Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-03
CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS

CHAIRMAN's ADDRESS
Dear Members:
We are happy to say that our wors
FOR the year 1922 shows progress
Quite number of girls and womeo
have been reached by having the Pur.
pose of the Association interpreted to
them and we feel that greater numbers
will become members of the Associat.
ion when they fully understand the
work
AT the beginning of the year we had
only thirty-five members and at the
present time our membership is ono
hundred and fifty-three. While we
wrought we'll we should not be satisfi-
ed with such a small membership. Let
each member make herself a commit
tee of one to bring in at least two new
members and let our goal for 1923 be
not less than Three Hundred New
Members.
Our membership should be women
and girls OF various churches, women
and girls of various livelihoods and liz
terests, such as teachers, professional
girls and women, business girls and
women, industrial girls and women
and housewives. for each group has
something to contribute toward max
ing our Association truly democratic
Our Girls Work was in five AMI
! flourishing condition during the year
In the fall the clubs were reorganizei
according to the Girl Reserve program
and we now have the following c,uu3
business and Professional Girls. Cora.
mercial High School, Normal. High
and Graded School and Industrial
girls. We are very fortunate in having
splendid group of advisers for these
clubs and at this time we wish to ex
press our appreciation to them for civ
ing Of their valuable time to direct
these clubs and for the great WORK
they have accomplished. An excellent
program has been put on for this
year which will mean much for tho
Association. The future outlook for
our Girls Work is indeed encoruag
| ing.
Many new friends have been brought
in by the Religious Education Commit
tee by having the Young Peoples Socie
ties of the various churches furnish
programs for Vespers on one Sunday
have been well attended and the pro
grams unusually good. This Commit.
tee hopes to organize Bible Glasses in
the early spring and we hope that as
many Of you as can will avail your.
selves Of the opportunity to join these
classes.
Our Hospitality Committee has done
much towards broadening our social
life by having Social Hours after Yes
pers Membership meetings, etc, and
by bringing in larger groups by hold
ing Social Hours during the Summer.
The House Committee hopes to be
able to furnish some rooms and to do
some spring renovating to our build.
ing
! The Finance Committee is going
to work arduous1y to make this III,
best year from a financial point of
view in the history of the Association.
Our Health Education Committee Is
going to do all it can to develop Ath.
1etics and they hope in the near fu.
ture to have a gymnasium.
Under the Educational Committee
| the following classes are being con.
Quoted: Dressmaking. Millinery and
Needlework. This committee Is plan.
ming to give Home Economics Course
| i'm the Fall.
All of the committees are planning
to study the various phases OF thu
work Of the Association and here we
would like to emphasize that If we are
TO build our work each committee
must be willing to study out its Job
epch committee must be willing Ia
give time to its ;ob end to interpret Ia
the community the purpose and spirit
OF the Association