2001.126

Staff, Collected by

Field Collection

Museum Collection.

1928 - 1929

Date(s) Created: 1929 Date(s): 1928-1929

Notes: Archives 2001.126.0082 [pg 1] LEISURE TIME! Your boy and girl—What are they doing with their leisure C/ time? Are the friends your boy makes on the street corners always the ones you would choose for him? The "Movies" that your girl attends with such unfailing regularity—Are they making the best impressions on her growing mind? Those time-wasting habits that your boy can so easily pick up—He will be handicapped in his later years because now, so often, he has nothing to do. When the hot sultry days of summer are here, will your boy be going down to the docks to swim, in water containing dirt, garbage and typhoid germs in about equal proportions? These problems and many others which are inseparable from the bus' mess of bringing up your children can be solved. Allow them to become members of the COMMUNITY "Y". Here, in competitions and clubs built around the very things which fascinate boys and girls, they will find real friends. Can you picture anything more attractive than an hour's rollicking fun in the gym and a plunge in the cool waters of an absolutely safe pool? At the "Y" there are no moments with "nothing to do." Here your youngster will enjoy a virile program and the strenuous activities which build sturdy bodies, while you will know they are absorbing the influence which make for true character. The Christian Association of Hoboken, Washington & 13th Sts. Hoboken, N.J. [pp 2-3] DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM Friday Evening, May 3rd, 1929 8:00 P.M. Reception Inspection of Building Exhibits of Boat Building and Aeroplane Clubs................Junior Lobby 8:00 to 8: JO Reliable Council Band—Informal Selections........................Main Gym 8: JO Assembly......................................................................................Main Gym 8:40 Exhibitions by Junior Dancing Class 8:50 A "Workout" by members of the Young Men's Department 9:00 Exhibition by Senior Dancing Class 9:10 Reliable Council Band....................................................................Selection 9:20 Gymnastic Exhibition by Newark Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Team 9:40 "March of the Wooden Soldiers" by the Junior Girls 9:50 Announcements by Dr. R. B. Nattrass—-Chairman "Y" Activities Committee 9:55 Reliable Council Band..................................................................Selection 10:05 Wrestling Bouts by members of the Hoboken "Y" Wrestling Squad 10:15 Volley Ball Match ....... Senior Business Men's Class vs Junior Business Men's Class 10:30 Reliable Council Band....................................................................Selection 10:45 to 11:15 Dance Selections by Y.M.C.A. Orchestra [pg 4] SIX MONTHS ACCOMPLISHMENT (OCTOBER 1, 1928—APRIL 1, 1929) Last October heard the program gong sounded at your new "Y" and here are some of the results: THE "Y" CLUBS now numbering over 20, bent on service for self and others in spirit, mind, and body are listed for your information. JUNIOR GROUPS: Stamp Collectors Club; 111 Hi-Y Club;Commander Byrd Pioneer Club; Sioux Tribe (Friendly Indians); Iroquois Tribe (Friendly Indians); Doo-Drop-Inn Club; Tri Y Club; Good Will Y'ers; Menominee Tribe (Friendly Indians); Pawnee Tribe (Friendly Indians); Fife and Drum Corps. SENIOR GROUPS: Y-Village (Dormitory Men); Orchestra; Dramatic Club; Elysian "Y" Club (Young Men's Division); Y's Men's Club Women's Auxiliary; Goodhue Club; Business Girls Club; Industrial Girls Club. INSTRUCTION—Classes in Cooking, Bridge. Candy Making, Boat Building, Archery, Aeroplane Building, Swimming, Life Saving, Tennis, Wrestling, Dancing, and sports are but the forerunner of the Fall Educational Program. HEALTH PROMOTION—Physical examination available for all members. Senior and Junior Business Men's Classes, Young Men's Classes, younger and older Women's Health Classes, Girl's and Boys' Classes (ages 6-18) Athletic and Games Leagues, Physical Efficiency Tests, Inter-Association Competitions and Playday for Women, Community Swimming, Recreation Day. GENERAL—118 on Committee Service. 1241 Members—Men, Women, Boys and Girls. 803 Men and Women accommodated in the Dormitory, 70,460 meals served. Employment found for 93 Men and 98 Women. Lenten Services—inaugurating the institution in the Fall of Religious Education and Sunday Afternoon Meetings. Increasing use of the building by Community Groups, Industries and Churches. Good! You say, yet it is hardly a scratch on the surface of possibilities. Now comes the next step—increasing opportunities, larger interests, more demands are all calling for bigger and better programs and activities. The Christian Association stands fully organized and ready, with your help, to become a more vital factor in the life of the whole family. 2,000 OR MORE MEMBERS BY JUNE 1st. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-05-20