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TH E WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER News of the Y. M. C. A. EDITED BY ERNEST W. LESLIE. ROBERT E. CLARK, The Camp Musical Director. Robert E. Cl&rk, Camp Music D irector of the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp W adsw o rth, was born in Southern Iowa. He was edu cated in the public schools of Iowa and in Simpson College, later attending the Uni versity of Iowa, m edical course. He was always interested in athletics dur ing his high school and college career. In 1901 and 1902, although Simpson College was not entered in. the State meet, Mr. Clark broke the state record in the sixteen-pound ham m er throve He coached the track team for two successful seasons and was always interested in music, studying to m ake the violin his specialty. However, while pitch ing a game of baseball, he broke the first finger on his left hand, which was set crooked, forcing him to give up the violin. He began the study of voice at this time, his voice developing into .a deep, rich, res onant, powerful baritone voice. For five years he was in a male quartet w ith A rthur O. Middleton, who is now consider ed A m erica’s greatest concert bass, later moving to Colorado w h ere he becam e a teacher of voice training. He afterw a rd gave this up to join Dr. G. W. A nderson in evangelistic work and was associated w ith Hon. John W a n n a m a k e r as his musical man. Mr. Clark has sung for the Edison Phono graph Co. and made several records for them. He plans to continue this work later on. He gave all this up to come to Camp W adsw o rth and “do his b it” here w ith the boys. He is now busy visiting the various Y. M. C. A. buildings and the mess shacks and conducting sings and he is also or ganizing a large chorus of trained voices as well as num erous quartets and orchestras all over the camp. Mr. Clark has a genial, winning personal ity and is well received w h erever he goes. CAMP SECRETARY DIETRICH LEAVES FOR FRANCE. m an at U n it No. 97, has been transferred to U n it No. 96 to serve in a sim ilar capacity there. His many friends at No. 97 were loath to have him leave and all wish him, the best of luck in his new field. Mr. Barebam will be succeeded at No. 97 by A rthur B. W rigley, of Plainfield, N. Y. NEWS OF Y. M. C. A. UNITS G-ood Record Wins Popular Executive Call To Bigger Work. Camp Executive Secretary, C. W. Die trich, has been called by the N ational W ar W o rk Council of the Y. M. C. A. to re]in quish his work at Camp W adsw o rth and report for duty w ith the A m erican Troops in France. Mr. D ietrich has been at Camp W a d sw o rth since the middle of July last and has made an enviable record as the Chief Executive of the Army Y. M. C. A. work there. It is because of his particularly good record for gettings things done th a t he has been call ed to this bigger Avork in France. On Monday morning he m et w ith his Staff for the last time, and as a token of their love and esteem the staff presented their “chief” with a gold Avrist watch. It is Avith a great deal of reluctance that the secretaries at Camp W a d sw o rth give up Mr. Dietrich, but they all realize that the Army Y. M'. C. A. work, as in the Army “orders are orders and m u st be obeyed.” Mr. D ietrich left for N bav York on Monday and it is expected he will sail for France w ithin the next ten days. Mr. W. J. Davison, already well known in Camp W adsw o rth, Avhere he acted as Camp Physical D irector for some months, returns to Camp WadSAVorth for the month of December, at least, to take up the work of Camp Secretary in Mr. D ietrich’s place. MR. BURCHARD OFF FOR FRANCE. Mr. S. B. Burchard, of JamestoAvn, N. Y., who has been acting as Building Secretary of U n it No. 96, serving the men of the 107th, 108th and 47th Regim ents, has been ordered to report to the New York office, pre paratory to service in France. Mr. B u rchard is one of the men at Camp W a d sw o rth Avho was unselfish enough to give up a business in his home town, so th a t he m ight come into the A ssociation Secretaryship and do his bit there. He has m ade a particularly good record at Building No. 96 and it is w ith great reluctance th a t the executives of the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp W a d s worth see him go. Mr. B u rchard will prob ably sail for France Avithin ten days. NEW POST FOR BAREHAM. L. C. Bareham , who has served for sev eral m o n ths as social and entertainm e n t Unit 92. Although the new building at this Unit has not been as yet form ally dedicated, it was thought best to dispense with the use of the tent and utilize the building at once. The motion picture m achine has been in stalled and the initial program was given on W ednesday night to a eroAvded house. This event at this unit as in other units has proven to be one of the m ost popular nights in the week. On Friday evening, the Choral Society of Converse College, consisting of twenty-five charm ing young ladies came to this U n it and delivered a most entertaining and a t tractive program. The boys thoroughly en joyed the presence of the Converse girls as well as the program they gave, and it is hoped in the near future th a t the program can be repeated. U n it 93. The following men have been assigned by Y. M. C. A. H e a d q u a rters for duty w ith Unit No. 93: Building Secretary, Theodore F. E lw o rth; Religious W o rk Secretary, Jam e s A. Moore; Social Secretary, John N. Johnston; Physical W ork Secretary, D. M. Davis. This is the neAV unit of the Y. M. C. A., no work having been done in this section of the camp up to this time. The events during this Aveek are strictly inform al but it is planned to have a Stunt N ight on Sat urday along w ith a movie shoAv and other social events. According to present plans, the dedica tion of this building Avill take place on Sun day evening, the dedication services being in charge of Dr. Paul M. Strayer, Camp R e ligious W o rk Director. This neAV unit will serve the men of the 106th, 1st, 14th and 74th. Unit 95. This U n it is still very greatly handicap ped by the delay in the building construc tion of this new home. Trying to put on a Y. M. C. A. program in a mess shack is hard Avork, it being im possible to put on motion pictures or any big event with any success. The outstanding features of the Aveek were the Stunt Night which was given by regim e n tal talent and the song recital given by Robert E. Clark, Camp Musical Director. It is hoped th a t w ithin the next week the (Continued on page 23)
