A DESERVING INSTITUTION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3195, 22 May 1909, Page 5

A DESERVING INSTITUTION.

THE Y.M.C.A. MOVEMENT. MASTERTON ASSOCIATION'S PROGRESS. The Masterton Branch of the Y.M.C.A. has during the past three or four years striven very hard to justify the name which has been earned by the Association elsewhere was an institution which had for its object the making of young men into useful citizens and valuable units of civilisation in a true sense. It has been an uphill fight, but vigour and enthusiasm have accomplished much, and now it is found that instead of being daunted by any past failures, the members have bu| regarded such as showing the need for still keener development. Lately , the Association has opened at its rooms in Church street a j PHYSICAL TRAINING SCHOOL. I 11 any movement appeals to a wide field of humanity, it is one which makes for the improvement and general development of the physica frams. The wonders which mDdern exponents of physical culture have achieved not only in their own cases but in the of others always excites at some time or other a feeling of emulation even in the most lethargic human, and when some passing spasm is traceable to nothing but sheer physical indolence it is then that resolutions are mentally made which, unfortunately are too frequently never carried into effect. In the school of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. there promises to be developed a large band of aspiring Sandows, Hackenshmidts, and other I notables, and when it is stated that such a cspable instructor as Mr R. O. Jarrett has charge of the school nothing mare perhaps need be said regarding the realisation of | gymnastic hopes"'.* A splendid set of appurtenances has been installed in the commodious social room, which does duty twice a week as a "gym," the days being Monday and Thursday, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Boys from 5 years upward are trained. BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTANCY is so valuable a class of business \ study that it is unnecessary to enlarge upon the great opportunity offering to young men in offices to learn their work fully and efficiently. Mr .J. Milne, A.N.Z.A.A., has charge of this department, and unI der his able tuition students should progress very rapidly, if they give the necessary attention to their studies THE PATRIOTIC IDEA is developed under the command of Regimental-Sergt.-Major E.- Collier, of the Wairarapa Battalion, who has organised a troup of Boy Scouts, who are trained in military tactics which should prove of inestimable j value to the lads should they be called upon to exercise their knowledge in the field of battle. Over 40 boys have attached themselves to the troops, which promises to be a valuable juvenile addition to Masterton's citizen forces. GENERAL CLASSES AND DEPARTMENTS. The elocutionary class is about drawing to a close, and a most successful ' and useful one it proved. There is a Debating and Literary Club, a Bible Study Class, and various other departments which make for the promotion of the objects for which the Association was founded. The public are being approached at the present period for support for the Association's work, and the members certainly have a just claim to the generosity of the public of Masterton for the spirit of progress they are displaying in providing useful and valuable means to occupy the ambitious and studious young men of the town and district.