Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-06
ACTIVITIES OF '.Y' IN
LONDON FAR FROM AN
END WITH WARS END
Association HIS Taken Over NumbeF
OF Large Hotels And Prepared
Fer Comprehensive Pr0graRa

Fer E8MpFeAeMA1Se FF0H1SA
HALF dozen London hotels. includ-
ing the Palace, Cosmo and Grafton.
have been taken over by the American
Il. nj. G.. a. within the last few weeks
and are. now in full operation This
addition TO the war plant Of the Z. AZ is
required by the even more compre-
hensiYe period 81 occupation program
which has been set up in the Lifted
Kingdom by the e NJ G. A. The as
sociation's educational program II ex-
pected to bring al least 4 900 picked
Americans fer training In the British
universities Already hundreds Of sol
tiiers are coming across the channel
to spend their long leaves. Much Of
the navy work DC the Y must be kept
mp until the American army Of occu-
patton has been sent back home
When the armistice vas signed
there were approximately 100 Anaeri-
can tyr workers III the United King
dom About $4,000 men were In the
rest camps and training areas al all
time, and 10000 men from the fleet Of
battleships. destroyers. transports,
mine layers and other Graf were
served by the ~" at numerous ports
In the British Isles Although only a
small part OF this total now remain the
need for Il more extended ~ program
was described my Frederick r limit,
field secretary. on the eve of his de-
parture for home DR. Htnitt, had
been president of Washington and JEFF
ferson university III Pennsylvania for
four years prior to his coming over
seas last June. Before that he had
been head Of Centre college In Ken
lucky for ten years
Our taking over of more hotels In
London, said Or. Hini:t. indicates
the demands that we must satisfy as
long as our troops remain overseas.
This branch of work effects to a de-
gree the elimination of bur program
in training camps. The navy work
must go on. even though the navy per-
sonnet In European waters be greatly
reduced. And the governments plans
for sending men to the United King
dom for leave and university training
did not have while hostilities were in
progress
n estimate that there will be at
least 10000 applications for admis-
sion to British universities. from
which tosal perhaps ten per cent, viii
qualify and receive leave OF from three
To SIX months to pursue their studies.
We now have ready for approval by
the military authorities comprehen-
|siye plan for setting up summer
schools modelled on those conducted
BY American universities No DIM
Guilty will be experienced In obtaining
the cooperation Of prominent British
educators. and we expect to have the
use Ok the necessary buildings and
equipment at the University or London.
The leave area will follow the lines
which have been so successful In the
seven leave area operated By the Y.
Nj G. Al lii France We shall develop
In them the social centre idea which
had been made possible BY the coop
GRAFTON Of the women of England
This social center idea grew
out of the needs on the men Of the
navy, and spread rapidly from most
successful experiment at Plymouth
With the aid Of the British Il HI g. Al.
one hundred young women from the
best families became members OF an
organization called the Columbia club
With two hundred navy boys as char
ter members the club began its sue
cessful life There were no fees and
no one was barred who was willing
to subscribe 10 the simple rules of the
club and pledge himself TO maintain
its standards. Later the social cen
tiers became so numerous that d mem
.bership card increased in value as it
admitted the holder to the privileges
Of all centers in various ports
The secret Of the success of the
social center. believe. lay Id the fact
that 1t gave the lighting man the thing
which he crayed most More thar any
thing else he desired the company of
women like his mother. his wife, sis
ter Or sweetheart III Americs was
deeply impressed By the calibre and
character Of the men who were at
tracted into our navy, They wanted
the best. and accepted the worst only
when there was no choice. A little
incident at Plymouth illustrates how
much the boys appreciated this "
service. A. / entered the, center one
night the Bit which impressed me