The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-19
66 Clubs Organized d Within Local YMCA
Total Membership Placed at ,2O5-Plans Discussed
 for Annual Summer Camp

fleet of six new canoes and four new row boats and a stronger staff, of college counselors both in num- bers and in years of camping ex-.. perience than ever lined up by; the camp committee. l@
 At the request of John c. Gill;. martin, who heads up" the young CT boys work of the YMCA, the members of the city boys work committed, the younger boys work committee and all leaders of younger boys clubs will attend a. layman's meeting in New Haven at 10 a. m. on the 31st of Marc:r to study the present practices 'us younger boys club work and con-. sider the future of this very inl- portant work with youngsters.
 12.Team League
 MT Gilmartin also reported tha: at the request of the principals of the city 12-team grammar school league was operated throughout the winter in basketball that sev- eral hundred boys have had care- full doctors examinations at the suggestion of this committee ii; that there are now 26 younger boys clubs operating in the three branches. We have active dira-Y clubs in the following schools: Russell, Walsh, Driggs, Columbia, HopeviIle, Slocum and one organ izinug in Bunker Hill. We have, grammar school clubs in St Johns church and Second Cong. church
 l.. Rowland Chase reporting on leadership stated that we now have 61 volunteer leaders and a need for five at the present time, two leaders are needed for high school clubs, two are needed in the North End branch and one is needed fo.' a grammar school club in the Highland avenue section.
 William Curtis, chairman of the boys work church cooperation committee, referring to the clubs now organized in St Johns and Second Cong. church suggested that a meeting of religious workers in the churches be called to consider the possibility of the offering club programs in more churches. It was voted to give William Cur tlss power to call that meeting.
 B H. s. Clubs
 Roy Walsh reporting on the old CT boys work of the association described the widespread work among 33 high school clubs in the three branches said that they are of various types. MT Walsh ad- vised that in the fall that ea:h club be required to appear before the city boys committee present. ing its purpose and plans for q service project either in school or church before it be given a room and a chance to participate in the Y program. This charter require ment the city boys committee de- cided to raise the standard of all of the clubs. The committee voted to pass the recommendation.
 Bill Briggs, secretary in this re- port to the committee, referred tc tine state and national boys work of the YMCA comparing the prog ress of other associations with: Wa terbury stated that numerous ic- quiries have come in during the past year asking for information about the Waterbury club plan. Inquiries
 Within the past two weeks we have had the following inquiries regarding our club work-from Springfield, Ill.,, and from the state boys work secretaries charters of the following states: Indiana, New York, Michigan and Illinois. Committee members present at last nights meeting included: Chairman, Dutton Noble, Barrow L. Heminway, E. Rowland Chase, Jchn c. Gilmartin, William Car penter, Roy Walch, William Cur tis, J. Russell Putnam, Frank H. Bailey, Henry G. Ellis and Bill Briggs.