Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-28
Y.M.C. A.
APPEALS FOR
MORE MEN

Men! Menl Menl Men for work IL
the overseas red triangle huts OF the
Y. NJ. c. Amen over the selectivc
age; men who understand handling
their fellows; men who cant be
,harcd" but must be. such is the ur-
gent appeal that came again yester.
day to Lorenzo X. Wood, general
secretary Of the local Young Mems
Christian Association. One thous-
and men recruited by July is the
new goal which personnel workers
throughout the country have set. The
local drive for men will be speeded
up to fit in with the new program.
"what the Y. NJ. c. A. worker can
do for the American soldier abroad
is contained in special advices that
reached me-" said Mr.. Wood. \. NJ.
&c. A. service for the soldiers makes
n thrilling story. DR.. Luther Guliek'
who gave up work at the head OF the
recreation department Of the New
York public schools to watch over the
athletics and recreations at Toul and
other portions Of the western 'front.'
giving a vivid picture Of a quiet day
in a quiet sector, from which he has
Just returned"
DR.. Gulick's dramatic story Of the
"front lines" includes his own bap-
tism Of fire.
"Shells frcm big guns came I'M
pcnetrable distance behind us and
disappeared in mists beyond about
every 20 minutes" say DIR. Guliek.
"Seventy-fves dropped shells around
US every FIVE minutes or so. Parties
Of two or three walk along the road
and escape. but not larger groups
for the German airmen were watch
ing above and could see a crowd as II
moved along.
II was looking at the piles Of
shells, 'camouflaged' with strips Of
green and brown cloth so that they
looked like the sod to the airmen.
when four seventy-fvos went of near
me-Pih! PHI, PHI! | don't know
how they effect others. but it seemed
20 me that everything in me was
loose The noise wasn't loud. II
was hard-like a bark.
"0n this front there was an by
10 room in the dugout used by the
Y. NJ. C. A. and there the boys could
buy chocolate. tobacco and writing
paper, and there we're chairs so they
could sit. They couldn't read because
there was only one candle for about
twelve, but they could sit and talk.
"There are only three subjects
they have: What they are doing
deadly monotonous. What they are
eating; also deadly monotonous. Like
men everywhere. they Kicked about
their food. The only other topic
is women, and that is not wholesome
for them.
Get them to play-even when they
come in from a battle and think Of
their comrades they have left behind
there; get them to play. 1t is play
or mental destruction. And TO meet
them properly and get them to play
we need men; real men as secretar-
les. Men big enough to grasp the
whole thing; to understand the needs
Of the boys and big enough to be
able to help them. It's character we
want. Men at the heads Of the huts
whom you would want your sons to
know and like; men it would be good
for them TO know"
More than 5000 men and women
are already enrolled as Y NJ. c. A.
workers at home and abroad. but the
need is growing more heavy as the
American forces in France increase
but the total" says a statemen,
just issued. sis only the beginning
We began the month Of April with
efficiency Of 457 men. On April
| we had requests for 57l workers
for overseas. We need 400 men in
the United States. France and Italy
ask US for help. And almost every
day brings new demands upon US
Just a day or two ago we received
the following telegram from 4. C.
chief secretary in France:
Imperative you meet out full need
for men Immediately. We were new
err SO understaffed as now. Ninety
six important positions without work
ers. Forty-seven Of these near the
front line. Thirty-eight under enc
my fire. Have but one man in places
where there should be not less than
two. II is criminal TO have this con-
dition. Send US more menu
HOUSES FOR SHIP BUILDERS.