El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-28
A Little Rowdy Becomes
One Of the Best in the
Local Y. M. G. A.

els that 7. NJ =. A. physical depart
ment doing business, do you ask" re-
piled DR.. H. Z. Stevenson to a question
about the particular phase Of the El
Paso 'Y" Of which he is chairman.
'EYou just believe it is doing business,
good business and a lot Of it. Let me
give you just one story, and it is
sample Of a lot Of them.
"This is the story Of the liberal edu-
cation % Tommy Banks, younger boy
in the Ell Paso Y. NJ. c. a. Tommy was
not a bad boy. (this physical director
says in fact that there are no suchl,
but was just pretty much boy and II
stuck out all over him He seemed 10
think that one Of the privileges OF be-
ing a member Of the Younger boys
class was to poster the others, in fact
every one that came within his range,
including the boys work secretary
and the physical director. The
younger boys leader corps always had
their hands full from the moment
Tommy showed up until class was out
or until he had been retired m dis
grace His vacations (terms of ban
ishment for misbehaviOr), sometimes
lasted as long as two weeks, but
Tommy, like the cat. always came
back, and with his aim and object the
same as before-to be just as onery as
by was his ideal One Of his favorite
escapades was to organize 'duck1ng
clubs in company with kindred
spirits, and hard was the lot of any
thar incurred his disDleasure.
Seemed Incorrigible.
"The trouble was that vacations
had no lasting effect upon the super
fluffy of his energy, and the physical
director was up against II. Tommy.
However, headed for his Waterloo
when he reached his 18th birthday an ,
niversary, for it then became neces-
sary for him. according to the rules
of the boys department, to be gradu-
ated into the younger boys class He I
there found himself to be one Of the
smallest and highest Of the group. Al Z
ways having been accustomed TO work |
his rough-house tactics from the time /
OF his arrival on the floor. naturally /
he was careless, and, Of course, began |
upon his entrance into the junior class |
with the usual program His activities |
were limited to boys of his own /
Instead Of these other youngsters
being soft, flabby, easy money, he |
found them to be hardened campaign- |
ers and seasoned veterans They had |
been in this class for some time and !
had proved their ability to hold their /
own with larger and older boys. The |
battle of waterloo now began. The
older boys, including the leader, i'm
mediately sized him up as a fresh kid |
and one who was coming into their
class with the intention of running
things.
Fails to Bully.
He found that the leader in charge
of his particular squad was consider |
ably older and husky enough to handle !
him with ease. He also found that !
when he minded his own affairs and /
tried to do the regular class work set !
before him, he had no difficulty, and /
that his path was strewn with roses.
Tommy however. had not as vet !
learned his lesson, and he stiu believed
that il was possible for him to do as /
he pleased and run things according to /
mis- fancy. After few weeks of hard
xnocks and inability to carry out for
ner programs, he began to realize his
ped was sure enough fun of rocks |
Tbey sure did make life miserable for |
lim, but vacations were unknown He
was never sent from the floor. as the
eaders had no difficulty i'm lining him
NJ forcibly. and making him work as
,cr schedule.
Tommy was no gutter, and day