The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-28
YMCA Notes

The Gra- a-Y-clubS are increasing rapidly throughout the city. Self governing groups of grammar school boys under IA are rapidly organizing in many schools. Co., lumbia has a club Driggs has three clubs, Croft two, Walsh two and there are six or eight more meet ing regularly at the Central Y. M. c. A. Each of these Y. M. c. A. clubs for younger boys has a volunteer adult club leader. They meet week ly for educational and character discussions they operate their own program with their own officers, plan their athletics, suppers, hikes, discussions, speakers and various projects through the medium of a program committee of their own boys. ~,
 A Gra-Y congress of delegates from each club plan Inter-club athletics, stunt nights, and in gen. eral take charge of Gra-Y matters
 At the last Gra-Y congress it was decided to appoint q scholarship committee of two boys from each club to get the marks of every club boy from his school office, chart them on club draft and keep track of which club makes the best record of improvement.
 Gra-Y clubs are going to have busy month in December if the plans of their Gra-Y congress all materialize. That group of dele gates from each Gra-Y club have decided that the Gra-Y basketball league will open on the second of December at a. m.
 On the 7th of December Stunt night is scheduled and this time curtains wil be strung up and clubs are warned to start preparing good stunts in competition for the big box of chocolates.
 For the November Stunt night, clubs presented all kinds of enter tainment n c uding operations, gymnastics. boxing. The prize was won by the Mohawks club and they claim they will take it again this month. There are several other which put on excellent stunts last month and which threaten to over come the November winners.
 Among the leading contenders
 
 honorable mention last time, the Pyramid club, the "Y" club, the Black Wolves and several others.
 On the 18th the Gra-Y track meet is scheduled to start at 800 a. m. All of the Gra- clubs are ex- pected to enter a track team. A group of representative of the diff ferent clubs will draw up the entry blanks and make plans for the meet.
 The basketball managers of all clubs desiring to enter the league will meet at the YMCA Wednesday at 4 o'clock to make rules for the basketball league. Games in the league will be played at q. m., 10 a. m., I 8. m. and 12 noon on Saturdays.
 The Gra-Y clubs which meet Monday evening will gather around the fireplace in the boys dept. at s p. m. for a Gra-Y sing. Several boys will furnish the music with their harmonicas.
 This is pledge week for all Y clubs and the big thermometer which charts the amount of money which frammaS school boys are giving for boys work in Turkey Is steadily going up.
 Fourteen Indians have already pledged total of $2.25: for the Black Wolves four boys have pledg- ed a total of .S5: two pledges are in from the "S' club for a total of 50 cents; the Golden Partners have turned in eight pledges to date for a total of $1.30: five Conquerors have made pledges for total of fifty cents: four Crusaders have made pledges for a total of 40 cents; four Silver Foxes for total of sixty cents; eight Emulators for $1.7O.
 All pledges must be in this week and the Gra-Y congress is not in- money but would like every boy to share to some extent.
 The Gra-Y banquets were we'll | attended. The Cracker Hills had | 16 boys present on Tuesday night for the largest crowd of either ban. 1 luet. On Monday night the Con- | luerors had eleven boys out for the | record for that section.
 At the White Elephants meeting | Monday night with their club lead | CT Dan Parent, Michael Constantine | was elected president. Walter | Gworek was elected vice-president, r Theodore Keidel secretary and John was elected news-re- , porter. All members of the White | are to be present at the |. Y. M. c. A. Thursday at o'clock | for practice with the new basket ball coach, Eugene Fennimore.
 
 Robert Lysatt and Frank Dillane. [ the Vikings, success fully argued that the state should not adopt form of unemployment insurance to win a debate against the PhalanX club at the Y. M. c. A. | last night. The losers were repre- sented by Ronald Daley and John Herr.