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THURSDAY HORNING, JANUARY 1, 1925 Tim cnnGON ST.nciiAN saixm, Oregon o-u i iiO;';'!, v . (( '-' -. A--' ."vS" r O ..Vw. f - A Grcnt Tcr': CrIcl.cn -Under Difficulties for! Many Years Finally ;7cn and Convinced the People of; Salem That Their Beet Interests Lay in the Direction pt-;-Xi- 1 hci: .ni . ?cc:3 .Lc:i incited to the New fcxlirice. 1 he Builin Yillbe the Uast Vordm c-riiciency and Will be a monument to v . iveiia, ww---- , !y after tla first -ct the .rrk Till fceIa Y. M. C. A. 1 cs 'tie : year, new - lor vLi.u fi!'-a fr- " t. .1:1 erd i ravel rr.l all. but .IiJ !th.ro:h ; the lata tllsteriag car. r al-a.--5.' "They d:n't reel T -Just see' hat tley've tea -dalrs with i the eld cr.e.!' -That r.-aa -one c! ihe i ' .' : freqae-tly met. Ma s tte .r. -;. all llzs taffija!,T9. s f-ad i lade- I, ic a!:.:c t.lokel tie ! Irut:. f r t:.e r-st yr-rs cf tie I lilsra A sociitisa read 116 a r- t.iat .- c:it" of tha Aral' .-.a m.-.ts I br Tie C il !?a '-Arft cf.F-' H.,-1fs J true i : -i that tl:.i'.:-at'eed ; k neiv l:".JIr. ta 'Vnerver .itocs ta t:ra siutPly ii 4 tciar.i .'Clffcrt-t story.' u ' - t ' ' The Salem .Y ,h.s icen .'sorrteg f to tit "V& i; it boys ar.fi iaea;v'-otie,' 1 two, threa df"-r. .I.""" -r-3 eref. Us a i fcourg of tie ri3y r 1 r ' " t, cd ; g Ing fa tlrc-. : t: ? r -sniirles, ' oz!sg fa tlrct: ja -crav . Il-.s -Jaat eae" i-ore' tr.to cl.".?se air-. '7 frowi!rd. Tit la, it srvfs t"-u: ;taat:i-- ' -y rrjular .ncrala-s; i'-s actual :rv!-3 runs t:to far hUler f tlzurzi. ' I'cr ' Instance, ia its i tloy:r.-?rt 1-ireau tha Y foand Jots I for is -ire t ?a-7C0a people darirs ' 1924 .:rc2s cf taousaads f I flolLirs cf r" 1 cleer and square liieaU-ar 1 clitic and eomiort j and tc- s for fcacdreds of ariTes and i::f-ts and children la-for ' iuat c.18 i ear's operations. ; ' Tfc Y ' r ork has not stopped with ( :res. though tter or S fanlz-1 .f!-.?j work Is the foun- datfe-t f r.'its proftara. The Y s flits' t'!':rci-"-a the commnnlty Hie I a glsi t- -l-ra. klsslcs buds and ! 1 it i' c l frsla- aad' huasry ba- feies tr i .tlrei men and" 'womeo; j like a t', jsyou--Canta- Claus trith a fTzr. and trilliag : arta and a 1 rt of lore, ritlas. ery i lody a I .."t cf eorae kind a iir.l $ word, a l .'t aeroas the muddy meet, a t-.-Jat cf "tha crank oa the ; t ilky c r, . a tlousaad tittle f tilers (lit are-t-sf than iiaea' I dcrt ' .-. f ? T Tcar'.es Every .I4to.ti ,In s . - way, tha Y ha touched ! eerr 11 ia Ealera: touched it Mrot - ly. Ti tally. ; It has reclaim ed t js; v l rjisht hare become social r "--ices; It " has saved others frcra tla chance cf caota gion. -U Las bant healtli ftsd clean tdeala lato hnndirds of raen and t)S7K it has -. taught 00 peopls ta s;.-a.' la tha past year alone z cthe hundreds every I other f;r a Ions tirae past. Y-tau: ht fali-licra harm 'sated pthex Mrs tr.d g'jlB trom drptrn ! leg ia tia ttrtita o Oresoa, " Jem Y-tc;lt l;a:rs tare thread I o-at i:-a L!-trcri.l2g act ,all t lover tl . ta serve ether I assocl' tl. 3 v tie Calera trand f of jutt'seULi Lslralaesa. -; - ' Ko, -1.-1 dl-Iat teed a new ? Y for srtlca. Eat neither did I Mother Tcci" ft Christmas or birthday tc:. Iraace for all ter yeara cf t.l::.:.Z, teart-hreaklng j ferYlce; t.:i:ltr Cll TTifa need a flower: cr a t:tzz& after she had ! shared t: l:Zf tardias through all tla x. --.ry jcars ot getting Father t 1 Us ChHirea started In cc: Hit It Urottii ;-6a Indeci ta fill ta Elva these lit tle: tl"..- i arter they have been l to ovtrs .ri-ii i;r a Ung a toe; , and r-al tzl:::-t cr for- j retfuL 1-a rcta Y la the remea- ( trance ; V. ' -: . f:-;'- .-C ;z:y EaW i tiU f;r the last word Nevly Elected Members Slem Yr.l. C.A; Board of, Directors I ' .... ' ' wt i I i- w , . f. y - - . ;! 'Court, Ctate..f Oi'Con, Iroral..cTit liiuanian ' rresident Salem Abstract Co., President Chamber fo i Prominent liiwani cr:o. tract Cq., , Manager Tafer, Kro'wit Shoe1 1.J.,1 f j- r p, , Commerce, . pion iiient Rotaflan and Cfiaimran.- vn 1. B. JARMAN Pcany Store, anlaa , .. d er te of the Y attracts men to the talldlrsg capacity. .There; is a smaller number tof :tooiiis In the new 2alem buUdirgUhan the as sociation had. hoped" to have, If the building fund had been ade quate; but even -45 occupied rooms 'JfUI give, a .cdatiauing - mainten ance fundlthat helps vonderiully toward auppoi iing the institution. During the pastltwo yearsj , the emplersaent hureaa cf the Salem Y fcasisefea -the outstanding indus trial f cjture of ;tha Willamette valley.: Hare than .7,000; Jobs s ere laeat1. daring ;i924,.; for raea. wori'-n. children. vMany ens; layers cf'Ulor have arranged to f t all their; hela here. ; Tha work ia done frco cf charge; there Activities department. Oliver ;ls 4 Willamette student, with a rare equipment ..for handling boys; they are doing wonders in' his hands. 1 Loyal Warner, another Willamette student. Is secretary of the Pioneer work and . corn rides; the Pioneers and comrades being the boys clubs organized through" : the churches: "This la rHviag to be a really great work ;: it has enlisted a line of "support that fa most helpful to the whole association. "The Y is the church's right hand." says one ot the jSa lera pastors; others havesaldiha same in. different but eqnallylap preciative -words. The . two .Wil lamette men are helping royally la ,tnake their departments a part of the church spirit. , ' - ' ' the finest characters In America's athletics, la .securiag him. Jle Is "Boh"t to the iitle" kid It theYl The Salem Y : has had paribus secretaries, among them men who have . risen to national prominen ce. .But the outstanding charac-': ter of them all ia Eecretary Claude A. Kellsi !rho in less than four years has taken the' inadequate" local , equipment and built4t Into a mighty machine for! civic right-' eousn ess. ; With small; funds, with insufficient eqaipmant. f he - )as, made "courage .and industry heartful service supply ' all tHe-f other ' needs, jintil thinking ; men come here to "marvel at -what has. been done in .Salem. j 'Same' old; little building, same "shortage pti tunas :but you show us a marvel ? Firet GohtributorG to New Salem -YM. C. Ai Building i i. I Th2 I in Cc. . t Thera ; s by, 1 rcaa 1 to 1.. tier wher : Ity ! tt cl I !--paU. i and ! l:ckl : f fn 1 b-dL i turn I i gysa" : j rscl 1 a : rt'sri sit,. - i: ar . t f .:h' c : f:ira I ; i j : . , i tie t tla i ; XI: 1 t . j t : ' v ' ; . tilt, : li t:i -'4 The Salem Boys' Chorus Under the Direction of II. C. Pj-ley which Sleets Weekly A the Association for Practice. One of the Finest Boys' Choruses on the Coast i . , ; ft- 'k V: t i is no" tlobd-aucking agent watch ing, hawk-eyed, ta ; r oiinca apba a imaa'a earnings as i commission. The -work t lal.dona sf ith-- Y sym pathy, and it. la helpful and fine. Slia; " rhllllps, " the employment Secretary, has estatllshed a rec ord lor excellent service; the; Y without the present i employment service "would seem recreant In Its duty towards thosa. who can not repay-vbut 'wla "-' neel : tha social :;y Ilsssa ccr stractioa, . tenf U ,' Eir- Erotheysalp ; f$ ; ..Ma tha tig '.taala 'lob ll:,r la re in- and wel i cl sita ta ri-.d, ", ta cc-vcrsV ta" rest; -l t.:uti:ttea rooms :: a C:. .a Ilttla eommaa .3 caa ta carried a ?. Thsxa are separate i ff tsea, far senior, , z; niia their own gam r rs, aid aca ta his .la t'3 pscl will net .iLlrlt.wCt ta' use 4 ;a ...1 classes, as wlli- tha .::; bat tejerd these. evxr-thln is spaciallz- t;:cnd Eocr there tfin . a, Ila a lag dlslzg ..:li. This, caa ba cut ;;irdl;a doors,' , lato : .r Clzlzs rocr;s, zz.1 I V.s crira.ta rrrtlcs - V i t.r.3 for every tla Y aid these '.ea v, "i t ' : i I tali: 3 i c? , .. -1 cr.a c-.ata p 1 actii'.!ss car :.a tla ytar. ..'-'' ' "r i : ; i, cr rc:r.3, mill ..-.: ::;rdal activity. ......... :.-3. ccusr!: t' crc.3," Cl.i3 let .: 3, .vcd. as-they tara eea V tiac -'a wi:a ne-w . i...-t;:i nl'3 ecrvita l...:l:a2 cf a tltr.rs. .: !) e.r.d re tj'iratts-et 11 ::zd tl'.'r tns!ae3 I; tls V ia t;r err- v.I t-t f.f iC-rt.ItlT3 "7 t: Curing the: current year,; Clar- 3ce. Oliver ist directing the Beys t Bob" Boardmaa .'"Bob" Boardmaa, physical dir ector, is a graduate of the great Springfield Y college. During the war he had charge of 100 divi sions, of athletics' and recreational centers in France; there is harly aa athlete, an officer of standing, in the' expeditionary service "who doesn't know or know of him. He, was art editor of The Kotarian magazine,:' but1 resigned to come here at a much smaller salary to serve r with- his old college friend. C. A. Kella. Salem gained one of of community good,! they sayt It's true; it is a marrel, possible only; for one who .works; lavisblyi Endlessly, rSeest thoa a man dili gent ia business? : He shall stand before, kings., said the 1 prophet ; and the Salem Y vork; stands be fore the King of service every where, on be personality of-its leaders. j - j i - . - t : i ;..'j- ; : ; -XetKella Do . V There's an old slang phrase "Let George do It," fas an ex cuse for side-stepping "every klnfr of a hard or disagreeable Job. In Silem 1t has ome to be." 'Eet Kella do. It; " and Kells does do itj - He --wouldn't allow this to the' printed If he were -to see it l twhieh he won't, until it is ia print and -he cannot help it. Ob aerving men diave aaid of Mr. Kella, "lie is worth half a dozen common . millionaires aa a , com munity asset;'", and the phrase sticks. tBut, it Isp't for the glori fication. or ease-taking of Kells ; it Is for the Indomitable spirit of service ta mankind, the spirif of the Y made flesh, and eager. .to get tQwork.' '-- ' ': : V i .. ; , -: The official board of the Salem Y-liaa .been chosen with eare; the men have earned their privilege of -service by serving. ;! The board shouldered the big new -building campaign, - both in work - and in money. .There -are no salaries; the only pay la the chance to eign their own checks for deficits ,r improvements: that a not . always I grateful public do not. pay for. ': v JUg Mem Who ' Serve 1 j u Jdost of these men are 'old ia service In Salem. ; It lis a list of men to whom: people go for help Uiti anjr;;kndo! : get ga:; Job, to omid a, church, to.bary a friend. to feed a wldoinr, and her chil dren, to bind ap a pet dog's brok en leg, to do anything good. It s4 is an honor roll; it Is-better than I being .president, for; that pays gooa .money and brings personal glorification;- his'tneans only work. . ;Theyro a,ll good , men; man good to ", tie to land the Y naa tied to "them with all ; Its heirt.- The. directorate comprls-J est W. I. Staley, president; R. X. I - Hendricks, " rice .h president; Joseph II." Albert,4 treasurer; Cur tiaj Cross, recording y secretary; Paul ; B. Wallace, T. A. Livesley, P. E. Brown, T..B. K7, W. T. Jenks.i A. A. iLee Carle Ahrams, John H. Farrar, T. E ilcCrosky, Ml C. Findley, Ceorgp W. Hug, f dames II. Nicholson, B. C. Miles, T.1I,- Hicks. O. B. Coshow. D. B. Jarman, George Arbukle. V , T. A. Livesley, . chaiman, and Pjiul Wallace, assistant," had par ticalar charge of the building campaign. It was the: most epec- tacalar effort ever carried on in Salem. It was one of the biggest enterprises; it was at one of the least propitious times; What It cost la personal tears and effort and prayers, nobody twill, ever i know; but it came through, and the newJ Y will stand as a. monu ment to the xommitteo named and to the scores of loyal canvassers and the more than 2000 subscrib ers, who- helped. .".. :''; : . " . - Marlon Connty Y " v: ' ! ' ) ' "Tot, years the . Marlon rounty Yr M.:C A. has neighbored with the Saleiin association. 3ts object and inspiration are Exactly the same, iri the point lof serviee;f though : 4 It does jwt' maintain a building, or ran dassfis, Jts "meth ods differ. .The county Y aims to organize the county into .local -groups that will be under the cen tral guidance of the jecutive secretary, especially choaen for .his ability to torgaaize hoys to help themselves. Each local unit .Us its owa fmaster; the- secretary, with his: office in the -SaJera as sociation; .building but with the whole cohnty '.as hUiPariah, is In the field most of the . time. Ed ward .Socolofsky. the; efficient secretary' for the past three years, resigned It his year; his place. has been "taken by Ben ; J. Kimber; recently director of religions acti vities inih Oklahoma .City j Y. and a man of dynamic; energy and broad .experience. . He is now on the Job n the old bnilding; he will have better room and faclli Ues in the newY. '. i '. -i :; 'i Public Speaking Class has bro-jht op some rare arter-dlnner speak ers from among the; frald-of-themselves business men who did not know they cOaTd speak above a whisper. This class .has been running four winters. The sales manship class has taught tseores Of men the ethics and practice of salesmanship and of sooA bus!-; aess ; it has been crowded to rapa city year after1 year." ; , ".;;. Ageneral gyra class for. busi ness men ,taeets three afternoons a eek. and is saving many a man from the ,pangs .of gout and inci pient old age that is a men tat and not a necessary physical condi tion. Some-of the batdheads who were- getting . ready to don car pet slipper and :at toast .arid; be fed- with a "s'poortV have thrown away their fears and crutches aad are nas atrappingUthlte3 as they were at 50. The Y spirit has re built Uhern from .head to '.heels. ' , Boom fFoV " AH ' ; ' ,- ' Crowded! though it has'( been,' the .old Y has not been able tq cafe for nearly all the men and boys whom It woaldserve. or who really swant Its help Only j about one-third of the boys intand around Salem a refiiow -regularly being' served ' there,-because of the lack of room; hbt one fourth of men who Could aad would. he glad l n . t. ! T c o m ro r u - r a a - z " gre:? new association. .' .-.:rm;Y.ftTrlEil 1'.. : 3 oiao-FtrIkl3gr flares lave -Just bwtn made public throi:::i tl 3 Ia trnailijnar:Y, JJureauof r: .' tic3 qeerge -B. ; IlcJf, ifor , years siatisiician cf the intern; tlcnil as sociation, wa. retired a faw yeara ago';Jy theicagellimlt; - h.dt ie; 'refused .to-anit., aad : here ia tie sabsiance of what -he i'u.; aboot,SaJemr v .'.-?TAktajf;arlargerrcc! ! -ciatiansln.citiesf ir- itely. the , same size j a n J ceo z Z ; . : i, Jie finds that; f alert ihas.-'cr.ly'J 3 per cent .J6f.:..the; natloaal ia-cerase,. fjr . n umber o t em play ei -til i rs ; oa ly . SSvper cent of aheiaver-;3t prop erty value; .only valcit .G1 per ceat tibe -average c--- t'-.T ex pense, and-CG per.ceat II: -ferae budget. esticiate, ;in .cl'. ?r Tsrds. . the ..Salem Y . ia away Ha . a la equipment; i.so low that .it :caull not ?be expected -. to be .ell " r ' than . sub-normal in every. line. ; ' jBaf ;the :facis .are tthat .Tilent has'130.per cent the avera Eiein bership ; 190 -per cent la tie: laad- -ers 'class like the 'Ii lot t o f r Wiilame tte . iY. M3 ca t. 1 j i ava been helping 0 'roya!7 Ita p:it over the .big Y 'prcri-J; more than 200 per cent of :tle ave rage have beea . taught wlniciir z: ;atd life-saving; 115 szT'Ct-t cC.mea have enrolled la -physical classes; 200 per cent ia, Bills '.class atten dance; 200 per-eent.li -hcjs 'Elble classes;? 1200 "..per icesl ". catering, some iform.rof ChrlstUa" calling; 140 per cent .uniting ith aome chnrch;i2C0.per cesutreng inits employment agency; end :.2C 3 per . cent in educational classes. -, ( ;r;The r Salem ;T.'h.as :-Jbc?a Ioing . much. work -with little ccst ;and little -entifrnie-t. AVith tla r ean est'workin's flast,' ;"far 'illa' the -average, -.theXalea T'or'.: runs . in most of its essentials :far ihoye the average;--enough '.to r.-.ale it a -Tiatisnal ; mark "for .ethers to alia Jtt. '"--v..;;..-. s - -Iea'lB!thvel?fewir!ass .-'-";. " lac'y Ibis s ;h.ave .esc z tarily ' had to, go .lar.ly Zst tls old lglme. The iatterdar-ca cf men has-been farsz:.-.Ilor llaa it would, have .been -ender letter c - "" Tons. With, --.the sewisrdrc Li .ate numbered '.ks'itzzlzr v.-r::.:r3, la " physical, s od ;.l c z J x cl ' ; ! : -3 rrork, who have itrclafora c-!y ccrtti bated flar tl? r-al tie toys But ;the Y ;-wa3 intend.:! ar then, alsoj It la J,c!rgx:ar:'-,l .ta iva such, an interestlr- j?rc.-rara ..that '" raen.:!csa!tstay;&'f?ay.- -: i:.;-1Wltil1ite-ciiaU03 -jef th.a nerr ' building, tha "Inures lor en .t cf . : plant will -rl 3; tut tha tla oat FWire Y. M. :C. A, Secretaries on Tour of the Nprtjiwestl Actsoqiatio 924 'it. The Above .Gronp Was Made cp of O. A. ,C. and ,WI2Iamette Students While onia Visitinf Tour to Seattle. lortlajI Taconuv ond Other Associations In Northwest. Yale and Willamette. tTjiiversf Uea Are .the Only Schools l the Vnitcd ttes Outside of b JTwo Y. M. Cl A. Associations' ;Colleges - Who CTraln Students or 4 y, M. 'Ci : Av "IVorlc :' t The Greatest Speech Ever Given in Salem i : -. .- - - - - . . . , " - -....' .: . . - - i ' f ' ' .-- r ! - ' Vp,, " ; T?; - ' ' -". -; ; ' ii ; if : -; -, .... h t". ' . ',;; - -. ;, : ..; ;; ; : : 4- ;; .; . ; JV-; u i ? - ;s ;r ; r : . : '-.:.;;; ; ;'-"v- Fa ' .' iv v' : . .r-"f:-..- ; ;; i-; f; ;":. :".: ;. : ,;- - " ; 1 -:1 ;-. . '" '; ; ;i :;; - S , " 1 :.; ; '. A- aa VV I-'-- '''-";'-.'. - : :": 'Ay- f-: A -.A":-As " ' "- r - i. v: U- --'A: tA -.A-.. ,t si ;-.; "'..-' : , ' I '::;'. : AA-$ ' "- ' 1 " ... - ' - ( I . i I k ; v , , , , , , . . . , - j i f , i rf xrrALL.- I . y - ' i.;-4 . I . : t . Ei:w,n ' ' ' .r7 " A ' 11' - " ' fi ' BSV fe ' r'SfW f ;y; "We hope -to have : every . boy In Marion county, between 12 and 18 years, f placed In some Y acti vity this year," said Mr. Kimbef. "The.: boys in the, small schools la Pioneer clubs ,a club. in. each school -thera are -143 schools and the high school boys in Hi-Y clubs. Already we have made a splendid ' start; but we've only fairly began. - . i ' f ;;- "We're going to offer these ou'tside ' boys ' a real i ' program. , Lectures, '. entertainments, - help of every. OiLsd. that wiH - start and keep a boy right, we ehall try to have, Wej start no new and un tried (forces; , we organise to use the social Stools already at hand. If we 4 can! get all -these boys to : thiaking the X way, we'll remake society lit one generation. ,; " The bounty , T raises Its owa fuads, and each unit is self-sup ' porting. : tY U Local Affair, ' C It should be emphasized r that everywhere the Y. JS.U A. Is a local nalt. Its mopey is raised and spent .at home; its directorate Is made pp of home men, who chose their: own executive officers. There is a fine cooperation with the national advisory boards; bu these are advisory only, and have no control over local af.fa.irs. The money' raised is spent ;at home; the glory or the failure Is a local responsibility. What; Salem has done through her local associa tion Is an indication of what any community ; may do by Isacrificial devotion. ' - :" : ( ' 1 . 1 llany forms of class and orga nization work are;carried on by the Salem Y. Most. of .these are familiar, at least la a general way. .The .Twilight League - of baseball, that flourishes ia the early samrter; : . the . Commercial League of basket ball Is now la progress, ajnlp-and-tuck:. series of contests that have stirred tip the keenest, and finest rivalry among th young men of the city; the handball tournament is now ia pro gress, with ,12 of the expert play ers of. thai city In the contest. The Americanization class meets every week; of the year, and its work has been spectacular ia its influence on the new citizenship cf the" cotr.raaal'y. It has teca coramended by court and ty fed eral authorities as of : an espe cially hih classy A . ; '. Boys Care Tirst Jloaey ' " The Boys' Clcrus. that ' under t the "leadership of Dr.- Erley carrying cij sane hlh class wc to attend, now do so because of the crowded conditions. -The new Y will care for , them all; with no roCm to spare,' but still there is enough to go Tound. If onlylhe gifts could baveVbeen: a little lar ger, so that they had had $50, 00 Otto provide for a little future! The present needs'; will crowd -the new ' building," and noj; room ' in sight f or the: city's" sure .aftd rapid growth. But with the new etui Ip raent caring for- three ; or fcur times as-raany ;as" are now .being regularly jservcdttje i sherllfand the dope-peddler, and the 'haag ia an .are -go fa g.tp be shor trot Jobs in theSalenx thalS growing jip membership c-i Aha stttrr sothat Ca'-r-a r:lll jt'AAl r tot have or. ? r-,tl"3 associate. ji ; . .1 3 -r. . .. It ras-a i t. : .'.'"-. ' : founders cf t most .30 Z" ' selves c - 1 . ' better, t : ? green t ' 2 ' '.jail.. Tic:.- . '3 ' '.ace, ;naJ t: i i? - ' W. I. Staley, . i C" President ; ; Mona Yoder. - CommerciallSteaogTaphIc " v.. A-1.1 - Cc Cri r. I T:rartz::-t These are 'the teachers, wl a direct, tls, vrcrl ia tla dirr:r: r.t .'-.. 4.- .departments cf - -.'. . -. : A h.h-rrc.-8-1;"'::.: tury ..for it llorcr::!i treutTner-t c Z T"'A. zrA L - -I .v .. J - fl T ... . I c . .. i t?rv!ca 11 3 7 f: toys, 13 c of the 1. llt3 Cf tls Y r : f : .- r- Titles. Tla cash coatr.l I ;-3 nad tla 1 ition -to tha tew . i - . v ...... t:. v..:: r - 1 ;hi Cl.ri; -