Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-01
INDUSTRIAL WORK
OF THE Y. W. c. A..
Girls Clubs Are Flourishing
Throughout City; Feature
Various Lines

'AiiS the ihNAuSlTlil WOTh OI the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton has always been one of the
strongest features of that organ.za-
ton, this fall has witnessed sur
prisingly strong development of the
work. Withon the past six weeks
some~l50 new girls have joined this
department. AT present the men,
bership of the Bachelor Girls Club
has jumped to eighty-seven mem
bers, Miss Frances Acuff being the
club leader. The II. +. D. M. Club,
the Oldest of the industrial clubs,
has also a membership of eighty
seven, and is resolved not to stop
short of one hundred members. Mrs.
John w. German, Jr.. is leader of
this club, with Miss Carrie Miller
as club president. All of the other
clubs have grown remarkably, and
some new Industrial clubs are being
formed also.
On Friday nights the industrial
girls take complete possession of the
Y. w. c. A. building. They have
their fifteen-cent sup er at 6 o'clock
prepared under the supervision of
women from the different churches
of the city. Pine Street Presbyterian
Church and Market Square Presby-
terian Church have been responsible
for recent club suppers. This plan
leaves the industrial secretary and
chairman free to get into closer con-
tact with the girls as they assem-
BILE, and it also gives the women
from the different churches an OPP
portunity to see at close range the
splendid work being done at the "Y.
W." After supper there is the gym
class for the girls, followed at 7.4O
by open forum, at which the fedora
ton president, Miss Esther Gardner,
presides. Announcements are then
made and some important topic is
discussed by the girls themselves.
Club Room Too Small
The club room on the third floor
can no longer hold the girls who
come for supper or for club meet
ings. The number is so large that
John Y. Boyd Hall is now utilized
ALMOST every evening of the week for
industrial club gatherings and social
events, while the suppers spread
through halls and all os the rooms
on the third floor. The classes on
industrial night are free. From
to 9 there are classes at present ,ln
cooking. Bible, dressmaking, Engllsh
and basketry. Whenever eight girls
desire a class in any subject, one is
formed for them. From to 10 each
Friday night there is n social time
in John Y. Boyd Hall, the clubs put
ting on stunts" or else giving clup
yells and singing club songs-for
each club has it's own songs written
especially for it.
The gym work is remarkably sue
cessful, giving the girls in industry
just the kind of exercise they re-
quire. Each club is doing a large
amount of social service work. and
has great plans for the winter. The
girls make their own budgets ana
carry out their own plans for rails
ing money. They are original ana
energetic, and find in the 'Y. W.
just the help and inspiration that
they need. Last evening group OF
them gave a home missionary pa
geant at Augsburg Lutheran Church.
With Moving Pictures
On Thursday evening of this week
from to 10 they are planning n
continuous movie from to 10 OF
Camp Napahwin pictures, with some
fine music added. This money is to
pay for their part of a "Y. w" sec
retarv in South America. The movies
will be given in John Y. Boyd Hall
and the admission fee will be
nominal. Unique Japanese gifts
for Christmas, sent from New York
City, will also be on sale at quite
small sums.
On Sunday evening n beautiful
recognition" service will be held In
John Y. Boyd Hall at o'clock, at
which the new members will be well
coined. The wonderfully impressive
candlelight service will be used then,
and every one interested in the work
of the "Y. W." is invited to attend
and also to attend on Thursday
evening.
A member of the board of the as
sociation said this morning when
asked about the industrial work and
how the girls are taken care of, said:
Just how the industrial work of
the "Y. W." is reaching out in every
direction is not realized by the peo-
pie at large. In n great number of
plants noon exercises of a social, re-
ligious or educational character are
held. There is not an evening of the
week in which the industrial girls
are not doing something that is
worth while at the ". W. although
of course, Friday night is their spe-
cial night-the night on which sup
I per is, served them and on which
they have their classes. They use
the library freely and are already
talking of the hikes and study which
they will undertake when spring lets
them get into the woods on Saturday
afternoons. Miss Saida l.. Hartman,
the new industrial secretary, is doing
fine work. The chairman of the de-
partment, who has served now for
some six years, is Mrs. Mabel Cronise
Jones'"