El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
MEETING OF Y. w. c. A. HELD;
EXCELLENT SHOWING FOR YEARS WORK

] PW-5HAT the Young Women's Christian
: association is doing an active and
Il resultful work for the young
women Of FL Paso was demonstrated in
the reports Of the years work. submit
/ ted at the annual meeting Tuesday
night in the associations downtown
rooms.
Mrs. Paul Heermans, the president,
7 opened the meeting with a chapter of
scripture and Rev. Perry J. Rice offered
a prayer for the divine direction of the
work. Mrs. ". H. Pickles gave the min
utes of the last annual meeting.
Mrs. Howard B. Durkee, the treasurer,
reported that the association has paid
Off the debt of $1036.2S due on the va
cation cottage, in Cloudcroft, and has
a balance on hand for the new year OF
S638.79. The income from membership
dues was $3.50 OF this $3.50 was
junior department dues regular men,
bers' dues were SS21-50, and sustaining
membership dues we're S11S. Through
subscriptions, S1170.37 was secured The
boarding home brought in s9S54.17; the
cafeteria, in the downtown rooms,
$62t9.66; Tag day" receipts were
S1233.65- subscriptions for the main
tenance OF the travellers aid at the
union station, S45S.50. The fees for the
physical training work and the educa-
tiOnaI classes were SI05.25; from the
Cloudcroft vacation cottage, S163.7S, and
5unQElec amounted 10 eIls0Vs LOLaluE
$ly,l36.2S, The expenditures tOtaled
s1S.061. Administrative expenses, in
GLIDING salaries, equipment, etc,
amounted to S214S.90. The expenses Of
the boarding home for the year were
sS367. so: the cost Of the lunch room was
S5901.16; the cost OF the physical train
ing classes and educational classes was
S70S.35. The travellers aid at the union
station cost S496.50. Expenses at the
Cloudcroft cottage were S26S.O5. To-
A.
organization spent $500 To send a
delegate TO the summer conference
cost SIS.
Work OF the Association.
Miss Gail Lane, general secretary Of
the association, talked on the work OF
the association in its efforts to adapt
itself to the. needs Of the young women
of the city After discussing the good
things accomplished by the society,
Miss Lane spoke Of the weak spots She
said that the educational field offered
the greatest opportunity for work and
yet was the field in which up to this
year the least had been done. Miss
Lane urged a greater activity among
the members, saying that there were
too many passive members compared
with the small number of active, work
ers, and spoke Of the things that could
be accomplished if all the members be-
came active workers. She said that
there were two other features so far
work and personal work to bring the
Y. W. c. "A. in much closer touch with
every young woman in the city.
Need Social work.
During the survey work Of the city
made by T. 5. Settle, the playground as
ISOLATION field secretary, we were made
to realize how little we were really
doing to meet the social needs of the
time of the majority of the
young women of the city" said Miss
Lane, and she urged stronger efforts III
this direction
In speaking of the good work accom-
plished, Miss Lane mentioned the rest
room in connection with the cafeteria.
where business women may lie down for
rest or sleep during their noon hour.
The boarding home has been so well
patronized that an age limit OF So years
has been set, so that the younger girls
who need the protection and influence
OF such an institution. may not be
crowded out. OF the various activities,
only the boarding home and the cafe
terra are self supporting, and the other
branches have to be maintained through
the subscriptions and tag day" re-
ceipts.
Officers Arc Elected.
Following Miss Lanes report, Mrs.
D. ". Detwiler, chairman of the nomi-
mating committee, presented the names
OF the following members for election
to the board of directors: Mesdames J.