The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-20
Y. M. C. A. NO. 9.

Every Tuesday evening is set aside
at No. for a program of an educa-
tional nature 1t is our plan to invite
in on that night speakers of note from
the nearby colleges and universities
The speaker for last Tuesdays pro-
gram was DIR. Cady, head of the de-
partment of chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Kansas. His subject was LID
uid Air. In demonstrating the pc
culiarities of liquid air, the lecturer
sprang one surprise after another,
holding the attention of his large au-'
dience for more than an hour. Among
the many seemingly impossible feats
which the professor performed was
the taking of liquid air, at temper
allure of more than 800 degrees peloW
zero, into his mouth.
After the lecture the men swarmed
about the platform to experiment with
the portion of liquid air that re-
mained. The house was packed to
/ the limit of its capacity, and many OF
the men were turned away.
A big interest is being manifested IN
these regular Tuesday evening pro-
grams.
The organization of educational
classes is proceeding steadily. A class
in English for aliens has been formed
in Co. So, of the depot brigade. Poles,
Servians, Albanians Russians and
Greeks are all on the job at every
meeting of the class, eager to learn.
French is proving to be very pop
ular. Organization of classes in
French has been begun in Companies
A and K of the 356th regiment, and
will be effected in the other companies
at the earliest possible moment
( Teachers of French are rather scarce
and men who can teach French should
report to No. at once.
A census card campaign is now
on at No. g. Blank cards are being
handed to the men of each company.
Properly filled out these cards con-
tain valuable information regarding
the interests and needs of the men.
The commanding officers of the va
rious companies have shown a fine
spirit of cooperation in calling their
men together for this purpose. As
one captain put it, I'VE want to help
out you Y NJ C. A. men in every
possible way, for you are doing fine
piece of work with the men
The Bible classes organized at No.
started off with a bang last Sun
/ day morning. Each of the six battal-
ions in the zone of the building had
its own class meeting in one of the
company mess halls of the battalion.
Each class had a splendid enrolment
l and a number of the companies were
! so well represented that it was agreed
to hold the class in their own COM
pary barracks next Sunday morning.
T The slogan adopted is "A Bible Glass
{ ir Every Company" and from the
start that was made last Sunday it
seems that the goal will be reached
even sooner than expected The Rain
+ J ow calls, composed of all soldiers
! outside the zone of No. 8, met in the
auditorium. This promises to be a
very popular class.
I Prof. Walter Burr of Kansas State
Z Agricultural college was the speaker
at the morning service His appeal
was for men to live a life of real ser
vice, not TO live and let live but ito
{ live and help live" In the evening
over one thousand men crowded into
/ the building to hear DR.. Harry S.
Burns of Chicago. speak on ''The Re-
: lation of Sex Life TO Real Manhood
I Dr. Burns drove home q MESA ge
I which win stick forever in the hearts
of those who heard him