Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13
GIRLS CONFERENCE.
COMES TO AN { ND.
Young Women from All Parts
of Vermont Learn of Their
Privileges and Responsibilities
in the New World


a decided success Everything went off
as scheduled and there was no hitch
in the programs. Saturday morning
showed just how much interest the
girls were taking, for the entire meet
ing held at the high school assembly
hall, was in their care and they car
riel 1t through In n manner that Is
indeed to their credit. Miss Margaret
Peck of Rutland, a student, presided at
the meeting. which opened at 9:15 a.
m, and Mrs. James 5. Allen (Helen
Sanders) of Winchester. Mass. a mem
Der of the girls committee, northeast
crn field had charge of the devotional
service. Mrs. Allen spoke britfly of
Miss Helen Hughes, the girls work
secretary, who was at the conference
in Rutland last year and who died
very recently. telling of her unassum-
Ing manner and how much she had
moant to all the girls who knew her.
There were greetings at the girls
council at 9:3O, extended from the
University of Vermont girls. by Miss
Doris Thompson '22, and from the
Burlington high school girls by Miss
Laura Buckham 30. These were well
given and the response by Miss Edris
Thayer of Bellows Falls for the girls
Of Vermont showed just how the visit
ing girls appreciated the hospitality
of their hostesses.
There were three committees APP
pointed, the nominating committee,
made up of Miss Minnie Burditt of
Pittsford, Miss Katherine Hayes of
Waterbury, Miss Celia Graves of Man
chester and Miss Josephine Howe Of
Burlington; tho time and place COM
mittee, made up of Miss Laura wal
i,,-i Il % . 1al,o r,,1-
worth of Montpelier, Miss Mavie
Streeter of Manchester and MISS
Marion Peterson of Craftsbury; ana
the resolution committee. made up of
Miss Clara Gardner of Barre, Miss
Margaret Hartman of Middlebury,
Miss Belle Randall of Waterbury,
Miss Edith Carpenter of St. Johns
bury and Miss Florence Beale Of Rut-
land.
At 1000 a, m. came the ten-minute
talks. These were short and pithy. and
the girls listened to them with much
interest. Miss Siok-anChu of China
and New York city gave her impress
sions of America. She has been In this
country six years. She said that peo
pie from countries that were not
Christian always expected that as
America is Christian nation every
/
find on arriving here that that Is not
true and that America has some real
problems to solve before the country
| becomes really Christian. This, she
said. puts a certain responsibility up
| on all the girls of the country an ]
gave them an opportunity to show
just what practical Christianity is.
Miss Anne Littlefield Of Middlebury
| College gave a report of the national
| convention at Cleveland.
Miss Julia r. Thomas Of New Haven,
Conn. director of Camp Hochelaga, told
of the camp which is to be opened at
Grand Isle during July and August. This
is a camp for Vermont girls under the
management of the Vermont council Of the
! Y. w. c. A. and it will have a thoroughly
competent staff in charge. Miss Thomas
will he the director Mrs. T.. A. Macomber
will be camp mother and Miss Margaret
! Darling. recreation leader Besides these,
there will be group of councillors. one
for every ten girls. and they will be large
ly young women Of college training. The
camp is located on the east side of Grand
Isle. 1t is about three miles from Grand
| Isle station on the main line of the Rut-
land railroad The equipment will include
a central lodge and % sleeping tents for
the girls and counselors. two cots to a
plenty Of room for outdoor sports. The
central lodge contains a living room with
open fireplace, dining room. kitchen, bath
room and sleeping accommodations for
the staff and guests. The preference. Miss
Thomas said, would be given to Vermont
girls and all would be encouraged to stay
as long as they could, since the benefits
are proportonately greater.
Miss Marjorie T.. Luce, assistant club
leader for the extension service of the
University of Vermont, told something OF
the girls project clubs and Of how the
w c. A. could cooperate in making
them a success.
Mrs. w. l.. WATSON, dean of women al
the University of Vermont. told Of the
newly formed vocational committee t
which all Vermont girls may write fo
all the information in the lines they ma,
need.
The report of the nominating committee
was read and accepted and Miss Margare
Brooks of St. Johnsbury was elected lead
err Of the conference. with Miss Eliza
beth Crane, Of Brattleboro secretary.
GROUP CONFERENCES
After the election of officers the con
ference divided into group conferences
Those for college girls were held at tn
university chapel and were in charge
|. Miss Mary WeiSel, student secretary
the northeastern field. Miss Doroth,
t Smith industrial secretary Of the north
eastern field and Miss Margaret O'Connel
Y national town and country secretary o
$ the department of field work. Those 10
the high school girls we're in charge o
t Miss Marie Neahr. Mrs. James S. Alier
e Miss Gladys Bryson. student secretary O
. the northeastern field, Miss Dlizaoet
{ Herring, county secretary or the nortN
q eastern field, Miss Anna M. Clark ma
tional town and country secretary an
, Miss Gladys Topping, world fenowshi
secretary of the northeastern field' INA
conference for chaperones and leaders wa
in charge of Miss Ruth Colt
At noon at the high school buiidine
picture was taken of all those attendii
the conference and it included about
girls
S AN AFTERNOON OF RECREATION
The afternoon was given over to recre
~ ton, in charge of Miss Margaret flliiI
. of the Blue Triangle House Al u
- university gymnasium 20 towns put
:. different stunts, lasting from five to u
minutes A silver loving cup was =
prize offered for the best stunt ana IN
was won by Montpelier. This cup -"
stay in the conference three years a.
Il the town winning 1t twice In successi
will have 1t permanently. Montpehe
~ stunt was a dramatizaton OF the aipn
u bet. 1t was mock tragedy and In real'
1t was exceedingly funny. The Burlingt
he girls stunt was close second IN
1t gave REORGANIZATION of pipe org
D with man tuning 1t, each girl represer