The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-23
Y. N. c. A. REPORT
YEARS. WORK IN FULL

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 2O.-The army
and navy Y. M. G. A., of the south
east, taking in the environments and
naval stations Of seven states has
just issued the annual statistical re-
port for the fiscal year, July 1, 1917,
to July l, 1918.
This report will be highly pri-
zed military document when the war
is over. Today it reveals more en-
phatically, more pertinently than any
thing else, the vast work that is be-
ing done by the Red Triangle work
ers in the huts situated in every mil
itary training institution in the south
east.
Figures are usually dry and hard to
digest. These figures tell thous-
and and one stories of the help that
has been given to the boys from the
North, the South, the East, and the
West, who have won the uniform of
the American soldier in the camps in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the
Carolinas, Mississippi and Florida.
They show just what the Y. M. G..
A., is doing in the army and navy of
the Southeast. These figures have
been prepared by the statistical de-
partment and have been submitted to
s. A. Ackley, General Secretary of
the War Work Council in the South
east.
In a compilation of general activ-
tiles at the camps under the Y. M. C.
A, direction, it is estimated that the
attendance in the "Y" huts for the
past year reached 38,866,980 men.
That the huts were generally filled
with soldier boys is proven in this es-
innate figures for the building al
though generally large are not ex-
tremely so.
1t is also stated that 36,889, 002
letters were written by soldiers in the
\. M. G. A., huts and in almost every
case upon "Y" stationary free to the
men.
The report collected from all the
camps in the Southeast further show
that "Y" workers in the huts here
write out SO, 463,744 worth of money
orders for American soldier bows.
This means that the splendid men
sent back home to relatives practi-
,ally this entire amount
The educational activities covered
VIDE field, and included everything
rom kindergarten classes in Eng
ish for foreigners to university
french courses. Just $500 lectures
# an educational vein were given by
he Y. M. C. A., in Red Triangle |
with an attendance of L.
,81,243. The educational classes of |
,arious kinds aggregated 64,SI3 and
he attendance was 978,045.
Books circulated by the "Y" to SOL |
Tiers numbered 764,710, education
u clubs formed among the men were
'49 and the attendance at these club |
meetings. attained numerical figure |
If 25,179.
Physical activities conducted by the |
I. M. c. A., in the southeastern camp
Turing the year vaulted to an anna |
ing figure. 1t is estimated $685.
$50 participated in the various ply
'ical activities, such as baseball, track |
md field meets, volley ball, etc. The
pectators, the majority of them sol
liers, at these "Y" physical activi-
les are estimated at 5,646,31S.
These figures are significant as
hey tell not only of the great num-
'er of men the "Y" interested in
ealthful athletics but also show how
Millions who looked on were amused
nd had their minds taken off harm
ul influences not tending to up
'uiid the morale of the army.
Perhaps one of the major aims Of
ne "Y" in the army and navy has
een to show the soldier boy that he
hould not forget to nurture his spir-
tual needs, Not only does the year
' report prove that the "Y" has not
collected to lcok after the rel gious
ide of the mems lives, but conclu-
lively shows that religious influen.
es have been exerted WITH telling
!lect that might not have been
ehieved in ci'ilian life.
The resume of religious activities
bows that 3,464,4 51 persons atten-
ed 6,468 rag Gus meafirgs under
\" suspicies n the Southeast, that
: -s8 Bible g.. sses wa formed
III g the So Try with Attendance
angirg at S95,34S, that 223,332
criptures were distributed, that "Y"
workers had 1888 personal chris
ian interviews with soldiers, that
he boys made 43,093 christian deci-
ions and that 1858 signed the
Religious War Roll.