Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-06
Y.M.C.A. EXECUTIVE HEAD
HAS TWO SONS IN FRANCE
6 7cretary Wilson and His Colaborers
in Religious Work Making
Record for Service.


member of the family of Gill Irwin
Wilson, executive head Of "O"-200. Y.
M. c. A.. and the friends here of the
new boss are fast beginning to realize
the truth of the statement
Mr.. Wilson has two sons in France,
one a corporal in the French Aviation
Corps, and another a lieutenant with
Pershing who also goes in for flying.
The father is a Presbyterian preacher
when he is at home in Wheeling, w.
Va, and his two sons want to do the
same kind of job when they leave
the army, one being a student of the
o1ogy and the other full-fedged min
lister.
While his sons are sky pilots in the
real sense, Secretary Wilson has al
ready shown that he is possessed of
the ability to make men rise to heaven
1y heights without the airplane He
is forty -nine years old, and took his
A. b. degree at Westminster College,
Pennsylvania, graduating later from
the Western Theological Seminary. Be-
sides the sons, he has two daughters.
Mr.. Wilson's fine. friendly spirit Of
cooperation has made itself felt here,
and he stands ready to go to france
when the association wants him.
Harvey v. Tanner came here to do
religious work from Rochester. N. Y.
where he was in charge of the East
Avenue Baptist Church. He is mar
ried and has one child, Vernon, eleven
years old, who may or may not be-
come a minister like his dad.
Prepared to stay as long as the SOL
diers need him, Mr.. Tanner is enter
ing into the work of the "Y" with all
his might, and has already been in the
hospital because of the hardships OF
the life.
Mr.. Tanner knows the "Y" work be-
cause he was a volunteer under Nash,
the great religious worker of Cleveland.
AS chautauqua leader he is well
qualified also. In Cleveland he served
as a pastor seven years of the Hiram
Theological College, Ohio.
While the work is temporary, he be-
1ieves that permanency should be kept
in mind and that the soldiers should be
given the proper religious impetus be-
fore entering the trenches. "Send them
over right" is his motto and he thinks
they will go in that condition.
Pepper" Hopkins, or John Lee H.,
to. be accurate, Is the educational mo-
gul and he halls originally from Kan
sas. The cyclonic proclivities imbibed
in the great cereal state, "Hoppy"
transported with him to the oriental
regions of the United States where he
near Rochester. He has been impart-
ing portions of his redoubtabie erudi-
Hon to the young idea of Fairport
as superintendent of education for the
last eight years.
In Hamilton College, where the
learned secretary pursued his studies,
he specialized on languages and his
tory and while he acknowledges his
thirty-two years he actually resembles
the veriest kiddiest kid one ever be-
held-which will disturb the dignified
I'd professor unspeakably.
Hopkins persuaded fair maiden to
share her fate with him four or five
years ago. Born on a ranch he knows
how to throw the lariat so that it wins
the hearts of the soldiers and makes
them want to partake of the great
feast OF knowledge which he has to
offer.
Out by the desk in front of the
building the work is being carried on
~ one w. Howard Haynes. who
fs " Meade as his particular form Of
Vcrn in Savannah, Ca, he has lived
IN Toward county, Md; New Jersey,
New York, New Hampshire and Mas.
business end Of the work here and is
member Of Christ Protestant Epis
copaI Church, Baltimore, which, by the
way. holds service and supper for
pOAoIefB ana sailors every Sunday aft.
ernOon at o'clock. This, by the way.
is now missed by "Haynesie" and he
frankly does not like it.
When It comes to keeping the SOL
diersl entertained BILLY Burke" the
social man, is right on the Job. He
comes from Baltimore county and
knows the Fred Talbot fne art Of
haRding out the glad mitten. while
he is only twenty-six years old, Billy
has intended to go long time into
"a "Y'' work and stands. at "attention"
whenever any of the older secretaries
talk about sending him to France He
Is ready. He went to school in Mt, Her
I man, Mass, and is unattached maritalIy.
The latest recruit is Arthur Board
man Boynton Of New York, thirty-three
s years old and a minister of the Re-
formed Church, having been in charge
\ Of the West End Church in Port Jer-
! Yis, N. z, for four and a half years.
fBoynton is looking after the stoves
Ind doing fine work in a religious way,
land is one Of the most 1ikable fellows
Imaginable. He took his A. B. degree
from Amherst and later went to the
New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
A native of Auburndale, Mass, he has
the warmest kind of heart and he ra-
dtates' his own happiness always and
everywhere. Success to him.