B oy s w ill B e MEN
TFIE PICTURE above shows members of the
"fallinn, Estonia, Y. N{" C. A" making skis in
the Boys' I)epartment workshop, with the hetrp
of a young
(rY" leader"
Recently from ldew York City there sailed for
Europe another young "Y" leader-a strapping
big felow, with a rare smile and a booming bass
voice" He was bringing to a close six years of
study in America" He had earned" his way
during those six years with his voice, singing
on the stage of Radio City Music Hall in l{ew
York City. He lvas returning as an ordained
minister to his native land, Jugoslavia, to be-
come a Y. \{" C. A. secretary in rural comrnu-
nities.
The kind of leadership given to boys, in any
country, is important in determinin g wh,at k'irud
of men they will become.
Tr-rg BOYS ,in .this picture are chinese ancl
J apanese. They have j'st pledged lasting
friendship for each other by carving thcir in-
itials on torches they used during the ,,Fiie'of
friendqhip"l,g*t.mony aL {he, ,,V:, M., C, ,A,o*
r}ternational"
-camp at. Tsingtag, ,Chinp,, f-he
ccrman girls in the picture, members of a youth
group camping nearby, are pledging frien-dship
lry carving their initials on the tor.L*r. " ' : r
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BOffS are hero-worshippers. They always
flock around a leader. Here are some of the
warsaw broys who gathered around Paul Super,
one of Poland's outstanding leaders of youtlr,
to congratulate hirn on his recent decoration
by the Polish Government.
Paul super is not aPole. He is a North Ameri-
can Y. M. c" A. secretary. Yet so highly d'es
Poland think of his serviie to polish yJut-h that
its Government has decorated him for the thircl
time-on this occasion with the commancler's
cross of Polonia Restituta, which corresponds
to the French Legion of Honor.
Paul super has given fourteen years to the
youth of Poland, and he expects to give the
rest of his life to the same cause. He is lrtration-
al Secretary of the Y. N,I. C. A" for poland.
Leadership helps boys to develop as leaders of
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WHEN Edouard Benes mer with this group
of young men in the Prague Y. M. C. A. h; **u
Foreign A{inister of czeehoslovakia. Today he
is President of his country" The y. M. C. 4.,
witla its program for the youth of czechostro-
vakiau iaas axways been close to the heart of
President Benes. He has given Brackett Lewis
and other North Ameriean Association secre-
taries his unqualifred suppeirt on manlr ocea*
sions.
'fhe Y. M. C" A.os prograrn for youth eommands
the respect anel support of the world's leaders"
They know the dcY" stands for the things that
will hetrp boys become better men"