Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-16
MANY GIRLS FRIENDLY
SOCIETIES ORGANIZED
Miss Florence L. NewboId Busy
Spreading Gospel Of
Right Living.

A meeting of members of the Girls
Friendly Societies I'm the city was
held laAt evening in st. Andrews
Parish House. Miss Florence Lukens
Newbold. national extension secre-
tary for the Girls Friendly Societies
in America, was the principal speak
err.
She spoke about all year round
programs that fulnll the three-fold
requirement OF recreation, education
and religion. Religion. she said. should
be indwelling or personal, and out
going az expressed in service for
others. She stressed the value OF self
government, saying that no girls club
can make progress unless it IL self
governing. She spoke about the ideals
on which the organization is founded.
She said that the first ideal. friendli-
ness, IL the great need Of the world
today. Steadfastness in every walk "
life is another ideal. She stressed the
value of purity In thought, word, and
deed. and emphasized personal re-
ligion, saying that the Girls Friendly
should try to make the girls better
church members regardless OF their
creed.
The meeting closed with a demon
stration Of self government. showine
first the society without self govern
ment with its inefiiciency and lack
of interest, and then the society where
meetings are conducted according 70
parliamentary rule and much is ac-
complished in little time.
This afternoon Miss Newbold will
conduct an intensive training class
for leaders or associates at Trinity
Parish House. From three TO Ave sh'
will take Up Ideals OF the Friendly
and How They May he Interpreted FOR
Girls" She Will speak Of the associates
relation To the girl and her respon
sibillty. She will stress the organiza
ton Of branches. At six o'clock sup
per will be served. which will be at
tended by all branch associates in tn,
city and surrounding churches. a;
well ~ a member representing each
branch. All the rectors i'm the city
have been invited and II Is hoped tina
Bishop and Mrs. Cook VIII be pres
ent. In the evening the class will dis
cuss branch programs.
Miss Newbold has spent this weel
in Wilmington. organizing branches
and visiting various groups.
Since her visit last year mucl
progress has been made. "a Bishol
Cook has appointed two diocesan
workers. Miss Frances Haguer AM
Miss Isabel Wagner. who are EN-
phasizing Girls Friendly work in IN
state and are planning TO organic
societies in lower Delaware. Miss Jan
Lea is the diocesan president ant
has recently appointed Miss Louis
Tainall diocesan head OF extension
in the state.
Miss Newbold has been very bus,
during her stay here. Monday sh
visited the newly organized branch Il
New Castle. Tuesday she organized
branch AT Trinity. about fifteen girl
/, between the ages OF twelve and hfteei
. being present. DR.. kirkus has askc,
] Miss katherine Marllley TO act "a
branch secretary until he appoint
someone. Wednesday Miss Newbol
visited newly organized branch a
TalleyVille. which meets in a on
room building formerly used as Re
Cross center. In spite Of the cold, som
girls walked two miles TO attend IN
: meeting. Thursday Miss Newbold or
ganized a branch at 81. James
Church. stanton. with about sixtee
charter members. She went from ther
- TO Newark 20 visit the society OF
-. .,
her visit a year ago. Mrs. Coverdal
2 is branch secretary there.
= Miss NewbOld came here fror
5 Massachusetts, where she had bee
Z conducting training classes for lead
= ers in Boston and talking TO neighbor
8 hood groups Of girls. The oldest Girl
Friendly Society in the country is {
St AIMS, Lowell, Mass. organized
1877, although Old Swedes. Whining
ton. was organized very early. Viii
in New England. Miss Newbold visit
ed Wellesley. Holyoke. and Syracus
University. as part Of an inter-denou
national church team under the al
spices OF the Y. w. G. 4. Miss New
bold said that this movement serve
a two fold purpose, II brought warrior
denominations into harmony and
!, also challenged college women to
leaders i'm the church.
Miss Newbold attended the CONVEX
ton in Portland. Oregon, this fall ~
met girls OF the teen age and leade
OF girls in nearly every state, ar
l. she belives that the "fapper" probe
d is not so serious as IL has been painte
IT Girls of today are as easily taught
J. right leaders as their mothers ar
ID grandmOthersS she said. "snd the
4e will respond just as quickly 10 hie
n. ideals II they are properly presente
p Girls OF today have not lost their idea
r ism"