The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
GET TWO FOR ONE
Those Who Buy "Y" Member.
ships Can Help Soldiers.
They Can Extend Personal
Privileges to Army Man.

In the big Y. NJ. c. A. membership
drive launched at the reception for
the " men at the Capper home
Thursday night, the boys of Topeka
now in the service of the nation will
retain their membership in the Y. NJ.
C. A. ard in addition numberless To-
peka boys who could not and cannot
afford to buy membership in the
association will become members thru
the generosity of the citizens of To-
peka. The plan By which all this will
be accomplished was devised by j. E.
Spalding, chairman of the membership
committee. and was presented to the
men at the reception by Bishop James
Wise.
In announcing the plan Bishop
Wise said that in the various cities
where has seen service he has made
a close study of the criminal element
and has found that the boys in that
class are susceptible to proper correc-
tive methods. The Y. NJ. {. A. offers
the biggest field for the application of
the corrective methods" declared the
bishop, land the contact of the boy
with the Y. NJ. c. A. removes a great
deal of the temptation and evil influ-
encc to which the boys are subjected.
Under the new plan the man who
takes out membership pledges him
self to keep up the me mbership OF
some boy il the trenches. In addition
he. himself. can make use of the mem
boy in Topeka. In reality the plan
gives two memberships for the price
of one.
other speakers at the reception
were Col. George A. Nugent of the
342 heavy field artillery at Camp
Funston and f. B. Pratt, secretary of
the Funston Y. NJ. c. A.
"A lifelong observation of the work
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. convinces me-" said
Col. Nugent. that the work of the
e. -
IRE in the good it accomplishes. In
its work in the environments among
tNe soldiers and in its Red Triangle
! uts on the very fronts of the battle
lines in Europe it is ma king record
for itself that will make it indispen-
s. BILE to the soldier on his. return to
the peaceful pursuits of civil life.
one cannot do too much for the y M.
{ A. .
T. L. Copeland, treasurer of the
nta Fe, stated that he had already
Irchased two memberships and had
ready designated the Topeka boys
no are to receive the benefits at
home in Topeka, The soldiers whose
memberships VIII be cared for by
Copeland are his two sons
Team Captains Named.
The active campaign to arouse the
interest of TopeEans in the campaign
started this morning. The team
captains, named at the meeting Of the
membership committee, thursday are
Tea m No /, e. d. Spokesman. cap
tain; Bert Lempenau. Team No. 2,
Il. c. Kibbee. captain. Team No. Z
l. w. French, captain. Team No. 4,
T. G. Whiteker, captain. Tea m No 3,
o. II. White, captain; e. H., Hogue
land. Team No. 6, Judge J. S. West,
captain; Senator J. A. - Troutman.
Team Ne Z, E. V. King, captain.
Team No. g D. F. Sifrf. captain; G.
D. Skinner. Team No. 0, Jesse Shaw,
captain; w. H. WATSON. Team No.
10, b. E. lIitelnan, captain. Team
No. IL. DR.. H. A Alexander, captain.
Team No. II. Fred Hess, captain.
Team No. Is. DR.. w. A. ,McCarter,
captain. Team No. IA, F. A. Derby,
captain; J. f. Jones. Team No. Is,
o. T. Chopper, captain; I. B. Billings.
Team No. 16, H. G. Green, captain.
Team No. II, S. G. Thompson, cap
tain. Team No. IS, f. J. Funk cap
tain; Bayard Whitney. Team No. 49,
I'D. Itabe, captain. Team No. 20, l..
G. Rain, captain.