Evening star., 1915-10-23
SOCIAL SERVICE WORK
IS PLANNED BY GIRLS
Council of Friendship Clubs Meets
at Vacation Lodge of Y. W.
c. A. at Cher1ydale.

Plans for the coming winter, chief
among which will be the undertaking of
some definite form of social service. were
discussed at the first of the four yearly
meetings of the Council of Friendship
Clubs of the Washington Y. W. c. A.,
which began at 10 o'clock this morning
at the vacation lodge of the association.
Cherrydale, Va The days activities
continued. with an intermission Of an
hour for lunch, until 5 10 o'clock, when
the benediction was pronounced.
The organization of this council, COM
posed Of the Girls Friendship Clubs of
the five high schools of the National Capt.
tai. was brought about last year through
the joint efforts of the local Y. W. C. A.
and Of representatives from the national
Headquarters of the latter body in New
York. Miss Butler. national secretary
FOR secondary schools, and a sister of
Nicholas Murray Butler, represented the
national body In forming this unit of
Dig national organization, which has
branches in no fewer than 344 student
Ienters Of the United States.
Officers Of Council.
Officers of the council are the presidents
of the five high school clubs, and are:
President. Irene Daniel of Western vice
president. Dorothy Wilson of Technical
secretary, Estelle Milne of Business
treasurer, Miss Elsie Jarvis of Eastern,
and secretary of the executive committee,
Margaret Helm OF Central
Following the registration of delegates
and a hymn, Miss Florence Brown, gen
eral secretary of the local Y. W. c. A.
made an Introductory speech. and Miss
Ruth NJ. Keeney, the recently installed
secretary of the English department, was
formally presented. From IL to IL 80
talks .6n Camp Nepahwin, the scene of
.ss conference for this section Of the
ountry held last summer and situated
ear Canton. Pa. Christine Damn of
.!'estern told of her trip to the camp
and her first Impressions; "A Day at
amp was the topic of Dorothy Wilson
VI Tech. and Elsie Jarvis of Eastern dis
tussed The Friends You Meet, Student
Government and Recreation" Winifred
.5oleau of Tech talked on What Other
Daniel Of Western on What 1 Gained
From My Week There" Carolyn Smith
Of Western, who attended the annual
Nerhfield conference, took that gathering
for her topic.
Girls Stage a Stunt"
Following these informal talks, the
.payed games At 1:45 pm, following
luncheon and a recreation period, a
roup of Washington girls who attend
lie camp staged a stunt, and Miss
..tJeI Thurston of the Y. W. c. \. gave
,.ll. on What Camp Nepahwin Means
the Other Girl" Miss Helen Hughes
IS in charge of the presentation of
~ plans for the year, and from 3
clock on these plans were discussed in
lub groups.
TIE following is sample of the
vowed purpose for which these clubs
rere formed
The purpose of this club shall be to
stid each member to be her best self, to
',eip the other girl to be her best self,
10 promote true friendship, to main
tain good scholarship and democracy
throughout the school. to have the right
sind of good time and to engage in
sefnite social service work.
Zach of the five clubs has for leader
Washington graduate of some wom-
ms college, these being Miss Margaret
2rner for Technical, Miss Katherine
williamson for Central, Miss Helen
Iughes for Western and Miss kather-
ne Herman for Business. The place of
ca der for Eastern is, at present vacant