New Britain herald., 1930-05-15
ACHIEVEMENT WORK
 NEED EMPHASIZED
Director SQuires Files Report at
 Directors Annual H@tin8

Mrs. H. s. Parsons was reelected president of the Junior Achieve ment Foundation at a meeting of the beard Of directors held last night. 1 The other officers elected were: Vice president, Harry C. Jackson; second vice president. H. F. Hodge; secre- tary. Mrs. Thomas w. Hrnchliffe; treasurer, John c. Loomis; cAecu- tive committee. l.. NJ. Pratt. James i F.. O'Brien, William F. Middlemass,
 A. F. Petts. George r. Spear and Assistant Fire Chief NJ. T. Souney. Director W. W. T. Squire reported on progress made during the past year and called attention 10 the need 1 of Junior Achievement work, citing
 as an example the reports of juvenile exuberance reported 10 the police
 during the Easter vacation,
 Mir. Squire's report was as follows;
 During the Easter vacation per 1 iod just passed the following news
 story appeared in The Herald,
 Schoolboys on Vacation Proving i Troublesome - Dozens of Com
 plaints are being received daily by the police about boys who arc on
 vacation from the schools this week. in practically every section of the city thev were damaging
 property and ; annoying house. wives and others who are looking forward 10 the end Of the recess.
 The foregoing is certainly an |-,, io, h4 C,hn h11 c
 it not also an answer to the ques- ton, 'Is Junior Achievement nee
 essarY?' Junior Achievement is es-
 pecially designed to take up that
 leisure time in which mischief four ishes so well. Here is a challenge demanding our efforts 10 increase and expand 10 meet the City's need
 for there are about 16,5oO children attending New Britain schools Thero
 is 9 goal for us; to strive to cause
 complaints Of this character to dim- inish annually toward the vanishing point through the medium Of more
 clubs and more leaders.
 'It is hard to enlist the entire people of 3 city in behalf of q leis-
 ure time activity, notwithstanding its importance, because spiritual, { health and economic activities are
 necessarily in strong competition for popular attention. The situation
 caused by the sharp competition of
 highly specialized agencies requires that Junior Achievement remain an auxiliary movement cooperating
 with and assisting other agencies as
 well as fostering the fundamental neiehborhood groups.
 Naturally our organization is a
 continuous process in which mem-
 bershlp is changing frequently and
 adjustments are being made and re-
 made to keep pace with changing conditions. There can be little doubt i that Junior Achievement gives eX- pression to an important idea diff
 cult of complete realization, an idea ! yet a goal to be approXimated rather
 than an achievement to be describ-
 cd vet enough progress has been made 10 constitute 1t an experiment 1 in community organization which
 has proven Of value Junior Achieve l ment must keep flexible and adapta-
 ble 10 widely varying needs and be- ware Of overemphasls on numbers to the detriment of better service to l the individual and above all to be tolerant because no single agency IS apt to see the entire community as q whole.
 Problems Expanding
 "Tho problems facing our orEani-
 zatlon exicnd beyond inc boundarlo5 of the city We have witnessed in" l passing Of our regional organization
 during the year by merger with the
 national organization which has become increasingly active and more i interested in our affairs. Without l doubt the aggressive leadership on i the part of the national office Will
 aid in raising the standard here and
 stimulate local work on the other hand there has been danger in the attempt to impose a preconcelved l plan upon us in an arbitrary manner, however the national body has realized that 1t must formulate a l method Of approach 10 community , foundations which now seems 10 give ample consideration to local sltua-
 tlont
 We refer 10 the newly formed Junior Achievement Field Cabinet, the first meeting Of which has been called for Friday, May 23d at Spring field Mass. The formation of this representative cabinet, the result of conference attended by your dI- reCtors on March Sd and 4th is thought to be the soundest move yet taken in the management of Junior Achievement and a plan for even wider representation including Junior Achievement community committees will be considered by the cabinet at this first meeting.
 ITO briefly review our accom- plishments Of the past year. In 1929 at this time We were cooperating with the New Britain Herald and the schools of the city in the man. agement of a city wide marble shooting tournament as we are again at this moment. This tournament annually provides us with nation wide publicity.
 "A year ago the executive com mittee authorized the expenditure of s200 for the enrolment Of lead CTS and prospective leaders at the Springfield Training Institute, held June o3d to 29th. 1929. We actually spent s11@.5D for that purpose send ing , delegates, the largest dele gation from any city there represent ed The course of instruction was ex- cellent and we had the honor of providing three of the instructors. Our delegates met former President and Mrs Calvin coolidge, who in- epect ed the institute in progress and