The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-08
KENOSHAN GIVES
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Miss Laura Murray of Ke-
nosha G. G. S. L. Ad-
dresses Milwaukee Meet.
WANT SUMMER CAMP

gave the Keynote address at mass
meeting Of Milwaukee girls under the
auspices of Milwaukee Community
Service, Inc, Wednesday evening. Mil
waukee Community Service, Inc, has
tentative plans for a girls summer
camp, the ground and equipment to be
purchased by the girls. The organiza-
tlon leaders believe that the success
of every project is decided by the in
diyidual and collective interest. of
those who will be directly benefited
Kenosha's plan for a 100000 girls
club has been under intense scrutiny
and the fact that the movement is
developing so well has determined
the leaders to put the summer camp
proposition before Milwaukee girls
much as the club project has been
submitted to the girls Of Kenosha at
general mass meeting.
Miss Murray's fame as an organizer
has also become widespread. Those
who have come into contact with her
magnetic personality know of the in
fectuous Something" which refuses
to be downed and which communicates
its enthusiasm to others. Miss Murray
must be heard to be appreciated and if
the Milwaukee summer camp idea is
successful aher girls" will feel that it
is in great measure due to the in
spirational message which she carried
to the girls.
Tribute to Kenosha.
Prefacing her direct message TO the
assembled girls, Miss Murray gave a
resume of the work of the G.. C. S. L.,
and outlined the league plans for Ke-
nosha's Girl club. She paid a tri-
butte to the girls of Kenosha when she
said that the league was composed of
the finest type of business and pro-
fessional girls. She also praised the
fine cooperation of individual league
members, officers, counsellors. inter
ested non-members, churches and or
CARNATIONS which has been respon-
sible for the development of the girls
club idea. She remarked upon the I'M
selfish spirit of the league members
who, when the membership was in
creasing at the rate of seventy-five to
one hundred, members a week, shared
the roms and entertainment facili-
ties that each member might be con
sidered. Incidental to the club pro-
position she said that the girls were
not the type who would be interested
in charitable institution, but that
they were interested in organizing a
club where each girl would be not only
a member but a share holder. She
described the first mass meeting when
S10,770.00 was pledged and added that
$15,60000 has now been subscribed to
ward the 100000 fund She con-
Guided her dissertation on Kenosha's
work with the expressed hooe that,
since the Kenosha Girls club PROPOSE
ton. is in the midst of its development,
the project would be successfully con-
cluded and the girls chartered in their
new home by Thanksgiving.
Message to Girls.
Referring directly to Milwaukee's
problem Miss Murray impressed upon
them the philosophy which she feels
so keenly and which she has PROFOUND
ed to KenosLd girls. Sim interested
in you girls as group" she said,
because | am proud of the thing you
have undertaken. 1t is right. it is last
ing, it is worthwhile. This little idea
Of getting right down and individually
striving for the thing we want most
is one Of the very surest ways in the
world Of bringing that thing into our
possession and it is perhaps the only
way to establish a standard of what is
truly worthwhile Do we really want
this Is it worth the effort? Those are
two questions that must be answered
before we begin. A half hearted an
swer won't do, semi-decision is not
sufficient. We must look deep into the
innermost secret places of the souls
that are ourselves and put the query.
If our answer comes back yes there
is nothing under the light of the stars
that shine that can prevent us from
having it. Every obstacle that presents
itself will be but added conviction of
it's real value, every seeming defeat,
every discouraging experience that
arises will but strengthen our convic-
ton in the belief that it is worth
while. 1t may take time but nothing
is impossible so long as we think it is
possible. Defeat is entirely within
ourselves and nothing can overpower
the person who determines to be big
ger than the circumstances which
handicap him physical or financial.
What Can You Do?
you are considering promoting
campaign to buy Summer camp. If
it has been put within reach it has
been put as near as it should ever
come until you see for yourselves what
you can do. When each girl has given
her answer, as to whether she can do
something or nothing, that combined
answer will be the true reply to the
question, DO the girls really want
summer camp? That answer will be
the thing which will determine how
much the business men will do toward
helping it out. have found that nine
tenths of the business men are more
than ready to do what is reasonable in
matters of this kind. They want happy
girls connected with their firms, for
happy service is the only service that
is efficient regardless of the degree of
skill that is at ones command. Hap
piness is the greatest possession in the
world. To be happy is to possess a
mind, a soul and a body that are
in accord with the great universe
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