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Young Men's Christian Association
The work of the Young Men's Christian Association has been radically
changed this year, due to the presence of the Student Army Training Corps.
It has meant that the old student work has been almost completely transformed
into Army Y. M. C. A. work. All local College Associations have been taken
over by the National War Work Council. All secretaries on the jobs in colleges
have been made army secretaries, responsible to the war work council. This was
done in order that the identity of the old student department of the Y. AI. C. A.
might not be lost and that when war clouds blew over it might go on filling its
old functions.
At Ohio State University the Associatoin has tried to fill the needs of the
average of 500 men have used the offices daily.
students, needs that soon became pressing in view of the confinement to the campus.
Up to November 27, nearly 25,000 letters have been written on paper furnished
by the Y. M. C. A. Approximately $800 worth of stamps have been sold; an
Quantities of scriptures and pamphlets
have been distributed and efforts have been made to further the religious life
of the men through the churches and personal work. Weekly religious meetings
are also a part of the program. Weekly Saturday night entertainments have been
given for S. A. T. C. men in the Chapel.
The employment bureaus and foreign student department are practically the
only branches of work that have proceeded as in other years.
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