Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-03
WORK OF THE ''y
IN THE GREAT WAR
Rutland Clergyman Tells About
1t At Annual Meeting of Local
observation-disclosures Present.
ed and Officers Elected for An.
other Year

THE Y gave away more than all the
other welfare organizations put to-
gether" said the Rev. George r. Price,
d. D.. of Rutland Tuesday night in a Wig
orous defense of the work of the Young
Mems Christian association that he made
in his talk before the annual meeting
OF the local Y. NJ. c. A. He dealt
specifically with some of the recent
criticisms of the and was emphatic
In its defense.
1t was the local associations 53rd an
nual meeting. The business meeting was
preceded by a supper. served by the
Woman's Auxiliary to the association.
President Charles F. Purinton presided.
The Rev. John A. Hamilton offered
prayer and grace and benediction were
said by the Rev. S. G.. Barnes.
The officers elected are: President,
Charles F. Purnton; vice president.
Lew P. Smith; secretary, r. E. Bine-
nam; treasurer, George L. Pease The
new directors elected for two years are:
e. l.. ingalls, of the College Street
church. 3. J. Boynton of St Pauls
church, f. G. Lyon of the Methodist
Church, w. II. Wood of the First Church
and F. @. Stafford Of the Baptist Church.
The nominations were presented by the
c. l.. Smith, NJ. D. Chittenden and Dr.
C. A. Pease. Mr. Smith reading the
nominations.
The reports Of the various officers, the
president. general secretary, the treas
urer. physical director, the woman's~
Auxiliary and the various committees
were submitted to the gathering in PAM
phlet form, as done last year
The treasurer, G. L. Pease, reported a
balance on hand April g. 1918. Of sss3 and
receipts during the year of s5.2o2.9s. The
expenditures were s5,19s.4O, leaving a
balance of $13.4l.
The trustees, by c. p Smith, chair.
man. reported receipts of $a3s2O9, OF
which A056.5s was borrowed. The dis
bursements were unusually large, in
Guiding s2.G1429 for wood and coal. and
$4,000 for repairs, of which a good
portion went for new boilers. The total
disbursements were sS294.72.
The association has SO limited, 233 un-
limited. so sustaining and 1856 boy mem
bers, a total of 557.
DIR. PRICES ADDRESS
DIR. Prices talk was heartily applauded
and he was frequently interrupted by APP
plause. 1t was descriptive of his expert
ences as Y man, an experience, he said,
that he would not have missed. He was
not a Y man. he said. and he had been
associated with the Y. NJ. G. A. previously
only in connection with his pastorates. The
call, he stated, came simply from the
standpoint of the church doing the work
of the gospel
He said that the dealt largely in its
service in the great war with the material
side of things, in its service to the men
The strongest plea for clean manhood that
he ever heard abroad was made he said
by a zeigfeld Follies girl. who was doing
her little bit to entertain the boys in
hut vaudeville show.
He took up Judge Ben Lindsey's article
in certain magazine. an article that criti-
csed the work of the adversely. He
characterized it as unfair, and showing
ignorance of the subject. And he spoks
/ from the standpoint OF long personal ex-
perience in hut
He was stationed for a time in charge
of a Y hut established by Miss Elizabeth
Lauder of PittsOurg. IL hut that cost be-
tween SO 900 and 5000 He described the
work done for the boys, the entertain
ments provided pictures. talks. vaudeville
shows. concerts, all free. In a description
of a performance of Miss Margaret Will
sons. the Presidents daughter, who was
singing one evening. DR.. Price caused gales
of laughter when he said doughboy made
a mcgaphone of his hands and asked her
to Tell the old man we want to go home
lie told Of the prices asked, for instance.
for cigarettes. naming certain popular
brands and the prices of II cents. nine
cents. 10 cents (Which are. by the way.
lower than are charged over here). And
/ ho cot tno Io. INpo hn1r soil
| he wanted a smoke and didn't have tho
price money on him, they quietly and
promptly handed the cigarettes to him
just the same. as gift. Pies. we'll. he
said, they couldn't get enough of them.
! They ran over their allowance for well
ware work. but the did not kick. al
though they went over regularly hundreds
of dollars. This was for free stuff.
/ He told of the canteen hours. long and
1 firing hours. He described a Y man
waiting on an eager. kidding, bunch of
doughboys, handing change. being told
| II was wrong, figuring it In centimes,
! trying to wait on everyone at once and
! everyone wanting instant attention The
/ doughboys, of course. We're sometimes
| grouchy; they had to get off steam some
where, and il they were not grouchv
| you could make up your mind theY
were not all right and would soon be IN
hospital 1t was natural. lie de-
scribed how a doughboy quietly got uu
- him during service. while another
nam was talking, and said, say. doc
or, | haven't got Il cigarette. won't you
me down and open the canteen for
ne" We'll" said DIR. Price, II thought
r "A minute, ! was tired. it was no.
.2ring canteen hours, the canteen had
Ten open long time. That was nv
fought for minute. Then | thought
his boy wants cigarette lie wants il
badly enough 10 creep up here TO me. al
hough a service is on. So then | went
down and opened the Canteen, got him
IS cigarettes. and made him my friend
or life. lie went away singing nv
raises. Buff | had not. he wouli
ave cursed me to his dying day. That
rs the first time | had ever been
ilcd from the pulpit to get cigarc' ties.
ONE Y mon might nave refused, and
= N reason, for not all of them ara
gels" The doughboy, he said, is just
90 Il boy.
Ills talk, which was Informal, dealt
IN many humorous Incidents, and II
rs altogether interesting, convincing
al very human. He was roundly APP
suded