The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-17
Members of Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions
Clubs Addressed on Matter of P ornament
Organization of Y W { A, dy Mrs Whiteman

hardly more than SO are from out
of town, so the problem of rooms
would not concern us just at present.
However, the secretary will at all
times keep on hand list of suitable
rooms available for our girls.
Primarily the Y. w. C. A. has for
its object the mental. moral and ply
sical development of its members
To accomplish this 1t has developed
many by-products, which you busi-
ness men may regard as the more
tangible of it's assets.
The Y. w. c. A. originated the
cafeteria, but the cafeteria is strictly
by-product and is not financed
from the funds Of the association.
1t is our purpose to locte head
quarters in a convenient downtown
their lunch at the club rooms and
devote the remainder of the hour to
rest or to recreation just as their
fancy disposes.
Another feature we wish to develop
is the use Of the club rooms in
promoting the social activity Of the
community.
We want to use headquarters as
hospitality center where the girls
can entertain their friends Of botn
sexes, in happy and congenial parties,
under the chaperonage of the asso-
citation.
When a girl arrives at the age
when she polishes on her nails until
they shine like the armor OF a
medieval knight: when she quits
sticking back her hair and puffs it
out in two saddle bags over her
ears; when your boy begins to wash
behind his ears and 10 roach back
his hair; when it takes him as long
10 select his tie as it does for his
mother to choose her Easter bonnet.
it is time for that father and that
mother to take an active interest
in the amusements the community
has provided for the young people
For you may be very sure that
they are going to see each other and
it is the right Of youth 10 expect
us to supply the suitable place and
circumstance.
For I do not believe that 1t is the
wiser plan to tell these young girls
that they can not have their friends
1t gives mysterious Importance
to the masculine sex, out Of all due
proportions to their just deserts.
The Y. w. C. A. has a splendid
physical program and organizes the
girls into clubs OF 12 to Is for physi-
cal development. In fact their gym
nasium work is one Of the strongest
features of the organization.
1t also consuks employers, finds
out their needs and advises the girls
as to what qualifications they must
possess to efficiently fill these posi-
tons.
1t is an open. invitation to the
stranger. to assist them in finding
employment, suitable rooms and agree
able friends.
But while the Y. w. c. A. runs
a cafeteria, it is not a restaurant;
while Il keeps on hand list Of
rooms that are safe living quarters
for the girls, 1t is not registry
bureau; while it organizes clubs, 1t
is not club; it is an association OF
women "a worldwide sisterhood, TO
bring more abundant life to the
women all over the world.
And il / have devoted too much
time to recounting the more tangible
assets Of the Y. w. C. A. and too
little TO the real issue. / have done
the association an injustice.
There is. at some time within us
all realization Of our short comings,
and great desire to be Of some use
TO society or to the community.
1t is to stimulate this desire and
to assist in its fulfillment that the
Y. W. c. A. justifies its existence.
don't know that / can tell you
gentlemen just what We Americans
mean by the word culture; certainly,