THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
GREATER SALEM DISTRICT NUMBER, MARCH 1923
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"YOU CAN JUDGE A CITY
BY ITS SCHOOLS AND ITS
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THE SALEM YM.C.A. IS
DOING A GREAT WORK
IN A BUILDINGTHAT WAS
OUT OF DATE" TWENTY
YEARS AGO.
A NE1W BUILDING WILL
INCREASE ITS EFFICIEN
CY A THOUSAND TOLD.
A FEW THINGS SALEM COULD DO
IN A MEW BUILDING.
THC PRETSETNT" BUIUOING.
out or date: ano poorlSt equipped.
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growing boys and girls, and the
men already grown and fairly
hungering for the privileges of
thf Y.' that suffers most. . -The;
old building was old and Insuffic
lent,, 26 yet-rs ago; it has a na
tional tand'ng for its peculiar
disadvantages and Inefficiency.
lint the story is like that of the
widow and the mite which she cast
into the treasury in the days of
the Master. It was all she had,
but she gave It freely, gjadly, and
it was marvellously, blessed. "With
broken too's and with Inferior ma
terials so far as wood and stone
goes, the Salem Y has built a
national reputation that outruns
the story of its poor old building;
and while the building Itself is
remembered, the story of the in
ner work of the Association tra
vels with it and is an Inspirat'on
all over the nation. With an ade
quate equipment, in building and
material, the Sa'eni Y, should be
come one of the really great as
sociations; with a larger percent
age of its home people interested
In and partaking of its benefits,
than in almost any other, any
where. The untiring activities
during,the past two years have.set
3 mark for high, unselfish service
that stands as an inspiration every
where. Executives Rank High
Claude A. Kells, the secretary
manager, is a graduate of the
Springfield. (Mass.) YMCA train
ing co lege, with wide experience
in Y work, in the east, in the
northwest, in Canada, in the rail
road service. Robert Boardman.
physical director, is also a Spring
field graduate; during the war, he
was practically a "general" in
charge of 100 regimental and di
visional and brigade physical dir
ectors in the army in France. He
was art editor "of The Rotarlan
ma?azlne, leaving a far Letter fin
anria' position than Salem could
eive him," for the privilege of be
rg with his friend and classmate
Kells. Meade Elliott, boys' sec
retary, is a graduate of Pacific
University at - McMinnville. and.
then served three years with mark
ed success in the Seattle YMCA.
Hoardman is a Rotarian. Kells
needed doing, and the Y was thete
and willing to serve. Nobody ever
expected the Y to do one-half the
things that It has done, when tbs
subscriptions for its support were
signed. It has given miraculous
measure, above its contract; and
It stands as one of the foremost
examples of twbat unselfishness
can do for a community when It
really sets in to be unselfish and
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IRON WORKS PROSPERS
Centrifugal Pumps, Prune
Dryer Stoves Are Produced
With a payroll of abont 30
skilled workmen during nine
months of the year and a force
of about 15 during the mid-winter
period, the Salem Iron Workg
Is a b!g (factor in Salem's Indus
trial activities.
The institution is one of the
oldest of the city's industrials. B.
P. Drake established it in 1866
and guided its fortunes success
fully for years until old age com
pelled him to relinquish It. For
several years It was owned by
various parties but 19 years ago
Georce W. Shand.l the present
proprietor, attained a large inter,
est Jn it. Recently he purchas
ed the interest of his partner and
Is k now the sale . owner of the
1-roperty. 1 '
Under Mrr hand's management
the sphere of the Institution has
nreatly increased. Besides do'ng
general foundry work In iron and
! brass. ,the plant does a big busi-
ress every year in-manufacturing
rentrL'ugal pumps for use Jn irri
gation and in making cast Iron
and steel stoves and clruclatlng
fans for prune dryers.
Mr. Fhand's centrifugal pump
s used extens'vely over the sec
tions of the .Northwest where Ir
rigation obtains. In eastern Wash,
ington and . Oregon and Idaho,
there will be found Shand cen
tifugal pumps in numbers.
The tremendous development
he'ons to te Kiwanis Club, and;of the -prunes industry in Oregon
SALEM Y IS
! GREAT CIVIC LEADER
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has his boys 'thrilled almost to
bursting -by a wonderful collection
of firearms,! that they- can handle
as their own. r Others go on hkesj
welher. roasts,' and various sorts
of entertainment that boys love
1 he club work is one of the v-ffn-t3t'
things of the whole Y program;-
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These clubs . are not merely
rood times organizations. They
Include Bible study, class athlet
jcv' civic 'service, as well as plea
sure; making each one help the
other, and giving them the "gang"
affiliation that the young boy will
have In some form or other, but
In this case a clean, supervised
Ring nstead of' an aley band of
incipient , thieves and cut-throats
le4 by Ticiou.3 older boys. It Is
the. Bor Scout Idea of a small or
ganized troop, with " understand
ing, .clean supervision; but the
Idea begin with the Y, long" be
fore the Boy Scouts ' were even
dreamed of, and the way these
of sport and work and service to
make it into an Ideal training for
any boy. ... ,
Blen's Classes Attract
Some very effective work ha
been carried onUhisyear, In the
wayvOf classes for men. The bus-
demand. I The -handball tourna
ment this winter was one of the
most vigorously contested athletic
events in the history of Salem;
people crowded in to see it, as
they'do iio a championship foot
ball or basketball game. The vol-
interesting class activities for
men have been carried , on this
winter. One was the class in pub
lic speaking, that closed a most
successful course; Iast-wek. TliU
had a membership of 2!f,with al
most every branch of "big busi-j
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Y. 3(. C. A. Public Speaking Clisss, Made up of Salem's Prominent Citizens
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The Old Sinuiiin Ifole,i WTiere Ifumlrcnln of Salem's IW and Men Learned to Swim
Croups have developed Is a splen-l iness men's handball tlasses, j leyball teams frojn Salem
did civic achievement. The pio-f daily, have attracted scores of
have
traveled to several of the neigh
neer- course of the Y, which in- men bankers, preachers, merch-' b&ring cities Eugene. Stayton,
eludes outdoor service and play, ants, lawyers, all kinds of protes
ts about the ..finest thing evetjsional men who feel that they
thought out by men and women ! must play a little. if they hope to
who are Interested in better clt-!keep their ability to work a lot; j everybody
lzenship; with Christian ideals in-jthe courts are not half large or j friendly rl
terwoven with the whole fabric numerous enough, to supply thej
Portland, Dallas, and Silverton;
and they have had the times of
their lives, whoever wins for
wins in these fine.
rivalries.
Two less violent but not
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i nesa" and professionalism repre
; sented in its ranks. It has been
fi. phenomenal success during the
more than five months of. its ac
I tiyities. The clas3 in salesman
j ship is still running, with a large
! and interested attendance. Last
j year a similar class had So mem
bers, for a 16-week course, and
it was so popular tha,t it was re
peated this winter. These are
strictly Y activities.
Y Teaches Americanism
Service is not confined to the
i boys and the men of American
birth; the clas3 in American citi
t zenship. this winter, was a kind
i of work that thrills the sincere
j American heart. It was organiz
ed by Secretary Kells, to give for
eignborn men a chance, to famili
arize themselves with.the princi
ples of Americanism, preparatory
to their naturalization before the
courts. Some of the judges of
the supreme courts have appeared
before this class, as lecturers on
problems of citizenship; other real
authorities have been among their
occasional instructors and every
one of the last class of applicants
less passed through the ordeal of
court examination, with a clean
slate. Some had failed as often
as three times, and were discour
aged with their prospect of ever
winning the1 honorable title of
ATmeWcaa,". Nothing finer as
been donein the whole circle of
Y work, than this service to men
who need and appreciate it.
National Thrift Week was taken
over as a recognized Y work; it
has been so for a number of
years. During the season lust
closed, 18 local organizations co
operated to make it a real suc
cess; and more than 1000 essays
were .written in the public schools
in class work and $50 for the ser
ies of prizes offered for the vari
ous classes in both grade and high j
schools. Thrift has always been'
one of the cardinal Cachings of
the Y; thrift of time, of strength, :
of money, to use them in causes
that bring something worth while
for the effort expended. The Y
has accepted this as one of its
foundation principles, and the ac
tive campaign for. the idea of
stopping wastefulness wasted
time, money, opportunity, lives
has been made a real local event.
While they were advertised as
"Union services.' the fine park
services conducted of Sunday af
ternoons during the past two
summers, were mostly the work
of the local' YJJCA. They had
the hearty cooperation of many
of the city churches. During the
hot weather," thee outdoor ser
vices in the beautiful Willson park
shade were about the finest re
'iglous services of the year. Out
In the groves, which "were God's
first temples'" the YMCA work
ers presented the old gospel to
many hundreds of people who are
not habitual' church goers.
Y Xeels More Room
The YMCA building capacity
has been terribly overtaxed dur
ing the past two years. It is
hardly half large enough for the
regular demands: there seems lit
tle! doubt that, with twice as much
space, there still would be a crowd
ed building; because many who
would like to go there, do not do
So because of the lack of facili
ties. Fully twice the gymnasium
space is needed, 7ith separate
rooms for the smaller classes, like
boxing, wrestling, and various
games or meetings. The days are
not now long enough to give all
the groups separate hearings in
the building. Twice as much
reading room. four, times as much
auditorium, twice as much dining
Elliott is a I.Ion.
Thr re are many things that
could be elaborated uron, concern
ing the Salem Y. It is so much a
civic, institution,-that some forget
that it is other than a paid muni
c'pal utility. For instance. Its
free employment bureau, last
year, found many hundreds of
jobs for men and men for jobs;
the commissions on these contracts
would have run into many thous
ands' of dol'ars tax on either la
bor or business, depending on who
room capacity, end twice as many
department offices and headquart-: had paid the bills, if the .service.
rarticularly in the Willamette
valley and the Salem district, has
cieated a big demand for the
ctoves and c'rculat'ng fans. Mr.
S'hand has succeeded in taking
advantage of this opportunity to
give employment to a large .force
of workmen and thereby Increase
the prosperity of the commun
ity. ;
Churches and Universities and
Normal Schools and the Y. M. C.
A. and the Yt W. C. A. and Boy
Scout troops and musical and civic
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The Summer Vacation Bible Schools, 520 Pupils, 81 Volunteer Teachers, under Direction of the City
Chnrrhes and Sunday Sthools, in Co-operation with Y. M. C. A. 1 Klrst Rantfet , a First M K.
v nun ii; .i ai. r.. inurrnj i vnnsiian nungaiow thunii; oew Park School: 6 Jason Le-
M. E. Church.
ers, are urgently needed.
The Y has been very patient;
like the Biblical "Charity, which
suffers long and is kind." It Isn't
the Y, that suffer most. The
had been charged for at commer
cial rates. The Y has done this,
unostentatiously1, "as part of its
daily job; not as martyrs, not as
boasters, but because the work
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organizations are the influences
around which abide the higher
things of life the spiritual values
so necessary for the man and wom
an of intellectual attainments ;
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Handball Night, Where Salem's Business Men Keep Fl
Where Salem Kids Are Taught Clean Sport, Oean i Speech, Clcaa Habits
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