New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1916, Page 9

BOY'S CONFERENGE HAS SECOND DAY OF GENUINE WORK (Continued From First Page). The big meeting of the conference is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon | at § o’clock in the South church. It Wwill be an open meeting to all boys of | the city over fifteen years of age. In- vitations have been extended to boys In Hartford Bristol, Southington, Plantsville, Plainville, Berlin and Ken- ington. The meeting will open with a Specially arranged organ recital, lowed by singing and Mr, Kessler will ender solos. The principal address of the afternoon will be given by Eugeno €. Foster, who made such a hit at the banfuet last evenin Mr. Foster at hat time promised his auditors that is tallk on “The Hundredth Man” fweuld be completed at this time. The rewell service of the conference will De held in the evening at 7.30 o'clock, rofessor Beebe the church organist Wil Do in charge of the musical pro- Fraam. Addresses will be given by the conterence after /hich the in a arétwell sc is. An event des remoric ‘endan rirst nd at- was the banguet held in the church parlors last evening. To an outs not thoroughly versed n the significance of the ocasion, the gibression might prevail that it was a athering of college football cheering qus rehearsing sougs for their hima mater.” Each delegation seemed | 0 be bent on outdoing that of his heighbor, and the cheers and vells of fhe various delegates while vocifer- s were given in unison. &hortly piter 6:30 o'clock, the hour set for he commencement of tme banquet, ynch’'s orchestra struck up a march ¢hile the boys seated themselves at eir alloted reservations. Throughout e meal, the orchestra enlivened ings with popular hits, and at times fre diner: efrain. Seated about the main table ere the followi Charles P. Taft, bd., of Yale. the toastmaster; Mayor A. Quigiey, Rev. Dr. G. W. C Hill, | Rev. Dr. E. B. Cross, Rev. H. W.|[I ai Rev. W. fodidy, Secreta fiC. A, BV New Haven, ds Barnes of'the Y Henry Hoar, Holgar ohnson, Wililam Rackle of Hartford, ! + ©. Washburn, E. W. Yergin, E. C. |t oster of Detroit, Mich., J. A. ew Haven, E. T. Thienes, E. sler of Holyoke, Mass, and embers of the Wesleyan University every committee of fifty-one w assist and among them foremost citiezns of eve ing W. H. Hart and F. G. Platt of this cit the committee and Mr. Smith ceased eating to join in the | 8aged to soon he will are no ¥ this F. Cook, Rev. H. I |ings of thousands of boys instead of | nunareds Christ, E. T. Bates | numbc with Van | the Parnes said, he hoped would be n back te the homes of sincere reflection may In past yea the Y. made practicaily ail the o for the Older Boys confer in New Britain the aid churehes and pastors was a committee of boys v amed and through this latter ho the money for financing the affair and providir adequate entertainment w the boys where be giv them. | AT Qs ts | but | ought and ncee, ot | s collected. | Boys Welcome Boys. Holgar Johnson on pehalf of the | boys of this city, welcomed the dele tes and expressed the hope thal their stay would he a profitable one. Much credit was given by the speaker to the efforts of the committee of eighty-five boys to make the conven- tion one of boys for bos sler, accompanied by Rev. enes as pianist, rendered a capable manner. Rackle of Hartford the welcome on e- | ; boys. He wished than for the courtesies on the pest of the local delegation, He urged his auditors to do their part toward making the con- vention a success by being prompt at the moetings, and when the conven- tion closed, to thank their hos for | their kindnesses and extend to them | an invitation to visit them at their homes if the occasion permitted. Hoar Has Punch. Villiam esponse to of the visiti to extend sincere gave Combining wit with sound facts, Tenry Hoar of this city delivered one of the most interesting talks of the cvening. Mr. Hoar is prominently | identifiec with state Y. M. C. A. wo Kk oke in behalf of that organ- He said that at present there is a hidden force constantly at work | in the interests of boys and men are pending their time and money to up- | t young men. Seventeen vears ago, the first hoys' conference w held, the idea being | f: ered by State Secretary 10f b Bates of New Haven, who has had | the honor of being in attendance at session since. At that time a named to furthering the movement, were some of tfie city, includ- in Recently there wis a vacancy on act as field secretar: to embark on a mission that bring him to fields where there M. C. A. buildings. Through the speaker forecast that ater conventions will witness gather- as the present convention he Wesleyan quartet again favored sclected. songs, which met with he approval of the boys, judging from pplause. Taft on Clean Sports, Taking for his topic, “Clean Sports,” ia punt which port of the nominating committee in I | ing vear. cason there W poke of the ¢ Haven ven of ti two of this L ture of the « . W ior Princetcn 1th the Tiger . whu had aved all New York, v ad the coaches that he woul be un- able o play. On cntering the room’ of man who had played a few ga Chet La Roche, they found him on his i in prayer. In the game with the Tiger, La Roche played a wonder- ful game, catching all of the di siral Kicks of idie Driggs, made a name for himself, on te for the Harvard game, Smith still unable to play, and La Roche was again called upon. In the early the game, the Yale quarterback mi gave the Crimson its chance at score. Toward the end of. the game, the coaches were undecided as to what to do, but Smith, quickly eizing the situation, implored Tad | Jones not ta break up a winning com- ; hins mn putting him in the game, and thus give him a chance to win his Smith showed sacr ght to he termed a gane s seized .ilne tound the close m of The hanquet was brought to ith praver, led by J. J. Mc New Haven. The busine ternoon consisted s session yesterday af- | chiefly of the re- | election of officers for the ensu- This body consisted of Carl Holbrook of New Haven, Philip Peck of Old Lyme, Morgan Craig of Hart- ford, Stanley Benjamin of Bridgeport, | Theodore Weicker of Stamford, and Norman Hines of Norwich. The cre- dential committee which also report- ed at the meeting was composed of Bennett Hibbard, Howard Krick and Edward Christ. Officers elected are as follow Pres- ident, Holgar Johnson of New Britain; first vice president, Richard Holbrook of New Haven; second vice president, Newton Larkin of Hartford; third vice president, Charles Graves of New Tondon; fourth vice president, Joel Brooks of Stamford; secretary, Ed- ward Wambier of Meriden; treasurer, James Duffy of Waterbury. J. A. Van Dis of New Haven gave a talk on “Why This Conference.” CIVIL SERVIGE I3 SUCCESS, QUIGLEY Although Not Perlect, Mayor Thinks It Is' Improvement its Despite opposition in some quarter: AVINGS ice and his | § “bundredth ' B DECEMB Deposited in Our From December 1st EPARTMENT THE COMMERCIAL TRUST CO. 274 MAIN STREET Toastimaster Taft pictured the bene- | Mayor George A. Quigley has pressed himself as well pleased with the way in which civil service s working out in the police and fire de- partments. Although he admits the method is by no means a perfect one, he considers it vastly superior to the { old methods of appointment and this point, it is believed, will the one on which he will dwell when he ad-| IV dresses the National Civil Service league at the Hotel Taft in New Haven soon. Mayer Quigley states that in past vears when there were, for instance, twenty applicants for an appointive position on either the fire or police department, any one of these twenty, whether fitted for the job or not, might get appointed through influ- ence, politics and wire pulling. Now every one of these twenty has to take the prescribed civil service tests which, the clvil service commission believes, are stringent enough to make any one who passes eligible for ap- aftet. SE “ Taft Gets Ovation. At the conclusion of the banguet the udience. rose. while the _ orchestra riick up the national anthem. dheer that resounded throu tire building, Charles P. pesented toastm ter. id that he would have to be bned for his lack of vocal powe fving voice “somewherc in st Saturday. Mr. Taft | when he said that fr. Van Dis, at whose solicitation he ad come to New Britain, had com- pred him with “Noah’s Dove” for he ighted upon him (Taft) as the first reen thing he saw. The Wesleyan quartet rendered e nd after merited ap- fause obliged with a popular melody | ! ing to playing the game fairly. He sald hree vears ago Yale had a basketball team that, although it did not win the ‘hawipionship, achieved the honor of being the cleanest team in intercol- egiate circles, having less technical and personal fouls called than any Gther team. Last year this record was equalled, and the team committed less | fouls, establishing a new record for | the gamec since its inception. The speaker deplored “kicking” with the referee, characterizing this habit as an admission of superlority on the part of the opponent, The same con- ditions have existed in Yale football circles this season, with the coming of the new coach and coaching system. Last season he witnessed a Yale man = | acliverately Kick a player iving on o o e the ground, but he did not reca ST A e i single instance this scason where such Bnia report P tactics were resorted to. Knowledge of g . the fundamentals of the game is what e g is being taught by Tad Jones, and it last evening in honor of Mi Ethel MEETS COL. THOMPSON. | Benz and Anna Brown, who are home | from Pratt Institute, N. Y., for the ; Democrat Meets Successful Republican holidas Later a box party at the | Rival and They Clasp Hands. Lyceum was enjoyed. i a westerly direction, north of Brook street. The plan would be to have this street extended across Glen sireet to Greenwood street. There it would connect with Rent- scheler street, turn into Shuttle M ow avenue and from there into Cor avenue. Corbin avenue leads direct- into the Plainville road. Many people, including the chief of the fire department think this short cut would be an advantageous one for the city. At present there is no practical way to get onto the west- ern side of the city between Mill street and Locust street and between these two streets is a long stretch. Locust street’s entrance to the west- ern section of the city is by no means direct. street in Conference Deiegate Is Son of Man City Clerk Once Taught, A young man, a delegate to the Older Boys' Conference, visited City A. L. Thompson this morning and introduced himself as the son of Stancliffe Hale of Glastonbury, saying that his father had wished him to visit the Colonel. The vcity clerk’s greeting to the young man was a hearty onme as twenty-four years ago he was personally acquainted with his father, In 1892 Stancliffe Hale was a stu-. dent at Cheshire Military Academy at Cheshire and Colonel Thompson was the military instructor there. A close friendshlp between the young student, and the older man grew up which was more closely cemented by the visit oft Klett and defeated George W. Lander: Senator M. as ad- | e b WORKS MAY BUY the Stanley Works are considering the purchase of a tract | the of land 0?1 Burritt street near the | st night for the first «me since factory buildings there. This plot is | nvemper 7. owned by J. R. Andrews. It is un- derstood that the company has in | mind possible plans for damming up | a small brook in this plot, should it | be purchased, and converting the | place into a large reservoir for factory purposes. A demo- Officials of Clerk = cratic candidate for senator, although it was by narrowest of margins, n.et Both men are mem- of the charter revisir»a commit- tee and it was at this meeting tha met. Landers they Mr, late in arriving and as he came into the room and Senator Klett he smiled and ex- tended his hand, ‘“Hello, George,” he smiled. Senator Klett grasped the pro- ferred hands and replied in a like manner, ‘“Hello, George.” A few commonplace remarks concluded the was E anl enc saw Thomas Hinchliffe has moted by the Western graph company from New York to the Pittsburgh Mr, and Mrs their r en Union late they be HAS THEATER PARTY. Miss Margaret Cowlishaw of South Burritt street proved a charming Tele- | | pro- | i ; | his place | in office. Hinchliffe will take up - was with this that Harvard was beat- Toastmaster Taft next introduced ayor Qui His Honor said it as a great pleasure to stand before ich g2 representative body of clean boking young men to welcome them of the municipality. He would thoroughly while in New Brit- in. v regret was that at the d of the conference they would have b icave the city. ¥e wished he could Hopt then The sepaker said that o whs of the belief that politie es were about the greatest th he roecting line, after viewing mblage present, he changed | ork being dome by the the Y. M. C. A. boys, nd one, the speaker sald, and that the little fellows out s be given a helping hand. | proud of her boys, har football teams go out life out of the other citizens all rejoice,” he evident that there were s of long ago, but the affected by these remarks attempted to cut in with | eminders of ‘long ago, but the | ent them one better by stat- if memory served him, that | hout thirty. s ago, New Brit- n di game. In conclusion, ayor Quigley extended the utmost ecdom of the city to the boys and bped that they would enjoy them- | 1ves. but pecially our stor Bodley. 9 pext ©n he said that he “The Old Harry"”, he to raise it. The speak- of the things most ge is the appar- pt disregard of the American boy r his superiors. As members of the baference it was the duty of each by to act her to guide by the right path, of fhich one essential was self control ba obedlence. Mr. Bodley said the urch would strive to do their part ward making the stay of the visi- rs a pleasing one. Pays Boys a Tribute. Secretary Barnes of the Y. M. C. addressed the meeting on behalf of @ association. Mr. Barnes said it hbs a pleasure to welcome the bhoys such an elaborately arranged af- ir’ "Eight years ago, there was no ch event. He extended to the boys e freedom of the association. The By good ideas which will be dis- inated by the convention Mr. Uea*upon and Ias known as s not goi xid that ble in this en. title for this topic was taken from a scene enacted in a southern prison, | where & mob besieged the i cussions deputies, over and a lynching followed. The Hundredth Man, The principal speaker of the even- Eugene C. Foster of Detroit, international secretary of work, gave an excellent dis- urse on “The Hundredth Man.” The place in west ot a phisoncr, and, following dis- | hetween the gheriff and h | the man scught was turned | Later the press throughaut the country spoke of the affair and one paper edi- torially, in defending the action of the sheriff, said he did what 99 out of 100 men would do. The speaker said that what the world neceded was the hun- dredth man. The makeup of the boys at the convention convinced him, the speaker said, that thers was man: the “hundredth men type” among them. The American boy of today should try and learn to make sacri- flces. Speaking of conditions in Euro- pean countries and getting nearer| home, in Canada, the speaker sam‘i that If he could bring the audience in! front of young men in Canada today, these men wauld tell them something | about sacrifice. Tc tHe boys who are| zoing to school today, and who often are confronted - some study Which they considered hard, and shirk, the speaker reminded them of the sacri- fice fathers and mothers are making to give them the desired education. To be a “hundredth man,” it is neces- sa to tackle the hard things In life, and the big things. The ‘hundredth man” is one who has convictions and stands by them, one who is not afraid ‘o rise in protest against telling 1m- proper stories, and is ever ready to defend the chastity of woman. Honesty is anather essential that goes to make the ‘“hundredth man,” and| love for religion and Jesus Christ a prime factor. Business men of today are in the quest of “hundredth brand” tvpe of man, ever seeking the man like *‘the beloved father of our toast- master,” (ex-President W, H. Taft) and not the 99 per cent. type. “Connecticut is calling for ‘hun- dredth men,’ and it is up to you boys to become such,” the speaker said in conclusfon. Yale Had Two of "Em, Toastmaster Taft said that Mr, Foster’s remarks about sacrifice mak- ing “hundredth men,” reminded him that on the Yale arsity football | he might be of an opposite political pointment. If, of these twenty- only five pass, the other fifteen are elimi- nated. In this one respect, the mayor argues, sivil service has proved its worth and it positively cuts out the candidates who are not fitted for the job. Thus, any one of the five who pass is eligible and any one who might be appointed would be fit for the job. In this respect the mayor admits that among these five there may be influence or politics brought in to play an important part in the final appointiment, but even at that there can be but little mistake in the fitness of any appointee, since he has passed the civil service. Mayor Quigley also states that if the civil service continues to work out In a satisfactory manner he may even- tually be in favor of having City hall clerks appainted by civil service. He contends that any clerk who by hard work, has proved his value to the city should not be summarily ousted by a following administration because faith. By having these offices under civil service an efficient clerk would be sure of his_position as long as he continued to render the city good ser- vice. The mayor thinks, however, thit civil service insofar as it might be made to apply to the appointment of clerks who have important confiden- t?al positions under responsible elec- tive officers, to be appointed by and responsible to, those officials. WOULD CUT BUELL ST. TO GREENWOOD City Plan Commission May Be Asked to Provide New Southern Route to Plainville Road. Several property are said to be considering a plan for proposal at a future meeting of the city plan commission which would call for the extension of Buell street to Green- wood street, therchy making a short ¢t at the extre couthern end c¢f the city from Sou n street to the Plainville road “arr from the west- ern city line. Buell street, which heing considered for the city, leads from owners present is acceptance by South Main at hostess at a dinner party at her home sidence in the latter city. personal side of the meeting. the young conference delegate todays WHEN T'S YouR TURN To WALLOF THE PILL AND - You SLAP _ THAT OLD BALL A HARD SMACK FOR A LONG STRAIGHT DRIVE - “AND You JUST KNow You ARE GOING To MAKE A FlzaLe OoF T THAT'S Y PARTNER £ Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin’? By BRIGGS “AND EVEP BODY IS WATTHING You. AND EVER' THING AND YbU'RE NERVOUS Too ~