The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-14
TRAINING CLASS
FOR KEOkUK BOY
Christian Citizenship Program VIII
Be Launched for Boys In This
City,. M. C.. A. and
rS9 Churches Co-operate.

4 A committee of local business men
representing the churches have been
giving a great deal of time during
the past few months to studying the
conditions that retard or advance the
growth of the boy life of the city into
tchristian manhood. This matter OF
helping boy find himself and Of sur
rounding the youth with the best In
,fluences is not only local endeayor
but has called forth the efforts OF the
best brains in the nation, because
1.-THE boy of today is the man of to
morrow" or what shall 1t profit 4
community If it gain the whole world
and lose its boys"
Believing that the four fold de-
Ivelopment of the boys "all-around
life that is, the symmetrical de-
Ivelopment of his physical, mental,
social and religious nature, will aid
| in the development OF virile chris
tian character and useful citizenship
a program known as the christian
citizenship training program for boys
! has been adopted by the com~1i zee
and has met with almost unanimous
approval or the local churches. 1t
consists Of graded arrangement. Of
charac activities, set
ting minimum standards for physical,
mental, devotional and service attain
ments. A program which any ofSani
cation can use to enrich It's activities
and it's possibilities of character de-
yelopment. 1t is not movement to
start new organization to de.&act
a boys interest away from his studies
at school, his duties at home or from
his natural inclinationS toward the
church 1t is a movement that en-
courages him to strive for better
grades at school, to be more respon-
siye to the duties at his hume Ind
more active in the work Of his church
and Sunday school. In all it is in
tended to coordinate the work Of the
church, the school and the home, at
least, to the extent Of giving every
boy an understanding of the relation
each of these agencies bears to lis
development.
The program gives a method Of
personal interview and of charting
individual boys SO that it may be
learned what each boy most needs in
the way of physical, mental, dcvo-
tional or service activities.
It contains all the formative ac.ivi-
ties which boys like-from swim
ming, woodcraft, and camping,
games, baseball, football and
ba sketball and group activities to
right ideals about life and christian
1t helps a boy to decide what he
should do with his life. 1t helps him
to take stock of himself every year,
to measure his attainments from the |
time that he is twelve until he is |
twenty.
1t gives a boy a vision Of four |!
square development and sets new
goal toward which he will strive as |
he enters, each new period of his /
growth.
This movement had its origin in
part in the plans of the local Y NJ |
G. A. to extend it's boys work policy
On city-wide scale and the Young
Mems Christian association is CO
operating to make possible such ac-
tivities as shall give every boy the
to obtain four-fold de-
velopment The entire equipment Of
he Y. M. c. A. including its gymna.
SUM and fine swimming pool is at
he disposal Of the churches in help
ng further this work.
Four-sQuare, broad-minded men
With service motives and fathers with
, keen interest for the welfare of
heir boys are needed to make this
Effort an effective force for good in
he development of the youth -