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SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1919.
ink NEWS AND OBSERVER.-
DAI
LS DEFENDS
ARM
! RECORD
Spcakinfl-For Government, He
Voices Appreciation For
Us Great Service '
ALTHOUGH HANDICAPPED
. IIJI EVER HESITATED
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Secretary of Navy Review!
Two Principal Objections To
Association Which, He Says',
Are True ajid Organization
Hal Bight To Be Frond That
They Are
"I bare tome to this session of In
ternational Young Men Christian At
oeiation Confereae to voir tbe thank
' of tho Government, in to fur at 1 may
. apeak for it, to tha Young Men't thria
tiaa Association organisation and itt
. thousands of reprettntatiret tot th
magnificent and practical aerviro ren
dered to men in the Army and Navy
during tha World War. taid Hon.
Joaephui Daniel, Secretary of the
Jfnvy, in a recent address in Detroit,
' allcS, at tha Y, M. C. A. Convention.
aeetetaiyDaMEeTa cbuttnuedr .before
tha war wat declared representative
of your Association all over the world
S had touched to bleu the lives of young
men in military and civilian pursuits.
Like the - Jiavy, . when the call came it
laid: 'Wa are ready now,' and 1 can
Ot speak strongly enough in grati
tads for the hearty, generous, practical
aad uplifting work of this organization,
which fortuuately for us was to well
Quipped that it rendered first aid in
Its manifold welfare work while the
, military forces were being nattily and
splendidly mobilized. When I aay
'manifold' work, that word it employed
.. Because its secretaries and representa
i lives were present everywhere and did
Ivery character and description of work
' arnica could promote the happiness or
Idd to the comfort of the chivulric
iruaadert who 'made up our fighting
force ia fcurope.
"One of the first men in America.
benevolent and patriotic Hebrew by the
Way, who had exceptional opportunities
' abroad to estimate all sorts of war
' work, aaid to me a day or two ago:
The world does not understand the size
f the talk undertaken by the Young
Men's Christian Association. I had not
appreciated the magnificent scale upon
which it was enterprised until I went
abroad. It was everywhere doing many
things, and doing them to well at to
xcite admiration and Tjrutitudc. AIJ
Itt work was not well done. It bad some
representatives not worthy of it. It
Jiad some who were inefficient and tome
lacking in tact. I made aa eitimate
Of tht proportion, and I give, Itya my
deliberate judgment that tha-work wat
ttinety per cent good and ten per tent
bad. Considering that it could nof en
gage young men of military age, who
; are best fitted for its service., and that
Itt expansion mutt be rapid and upon
a larger teale, as a business man I
pronounce that percentage truly re
markable."' Two True Criticisms.
"I have beard two criticisms of, tha
Young Men's Christian Association which
re true and of which the organisation
hat a right to be proud. Tho first it a
to itt eaateen work. When tha Amer
ica a Expeditionary Force arrived ia
franca the soldiers found the "Y" tear,
tariei there, welt organized and ready
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' Ton have tried dosing with mdt
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for whatever torvie or torn fort eould
give pleatmra to tht Ameriaaa aoldieia.
It it a record that will live that when
tht hour atruck tha assocUtioa wat
ready, equipped aad gvt proof that it
had practical faith ia preps redness.
Neither the rmy of tha navy had
organisation! for eaatec work, for en
tertainment, for religloua leadership.
Tha army had bean engrossed in obtain
ing munitions, training men to fight,
attending to transportation aad aorur
lng tuppliea. That waa a atapeadoaa
undertaking, thy most ttupendout ia tht
world't history. Great at it wat la mag
nitude Itt performance waa greater. The
"If" ready, it wat willing to do any
tod everything to give cheer and help
tajhev'men in arms. The army waa glad
f aa agency with the effective organi
zation to undertake tho can tee a work
and provide entertainment. Tha "Y"
kaew the difficulties ot katltfactorily
'buying and telling ia a country where
prices soared overnight, where ireignt
rates were exorbitant, and regular trans
portation was unknown. Rut ao pb
tttelt troabled tht Young Men' Chrit
tiai. Association. With army help it
undertook tha Job and though if told
at lett than cost tht prieet charged were
necessarily higher thaa at homo and
soma of too soldiers made complaint.
In tome initaneet the "Y" wat depend
ent upon volunteers aot familiar with
the work of tha organization and there
was, therefore, aot wanting ground for
erlticltm wherever tho aerviro wat not
up to the regular "Y" standard. But
uch incidents were the exception, end
the fact remains thtt the work of the
"V" waa monumental. 'It entered the
breach at time whea it wat torely
aeeded and tha just causes of complaint
were comparatively fow.juid m.ueJi ..more,
hat been made of I hem thaa condition!
justify.
"I had opportunity shortly after the
signing of the armistice, when hundreds
of thousands of soldiers were ttill in
Europe, to" visit ntaoy of too army bases
and all the headquarters in that part
of Germany aader Americaa occupation,
t did aot go to a single place, whether
many or few soldiers were encamped,
without finding a representative ot the
Young Vlea'i Christian AssocUtioa zeal
tusly doing splendid servlct with no
thought of personal comfort, folly de
voted to promoting the elfaro aad com
fort of the rata in trms. Not a few
of - these representatives were wosaea
whoee cheerfulness snd rapacity brought
inter lonesoait eampe the spirit and at
m sphere of home. Indeed tha Youag
Men t ChTlstiaa Association, the Yoaog
WomeVi Christian Aoaoeiatioa aad kin
dred orgaaizationa sooa . learned that
very mad, particularly every mi a away
from home, lovet to be mothered aad
needs mothering. Faithful at were the
mea, and courageous, too, the work of
the women ia Franco etM Belgium aad
later ia Uermany itt helpfulness whea
men came out of the trenches aad whea
they wee waiting longingly for the
nrdeo to turn their, facet totyard Amer
ica, heartened every tnaa in uniform.
W hatever else the war did or did not
teach, ita outstanding lessons in welfare
organizations waa that without the
mothering fey Wise and patriotic and
efficient women the highest morale and
hsppincsl are Impossible. Ehall hot the
Young Jdet'l Christian Association see
in that iessoa the call for the larger
Participation of women in the work for
boyt and mea in timet of peace f
"There has been another criticism
voiced sometimes in load tones. That
eritiei-.ni is the crowning glory of tho
Association, aad whea it doet not merit
this criticism it will lose the dynamic
force whieh jnstifie! itt existence. I wat
recently reading ao article by writer
who had been serosa during the war tad
had enjoyed the opportunity of - teeing
war and war work at first hand. He
had wordt of high commendation of the
Y," praised most of the men and
women who,' near the trenches as else'
where, nerved the men without thought
of personal peril or safety. He added
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Water Consumers
of Raleigh, N. C.
Owing to the long continued dry
spell the water in' Lake Raleigh
- ist getting 'low. Consumers are
hereby urged to use as little water
- as they can get on with until fur-,
ther notice. -
E. R. PACE,
m CommUaioner Public Works
Approved by :
Mayor.';.
' A; H. MOONEYHAM, Com. Pub. Safety.
a hit severe indictment that the trouble
with the Young Men' Christian Asso
ciation in that it it altogether too re
ligiout, ha too maay prayer meetings,
to much church music, too many Bible
els sacs, ajid it thinks too much and talki
too murk alout oae't toul. Ho taid ia
tht eai tee of wtr tht Association
should not have taught to influence tht
religious life, and that it would have
been more popular if it had 'cut out
the religious stuff aad (Hen content to
make itself real men's club with en
tertalnmeat and "feeds'" with no cx
phatit on religion. He wit man of
the world, ttraightforward and frank.
But he lacked one tiling aa apprecia
tion of the fact that religion is the
great aad only eternal concern of man,
and that any institution touchiug young
mo without an appeal to their spiritual
life will prove aa impotent and unnec
essary aa a welt appointed and well fur
nished pAlac car teptrated from any
motive power. It It the power of Chris
tian faith and. Christian service which
ha mid the Young Men' Christian
Association the greatest organised
agency for young men in the world to
day. If it should become a men's club,
(Contlsted on ftge Eight.
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