El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-09

was declared in effect and a crowd IS
expected to be dancing on the street
from to 10 o'clock. The committee
will be at their places around the
statue to receive voluntary suDscrip-
tons TO the fund and the singers viii
sing from the balcony Of the statue
The plan for a free street dance
originated with team No. s, Of which
Maurice Schwartz is major. This team
will be in general charge OF the dance
under the direction Of NJ Coblentz-
There will be no restriction to the
dancing. as there is an abundance OF
room around the statue for everyone
to dance and no charge will be made
during the evening
Meeting ut Y. W. c. A.
Miss Henrietta Roelofs, who was
to talk on her overseas at the Y. W
C 4. auditorium. failed to arrive in
time Friday evening. R J. Wilson,
associate student executive In the
southern military department. and NJ
A Young. Of the girls and boys war
fund campaign, both spoke. Mr..
Young said what the boys contributed
would be earned by themselves
After an opening jest in regard to
his relationship to the president. OF
which he said the president was not
aDprised, Mr.. Wilson waded into his
subject Of y" work at the army
camps
ssBfr Brothers, Work.
While the speaker was in university
7. n. c. A work, he let II be under
stood that his words were in behalf
OF the community service promul-
gated, not only by the \. NJ c. A, but
the K Of c. the Jewish welfare board,
the Salvation Army, the Y. ". c. A
and the other united organization He
said these big brother organizations
worked in unison. but preserved their
own identity. and had brought to the
boys in camp, not only home comforts
and cheer. but. to many, the first real
manly religious ferver they had ever
known The real import OF this ser
vice to the boys, according to Mr.
Wilson, can best be grasped by a
reference to It by one Of the boys
themselves.
Fights Within Selves.
Every soldier, at some time during
his service, is fighting within him
self a far bigger battle than is being
fought by the clash Of bayonet. And
it is this battle that the community
service, behind the lines and in the
camps. is helping him win. and send
ing him home a real man It is also
this service that is helping Gen. J. J
Pershing win the battle he referred TO
when he said. 7 an going to preserve
the morals OF this army II I never win
some battles too"
Need More Workers.
Mr.. Wilson explained that the gov
eminent has already asked for 500
more Y II. c. A secretaries for work
in Europe after hostilities cease, and
that the real work for the boys viii
be when the reaction from tedious
trench and camp life sets in. and that
we should not relax our activities be-
cause of Deace talk
During the united war work cam
paign the Y. ". c. A expects to pres
ent talks by prominent people, includ-
ing Luther D. Wishard. a national
war work figure, Dr.. James Hamilton
and Douglas Fairbanks
Guards Subscribe SOFA.
oTtal subscriptions up 10 Saturday
afternoon by the 21st battalion United
States guards. Camp Cotton, were S614,
Mai. Henry T. Thompson commander.
reported The companies subscribed
as follows: B, s163; c. s216; D. s2O2;
headquarters, s22. Lieut.. N. B. Rus
sell canvassed the battalion.