THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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The Y. M. H. A., Etc.
(Continued from page 14)
goguc, where we have undoubt-
edly the finest church gymnasium
and showers in Detroit. We have
also a social hall and general
meeting place.
Thus far, however, we have not
had the use of the rooms as fre-
quently as the work demands.
What Nye need is an establishment
which will stand with open doors
every night in the week, beckon-
ing to the Jewish youth of the
city to make that its home and its
headquarters.
I have laid emphasis on the fine
gymnasium we are enjoying. That
may prompt the query in the
minds of some that if the Y. M. II.
A. practically died while oper-
ating as a physical training or-
ganization, why make the gymna-
sium the big thing now. I will
answer this by asking what the
Y. M. C. A. in this or any other
town would be without its gym-
nasium? Will anyone say that it
is not better for our Jewish boys
to gather evenings in a gymna-
sium, in the midst of clean, whole-
some surroundings, than to be out
on the street, in the pool rooms
or hanging over the bars? Will
anyone say that even a Jewish
athletic organization that would
cater to the Jewish boy who needs
just such an atmosphere would
not be deserving of support?
But we are not making the ath-
letics the sole feature of the Y. M.
H. A. of today. \Ve are endeav-
oring to do those various things
outlined in the declaration of
principles and purposes set forth
above. We have already organ-
ized a literary section and at reg-
ular intervals we hold debates on
Jewish topics and listen to lec-
tures of vital interest to all the
boys.
Beginning next fall we hope to
make this work even more effec-
tive than it is today. We are go-
ing to arrange to have the gather-
ing place for the Jewish boys open
every evening. \Ve are going to
give them more frequent literary
meetings ; more comprehensive
talks on subjects of vital interest
to the boys as Jews and as young
Americans. \Ve are going to try
to keep the Jewish boys, or as
many of them as we can reach,
clean and manly. That is what
the Y. M. H. A. is for.
Y. M. H. A. Should Receive a
Greater Support.
What kind of support arc we
getting? The only real, concrete
support we have had from any
source came from the congrega-
tion of Shaarey Zedek when it
tendered us the use of those fine
quarters. True, we endeavor to
pay a share of the actual oper-
ating expenses of the place, but
did anyone else' in Detroit come
forward and say here is a home
for the Jewish boys, or offer us a
building in which could be laid
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Y. M. H. A.? On the contrary we
needed about a thousand dollars
for equipment, etc., and while
there was no difficulty getting
that amount pledged, we never
have been able to collect much
more than half of it.
It is all because the Jewish com-
munity has not the right perspec-
tive on the subject Of training the
Jewish young man in the paths
of virtue and cleanliness. It is all
well and good for two hundred
or so of our best known Jews to
be members of the Y. M. C. A.,
but we are asking too much when
we ask those same Jews to take
an active interest in the Y. M.
H. A.
The Jewish Young Man Needs
the Y. M. H. A.
The Jewish young man in De-
troit—he of the good home and
fine surroundings—thinks he does
not need a Y. M. H. A. But he
does need it. He needs it for the
physical training it could give
him. He needs it for the things
that it could teach him in a Jew-
ish way and he needs it for the
ennobling inspiration that comes
from helping the fellow who is
not quite so fortunately situated.
Some day Detroit is going to
have a great, fine Y. M. H. A. and
it is going to combine all the de-
ments in our local Jewry. It is
going to be the greatest unifying
power that has even been at-
tempted in Detroit Jewry. There
is every indication that such is
going to be the result of the pres-
ent Y. M. H. A. movement. We
are accomplishing definite re-
sults. The things we are doing
for the Jewish young men of the
community are coming to the at-
tention of our prominent Jewish
citizens. It has been an uphill
fight but we are going to win.
For, in spite of the many handi-
caps We have to contend with—
and the greatest of these is the
lack of interest on the part of our
Jewish community—we are mak-
ing progress. We have about 250
members. We ought to have a
thousand. You who have Jewish
young men in your homes ought
to see that they are enrolled in
this organization. Let us have
their support, whether it be only
an occasional attendance or an
occasional interest in the work.
The present officers of the Y.
M. H. A. are as follows : Presi-
dent, Jacob Nathan ; vice-presi-
dents, David A. Brown and Al.
Velick ; secretary, Ellis Warren ;
treasurer, Samuel Sarasohn ;
board of directors, the officers
and Arthur Pixel, Morris Fried-
berg, Julius Solomon, Louis
Cohn, Gus Newman, Jay Jatov-
sky and Abe Cooper.
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