New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1915, Page 5

'INFLUENCES IN BOY'S LIFE ,‘Interésting Address Given at 31st Anniversary Service of Y. M. C. A. at South Church; Barnes Gives Report on Year’s Work A small vial of a colorless liquid was held up to the view of the aud- Aence that filled the South Congrega- tional church last night. Such vials have been known to contain high ex- plosives, somé have contained deadly poisons. Many & writer of stories has taken his hero out of deadly peril by having him produce a small bottle of colorless liquid—always a small bot- <fle—and threaten to blow his enemies to eternity by dashing it to the ground, A colorless: liquid is always mysteri- ous when in a small vial. This particular vial, however, ex_ plained Dr. F. N. Seerley of the Y. M. ‘C. A. college at Springtield, Mass., in ‘his address at the thirty-first anni- | versary service of the New Britain Y. M. C. A, contained water. Dr. Seerley produced a young chemical aboratory from his pockets and per- formed an experiment. - The water represented the pure soul ‘of the boy. A few crystals were add- | ed to give charactér. Then the pois- on was introduced-~in the experiment the poison was enrrosive 'sublimate, but in the life of the boy poison is bad habits. A cloud entered the colorless liquid, permeated it, and it became red. ~., When the poison enters the boy's soul, said the speaker, it is time some- body. took him in hand. ‘As crystal af- ter crystal of iodide of potassium was added to the solution in the bottle, f naily making it transparent again, told how different influences combine to change the boy whose mind and body have been poisoned yntil fi ~dragging him down. “But it is much bttter to build than to save,” . he added. 2! The Curves in’ Lite. The experiment came at the close of an’intensely interesting address on the development of a man. A blackboard ‘was.placed on the platform and on'it Dr. Seerley sketched roughly a dia- gram of the development of man. un- 61 nis twenty-titth vear and proceed- ed to explain the meaning of the curves and the divisions of life. “If T were a preacher ronight, said, “I should use as my text: ‘'‘‘The child. increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favor among men.’ “Society,” eome exceedingly complex so that one organization éannot hepe to complete whe mission indicated in that little scripture. 80 we should, there- fore, glad that such organizations ng the Y, M. C. A, arise to nelp out In the work of the Christian church.” Dr. Seerley comparéd the building of a ‘modern ‘ batfleship ' with the bullding’ of the human body. He had Fcre through the navy yard at An- Hapolis ' during one of his visits to the naval academy to talk to the mid- ‘shipmen before their annual cruise. He (was escorted by the inspector and marveled at the complexity and the careful detail in connection with bat- tleship building. The human body, r, he said, is'a more intricate plece of mechanism,and yet as a rule we neglect it. We start boys in life without giving them the thought given Bne of the pieces of mecnanism in a ‘battleship. ‘battleship never leaves port without a pilot, but boys are too often sent out both pilotiess and rud- derless. % \ , The Butterfly Marvel, The change of a caterpillar into a butterfly. was-used as an ilustration. “This metamorprosis, this wonderful fehange,” he sald, ‘‘is ‘made only for the purpose of laying a few eggs. After a few days the butterry dies. This s lite.” The wonderful growth of a butter- fiy was compared to the process of de- veloping a human soul. 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This period he described as the period of acquisition, P ——— tract with ‘personalities | needs of the ¥ en are findling our. ideals of | The problem of helping lite, finding our Christ, and finding the great service in the world. “I am saying. something tonight fa- vorable te the Y. M. C. A, because I have been in the wark for thirty years and know what is being done. But I want to say that no institution can take the place of the home in the first' nine years of a boy's life. When he comes to be a man he will re- produce the materials he has builded on and the habits he has formed just as certainly as life is lived.” ., 'Resolution of Directors, President E. M. Wightman of the aseociation presided over the service and read the . following resolutian passed at the last meeting of the di. rectors: : i “‘Charles E. Wetimore, a director of this association, died April 26, 1915. Mr. Wetmore was elected 2 member of the board March 13, 1911. Having been all, his life a resident of New Britain and always interested and ac- tive in the religious-life of<the city, snd in those agencies which seek to | promote the highest welfare of its citi- zens, he Yelt a special interest in the Young Men's Christian association, and it was fitting that he should serve upon its board of directors, “In his death we lose one whose sympathies were in the work and who was successful in securing the sup- port and co-operation of others. ““We regret that he has. been taken from us at a time when we hoped we might have ™is counsel and help for many years to come. “We make this minute upon the i records of the assoclation and send | copy to Mr, Wetmore's family as an expression: of our appreciation of his character and help to the associa-: 4ion, and the sense of loss we feel in his death. “THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, “E. J. Skinner, Secretary.” Solo by F. W. Latham. \ Following is the order of the ser- vice: Organ Prelude—''Reve Angelique”. . Jatett seieiiisi.. ... Rubinstein ! Hymn-——"Holy, Holy, Holy” } Prayer—Rev. Henry W. Maier | { f R. F. N. SEERLEY. - becauge the child gathers knowledge. The process of gathering knowledge was described by many human inter- est stories. Habit Forming Period. ‘The moment the process of acquisi- tion is done, said 'Dr. Seerley, the ‘process of habit building starts. This process goes on during the child’s first nine years to some extent, but the three years from nine to twelve are the most prolific in building habits, Habits of dishonesty, lying and cheating are, started in boyhood. We can't transform men. The metamor- phosis period is the time to take the Loy and give him good habitis. There but there are bad men. The boy simply gathers his building materials and they are repro- duced in the man. Mother’s Opportunitly, The opportunity of the mother lies in the first nine ' years, said Dr. Seerley. The boy is then the plastic wmaterial, the human soul to be de- veloped. The father’s influence comes between nine and twelve. The first nine years the fathter is not much more than a boarder—he comes home hungry to his meals. Many lives might be solved if the father were a hero in fact, for the father will*be re- produced in the boy, After twelve comes a chum, then iwo chums, then a gang, then the high school group, then the college frat, and then the fraternal and other organizations in life. It i1s the par- taking of all these human beings and all these organizations that make the man. “If the home feeds the boy the building materials he ought to have,” said the speaker, ‘‘he can be trusted in the world. He will mingle with men, partike of the vigor and faith of men, and will make the world better.” Importance of Personalities. “I know of no institution that rea: lizes the significance of these curves and the divisions of life as much as the Y. M. C. A." saild the speaker. “We have a very complex society and we must meet .its problems. If the home does not do it, somebody -must do it. Hundreds of boys are com- ing into these institutions for the phy- sical exercise, but that is anly a part of it. ‘They come for the friend- ships and for the personalities they find' there. They imbibe certain truths and change habits to a certain extent, but the big impression is made by personalities. We' live on per- sonalities; we breathe personalities. “The foreigner, if he wants to be- come an American, must take inta his life the personalities of an Ameri- ITGHING, BLISTERED SKIN-ERUPTION ALL HIS LIFE, NOW CURED Nov. 19, 1914:—“All my life, until about & year ago, I was troubled with ‘blisters and sores over my entire body. and burhing was terrible, could hardly sleep. 1 used many mid h;:ntl that were un‘uuul“ . ful and did n ive me any relief. Soa) u:fi?l Oénlcme;nt d hllo‘ elped me wonderfully. I W&S RELIgVED ATONCE,and after about two dozen -applications I can sa] that I was free and cured of that a disease. My skin now is as clear as anybody’s.”— (Signed) Geo. Whitcher, Jr., R. F. D. No. 54, Caledonia, N. ¥, ' Resinol Ointment and Soap sold by all druggists. y g Y. are YOUR TOILET SOAP SAFE? Many toilet soaps contain harsh, in. jurious Resinol Soap contains sbsolutely no- free alkali, and to it is added the Resinol medication. This it soothing;, healing properties zm clear the eom&lu on,. comfort Aender/skins aad keep tis hair healthy, Anthem—"Hark, Hark, My Soul”.. Seripture Reading—Dr. George W. €. Hill Offertory—"Judge Me, O God”.. AT S TR TS 1T erick W. Latham Report— Fred General Secretary’s Clarence H. Barnes Hymn—'"All Hail the ‘Jesus’ Name’ Anniversary Address—Dr. F. Seerley of Springfield, Mass. Hymn—America i Benediction—Dr, T. Edwin Brown Organ Postlude—“Marche Pontiy ficale!”. ....iu. .oiwLemmens Secretary’s Reporty The report given by Secretary Clirence H. Barnes of the work done by the association during the past vear follows: ¢ Today we celebrate the thirty-first birthday of the Young Men's Chris- tian association of New Britain.” Forty years previous to its beginning the first Y. M. C. A, was vrganized in London by George Williams. The purpose of the parent assuciation was to develop and encourage young men Power of N. - C. H, BARNES, in the Christian life. The same pur- Pose continues to be the dominating object of the Christlan Association, &nd in that aim lies its reason for ex- istance. Its equipment has grown from a hired room to property valued at over ninety millions of dollars— its methods have changea so that it | niinisters not only to .the spiritual nature of its members, bput also to their gocial, physical ana mental wel- fare—and its scops of work was broadened until it not only cares for men in merchantile pursuits as in the beginning, but reaches the young men in ‘the great industries—the railroad 1.en, the lumber men, the college men of the great universities or the world, the sailors in the navies, the soldiers of the armies, and the cotored men, besides the boys in business life and in the high and preparatory.schools of this country. It has its own missionaries, eéxtending its organiza- tlon to most of the countries of the world. Yet its purpose is the same as At thé beginning—uniting young men in service for 'the kingdom of God. It stands as a conservative force so potent for good that railroad manage- ments gladly maintain branchces for their men—captains of industry make it a unit in their great organizations and governments maintain it in their armies and navies. Men or the high- est standings in all the cities of the country give it their unqualified in- dorsement as an institution that no city can afford to be witnout. Its work is preventive rather than corrective go that in many.communi- ties the full extent of its influence for good will never be fully realized. ; Good Support Given, The New Britain Y. M. C. A. has kept pace with the Association move- ment and the changing conditions of onr own ecity. It has enlarged its equipment from time to time and 'lnroudfned its program to meet the educational ‘department. being _strol { uke‘\’inol ung men of the city. assimilate the foreign men, who make up such a great proportion of the population, is being successfully handled by the A splendid work for boys under eighteen is car- ried on by boys’' department. The development of these two departments of the Association has helped place the New Britain Y. M. C. A, in the front ranks of the associations in cities of our size. Indeed it is even stated by secretaries who have gone from New Britain to other cities, and by our members who visit other Y. M. C. A's, that New Britain has one of the best associations in the country. It may well be so, for few cities are so fortunate as to possess such a splendid board of directors as direct the work of pour Y. M. C; A. They have inspiréd such confidence in the people of this city that the associa- tion has never been handicapped in itc work by the lack of moral or financial support. That this confidence has not been misplaced is born out by the records of what the associa- tion has done for the young men of the city.. That the affairs of the as- soclation hdve been carefully managed —— E. M. WIGHTMAN, is attested by the fact that it has gone through year after year without incur- ring a deficit on current expenses. Memberchip Is Increased. The past year has been no exep- tion to the record, and in the face of the most extroadinary depressed in- dustrial conditions, the association has maintained a little higheér mem- bership than last year—with receipts from members for various privileges bigher than for three of the past five years, and closed its books with a bulance after ying all current ex- penses. These facts prove that the ycung men of the city value the Y. M. C. A, and that public spirited peo- ple consider their subscriptions to the association a good investment. Briefly T will outline the activities participated in by 1515 different mem- bers during the past year. Physical Department. Health first, is the siogan of the physical department. It aims to pro- mote good healthy bodies for a large number of young men rather than build up tremendous physiques for a | hundred men and boys. favored few. Regular exerciszes to fit [ the formal men for daily living rather than the | was rendered the students by development of a big muscies is the aim. men trained as an athletic team to represent the association with other organizations, -scores participated in the and game leagues conducted thru the fall and winter among are own mem- Lers.yudndoor baseball, basket ball, hand ball, athletic and aquatic events, wrestling, bowling and volley ball, furnished diversion and exercise for jpundreds of young men and boys Who otherwise might have sought recrea- tion that dissipated rather than built up their bodies. The attendance in the 674 gymnasium classes was the largest in a number of years, The altendance in all physical privileges except baths was' 20,366 and it is cstimated that 85,000 baths were taken. These figures indicate the fact' that the physical department plays no mean part in encouraging the young men, of the city to live clean, strong ives, Hundreds of men and boys are kept in trim for their daiiy occupa- AONGHIAL COUGH STUBBORN AILMENT flust Have Constitutional Treatment—Ohio Woman Tells How She Was Re- lieved by. Vinol, i Crestline, Ohio,—*‘For years I was in a weak, nervous, run-down condition and while in this condition contracted a al cough, which made it very hard for me. I lost weight and had no ambition. All the medicines ad taken did not relieve me to any extent. “‘One I saw Vinol advertised and decided to try it. Within a week after taking it I commenced to feel better and I am happy to .Y four bottles of Vinol have completely restored me to health, so I am feeling fine now.’’—Mrs. H. H. CARLISLE, Crestline, Ohio. This is one more proof that our delicious cod liver and iron remedy, Vinol, which is free from oil or grease, is a remarkably strengthening and vitalizing medicine. Men and women who are weak and in poor health, unable to sleep or eat well, and who have given ug h of ever again, sl certainly eV thout waiting another day, for it is exactly what they need. ‘We are having such wonderful results | * THE PRICE OF SUGCESS Many peo‘gla pay a terrible price for | success, sacrificing for it health and hap- piness. Neurasthenia, atypically Ameri- can disease, is due to worry over the struggle for' success more than to any other one thing. : Neurasthenia is a condition of nervous exhaustion in which the system fails to recuperate after unusual demands upon its nervous energy. Its symptoms are over-gensitiveness, irritability, a disposi- tion to worry over trifies, headache, pos- eibly nausea. o Tie crefitment is one of mltnfian og tfio nerve cells, requiring a non-alcoholic tonic. As the nerves their nourish- ment from the blood the treatment must be directed towards building up the blood. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills act directly on the blood and with proper regulation of the diet have proved of the greatest bene- fit in many cases of neurasthenia. A tendency to anemis, or bloodlessness, shown by most neurasthenic patients, is also’corrected by these tonic pills. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams’ . Pink Pills. in the treatment today before your condition becomes chronie, Two useful books ‘‘Diseases of the Ner- yous System’’ and ‘‘What to Eat and How to Eat’’ will be sent free by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y., if you mention this paper. tions by the exercise that they take in our gymnasium. Carefully 'directed exercises, friendly competition, clean, wholesome surroundings in a Christian exercises atmosphere, safeguard young men in the character forming period Gf their lives. The Young Men's Christain Association is indeed a “‘zone ol Safety” for New Britain young men. Educational Department. In these days when personal effi- ciency is so strongly emphasized in the industrial world, it is not surprising that young men are quick to take | advantage of the opportunity to in- i Our educational earning capacitly by in the Y. M. C. A. department ran high among the eastern assoclations crease their cvening study, ! in attendance, and in the quality of its It has been tried and found worthy, and strong words of approval are often spoken of it by the leading industrial men of the citv, some of whom got their own start in our night school. Three hundred and fifty men and boys enrolled in the 1§ classes and clubs whose attendance numbered 4287, The salesmanship class was especially successful, enrol- ling forty-two men under Mr. Jen- nings of the Knox School of Applied Salesmanship, supplemenated by talks given by some of the leading sales managers of local concerns. Before the close of this class men reported that they were earning more money by increased sales and four men secured good positions as the resuit of their study. Other classes inciuded archi- tectural, mechanical and 'structural steel drawing, english for coming Americans, poultry raising and first &id classes, To prepare men to meet netw trade opportunities with South America a Spanish class was conduct- ed. The needs of the foreigner were met with naturalization talks to prepare them to tal out their first papers. - This instruction was given by local public-spirited lawyers, = who contributed their services. A club for unemployed boys, two debating clubs and an orchestra were conducted by expert leaders for one Aside from instruction mucn service the tcachers and secretaries in personal instruction. Instead of having a half dozen | conferences about individual problems of vital importance to these men. Many a young man was helped out of of men have | a rut and inspired to go higher in his athletic events | work by the educational department. Religious Work. . ‘While the association aims to make all of its activities contribute toward tlie religious life of its members, it, ©f course, conducts activities of a dis- tinctly religious nature. It arranges its programs of religious work so that, it 'will best co-operate with the churches, rather than interfere with @ny of the church’s activities or meet- ings. Informal Sunday afternoon meetings have been conducted and Bible study clubs have met Wednes- day evenings through the fall and winter. . They have been well attended and have brought inspiration for right living to many young men. In ad- dition to this, much quiet personal work has been carried on by the sec- retaries with gratifying results. Men and boys are especially encouraged and urged to attend and unite with the church. The secretaries’ frequent meetings for prayer and conference have stimu- lated the religious life of the asso- ' ciation. ' The rush of social, physical and educational activities has not Leen allowed to crowd out the spirit- ual idéal of the association. Social Work, An adequate summary of the social work could not be limited to a state- ment of entertainments or other for- mal events as an informal social life goes on at all parts of the building day and night. The locker rooms, the game- and reading rooms, the bowling ‘CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 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The New Britain association has gained a wide reputation for its so atmosphere and the friendly wi that it extends to visitors. Boys' Department. The aim of the boys' department is to train and develop growing boys' into Christian manhood. of work are based upon the princi- § ples laid down by expert leaders in the study of boy life. A positive, ae- tive program covering the social, re- ligious, educational and physical wel~ s fare of boys under eighteen years of age isicarried out by trained and ex- perienced leaders. Service for others is fostered by a modified plan of self governments under the cabinet and committee gystem. The spirit of fair play in all games and contests is emphasized by the example of th leaders. Wholesome recreation for growing boys ie assured under these conditions. Besides the gymnasium classes, outings and a summer camp were conducted. A troop of Boy Scouts are actively engaged in their particular interests. An educational sight-seeing trip wae taken by a group of boys during Easter vacation. New York, Washington and Philadel- phia were visited under the supervi- sion of the boys’ secretary. The re- ligious life of the boys stimulated by Sunday meetings and Bible classes. Seven organized Bible study clubs had an attendance of 759, These groups were led by young men who have grown up in the association. 8o« cia] gatherings attracted an attend- ance of 1133. The father and son banquet was a new event this year, which attracted much favorable com- ment. A delegation of 12 boys at- ' tended the State Boys' conference, which was held in Norwich. Fourteen different nationalities were represented in the membership of 275. This in- dicates the cosmopolitan character of Signsture of PHILADELPHIA DENTAL ROOMS 193 Main Street Over 22 <tnee BEST WORK AT MODERATE PRICES, from Vinol that we offer to return the | OMice Open from » A. 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