Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-07-20
MRS. j. v, FARWELL JR.

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til such time as employment may be Sc
cured. In the meantime the association
Is bound to do all it can to assist the appli-
can't in finding an occupation. 1t will
never be known how much good has been
done by this branch of the Y. W. c. A.
nor how much bitter suffering has been
averted by the friendly hands extended
through the organization to homeless,
friendless young
Although this branch of the work may
be considered most Important, it is not by
any means the only nor even the chief de-
partment if measured by the amount of
attention and money devoted to it. 1t is
realized by the managers Of the interna-
tional organization and by the local Off
Gals in each city that it is not enough to
help the young woman at the beginning
by securing for her employment and
a1fordlng her a place to stay until such
time as work is found.
She must also be furnished with a
bright and cheerful place of resort, where
opportunities for social life and entertain
nlent may be provided; where access may
be had to well selected library; where the
girl, if inclined to be studious, may find
classrooms in which various subjects are
taught; low priced lunchrooms and oppor-
tunities for physical culture. According
~ many of the local associations nave
opened all these departments. The gym
nasia of the Y. w. G. A. especially nave
been productive of a world of benefit to
young girls. There are also officers who
give general information; boarding house
directories are compiled, and boarding
clubs are formed; meetings for Bible study
and special training in Christian work,
services for praise, prayer and personal
work are held, and in every way exertions
looking to the physical, social, business,
Intellectual and spiritual development of
young women are put forth.
Naturally the work of the college asso-
Citations differs somewhat from that of the
local ones, but it is quite as well organ
lied and has been productive of quite as
much good. Somewhat akin to the work
of the college associations is the work of
the summer schools of the international
organization. They have become a very
important feature, the present being their
fourth season. Three assemblies are to be
held this year-in Mortified, Mass. !; Lake
Geneva, Wis, and Cazadero, Cal. In this
regard the Y. w. G. A. seems to have
taken steps considerably in advance of the
Y. M. G.. A.
The extension and development Of the
work in the various states are attended to
by the state associations, while the super
visory work Of the United States and Can
ada and the organization and upbuilding
OF new local and state associations belong
to the international association through it's
executive, the international committee.
This committee is composed of 33 women
n is divided into subcommittee as fol
lows: Publication, secretarial, finance,
city, college, state and executive. Month
~ meetings for the supervisiono of the work
in all departments are held. In the au-
tumn and during the winter there is con
slant work for the international, edito-
rial, general, college and two Office secre-
taries. The headquarters Of the interna-
tional association and it's executive COM
mittee are in Chicago.
The president of the international asso-
citation and one Of its most enthusiastic and
efficient leaders is Mrs. John v. Farwell,
Jr., of Chicago, daughter-in-law Of the
man who built the Y. NJ. G. "A. hall in
Chicago and who has long been noted for
his active interest in that organization.
1t is not too much to say that the Y. w.
G. A. from a small movement originating
in the women's colleges has grown to be
M of the most important women's organ
A1noAous LII NC WOiAu' LII AuauJ IcepcCUS
1t stand for the best element of woman
hood. Through it's exertions many have
been able not only to support themselves
well who would otherwise have been
obliged to put up with many privations
and might perhaps have failed altogether
in making places for themselves, but many
have also found through it the means Of
/ securing culture in art, in music, in the
sciences. Its work in the large cities has
been especially notable, and in some of
them, such as New York and Brooklyn,
Chicago, Philadelphia and elsewhere, fine
buildings have been erected for local head
quarters. JOHN +. WILLoUGHBY.