Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-05
/. M. C, A. APxILIARY HEARS
 INTERESTING SPEAKERS

 INTERESTING SPEAKERS There was very large attendance | at the February meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary, held on Tuesday af 1 ternoon at the home Of Mrs. Charles | L. Richards.
 l The devotional service O. Scripture reading and prayer was conducted by the Reverend Richard R. Graham, af-
 ter which the usual cepoTSs were read. 1 Mrs. Allyn l.. Brown, president, an nounced the approaching Fathers and Sons banquet, to take place during February, and there was an open dis cussion as to plans Tor raising money
 towards the 5000 pledged by the aux Hilary towards the new building fund. All business being completed, Mrs.
 Brown introduced Miss Carey, as the l first of four ten-minute women speak
 CTS. Miss Carey, who has rarte to l Norwich in the interests of the War l Camp Community service among girls and young women, told in q most in- teresting way the purpose and plan of
 her work which will be carried on.
 with the cooperation, it is hoped, of all the local womeu's organizations. Clubs already organized are asked to come in as a unit nor losing their identity, but to give strength and re-
 ceiye it from the composite Clab. No- cational training and education 3loRg
 many and varied lines will be planned, and it is hoped to give girls who have
 never joined such a club something that will meet their natural longin8s for a social good time, also
 There is no fee to join thls com nunity club, is what comes back to
 us as a gift from our own cOntribG- tion to the seven fold war drive, and
 only what our city has earned from the government, Such a club in our town pledges itself 10 make the girls physically fit mentally alert. socially
 alive and spiritually awake.
 Miss Ethel Sevin ii3 charge of the
 nome service department of the Red
 Cross. next told Of the aim and mean ing Of home service work, in aiding
 the families of men in service to maintain their homes during the ab-
 scnce of the bread winners, as well as 1 through the period of re-adjustmenr.
 There are innumerable letters to pc written and many complicated cases
 to be puzzled over If q faraiiy can not exist on the government allotment 5 the home service applies for an al loWance from the state. Many eases here called for legal advice, which has ibeen usually given without chaI SC, CT ; only nominal fee by local attorneys He bttCkaS bOSS4ldi HdS DeGll Ol Ill.,
 estimable service among the families y Of many soldiers, giving 6 free beG 7 and services for two weeks, for con r fnerent cases. There have also beer l free clinics at the hospital every week.
 The homo service has always tried to, maintain close relations with th, l Red Cross field directors at tho diff l ferent camps. From now on there L l adjusting returning soldiers 10 theil 2 new jobs. 2 mems committee for find : ing positions. and WoriImen to fill tho ! places for which they are best fitted ] has been recently appointed of wIic; e eX-Mayor Allyn L. Brown is chair. D man.
 A brief resume of the problems en.
 countered by police woman, wa.
 then given by Miss Wiley, who stated
 that a war community service cu!
 would do good service towards de
 stroying the harmful influences q !, l present eHerted by the cheap dane 3 halls of the city. Miss Wiley is e strong believer in environment, ant = said that the surroundings of many q home in Norwich are not conducive t 5. good conduct or morals. The wa o community service club is just wFa n iS needed to give these girls 3 steady n ing influence in life. and q chance | II educate themselves f~, better things y as well as keep them off the strect> f hfr~ A. q ,i. ',rasH CiOSeI the in V structive series of talks with an ad Q dress on the Back to Schooi'' cam : raign, which demonstrated the ad = vantages of a good public school edu
 cation. War has taught us that V S shall need intelligent men and wo i men for our future citizens. Franc q understood this. and maintained d a through the four years war in vari s, ous champagne cellars and dugouts q sixteen schools where 3,000 chiidre
 carried on their regular studies. # It has been shown that the earning
 of a child are in the end a loss in
 stead of a gain, and that child labo
 born parents find this hard to real
 ize. The suffcrings of Russia hay l. been mere than doubled because ( n the iiliteracy Of the peasants. If tn 2 masses are ignorant every industry )f their locality feels the DuIling- dow -5 effect. Every man who through ig 10 rorance is producing only one-half ( e what he ought is lessening the eff " ciency of his town.
 The government asks that eac
 community assist poor, but promis
 4AiS,s bll4iAA Sli, i4C lIlcz ilOl OtIipTWlS n attend a school, by giving scholar ships, No town can afford to rely 0 ie the support of child labor, thotgh ot K ten such wages are a great tempta a ton to a hard working parent but 8 I'll children should be allowed an avera " grammar school education. and. ft = older pupils there are the advantage 70 of the night schools.
 r. The local committee. of which MT lo Chase Is chairman. have visited oyt D. one hundred homes. trying to impres the parents and children with an ide Ill Of the valuation of education and Tt
 port most encouraging results.
 After a rising vote of thanks to tt
 four speakers who had contributed tc 14 wards the afternoons programme. u CT auxiliary adjourned. to meet on Marc in f. with Mrs. John McWilliams of Pro, e. pect street.
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