Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-26
KIWANIS CLUB
LEARNS WHAT Y
DID DURING WAR
Many Guests Are Entertained
at Weekly Noon Luncheon
at the Penn-HarriS

A big gathering to-day at the
Penn Harris of Kiwanis Club mem
bers and distinguished guests heard
Charles H. Clark, rehabilitation
officer at the local Y. M. c. A. and
athletic director of the State OF New
Jersey and in other camps during
the war. tell what the Y did, and
how it has been unjustly maligned
for charging high prices. His talk
was a feature and called forth tre-
mendous applause, but the heavy
laughing artillery exploded when
DOC" Miller. of the Y athletic do
minion had the bunch nearly insane
with stunts.
Things go so fast under President
Neffe that method is being devel-
oped whereby one may inhale the
delicious eats instead of taking time
to masticate. Doc" Miller had
every diner put his right hand to
nose, left hand to ear, and then
switch" After all hands had thor
oughly got switched, only the Rev.
DR.. Bagnell having a perfect score,
Miller had the tables compete in
passing a full glass of water around
the table; three heats. Frank Da-
venport tried to put something over.
working two glasses, but was howled
down for his shifty trick and Johnny
Herman's team won.
1t was a notable day for guests,
the list including with DIR. ]. 10y
| Arnold. the Rev. Daniel Kepner, Me-
chanicsburg; Nathan Hollinger, CO.
lumbia, S. c.. Linford Scott, Har-
risburg; j. H.. Hollinger. Green
castle; with William Strouse, Lieut.
| Ross Stickel, 10th Division; Her
man Tausig, city; with President
Neffe. f. S. Joseph, special agent of
the New Hampshire Fire Insur-
ance Company; with AL. X. Thomas,
DOC" Miller; Harry Messersmith.
Capt. J. r. Warden, 312th Field Ar
tillery, 10Th Division, with Jim Lutz.
Private Aloysius b. DENIM, of 345th
Field Artillery; with f. 1. Book, Will
liam Spicer and NJ. p. Visager, of
Birmingham, Ala; with Frank Dav-
export. Col. James B. Kemper, and
Major Frank C. Malin.
The attendance prize came from
the Remington Typewriter Company.
through -. c. Merrill, namely, $40
worth of SUPP fes, and was won by
| Walter Montgomery. Edward Neck,
of the p. r. r. singers put over a
new song Can You Tame Wild
Wimin," and AL. X. Thomas arrived
! Just in time with an armfull of
| fly swatters which kept everybody
/ busy until Mr.. Clark caught serious
attention by challenging the world
to critic'se the "Y" for its war activi-
ties. I'VE were under Government
| ORDERS" he explained, "and the fact
as given out is that Is per cent. of
our soldiers had vast chance to play
Il p
looked to the churches of America
to sound the religious message of a
combined church. If criticism is
directed to American Christianity it
is not the fault of the Y. NJ. C. A.
Our organization aimed to select the
best of men and the fact that out
of 10000 volunteers 1900 were
chosen shows a wise selection was
| made. The long hours, the tremend-
GUS speed required, made the "Y" the
greatest activity of the war; military
officers declare that it fitted many
thousands of men by its recreations
better than the men of Germany
were prepared in 40 years of train
ing. 1t was the backbone of the
invasion, and the greatest single or
ganization developed in the war. 1
rise in defense of the Y workers who
sleep in Flanders. in defense of hun
dreds of white haired men who gave
up everything to make the younger
men happy. 1t is a fact that the
"Y" accom- plished more in France
than all other organizations put to-
gether. There was a volunteer staff
of 100000 and these men developed
amazing activities for manufacture
ing. We had to get much of our
material from the French and they
charged high. so that there was a
loss, rather than profit in much of
material handled"
The bill in Legislature for school
salaries increase brought out a roar
of applause for Kiwanis had been
earnest in its help toward passing
this measure.