The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-28
President

was good for them in the play room, so they were installed in the library where one could enjoy quiet reading in Q comfortable setting. It has helped both places to Q great extent inasmuch as our library is also used at times as a meeting room for groups who wish to carry on their meetings where they can be apart from others and periods are allotted them for this purpose.
 Our annual parties for the Juniors are all held in the gym and can be handled very well, but last year we instituted an Easter egg hunt at our camp which we expect to be an an- nual affair. But we find q great problem in obtaining transportation for this large group of boys. It has shown 0 definite need for some kind of motor vehicle to be used in trans. porting our boys on basketball trips, week -end camping trips, outside af- fairs such as egg hunt and trips to outlying swimming holes as sum- mer activity. We hope to see our way clear to obtaining one as l think that 1t would find Q definite place in our work and save us money in the long run.
 Motion Pictures
 Movies are held as part of the junior program either weekly or as often as our finances allow. With the grasp that movies have on the country as 0 whole 1t Is evident that the boys are very enthusiastic rec garding htem. But our protector Is of the silent era and 1t becomes more difficult to obtain pictures that the boys have not seen before. We must sooner or later drop silent pictures or obtain Q talking picture outilt. AS our present movies are the small alm type, we would expect to place . small type apparatus In the club. am convinced that 1t would be most beneficial to our work and l hope Q possible acquisition in the near fu- ture.
 Our membership grows to approxi- mately fifteen hundred members over tho course of Q year. It requires 0 great deal of work in registration and classifying these boys. This year we adopted new forms for this work and purchased Q filing cabinet to better handle these records. It also gives us Q permanent record of the boys and 0 greater knowledge of. their lives and home conditions.
 To better contract both our mem. bers and friends, wo have published Q monthly memographed paper in which we outline our work and keep in contact with our groups.
 Several instructors give us their time voluntarily in other phesas Of our work. Our orchestra meets weekly under 0 trained musician, Q class In cheess is being given free instruction, our woodwork groups for younger boys meets regularly each week and on airplane modelling class have their regular periods.
 Conclusion
 An organization such as ours fills Q decided place in our community life. It Is especially essential to 0 community composed of Q great for- eign population and individuals ein. ployed in large factories. Without recreational privileges such aS ours offers to tho children. of these poo- pie, our community would Do beset with providing leisure activities in some other way. Just as parks are necessary to Q community 50 are clubs and rocreationai centers for indoor play.
 We have carried on for years and years having our problems, but al. ways with the knowledge that we could balance our incomes and OK. penditures with our home dopart- inent giving Us tho necessary profit to carry on our work for the un- derprivileged boys. But circum. stances have changed the Situation. The depression created c condition whereby wc were forced to carry many who had formerly paid, bust. ness conditions caused boys to look to us for help without any financial return on their part we had to ac. cept lessened contributions from old friends, our endowment had to Suf- fer through necessarily lessened re- turns on investments-all without any opportunities for improving our financial status. Several of our old friends have passed away--thoso who believed in us to the extent that they gave very literally when with us this occurring with little response from any new friends. We have dono everything possible to keep our heads above water, but we see c reserve we built up in good years practically gone with only small hope of building 1t again. We have many things to do which VIC have left un. done, but which requires help. Our heating system Is in poor condition, our building Is old and is constantly in need of replacements our bath. rooms and toilets in tho building should be modernized, our annex rec quires extensive repairs, our furni-