Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — China and the Y. M. C. A. [ARTICLE]

China and the Y. M. C. A.

That the “Y” hut of war-time days In France Is a good thing which should be preserved and copied in China is the decision arrived at at a conference jof some 69 Chinese Y. M. C. A. secretaries who were appointed U) work among the hundreds of thousands of Chinese coolies employed as laborers in France. It was the first time that any of them had come in contact with the work of the association and they have been so impressed they have decided to carry on the organization work which now reaches chiefly the higher classes, among the coolies and others. China was well represented at the conference. Delegates came from widely separated parts of the republic, such as Manchuria, Shanhing, Kiangson, Chl-LI, Hupeh and many other places.