The Denver star., 1917-11-24
y. w. c. A. NOTES.

Sunday afternoon the Vesper serv-
ices will be led by the High School
Girls Club. An excellent program has
been prepared Friends are invited
to attend.
The annual election of officers will
be held Monday night. All members
are urged to be present.
O'Clock The girls have completed
plans for Xmas party to be given
for children less fortunate than them
selves They have taken up knitting
with Mrs. Sadie Won Dickersohn as
their instructor.
Wednesday afternoon the High
School girls meet. They will arrange
their Thanksgiving baskets. which
they are preparing to carry to the
"shut-ins" and poor, at this time. They
are asking the senior members of the
"Y" to give them articles of food to
put in these baskets.
Thursday night the Bible class
meets with Miss Hoag as Instructor.
Tuesdays and Fridays the senior
knitting class meets.
On Friday from to 4:30, Miss Kirk
of the Central Association, will lecture
on the parallels of Christ.
Saturday night the Gym class meets
at the Central Association rooms on
California Street.
Last Monday night our annual meet
ing was held at Shorter A NJ. e.
Church.
During the first half of the program
the annual reports of the officers
were given. This, the second year of
our existence, has been banner year
and we look forward to each year
bringing better results.
During the year the High School
Girls and the Seventh and Eighth
Grade\ Girls have been organized into
Clubs with memberships of 90 and
1s respectively. At this time the High
School girls are making hospital nap
kins for the Red Cross and the Grade
girls are taking up the regular rain
bow work.
The Recreation department, under
Mrs Helen Johnson, chairman, has
built and paid for a tennis court and
has a gymnasium class with an at
tendance of rs per cent.
Bible classes are held on Thursday
nights and knitting classes Tuesday
and Friday afternoons.
For year and a half we used a
piano that was loaned by Knight
Campbell Music Company, but in Au-
gust we decided to purchase piano
and half the purchase price has been
raised.
In our club we have a circulation
library Many of the books being
given by the Central Association and
Mrs l. B. Perkins.
On our Monday night programs and
at our Vesper services, some of the
best speakers and talent OF the city
have appeared The social life of our
girls has not been overloOked-four
parties having been given during the
past year aside from candy making,
etc.
Under the auspices of our club the
famous Fisk Jubilee Singers were pre-
sented to the Colored people of Den
yer. More than two hundred dollars
was raised during the year and we
have paid-up membership OF 81.
The second half of the program con-
showing the various phases of serv
ice the Y W. c. A. offers to America.
It was the general comment OF those
present that this program was one Of
the most inspiring and beautiful as
we'll as unique that has been given in
Denver.
Credit for the excellence OF this
program was due largely to efforts of
Mrs. Anna Hicks, chairman: the fol-
lowing girls who were associated with
her: Miss Ruth Traverse, standard
bearer; Mrs. Owens, Columbia; Mrs
Theta Miller, Spirit of the Associa-
ton; Gladys Williams, Religion: Yer
ne Hooper, Employment; May Anna
Hall, Physical Education; Francis
| White, Conferences; Mrs. F.. Douglas.
Education: Betina Jackson. Girls
Clubs; Jewel Perkins, migrants, and
I Mrs. J. Williams. World Fellowship.
Doubtless you will attend that great
game of football between our Soldier
boys and the "Y," Thanksgiving day
at Elitch's Gardens. All the "Y" girls
and their friends will be out Harry
Barnett is coach for our "Y" boys.
Mrs. M. l.. Cowan left Wednesday
noon for Los Angeles, Calf, to spend
the winter.