Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
ACTIVITIES OF
THE Y. ". {. A.
Much Interest in the Swimming
Glasses, Which Are to Start
Next Monday.

With $50 Young girls and women OF this
city registered. the series of swimming
classes which the Young Women s Chris
| tian Association are to hold, viii begin on
Monday The lessons are 90 be given in
| the pool of the Y NJ. G. A, and arc To be
taught by George II Corsan the most
famous of swimming experts.
The lessons will he held at the \. Nj.
| G. A. only in the morning They will begin
at and continue until 80 o clock, and
| will be held from Monday until Friday
morning inclusive. There Will be a course
| of evening lessons ri the Brandywne
pool (citv pool IT the foot of Adams street,
| from 10 o clock taught by MIR. Corsan.
| This class will not begin until Tuesday
night There arc 100 women registered
! for this class.
The program for the morning Is AS foi-
lows 9 10 go for girls under Ia years OF
age; $50 to 10 o'clock and from l0 to
1890 o'clock. womcn's classes; lo.5o
to | ! and | 90 | ll.30 o clock for girls IN
their teens all over II years
The lessons will be chaperoned eaoh
morning bv one Of the ~ W. secretaries
and by members of the board. Among
those who will serve as chaperones are
the following: Miss Ethel X. Arey,
general secretary; Mrs. Asa Adatr' Mrs.
Joseph Stuart, Mrs. Harry Y. Jemison,
Mrs Barton, Mrs. John TAFT. Miss Ethel
Bonham and Mrs $ B. Cooling.
No rceistration for the classes will be
accepted after today 1t IS felt by the
Y. ". G. 4. with the large number OF
persons that have joined the swimming
classes and the great number Of inquiries
that they have received IN regard TO the
series of lessons that a pool Is needed
more than ever by the Young Women
Christian Association Although the clty
pools ore enjoycd by tho girls and women
Of this city in summer there ls great
need for n swimming poot which can ne
used the wear round This will be reailzed
when the new building OF the \. W. Is
completed.
Seventv-five members Of the Girl Re
serves Of this city enioyed picnic at the
Holiday House on Thursday The guests
arrived early in the morning and had one
round Of pleasure all day The program
wa. varied in its form Of amusements and
every one had an interesting time. The
morning was spent in games Of all kinds.
The swings proved popular with the girls.
4 picnic lunch was cnjUved ~ noon. Each
of the corps IN the afternoon contributed a
stunt Of some kind. The prize was awarded
to the Oriole Corps, its stunt being mock
wedding. Girl Reserve songs were sung
and the dav was closed by holding pretty
exercise with march and the reserves
saluting "Old Glory, after which ice
cream was served,
The members Of the Friendship Club
who have been spending this week at the
Holiday House have had a royal good time
and many regrets will be heard, when
they return 90 this city next Tuesday
morning. Fourteen members OF the Clah
/ have cnloyed the outing. On Wcdnedey
/ evening dance was gwen Hikes have h ID
a feature of the week This eveningua
| straw ride will be enjoyed. Next week the
| guests al the house viii number 50. They
/ will represent the EaStlako Corps West
/ End Corps and the pocahontas Corps,
! and there will be a number Of young girls
| Of this CITY who are not members OF any
/ corps. This group Of young girls are antIci-
! pating.as great time as their corps mates
! have had this week.
| Miss Violet Lafferty is chaperoning over
! the week end group Of nine girls from the
| Italian Girl Reserve Corps. at Holiday
House. They are TO enjoy real camp lie
while at this recreation center, Tor they
are using a big canvass tent that Is on the
grounds and are dong their own cooking
A pageant entitled The Pilgrims will
be given bv the Marshallton Girl Reserve
Corps on Friday evening July , IN Groves
Meadow which is at the end Of the Mar
shallton street car line The program will
begin at 7.30 o clock, The purpose OF this
, UNIQUE entertainment Is to interest the
people Of this community with the work
that the corps is doing. The costumes which
the PLAYERS will wear have been made by
the members of the corps. In the program
there will be characters 10 represent
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
BENJAMIN Franklin. William Penn and
the Puritans. The pageant will be attrac-
tive with many pretty dances. Following
the presentation of this affair there will
be social and refreshments will be for
sale. This entertainment has been arranged
bv Miss Elizabeth White the advisor of
the corps.