The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-06
Board Transacts Routine Business
Yesterday Afternoon and Hears
Reports Of Work Which
Has Been Done.
MISS DINsDALE's REPORT
General Secretary Outlines Assoeia-
ton Work in December-other
Departments are Heard
From.

The board of directors OF the I. W.
/ C. A. held its regular meeting yester-@
day afternoon with a very large at
tendance, only two members OF, the
board being absent. Mrs. Chas. ..
Pond presided and Mrs. Anna Steele
Robson was secretary. Mrs. u. N.
Covell made the financial report.
The general secretary, Miss Tirza
Dinsdale. submitted the following re-
port of the activities Of the month:
To the board OF directors Y. w. c. A.
Your general secretary begs leave to
submit the following report for De-
cember, 1914: The activities OF the
month covered only three weeks,
mas and New Years, in which little
mas and New Years. in which little
active work was done.
Twenty-one new members have been
received and forty-seven renewals OF
membership.
There were held fourteen committee
meetings with an attendance of 81.
There were twelve applications for
positions made and seven applications
for workers.
The whole number OF meals served
in the cafeteria was 3,403.
One transient was cared for in the
association building.
There were five regular social meet
ings held with an attendance Of 234.
There were two special social affairs
with an attendance of So.
Three regular vesper services were
iheld with an attendance of 1870.
The community chorus concert was
given under the patronage of the Y.
M. and Y. w. c. A. with an attend
ance of 400.
The attendance at the gymnasium
classes has been 444 or an average OF
81 daily in attendance.
classes with an average attendance OF
f1fty-one, average five.
There have been six club meetings
with an attendance of fifty-four. e
Three junior meetings were held.
with an attendance of IT'S.
Nine local organizations. aside from
the association, have used the build
ing.
Special Work is Done.
The special work done during the
month was the completion Of the
Organization of student club Of the
high school girls with the visit OF
Miss Adelia Dodge, student secretary
Iof the national board. The oEganiza-
ton has started out most auspiciously
and it is believed not only by associa-
ton workers but by the faculty of the
high school, that 1t will mean much
to the girls and will help to promote
in the school a spirit of democracy and
high standards of work. This is one
iof the first student clubs organized
anywhere and association field work
iers are awaiting with interest the re-
suits of the work here.
Already as result of the work,
three girls are joining the church.
On the eighteenth, nineteenth and
ltwenty-second Christmas parties were
held for seven groups of girls and
children. Through the kindness Of
friends these parties which totaled
225, were only little expense to the
association-in all $500.
The Christmas tree was loaned by
the Presbyterian Sunday school; the
lights by c. S. Abel, the decorations
made and given by Miss Rayburn's
campfire group. The Christmas greens
given as favors to all the gymnasium
girls were given by Miss Schlotter
and Mrs. Lais1e. The chairman OF
the gymnasium committee furnished
the doughnuts for the parties.
The big children's party Saturday
afternoon with eighty in attendance,
was planned and financed by the five
campfire groups Of the association.
Special favors-the Sistene Madonna
mounted-were given by the Junior
committee. The story Of the other
wise man was beautifully told to a
number of the groups.
Teach Spirit Of Giving.
The Up-streamers had a fine party
on Tuesday night before Christmas.
at which time they mad eight guests,
Miss Porter and Miss O'HarTa, form
er secretaries, were guests of honor.
These Upstream girls dressed sew
enteen dolls and sent them to an
orphanage in Davenport, where one
OF the girls had stayed for number
of years. These girls who have SO
little. are learning, we believe. through