Evening star., 1925-02-08
$4,000 GOAL SET
| in Y. ". c. A. DRIVE.
Public to Be Asked for Less
Than 10 Per Cent of Cost
of Years Operations.

The annual drive of the Y. w. c. A.
for funds to meet the current eX-
panses of the organization for the
year 1925 will be launched tomorrow
Llerning and will continue until Feb
ruary II, when the board of directors
are hopeful that the necessary con-
tributions will have been secured.
Z This year the figure set for the
arrive is $35, 900, which is less than 10
per cent of the budget requirements.
In other words, the organization is
more than 90 per cent selfsupport-
ing, in spite of demands made on IL
by thousands of strangers coming to
Washington as well as the extension
Of it's program of community service
4 The board of directors finds that 1924
Mas one of the most successful years
I'm the history of the Y. w. c. A. in
Washington. The total membership
Was 2,S13. OF this number 536 are in
The various chapters, $50 in the Girl
Reserves and 4S are life members.
There were entertained and housed
In the Elizabeth Somers residence
thousands of transients from all over
the world.
New Clubs Organized.
J New clubs were organized in the
grade and junior high schools. The
business and professional women S
department continued to gain mem
bers. One of the outstanding under
takings last year was a survey of
girls employed in industry in Wash
fngton.
In addition to finding homes for
1884 girls coming to Washington. the
=. w. c. A. has added greatly to their
pleasure and of numerous other girls
through it's swimming pool, which
had 23,015 entrants. There is also
a H., ,1Ain inol
peryision.
Plans for 1925 call for more ex-
teasive educational program The
pnern bership goal set for 1925 is 1000.
During the week there will be meet
ngs every day at the association
headquarters. 614 E street.
Following is the program for the
drNe: Tomorrow there will be
luncheon for chairmen, captains and
team workers, at which Miss Eliza
beth Eastman will preside. The
speaker will be Andrew r. Phelps of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
Cnited States.
/ About 500 chapter members will be
addressed at luncheon on Wednesday
by1Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of
Che First Congregational Church. Mrs.
Etiftis ID. Wilbur will act as hostess.
Z Ble luncheon on Thursday, at which
haSe as it's speaker DR.. William Ma
her Lewis. president of the George
Washington University. In the eve
ming there will be supper for cap
tafHs and workers of the business and
professional women's group, at which
gathering Secretary of the Navy Cur
tssD. Wilbur will speak. The hostess
wiz be DR.. Ada r. Thomas.
ION Friday the speaker will be
q a Of ha
CENT Y. NJ. c. A. campaign, and the
hostess Mrs. j. w. Frizzell.
Representative TO. speak.
At luncheon on Monday. February
16.S@Mrs. Edwin B. Parker will pre-.
81 de, and the members will be ad-
dressed by Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe.
Ehe supper on February II for
yo4ng business and professional wom-
dnTwill have as it's speaker Repre-
Sentative John c. ketcham of Mich
aHans for the drive have been for
Tulated by the publicity finance COM
mfttee of the Y. w. C. A, made up of
the following members: Mrs. Her
iieIt E. Day, Miss Elizabeth Dean, Miss
AlEs Downing, Miss Margaret K. Fox
Nrs. Thomas H. Mitchell, Mrs. A. J.
Montgomery, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker,
Mrs. John T. Schaaff. Mrs. Raymond
z. Teele. Mrs. Herbert l.. Davis. Mrs.
I Thomas Kelley, Mrs. D. H. Skinner.
Nrs. Benjamin B. Wallace, Miss Mi
snonette o. Buckingham, Miss Hettie
z. Anderson and Miss Helen c.
Balsley.
sThe drive is superintended by the
finance effort committee. its chairman
1eing Mrs. John T. Schaaff. assisted
by Mrs. Herbert l.. Davis and Mrs
Edwin B. Parker, Mrs Edith c. Sails
bury is chairman of the business and
professional women's teams Mrs
louis T. McFadden captain of the con-
gressional team, Mrs. Edmund Platt
chairman of 10 teams Mrs Alfred c.
Fisher chairman of 10 teams, and Mrs.
Raymond p. Teele is chairman of the
chapter teams