The Topeka State Journal

OFF FOR THE WOODS.
Twenty Y. M. C. A. Boys Leave for Summer Camp.

Last night 20 boys slept on the mats in the gymnasium of the Central Y. M. C. A. At three o'clock they were awakened and by four they had started on their tramp to Maple Hill where they will be encamped for ten days. They were accompanied by W. B. Dye, the physical director of the local association. One of the boys who is burdened by a surplus amount of flesh concluded to act as an advance guard. He started out at 2 o'clock by the light of the moon on the 25 mile trip with only himself for company.

Yesterday Maple Hill was a lively scene. The people of the little country town turned themselves loose, and horse and foot races, beside the regulation red lemonade were the features of the day. In one of the racing events there were two judges and as they could not agree as to who was the winner the horsemen had to try it again! There were at least twenty picnic parties from Topeka celebrating the Fourth in the vicinity of Maple Hill. The members of one of these jolly crowds were: Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Balf Stark, H. C. Stevens, Verna Latchey, May Fisher, and George Badders. The three tents which they used form a part of the Y. M. C. A. encampment.

The youngsters of the Y. M. C. A. will undoubtedly have the time of their lives. There will be fishing, swimming, rowing, baseball and other sports over which the boys go wild. The camp is situated on the top of a knoll, where the tenters will get the benefit of all the breezes that blow. Adjacent to the camp are two cool springs and then there is Mill creek hard by into which the boys can take an early morning plunge.

Edward C. Brownell of St. Louis who met last Wednesday with the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. and was asked to fill the vacancy which the resignation of Mr. Geo. E. Lerrigo left, has resigned from his position as secretary of the central department in St. Louis, so the members of the local board naturally take it that he has concluded to accept their offer, although they have not received advice to that effect. Mr. Brownell has been in the association work for something like 20 years and is a man of decided push and ability. He has not been offered a larger salary than he has been getting in St. Louis, but he was very much impressed with the idea that Topeka was a great field for effective work.

A number of the secretaries of the local association are planning trips for the summer. Mr. A. B. Cowden will leave next week to attend the Estes Park, Colo., convention, and incidentally to look over the Denver and Colorado Springs building; Mr. J. L. Montgomery will visit his home in Hersman, Ill.; Mr. Fenstermacher will leave at a later date for the northern Michigan Y. M. C. A. boys' camp; and Mr. Dye will attend the summer school for boys' training at Lake Geneva.