The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-01
Y. M. C. A. NOTES


 reported, five points; telling Tn. dian story to club (book chosen by leader), five points.
 Decorated with Emblems Each club drafts its sweater emblem design and it is fashioned from bright colored felt. Boys go to school wearing proudly their club insignia on their sweaters in many shapes and in many colors. School teachers throughout the triangles and all sorts of animal heads as decorations among theif pupils. Staring at them from the school yard they see the bright let- ters Y. M. c. A. proudly worn by their pupils on their manly chests.
 Gym Glasses Crowded
 Charlie Leader and Bud Davis have their hands full in the gym when the bowling Indians and the live wire grammar school club members flock in for basketball, soccer, baseball, track athletics and water sports.
 Charlie says that the grammar schools will have school basketball teams in a younger boys league and that most of the clubs look pretty even. Inter-club meets and swimming events have also been suggested by the grammar school boys. Ncwsboy Glasses Special Rates
 Special classes for newsboys and working boys are scheduled in the evening. Younger boys come in at 6:30 for gym and swim. A class of older working boys meets at 1915.
 For the first time this season newsboys are entitled to full Y. M. c. A. membership at half price. boys of the three papers were the guests of the Y. M. c. A. for n week. The special paper boy rate was inaugurated during that guest week. It Is now the policy of the Y. M. c. A. boys department and through city boys secretary Bill Briggs the Y issues an invitation to all paper boys to come into the association as members.
 Boys Plan All Events
 Two councils of younger boys plan the Indian and Gra-Y ac- tivities. A chief of each Indian tribe with the club leader of each tribe meets to talk over the In- dian activities, outdoor programs, bean banquets, speakers, inter- tribe competition and other things concerning the groups they rep resent.
 A boy appointed by each Gra-Y club with the leaders of the clubs make up the Gra-Y council and this group functions similarly to the Indian council. Out of this group of boys and leaders came the suggestion for inter-club, bas- ketball.
 Monster City Wide Drive
 A city committee for boys mem- bership promotion is being organ ized under the leadership of Ray Tanning, city editor of The Ameri- mittee to reach every boy in the city who should be a member of the Y. M. c. A. Some boys need the physical work, some the social contacts, some the character de- velopment. The committee after dividing the city into 12 areas is trying to secure chairman and workers in each of these zones. This group will talk with all orr ganized bodies in their respective sections in an attempt to tell them about the Y boys work.
 In addition a. teacher and a boy is being appointed in each Sunday school and a teacher and a boy in each, grade school to advise with the above committee for the organization of a city wide boys' membership campaign. Teams of workers composed of boys and men will comb every corner of the city in their attempt to let boys and parents know of the opportu- mites offered by the Y. M High school gymnasium classes start this afternoon at 2:30. A busy program is promised by Bud Davis and Charley Leader for every Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday after noon. As soon as the entire class Is formed leagues will get under way. e
 The junior and senior working boys gym classes start tonight. Juniors come in at 6:30 for gym work followed by Q swim. The seniors employed come in at 1915.
 Special rates this year for news- boys. Half price on all, member ships.