but
right here you have an opportunity to
make good men and good boys The
American association is helping US in
every way. We have been working for
three months and have 1000 members
(applause). We use the basement of
the Patterson institute where there is
not room for 200. much less 1000 boys.
We have but four shower baths for 1000
boys. We do not have room for our
Bible classes. and our gymnasium (
classes are always Overcrowded, many I
clerks having to go there late at night /
to take physical exercise.
Need y. NJ. c. A. in Mexico.
"All Of these boys agree that, when 7
We go back TO Mexico we must take
back the J, NJ. c. A. for we need it. In ,
my room l have picture of eight boy .
scouts Of our association. Two are the +
sons OF Pascual OrOzcO. One is a cousin
IF PanchO Villa. One is a son Of Jose
KneZ Salazar. Those boys are not go
ng to be revolutiOnists but they viii
De good citizens of Mexico. They say
N Mexico that the great problem Of the
country is an economical one. 1 say
hat the great problem is how to pro-
luce men of honesty and moral
strength who can resist these revolu-
1onary movements. We can start this
work right here. We need two or more
assistants, for I cannot look after all OF
he boys. We need a library Of good
books in English and Spanish We need .
more room for our boys. We need a (
lew building. l hope the people will !
.orget race prejudice and shake hands
md build us a building"
Help Boys.
W H: Day, interstate secretary of the
/. NJ c. A, made a talk on How to 4
DO the job" in which he gave the I
Of the committees and teams I
Tome valuable advice He said thew /
we're starting on a work that angels
would like to have a hand lin. for it 1
meant making it easier for boys to 20
light and harder for them to 20 wrong. |
He said FL Paso was the decided ex-
,eptiOn in that it was not necessary to
make a budget canvass each year, as !
vas the case in most other cities. He I
aid the boys here were charged a uS1-
st fee in order that none might be shut |
tut Of the advantages Of the associa-
ion.
Conditions Mt Columbus.
Secretary Day told of conditions as
Re found them at Columbus when he
vent there to investigate the situa-
ion there. He said there was but one /
haplain there and he was working in /
me Of the stOrehouses and had no time
or doing a chaplain's work He said !
here was a peculiar need there. as
many Of the men going to that camp /
we're recruits and who were seeing the
iesert for the first time and they were !
leserting because they could not stand |
he loneliness. He said there was a real