New Britain herald., 1922-04-13
ELECT DIRECTORS
 AT wv. MEETING
Reports Of Secretary, Treasurer and Clubs Heard at Gathering

Miss Elizabe Eastman, Miss Flora Humphrey, Mrs. Philip Stanley, Mrs. John Stadler, Jr.. Mrs. A. G. kimball, Mrs, w. r. Brooks and Mrs. William Felt were elected 10 the board of di- rectors at the annual meeting of the T. w. C. A, held last evening. Officers of the board will be elected at spe- cial meeting to be held on April 26.
 Mrs. George w. Traut presided at the meeting and introduced Miss Elizabeth Rogers, who spoke of the association in the past and present, its beginning in London and it's dcvel- opment in this country,
 Report of Treasurer.
 The treasurer reported a small bal ance at the close of the fiscal year. Good business management and q re- duction of the staff were the points . made by Mrs. Platt to account for the surplus.
 An interesting feature of the even ing were the reports given by the various club presidents, including the Girl Reserves, the Thursday Outing club, the Sports club.
 Asks Support.
 Miss Humphrey, on behalf of the the board of directors, presented the matter of the 1922-23 budget and en- listed the help of the older members in raising this years quota which is S11, ,ooo. The local association is 75 per cent self supporting.
 About 75 mem bers were present at the meeting. Supper was served in the gymnasium at tables set in the form of blue triangle with decora- tions of yellow and blue candles and spring blossoms.
 Annual Report Read.
 The annual report of the associa- ton was then submitted. The report in detail covers the workings of the various clubs and the institute as whole. The report, which was read by the secretary, is as follows
 It is my duty as secretary of the board of directors which has the good of the association very much at heart, to present to you in pleasing array the events of the twelve months just past; and in order to do that I have to make of myself a many sided box fitted with lenses--caled Kaleidoscope and into this as so many bright bits of glass I will put the doings of this or that group-and it remains for you to put your eyes to this fitted piece; which will then give you interesting or amusing or in- structive pictures. Thus you see I throw the responsibility of good report partly upon my audience.
 The board has only to look on the secretary's file to find out that it had ten regular meetings and two special ones, and that there has been some changes in the personnel of the sec- retaries and of the board member ship, but that does not interest the as- sociation as a whole. They want to know for instance that the Physical Department under Miss Fossett is neither slow nor dead, neither is the gymnasium class, nor is the Sports club, nor is the new health class starting with a membership of 21. It is called health class because it aims to give individual help to each girl, exercises are prescribed to meet her individual need, half of the class les son is spent on individual gymnastics, the other half is general class work. The carnival was assisted by the Physical Department in several ways. | The children's dancing class gave a Black Cat costume dance as part of the entertainment. The afternoon women's swimming class gave fancy articles. The Sports club furnished one act for the entertainment and took