The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-12
NEWS or THE Y. Nj. C. A.
State and Local Efforts in Bchaf Of
the Boys.


the Boys.
A. ]. Holden and General Secretary
Henry w. Winslow were delegates
to the annual meeting of state AsSo-
Citations held in Burlington on Fri
day afternoon, April s. Usual reports
were submitted and business disposed
Of Arthur ]. Holden of Bennington
was reelected chairman Of the state
committee.
Very satisfactory progress has been
made in the state work of the Asso.
citation. Two new secretaries have
been added to the state force. Their
chief aim has been the upbuilding of
Christian manhood. They have striven
to co operate with al organizat ons
and societies working along this line.
One of the notable events Of the
year was the annual conference of
January Ia to Is. 513 delegates were
present.
Camp Abnak, the state camp had
a very successful season. 81 camp
ers enjoyed the advantages OF this
splendid camp. Several additions were
made and new equipment added.
The educational work for ex-service
men Of Vermont. made possible by
the National War Work Council of
the Y. NJ c. A. has recent y been fin
ished. The amount allotted to Yer
mont was $l5,S5S 1t has assisted 233
young Vermonters in educational
work.
Due to the vaccinations which were
a result of the smallpox scare, gym.
nasium classes have been rather
slim during the past week. Even the
compulsory school classes in physical
culture dwindled to very small per-
centage of the total number
On Tuesday afternoon the high
school baseball squad had light prac-
tice On account of the many lame
arms daily practice was discontin.
ued for the week
The Junior High School Of North
Bennington had meeting Of base
ball candidates last Thursday after
noon Considerable interest was ev-
idenced in the proposal OF series of
games with the Bennington Junior
High School for the possession OF the
Griswod cup.
Considerable interest is being shown
in the plans for Sunday School
League composed of teams from the
Protestant Churches OF Bennington
and North Bennington
Saturday morning q party of eight
left for the "Y" camp in charge of the
physical director The afternoon was
spent In preparing camp. A spirited
base ball game Of three o cat was
played in a near by lot After supper
the fire place was lighted and stories
told. At 900 p ~ camp was closed
and the party took the trai for home.
During the past week, General Sec
retary Winslow spent four day N
Bennington county organizing the re-
ligious work Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. Many confer.
ences were held with pastors Sunday
school superintendants and officers of
church societies
On Saturday the General Secretary
IN company with state secretary Clark
an several boys OF the Worlds Out
look Commission journeyed to Camp
Abnaki from Burlington A most Ell.
joyable day was spent there, the regu.
lar camp program being 70 lowed as
much as possible,
The following named men will take
part in, the program arranged by the
Association Religious Department
for the Conference which will be held
IN Bennington on Thursday and Fri
day of this week: John Stapleton,
Religious Secretary. Y. NJ C. A. New
York city; Franklin d Emer, National
Scout Commissioner and pastor Col
gate University; Mrs. Raymond Ship
man Andrews, author. Albany n Y;
Mrs. Dorothy Garfield Fisher author
Arlington, VT Miss Florence II. Wells
Young Peoples Secretary, Foreign
Mission Society. Congregat onal
Church. Brattleboro Vt; Byron ~
Clark State, Secretary Y NJ G. A.
Burlington, Vt; Ernest Rand Y. NJ.
C. A, Secretary to Siberia; Geo T..
Robins, State Secretary Sunday
School Association. burlington. Vt
Robert Frost viii be the guest Of
the iI-Y club at their meeting and
supper on April 25th As part Of
the program he will read to the
boys from one of rs books