BRIGHTENING VILLAGE LIFE

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13966, 16 August 1919, Page 4

BRIGHTENING VILLAGE LIFE

Y.M.C.A-'S £8,000.000 SCiIEAIiH. CHAIN OF SOCIAL CI»UJ3S Ai\D iiU'lS TO COVJilt T'iiL aJUN'ilii. It is expeated than the Y.ALC.A.'s grcati 'ra.ltea' .the waa*" sclieiine ior providung adequately for viie .UfwU oit the y.ouug miaailhood «f Britain, wdl coaib soaiJiethjiaHjj, like irf,UOU,(KJU, , writes a Daily Chroiiacle rejprt«tiii'o:L» .live. ■ , ■ j j Sir Arthur Xu.pp , the secretary, ' ' hopet*' to got t<ho mo-iiey by pubix bubwca-iipiiioa " in. froan tbj'ee to tivuv yeaii-y." 4 l ' "I thinik the ipubJic ai c sick of , -a.ppeu.ia ior muaiey," he b&id to a Daily"' Ohtt'oauclo repireseintotive, '' b-ixfc ' I beliieve they will attsp-otnid to oui-si aIL j the same- We shall divide the coun- j try up into coun-ties 1 oi" seotdoias, naid j oxpec'D ■:tto raiise a, oertadai sauni froni, i each." ' j The "after waa-" scheaine' is on a.' bog" scale, and. briefly, Avhait it is pro- | jposed to do cam,', bo diivided under •' idire© liaads: , i li The. biiglitailing 1 of tillage, life j by the .eista.biishaiioniu of Y.M-D.A. j clubs, atnd sociiall liuite nu the oouaiitiry j diistancits. . 2. Provision! on simiilaa' aaid adequuitelinca for ( *he needs of big mdu»wiial ctentves of potpulaitiion. ■'. ;' 3. 'Adequate iprovdscjoin. for Y.M-C.A. • activity aaid deivelbipnaenti in the Eastond of ■ London-' ■' In tha villages, a^ in the town®, :' the emdeiaivour be to make- the * V.M.C.A. a real centre of eodiil, re- ! areatiive and ■ eduoaitlionial acit'ivity.'The < Bcwial dulLneise of oofuntry life cam oni'ly be thoroughly undemsitiood by those < AVho haive expeirieihicJed it,' and Sir Ar- < those belFieveis' tliha.t the :vilkig'ei Ilu*o '. wlill do a gireialti deal to»m«.ke rui-ail - cottidiitdonis. les^i monotonous and more • inlterestiimg. ■ , ■ ' V '' ■ "I believe mi the hint.with all my heiart," hsigaad,. ftaind I beiieive it is : gioiing'.to siolve many -of the piroWemg ] wifitih which we' are' faced. We shall . eed&a.vo'Ur ito add giardensl to- our v,il- 1 lage huts, and make them' look bright '. a.nd aiWiraiottive outedde asi well .as in- < s.ide-. The hurts will be runi on the ■ usual "vKinies, with, ' refreshment®, bil- < lliaii^dl taibles, gaimias, prorfiisdon. for < wi'iitdng letters, and so- bni.' „ ■ < "We ha.ye found thait the big com- . mom roomi alway-si <aipipeiails -to the man. j 1 We shall alsn> lay erajpihiaisiis 'omi tilie;.i piiwiisdon: of sonieitihliinjg- in; tih© iMtuirei 1 of an 1 althleifcio ground or playing field, : < and to-:; cionnecitiiom with aiH our hut!- j meats there w*ill be a. sttrbngl construcitiive furograinme of- educait£oa:iai work. - "In London We ioiitend to make a big feaibure of a. hostel. In fact, wo propose to esteiblish, a. chain of hos*tels 'ail round London-, so thait a» yoitaig! map cpming up. from the country to seitftile in>; ithe mefto-qpolis wiill no^ bo j i W'ithoaDb a hoimiß- or fa^G-ndsi. Through i our varioiiis brainiaheisi we filial 1 arranidje ' to meet saich yoiuths on arrival in i Londons, take them o^t. for the- eveni- ' my and, intax)duc€i them t.& friends. -■ ' ■ "We a.re also hoipi-nc; <b& eqtiiip ouir hiitig^witih, a .sipeai^il room for boys, and aoooither foiri" girls—.the. 'lalflfer, ■' proboibly. under- the auspices; of ttie Y.W.C.A.—amd whenj we have atrramged thait, we shalll make oippoirtunituesi' for the sexesi lo meeit im social ' itttetttoftiTbe from 1 tiSttiie to" time/"We are doin.^ our utmost to proi- ' mote'a scheme whereby .the. YiM.C.A. ca.ni work 'together with, other .cw"ga.Ti-nsaitio-nis doioiigl simivlar workj: siuch as ' the .Chuixdi Army, the SalvationArmy, amd the churches generallj'. , Apart 'from the £8,000", 000" for the future. We aire making a. fkiajt war appeal. Wo need £500.000 this sum-, miai' tio einaMb u® to wind uip..-our war; work.. :We ha-v'e divided the conm.tiry up inio areas, and we' are hicipi'mig toget,.. dontanbutionsi' oo the folllowiivgsoale:— ■ ■' ' ' "" ; Loindom- .£IOO,OOO, Soot-land £50",----000, . Lancwishire £50,000, Wales £25,000, Yorkshire £50,000, and £25,000 each froam the average Eng 1-