The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-14
When Y. N. c. A. Debt Is En-.
tireIy Wiped Out Active
Campaign for Other lnsti-
tutions Will Begin.
COTERIE CLUB LEADS
IN THE NEW MOVEMENT
Stated That When Lease on
Business College Expires,
Building Will Be the Y. w. C.
A. Quarters. -

Is Richmond to have a Y. W. c. Az
The Coterie club. one of the young
er organizations of the city. Of which
Mrs. w. f. Morris is president. believ-
es that Richmond should have and will
have one. as soon as Y. NJ. c. A. debt
is liQuidated. Though the Y. NJ. c. A.
is holding the movement back at pre-
sent they thing it will eventually
make the Y. w. c. A. possible be-
cause it will show the people of Rich
mond what such an organization can
do.
The Corterie club is not aspiring
to the leadership of the movement.
About two weeks ago, under the lead
ership of Miss Edith Winder. it agreed
to bring the Underhin recital to Rich
mond and give the proceeds to start a
Y. w. c. A. fund. The recital was
successful and the Y. w. c. A. move-
ment has taken life. No plans
have yet been made for raising the
fund. but the leaders in the movement
think that when the time comes a
state secretary should be brought here
and put in charge of the campaign.
May Use Business College.
The fund. it is said. need not be as
large as that raised for the Y. NJ. C. A.
In fact. there is q possibility that no
new building will be erected. The
membership of the Corterie club is
largely drawn from the North A
Street Friends. and the North A Street
Friends own the building ID which the
Richmond Business college is located.
A prominent member of the Friends
said this morning that when the lease
| in the building expired two years
hence, they preferred to make II the
home of some such organization as
the Y. w. c. A. That date accords
very well with the time when it is
shought that Y. w. c. A. can be es-
tablished in Richmond. 1t is possible.
therefore. that by remodeling this
building the problem OF housing the
new organization will be solved.
In discussing the movement for the
Y. w. c. A.. Miss Edith Winder. who
had charge Of the preparations for the
UndeThill recital, said:
For Working Women.
THE Corterie only initiated the
, movement in the hopes that the other
organizations of the city will take up
the work and-aid to the fund. We will
add to II from time to time. A
Y. ". c. A. is very necessary for Rich
mond. The working women of the
city need II most. ! think that the
dormitory feature will be the chief
one. Next In importance will be the
athletics. especially for the high school
t-S. - -. -
high school age and beyond should
fhave direct athletic supervision. At
| present they do not have Il. because
there is no organization or building
available"
An Active Campaign.
Mrs. Fred Charles. who n actively
interested in the movement. said:
I'VE hope to see an active campaign
as soon as the Y. N. c. A. has been
financed. We will aim high when We
do begin. for We hope to provide Rich
mond with the best possible Y. W. C.
A. We have not Investigated the prob
| lem thoroughly yet but will do SO.
j In the meantime. We hope that other
| organizations will take up the move
ment. In the Y. W. c. A. the working
girls will be well cared for. There
] will also be Bible classes and sewing
classes for all who wish to avail them
selves of such opportunities"
| Mrs. Harry Dalby said:
| THE movement has been much talk
ed. especially in the North A Street
Friends church. The members of that
organization are very vitality interested
in the welfare OF the Richmond girls
| and unmarried women. We believe
that they can be best protected by .
/ Y. w. c. A.