Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14
THE ANNUAL
CONVENTION
Y. w. C. A., MEETING is MOST suc-
cEssFuL IN HISTORY OF THE
IOWA BRANCH.
NOTED WORKERS HERE
Convention Proper Opened This Morn
ing Reports of Officers Heard -
Nearly Two Hundred Delegates
Present.

| ing Reports of Officers Heard II
Nearly Two Hundred Delegates
| Present.
| From Fridays Daily.
The largest state convention in the
history of the Iowa Y. w. c. A., opened
in this city this morning. Nearly 200
delegates attended the opening ses-
sion and the inspiring sight
was witnessed of scores of
young women with note books and
Bibles jotting down the thoughts re-
ceived from the able speakers pres
ent, many of whom are noted in the
Y. w. G. A.. work. The morning ses-
sion was taken up principally with
the report of the chairman of the eX-
ecutive committee and the officers of
the association. Addresses were al
so delivered by Miss Mary B. Hill, city
secretary of the worlds committee
and Miss Jessie Hagerty, Bible secre-
tary of the Des Moines association.
The following committees were named
at the close OF the morning session:
Committees Chosen.
Credential committee-Miss Bessie
Harris, Des Moines, chairman; Miss
Jessie Hanna, Toledo; Miss Kate
Smith, Grinnell.
Committee on resolutions Miss
Elizabeth Jones, Sioux City. chairman;
Miss Genevieye Hardin, Grinnell; Miss
Jessie Bacon, Des Moines; Miss Bessie
Smith, Pleasant Plain; Miss Alta Dun
kleberg, Mt Vernon.
Business committee-MisS Elizabeth
Kaye, Cedar Falls; Miss Ethelyn Bales
Storm Lake; Miss Mary Keller, Des
Moines; Miss Fannie Cushing, Ottum-
; wa.
Committee on state committees re-
port-Mrs. 7. d. Foster, Ottumwa,
chairman; Miss Susanna Weare, Sioux
City: Mrs. Michener, Oskaloosa. Miss
! Angie Aiken, Toledo; Mrs. Allie Will
son, Burlington.
The Officers Reports.
Mrs. G. A. Rawson, chairman of the
state committee. presided at the ses-
. sion this morning and she will con-
tinue as presiding officer during the
/. convention. Her report as chairman
. Of the committee is given herewith:
Mrs. Rawson's Report.
The state chairman has brief re-
port to make to you lthis year. We
ought to feel very proud of Iowa--not
;, with any feeling of Dissatisfaction
: but because God has allowed the work
+ to prosper SO gloriously and has given
to each of us a share. Ii it had not
: been for your hearty cooperation and
i your loyalty it would have been impos-
:, sible for your state committee to report
: any progress.
. The State Workers.
j. Regular business meetings have
: been held the first Saturday of each
|. month, excepting July and August, in
: the state Office at Des Moines. Twen-
}. ty members have served on the com
n fnittee-eight resident, twelve non.
!. resident. Two secretaries have beer
!. employed. They have visited all the
: associations in the state, organized
: new Ones attended to the convention
: program, held parlor conferences ant
|, two college conferences, had charge ol
: the delegation to Lake Geneva anc
: have received affiliated members.
: The Iowa Associations.
!, ",rhe number of city associations i.
r' the same as last year. seven. Siou,
City has the largest membership ant
; has added new rest room to the
J. home. Cedar Rapids has secured the
l. services of a Bible teacher for few
; months. Dubuque and Burlington
;. have new quarters and new physica
;. directors. The former has employed
a housekeeper and the latter has es-
tablished Il boarding house. Boone
the youngest city in the association
has 215 members and new room
Tie work in Des Moines promise:
much for another year. Two new sec
4 retaries. Miss Harris and Miss Walls
looks with longing eyes toward th
beautiful new home of the Ottumw;
g association. We all congratulate yo,
upon your good fortune.
The College Work.
1T is not SO easy to give facts ant
statistics regarding the college work
but every year there is wonderful
growth among the college women. Per
,e haps the inspiration received from
n. Lake Geneva accounts in some mea
: sure; partly too it is due to the visit
of our secretaries and the many hear
le talks with girls and partly too becaus
IL God is being table to teach us create
m things.
l. The New Associations.
The two new associations this yea
are the one at Pleasant Plain and
N small circle at Iowa Falls. Too lat
), for action. "a request for a1lliatio
comes from the Christian women i
\ Council Bluffs. And SO there is roor
IS to be very thankful and to determn
X with Gods help and in His way t
to unite our efforts, and not cease unit
20 every young woman in Iowa know
% God.
Report of the State Executive Com
mittee.
Al The following recommendation ar
~ respectfully submitted:
~ "FirSt--That hereafter each dele
gate 10 the state convention pay
8 convention fee OF twenty five cent
to defray the convention expenses
"Seeond-Thar the srare counnirts
eaeorerate with rfsA Christian youn
nel III % our smaller towns. In orrantzits. q !
aS1 sociation circles.
lis -'Third--That the state committe,
lg desiring a closer fellowship hetwee
IN the state committee and individual AS
- sociations and circles, ask for All eS
ue change of letters between the st;tl