Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13

union was In charge of Miss Margaret
Pilling and Miss Margaret Darling.
EVENING SESSION
The meeting in the evening ut the high |
school building was an inspiration to all
who attended. largely because of the
spirit shown by the girls. Miss Ellen b. |
Cramton OF Rutland presided and the
devotions were led by Miss Florence
Hemenway-Wells of Brattleboro. who
spoke briefly on the spirit of devotion.
In the absence Of the committee. Miss
Winifred Dawson read the resolutions
which were adopted ''in sincerest graft |
tude for the unique and historic gavel
given by Secretary Byron N. Clark; to
the people of Burlington In deep appre-
citation for their generous hospitality and
most helpful entertainment: and to the
Vermont Y. w. C. A. council the Bur-
lington committee and to Miss Marion
Gary, State leader. in appreciation of the
help they have given us to be new girls
In a new world"
Miss Anna NJ Clark Of New York city,
who was introduced as the god-mother
Of the Vermont Older Girls Conference,
gave the address OF the evening She
talked on Every Girls Part in the
Worlds War" After the war was
over" she said. everyone expected n
new world to rise from the many sacri-
fees, but instead we found a very
wretched old world. 1t was a disap-
pointment to many, but It gives every
girl an opportunity to do something to
improve It, Every woman and girl in
the world has two great opportunities
one is to create all that is beautiful, and
the other is to love In such way that
the world will be better for 1t. There
much to help to make the world better.
One Of these things Is for every girl to
get the spirit Of togetherness.
THAT is the spirit that makes a girl
held the members of her family and her
friends. that keeps her from being happy
when the girls Of other countries are I'M
, happy unless she does something about
It, Another thing she can do is to make
the standards Of the boys she knows as
high as her own. She can influence many
boys In this way and better standards for
them Is what the world needs to-day. Still
another thing is to get n better UNDER
standing OF other people. She can do this
by reading. by travel and by hospitality.
that is by entertaining her friends and
really taking them into her home life
when she does SO. If she is really sincere
about doing all of these things her in
| fluence will go out among all those who
know her and beyond and she will have
done something to make the world bet
ter"
At the close Of her talk. Miss Clark
was given a storm of applause. Then
came some selections by the girls double
quartet of the University Of Vermont.
They sang Garry Me Back to Ole Virgin
n.y." and the Green and Gold" and then
were forced to give two encores Grand
Fathers Clock" and "A Man Without
Woman" two humorous selections.
| Following this came two reels of beau
| tiful pictures, those taken at the sum-
mer conference at Blue Ridge. N. c.,
and those taken at the summer CONFER
ence at Silver Bay. N. Y. Miss Eliza
both b. Herring Of New York city ex-
planned these conferences. During the
pictures the girls sang all sorts of songs
from those popular during the war to
a few popular now. some OF the semi
classical ones and one hymn. This sing
ing was purely spontaneous. girl In
some corner Of the room starting one and
at the conclusion Of that some other girl
starting another AS each one was
started the girls came in as soon as
they found out what it was. During the
Blue Ridge picture 1t was easy to fol-
low the train of thought Of the girls,
for toward the end as a sunset picture
| was being shown someone started the
| hymn Now the Day Is over" and at its
conclusion someone else started "a Per-
feet Day" Interspersed here and there
too were cheers for Miss Gary Miss Clark.
Miss Pillng. the Blue Triangle House and
the Y. w. C. A. It was meeting of en-
thusiasm and one that would show even
the most skeptical that such gatherings
are we'll worth while The meeting
closed, as all of them did. with America
the Beautiful"
At the conclusion of the meeting daffo-
dis. the conference flower, were sold and
on yesterday morning each girl appeared
wearing a dafrodi
CHURCH SERVICES AND ORGAN
RECITAL
Sunday morning was taken up with
attendance at the church services. each
girl going with her hostess. and In the
afternoon the girls attended an organ
recital at St. Paul's Church given by
, the organist Ernest Dawson Leach. The
, church was crowded and the girls en-
{ joyed every minute Of the recital.
THE FINAL MEETING
The final meeting of the conference wa:
/ held Sunday evening at the First Church
|
, and the devotional service was led by
r Miss Ruth Colt Of New York city. Mis-
' Isabel Young sang a solo. The address
of the evening. Enlarged Lives" wal
8 given by Mrs Lawrence Thurston, presi
t dent of Ginning College. Marking, China
Seven hundred years before Christ,
said Mrs Thurston, '"Isiah told tn
women of his age their faults o
rather their weaknesses. wonde
: | how far the women have gone sine
!. those days and how many of thes
@ faults they still have, The world w
Z live in to-day is vastly larger than tn
T world in which he lived but l wonde
y If our souls have enlarged in proper
= ton to the rate in which our worl
!, has enlarged. 1t is true that some ar
f living large lives but there are man
II more who might be. l want you girl
Il to realize that not one-half of tn
/. girls in the world OF your age ar
# rated as girls, They are women bear
h Ing a woman's burdens.
l. 1T has been said that mans lii
v Is measured by the heiEhth of hi
d ideals, the depth of his convictions an
p the breadth OF his sympathy and un
u Outstanding. This, of course, is tru
Ii also Of girls. Our ideals have a grea
Influence on our lives and they ais
Influence the lives of our friends. w
u should examine our ideals and see
W they are high enough. What do we rat
the highest the most worth while
Y Then II our ideals are what the
a. should be, what are our convictions