St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-12-29
W.. THE Y. w. c. 4. WAR
COUNCIL.
b. Mrs. D. Fl. Nor is. J

Why .lcu!G the Y. w. C.. 4. re
entrusted 70 carry out on nation
vide scat program Of i,fotect 5n
ar. c, l1iori for women and g. s
affected b., tee war? The Y. W. {
A fer'. tl.a' it's work is to promote
i,rc.tal.. rot to promote orga4'.
Za+irn Why then should it be Sc
le ted as les der in the program,
ana why scu1d other women's IL
CARNATIONS De asked to cooperate
" III it?
These questions remind me of the
Salvation Army lassie who asked a
young man at a meeting, Are You Il
Christian?" When he drew him EFF
up rather straight and said, "Wh.,
| am Y. NJ. C.. A. secretary she
laughingly answered, "Oh, don't LEI
little thing like THAT stand in your
way" And so if people ask US, ARE
you meeting the immediate needs Of
young women today?' and we simp-
" draw up our shoulders straight
and say, why we are the Y. w. c.
A." they could reply, Don't let your
label be hindrance, show us your
credentials in work and power"
Why is the Y. W. C. A., according
to some people, pre-eminently fitte
to undertake this program? What
are Its credentials in work ann pow
err?
, In the first place it is truly naton-
al. 1t is not only national organl-
cation but it is a worldwide organi-
cation. We have about three hun
dred and sixty thousand members i'll
the United States and over eight
hundred thousand members through
out the world. We are in close
touch with the problems Of women
in other countries as we'll as in our
| own country, and when calls come
to us as they have come from Rus
STA, from England, from France and
other places: Send us some OF
your trained American leaders 10
help our girls here in muniticn fac
tories, to help our high school girls
and young widows who are getting
| into trouble near our enemy camps.
we are ready through a sacr'7ce OF
this side to release some of our lead
ers to go over there.
Then it is not only natiolal ane
internatinal, but it is also inter-de
nominational. The church stands
behind the Y. w. C. A. and it is the
only woman's organization in thu
United States that is truly lnter-de
nominational.
Another reason why this assocIt
ton seems ready to meet some Of m
needs is that it has an equipment
We might divide the equipment int
two heading5: personal and material
j; We have something like one hun
dred and fifty national secrctarle
, throughout the country. BY 4 la
tional secretary is meant one Wh
does not stay in any one LOCALITY
t but who travels around from r'ac
/ to place in order to promote ne
: work, and standardize and strength
en- old work. Wherever ali 2ssocis
ton in a city or country or ,ot.eH
g sends word to headquarters or i
feld-wcrkers, send US one OF yo'
trained leaders to help US, they al
! ready to go. There are tralnl'
centers for secretaries both here
: headquarters and in other citle
There are conferences held shroug'
out the summer and winter and the
: are a great rallying ground for ne
personnel. enthusins and insplrlr
. Young women and older women IL
back to their own towns and b
r come leaders. So We have a reses'
in the way of personnel. Tnit
; why we are able, on just the call
; a telegra, m to send our workers
Plattsburg Immediately.
In the way of material equipmeI
in nearly three, Hundred cities '