Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-30

with q membership Of sol. Then be-
gan another period Of rapid growth,
bringing the membership on June /.
1917 up to 1919, an increase Of 547%
IN five years.
Five years ago tie most important
service rendered the community by
the association probably was the noon
lunch and restroom provided for busi-
ness women and shoppers. In June,
1912 an average OF sixty-one meals
per day were served in the cafetaria ),
during the present month the average
has been 1873. Last February during
the tourist season the number rose to
16G daily.
Physical Education Emphasized
In the fall OF 1912 almost five years
ago the Young Women's Christian
Association for the first time employ
ed a woman to devote her entire time
TO physical education. Mrs. A. F. Jack
son, then Miss Margaret Upper, popu-
lariZed swimming for women in Homo
lulu, as her successor, Miss Leonora
Andersen, popularized esthetic dane
ing The number Of women and girls
who have found health and JOY through
these classes are now numbered by the
thousand. For a year past the associs-
ton has employed not only a physical
director on full time. but also a swim
ming teacher; and for the physical
work Of the extension clubs including
several hundred girls yet another
woman has been employed.
Five years ago the educational de-
partment Of the Young Womens Chris
tian Association consisted Of just on''
class, a class in Spanish During tn }
next year classes in domestic science.
millinery, stenography, French, and
Shakespeare were added. Two years
ago secretary was employed whose
duty it SHOULD be to promote work
through classes and clubs. During
the past term 159 women and girls
have been registered in educational
classes, and considerable additional
educational work has been done thro-
ugh clubs and lectures.
Paid Secretaries Added
The development of the association
work during these five years may be
measured in yet another way-by the
number of paid secretaries employed
and the kind of work done by them.
Five years ago the staff consisted of
a general secretary and a homestead
matron. The next, fall a physical d.
rector was added and in the spring of
1913 an economic secretary to direct
the work Of the lunch room, to teach
the domestic science classes, and to
assist at the homestead.
In the fall Of 1916 an educational and
extension secretary was added. When
the new building was opened a mem
bership secretary was found necessary,
and soon after a bookkeepeT who also
directs the employment department.
The growth Of the work of the physical
department a few months later made
necessary the employment of a swim
ming teacher. During the summer a
travellers aid secretary was engaged
Last fall there was added an assistant
to the educational and extension secre-
tary, and in January Of the present
year a stenographer, bringing the total
number Of employed officers up to
eleven. And still the plans for en-.
larging the work are being made, plans
according to which three more workers
will be employed next fall-an immi-
grafton secretary, religious work di,
rector and a club secretary.
W. B. Dillon, a candidate at the
last election in Las Vegas, n. NJ, was
arrested on a charge Of conspiracy to