Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-18

Y. VIC. A. WORK
SHOWS GROWTH
REMARKABLE STRIDES MADE
IN PAST YEAR
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION is
HELD AT NEW HOME
Close of First Twelve Months in
Present Building Made Occasion
for Reception Which Is ATT
tended Largely

The Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION building on Hill street was
thronged last evening by crowd OF
persons interested in the great work
accomplished by the organization dur
ing the past year. The meeting was
held to commemorate the opening OF
the new building a year ago and was
termed appropriately an anniversary
meeting.
A short address of welcome was
made by the president, Mrs. Frank A.
Dewey, which was followed by the re-
ports of the secretaries for the five de-
nartments into which the association is
divided, and an address by Miss Cora
s latham on 1.-THE Outlook for the
Coming Year" in which she referred
TO the immense strides taken by every
department during the past twelve
months and the unusually bright pros
poets for the ensuing term. Music was
furnished by an orchestra composed OF
members of the association, supple
mented bv several vocal solos from
Miss Beresford JOY.
Mrs. H. w. Mills. vice president for
the religious department; Mrs e. j.
Marshall, vice president for the educa-
tional department; Mrs. u. D. Mathuss,
vice president for the business depart
ment; Mrs D. X. Edwards, vice presi-
dent for the social department, and
Mrs. ]. Il. Atsutt, vice president for the
extension department, gave reports
outlining the work accomplished in
their respective branches.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation has held vesper services every
Sunday afternoon throughout the year
and has given instruction in seventeen
different courses of Bible study. The
enrolment in the Bible classes has
been 532, while the total attendance at
all kinds of religious meetings has to-
tailed 1926.
Many Positions Obtained
Especially gratifying are the educa-
tional statistics which show total en-
rollment in this department during the
first term of 1450 and of 1924 during the
second term, making a grand total Of
2974 The total membership of the en-
tire association is 6279.
The employment department has
found positions for women and girls in
every sort of occupation, having placed
within the last year 1920. The gymna-
SUM shows an enrolment of $50.
The educational department has
taken up many new subjects and now
includes English, expression, French,
German, Spanish, cooking, sewing
millinery, embroidery, all branches of
MUSIC, art WORK. DOOhhStp-
ing and penmanship.
A summer school is now being
planned by the association to be
opened July and continue until Au-
gust Is and will specialize in physical
training, domestic science and out-of-
door art classes in sketching and
painting.
The auxiliary committee also rec
ported a large increase in the amount
of work done by it outside of the
building, the most important phase
having been carried on in the large
department stores, telephone offices
and factories. A club has been organ
lied among the girls of the Bishop
candy factory and ISL instructive
meetings have been held during the
year in the offices of the Pacific Tele-
phone company.
One of the summer features will be
an athletic field and club house erected
at Huntington Park in charge of a
competent physical director.
Although the library has but 1900
books at the present time, more than
1000 have been circulated during the
past year. Many new branches will
be opened up during the coming term
and largely increased membership in
every department is expected.