Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29

III W overcome the unSOClal DdChS''''
and the other is to cooperate with othei
organizations in working for the girls Oh
the state. The physical character OF the
state makes for that background WINE
going up well-traveled road, ruhhihg
east and west, last summer | counted
the houses and found there were less
than one to the mile and going north ana
south | found there were between three
and six to the mile.
THE opportunity for cooperation Is
based upon whatever prestige ana re-
sources the national Y. w. 6. A. has and
which makes 1t a logical association TO
cooperation in girls work. 1t is from
the point Of view of the girl in the scat
tered villages that the Y. NJ. &. "A. wishes
to work in Vermont There are three
methods for this first. conferences; sec
ond, camps and recreational leaders, and
third, projects.
1.-The girls in Vermont need big group
conferences and from these they get more
from contact with other girls than from
the programs themselves Conference
psychology is n vague thing. but there is
not doubt that it gives the girl an en-
thusiasm for better things. The girl in
the small town and the girl in the large
town soon finds Il common denominator
and both are benefited
'1n the vocational conferences, which
are smaller, we try to locate them so that
we can invite as many girls as possible to
come from surrounding towns just near
enough to come and 20 in a day. We have
found after some of these conferences
that many girls who otherwise thought
it impossible have found a way to go to
college.
AS FOR camp opportunities we can
a
mont girl and We can continue along the
line Of the special educational camp"
Miss Gary told something of the success
of the camps at Oak Ledge and st. Adams
Bay, each an example of one kind of
camp.
This year" she said, I'VE hope to take
over the place on Grand Isle known as
Camp 1dylease, the property of Mrs
f. *. Donoway This is in an ideal loca-
tion and is wel-equpped. The water sys-
TEN has the approval of Dean Votey of
the University. We can have 80 girls there
at one time and we plan, if possible, to
charge nine dollars a week. We plan to
have good cooking and regular camp
life, with a camp director, camp mother,
recreational director and well-planned
daily schedule. We want to get at least
25 girls interested and we would like them
to stay month If possible. if not-two
weeks. The success of this camp, depends
of course on the interest of the girls and
of the people of Vermont in having the
girls go there.
THE idea of the small camp is to reach
the girls whose resources and outlook
are limited and who would not come to
a camp if they were not invited We
have found that the girls we can reach
this way are the ones who really need a
vacation and that the camp does them
much good"
Speaking of direct recreatonal leader
SHIP Miss Gary told of the work of the
special recreational leader during the pa ST
summer and what she had done She had
been in great demand and she had found
very little local leadership. For that rea
son a school will be held of three DAYS
of intensive training for leaders just be-
fore the March vacation and it Is hoped
that many Vermont young women will
take this course that they may be recrea =
tional leaders during the summer.
MISS Gary spoke of the success of the
Blue Triangle House and of the plan of
another project in st. Johnsbury for a
community girls work leader She had a
map which showed what the Y w. c. A.
has been doing for Vermont in conference
camp and recreation work that .Oo7 girls
had been reached by the association in
the short time it has been in the state.
Miss Mabel Southwick gave brief ac-
count of the success of the carry-cl fund
saying that 4.324.7S was raised when the
amount set out fQr was 1884, In this u
towns took part. This money was raised
from candy and food sales. dances
parties, entertainments. and house-to-
house canvasses
4 n ~
Miss Ruth Colt of New York city, execu-
i've secretary of the northeastern field.
gave short resume of the work of the
Y. w. c, A. in general. and then said
that from the very beginning there has
been large number of volunteer workers
and small number of secretaries. The
work of the volunteer is to do everything
she can do and not to be afraid to work.
The work of the association has extended
to the interests of the industrial girl the
business girl, the foreign-b born, the colored
girl, in fact any kind of girl. In the big
associations there are all kinds of courses
for any line of work a girl wishes to take
THE three things | like to think as
distinctive about the Wv. c. A. are that
1t is distinctly Christian association. 1t
never goes where it is not wanted, and
all of its work is planned and carried out
iioi 'iit "elItIe Oh the girl. In the United
States to-day there are, under the age of
IA, ten millions of little girls, and only
400 odd thousand of these are reached by
the Y. W. 9. a. You can see what a great
work we have for we know that the
strength of a nation depends upon the
uprightness of it's young women"
Miss Colt told how in every country
where English is spoken there are Y. w.
c. \. secretaries and told of their work
In England too work older than thai in
this country
one very important work of the ~.
G. A. is the student movement for from
the students, of necessity. must come
our next group of leaders. Miss Colt told
something Of the college work and also
eNplincd Just what constituted the north
eastern field.
''Nermonters," she said. are made
strong by continually looking up to the
hiils. For that reason they like to sur
mount difficulties and they will carry
every project through ii ii is for the good
Of their young women and the State at
large"
THE CLUB WOMENS PART.
At one O'Clock luncheon was served in
, the dining room Of the Hotel Vermont
ana the afternoon session followed i'm
, mediately. Miss Bertha NJ. Terrill, pre-
siding Mrs. w. A Slack of Springfield,
!, president OF the Vermont Federation of
Womens clubs. gave "A very comprehcn-
siVe account OF the work of the fedora
, ton, telling the departments into which
, many OF the clubs are divided. Some of