New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
Y. M. l.. A. BOARD
 HEARS FINE REPORT
War Has Not Affected Interest in
 Association Work

The monthly report of Acting Secretary J. William Denton of the Y M. c. A. at the meeting of the board of directors last evening" showed that despite the great loss in membership by the patriotism of men joining the colors, the association en- joyed a very prosperous month dur ing April. The report is as follows:
 May 20, 1918. ITO the Board of Directors.
 ''Gentlemen:
 Although it is naturally expected that our building activities will drop off as the summer approaches, it will be seen by the following report, that April has been a busy month.
 Our members are constantly leav- ing and joining the various depart ments of the United States service, but there is a continual incoming which keeps our ranks practically filled. By close application to our work we are expecting that our as scciation will not only furnish it's full quota of men for patriotic serv- i've, but that we will keep our mem bership up to the full capacity of our building
 we are enlisting the enthusiasm cf our membership to aid us in building up the home base and keep the Home Fires Burning" Our building has been used sev- eral times during the month for pur- poses of national and civic interest. "Bcside the regular activities of our association we were represented OF the business mems committee Tn the Third Liberty Loan Drive and our team made a creditable showing. "A very interesting letter received from MT. Barnes states that his fam ily arrived safely and that large part of the supervision camp work has devolved upon him on account of the sickness of Mr. Wilson and the camp religious work directors. we have secured the services of a permanent man as boys secretary who has taken hold of the work in a spirit which promises success for that department,
 "The present outlook for the entire work of the association is excellent, The following report from MT. Slater speaks for itself:
 AS a lively spring game, handball cannot be beaten. and it had a heavy daily patronage and totalled 396 for the month.
 "The regular season for the all- around athletics for 1918 in all of the various classes came to very sue ! cessful close on April IS. Six rounds for total of 12 events were run off with a, total of 124 different individ- uals competing. The entry list for all classes was Al, with 27 in the High school class, 41 in the Employed Boy "A" class, 32 in the Employed Boy "B' class, and fl in the Junior class Forty-one athletic emblems were awarded to the successful contestants. In the High school test, H. Hall took first place with 290 points In the Employed Boy "A'' test, a, tie existed between D. Paulson and P. Fucker, each registering 393 points. w. Good ison landed first place in the Elm ployed Boy "B" test with 3S4 points, and c. Dyer took first place in the Junior test with 3s6 points. During the past season one association rec ord in the Boys division was broken by l.. Rackliffe when he chinned him. self 26 times.
 "The regular season for aquati tics opened April with the High school, Employed Boy A, Employed Boy tion In their annual tests. Seven rounds for a total of fourteen events were conducted with 5S fellows in the competition. All the marks in the various events were up to our regular standard and in the dive for object, G. Hayes of the Employed B class set a new mark of 2 seconds for the event. The total receipts for the rental of association towels during the month was $49.37. About 1.1eo