Arizona republican., 1922-02-13
ESQ GIRL RESERVES
WORK UNDER SLOGAN
Of TRUEST SERVICE

OF these two groups. all or whom,
however are working under COM
mon purpose. slogan and code which
is as follows:
Girl reserve purpose: ITO find and
give the best"
Girl reserve slogan: ITO face life
squarely."
Girl reserve code: AS Girl Re-
serve | will be
Gracious in manner.
Impartial in judgment,
Ready for service,
Loyal to friends.
Reaching towards the best,
Earnest in purpose,
Seeing the beautiful
Eager for knowledge.
Reverent to God,
Victorious over self,
Ever dependable.
Sincere at all times.
II will do my best to honor God,
my country and my community; to
help other girls and to be In all ways
a loyal. true member of the Girl Re-
serves"
The purpose of the Blue Triangle
club and the Freshmen club Of the
Girl Reserves OF the Phoenix High
alton and friendship for each girl; to
help each girl form for herself a
sense OF values and standards for
Christian comradeship and help her
put them into action in her home
school and community. The girls
meet weekly to carry out an all
around program for girls. centertng
around health. service. knowledge
and spirit The club Is entirely self
governing. developing thereby the
| leadership OF each girl, but is under
| the supervision of the girls work
secretary OF the Young Woman's
| Christian association and Miss Ethel
Rosenberg. faculty advisors and a
group OF eight high school teachers
who act as advisors to the various
committees of the club. Such girls
clubs mean a constructive outlet Tor
the superabundant energies of a
group OF girls through the manage
ment by the girls themselves OF man
fold activities in which they are in
terested and which are related to
! home, school and community life.
The Girl reserves have done COM
munity work in Phoenix by working
when needed in cooperation with the
| Associated Charities. the Red Cross,
| the Near East Relief association. the
/, county Detention Home and the hos
pitalg Of Phoenix. Summer camp is
| held each year for the high school
| Girl Reserves. In 1920. 100 Girl Re-
serves OF Arizona met at Iron
| Springs for 10 days of supervised
recreation and inspiration and a
larger camp than ever is being
\ planned for the Girl Reserves OF Ari-
zant this year.
Grade school Girl Reserves clubs
! organized In seventh grades OF four
| grade schools of Phoenix also meet
weekly to carry out their program
which centers around an honor svs-
tenn which carries the Girl Reserves
ideals into the daily life OF each girl
! The girls work for honors In health
service. knowledge and spirit. By
Keeping health rules, through out-of-
doors activities. etc. they are build
ing strong healthy bodies. BY learn
ing the things girls want to know
about their communities, first aid
lesson" etc. they are increasing
their store of knowledge and thereby
their usefulness. Service honort
are given for real service. in the
home. school, church and communi-
ty and thereby the girls are learning
the spirit OF helpful service for 9TH
ers. Spirit" honors stand for religi-
| Gus activities and ideals OF 4 gir
at her best. When a Girl Reserve
wins honors. she is not merely win
ing them for herself but for her com
munity and her country. The grade
school Girl Reserves of Phoenix have
also done community service work
in cooperation with some OF the
social agencies.
PwRa-. - fr@aN AZ
country organization which cpl
tomizes the girl movement of today
In Joining the girl reserves. one II
not only becoming a member of .
local organization but OF world or.
ganization for Girl Reserves are or.
ganized in all the principal countries
of the world. Such organizations fol
girls meet the same need for teeI
girls as the Boy Scouts meet for tbs
teen boy. Communities are begin
ming TO realize that standards are Sc
by both boys and girls. Provision
for boys only is not sufficient. Th'
girls of every community stand read,
and challenge that community q
give them an opportunity to fine
and give their best. The Girl Re
serve movement is building into III
life Of the younger girls qualities
which make for a finer girlhood ant
womanhood and ideal citizenship.
The Young Women's Christian as
sociation believes that four funda
mental principles should undergir'
| every program for girls, that is
health, service. knowledge and spirit
Citizenship is the ultimate aim o
the program. Good citizenship is no
a quality which one can done as
new garment upon becoming the ag
OF 21. Girls are citizens and will b.
called upon to take responsible ant
Intelligent place in the life abou
them. The type OF the citizen tha
the girl is going 10 be is conditioned
almost entirely by the kind OF citi
zenship she has been living AM
thinking during her adolescent years
Clubs teach girls to work togethe
and the girls "learn by doing" |
takes more than the power OF SUI
7 frage to make a citizen. The Cir
Reserve citizen does five things:
l. She keep well.
.. She learns.
3. She has good times,
: 4. She strives toward an ideal
5. She serves.
? Al group activities center abou
= these principles. blending the prac
I tical with the ideal. The aim is no
to create a great deal of additiona
work for girls but TO put finer
l higher motive back Of the every da,
I life of the girl. linking her NOR
J strongly TO the school, to the home
I to the church and giving her an op
portunitv for service to her commu
nity and developing her strong pos
e sib.lities Of leadership.
/. .FRESAENlNG WELLS
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