Arizona republican., 1917-01-28
CLUB NOTES
:=: Official Organ State Federation of Clubs ::-:

mighty God that our work has been
 so signally prosperous.
 When we went out a year ago for | | our finance campaign it was hard i
 times. Everybody told us so They ] said we could not expect to raise the |
 amount of our budget And in that they were right. We did not. But |
 everywhere We met with courtesy, !
 sympathy, good feeling and a willing
 ness to help. 50 we inaugurated policy of rigid | l economy. Estimates were cut, help i
 was dispensed with and our capable 1 house secretary shouldered many a l
 burden of which none will ever know.
 At the same time our work grew I in all directions. As each months i
 bills came in we wondered how we | should meet them. Our optimistic
 treasurer said. The money will come, !!
 the money will come!' and it did. It ,
 was the beautiful answer of heaven. l sent help to the venture of faith. We not only met our bills, and maintained
 our credit, but liquidated an indebted 1
 ness carried over from the previous year, and tonight we stand here joy 1
 full and high hearted for we feel that
 it has been said to us, Be strong and of good courage: fear not neither be ! is with thee whithersoever thou goest.' i Our boarding home under the ef- ficient direction of Mrs. Carr, has been full to overflowing, except during the vacation months, when there was a comfortable transient trade. It has a | capacity of eighteen girls, but has ! often held twenty two to twenty four, ! with a total during the year of eighty | four It is much to the credit of the [ girls that they could live peaceably ! together under such circumstances.
 We are trying to do our best for them, | but we do long for an adequate build : ing when every girl could have her ! OWL room. at very low rate. At
 present we can give them food and ] lodging. but outward conditions do much to hamper the development of | ideals, and how, forever hindered by the problems of our needs. can we
 make definite progress toward an ideal
 of a fitting tenement, where Christ
 shall be the head of the house, and
 the unseen guest in every heart.
 Because of our crowded condition,
 we have; since January l, 1917, placed
 fifteen girls in rooming houses who
 desired to live at the association. During 1916. 10S women listed ,, rooms with us and obtained lodgers, and we had 25O applications for em-
 ployment. and 325 for help.
 In the cafeteria we served nearly r., 900 meals. The total attendance at social events numbered 242o. and at vesper services 37O which we felt was , an encouraging proportion.
 "On the administration side, Miss , Campbell has given much time to the various clubs formed before her ar
 rival in Phoenix. At the close of her ; year with us, she resigned the secre- | taryship. and much loved and regretted - by all the girls. has gone to a special ' work in Fl Paso. for which she is pe-
 cvuliarly fitted.
 "The Tennis club has flourished and :; enjoyed our pleasant courts.
 The camp fire girls lost their ' guardian by removal. but have now secured one. are starting their work
 again. and hoping for an active spring
 The Business Girls club has an !, enrolment second to but one in the field. With a perseverance worthy of their cause, they have secured de- lightful rest room on the second floor of the Central School building, largely :; through the cooperation of Mrs. John Il Dennett Jr. president of the Wom- " ans club, and the active work of the p civics education department. Mrs. H.
 B. St Claire. chairman. They have also had gifts from many interested
 friends and a generous donation from ' the local chapter of the Eastern Star. j. These efforts established the rest ' room until such time as the associa- tiOn should be able to include it's needs J. in this years budget, and our thanks , are especially due those who procured for our girls the assembly room which - they so greatly needed at the psycho- D logical moment, when they were ready
 to expand and occupy all the space
 provided.
 "Of the activities of the Business u Girls club we shall hear from the pres s' ident. They have their own independ- ent constitution, broad enough to in-
 clude every girl in Phoenix who works,
 and the officers alone are required to I be members of the Young Woman s n Christian Association. Nevertheless a d very tender tie exists between us. q They are part of that young woman- q hood for which the association exists. B. for whom it works, for whom its e prayers continually arise that in the K day when the Master makes up His }. jewels, not one may be missing
 "The High School Club is also in a measure independent. organized as a
 student body, and doing good work, of
 which they will tell you.
 5 'The standing committee S have . been prompt and efficient in their } work, and deserve high praise. Only
 the membership committee has stood ' still, it's heads on two occasions, feel ' ing called to home duties, but we hope
 it will shortly be at work again, with a high goal as it's objective. The board of directors has worked faithfully
 throughout the year. and made the
 labors of it's head truly happy. Our ' honorary president, Miss Knipe, though continuing san invalid, has not T lost her interest in or touch with the Il work. We deeply regret the removal
 to other cities of Mrs. B. A. Fowler,
 Mrs. C. c. Jones and Mrs. C. E. Hull, all members whose wisdom and loyalty , were of the greatest value to the as U sOciatien.
 But we have had a surpassing sor- row in the loss by death of one whom u we could ill spare, the ablest, bright > est, most consecrated of our little
 band. In our hearts is enshrined the
 name of Florence Mccormick Morrill,, | and all those who knew and loved her
 will involuntarily bow their heads in U :. silent tribute to her memory. It is a I | pl,o