The Washington herald., 1921-09-25
This "Y" Buddy
Tells Virtues
OfAssociation

1 was down to the Boys "Y" the
other day. and it certainly is a great
place. Jimmie Jones, you know. is
a member. his father gave him a
membership when he was l2 years
old last month. and went down
with him. You ought to see that
building. It's great! And gee
whiz." he certainly has a good time.
Here's what they did:
After you get in the door. you go
upstairs to the game room. This is
long room. about eight or ten
times the size OF our school room.
They have pool tables, and a bill
lard table, and a cue rogue table.
and checkers and chess and ping
pong, and shuttle board and domi-
noes. and horse shoes and a lot OF
other games that fellows like to
play.
After we played around in the
game room for an hour or so. some
one rang a big bell in the Office and
say, you should see those kids
beat II" for the locker room. Every
one has sort of box to keep his
gym suit in, and while you are in
the gym and pool you have a big
steel locker to put all your street
clothes in. After you have charged
to your gym suit you go upstairs
IN ha ~ oh n
that gym. It's a great big IMAM
sized" gym and has all the appara-
tus and stuff In il that a regular
gymnasium has. When these kids
are in classes they have baseball
basketball, apparatus stunts and
everything you could imagine in a
gym and gosh whiz," but those
kids do make a racket. You should
see them when the physical direc-
tor says everybody. let's have q
yell" They whistle, vel and sing
to develop their ungs. Then every
body gets nice and quiet and then
they have the regular gym stunts
That physical director sure does
know how to get those kids play
ing all kinds of games and doing all
kinds of stunts.
Glasses In Gym Work.
After the class stayed up in the
gym for about an hour. they ali
went down TO the swimming pool
and you just ought to see that pool
It's fifty feet long and atwenty feet
wide. At one end IL is only four
feet deep for the fellow who can't
swim. and at the other end IL u
over seven feet deep for those who
know how and want to dive. THIS
gym and swimming pool are fer
hoys only and all the time they arr.
in the swimming pool; there are two
or three lifesavers watching them.
so that every thing is safe. Just
before they go in the swimming
poot everybody takes his shower
bath and it's great You ought to
see how those showers work. ~
stead of getting into a tub. Won
stand under a sort of sieve-lik-
thing and then You turn a lever
and down comes the water. hot
cold. or medium, Just whatever yor
want, depending on how far you
turn the lever. Gee, II feels great
to have that water trickling down
vour back. L went IN for a swim
with Jimmie. because they win We
you free swim IL 1t Is the first
time you have been down to the
Eoys' "Y." just to let. YOU try IL out
Takes SWIM
After, the swim everybody went
back to the game room and then
YOU can do as you please. Sam~
fellows went on home, and SON,
played around with the games fer
= while, and some others rot book.
ont of the library. They have |.
library there with over 500 book.
You know those Roy Scout books.
Rover Boy books. Tom Swift boks.
Well. that's the kind Of books they
have-al1 those dandy boys books
VI you are a member OF the Boys.
''Y'' you can take two of the book.
out of the library home for a week
and itdoesn't cost you a cent unless
you keep them over time. Thev
also have sixteen magazines In the
reading room. ] noticed, they hav,
Popular Mechanics. BOYS Lire.
american Boy. and magazines like
that.
I'm roing 10 join tomorrow. he
cause Dad told me he would give
me the money just as soon as \
wanted to get in on III. and II only
costs So a year. which is less than
2h cents . day for ali this fun.
will write Won again after an
in and tell YOU more things I ond
out about what's going on.
Your friend.