New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
'. N. [. A. DOING
 GOOD WAR WORK
14o Members Have Already En-
 listed for Democracy

That the New Britain Y. M c. A. is in this war to do it's bit toward helping Uncle Sam to an ultimate suc- cess was explained by General Sec retary c. H. Barnes at the monthly meeting of the directors last evening when he reported not only the great success of the recent war fund campaign, but also the fact that 14O of it's members are already enlisted and three of its employed force have been called to the colors. Following is the report.
 '"The successful results of the re- cent war work campaign were sat isfactory to all who took part in the drive for funds and again emphasized the fact that the city is in the war to win. The local association, through the promotion of two campaigns for Y. M. c. "A. war work, it's own building at Quantico with two secretaries there from this city, three of it's employed force called to the colors, and 14O members in the service, has also proved that it is in the war.
 ''The members of the employed staff have been giving extensively of their time to the various campaigns, and the association served as the headquarters for the business mems teams in the recent Liberty Bond campaign.
 During the celebration for the boys back from Camp Devens a banquet was served in our hall for the football players and guests, and we gave a dance for the men in the gymnasium The men spoke in appreciation of their entertainment and it made them feel that the Y. M c. A. at home and at camp was alive to it's duty of service We have received many letters from our boys in the service. and all are united in their good opinions of what the Y. M c. A. is doing.
 "1n spite of the handicap of being without an assistant. MT. Slater has succeeded in getting a larger attend ance in his gymnasium classes than last year.
 For the month the attendance was 1884, of which 1,179 were in the boys classes and 705 in the mems. A corps of leaders have taken charge in splen- did style on the few occasions when the physical director could not be in the gymnasium
 The first two entertainments of the l season proved to be unusually good, and the gymnasium was comfortably filled both for the entertainment and for the dance which followed. These affairs have become a decided feature of our activities and are looked for ward to by the young people who at tend
 MT. Denton Is conducting a Bible
 class Monday evenings after the Eel
 lowship suppers. At these suppers F the pastors of the city are giving a series of ftalks. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske l and pr. Earl B. Cross were the speak l CTS for the past four weeks. The attendance at the Sunday 1 meetings will increase as the colder
 weather comes on. The meetings thus | far have been held in the reading l rooms. On the sunday of campaign
 week. C. II. Hudson, just back from
 Y. M. c. A. work in the trenches,
 spoke with good effect
 Through MT. Lloyd's efforts In the 1 Boys department, $500 was sub | scr1bed by the boys to the war fund.
 The boys will earn this money to pay their pledges. Each noon of the school
 week about 50 boys from the High
 school. with Coach Bearse, come to
 the building to eat their lunch. Hot l cocoa is furnished to them at cost. 1 After lunch there is time for games before returning to the class room. Once week there is the special at- l traction of a swim. Sixty boys have ] formed a High School club for