The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-02
DO MORE THAN
GIVE SOLDIER
JOB--D0NNELS SON
Gary y" Secretary is Dis
gusted With Treatment Of
ex-Service Men.

ex-oervlce Men.
L. A Schwan, former secretary of
the Richmond Y. NJ. C.. A., now at
Fort Wayne. and Max Donnelson, of
Gary. Ind, were the chief speakers at
the 7. NJ. c. A. employed oficers con-
ference held at Reid Memorial church
Friday morning and afternoon.
Schwan spoke on the Cultural
Training of the Y NJ. C. A. Secretary.
The association secretary holds. or
should hold. large place In the life
OF the community said Schwan. He
outlined the manner in which q secre-
tary could attain a higher degree of
cultural training.
training, he said: ITO my mind
growth and development are depend
emit upon experience, study and con-
tact. To be successful in business or
profession there must be a large vi
sion, one that lifts us up, one that
prompts US to strive, one that inspires
US to higher things and gives US the
desire for experience, study and con-
tact"
Max Donnelson, Industrial secretary
of the Gary association, addressed the
conference on the Community Plan of
Gary" Donnelson outlined the work
that was being done by the Gary as
ISOLATION in meeting conditions with
all classes Of people in need Of the
associations guiding hand. He told
what they were doing to promote the
better side Of the foreigner in sports.
education and other lines. He said
that the association did many unusual
things, such as holding smokers at the
association building.
800 Attended Smoker.
At the last smoker, 500 men turned
out and enjoyed the evening at the
Y. M. C. A. This coming week the
institution will hold corn cob
smoker and has bought large quanti-
ties of corn cob pipes to insure the
success of the affair. Community
sings, baseball. basketball and every
other public event play an important
part in the solving of the Gary, Ind
lana associations problems.
In speaking of the treatment sol
diers were being accorded after their
return from the battlefields of France,
he said: 81 am frankly disguised
with the treatment soldiers are get
ting. When they are taken back In
their old jobs people feel that they
have done their duty by them. And
then after giving them $50, which 1t
takes month or more for them to OBJ
tain, we let the matter drop. These
boys have won the war and we owe
them more" The Gary association
has free dormitory for soldiers out
of employment, he said.
II "Y's" Represented.
Forty-four employed Y. NJ. C. A. Of
ficers are attending the meetings, rep
resenting seventeen associations. At
the business session this morning the
executive committee was nominated
and approved by the conference mem
bers. The committee will be compos-
ed of A. B. Smith Of Marion, Ind,
chairman; o. NJ. Brunson, of Rich
mond; NJ. c. Salassa, of Indianapolis;
NJ. H. Donelson of Gary, Ind, and R.
]. Duke of Indianapolis.
Thursday afternoon and evening R
A. OVerholser, community boys sec.
rotary, gave an illustrated lecture on
the camp work of the South Bend as.
ISOLATION where he is located. The
South Bend association operates a
camp at Eberhart, Mich, valued at
$4,000.
o. AZ. Brunson, boys secretary Of the
local association, spoke on the com
munity-wide program for boys. III
homes are sordid, churches are weak
schools immoral. employers selfish
and grasping, and city official graft
ers, what chance has a association
program" For COMMUNICATED pro
gram to be successful, he said it must
concern everyone.
There are 1900 boys in Richmond
who are in need of such a program
and for it to become success there
should be leader for every ten boys
he said II. P Scott of Fort Wayne Is
chairman OF the conference.
The following Y. NJ. C. A employed
officers are in attendance at the meet
ing for the two days:
l.. z. Stacy, state secretary; R. ]
Duke, office secretary state force; Ed
gar Webb. state rehabilitation secre
tary; Ralph L. Donnan. state count,
work secretary; C. s. Minor, state stu
dent secretary; P. r. McAnally, assis
tant state secretary; C. D. Parker, as
sistant state secretary: A.. Fl. GODDARD
general secretary, indianapolis; Chas
r. Rodgers. dormitory secretary. Ind
annapolis; Lewis C. Hurt. Bible worl
secretary, Indianapolis; T. w. Logan
boys secretary. Indianapolis; Wayn
l. G. Miller, soldiers secretary, Indiana
polls; M. C. Salassa, physical director
indianapolis; c. F. Nevius, general Sc
cretary. Anderson; HI. L. Evans. as
sistant physical director, Anderson; H
C. Newman. boys secretary, Andel
son; H. P Scott. assistant general sec
rotary. Fort Wayne; l.. A. ySchwar
physical director. Fort Wayne; ]. Cit
ford Hand, assistant secretary, Vir
Genes: John L. Turner acting genera
secretary, OF Greensburg; Albert I
Smith, general secretary, Marion: G
B. Blend, boys secretary, Evansville
Frank D. Stewart, assistant physica
director, Evansville; M. Donaldson, IL
dustriaI secretary. Gary; Will Power
boys secretary, Kokomo: D. w. Biz
ford. general secretary, Auburn; Cha.
D. Ebersole, boys secretary, Teri
Haute; A. c. Gran. general secretary
Terre Haute: L. e. Joseph, physice
director, Terre Haute; v. D. Bran
mer. boys secretary. Charlottesville
John r. Glenn, general secretar,
Peru; H. A. Pettijohn. boys secretar,
Muncie; E. r. Brown, Lafayette: +
A. Overholser. boys secretary, Sout