Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

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years and is, next to Miss latham, it's
most valued secretary.
Music Is Feature
One of the most delightful features
of association life is the music. Girls
who can play or sing find plenty of
| inspiration to keep up their practice
in either the orchestra or the choral
club. instruction in the orchestra is
free to members of the association who
have sufficient mastery of any instru-
| Inns, violas, violincellos, clarinets,
| Inns, violas, violincellos, clarionets,
basses, flutes, horns, trombones, saXa-
phones, drums-in fact, all the instru-
ments necessary to make complete
orchestra-are used. Standard compo-
| sitions are studied and popular music
also, so that there is no lack of en-
| livening airs at the frequent social
gatherings.
The work in the choral club consists
| of three and four part singing and
| varied studies in sentiment and
rhythm. A speciality is made of mem
| orizing. Last year the choral class be-
came a self-governing club, having for
! it's object a closer fellowship and a
higher social and spiritual development,
and also a deeper musical research.
At the big rallies the singing of the
choral club is always an agreeable
part of the program.
William H. Mead is orchestral di-
rector and Mrs. w. J. Selby has charge
of the choral classes.
Plan Boarding Halls
Some time in the future the Y. w. C..
A. will take step that is calculated
deeply to affect the lives of working
women who have no homes in the city.
A chain of boarding halls, where ac-
commodations can be secured at mod
/ crate rates, will be installed in diff
ferent parts of Los Angeles, where
young women will be surrounded by all
the protection and friendly influences
of home life. Each boarding hall Will
have a matron who will be a woman of
tested ability and high character, and
who will give the boarders a mothers
influence and sympathy.
A beginning in this branch of asso-
citation work has been made in the
boarding hall which was established
two years ago in a large three-story
house, which was formerly hotel, at
the corner of Grand avenue and TWen-
tieth street. This house will accommo-
date thirty-tiVe and is full most of the
time. Thanksgiving, Christmas and
other holidays are observed after the
manner of the family, and the wide
lawn has been the scene of many out
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tion members generally have partici-
pated. Dr. Katherine Meyers, formerly
medical missionary, is the house sec
retary.
The New Building
The proposed plans for the new asso-
citation home provide for a six-story
building of reinforced concrete which
will contain ample offices, library, read
ing and writing rooms, gymnasium,
dining rooms and kitchen, club, class,
board and committee roms, rest rooms
and all the equipment necessary to
properly house the large and growing
family of young women, now more than
1000 strong. The entire ground floor OF
the new building will be given up to
dining room and kitchen, In the effort
to make adequate provision for the
1000 to 1900 young women who daily
lunch at the association. This floor
will be four feet below the pavement. A
splendid court will occupy the center
OF the building, giving abundant light
and air to all the roms. In this open
patio will grow palms and ferns, with
oYerhanging window gardens f-om the