El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13
SAYS MEXICAN
PROBLEM URGES
Y. M. c. A. Speaker Wants
It's Work Extended to
Bring Harmony.

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given at the central Y. ". C. a build
ing Friday evening j. Il Nations,
president Of the I. II c. A, presided.
and appointed T. C. Perry toastmas-
ter, who acquitted himself credftably.
Talks were limited TO five minutes.
and for the most part these limita-
tlOus were observed adding much 70
the enjoyment Of the evening.
Our Central Branch" by j. i.
Graham, former membership secre-
tary Of the local central Y. 81 e. A..
was a discussion Of the evolution of
the y. n. O.. A. in FL Paso, and what
IL has meant TO successful men 10
be identified with the organization.
Must Meet Mexican Problem.
s. J. Equiyel spoke elOquently for
the Mexican T.. N. q. A. The Next
can problem is one that must be met"
he said Two million young Next
cans cannot reside in the midst Of a
foreign people without eventually be-
coming a liability. unless they are
made an asset When we realize that
so percent Of the Mexican labOrers
who are in this country are barred
from knowledge OF what is going on
around them by ignorance Of the
language OF the people about them,
and inability 10 read the newspapers,
we realize IN small way what the
problem is
I'm NAEEA NlAGHAA04a
The question is one that can be
met by the Y. NJ Z. A. largely The
Y is wen equipped for dealing with
the situation Il has the machinery.
and is able 10 get contact with the
problems through d number Of av-
enues. closed 20 many other methods
Of approach such work well carried
out VIII bring a better understanding
between the Mexican people and the
people Of the United States You
people who have met only tn labor
ing class Of Mexico here, do not
know the Mexican people any more
than the people Of Mexico who have
met only the bosses, know America
Work among the Mexican population
Of Fl PasO and other portions Of this
country viii repay thousandf0ld-
Il will tend 10 avoid friction between
the two republics, and will increase
the loyalty OF the Mexican population
toward the United States
Work. Before War Comes.
But TO do this we need men, quail
flied, and able 10 do the work. We
need time for this work has got 20
be done before 4 war is precipitated
between the i've republics by short
sighted statesmen, and we need
money"
II. r. Demand spoke Of boys work.
and the way it has grown in i'm
portance during the past years.
Must Care for Boys.
The time has come when Y n. C.
A. work among boys cannot be
thought Of in terms Of buildings and
equipment" said Mr. Demand, but
must be handled by districts. When
we consider that out Of $500 boys i'm
FL Paso less than 500 are affiliated
with Protestant Sunday schools. and
less than 500 are reached by the y
D. Z. A. We understand more Of what
the boys problem is We must get
mn rrH HHaea g H..
right kind of men into their own dis
Jricts after them. and reach them in
this way
Asks More Religious Zeal.
C. C. Minatra, membership secretary
Of the y. ~. c. A.. spoke on the
which he found 10 when he took over
this department
There should be more religious
zeal among the members OF the y NJ
@. A. in FL Paso." he said Il was
struck by the comparative liEhtuess
Of business men memberships. An
other popularity is the smallness Of
the Y. NJ q. a. membership in pro-
portion 10 the population of the town.
The proportion is less than one per-
cent
Advocates Central oBurd.
How the more complete ceutra1iza-
tion OF the Y. n. c. a. is planned by
the directors was outlined by T. n.
Bray The plan proposed Is for the
establishment OF a central board Of
directors 10 handle the affairs OF both
the English and Mexican branches.
The Mexican branch will have its own
board Of directors. as viii the Eng
lish branch. Each OF these orEauiZa-
tiOns viii each year make out their
budgets. and estimates of money
needed for the year and report 10 10
the central board Of directors which
viii look after the financing OF both
ORGANIZATIONS This question viii be
taken up at the next quarterly meet
ing Of the Y. NJ. C. A. directors
Gives Financial Report.
Assets Of sos. S04S4 were reported
by the reading Of treasurer r. Z.
Christies report by A. L. Hawley-
This icluded the appraisement Of the
value Of the city proprty Of the Y. n.
c. A. the summer camp near Cloud
croft and other items. Liabilities
were given at S52.f76.12. with a bal
ance Of assets over liabilities OF S14G-
32G72
F. C. Holloway. speaking on the
army Y NJ. c. a, mentioned the en-
tire cooperation and harmony Of the
army organization, and the associa-
ton itself He emphasized the fact
that the spiritual side Of the red
triangle was being looked after by
the army y. TO the fullest degree. and
was meeting with a cordial welcome
among the soldiers
Cowboys Throw Away whisky
sam Clark spoke briefly Of his ex-
periences with a trainload OF cow
punchers en- route 10 Camp Cody at
Deming- How the cowboys welcomed
him and responded 10 his introduction
OF the triangle, even TO the extent Of
throwing away their whisky, was told
by Mr. Clark Interestingly.
The speaking program concluded
with a spirited discussion Of "Spiz-
zerinktum." by S j. BRENT general
secretary Of the organization "Spiz-
zerinktum Is the English equivalent
Of the French word morale" said Mr..
BRENT 1T means pep it's the ele-
ment that makes any undertaking a
success, that turns a forlorn hope into
a triumph It's the thing that makes
the American soldier the formidable
fighting man that he is
The Lunchers.
Those present at the luncheon were
A. l. Holm. S. L. Clark. Rev. c. X.
Campbell, j. L. Graham. a. L. Hawley.
S. y. EsquiveL Fl. P Demand. J. r.
Nations, E. C.. Perry. Philip Baber.
j. Harry Henderson, Jose L. ESQ bar.
NJ A. TinOco, Manuel Cuiza. J. O..
Ponsford, J. J. Ormsbee, F. J. stephen
son, II. L. Birney. P. Z. Pattillo. A.
O.. LiZarraga, Jack F. Jones, A. II.
Anderson. ". Z. Brink. W. X. AIcCul-
lOch. +. C. Holloway. L. l. Diersseu.
NJ. l. BurlesOn, r. s. Whitlock. r..
j. Tighe. Leroy Henshaw. DR.. j. A.
Rawlings
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