New Britain herald., 1929-10-31
ROTAR|ANS HELP
 BOYS ID JOIN 'Y
Pay Half Membership Fee in
 Junior Department

Twenty boys who were so anxious 10 become Y. M. C. A. members that they earned half the annual mem horship fee have been admitted to full membership in the junior de- partment through the cooperation of the Rotary club, according 10 John $. Black. chairman of the boys work committee Of the club m meeting today at the Burritt hotel.
 The club recently decided to do something towards helping boys join Inc "1." Mr. Black. after confer ence with Eben T, Strong. secretary of the boys department agreed that to provide the entire membership. with no effort whatever on the part Of the boy, would be giving the boy something he would not appreciate and never would take advantage of. Mr. strong suggested that the club provide half the fee in cases where inc boy managed to obtain the other half. This was done in the case of 70 boys. Last evening Mr. Strong reported 12 of these boys exercising on the gymn floor or otherwise taking advantage of the facilities Of inc association.
 letter from the American Le- zion asking the aid of the club dur ing American education week was referred 10 the program committee. The district governor of Rotary clubs will be a speaker here during that week.
 Pastor AIdcrsOn Speaks
 An address by the Rev. William H. Alderson, pastor of Trinity Methodist church and former presi- dent Of the club, entitled About Ten Minutes took just l Q minutes to de- liver. Rev. Mr. Alderson has de- livered this address in New Britain several times before and has been fold it was one Of the best ever heard by local civic clubs
 Announcing that for a long time he had been hearing the old joke What shall l tall, about" and the reply About 10 minutes" he said h" decided to prepare speech About Ten Minutes"
 Ten minutes is not considered very long timo.' said the speaker. "people say We cant go anywhere in . minutes
 Well, it all depends upon the method Of transportation you use. If 1t were possible to get astride d high powered rife bullet you could go almost 10 Pittsburgh in 10 min utes.
 If I could get the police to clear inc way for me and met with no de- . lays l could step in my automobile 1. and get well beyond Plainville in 10 minutes.
 If we were travcling in a modern | speed plane We could go GO miles ;n 10 minutes.
 If one could climb on top of his words aS' they go out by modern . radio he would go 100 times around . the world in 10 minutes.
 ''If one could climb on top Of a moonbeam he could make 200 . round trips to the moon in 10 min- : hIes.
 Recently I saw q machine that made 200 tn cans mmute-2. 900 | cans in 10 minutes. Yet some peo- pie say 10 minutes is not long enough to do anything. Possibly making tin cans is not so important, but if We were able 10 make 2.OO0 of them in 10 minutes we'd feel as though We had done something.
 T saw picture of match ma tmne that when running makes one million matches in 10 minutes. II IS necessary to run these machines at full speed in order to supply matches to these fellows who carry automatic cigar lighters around in their pockets.
 Ten minutes is long enough to read the best sermon that ever was written, one that can be lived throughout a, whole lifetime.
 Tn 10 minutes ..mc you car meet and become friends with an indI- Nldual whose influence may change your whole lifetime.
 Tho man you regard inc most Iiehly, one who may change your whole llic you meet in much less than 10 minutes. Iii fact 90 sec ends is enough for an introduction.
 You can read ono of the finest poems ever written. twice through 'r 10 minutes. Yet this poem may change your whole life.
 You s@y 10 minutes isn't worth much. Well try and put q price on 10 minutes. Go with mo 10 the New Britain General hospital i'm nedlatcly after this luncheon. Go 10 he folks who arc writhing in tor ment on bed Of pain. Ask them ' hat price they will pay for Q min 'i'ea' S1lrcoase from that pain.
 "Go to the bedside Of the man who IS breathing his last md ask him how much he will pay for 10 minutes of prolonged life o spend with his loved ones.
 Stop the man on the street who