Evening star., 1938-03-28
10OB0YS TRAINING
AS CLUB LEADERS
Will Be Well Equipped to Aid
Recruits at Center
in Southeast.

With 100 trained leaders, the new
Boys Club Of Washington is ready to
throw open all its facilities to some
1900 young fellows who live far out
IN the Southeast section.
Located at Massachusetts avenue,
seventeenth and C streets Sc. the
club, under the managing dictatorship
Of Charles M. Fyfe. represents an out
lay of $250,000 and ranks as one of
the finest in America. according to
standards set by Boys Club of
America.
While the building is complete, and
most all equipment in place, the entire
boy population of the section has not
vet been admitted to membership.
This will be done gradually. and under
the expert supervision of the 100 boys
trained as leaders. These early men,
hers were taken in tow on March Is
and given an intensive drill in all re-
quirements so they could show the
rest of the fellows their way about"
Mr.. Fyfe declared.
Club Well Equipped.
No mans club in the city is better
equipped than the new Boys Club, it
is believed, and when the youngsters
Of Southwest Washington actually get
going there will be plenty of fun ahead
and work. too; for aside from SWIM
ming pool. auditorium, gym and other
recreational equipment, there are plans
for vocational training Some of this
comes under the head of art-craft$
manual training, wood-craft, art work
and carpentry.
Applications will be considered at
the rate of 400 month until capacity
is reached. There are 5000 boys be-
tween the ages of and II in the Sec
ton served by the club.
Since health of the members is one
Of the primary objectives of the club,
every boy who applies for membership
must undergo thorough physical
examination Volunteer physicians,
members of the Health Committee,
conduct these examina tons with the
aid OF internes The medical depart
ment, thoroughly modern, has been
completely furnished by the Optimist
Club. Miss Evelyn Choate is the nurse
in charge.
On Health Committee.
On the Health Committee are Dr.
George Dewey, DR.. William w. Chase,
Or. H. J. Russell McNitt, DR.. Richard
Castell. jr.; DR.. Charles Schultz. DR..
?. S. Constantinople, DR.. Homer K.
Butler. DR.. Wade Atkinson, DR.. Ray
mond Murray, DR.. Richard Wilkinson,
Dr. Beveridge Miller, Dr. Clayton
Hixson and Miss Gertrude Bowling.
executive director of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society All the physi-
clans are available for consultation
and Miss Bowling is consultant in any
nursing problems which arise.
For some time past. teachers and
parents in the neighborhood have been
visiting the new club. They express
amazement at the skill of the boys who
designed some of the play equipment.
Ping pong tables and other games were
made under the leadership of Darius
Gaskins. first honor boy of the Boys
Club of Washington. The boys under
took a contract to deliver 33 pieces of
games equipment in 90 days-and they
made good.
The auditorium shares honors with
the good sized gymnasium as center
of attraction The auditorium has
stage for dramatics, or moving pic
tnres-and the games are placed there
when no other entertainment Is pro-
vided. The gymnasium is wide
enough for two basket ball courts while
championship court is arranged
lengthwise of the room. There Is also
a portable ring for boxing.
Fine Swimming Pool.
Done in real Western fashion. there
is a room set aside for Boy. Scout ac-
tivities. Also splendidly arranged
library and a well-lighted art room.
Over and above all these, however,
stands the swimming pool-large
enough for championship events and
filled with water pure enough to drink.
Mr.. Fyfe, the director, claims the club
possesses the most modern flltering
system known to man. 1t uses the
water over and over again, with little
or no waste, cleans and filters it and
adds chlorine in such a manner that
1t Is not discernable The pool ranges
in depth from to feet and the
water supply can be renewed three
times In "a hours.