The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-20
CHANGE IN POLICY
IN BOYS ! WORK
Paid Memberships Will Expire May I,
1920 When City Wide Work
viii be put Into
Effect.
PROGRAM is ANNOUNCED

| the Boys in tho City Instead Of
Just a Few as at
Present.
May 1. 1920 will mark the close of
the paid membership issued to boys
by the local Young Mems Christian
association. After that date member
ship in the boys department of the
association will be available to all the
I boys OF the city without a payment
I OF fees Action eliminating the mem
bership fee in the boys department
was taken by the board of directors of
the association last May, when it an
nounced the Intention to carry out a
city-wide program of work for boys.
For number of years the associa-
| tion has felt that its effort to develop
ia high standard of christian character
among the boys of the city has been
limited to only a sma percentage OF
boys in the community, those of the
priviledged class who could afford to
pay membership fees The association
deals primarily with boys OF the adol-
escent age Of which there are approx
mately thousand boys in the city.
About twenty-five per cent enjoy the
privileges at the Y. M. C. A, at pres
ent. Realizing the need of extending
Its four fold program for "all-round"
development physical, mental, social
and religious) to all boys and believ-
ing a well balanced program of such
activities is the only means of de-
veloping virile christian character has
Ial ~ al 10 80 L q
this radical change in policy. 1t is
hoped sby closer cooperation and CO.
oAAination OF the boys work program
of the Y. NJ. C. A. with ali other
/ agencies doing work with boys, es-
pecially the home, church and school
will produce the desired result and
will give everybody in the community
chance to benefit by It.
! An immediate change to the no-fee
! basis Of membership Is made fmpos-
sible in view of the fact that SO many
boys hold paid memberships. Prac-
| tically all of these memberships will
have expired by May 1. when the
change to the no-fee basis of member
ship viii become effective. Member
ships expiring later than the above
date will be pro-rated to expire on that
date.
However. this will in no way effect
! the launching of the city-wide program
az provided in the present policy OF
boys work and plans for such WORK
are being pushed rapidly forward.
Many boys have anticipated making
application for membership during the
campaign that is being held TINS
week Applications for membership
| in the boys department can be &C
cd mr.
at half the regular annual fee.
| This policy Of boys work OF the
! Young Mems Christian association,
Keokuk, Iowa. is announced:
! Having realized that our former ef'
forts to work with boys Qargely linn
tied to boys within the building mem
jLership) has fallen far short OF sew
\ ing the majority of the boys In the
community; realizing the need OF a
balanced program for work among the
boys OF the community and desiring
TO have a share in serving all boys
rather than the privileged few we
propose the following policy of work
for boys inside and outside the build
ing:
Organization.
! Community boys work council,
consisting of representatives or re
ligious and civic organizations OF the
city, as follows: Uhurthes, one rep
resentative each Besides the pastor,
Unity club, two members; industrial
association, two members; CONNER.
cial club, two members; Scout council
two members; city council, two mem
bers; board of education, two mem
beers; Y. M. C. A., three members, be-
sides the chairman.
2.--Ten members shall constitute
quorum.
"A regular meeting shall be held
once in three months at date to De
decided upon by the council. Spec1ai
meetings may be called as the need
demand.
4.-The officers shall be a chairman,
who is a member of the board of di-
rectors of the Y NJ. c. A, two vice.
chairmen, secretary and treasurer and
the shall be elected annually.
Executive Committee
1.-The officers of the council and
the general secretary and physical u
rector and boys work secretary OF the +
Y. NJ. C. A. shall compose the execu-
tive committee.
2.-Refular meetings shall be held
once month upon a night decided Dy
the committee. Special meeting shall /
be held at the call of the chairman or |
by request of three members OF the i
committee.
3.-Four members shall constitute
quorum.
Membership.
1.-The privileges of the Y. M. q. A. |
boys department shall be open to all
the white boys of the city between the
age of twelve and eighteen incluscSei
under the following conditions:
(a.) No membership fee shall be
charged
fhl Every bow who wants to be-