The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-25
Large Crowd Hears Of Plans for
4s:;,Work 81 Association This Com
SIT, ina. Year. Through Depart
~ ment Heads.
PROGRAM rs ENJOYABLE
Music and Readings by Local Artists
Help Make This Part Of the
Evening = Most Pleas
ing One.

Several hundred women and girls,
with few men, attended the opening
reception for the year at the Y. w.
G. A. building last night. Mrs. John
P. Hornish and other members of the
social committee greeted the guests
In the lower corridor, but the formal
receiving line was stationed up stairs
and Included Mrs. Charles Pond,
president OF the association, Miss
Dfnsdale, general secretary, Miss
Pence, Miss Nutting and Miss Ayres.
Mrs. Pond presided during the pro-
gram which began at s:45. Seated
on the platform were Miss Dinsdale
Miss Nutting, Mrs. Leonard Matless,
Miss Eleanor Brown, Miss Maude I'M
megart, Miss Bertha R. Craig, Mrs.
!. p. Hornish. Miss Carolyn Kuntz
and Miss Bertha Frail and Mrs. W. c.
Hughes.
The program opened with delight
full violin solo by Mrs. o. B. Towne,
Mozart Sonata No. s. the andante
movement, with piano accompaniment
by Mrs. Ralph B. Joy. Mrs. w. A.
Short gave reading, THE Tramp
Musician" with piano accompani-
ment by Miss Emanuella Flood, which
was well received and she responded
to an encore, reading Specially jim :
Mrs. Henry Schouten, who is a par
ticular favorite with Keokuk aud
fences, and who always merits the
generous applause she receives, sang
aOh That We Two Were Maying,'
with piano accompaniment by Miss
Clara Gertrude Fry. The plans for
the activities of the coming associa-
ton year. beginning with October,
were explained in detail and the fore
cast gives promise of profitable and
pleasant year.
plans Are Outlined.
The religious work plans were out
lined by Miss Maude Immegart.
Miss Eleanor Brown and Miss Nut
ting spoke for the physical depart
ment. Miss Nutting. the new physical
director, is very attractive girl,
just out OF college and training
school, full Of life and enthusiasm.
She is a cultivated girl, the daughter
OF Professor Nutting of the science
department Of the State University Of
Iowa. She has a strong christian
character and every girl who comes
under her influence will be the better
for 1t.
Miss Bertha Read Craig spoke for
the educational department. The fol-
lowing classes are offered: Short
hand, beginning and advanced, French,
German, beginning and advanced,
plain cooking and fancy cooking. les
sons in first aid to the injured, chorus
work, orchestra training, sewing,
Christmas sewing class, supervised
reading. Mrs. Leonard Matless spoke
for the extension department, which
has under its Jurisdiction two clubs,
in which the girls are taught domestic
arts, enjoy good reading together and
social afternoons and evenings under
safe and happy environment and con-
ditions.
New Financial Plan.
Miss Dinsdale, the new general
secretary. announced the new plan
for the financial work. To Mrs. George
Merriam belongs the credit for having
thought out the plan which has been
adopted by the finance committee and
which has already been explained in
The Gate City. Miss Dinsdale In her
address last night added new friends
to the long list she has already made
since coming to the association. She
Is. a. trained experienced secretary, q
young woman of poise, and possessed
of charming social qualities. She IN
spires confidence and is full OF en-
ergy in behalf of the association
Miss Carolyn Kuntz presented thu
work of the girls council, which /!
to cooperate with and to supplement
the work of, the board of directors o
the association. Miss Bertha Frai
spoke for the association paper
"Everygirl," and asked for subscrir