The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-13
ACTIVITIES Of
wv. c. A, SHOWN
Monthly Session Of Board of Directors
Was Held Yesterday Afternoon
in Association Rooms and
Reports Made.
WHAT is BEING DONE
Debt Fund Committee Makes Its
Statement Of Progress Toward
Liquidation Of This
Amount
WHAT is BEING DONE

ular monthly session, the president,
Mrs. T. AZ. Board, presiding. Almost
the entire directorate was present.
The usual monthly reports Of the work
OF the departments were given. If it
were possible without breaking faith
with anyone or taking advantage of
the condolences OF the girls to report
some of the most worth while work
which the Keokuk Y. w. C. A. is doing
people perhaps would get better
insight into the activities OF the asso-
citation.
Many girls have gotten their first
christian experience in this associa.
ton, and scores have come to a reali-
cation of what christian work means
by what they have done for some one
else in the association. That is just
a little of the spiritual work being
done.
The girls are given training in pub
lie speaking, in the conduct Of meet
| ings In q parliamentary way, in work
ing reports in correct forms. This is
+! one feature of the work done by the
school girls.
| Two or three groups of girls are be-
| ing taught to sew, not to embroider
and hemstitch, but to make the cloth
es which they wear. The Upstreamers
club is just now making middle blouses
under the direction Of Mrs. Durgee,
who has done just about as much for
the Y. w. c. A. as her husband has
done over at the Y. NJ. G. A.-only
she does not draw salary.
The PoiIycanna Club.
Then there is a Pollyganna club
which was transported bodily from
the Wells school to the Y. w. c. A.
Their creed Is to do some kindness
for somebody every day. Beside that.
they conduct their own meetings and
sew and do other practical things with
their hands. The work done this year
in the girls department, under the
splendid supervision of Miss Nutting,
who can sympathize with the high
school girls in all their ideas and
ideals, merits special commentator.
Miss Solomon has been the advisor in
this department, and one can see the
wisdom Of the arrangement because
she sees and knows the girls in school
The association has not neglected the
women, the home makers and house
keepers. They have had their social
afternoons, which have been most de-
| lightful and in addition they have
come to know association work at
close range.
Progress on Debt Fund.
| Miss Martha Hornish, chairman of
the plan to liquidate the debt on the
building, was at the meeting yester-
day and told of the progress which
has been made in this work The
original debt was in round numbers
81 s, 900 and about half of it has been
pid off within the last year. This am
cunt has been for the greater part paid
off in small sums. One little girl wash
ed dishes, thing she hated, but she
loved the association more than she
hated the dishes, so she brought in the
money. One woman who thought she
could not give anything, because she
didn't have much Of this worlds goods,
earned $35.
The social committee literally by the
sweat of the brow raised more than
$500. e>ny who use and enjoy the
building who have not given, ought to
give something. If the debt is raised,
an endowment of $4,000 is promised
which will make the work OF the as
ISOLATION in future years comparative
ly easy.
Perhaps there are no people in Keo-
kuk who question whether or not the
Y. w. C. A. is accomplishing the work
for which it was established, but II
there are any such, there are two ways
to be convinced One way and this
the better way is to 90 to work In the
association and get your information
first hand. The second way Is to talk
to some women on the board Of direc-
tors and ask her direct and specific
questions. II you think the building
is not used by the general public,
spend a part Of day sitting In one Of
those easy chairs in the lower corridor
and watch the door.
secretary's Report.
The report of Miss T'irza Dinsdale
general secretary Of the Y w c. A.
which was made yesterday shows that
there were a total of 50 memberships
collected during the month, with a
money value of s62.95. Committee
meetings to the number Of Is were
held with an attendance of 90, and an
average attendance Of 6. There we're
seven applications for positions, nine
for worke Four people were given
places through the cooperation of the
association.
The number of meals served was
1854. There were six transient guests.
Six social affairs were held during the
month with an attendance of 1914.
A number of Bible classes were held
in connection with the Scoville meet
ings. No vesper services were held
in account OF the Scoville meetings.
The gymnasium classes numbered
81 with an attendance OF 837. Several
educational and study classes were
held and there were meetings of the
camp fire groups and eight story
hours.