Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-02-11
EDITORS SEE
CAMP DODGE
Iowa Press Association Taken OF
Tour Of Camp Dodge Sunday,
Where Wonderful Work Of
Y.M. c. A. is Shown.
PROGRAM MOST EFFECTIVE.
Unusually Large Attendance at Meet
ing Because Of the Strong
Program.
RoGRAM MOST EFFECTIVE.

convened in Des Moines Saturday
morning, will conclude it's session
tonight. There was an unusually
large attendance and the newspaper
men and women enjoyed an excep-
tionally strong program, including
an address by Dean Williams of the
Missouri school of journalism, which
ranks next to the Pulitzer school,
and a toast by Wilbur D. Nesbit,
poet.
Saturday evening the Greater Des
Moines committee gave the associa-
ton banquet and Sunday afternoon
this same organization took the visi-
tors on tour Of Camp Dodge and
gave them tickets to the Princess and
Empire theatres. An enjoyable tour
of inspection was also made of the
new Register and Tribune building,
one of the finest, most complete and
modern newspaper plants in the mid
west.
At Camp Dodge.
Much general interest will attach
to the visit to Camp Dodge. 1t is a
wonderful city of soldiers. An after
noon and an evening program We're
given for the press association at
one Of the Y. NJ. C. A. buildings at
the camp. Fred Hanson, general di-
rector, when boy lived north of
Webster City. A visit was made to
the camp bakery, the monster base
hospital and other points of interest.
knowing the people of the state
are generally interested in the army
Y. NJ. G. A. Mr.. Hanson wrote an
article especially for the members of
the Iowa Press association, as fol-
lows:
"A visit to Camp Dodge, where
Iowa boys are now in training, i'm
mediately impresses one with the
work which the Y. NJ. G. A. is doing
in making them comfortable and con-
tented and in promoting their social.
physical and spiritual welfare Prob
ably in no other large cantonment of
the Central military department is
a more effective program of this
character in operation.
Many Buildings.
Gas a matter of fact, Camp Dodge
is pretty thoroughly honeycombed
with Y. M. C. A. secretaries and Y.
NJ. C. A. activities. With eight ser
vice buildings or green huts open
for the free use OF the enlisted men
and big auditorium seating 1000 or
5000 persons that is used for pub
lie entertainments, boxing and wrest-
ling matches and motion picture
shows. the Red Triangle, as the "
is sometimes called. is providing the
real atmosphere of home for the
boys away from home.
with somewhat more than $4,000
men int camp, Y. NJ. c. A. records
show monthly attendance at it's
buildings of more than 100000. The
boys go there to write their letters
they wrote 277,646 during the month
of December alone; there they find
home newspapers, the magazines.
good books. piano and victrola music,
picture shows; there, also, they
have chance to study French or
or automobile construc-
ton or even agriculture, as well as
to meet their religious needs in Bible
study classes or Sunday morning |
services. More than 400 educational
classes of various kinds are con-
Quoted each month by the Y. NJ. G..
A. with an attendance of more than
$4,000 men and officers.
Recreational Sports.
"Under Y. NJ. C. A. supervision,
sports have been pro-
noted for 1880 men in a single |
month. In recent similar period so
social activities attracted 26,340 men,
that the men appreciate all
that is done for them in a social way
during their leisure hours. Their
greatest response, however, is to the
Y. NJ. c. A. moving picture programs;
1870 exhibitions drew crowds of 49,
21S men and officers in one month
Religious Side.
"0n the religious or spiritual side
he welfare of the men is by no
means forgotten, for 100 religious
meetings have been held with an at
tendance of 1924 men. In addition,
asst month, It's Bible classes We're
conducted for 1857 men. Scriptures
Ire frequently distributed to men
who care for them, as many as $50
I.siiisss. been given out in December.