The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-03

ln boya It's building ls open 80 boys.
lts workers. ready 70 enter into their
problems ana iholr urtlvitlea Iu
order that the work with boys may
Doc carried on with tho best rraulia
for both ths boys hud tho Y. tho
boys division has been organized
nud adequate ieodorahip provided 90
take caro- ~ tho rapidly expanding
work.
Tuus business and professional
mon uss this medium for expressing
their latorost IN the welfare OF Tulsa
boys The boys work committee.
Wnde up OF representative Tul1uH,
Is directly responsible 20 tho nsruCia-
lion bo1rd ~ directors for the whole
boys work program. on this com
mlttue ARE a. Bcnnott, Lee L"vorinB,
G.. q. Avery. W. A. Marquis, willard
John, Dr. s. Murray, Fred w. lu-
auil Fred Ducr. Dr. g.. W. Day II.
B. Gale, Merle g. prunty K. ~.
Shaw, IL q. barnard and n. h.
Oberhoitzcr on tho boys staff are
g. W. BiHkely. director ana cNecu-
two OF tho general boys work.
Robert a. Russell, secretary for high
school work ana 4. Il, Sclzer
secretary for tho puudng and om-
pioyod boys work Two part-time
assistants. G. A. Bowlos OF Tulsa
university and Percy B Sterling,
high school senior help in tho ex-
tensive work carried on at tho
for boys.
Three Phases OF work.
The work for boye In organized
into three parts. First ia the general
boys work. dealing with the oxecu-
tive and administrative problems,
cooperation with other agencies
and tho promotion OF boys work
throughout the city Second Is tho
work with high schpol boys, center
ing around the III Y clubs that are
now organized IN sacn class OF
Central high school. Third, the
building and employed boys work
that includes a wide range OF activi-
ties for the hundreds OF boys who go
to the Y each week and for boys
who work. especially tho messenger
boys and nowsboys.
That the boys are Interested In
the Y Is Gttestod by the attendance
record for July. August and Sep-
tembor. Tho total attendance at all
boy activities for three months
EQUALS on army of 1881 boys, with
an average daily attendance of i66.
Cooperation with other agencies
is a feature OF the Y work with
boys. The Y reaches out into
everything and every place where
there are boya. The Tulsa boys
home, for instance. II has been the
policy OF the association to enter
each boy who entors tho Tulsa
boys home as a member or the y.
M. C. A. with full boy membership
privileges. The aari.:taacs com
%
passes on all applications OF boys
admitted to tho horne. This COM
mittes is made up OF Blakely, the
chairman. Howard w. Meyer, BOY
Scout executive and w. r., Sthhl.
Scouts Can Use " Pool.
A plan has been worked out by
which members of Boy Scout troops
may take THEIR swimming and life
saving tests at tho Y pool when
they are properly vouohed for ana
accompanied by their scout leaders.
Many of the Boy Scouts are also
members OF the Y as we'll.
The Tulsa association has q boys
camp equipment capable OF max
Ing the camp one OF the leading
camps OF the entire southwest. The
new dining hall and eight cabins
were made possible through the In
terest 'and work OF the special COM
mittee headed by Frank H. Reed
and which provided $4,000. for the
construction OF the permanent
building now at camp. II was
Reeds Huggcstion to name tho new
camp the Rogers Kemp Boys
camp" In honor OF II. Rogers Kemp
who recently passed on. x. N
Shaw, chairman OF tho camp com
p,ittea and tho Committee in general
gave generously of time and efforts
10 make tho new camp site pos
| slble, Blakely stated In dIscussini
this phase OF tho work last week
shaw drew all the plans for th'
buildings and supervised the con
structlon work. Fred oiler did al
| the abstract work IN connection
with the purchasing Of the present
| camp site OF &c acres
nttr-Ehurcb Work Active.
In line with the association
policy 20 build into tne life OF th'
| churches. an inter-church boys
commission has been organized e
| supervise such boys work oa ma
he undertaken by the churche
Jointly. This commission Is com
nosed OF layman and one olde
hoy from each Of the participatlnl
churches. At the present time IN
commission Ia comprised OF Neal 1
lraland and Russell Stunkard OF IN
Orcutt Memorial; Il. II. Kilgo an
phiia Crimes OF the First NJ. r..
N. Fornell and Ralph Ohermiller G
the United Presbyterian; y. N, SHAY
and Seiden chick OF the Fir'
PRESBYTERIAN; Harry Gotf and Nirg
Hoslcr OF the Bullette Presbyterian