The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-11
THE OLDER G|RLS'
 CONFERENCE ENDS.
Over $50 Delegates Attend
 Closing Session
GIFT TO MISS KENNEDY
Presented With Set of Ivory Pins By Girls C0uncil-Next Meeting Saturday, When Officers
 Will Be Elected

The second annual conference of the Older Girls council came to close yes terday afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. The last session was well attended thefe being upwards of $50 delegates present Only girls and speakers were admitted The names of the new council members elected Satur- day were read and ( was decided to hold meeting of the council next Sat urday afternoon at the First Presby- terian church.
 At this meeting was new officers for the council will be selected and such business as may come mp for considera~ ton will be attended to- Those who were to have spoken at the recreation session in Glen Iris park on Saturday afternoon will speak next Saturday aft ernoon at, the council meeting Miss Louise Nall will be one of the speakers and Miss Zoe Black also will deliver an address
 The first thing done at yesterdays ses- sion was the presentation to Miss Ken nedy, secretary of the Birmingham Sun day School association. of a set of ivory
 
 was made by Miss Isabel Ford. Miss Ford in the presentation speech told Miss Kennedy that the girls or the eouncl appreciated so much the fact that she had made it possible for them to have the council and part in Christian serv- ice in Birmingham that they wanted to give her slight token of their esteem and appreciation.
 Miss Kennedy made feeling speech of acceptance of the gift and expressed her appreciation of the girls. She said further that she would test out their appreciation of her by having them sign cards telling what particualr branch of service they would render. She dis tributed blank cards and had the young ladies write on them what they would do in the furtherance or Christianity Their names and addresses were to be written on the back of the cards and everyone of them handed in card, prop erly signed.
 The gift to Miss Kennedy came as a complete surprise, the girls each con- tributing towards the purchase price on Saturday. Miss Annie Watson, president of the Woodlawn division of the council, and Miss Isema Paisley, chairman of the publicity committee. made the selection.
 Mrs. John E. Taylor, formerly Mrs. M. s. Cecil, was the principal speaker Of yesterday and took for her subject. "Serv ice" She told Of the different ways in which a girl might serve and the cards distributed by Miss Kennedy to the girls were signed for one of the different meth ods told by Mrs. Taylor.
 In connection with the girls confer ence there was mass meeting for wom- en at the Handley Memorial Presbyterian church, across the street from the Fifth Avenue church. Mrs F. P. Moore pre- sided and was one of the speakers. Her subject Was, Our Responsibilities to the Girls" She told what the word responsi- hIlity meant and said that the women of Birmingham had a duty to pTform to the working girl, the girl in fhe home. She told of the relationship between the girl and the father and said there was no relationship more conducive to happiness She illustrated her point with incidents which had come under her observation
 Miss Lema Easley was another speaker and took for her subject, Banded To- gether for Service" Miss Easley said that between the ages of l5 and l9 girl had much surplus energy which must find expression in some line of cndeavor She said that the object of the girls council was to have this energy used along the right lines and classified the energy or a girl under four heads-men- tai, physical, social and spiritual. Sha told how these divisions could be met in three ways-by organized class work. the girls department In the Sunday school and in the Girls council, which is ctywide movement.
 She laid this plan of service before her hearers and asked the cooperation of home. of the Sunday school, of the pub lie school and of the Birmingham Sun day School association. She asked how many of those present would help in the work and every lady present pledged herself for service.
 Miss Easley paid high tribute ot Miss Zoe Black. who was crowned Queen of May on Saturday afternoon. She said Miss Black was the highest type of girl hood she had ever known and said her beauty of character was due to her mother her Sunday school teacher and to the women of the Birmingham Sunday School association.