The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-06
Y.M.C.A. Notes

The final match in the Central "Y" Senior Inter Club Volleyball league will be played tonight, at 8 p. m. Between the Black Knights, last years champs, and the Kenoshas, last years runners up. Both teams are tied for first place. They have played against each other twice so far and each have won one of the series. Both teams are looking forward to to- nights game with equal interest, as Black Knights wish to defend the position as Champs and the Kenoshas wish to avenge last years defeat.
 The Senior Inter Club Basket ball league opens this Thursday with two games. The first at 800 between the Crescents and the Cedars. The second at 800 be- tween the FultonS and the Keno- shas. There are eight teams en- tered in the league this year. They are the Orions, Black Knights, Cedars, Crescents, Press P. P. T., Fultons and KenashaS.
 All games will be played Tues day and Thursday nights. There will be dancing after the games Tuesday night.
 Students and faculty of the Mattatuck Technical Institute of the Central Y. M. c. A. held a social gathering at the University Club rooms at the Elton Hotel last night. Guy Winston, Jr., head of the student body presided. The guest speaker was Lieut.. = Com mander c. K. Wildeman of the United States Naval Reserve for mer senior pilot of the Pan-Am- erican Airways now an engineer for the Sperry GyrOscOpe Com uany of New sYork. He gave an illustrated lecture on the manu- facture of the Sperry GyrOscOpe and it's practical use in blind Ky ing and adaptation to course fin- ders for large transport planes.
 Ladies, gentlemen and children are expected to pack the seats of the Central Y swimming pool tomorrow afternoon at o'clock and evening, at o'clock. When the Orions Club presents the greatest water carnival of the year, featuring two international ly known stars.
 1. Clayton Mains the stream lined maniac will give comedy swimming strokes initiating such stars as Robert Taylor, Greta Garbo, May West, etc. 2. Norris "Corky" Kellam 33l pound worlds champion long distance swimmer in a series of acts, featuring un- derwater swimming, floating var ious strokes. 3. Swimming relay by Edward Valechko, Dan Board- man, Al Povalitis, and Doug. Bene- dict, members of the Orions Club. 4. Low board diving by local swimmers. 5. "Corky" Kellam in his regular 20 stunt program. 6. Getting fell of board, beautiful swan, high dive, baby swan, flat foot Floggie Dipsie Doodle, etc. 2. Waterbury boxing, Kellam and Orion swimmers. g. Famous leap for lige dive, tied to a weighed chair-blindfolded, hurled into the pool, attempting to escape under water in fifteen seconds, return with chair in his mouth.
 Francis Clark, chairman of Gen. tral YMCA Social committee, has called a meeting of all sub-cOm- mites of the group at the YMCA tonight at 7:45. Reports will be heard from the young mems divis- ion, young wOmen's division, lobby socials committee, dramatic group, and Glee Club. Each of these groups consists of a sub commit tee, headed by it's own chairman. They all combine to constitute the general social committee of the YMCA. In addition to these reports the meeting will deal with program for the coming New Years Eve dinner and dance at the YMCA.
 Democracy as a social method for achieving social goals was dis cuSsed at this mornings. meeting of the YMCA staff. Democracy through the medium of group work work was stressed as the means of achieving these goals. We must always keep in mind that ultimate power rests in the hands of the group and that the appropriate functioning of leader ship comes when the leader req