Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
Y. v. c. A. VAR
FUND IS TOlBE
RAISED HERE
Anna v. Rice Arrives in the
City to Start Brisk
Campaign.

Miss Anna ". Rice Of New York,
who Is at the head of the war finance
campaign for, the Young Women's
Christian association in the North
Central field arrived here this morn
Ing, and at noon today conferred with
a group of four minute men, at a
luncheon in the Y. w. C. A. quarters
on DeMers avenue. Plans were out
lined for q brisk campaign to raise the
/ quota expected Of this city and
county, in making up-the fund to be
raised in North Dakota.
Just what methods Of campaigning
will be used have not been made pub
lie. but the four-minute men who are
to work under the leadership OF w. A..
and county LAY be depended upon to
'get into the game and to. get others
in with them. and it is expected that
the campaign will meet with as gem,
erous response as others that have
been held here. recently for. patriotic
purposes.
! On Friday evening at S:15 o'clock,
Miss Rice will address a public meet
ing in the Commercial club rooms,
and at that time will tell in detail OF
the big needs of the Y. w. CA.
tary for religious work in cities. for
the Y. W. c. A., was drafted by the
government for her present work
shortly after the war began. and since
last April she has been active in out
lining and carrying out plans for fl
nancing and promoting the var work
in the. North Central field. which
comprises North Dakota, South Dako-
ia, Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska.
work that the Y. w. C. A. can, and
does do. has made itself felt about
the military camps and environments
of this country, and is especially nee
essary among the women of our allies,
France and Russia. In these u
tries there has been no organized
work among women, and the Y. w.
&. A. is sending trained secretaries
into both France. and Russia to organ
recreation and living conditions for
he Red Cross nurses, and so far as
}ossible for the young women in the
titles where they are stationed. Their
work is said to be of inestimable
'alue, and from Paris. and Petrograd
m an appeal to send workers who
will bring fresh atmosphere and cour-
,ge to these people who have been
living under the war cloud for, the last
three years, and who are terribly de-
dressed as the winter settles down.
Between 10 and 20 workers have al
ready been sent to France. for work
lmong the American nurses, and are
stationed at Paris. Lyons and Bor-
deaux. Eight workers have been sent
totRussia their working points being
Petrograd and Moscow. From the lat
ter places come reports of the terri
hle living and food conditions, and
the desperate lack Of some kind Of
cheerful recreation. outside Of the
activities among the nurses for whom
rest houses, and tea rooms are being
established. for use during their OFF
duty periods, the work in those coun-
tries is naturally in the pioneer stage.
and just what can be accomplished
depends largely on the backing that
the association gets. Four million
/ dollars is being raised in this country,
and of that, one million will go for
the, work in France and Russia.
The work in our own country has
been divided into several groups, all
dealing with the new problems and