Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-24
MAINE GIRLS CLUB
TO ATTEND NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN JUNE

Tuesday June 18th at the pier of
the Eastern Steamship Co, Boston,
Mass, the delegates from the three
Maine clubs will meet the other dele
gates from the eastern Massachusetts
;clubs on their way to New York. Sew
eral of the club secretaries and Miss
Marion Niles, president of the Mas
cashusetts League of1GiIls' Clubs will
accompany the girls who are going
to the National Convention of the
League held this year up the Hudson
river at Nassar college.
| In New York, where the day will
be passed sightseeing and doing the
shops. the delegates will meet many
others and take Hudson river boat
to Poughkeepsie and thence to the
| college.
The program of the convention will
last four days and will be divided be-
| tween fun and study Members of
! the faculty and students of the col
! lage are staying over to help put on
| some college features The lantern
| parade. which is an annual college
! event, is on the lake, the Venice like
tpicture lighting the waters of the
lake with many lanterns, will be but
| one of the events of the four days
! stay on the college campus. A valu-
able part of the convention will be
the Round Table discussions or
classes on practical problems of
democratic club life and on the wider
topics of Citizenship and Unemploy-
ment. One afternoon will be devoted
to big Inter-club Field Meet on the
! i,. 1n11 Of
Pollak, president of the National
League of Girls Clubs. has offered a
cup TO the winning State League.
The Augusta, Gardner, and Water
willie clubs realize that to pro-
gross, TO simulate some of the
ideas and the ideals of those other
clubs who have been running for
, over 20 years and that to meet those
other clubs who like themselves are
working out the same problems after
"a two or three years club life, the
clubs here in Maine, realize that cy-
cry effort to finance as many dele
gates as possible will mean progress
will mean much in the next years
life of the club A few girls who
have not had time work on the
money making schemes have decided
to join the delegates. 1t is hoped that
others Will decide to do this ana if so
| should talk it over with Miss Paine
ut once if they have any hopes of go
ing.
The League principles have been
attained and formed by the working
and business girls of the country
They are, first, self government, the
ability to think things out for one
self; secondly. the aim toward self
support, a principle in which this
| League heads the list of all other
educational and recreational organ
izations. Non sectarianism taken in
! its broadening sense of getting to-
Eether on community, on an all
American ground. ITO have and to
share" with every other girl or wom-
an in the community is in itself a
large order to fill. This open mem
| bership makes the League of Girls
Clubs grow toward doing all phases
of girls work in q community.
What a local club attains is de-
pendent on every girl on other citi-
zens. What the town thinks and
adds to the club means much. but
| what each member does to under
! stand the League ideals does more
There will be room for other members
to so TO the National Convention.