The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-04-03

From April 7 to April IA the
Maine Y. NJ. c. A. expects
Maine residents to contribute
S350,000 in support of def
mite program for real, con-
structive reconstruction in this
State. The Association was
asked several months ago to in
augurate an after-war plan in
Maine, as a result of its leader
ship during the past decade in
such movements as Boy Con-
ferences. Student Conferences.
Community Efficiency Work
and the Junior Volunteers.
The Maine Association &C
cepted the challenge, called to
its aid the best and most
successfully tested welfare
projects Of the Nation, and
carefully prepared the plan.
This was then submitted to
the State committee, to a meet
ing of efficiency engineers and
welfare experts in New York,
and to other organizations and
individuals competent to criti-
CHE OF offer suggestions for
changes and additions. En-
thusiastic approval in every in
stance greeted the program.
It was declared in New York to
be "the plan which must be
adopted by all states seriously
considering reconstruction
The Eight Parts OF Program
The eight parts of the program are
briefly summarized by the leaders, as
follows:
City Work-This means the dc
Felopment OF city associations to the
maximum efficiency. 1t means the
counsel and assistance of tho seven
State specialists-and the whole new
organization-in realizing not only
the improvement of programs in the
buildings but in extending the work
throughout the community
County Work-This means a
,.o,1pt " dirontor roSj6iner and WORKING
in each county of Maine. 1t means q
grouping of the men and boys of
every community in every county for
the betterment, the happiness, the
pros perity, the power of those men
and boys and of that commIni,.- and
of that county. 1t means that seven
specialists of national prominence in
welfare work will function down
through the State county work dircc-
tor and the district directors and the
Individual county directors and the
county committees and community
groups on programs or Educational
Progress, Physical Bettermcnt. In
dustrial Strength Training Oppor-
tunities. Religious Wo :. Boys and
Students Development, Agricultural
Clubs, Camps, Clean Sports Clean
Entertainment - general State wide
organization for a prosperous and
durable peace.
3-Training Center-This means
the spending of $l47.600 for the pur-
pose of purchase and development of
n 20O-acre farm on Lake CobhosSec-
contee, Winthrop, Maine into an I'M
'mense educational, recreational and
conference center capable of caring
for $500 men and boys annually. 1t
means the erection of 30 buildings, an
athletic field, boats and canoes, all
supplies and equipment and the sal
aries of a large corps of instructors
and lecturers. 1t means that the
leaders necessary to the full success
Of this movement will be trained here.
4-IndustriaI Work-This means
the regular Y. M. c. A. program put
on for the workingman; buildings
where practicable; educational
courses, Americanization, more com
petent workmen; entertainment and
instruction for the man and for his
family; improved social conditions:
better understandings between en-
ployers and employees. 1t means
more efficient work among the lum-
bermen and the railroad men, and IN
the, mills and the factories.
-Physical Work-This means the
Inauguration and development OF an
adequate physical culture and
recreational program for all the men
and boys in Maine.
6-Educationai Work-This means
cooperation with superintendent.
principals. masters and teachers u