Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-07
Governor And Mrs. Harrington
Lend Use Of Government
House For Purpose
PROVISIONAL COM
MITTEE APPOINTED
Visiting Speakers Tell Object.
Aims And Needs OF
Y. w. G. A.

AT meeting held last night at the
Governors TO organize the work of
the Y. w. C. A.. the nominating COM
mittee consisting of Mrs. Strahorn.
Mrs. Dashiell, Mrs. Blackburn. Mrs
Fell, Miss Munford and Mrs. Sewers
appointed a provisional committee
whose duty il will be to visit the
homes of the city and county. explain
the aims and needs OF the organiza-
tion, and ge. the concensus of opin-
ion of the public
The following are the members OF
the provisional committee for Annap-
oils: Mrs T. j. Linthicum. Mrs.
Theodore Johnson, Mrs. Mang, Mrs.
Heise, Mrs. Alphonso Smith, and for
the county, Miss Anna Brayshaw. Mrs.
st. George Barber, Mrs. Frank Du-
vail and Mrs. Roland Teel.
The meeting was fraught with great
interest and many side lights were
thrown on the work in its various
branches. After the invocation by DR..
Sewers, Mrs. Harrington who pre-
presided, introduced The first speak
er, Miss Roelofs, Y. w. C. A. organizer
for Anne Arundel and Prince George
counties. Her subject was, Keep the
World Safe for Democracy" and she
emphasized the especial need Of work
among the women and girls in a
place where the men so out number
the women. and spoke OF the special
attention tina. was being devoted to
training girls for intelligent mother
hood.
Miss Lucille Lippett who spoke In
place of Miss White who was unable
to come, followed with a description
of Associa ion Life in Baltimore. She
spoke of the Y w. c. A. motto. II
am come that We might have life. and
that ye might have 1t more abundant
ly," and also explained the symbolism
of the blue triangle which stands for
the three fold developments OF the
spiritual, intellectual, and physical
life. In outlining the work OF the as
sociation she said that the aim is not
to work for the girls, but with them.
self-government, and self-expression
is the goal
A selec ion by the orchestra follow
ed, and then Miss Caroline Jones.
| financial secretary of PHILADELPHIA.
! spoke, stressing the fact that many
people had an idea that the Y. w. G. A.
took the place of the church This is
a great misunders anding as the as
ISOLATION is simply an aid; nor is it
to supplant to the schools, its aim be-
ing to give aid and support to both,
though 1t is true that the "Y." has
been called the college for the girl
who has never had a chance 1t is the
biggest organization OF women in the
world, and became a national organ
ization IL years ago, since then il has
done a $4,000. 900 job.
! 1t does greas work among the col
ored and foreign population, and It
has found the best method TO be to
train leaders of their own kind to carry
on this work. Especially successful
has been the work among the colored
people. Colonel Roosevelt gave
$4,000 of the Nobel peace prize money
to the Y. w. c. A. provided it was
given exclusively to this branch OF
the organization.
In order to avoid Misunderstanding
as to religious aims the foreign branch
is called the Interna ionaI Institute.
Miss Jones concluded by saying, that
all towns under $4,000 should have a
county, not city organization and
that during the next five years which
will be the recons ruction period, the
need for all such work as the Y. w. c.
A., is doing will be especially great.
We have advanced tremendously dur
ing the war and in order that no re-
action comes we must see that we do
not fall short of our ideals.
Mrs. Strayhorn's report followed,
and after the nomination of the pro-
visional committee the benedicition
was pronounced by the Rev. e. ID.
Johnson