Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-02
YEARS PROGRAM
MAPPED OUT FOR
LIVELY " WORK
Central Organization Outlines
Its Purposes For the
1919-192O Season

same time that the night school
plans appear.
The Sunday Meetings Committee.
under the leadership of Arthur ID.
Bacon, will hold its sessions every
week from October 10 to April 4,
inclusive. They will be held at $50
o'clock in the afternoon. The Bible
Study Group has planned out its
winter work by instituting Friday
evening dinners at o'clock, to be
followed by the class at 6.45.
Bible Studies Planned
George w. Reilly will head the
Bible Conference Group and Dr,
Griffith Thomas, of Toronto, has been
engaged to conduct one week series
of Bible studies in Fahnestock Hail.
beginning February 15, 1920. Os-
car p. Beckley will conduct series
of meetings nightly during the week
of Prayer, which is to be held from
November to November 16.
Holy Week will be marked by
MONDAY services in Fahnestock
Hall, which have been planned by
Ramsey Black. The Foreign Work
interest and scouting financial sup
port for the work of John w. Nlpps
who is representing the Harrisburg
Y. M. C. A. as student secretary in
Tientsin, China
Plan Physical Efficiency
The physical end of the "Y" has
as it's object the promotion of the
highest moral, mental, and physical
efficiency among men and boys by
means of exercise. 1t Is organized
by having a Physical Department
committee, composed of four mem
| bers OF mems classes and five mem-
bers of the Board of Directors; q
Physical Department Advisory
Council, consisting of three repre-
sentatives of each of the mems
! classes, and nine subcommittee, as
follows: Religious, medical staff,
health education, social, athletics,
basketball, handball. volleyball and
extension.
Any number of classes have been
arranged and the schedule demanded
very careful adjusting, in order that
every one could be accommodated
The locker rooms at the "Y" build
ing are filed to capacity, and 1t Is
certain that the gymnasium this
year will see more activity than ever
before in it's history. Doc" Miller
has as his assistant physical direc-
tor this year, Shorty Miller we'll
known to all sport lovers through
out Pennsylvania.
| Night school 10 Se Largo
The Night School, planned by the
will be larger than ever in the
courses offered. The program for
the opening night includes moving
pictures on educational subjects,
with an address by DR.. J. George
Becht, First Deputy Superintendent
of Public instruction and Chairman
of the Y. M. c. A. Educational Com
mittee. Various instructors will out
line their plans for the winter work
and students will be registered on
this evening.
The Salesmanship course will be
taken care of by G. W. Spahr, sales
pany, and will hold its meetings at
o'clock every Monday evening. The
| tuition fee will be $40, including a
social (s4) membership in the "Y"
and text books.
Shenk to Coach Speakers
The Public Speaking course will
be led by Professor H. H. Shenk
Custodian of the Public Records of
the State Library, and formerly pro-
fessor OF history and economics at
Lebanon Valley College. The meet
ings in this course will be held every
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Tuition
is SIS including "Y" membership
and text books.
J. w. Phillips, graduate of Edin-
boro State Normal School and Car
negie Tech, leads this course. Every
Monday evening at 7.30 this class
will meet, the tuition being $40, in
Guiding "Y" membership.
To Have Glee Club
Tho Glee Club is to be another fea-
ture of this years night school.
Bernard r. Mausert, organist and
choir director of Grace Methodist
Church, will take charge of the club
and train it The only necessary re-
quirement to become a member of
the club Is to have a voice, and be
a member of the "Y." Members will
pay for their own music, of course,
but this expense is nominal. The
regular rehearsal night will be Tues
day at o'clock. The first meeting
for organization is to be Tuesday
evening, October IA.
Bookkeeping is to be taught under
the direction of Miley T. Sheaffer,
accountant and auditor, and grad
uate of the Harrisburg School of
Commerce. Every Tuesday and
Thursday evening at 7.45 in the
third floor classrooms at the "Y"
building this class will be held. The
tuition fee Is $40 Including "Y"
membership. Text books are to be
purchased by students.
Tech Man to Tutor
William d. Meikle will teach Com
mercial Spanish. Mr.. Meikle is a
member of the Tech faculty, and a
graduate of Penn State. Every
Monday evening at 7.3O the Spanish
class will meet on the third floor
of the "Y" building. The tuition
will be $40 including membership,
but exclusive of text books.
The final course of the list is to
be Business English and Cores
pondence, taught by w. e. Straw
inski, of the Tech faculty. This will
be a very thorough course covering
all manners and ways of writing
English, and will be held Monday
evenings at 7.30. The tuition will
be $40.
Large Enrolment Assured
Practically everything that the
student or working man could de-
sire to learn is included in the Night
School schedule of courses and the
Y. M. c. A. feels very proud to be
able to offer this list of subjects to
the public. A large enrolment is as
sured from the number of inquiries
and applicants who have already
come to the "Y" building.
SEPTEMBER ROBBERIES IN
CITY ARE REPORTED AS Al
Forty-seven robbery complaints
were filed with the Harrisburg police