P.B.H. Initiates Program to Aid Youth Service

Robert H. Mundheim '54 announced yesterday that the Phillips Brooks House Social Service Committee had completed arrangements with the Youth Service Board Detention Home of Boston to provide college volunteers to work in a new recreational program.

Mundheim, co-chairman of the social service committee, completed arrangements after an hour's conference with the Superintendent of the Home. Present plans call for six volunteers to be connected with the program but it is hoped that, if met with success, it will be possible to expand its size in the future.

To Aid in Roperts

The volunteers will work with boys ranging from the age of seven to seventeen. The bulk of the boys are under clinical observation to determine the proper treatment of cases pending before the courts. Reports, which will in part be influenced by the volunteers' observations, are made up for use in determining court decision.

Instructors Needed

The Brooks House volunteers will be asked to contribute about three hours a week on a regular basis during the school year. Biggest help at the Home is needed in the instruction of arts and crafts, although directing the athletic program will also be an important function of workers.

Mundheim asked that any interested students contact him at P.B.H. as soon as possible. It is expected that the program will be in operation by the middle of October.