Evening journal., 1914-03-09
ACTIVITIES OF THE
HAGLEY HOUSE Felix

The girls basketball team. at tho
Neighborhood Meeting last Tuesday
resulted in a victory, Is to Il. for
the second team. the Minne.o ka.
against the first, the Wawaset. Mar
ion Knox played guard as substitute
on the Nawaset team
On Friday night an interesting
gymnasium track meet was held.
showing o good degree of progress
since the January meet The win
ners were as follows:
Apparatus. =. Devinney. . r.
Buchanan (Intermediates) George
Biddle. Francis Knox (Juniorsl
Ginning. I r. Buchanan, 2 James
McVey intermediary. George Bid
die. Preston Biddle lJuniors) Run
ming broad jump. r. Buchanan. 2
viii Thompson Ontermediates) ::
Ralph Lloyd. Francis Knox (Jun-
iors); Hop. skip and jump. 1 James
McVey. r., Buchanan lIntermed-
latest; Ralph Lloyd Francis Knox
(Juniors).
Although the smallest contestants.
Johnny Biddle and Joe Baird. did
not score. they won the most APP
plause for clear grit and persever-
ance and proved themselves good
sports because they could work hard
in the face OF sure defeat. Seniors
take notice.
The event of the evening was the
tumbling exhibition of the Flapjacks.
of Six Paw Circus fame In every
day life they are Richard Walker.
Henry Marston, John Pierson and c..
H. Meissner. the physical director of
the Wilmington y. N. c. A. Their
performances was better than many
professional acts.
The evening closed with an artis-
tic. drill with blue and white electric
Indian clubs, given by Miss Matilda
( Seipp. physical Y. w. c. A. director.
+ Hagley House extends vote OF
thanks TO these oueside friends who
have helped us 10 know better the
value OF good gymnasium work.
Miss Fowler. secretary OF the Will
mington Y W. G. A., was a guest
at the track meet.
A new mat, springboard and punch
ing bag have been added to the gym
nasium apparatus A new cupboard
has been built. TO enclose the small
apparatus.
The Camp Fire Girls material ar
rived this week The Wawaset Camp
Fire met on Thursday evening and
began work on the ceremonial cos
tunes
On Thursday afternoon the Mothers
Club revised their constitution to
bring their meetings on the second
and fourth THURSDAYS of each month
instead of the first and third. A call
from the state secretary of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers and Par
ent-Teachers' Associations, for dele
gates to the state convention. to b,
held in Middletown on March 27, was
read AS the Hagley Mothers Circle
takes pride in being the first n G.
Mothers club to be organized in
Delaware. several members signifiec
their intention 10 attend this con.
vention. Official delegates will be
appointed at the next meeting, Marcel
\ 25.
I After the business meeting the cir
Gle listened to an interesting talk b,
\ Miss Mary r. deVou, on Wonan's Re
latlon TO the State, with an informa
talk afterward on the growinl
strength OF the equal suffrage cause
and the preparation for the grea
state parades to take place stimuli
{ taneously on May 2. with the nationa
J parade in Washington on May 9.
Miss Earll spoke Of her own worl
r two years ago, when. as SECRETARY 70
, the Woman Suffrage Party Of Bfon.
! Borough, she organized the Broni
{ section Of the big New York parade
) She stated that the annual suffrag
parade is now as much a feature o
New York life as is the annual Sun
day School parade of Brooklyn, ant
it is no more unwomanly to walk in
suffrage parade. to show ones csn
a victions. than to march in Sunda.
+; School narade