New Britain herald., 1919-01-14
Religious Work.


 Sunday afternoon talks was given by Robert H. Crawford about his expe- riences in France, where he worked with the Y. M. C. A. MT. Crawford gave a very forceful talk to a crowd of our young men who were interested in his account and his splendid col lection of captured German machine guns, gas masks, helmets, etc. MT. Frederick Latham led the singing and an orchestra, composed Of men just out of service, helped make the after noon a pleasant one for the men. Next Sunday MT. Howard Stearns, who served with the Red Cross in Italy, will tell of his experiences. These meetings are open to all men of the city.
 Tonight we begin a series of Fellow ship Suppers, prepared by Mrs. Kron- holm and served to our young men in the banquet hall. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe gave the first of a series of three addresses, which proved very popular. Other ministers of the city are being invited to address these gatherings.
 Physical Department.
 The regular gymnasium classes were largely attended during the entire months, especially the Senior Class. Seventy classes were conducted by the physical directors, according to sche- <lule, for total attendance of 1921, with 1907 in the boys classes and 614 in the mems classes.
 Hand Ball held it's own in populari- ty and had an attendance of 382.
 Wrestling was indulged in to a large extent with 116 of the fellows using the mat. Four wrestling exhibitions were given.
 The feature sport of the month, however, was basketball. This sport held the banner. The Y. M. c. A. Factory League progressed at top speed with all games played as per schedule. There was an attendance at the games of about 2,000 and the receipts amounted to $475.25. The games are played on Saturday nights and it is by far the best league that the Association has been privileged to operate. The total number of players following this sport was 659.
 Work of a free and individual na- ture was indulged in by 276.
 Seventeen physical examinations were given The physical director gave one Health Talk to the Elm ployed Boy A Class.
 Swimming tests for the Boy Scouts were supervised by the physical director.
 On four different occasions, when the various factories held their socials in the building, a physical program was rendered as part of the entertain ment, Boxing, wrestling, tug-of-War, basketball, baseball and relay races made up the programs and the fac tory fellows got into the sport with a will and some very enjoyable eve- nings were spent in our gymnasium The a1l-around athletic season will commence soon, all necessary ar rangem ents have been made, a great deal of interest is being manifested in the various classes and 9 successful season is being looked for.
 Boys Department.
 The attendance in the Boys Depart ment has been large, with the mem bership taxing the capacity of the facilities. December 18th, T. F. Thienes, Secretary of the Hartford County Y M. C. A. spoke to the mem bers of the High School Club at a sup per held in the Banquet Ha1.
 December 31 a straw ride party of boys from the Hartford Y. M. c. A. were entertained.
 Changes In Staff.
 Some changes have been made in the staff Clarence SandstrOm, office secretary, has returned to college and Anthony Dobruck, a young man from this city, who proved his worth with me at Camp Jackson. has taken his place As MT. Dobruck speaks Lithu- anian and Polish, he will be of con- cid I1Ie value tO HIS among our n1en1- bers of those nationalities. The Will mantle Y. M. c. A has requested him to speak to d group of Polish people in that place next Wednesday. J. c. Gripp is expected back about Febru- ary first and meanwhile Robert H. Crawford is filling in doing some in- dustrial and religious work.
 Membership.
 The m membership receipts in both the mems and boys departments were oreater for the month than for the same period last year. and the mem- bership is made up as follows:
 Seniors uoo
 Service Men ........'..' bo
 Sustaining ..,,,.. 1eZ
 Boys ............' .2Jo
 1,145
 Respectfully submitted,
 C. H. BARNES
 GcnoraI Secretary.