Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-15

particularly bad
As Durling would say, $50.
air, il your wife insists on TAX
ing up harp playing, beware.
Maybe she just doesn't want to
wash dishes"
I wonder how many DctroiterS
realize that one OF the nation
ally famous victories over luNe-
nile delinquency took place, and
continues TO take place IN
Detroit.
II is in A neighborhood out
along Michigan avenue which
used 10 be one Of the toughest
in Detroit. and when YOU call II
the toughest in Detroit you are
saving something
In 1926 a survey was made
there, and il showed that one
out of every eight boys was
delinquent. They were not panty
waist delinquents, but were get
ting into serious trouble. Even
Then the Detroit Boys Club
was established in an old cigar
factory. BY 1912 the delinquency
had dwindled TO one in 20--and
the situation is even better than
the statistics indicate. because
quite a few of the boys listed
as delinuuents no longer are get
ting i'm trouble. They are in
cluded in the total merely be-
cause they have been in trouble
in the past, perhaps three, FIVE
or 10 years ago.
The success OF the Boys Club
is nationally famous, and that Is
not a mere figure of speech. To-
. morrow the club Will receive a
bronze plaque from the New
York headquarters OF the Boys
Clubs of America.
- Detroit is the first 10 receive
sv>h en- award 1t isn't for lack
IT. competition, either. There are
2T5 clubs in the nation affiliated
with the Boys Clubs OF America.
There's no reason TO think
ut TIE Detroit Boys Club Is
;vplng. even with war hysteria
which has made delinquency rise
in so many other districts. The
current figure on the members
Of the club shows only ii out OF
each 1000 boys getting into
actual trOuble-about one I'm 100.
The award which the club
receives tomorrow is a tribute
10 the whole staff, and 10 the
boys themselves, but / doubt If
any one will dispute me when l
suggest that AL Wright. A.
Wright. director of the club
since 1931-is the biggest factor
in its success. In recent years he
has been ranked as "one Of the
best five men in boys clubs
The TRENT honor possibly
makes him the No. l man.
This IN not 10 detract from
work of his staff, who do the
work because they love II and
believe In IL. l know one man
out there who gets $1,000. Be
fore ne went into this work. he
was getting $4,000 In another
business, and that was before the
war boom. Another man. only
recently raised to around $40 n
week, has refused 10 60 into a
business, which would almost
certainly guarantee him $4,000
n year.
BOYS Club leaders say there
are two vital ingredients for
success:
Fun and adventure for the
boys.
2-Leadership 10 maintain IL.
People who get into this work
from sudden enthusiasm. and
then pooh out. are q pain and a
nuisance.
The boys Al the club and I
have met quite number are
not from wealthy families as
YOU might well guess but they
are as swell a bunch As YOU
would ever want 10 meet
A checkup once showed that
- per cent didn't have enough
money 10 JOIN any other boy,
organization The BOYS Club
charges 50 cents a year. OF g.
q year for boys Of II or over
wish had space 10 tell more
about how the club operates.
but at least YOU know where 10
70 for further information. just
70 TO the Bows Club on LiyernoiS
Just below Michigan. They have
fine building there. having
outgrown their original. cigar
factory, N
But most ,of al. trt 70 GET Me
spirit OF the place. which is
summed up % es By whaA an
author named Atkinson wrote
What il boy 4 boy II the
man who j. going 90 carry out
all Of yOgr plans, all of yOur
treaties, ali the things yOu try
70 do, after you are gone ."
Buy War Savings stamps the
convenient way. order them
delivered % your door from your
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