The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-30

/ derstand that he is going to war. He
must be ready 10 do the thing that
comes to him 10 do. France Is no
place these days for the man who
thinks he has mission, There Is
lust one idea behind the whole work
and that Is service, what our boys
want and not what some missionary
thinks they ought to have. The man
who goes overseas must be Il man or
conscience, integrity and high ideals
and ability And he must realize that
he is taclling the biggest job that II
was ever given man to do.
Second a man must go in there with
the idea firmly fixed in his mind that
unless we win this war 1t were better
that America should be annihilated
than that she should retreat one step
in the determination 10 prevent the
barbarous Hun from imposing his I'M
merciful sway over the world and
sweep democracy from the earth.
Third, he must be man who be-
lieves in the war work Of the y. NJ. G.
A. and can grasp the meaning of its
wonderfully human and spiritual pro-
gram, and who, seeing all this, can
be enthusiastic about his job and con-
slider it great privilege 10 perform 1t.
"And last, he must be a thorough
bred-a dead game sport in the best
sense of the term-whO can go through
the whole war game and not finch, in
spite Of the slaughter the blood, the
mud, the discOuragcments. deSolatiOn
and horror of it all. He must go
through it all by the sheer good ma
ture that sees above it his high ideals
triumphant and democracy vindicated
and scattering its blessings upon man.
kind"
Scope of Work BoundIess.
The scope of the Y. NJ. c. A. enter
prise is practically boundless. The as
soclation has gone far afield from its
traditional activities. Never in their
widest dreams of service have the
leaders of the Y. NJ. c. A. conceived
the possibility of their becoming man
Of chocolate and purveyOrs
Of tons and tons of cigars, cigarettes
and smoking and chewing tobacco. Yet
today the "Y" sign hangs over the
doors Of more than 600 post exchanges
in France.
Because of the difficulties Of trans
portation only three to four thousand
tons Of supplies can be shipped from
America each month. Hence the Y. NJ.
G. A. has become a manufacturer by
necessity. Raw materials are shipped
from the United States and the COM
Dleted products-chOCOlate crackers, |.
atc.-are made in France. i
The "Y" needs, therefore, not only |
business men who can sell goods, but |
men who are experienced on the manu-,
featuring end. The scope of the work
makes it possible for statesmen, ware.
lousemen, accountants and clerks OF
Ill kinds to 90 overseas and do their
bit in this war.
Sports. If there is one thing that the
healthy American young man. in khaki
leeds most in France it is good,
healthy sport. Some Of the most ia
nous athletic directors and athletes
If other years are in France today
eading men in mass athletic games.
Herbert L. Pratt, vice president of
he Standard Oil company, who recent
V returned from France to head the
Ocal overseas recruiting committee, is
for the statement that there
s no job in France too small for the
biggest man in any American COM
"No president of railrond
II a bank, or a college," he adds, mo
awyer or minister is too big for the
OBJ of taking care of our boys over
cas-"
Mr.. Pratt and others who have seen
he work that is being done in France
um it all UP by saying that it means
0 our boys over there first of all
america and home.