Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13
NEARLY 500 GIRLS
HERE FOR CONFERENCE
Young Women from All Parts
of Vermont in Burlington for
Three Days-Supper and Ad-
dress at University Gymna-
SUM the First Event

There was something doing every min
ute at the opening session of the con-
ference OF the Older Girls OF Vermont. ar
ranged by the northeastern field com
mittee Of the National Board OF the Y.
w. G. A, which was held Friday evening
at the gymnasium Of the University of
Vermont. All day long girls in large and
small groups arrived on every train. and
by night $50 had registered. They were
taken care of promptly at the station by
a group OF 40 Boy Scouts and as many
high school girls and college girls and
then went to the high school where. with
the help of Miss Mabel Southw!ck they
registered. At the station there was an
Information desk in charge Of Miss Mar
garet Pilling. and she was kept busy ev-
cry minute answering all sorts of Ques-
tons
The high school was a busy place. for
there cards had to be made out register
ing the girls and they had also 70 be
given one telling whether they should get
their meals at the Blue Triangle House
or at the house where they were to be
entertained. Thursday evening arrange
ments were made with the Van Ness
House whereby IN girls could be housed
| there. but by Friday evening 40 many
people had offered the hospitality of their
homes that the whole SEQ were taken In
-. TO private homes for the week
! SUPPER AND SPEECHES AT THE
! UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM
The first real meeting of the conference
vas the supper at tho university gym
| nasium. There the girls were given very
good buffet lunch by the ladies' of the
burlington churches. the young women
students serving. and there was infor-
| NAL after-dinner speaking with Miss
Marion Gary of Rutland presiding. May
or ]. Holmes jackson welcomed the girls
on the part OF the city and James p. Tay-
lor extended greetings. In speaking or the
subject Of the conference, "a new girl In
new world" Mr.. Taylor said that II any
one was to make this a new world. the
girls must do 1t. Dean j. l.. Hills welcom
ed the delegates on behalf OF the college
saving that 1t was 12s years old and that
the old lady was glad to see her children.
As Byron N Clark could not be prese Mt
Mt the meeting because of the death OF
his mother f. l.. Rand gave the greet
lings from the State Y. NJ. c. A. At the
conclusion Of his welcome he presented
the conference with a gavel made with
IA pieces Of wood taken from each OF the
"a counties Of the State with handle
which came from the Battle of Benning'
ton. This gavel he said was truly repre-
sentative Of Vermont and was similar tc
the one given the Older BOYS Conference
He presents It to Miss Gary. who he said
had done 80 much to make the CONFER
ence a success Miss Gary accepted the
gayel and then introduced the Rev C. Z
Adams. who extended greeting from tht
: churches of burlington. Miss Fanny b
Fletcher of Proctorsville gave the wei
come from the Vermont Y. w. c. A. coun
ell She said that the girls had come mere
to NAV together to work together an'
| 70 he reverent together In her greetins
from the northeastern field committee
Miss Ruth Colt said that she hoped th'
i girls would go forth with strength an'
1 grow in friendliness. wisdom, kindlines
and eentleness until they, like the uni
varsity. were 129 years old. The program
, CLOSED with greetings from the inter
Church World Movement by the Rev. w
a A. Dawson. d. D, and then the group ad
A iourned to the College street Church
r where a service was held
e SERVICE AT COLLEGE STREE
= CHURCH
q Mrs. w. l.. WATSON, dean of wome
at the University of Vermont, preside
l. and Miss Ruth Colt led the devotion'
Miss Dorothy Smith led the singing. Tn
! professional hymn was ION Our wa
a Rejoicing" and the postlude "Americ
= the Beautiful" Miss Margaret White
r more of the University Of Vermont facu
d ty sang a solo. Eye Has Not Seem
q In his address on "Old Courage fc
J. New Ventures" the Rev. Arthur 1
n Bradford, d. D.. of Providence. r. !
paid a tribute to Vermont for brngin