New Britain herald., 1919-12-09
MORE ROOM NEEDED
 FOR T' PURPOSES
So Secretary Barnes Says in His
 Monthly Report Read Last Night

:
 C, A. board of directors was held last
 evening in the directors room of the ! association for the purpose or he"i l ing General Secretary Clarence l Barnes report for the month @'iu l discussing business relative TO tue f'- 1 sociation. The secretary reported an
 active month. He also brought out ] the fact that the memperShlp iS ! growing constantly causing 9oille- l what cramped conditions that Will ! eventually make an extension heces- l sary. The membership is now l,3O0 1 of which S30 arc sen1ors' 1oo sus- l taining and 29O boys
 Secretary Barnes report ls l TO the Board of Directors,
 Gentlemen:
 "Outside Of the regular routine activities of the Y. M. c. A. during the past month, the attracting fea- lures of the program were developed from the policy of emphasizing the community value of the association building and activities. Basketball was started the Y. M C. A. team furnishing sport on Tuesday evenings and tho Industrial League being the attraction Saturday evenings. Factory 1 nights each Thursday bring into the l building hundreds of New Britain l folks who do not otherwise frequent l the Y. M. C. A. Girls from the fac l tories also use our bowling alleys. 1 The Industrial Council is functioning 1 speedily and is rapidly putting it's
 well planned program into actual 1 practice. Through this organization l of representatives from each factory 1 in the city, all of our program that mainly concerns the industrial peo ! plo is carried out. Sunday afternoon meetings have been arranged and the ! Fellowship suppers started tonight. 1 The gymnasium is taxed to capacity l by the large membership and if the 1 association is to continue to grow 1 expansion will have to be provided l for soon. Mem bership receipts have 1 now reached, for eight months, the 1 highest amount ever received for q l whole year.
 Physical Department.
 MT. Slater reports that sixty
 eight regular gymnasium classes
 were conducted by the physical di- ! rctors for a total of 1862, with S43
 in the boys classes and 519 in the ] mems classes. Hand ball was played 1 particularly by the business men, l The attendance at this sport was 3S4 l Wrestling was indulged in by S3 l fellows and boxing had d good m onth
 with 96 participating. A class in 1 tumbling is being conducted and is ] popular. .-. '"The spare moment individual 1 work was ever present with BOA fe1- l lows taking this opportunity for their 1 exercise.
 Basketball registered a big month
 in attendance and interest. All of the
 teams composing the Y. NJ. C. A.
 dndustrial Basketball League, prac-
 ticed regularly and faithfully in an
 tclpatlon of their games, which
 started Tuesday, December End. The
 Y. M. C. A. team played its first
 scheduled game of the season on that
 night and won from the Waterbury
 Independents. The physical director
 has arranged a schedule of twentv-
 one games thus far for the associa-
 ton team and the prospects for an even-ba1anced team look bright. The physical department en- l deavored to assist in every way the
 industrial departmen in the promo
 ton of it's program in favor of the various factories On Thankseivin 9,
 morning games were conducted in the , gymnasium for the seniors. On sev- ] eral occasions the handball court | l locker rooms and bathing facilities ) were used by the different football < teams about the city. Athletic and ! swimming tests were given to the Boy
 Scouts by the physical director. Industrial Department
 MT. Bruemmer reports that dur s ing the month three "Factory Nights f<Nere held: the Stanley Works on No- l Vember 18th, with an attendance of 1 about seven hundred; the Skinner ] Chuck on November goth, with an 1 attendance of one hundred and fifty:
 the Corbin Screw Corporation on 1 December 4th, with an attendance of ! about eleven hundred.
 ! The course in accountancy and
 business administra ton has been or l ganized with w. N. Bagley of Hart ford and $. k. Mink of this city as
 rolled for the freshman year work.
 November 3Oth, the Sunday after
 noon meetings of the winter season
 were started. ". M. Hume spoke on
 The New Day in India" His talk 1 10 the men was most interesting and ] helpful.
 '"The Bible class or Fellowship sup 1 pers have been planned for Decem- l Der, January, February and March 1 The first will be held tonight, at which
 time Rev. $. A. I'iske will speak on the