Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-19
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the city, only to find that what she
has to give is often more than bal
anced by the spontaneity and versa
tility Of the girl from the business
world. THE girl who learns in the
morning of one who fought a good
fight, goes out in the afternoon to
play better game of tennis or bas-
ket ball" The spirit of the Great
Friend permeates little groups that
gather in friendly tents, go off for
gypsy suppers, or indulge in i'm
promptu spreads.
Ample sleeping space made posi-.
BILE by tents when rooms overflow;
trees, flowers, woods; river, brook
or sea; walks, drives, boating. SWIM
ming or mountain climbing; some
special interest for special hours and
time, enough left over for nothing to
do; this is but a hint of summer
camp.
Only ten days. a fortnight, and
then play must cease and the old
work a-day habits be resumed. But
are they resumed? Only in part. The
girl returns to the same work, but
the windows have been opened up
on a new world.
Reading this article and knowing
nothing of other forms of activity.
one might conceive the association to
be a summer camp, but if followed
back to it's all the year round form
it will be discovered that the recre-
alive feature of the Young Women's
Christian association is but one
phase of it's many sided activities
which are held together by a great
spirit of friendliness, which strives
to express through these varied
ferns the love of Christ in any COM
munity; to interpret it in terms in
telligible to every woman, to speak
her language and meet her on her
own ground.
In this months issue of the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs
magazine appears the presidents ad-
dress at the Chicago biennial. Lack
o: space prevents a reprint Of Mrs.
Pennybacher's entire talk, part of
which follows:
Rural Conditions Should be Improved
This country is we'll nigh a unit
in thinking that the greatest prob
lem before us today is the improve
ment of rural conditions. Some one
has well said that while the prob
lens of a city may seem great. they
are only as drops in the ocean as
or fn nf hn
country. We may, indeed, try to
stop, to dam the seething mass of
ruin, but if we go up above the
cataract and stop the danger there,
we shall have better results. Is it not
true that people in the country must
not alone produce more in the way of
fruits of the field, but they must
have opportunities to live more. Es-
pecially for the young men and
problem is to hold them when the
city beckons.
I'VE have in all Of our expositions,
in all of our fairs, the model rural
settlement. You have seen the little
mOdels-here is the minister's house
hard by the church, the trees, homes,
the village store, the school house,
which is supposed to be the social
center, Now, if this school is in re-
ality to be a center, together with
the church for the social life of that
community, it must be presided over
by a teacher who has at least some
degree of permanency. How is this
to be reached? There is no better
way than to see to it that hard by
every country school house there is
a teachers home, with a plot of
ground where the teacher may make
for himself or herself an abiding
place. Many will say this is imp-ac-
teal because so many Of our teach
ers are young women. Even If the
teacher be an unmarried woman, to-