New Britain herald., 1919-04-22
1859 MEMBERSHIP
 ATLOCAL Y. M. (. A.
Secretary (. H. Barnes Submits
 Report to Board of Directors

AC tne meeting or the board or ! directors of the Y. M. C A. ,held last night, General Secretary Clarence IT. i Barnes read his report for the past month. By his report is seen the popularity of the "N'' in this city, for in the past month several sociaia have been held each week and the basketball season concluded with the winning of the state chanlpionShip. The membership of the Y. NJ. C. A. at present is 1859, including 5o" seniors, $50 service mon, tS0 austaIn- ing members and 32G boys.
 MT. Barnes report follows:
 Our fiscal year closed March 3l after a very successful year in the various activities and with balance on hand after meeting our obl1ga- tions A good membership has been maintained during the year which haS been greatly increased during the past four months by the returning Of the men in service. Five hundred ana fifty of these men have already been given free memberships good until October l. The building has been used by many organizations working for the interests of the city, and this usage, coupled with the church and factory nights, has practically made the Y M. c. A. the civic center of the city.
 Many Activities.
 During the past month three fac tory nights were held. The Stanley Works held an athletic night, the American Hosiery company and Rus sell and Erwin's conducted socials- all well attended.
 Three clubs from the factories and the Teachers club bowled regularly 1 on our alleys.
 '~rhe Chamber of Comm cree hd9 held two luncheons In our nall anu one luncheon was held there TOT tie United Charities drive. The hall IS now being used for rehearsals or the l nlay, Girls Will Be Girls
 eThe Army and Navy club has held l two social affairs, the first being a ] sm oker addressed by Captain Gris- 1 wo1d and the second a dance.
 The Business Mems gym class held its annual supper last week and the members presented MT. Slater with a twenty ollar gold-piece.
 ''The basketball team has finished 8 most successful season, winning the cham pionship of Connecticut by de feating the Nutmegs of Hartford twice. At the annual meeting of the as- sociation the following directors were elected to succeed themselves for a ] period of three years: William II. ] Hart, F. G. Platt and H. 1T. Pease. Physical Department. | "Fffty-eig gymnasium classes were conducted with an attendance of 1,503. Wrestling and boxing, hand ball and other exercises of an indi- vidual nature were participated in by 705 men and boys. The aI1-around athletic contests in the boys classes were run off with 134 contestants. Now that the basketball season is fin | ished an indoor baseball league has been organized and will play Tuesday evenings for the next six weeks. The business men, Wentworth club, City Guard and State Guard will be repre- sented by teams. The physical direc- 1 tor has off1ciated at several basketball 1 games and athletic contests outside l of the Y NJ. c. A. and has o-oper- ated with the Boy Scout movement by 1 giving scouts their swimming and l athletic tests.
 Boys Department.
 "The Boys department is now rep l resented in the scout work of the city | by the reorganization of Troop i. | Twenty boys are enrolled in the troop 1 and were well in attendance at the
 scout parade in connection with the United Charities campaign. The first l hike was conducted Saturday, April 19.
 ''An effort is being made to reach, l in personal way, those who attend ] ed the Older Boys conference at Win
 sted. The employed boys of this l group are organizing and meetings
 are being held to revive and main 1 tain the enthusiasm that was aroused l at the conference. It is also planned
 to co-operate with the churches in
 this respect by arranging for com | bined meetings of the boys in the as- l sociation and those of the churches l who attended the conference.
 'The membership is made up as , follows: Seniors 503; Service Men
 $50; Sustaining 180; Boys S26; total