Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-27
PROGRAM
OUTLINED HERE
M. C. A. Committee ant
Secretary Plans Big Things
for Boys of This City

The Boys Work Council OF The
Y. M. c. A. composed of Charles NJ
Peterson, Earle Lake, Axel Olsen
John NJ. Shoe, Harry Comings and
Secretary Fenby w. Scott met last
night and in an intensive session
drew UP a program of work for the
boys department for the year
which bids fair to surpass any that
have yet been put across here. An
informal discussion following the
reading of last years creditable re-
port resulted in the plans for the
membership drive to be started DC
tober 10, at which time the eighty
renewals will be gone after. i've
teams under the leadership OF FREQ
Ritter and Roy Nielsen Will conf
pete for the largest number OF
| members. -
II was arranged that the Bible
| classes be held in smaller groups,
with seven in a class and using best
material among the older boys as
teachers. Called the friendship
| classes, the sessions will start
early in October.
The big yearly effort OF the de-
partment will take a different form
| from the attendance race whicn was
| carried out most successfully iast
year The Christian Citizenship
Training Program will embrace
weekly tests of a fourfold nature for
which credits will be received.
prizes will be given at the end OF
the wear. The first test will consist
of signing up for gym work imme-
diately and being examined ana IN
terviewed by the physical director'
This test will count ten points. =,
Leadership in the department VII
he chosen on a democratic OASIS
there being arranged three =
of even members each' al ~ ~
chosen by popular vote. .n
Camp Wawayanda representations
so,. next year is one of the activities
which is uppermost in the p
went this season. The first thing
to he done is the registering OF tins
host nossible camp leaders to enable
perth Amboy to make a good snow
ing next summer.
Two clubs will be active this yea
The Employed Boys Brotherhooa IN
the mems departmet and the HILL
Club in the boys. IL, 1.
"HeIp the other Fellow" will! %
,he slopan in November especiaiiS
when a campaign for this purpose
will he held for a week. the eHor.
was discussed with the raisiiis "
sixtv dollars for foreign missions al
!, goal and the idea of chaiienslns
each boy in the department LOT !
cent for every letter in ms name III.
and every year of his age was iooA'
ed upon favorably. :,
,The state boys conferences Will y
held in Plainfield this year ana We
discussed in reference to repres9n.a
tives from the local association: An
other college deputation team is -.
so arranged having proved most SUI
cessful this past year. .a
The usual father and SON panqug
will be held in November an =
Mothers Week will be observed =
the spring. 4
From a physical standpoint tne ~
nartment may expect BY
classes the same as last year -
as organized basketball teams IN q
va rions clubs and a representativ,
6enartment team, all Of which WI
he scheduled for making trips an
arranging a full season with riva
Only worth while effort VIII ?.
sneciaiized in in 1921 and 1877 AM
the committee feels that only tnos'
things which stand for four-squar'
Christian manhood should pc en
couraged. 1t is possible that inten
sive work will be done with Iewe
bows as leaders. 4