New Britain herald., 1914-04-16

aLternOOn cluDS and one evening CluD were formed, making total of nine clubs consisting of 130 camp fire girls. Each club has in it from ten to sixteen girls, ranging upwards from twelve years of age.
 What the Clubs Stand For.
 ''These clubs stand for work, health and love,-work in the home, cultivat- ing in each girl the love to do the things that stand for womanhood; health that is obtained through the love of out-of-doors and all things in nature, in order that each girl may honor womanhood with a splendid physique; and love that reaches out everywhere and leaves the sunshine and happiness of girlhood and wom- anhood. Under the leadership of capable and enthusiastic guardians, these 13O girls have had classes in cooking. table-setting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, bead-weaving, and calis- thenics: nature walks, evenings with the stars, reading, first aid to the in- jured and Bible study, besides the regular council meetings held once a month, at which time honors are awarded for new things accom- plished.
 What the Clubs Have Done.
 '"rhe Kolah and Arrobo camp fire girls made scrap books and dressed dolls for the crippled children at Newington, and the Altamont girls, in connection with a five weeks study of immigration problems, made an Easter wardrobe for a one year old Lithuanian baby. It may be interest Tn fo,1 O Q represented in nine camp fire clubs. The helpful personal talks given to many of the girls by Mrs. Labaree, have been especially appreciated, and have done much in shaping the char acter of our growing girls
 Physical Work Limited.
 The work of the physical educa- tion department carried on in South church chapel has been more or less limited. The classes for older girls had a profitable winter under the instruction of Miss Mildred Moulton of New Haven; and the girls of the Rambler and Busy Bee clubs under Miss Emily Andrews. Last year the Rambler club had a demonstration night for their parents, who were more than grateful that their daugh- ters were a part of the Young wom- en's Christian association. Such a dem onstration will be given again by the two clubs this year.
 New Books in Library.
 There have been classes in Ger man, dictation for stenographers, English for foreign women, and a Mandolin club, which is here tonight to speak for itself. The English class, made up of young women of four nationalities, has made great progress with the devoted help of Miss Ruth Loomis. The library, through the persistent efforts of the educational committee, had added to it about 200 books,-books chiefly for the adoles- cent girls for whom 1t Is difficult to find enough of the best reading; 1,O74 books were taken out during the year.
 Average Attendance at Vespcrs Forty.
 We are not church, but we do stand for Jesus Christ.-and Jesus Christ in every day life. That is why we have a religious work committee that plans for the spiritual growth of well-balanced girlhood. The prac- tical and informal classes for Bible and social study have had an enroll- ment of sixty girls. The average attendance at Sunday vesper services has been forty.
 Words can scarcely express what these Sunday gatherings have meant to our girls. One of them said: "I always come here on Sundays because I'm sure of welcome, and always get something to take away that makes life sweeter." Only last Sum- day girl exclaimed, Haven't we had the loveliest kind of Sunday after noon!" The lovely time, of course includes the gathering in the library Cor "that brown room," as it was called by someone), where tea is served, stories read, and acquaintances made around the blazing logs.
 Social Functions Popular.
 '"The social committee carried out a we'll planned program of parties,- entered into very enthusiastically by every one. The party still spoken of as lone of our best' was the Christ mas picnic,-and the house was most assuredly too small on that evening. These social times have been the means of girls of different clubs be- coming better known to each other.