Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19

AT dinner rendered by the finance
committee of the board of directors
| of the Central Y. NJ. c. A. to the
| contributors and friends of the asso-
citation last night, more than S1,5OO
was raised for the work of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. during the coming year.
In addition. $4,000 was pledged by
| the finance committee, bringing the
total to $4,000. This will be applied
on the campaign for $4,000 which
| now is being raised. The fund will
be used to pay off an old $1,000 debt,
and for current expenses and inn
provements. The budget for the cur
rent expenses will be about $4,000
in addition to estimated receipts of
$1,000 from room rent and other
sources.
The announcement that the finance
committee would contribute $4,000,
provided that a similar sum would
be contributed by friends of the as
sociation, was made last week. The
men who contributed as members
of the finance committee are:
w. T. Hildrup, Jr, $500.
w. p. Starkey, $4,000.
j. W. Bowman, 1000.
e. S. Herman, $1,000.
L. u. Wallower, $1,000.
At the dinner, reports of the sec
retaries and testimonies of members
of the various classes, showed the
work to be in exceptionally fine con-
dition. Robert B. Reeves. general
secretary, outlined the work of the
last year. June l of last year, the
membership was 400, of which nine
teen were boys. This year the men,
bership is LISP. OF this number
945 are in the mems division, 1876 in
the boys division and 21 in the
prep" boys clubs. Mr.. Reeves COM
mented on the improvements during
the last year, saying that some tables
and other equipment have made the
association building more interesting
than ever before to members and
prospective members. He called at
tention to the work now being done
for the soldiers, and said that the
building is far too small for the need.
He urged that plans for larger
building be made. The association IS
making the best use of the small
building, he stated.
Gym Glasses Busy
In his report of the physical de-
partment's activities, C. w. Miller,
director, spoke of the difficulty in
keeping three gymnasium classes 60
ing last year. This, he said, was
because of lack of equipment and
lack of public confidence. This
year the attendance is greatly i'm
proved. With the aid of figures and
facts he showed that the attendance
is more than doubled. In the former
season there were 113 men and 90
boys in the classes, there being a
total of 1913 members enrolled as
members of the regular classes. This
year there are 175 men and $50 boys
ln6 fnN~ ito
This does not include the vast num-
Der of men and boys who drop in"
for occasional instruction and exer-
else. The total attendance at last
years classes was 2,034 men and S14
boys, making a. grand total of 2,S4S.
This year. 3,190 men and 1870 boys.
total enrolment of $3.50, have been
present.
Three members of the gymnasium
classes supported Mr.. Miller's state
ments with brief talks. Paul Rex
roth and C. H. Cummings enthusias-
tfcally vouched for everything Mr..
Miller said, and one of the best talks
of the evening was given by Pat
Hoffman, a member of the police
mans class. In a plain, straightfor-
ward talk he told of his own expert
ences. He said Mr.. Miller and j.
William Bowman, then mayor of the
city, came to the police station and
urged the men to go to the gym
classes.
I'VE came up to look the thing
over. Miller invited us to come out
on the floor. 'Nuthin doin' 1 said,
That's too much like real work.
But we soon began passing the medi-
cine ball, and it was great stuff. 1t
was just like play. We liked it so
much you couldn't chase us out of
the gym. Every man made up his