Evening star., 1924-06-15
Y. W. C.. A. NEWS

rThe Girl Reserve Club LIE Comrades
of Eastern High School, and the
F'idelis Club are holding joint week
end part at Vacation Lodge this
week. Miss Rosalie Arnold and MISS
Belle are acting as faculty chap
erones.
The delegates to the Girl Reserve
Conference, Camp Nepahwin. which
is to be held at Canton, Pa, july !
to the II, are as follows: the Bon
Secour Club, Grace McIean: Sempre
Paratee, Virginia Riggles; Mck1nIey
Comrades club of Eastern High
school Margaret Knapp, and the
Fideiis Club of Eastern High Schooi' |
Eunice Smith.
The delegates to the seconu III
ference to be held at Camp NepahWin,
July to %, for young employed sii
reserves are: Miss Loretta Llnskey,
who will represent the Pemecna 1luo
of Peck Chapel; Miss Paullne
Crieshaber, representing the young
empIpyed group which meets at 2Oth
and B streets: Miss Helen mcneil
Gin Reserve secretary. and Miss Ma
bel Cook, assistant Girl Reserve sec
retary of the local Y. w. {. A.
the Y w. c. A. 614 E street. for
Kamp Kahlert on West River, Md.
A special Girl Reserve period mas
been planned from July a19th 10
August 5. Over 400 girls attendeo
the camp last summer during the
short season after the camp Was-open-
ed. As only 100 girls can be accom-
modated at one time reservations
should be made as far ahead as pos
Sible
The weekly schedule for the
younger girls is as follows: Reveille;
settingup drill; flag raising; fpspec-
tion and recreation. including artef-
noon rest hour: swimming, boating
games. hikes. evening council hour,
singing. stories camp fire and topics I
The camp life is planned for young |
business women as well as younger
girls-adjustment being made in the |
daily schedule for weekend guests |
The camp can be reached from Wash |
ington by busses which leave 614 + |
street on IA daily schedule The Du-
pont Chapter has recently presented |
TO the camp a launch to be called
dupont"
The Amicitia Club of the business |
girls department of the Y. w. c. A. |
held it's annual banquet at Vacation |
Lodge Wednesday evening. The huS- |
bands and friends of the girls were |
honor guests. Mrs. Cecilia Iden, pres |
ident of the Club. acted as toastmis,
tress. Mrs. Margaret Ferris pledged
the husbands.
Mrs. Mary Slough presented a quilt |
TO the retired secretary of the de- |
partment, Miss Mildred NJ. King: The
squares of the patchwork quilt bear
the embroidered names of the CLUB |
members. In accepting the memento |
Miss King expressed her regret In
severing her relations with the club,
and told of her plans for studying
during the summer at the National
Training School of the Y. w. c. A. in
New York and the new position which
she is to accept in the fall in Hartford,
Conn.
al,o ~ q
banquet were: Mrs. Alice Hulfish,
Mrs Olive kephart, Mrs. Alma De
Hart and Mrs. Gladys Fullington. the
decorations were in the club colors,
iris were used for the focal decora-
tions Dancing followed the banquet
The officers of the club elected al
the annual meeting which Precedeo
ella Iden, reelected president; MIS-.
Margaret Ferris, vice president; MISS
Grace shannon. secretary; MISS car
rie Golden, treasurer, and Mrs Mary
c. Slough, club representative.
4 memorial service to Mrs. Eliza
beth Somers was held at the 4; W
c. A. residence, 100 NJ street, tues
day evening at o'clock Mrs. ". w:
stone, former student of Mount
Vernon Seminary, spoke to the girls
on Mrs. Somers' life work:
The regular meeting OF the noar1
of directors of the Y. w. c. A./wlll
he held THURSDAY at 10:30, at the
administration building. GA Il street
The Bloomingdale Chapter or the
Wv. c. A., will hold home made
sale Tuesday at the association nedo-
quarters, GA + street.
Vacation Lodge, the Y. w. =. a.
summer home at Cherrydale. Va. is
founded on a site presented TO the as
sociation by the late DR.. Joseph Iapor
johnson. The lodge is provided with
an excellent water supply, electric
hn Td a
inexpensive as possible, planning only
to pay expenses. Mrs. Elaine Rlslns,
director of religious education for the
association. is hostess for the loose
during June.
Because of the popularity of the
camp it is necessary to limit regis
trations to periods not greater than
six weeks. During last summer l,l9I
business girls enjoyed the privileges
of the lodge. Membership in the asso-
citation is not required for registra-
tion.
A delegation of twenty from the
swimming classes of the Y. w. c. A.
attended the meet held last evening
at s o'clock at the Y. w. c. A. swim
ming pool in Baltimore, where the
team, the Aquatic ClSb, competed
with teams representing Philadei-
phia and Baltimore. Mrs. S. ]. Hedges,
director, and Miss Alene Stuart, as
sistant director of swimming at the
local association accompanied the
group The contestants were: Mrs.
]. NJ. Major Mrs. Earnest Judd, Miss
Victoria Benson, Mrs. Robert Wolver-
ton, Miss Nora Saur, Miss Cornelia
Hamilton, Mrs. Hoagland, Mrs. Red
ding. Misses Murphy and Neibell. The
events are as follows: 50-yard free
style, 100-yard free style. 50-yard
back stroke. 5oyard breast stroke,
plunge for distance and fancy diving: