New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
INDIA AWAKENING
 FROM ITS LtIHAKGY In Torpor for Centuries, It Now
 Feels Pulse Of NalOnanSm
soy.' worh seoretary Anthony A

Boys' Work Secretary Anthony A
 Dorbuck, of the Young Mons Chris
 tian association. has received a lette
 from Henry e, Hart boys seeretarl
 of tho Lucknow, India, Y, N, O, A.
 descriptive of boy lifo and conditionI
 in general concerning tho people ol
 that country. MT, Hart writes 1T
 parti
 We college boys had a saying thai
 tho hour hangs on tho clock when
 we meant tho time was ripe, 1ndia'f
 hour hangs on tho clock. This year in Lucknow a ooolie dug up coin
 that dates back to tho time of Christ That coolie was most as ancient ns that coin, but that ia not all tho story
 At the time of Christ the Roman aures circulated as currency in India
 just as the British sovereign now CIT culates as current coin. From that day to this. India has been In touch with the West and the West has had her chance with and to change lndia- but. notwithstanding any desire tho West has had, until now, India has for the most part remained the same. The coolie has changed about as much as the coin.
 "What challenge to us then, who believe in the transforming Of the world through work with boys, that before our very eyes we are seeing a greater change in the coolie-in ln- dia-in a decade than India has ex- perienced heretofore in five hundred years of her history.
 Ut is a challenge which must car ry to the very depths of our being, and if the people of America will let fl. will make its moral challenge to your boys as well.
 Gandhi Stirs People.
 "Nothing has so stirred the life of all India as Mir. Gandhi and his non- cooperative movement. They are ris- ing up all over India and demanding . change. There are many who doubt GandhPs ability to lead but there are none who doubt his power to stir the people. Non-cooperation as move ment may be losing its power but, to my mind, 1t has done It's work. His tory may write Gandhi as an in- spired prophet or visionary dreamer or worse as 1t chooses. but it is still true that he has set in motion tide of thinking-a surging emotiorl-that cannot be stopped. My contact with the student body last year leads me to feel that they are 99 per cent op- posed to government as 1t is. You know what this means for the future of this country.
 This Is not 50 much, think, be- cause government has not been and Is not now good but because that have. these boys. the vision of self government-they are changing. To these students patriotism means poll ties. That citizenship rests in indi- vidual character-their character-is not plain to them.
 Knowing of my interest they beg to help. Only last night boy, Jeva Nath phar, came to me wearing his Gandhi cap, and asked me to come along and help outline the program of the Seva Samiti (social service or 
 Tt is not an exaggeration to say that the boy life of India has never been. stirred as it is today. The fu- ture direction of this current of youthful energy is not to be predict ed, even by an idealist.
 What Can Y. M. o. A. Do?
 F"What can the Young Mems Chris tan association do? It can't begin to cope with it's opportunity. It came out of the war, here at least with a | golden record and its reputation makes it's greatest problem. It has not the money nor the men to meet the demand. What 1t can do and what 1t plans to do is to concentrate and demonstrate. This will be done in few strategic points. Lucknow is the demonstration center for boys work of the community type, and I believe we can materially affect the trend of boy life in this city. say that, though I realize that in sim lar circumstances in America our resources would easily be ten times what they are for this city of 250,000 people.
 It is help to write you letters, for t helps me to think through things oi Hly5cil. Dul nave TdilDleu LOO much without telling you of my work. This summer had broadside at the 'chools of the Province through two amps in the Himalayas-one for 30 choice boys and the other for 40 eachers.
 T am in the midst of designing a scheme for the city. We lave a beautiful spot in the very leart and thicket of the city.
 You won't believe me when I tell 1ou I have an aerial map of the city o help me in this planning. When I lave finished I have the confidence hat the city is going to establish department of play and recreation. We shall probably have a trained Y. c. A. Indian physical director em-