The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
NOW A REALITY
Dream of the Y. w. C. A. Girls
Is Fulfilled.
New $4,000 Home Will Be
Dedicated Sunday.
GIRLS ARE JUBILANT
They Are Delighted With Re-
suit of Hard Labor.
Series of Receptions and Lunch
cons Is Being Held.
GIRLS ARE JUBILANT

The new $4,000 home of the
Young Womens Christian association,
corner of Van Buren, and Seventh
streets, viii be formally dedicated to-
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock by Mrs.
Emma Burgess Byers, executive secre-
tary of the north-central territory of
the Y. w c. A.
The series of events in connection
with the house warming" commenced
Friday with a Gas o'clock banquet for
the m EN- berS of the l. S. S. p. club of
the association. Two hundred persons
were seated at the tables in the large
dining hall. Later in the evening a
reception of an enjoyable nature was
given for the members of the local as
ISOLATION.
There have been nothing but ex-
pressions of praise on the part of
those who have seen the new home OF
the girls. The arrangement of the
rooms is we'll adapted to the uses to
which they will be put, and the taste
which has been displayed in the Sc
lection of wall tintS, the carpets, and
the attractive furniture. is something
that deserves comment.
From the Van Buren, street or main
entrance one passes into a large and
hOme-like corridor furnished in green
and which has as a special feature
large brick fireplace which gives the
lobby a general aspect of comfort.
At the left is the parlor and large
reading roOm-also in green-fitted
with furniture of the mission style
and at the right is the desk and board
of directors room, which is finished
in tan.
The members parlor is especially
for the use of the girls living in the
building. but also for the convenience
of any member who wishes to enter
tain her friends there.
Further to the west and on the
north side of the building is the do
nestle science room which Will he
used as a breakfast room for the girls
in the house until fall. when if the
demand justifies the move, it will be
equipped for teaching domestic
science.
At the end of the hall is located he
large dining room, lighted by north
and south windows, which has a seat
ing capacity in case of banquets of
800, and a regular serving capacity of
$50. One-third of the room is re-
served for waiter service, while the
remainder of the hall is given over 10
the cafeteria plan.
To the rear is the well-equipped kitch-
en- and the pantries. Miss Bertha
Rowles has charge of the lunch de-
partment.
on the second floor is an assembly
room which Will seat 200 persons and
which has been furnished by the
Bible classes of the association. The
room is 261s x62 feet in size and by
the use of rolling partitions can be d.
vided into three small class rooms.
The room will be used for Sunday aft
ernoon meetings. Mrs. c. T. Mennin-
gers Bible class. entertainments. etc.
There are two class rooms for the edu-
cational department on the south side
of the building.
The first room to the right as one
comes up the stairs is a rest room.
provided with seven comfortable
lounges, and here the girls will be able
to enjoy a few minutes of quiet at the
noon hour or at any other time.
Adjoining this rest room is the Shaw
nee rest room for the benefit of people
who are in the city for day. A half
thousand dollars was given the associ-
alton by Mrs. George P. Moorehouse on
condition that such a room would be
furnished.
The feature of the second floor which
the girls will probably most appreciate
is the large gymnasium, 5512x62 feet.
This large hall will be transformed into
an auditorium when the occasion de-
mands and here several hundred persons
can be seated. The equipment for the
gym will be selected by Miss Flora
Gordon of Lexington, KY, who has baen
chosen as the physical director. The
Office of the physical director is on this
floor.
The boarding house department is
on the fourth floor. Here are fifteen bed
rooms, tastefully furnished, which viii
accommodate twenty-five girls. These
rooms are really exceedingly attract
i've. and as a consequence there VIII
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