The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
SP FAKE RS WILL OUTLINE DRIVE TO LUNCHE:O E:ON CLUB
Campaign For UnderprivI- Ieged Boys To Start
 On November 8

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 Committees in charge of the Bir- nti1fham Boys club building cam psfRn are showing increased activi- ty get preliminary plans in shape for the opening of the drive Thurs day, November s, to secure an addl- tional S75.000 to supplement to S25,- 900 already subscribed by the hi- wanls club, Chairman w. J. Adams announced Saturday. That it will be a red letter day" for the thou sands of Guderpriyileged boys or Birmingham, is the prediction of the k1wanis committee.
 Prizes amounting to $50 will be awarded for posters suitable for ad- vertising the campaign, with a first prize of S25, a second of $10 and three prizes of $5 each. This com test closes October 25, and the conf mittee requests that all posters be delivered to the office of Paul Pim, third floor Watts. building, where further particulars also may be had.
 A special meeting of the corpora tion committee, under the chairman ship of J. B. McClary is to be held early this week to outline the plan of campaign. Associated with MT. McClary are: Erskine Ramsay, Vic tor H. Hanson, Louis Pizitz Joe II. Loveman and Crawford Johnson.
 w. c. Bonham, chairman of the special committee, will call the members of his committee together assisted by R. A. Porter, Sam Blach M. Ps Phillips and J. w. Donnelly. Beginning Monday speakers will be assigned to each of the luncheon clubs to explain the aim and pur- pose of the coming campaign and urge the active co-opertion and sup port.
 Responding to many Inquiries from wellwishers who are anxious to send in their subscriptions in ad- vance, w. J. Adams, general chair man, stated Saturday subscriptions will be taken on terms of onethird cash, one-third in 60 days, and the remaining one third in four months. 2-SPEAKERS WILL $ ,thb us" rrn
 T am more confident at this time than ever that the capaign will be a success and that the people of Bir- mingham will back up the Kiwanis club in this movement of raising at 900 already subscribed by the Kiwanis club" said General Chairman Adams Saturday night
 There are many sides to this ques- tion and the benefits to the com munity are manifold. But above all we must consider the human side of giving every under privileged boy a chance in this life. But even from a dollar and cents standpoint and as a business proposition such a club is a benefit. The boy life of America constitutes the human raw material for industry and commerce. The la bor in industry is derived almost wholly from the under-privileged boyhood of America. Those boys have received an incomplete education in the schools, stopping short of hibh school and frequently of the higher grades In the overwhelming majority i of instances they have received their | character education in the streets the pool-rooms, the cheap movies and the dance halls-in contact with the most demoralizing influences in American 1 life. Many of these boys with proper training, might become invaluable workers, but without it they find | their ways into crime or into positions of leadership of disturbing clements | Surely this phase alone ought to be incentive enough for business men tC support a movement. for a ney Boys club building. Self-interest alone should furnish the motive for the sup port of the Boys club as a prema- nent institution. which has prover that it is the most effective means | for improving this condition.
 ''So far as I know the Boys club is the only proven effective method foi creating better quality of raw material in the world of der-privi- | legged boyhood. now so needed in the world of industry and in business.