Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-22
Y. W. C. A. PROGRESS
SHOWN BY REPORTS

more than 800 branches of the Young
Women's Christian association, who
have kept the jubilee, that 1t is a ma
tional success. as these facts Will tes-
tify: one thousand newspapers are
giving publicity, college papers are
featuring articles, the largest gather
ings in the history of the associations
are reported, old members are renew
ing allegiance and new members are
joining by the hundreds. Today. the
weekly telegram was received from
headquarters showing that the week
Just passed was characterized by
members zeal. Special emphasis was
placed on industrial and girls work
the girls conducting the vespers The
cafeterias were all crowded. The
newest work of the association, the
county work. reports great activities
and counties meet 200 strong.
Following shows a brief summary
of the history Of the Y. w. c. a. from
1896 to 1906:
Twenty-seven years ago today the
country girl first began to come into
her own, when the first county asso-
citation in Fillmore county, Minnesota,
was organized in 1898.
! The first worlds conference was
held in London. June 1918, 1898.
In 1900 the national committee of
China was organized.
Miss Martha Berninger, the first
secretary to China, sailed in 1908.
/ Her support was furnished by the as
soeiations of Detroit and Grand Rap
ids. Mich, and a college association
Of Wisconsin.
In 1901 the first Young Women's
Christian association building in Asia
was dedicated in Bombay
Miss Alice Newell, II Radcliffe grad
uate, went TO India as the first stu
dent secretary from the United states
in 1908.
The first division of conferences
into city and student conferences was
made at Silver Bay in 1902.
The womans missionary confer
cnce Of Tokyo. Japan, sent an appeal
to the worlds committee for sccre-
taries to organize Young Women's
Christian associations in Japan, both
for student and city girls.
III 1903 Miss Theresa Morrison be-
gan her work in the Young Womens
Christian association in Japan.
In 1905 Count Okumo gave a gar
Den party to present the work OF the
Young Womens Christian association
to the people Of Tokyo, saying Il
count it privilege of a lifetime to
have a part in inaugurating WORK
! which viii mean to the young women
of Japan what the Young mems
Christian association has meant to the
young men"
In 1904 the first permanent lhstl'
tute for secretarial training was open
ed in Chicago.
Swimming was first started at th'
! Buffalo pool in 1905.
Today there are fifteen county as
sociations made up of fHty-sR
branches in eleven states. The mem
bership is now 4.420. There are I
national secretary and twenty-five
local secretaries for county work.
The fifth worlds conference wa
held in Stockholm, sweden, in 1914
1872 delegates representing twenty
two countries were present
China now has eighteen seeretarle
in five cities.
Today there are fifteen association
buildings IN Asia.
one general, one county, five cit.
and eight student conferences VIII b.
held this year. Last year 1859 wer
in attendance in summer camps AM
conferences
Japan has now twenty association
with six American secretaries.
In October. 1915. a beautiful ney
and capacious Y. w. c. A. buildini
was opened in Tokyo. Miss Rutl
Emerson the Tokyo general secre
tary. writes that the joy in the girls
faces as they view their new quar-
tiers is beautiful to see. They fee
that the building really belongs {
them and that they are n part of II
She says it quite takes ones breat
away to try to estimate the differenc
this building will make to the wor
in that city.
Today the national training schoo
. has class OF fifty-one students TO
a full years course, who come fror
: every state in the union as well a
from Finland Norway. Japan, Can
ada. Australia Switzerland and AZ
menia. There are twenty-three col
leges represented.
Fifty-three associations now haN
swimming pools and 1920 girls ma
| lessons last year.