The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-04
MUST HAVE
EXCITEMENT, SHE
TELLS Y. W. c. A.
Most Successful Social Was
One Men Attended, Says
Miss Adams.
MOVING PICTURES MIGHT
BE GOOD INNOVATION
Strenuous American Maiden of
This Century Must Always Z
Be Doing Something.

which rightfully belongs to them"
This vas the watchword and mott
that prevailed at the annual meeting
today of the territorial committee Of
the national board S,of the Young
Woman's Christian Association fol
New York and New Jersey, held in
thetparlors of Peddie Memorial Church
One hundred of the most prominent
workers in association life for young
women in the East met and discussed
plans for the advancement of the wori
In that field. The convention will con-
tinue tonight. and tomorrow. The open
ing session was last night.
The speakers of today's morning ses-
sion were Mrs. Edward w. Carter, who
presided; Miss Clara May Adams, Sec
rotary of the Newark branch of the
Y. W. C. A; Miss, Alice M. Newell,
secretary of the Y. w. C. A. in Cal
cutta, India; Miss e. H. Nichols and
Miss Heller A. Davis, the State secre-
taries for New Jersey and New York.
Miss Adams opened the session with
a devotional service, which included
Scripture reading, prayer and singing.
Miss Newell described the growth of
the Y. w. C. A. work in India, and the
hopes and aims of those who were en-
gagged in that field. Miss Nichols talked
on the religious spirit necessary for
successful association work, and Miss
Davis brought the subject down to a
very practical basis when she began
her address on the social spirit of the
association. -
"I sometimes WISH" said Miss Adams,
at the opening of her address, that we
might have moving picture shows or
something like them in our social en-
tertainments in the Y. w. C. A. social
gatherings. I see so many moving pic
ture places along the principal streets
of our cities nowadays, and 1 also see
such crowds of young people go into
them.
Girls Demand Excitement.
Then 1 think of some of our social
gatherings where our. girls meet to-
gether and play games, and the con-
clusion is so obvious that no n can
escape it. We must spend more money
and time and brains on the social as
poets of our association work IL we are
to keep abreast of the times. Our girls
demand excitement, and not only have
we got to supply 1t to hold them, but
it is our duty to do SO.
LET us devote more money to en-
tertainments and o and then give the
girls something like an open-air band
concert which one association ran off
band and placed a lot Of tables about a
pretty lawn. Ice cream, cake and other
refreshments were served and the girls
were permitted to bring their gentle
men friends. I must say that this was
the first occasion that I ever saw one
of our social gatherings actually
swarmed with girls"
The speakers at today's afternoon
meeting and their subjects were: Miss
Caroline Dow, THE National Y. w. c.
Greene, Student Department." Miss
Pearl Archibald, Recent Developments
in the Industrial Field" Miss Prentiss,
president of the Buffalo Y. w. c. A.,
Ideal Finance" and Mrs. Whitman,
National Board and Territorial Com
mittee."
Between the morning Inc afternoon
sessions a luncheon was served to the
delegates and speakers at the meeting
in Court Street Inn, the home of the
Newark Y. w. c. A., at 1891 Court
street.
The meeting was opened last night
by an address by Walter Wood, gen.
eral secretary of the Y. M. c. A., of
Philadelphia, who spoke on 1.-The
Unique Mission n Relations Of the
Association Movement" He was heard
by a large audience.
Platform Meeting Tonight.
At s o'clock tonight there will be an
other platform meeting in the main
auditorium of the Peddie Memorial
Church. Mrs. Thomas s. Gladding, OF
the national board, will speak or
Every Woman's Life a Plan of God
The conference will v at 9:40 a
m. tomorrow for the last time, adjourn
ing at noon.
Then will follow three technical" con-
%ferences, when questions may be asked
and answered. The first will be on the
City Department" conducted by Miss
Helen A. Davis; the second, industrial
Department" conducted by Miss Pear
Archibald, and the third, the Religious
Department" conducted by Miss Edith
H. Nichols.
Louis Arthur Russell is in charge
of the music on Thursday n Friday
evenings at the platform meetings ir
the auditorium of the Peddie Church.
The following are chairmen of tn
various committees: Welcoming guests
Mrs. William H. Dodd: committee O.
arrangements Mrs. Herbert Reeve
registration, Mrs. William H. Warner
lunch, Mrs. Charles e. Hill.
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