Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-17
Six Days Battle Will Start
Early in the Morn
ing.
WANT TO RAISE $4,000


Tomorrow morning at S o'clock the
gong rings on the first round in the
campaign to raise the annual budget
of $2,5OO to carry on the work OF the
Young Womeu's Christian association
i'm Tulsa. It's to be a Ground contest
Saturday night, WIN the young
women of the city be defeated, or viii
the decision be a draw Of &c., 500 in
their favor?
This campaign affords a splendid
opportunity for public spirited Tul-
cams TO again display their faith in
the city and show their personal in
tCrest in the things that make for bet
ter conditions for the self-supporting
girls OF Tulsa. Twenty five hundred
dollars is a trivial sum, compared with
the worth and need OF the work for
which 1t will be spent, and Tulsa has
been known to subscribe this much i'm
n single hour for things purely COM
mercial.
Is a Great Cause.
And this money is for one Of the
two greatest factories OF which any
WY llllE bbdsN liNAplN Nllflt
American girls are developed-men-
tally, physically, socially and spirit
ually. Tulsa Is arranging to take care
of her boys in splendid shape in the
new Y. NJ. c. A. building, with gym
naslutn, swimming pool, library
class rooms. dormitory, etc.
Why not encourage the little army
OF Tulsa women who want to better
conditions for the girl?
Six and ~Onc-Fourth Cents Each.
1t means $4,000 this year-6H
cents each from Tulsa's 10000 people
half a cent a month per capita.
Tulsa raised fifty times that
amount-$125, OOO-for "a permanent
home for the Y. NJ. c. A. just a year
ago
Listen TO Miss Marlatt, the new sec
rotary OF the local Y. w. c. A. assocl-
alton. Hear what she has to say
about the work of the organization in
Tulsa. Miss Marlatt, a graduate OF
the national training school, has come
all the way from Moose Jaw Sask.,
Canada, to take charge OF the Tulsa
branch.
Is Uphill Work.
Here's what she told a World rep
resentative yesterday:
Tulsa is a new field for the work
VI the l. w. - a. II is an uDHllt
fight to establish the movement here
I'D get things to running smoothly,
just as 1t is everywhere. But the locas
board OF directors are behind the
association and are anxious that no
feature of the many-sided enterprise
should suffer i'm this city.
1T may not be generally known
that the aim of this worldwide
association is to give to the girl the
means OF development of her mental,
physical, social and spiritual self. In
order to do this an extensive program
is planned.
I'VE have the little cottage on Fifth
street, the new cafeteria, our Bible
classes, etc, and this week we begin
our gymnasium class. The cafeteria,
or boarding home Is practically self
sustaining, for we plan to give the
girl the board at actual cost, and they
have responded literally with their
patronage.
But the other branches Of this
manifold development present much
more Of a financial problem. The
means must be found to give a variety
Of class work, of Bible study, of gym
n%astics, and social good times, where
the girl who Is away from home may
feel hat she has found a new home,
and the home girl may come to know
their headquarters as a familiar meet
ing place.
Nearly Self Supporting.
The class work of the Y. W. c. A.
when once thoroughly organized and
going. is generally 20 per cent self
supporting.
1.-THE citizens Of Tulsa will realize
the difficulties under which tho start
Is being made for the Y. w. c. A.
here, and we believe they will respond
readily to the request Of the directors
during the coming week for funds.
plans for the gymnasium 20 be
started this week calls for two classes
each week. The cafeteria room will
be used as a gymnasium I'm the alb
sence of more adequate quarters, and
Miss Florence Head will act as in
structor. We also plan to start a class
In shirtwaist making and millinery
in the near future.
"The Bible study will start in Feb
ruary with two courses and an attract
i've program for Sunday afternoon
Vespers
''The board OF directors do not an.
ticipate a campaign for u permanent
Y. w. G. A. building fund for at least
another year. The financial effort
this year will be TO hold the little
properly D~eIOhBlHB 10 tHo dSSocldllol
on Fifth street as a part OF their flu
ture building site, and take care OF
the actual operating expenses Of the
ensuing twelve months
The work Of the Young Woinen's
Christian association may not be gem
orally known TO the public but those
who have occasion to watch voluntary
testimony OF the necessity and ac-