The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-06

ed The winter holds out the bright
est prospects for the work in all de-
partments.
During the summer the association
was also quite active. Considerable in
terest was aroused In the Lake Geneva
conference which was held recently and
to which three delegates were sent
from the Fargo association. During
the summer the girls were very active
In raising the funds necessary to send
| these delegates to the conference and
many novel schemes were used In rails
| ing the funds
| During the summer the girls took
quite an interest in tennis and much
was accomplished to interest the young
women in out of door exercises and
sports
( The Associations Home.
UP until about two months ago the
association had its quarters in the
basement of the Walker block on First
avenue north. For the large member
| ship this location was too small and
when the new North Dakota Improve
ment Co.'S building across the street
was completed the entire fifth floor
was secured and the association moved
into this
| This location gives the organization
"a much better place for it's work The
! lighting and ventilating facilities are
greatly better than in the old quarters
and there is room enough to meet the
demands of the association until it is
able to build structure that will be
all it's own.
The association now has two double
parlors, reading room, lobby sec
retary's office, dining room and about
twenty dormitores which are in great
| demand. These rooms are all nicely
about as cosy home as could be found
any place.
The CAFETERIA a Leading Feature.
Probably one Of the features of the
Fargo Y. w. c. A, and one which has
met with the greatest success and
which has become especially we'll pa
tronized by the girls employed in the
city, Is the cafeteria. This department
of the association is run on such a
plan that the meals can be secured at
almost the cost of tn, raw material
and the preparation of the food
The CAFETERIA is a large room in the
association quarters and is fitted I'D
with small tables, and steam heaters
where the food is kept warm. There
are no Mattresses, the institution being.
run somewhat on the plan of dairy
lunch, thus saving great deal of ex-
pense.
The lunchers go to the counter and
take the things that are wanted, ex-
cept in the case of the special orders
which are sent to the kitchen. The
articles are checked over and slip of
paper given for the amount of the pur-
chase which is paid to cashier. With
this arrangement a good, wholesome
lunch can be secured at a very reason
able rate and so popular has this de-
partment of the work become that
hundreds of girls take their lunches
there every day.
The Association Officers.
The officers and directors of the
Fargo association are composed of the
leading women of the city who have
taken a great interest in the work and
are doing all in their power for the
benefit of the young women of the city.
The officers are:
President-Mrs. W. B. Hancock.
Vice president-Mrs. S. S. Lyon.
Second vice president-Mrs. E. H.
Secretary-Mrs. A. G.. Hanson.
Treasurer-Mrs. r. K Keller.
The other members of the board OF
directors are: Mrs. Robert McCulloch
Mrs. c. N. Callander, Mrs. F. J. Camp
bell, Mrs. S. G. Rob~rts, Mrs. r. r. |
Wolf, Mrs. d. B. Holt Mrs. c. r. |
Adams. Mrs. w. c. Allen, Mrs. j. w. |
Fisher, Mrs. H. H. Vidger, Mrs. w. H. |
Stewart, Miss ]. Roen. The trustees
are: Mrs. F. J. Campbell, Mrs. C. A.
Pollock, d. B. Holt, f. o. Schlipf, S. S.
Lyon.
The chairmen Of the various commit
ees are: Membership-Mr H. H.
Vidger; religious-Mrs. C. c. Creegan;
inance-Mrs. Robert McCulIoch; edu-
c. N. Callander; lunch
'oom-Mrs. w. H. Stewart; hospital
ty and visiting-Mrs. D. B. Holt; So
cial-Mrs. Clark; house-Mrs. f. j.
Campbell
The meetings of the board of direc-
ors are held monthly on the second
Thursday of the month. The finance,
membership, lunch room and house
committees meet on the first Wednes-
lay of each month, the membership
committee at o'clock, the lunch room
1t 2:3O o'clock, the finance at o'clock,
Ind the house committee at $3.50
o'clock,
The social, religious and educational
committees meet every month on the
Monday before every board meeting.
The social committee meets from 2 to 8
o'clock; the religious from 3 to 4
o'clock, and the educational from 4 to
o'clock
The General Secretaries.
The general secretary of the assoeia
ion is Miss Evelyn White who is as
listed by Mrs. Sophia Johnson, the
ouse secretary. Miss White has been
t the head of the local association
ince April During the time that she
as been with the association she has
one much toward making it the great
uccess that it is. She is a. woman
Tho has had large experience in Wv
:. A. work and has become a favorite
mong the members.
The first secretary was Miss Russell
mo was succeeded by Miss White.
Only Two Years of History.
AS has been said the association in
'argo has only been organized about
wo years and about all there is to it's
lstory is its wonderful growth from
mere idea to its present large mem
ership and the vast amount of good
'ork that it has done.
While the matter of organizing city
ssociation of the Y. w. C. A. in Fargo