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* - t i 1?? ?' i i H I * i r amused unaer Auspices jm l * 4 | National War Work Council Y.M.C. A. el the UsiteJ Statu I: Vol. l HELIGIOItS PIIK IT W,ork of Bible Classes and Other Features?Interesting Insight Into Nature of Work. . . Our religious work director, who was sick tn the Charlotte sanatorium for a while, is back on the Job with his belt drawn one notch tighter. I Rev. J. W. Moore, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, has charge of our midweek services during January. He 1b helping 10 snepnera me ho micro. On a recent Sunday morning a group of men attended communion service at his church. The open forum Bible class is ex! ceedlng our expectations. It Is held at 2rl6 p. m. on Sunday* The atJ tendance ranges from 300 to 800. The I" men seem eager to listen to the Bible talks. We use chaplains, ministers, l\ ' "Y" secretaries and business men to teach the class. Twenty-seven men were In the enlisted men's Blble^cfas^on^'Tharsday that otir prayers are answered. We I' Anally arrived at the solution that ;S - when a men rises from his prayer a > 'better man, his prayer is answered. Agafn another seemed greatly disturbed about the fact that a soldier ' Is expected to kill his fellowman. and therefore could not be a Christian ? while in the army, several answers were suggested by the men, but the one that gave the greatest satisfaction was that there Is a vast difference between "to kill" and "to murder." One may kill his foe because il%\ he loves truth. Murder, on the other hand, is the outgrowth of hate. The withdrawal of certain troops has removed some of our key Bible . class men. We shall miss their hearh'. ty co-operation and wish them Godspeed in their future fields. Chap: ; lain Hall, of the Fiftieth regiment, is !- the efficient leader of this class. Our Sunday afternoon home hours i are progressing prosperously. We aim to give the men a good time. Our i program on January 6 was of an un fe, usual character. Lieut. Keith Ryan, of the Maine Heavy artillery, furnished the talent. He Is an opera singer of note and ability. His rich tenor voice captivated the men and j he was recalled several times. A second rendering of one selection was ; requested. Lieutenant Ryan sings the . highest class of music. The following numbers were in his program: | "Fear Not, O Israel," by Dudley Buck; > "Absent," by Metcalf; "Sunshine of , Your Smile," by Ray; "Beloved It Is Morn," by Aylward. The soldiers , showed an exceptional appreciation of the singing of Lieutenant Ryan. Anyone who has the idea that the soldier does not enjoy the higher type 1 of entertainment should have been 1 *here and noticed the deep silence dur- 1 ing the singing, then the vigorous 1 applause. When the men were asked if they wanted the singer to return the response showed clearly their 1 wishes. 11 Mimirian x T, Ivory, of the Thirty- | ninth Regiment band, accompanied the lieutenant Mr. Ivory is a professionalist on the piano, and is ready and willing to give the "T" a lift at any time. May his trtoe increase! Mr. Hawes, a Boston business man, who has given up his business to en -v r- a work has been In this building for a while. He Is a : leader of music and singing, and has i had charge of the singing at our re- > ligious services- Corporal Gagnon, . alias "Nemo," of the Y. M. C., First i New Hampshire infantry, presides at j-;. the piano during most of the meet- t lngs. He is always ready for service I at the "Y.rt Bishop Mitchell, of the M. E. : r church, and from St. Paul, Minn., 1 was preacher of the evening on ! Thursday, January ,8. His subject was i - "Show Thyself a Man." With rare i eloquence he held the attention of the men. At times a ripple ?f mirth 1 . Stole through .the audience, now open I . ' .. . . <o Printed Weekly for the Y. Efte (Cljarldl Edition for CAMP GR JANUARY "comedies of c "Much. water In th' trendies this Naw, site's gone down quite a bitlaughter, then seriousness. He 1 brought home the fact that to be a 1 man was to have the right kind of t soul life. After the service the bish- < op met the men personally and many! j signed the war roll. j J On January 9, the Rev. Dr. Littelle, ' J Presbyterian minister from the Tiago Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, 1 preached. His intense earnestness * held the fellows spellbound as he led t them step by step in mind up the,? pathway to a clean life. At the close i ^ of his 'sermon, in response to a care- 11 ful, well-defined challeng *he men i f arose almost to a man declaring for j i Christ as Savior. It was an lnspir-1 Lnsr sight. rne secretaries nuiu?w | that out of the 600 men present, at least 250 were malting their first stand. On a recent Sunday evening, Mr. Mason, a Charlotte business man, spoke. His message was well received. Private Brush, of the New Hampjhire regiment, added to this service by reading "The Belgian Priest," and a couple of other selections. Private Brush was with the campaign for ambulance funds prior to entering the army. Personal interviews are on the inorease. Every member of this staff is on the job with his toes In the sand, and pulling hard for success. Three of the staff are in public work as speakers. Mr. Winchell, building secre- c tary, recently occupied the pulpit at the Westminster Presbyterian church; ? Mr .Williams, our physical director, spoke to the boys at the city Y. M. C. A. on Sunday, January Mr. Armbrust, the religious director, gets It happened at the Southern sta-11 tlon a few evenings ago. ' A Boston 11 business man and his wife Just start- t Ing north. A soldier going home to f his father's funeral. The "Y" man \ knew both. An introduction; the 1 business man invited the lonely and * bereaved soldier into the pullman to r talk awhile. The business man proirided the soldier with a pullman a berth for the night. The next morn- r Ing they breakfasted together in ? '""CAI1 M. C. A. by Courtesy of :Ic ?bsttbt EENE Charlotte, N. C. 14, 1918 y\MP GREENE *W7T"''K?L>tr- ' ' :.?rrcrr. "1^#: .. -r? * ' -tr* ' r? ' * ?iiiuift--'^^0>,KpVEmorning, Spooks?" -only up to my shoulders now." iVashlngton, where the business man lad an engagement. After breakfast he soldier was directed how to pro:eed to his home In New Hampshire. good sleep, hot breakfast, and the !riendly grasp of the hand helped he suffering soldier on his way. The tusiness man is a big business man. ?iit hna limp to srive his fellowman i lift. He writes: "If I can do anyhing for the soldiers, Just command ne." And the business man wife? veil, she gave the whole transaction he "mother touch." That's the "Y" rame?we stand between the soldier md the home folks. \ t rWO "SEX" SPEAKERS ^ * COMING TO CAMP GREENE Men of Camp Greene are going to icar the "sex question" presented by wo of the country's foremost speakrs on that subject. In an effort tt> have this subject get o every man's attention, the army 'Y" secures the best speakers avail ible. Dr. Winfleld Scott Hall, of Chicago, rill be here from February 16 to Febuary 19 and Rev. Harvy T. Burns, >f Chicago, will be here March 25 o March 81. Dr. Hall has already spoken In Jamp Greene, being here when the rorty-flrst division occupied the amp- ^ f. M. C. A. SURPRISES MEN. ARRIVING AT RIFLE RANGE The men going on two-day visits o the rifle range have been agreea>ly surprised to And a T. M. C. A. ent already pn the grounds and ready or a program of interest to the men. Ana WOras Oi praise im?o wwu ieard from the men because the "Y" vas on the Job to help make things ileasant for them. Messrs. Ray Cooper and Carl Libby ire the secretaries In charge of the ifle range tent. They enjoy their program of work. ~j army news jjj %, for army men their home folks No*15 Ira kress of li#. ci x^lf| '? rnn deportment Hi Fine Large Mat Received for MfBj Wrestling and Boxing?Good w JnjtfW Games ot Basketball. in possession of a fine larKc mat to VjUQuJA be used for the^ wrestling and I.oxihk jihi'mib tournaments, mis mai win .. HTfjJJi possible for the matches to be conducted without the annoyance of had "elbow bruises and skin scratches." r jf The "Y" men are anxious that every In man in camp gets an opportunity to |M engage in cither one of these branch- ? es of sport and are each willing to , J III encourage the sport in each company yfk and regiment. The regimental ath- V\ Kim letic officers of the camp should feel free and willing to use the mats and Vjf tNI may do so at either of the "Y" huts. Jf 1 INI There is no game in athletic sport Hill II1^ that wil|f bring the crowd to their fllTTTTTM feet with excitement -m will a good naMjrjal fast game of baikilball. And some IIH good games an jjing played at the IVIH Charlotte "Y" each week in the camp W'mll regimental basketball league now IJfM rtlnning. The games are clean, fast It M QlriMi and furious and well worth the time II Iffl J to see as well us the small price of | admission charged. Some of the players on the regimental teams are KfllB I old timers at the game and are fast getting back to their Conner line conIn Rpeaklng of basketball players W jhj said about the great game that Phyni- HlfljHIl cal Director George Taylor, of "Y" SQUjLjBHI r No. 106 plays. Taylor can cover tff as much floor in a game as any two N jffl VR M tonm work is right there. He is I ! I promoting the game at camp. A second league in basketball is fiMOtM M now being formed among the regi- jnSffIV ments and all athletic- olllcers are re- WTBJiy quested to enter teams with either the camp . physical director. A, E. j the camp cross country run ^whlch J issue plans whereby it will )> made J* possible for this to he the rule. Noth- ' f'ry, j ing develops a man's physical be- /irt fmh ing so well as boxing, wrestling, lJIIKBI push-ball or basketball and it is hoped that every man will be scheduled in either or each of these sports. /fJfKKhCP Feels something like baseball fiZrSfrvyi weather the past few days anil one yVI or two teams could be seen lately in Z_? I *? team practice. Rushing the season, as It were. V \ > / That team from the Eighth Massa- \W \ * chusetts that captured that roll or V, ' * cash In the Christmas meet hasn't V " got through talking about it yet? \ and well may they talk about their A IT Tf prowess but?the other teams are go- j ing to come back in the next few meets and show that they were only flnH' | out for practice on Christmas. BabM Athletic Dates Ahead. Kwaj I meet- ^ fl5?jg?l January 26.?Cross country run. February 2?Inter-regimental ath'^F^ruary 5?Divisional athletic [THREE PRIZKS FOR ~ BEST SIIOUT STORY |f i ... A chance for every soldier jit (Jj vjlj ||| Camp Greene to win n prize is H lljl III given by Trench and Ctunp. Three |I Jill Jig engraved cups offered by Harry IB Jju J|| Newcomb, physical director at "Y" U III 102, will be presented as a first, | U| second, and third prize to the three I HE men who liand in the three best g J Rig short news, feature or Action stories to tiic secretaries before R February 1. The three winning U .Jig stories will be published ht * ' III Trendi and Camp. E3CJ2J
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