New Britain herald., 1928-04-28
ADMIT CATHOLICS
 T0Y,M. L. A. BOARD
Association Votes to Include
 Two in Directorate

Through a change in the by-lavs of the Y. M. C. A. effected at the an- nual meeting last night, Catholic men U-ill he added to the board of direc- tors. New Britain being one of tha first Connecticut cities to make the amendment to it's rules which herc- tofore barred all but Protestant men from the directorate.
 Secretary Clarence H, Barnes es- inmates that 70 per cent of tha membership of the "" is Catholic. In the selection of his committees he has included men of this religion and he has been very much in favor of incorporating in the bylaws tho change which was made in the rules of the national organizations two years ago.
 It vas also voted last night to in- crease the maximum number of dis rcctors from 17 to T with the tacit agreement that two of the new members will be Catholics. F. c. Platt is chairman of a nominating committee which will report at a later meeting.
 Officers. reelected at the meeting, are: James s. North, president: Mal- colm Farmer, vice-president; w. H. Rattenbury, treasurer; Sherrod l.. Skinner. recording secretary; r. R. Stanley, chairman of the finance committee.
 Secretary Barnes Report
 Secretary Barnes stated in his an- nual report that there have been more than 5o,0o0 baths taken in tho institution in the past year He spoke at length on the physical de- rartment and its instructors, telling about the various gym classes and swimming lessons One instructor goes to the swimming pool after gym classes while the other takes charge of handball courts, he said Three mornings a week there are sym classes" he added Five after- moons per week there are classes at four five, seven and eight o'clock, to be conducted
 As side lines they organize all sorts of athletic contests, tourna- ments and leagues, teach swimming, conduct splash week, train two leaders corps, develop teams 10 compete in state meets, put on eA- hibitions, organize boxing, fencing, wrestling and tumbling groups
 Sometimes teams win in the state tournaments, and sometimes they lose. but they always make a good showing and conduct themselves in q sportsmanlike manner Joe Rogan won the state gymnasium champion ship and Henry Dressel is state singles handball champion for the third year.
 Last night | picked team Of tumblers performed acceptably 10 the Strand theater audience.
 No less appreciative is that group of business and professional men that come regularly at | o'clock each afternoon to play handball or ,olley ball. These men daily turn back into big boys and make as much noise and have as much fun as the youngsters.
 ''In A different atmosphere arc men as earnestly occupied getting specialized education. Nowhere elsa in the city can they attend classes in public speaking. accountancy, con- art, aviation and traffic \ pioneer in night school work, the association now only offers such courses as the pub- lie school system does not give. A. number of people sro served by the industrial program. uho are not Y. NJ. c. A. members. By this means the " has. in recent years, really become d community affair. Not only are young men in in- dustry served. but an equally good program is carried on for young women. And the activities reach. round the year.
 'In the fall and winter there are and bowling leagues for men and women. During the spring and summer the baseball leagues tor both sexes operate, and then comes the field and track meet.
 'In addition to these activities there are social. religious and cco- homie events, varied according to 
 Members between ten and 17 years of age have g program all their own. The secretary in charge. Eben Strong, get. them in, grade echool lads, high school boys and employed young men. and then or ga nizes them into groups for sclf- The Scouts turn EaEieS. the Indians become chiefs, the 1'io- neers attain high rank, the Hi-Y fellows develop into clean, upstar1d- ing chaps and the Employed BayS club turns out product any fore- man would be glad to have in hiS They go to camp in and 10 the conferences about the state in winter, where many of them make decisions re- sardine their religious life that adds them 10 the church rolls" Will Attempt to