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usual care to handle to the best advantaj^e ing o f a moving picture projector and optical new and growing conditions -in the Associa­ lantern. B y means o f this outfit many in­ teresting lectures were given. tion work. Besides the regular physical classes there T he report of the secretary, W. B. VanScotcr, fo r the year 19 13 - 14 shows a total of w as formed a Boy Scout Troop, which has 9 72 members, o f whom 786 were men and helped in the work o f developing the boys 18 6 boys. T he average daily attendance at into men o f credit to the community. In the the building w as 350. and thirty men were gymnasium the attendance for the year was residents of the dormitories. Free tuition in 7,281 men and boys. In 19 13 the entire basement was remodeled the different classes w as given to members, and 3 1 2 students were enrolled in these d if­ and two new liowling alleys added, also a ferent classes, to the number o f sixteen. The men’s game room. T he total expenditures subjects taught include arithmetic, shorthand, fo r the year were $9,691. the reccipis being bookkeeping, typewriting, mechaniral drawing, slightly less. T he Association, however, is freehand drawing, shoo mathematics, electric­ self-supporting, the small difference being ity and common school branches for foreign­ caused by the expense o f numerous improve­ e rs; there is also a day class fo r men who are ments and additions. Such is a brief state­ employed during the night. T he Association ment taken from the last annua! report, 19 13 , a lso provided rooms fo r a kindcigartcn which and indicating in a general w ay the activities w a s conducted by M iss Grace H ill from 9 o f this modern Association. t o 1 2 A. M. Thirty-one practical talks were The officers and board o f managers for the g iven to men and boys besides the lecture present a r e : Leslie E. Hess, president; John course herein referred to. One Book per day H. Sm ethcrs, treasu rer; Bernard G. Vance, du ring the year was the number donated by secretary; J, B. Landis, E. A. Glenn. M. D., friends of the libraiy, and 1.825 books were John Shcffer, C. E. Ferris, R. I_ Kline. E. M. draw n out by the readers. Kocher, I. S. Hicks, W. E. Elm es. John A. Among the many organizations that used Kcpner, Frederick Bush, W. S. Johnson. W. the building as a meeting place were the C. Garrison. W. B. V anScotcr is the gen­ W om en’s Christian Temperance Union, the eral secretary of the Association and with Tw entieth Century Cluo, Sunday School him is associated B. T. Pond, the physical League, Ministcrium, Patriotic O rder Sons of director. A m erica. Retail Clerks' Association, Personal In addition to the board o f managers, the W orkers' L e a r ie. Daughters of the American property of the Association is v e s t ^ In the Revolution. Civic League, K in g’s Daughters, following trustees: C. R. Woodin, Frederick and the Anti-Saloon L e a w e. The Ladies’ H. Eaton, S. WL Dickson, W. H. Woodin, R. A uxiliary’ of the Young M en's-Christian A s­ L. Kline, Francis Evans. W. C. Garrison, C. sociation, which has b ^ n in existence as a G. Crispin. F. A. Witman. separate organization since (he time that the T he money invested in the property, that first building was opened, and which has al­ Is, the lots, the buildings, its library and fu r­ w a y s renilcred effective help in the nunagc- nishings, represented originally the sum of ment of the Association, has frequently used S30.000. With the addition in 1907-08; with the rooms to give delightful entertainments new fumi$hing.s and bowling alleys in 19 13, and furnish refrc.shments during the year. there is now invested a sum equaling in round l l i e religious work also has been a great figures $100,000. F o r all (his the A.ssociation benefit to those who participatctl. Fourteen has been indebted through (lie years to the different Bible classes were ncld, with an at­ enterprise of the citizens o f greater Berwick tendance o f 530 men and boys and a force of and il.s neighborhoods, but more largely insixteen teachers and assistants. Tw enty-four dcbtcrl to the members of the trustees baard Sunday meetings were held, with an attend­ in control o f (he large car and foundry nunuance o f 3.945 young men and boys. Shop meetings are a feature and are largely at­ facturing business located in the town for tended. while two shop Bible classes were most liberal financial contributions to the in­ vestment and the maintenance of the Associa­ continuously conducted. T lie work fo r the boys w as both educational tion's work, without whose sup{>ort it would and religious, and an important addition to not be possible to maintain the standard set up the equipment w as donated by M rs. Jan e nor to make good the title, the Industrial Jackson-G carhart. in honor o f her mother, Y ou n g Men's Christian Association o f Greater the late M rs. Elizabeth S. Jackson, consist­ Benvick.