San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-31
Miss Mable Crafty Here to
Aid in Anniversary Week
Drive-Tells How Girl
Was Escorted Half Way
Around the World by "Y"
Workers.

81 have not visited the associations
in Texas in several years and am
deeply impressed with the growth of
the program throughout the state"
declared Miss Mabel Crafty of New
York. executive of the national board
of the Young WomenS Christian As
ISOLATION. upon her arrival in San
Antonio Wednesday morning for con-
ference with officials of the local or
ganization. She is accompanied by
Miss Mary Sims of New York. execu-
tive of the city department of the na.
tional organization.
Il have just come from Galveston
and Houston, also the Houston rural
district. Hitchcock and Freeport.
where there has been splendid ex-
tension in activities" she continued.
Il expect to so from here to FL Paso
and thence to California.
"Why is the work of the national
board of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association important 10 each To-
cal association? Because il is only
through the national board that guar.
antees can be made to the public that
the local association is what it shouid
be in the community. We have no
control over the name Young Wom-
ems Christian Association nor over
the initials nor the triangle. What
we can control is the membership of
the national association. For exam.
pie, each local association has been
urged to add to its letterhead paper
words to the effect that it is a mem
Der of the national organization in the
United States"
No local Y. W. C. A. is indie
pendent of the other local y. w. c. A.
organizations, Miss crafty explained.
Want Good Records.
"ln the minds of the public the
Y. W. c. a. stands for something
very definite. Often n good or bad
record in one community may vitality
affect the program in a distant city.
For instance, n good residence hall
connected with a y. W. c. A. may
do much to strengthen that part of
the program in another city. Or it
may work the other way.
Because of such situations the ma
tional biennial convention of the or.
ganization at Hot Springs. Ark, in
1922 passed series of resolutions on
city standards. City associations have
been feeling the need of information
on standards of the method and the
type of work which should be done,
beside merely the purpose Of the or
ganization.
"For the same reason il is of con-
sequence that the work in all coun-
tries where the Y. W. &. 4. is work
ing be standardized. The type Of pro-
gram in one country affects the in
ternational work ,n other countries.
for that reason a Standardization is
necessary.
"One of the chief values to the To-
cal organization is that il belongs to
world organization. The protective
work of the association in behalf Of
newly arrived foreign born people is
partly dependent on our knowledge of
their manners and customs before they
leave their. native land.- 1 understand
I that just such n case has occurred in
San Antonio. girl who received the
protection of the Y. W. C.. \. from
the time she left her native land in
central Europe. She was met at her
various destinations by Y. w. c. A.
representatives and her journey made
n safe one. On arriving in San An
tonic she expressed her appreciation O.
the service. adding. The Y. W. c. A.
why it is ell over the world
Help Women in Business.
"May l say that the capacity ot
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton as n national organization to in
fluence public opinion in behalf of
right conditions for women and girls,
especially since the work of women
seems TO lie outside the home. per-
haps TO a greater degree than in the
past, is dependent on the cohesion of
the association. how well they cas
stand together"
Miss Crafty is the head of one of
the largest women's organizations in
the world. NThe membership in the
United States alone is about 100000
members. In recognition of her dis
tinguished services nationally. she re-
ceived in 1922 an honorary degree
from Ohio Wesleyan University from
which she previously graduated.
She and Miss Sims are to be the
speakers at rally for team workers