Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
FIVE new GIRLS
CLUBSSTARTED
BY THE Y.W.C.A.

Five clubs for younger girls have
now been organized this year by the
local Y. w. c. A., all with the purpose
of helping girls ''to find and give the
best" The largest of these clubs is
the P. E. p. club of girl reserves, Il
club well known in the community and
the largest one in the high school.
With Miss Alice Schwamm as president
and an able cabinet of officers and
lchairmen also working, the club looks
forward to a full year of worthwhile
activity,
Miss Lucille Darner, Miss Eileen
Houghney and Miss e. Marjorie Will
lliams are the club advisors. Among
the enterprises in which it is engaged
this fall are a hamburger booth at the
county fair to raise money for. the
club budget contribution of vaude-
Vile stunt for the Business and Pro-
Ifessional Womens club vodevil, back
ing of a candidate for queen of the
county fair and dansante honoring
the elected Queen Cochise and her
lprincesses from all over the county.
The club has two regular meetings a
other meeting of all committees on
one or the other of which all members
of the club are expected to serve. Any
girl who is a sophomore, junior or
senior in high school is eligible to
membership on attendance of at least
three meetings. Programs at meetings
are planned to include general and
health education, recreation and wor-
iship.
Freshman girl reserves are organized
into the r. M. r. NJ. club, with Miss
Naomi Throckmorton as advisor, and
Miss Mildred Smith as president. Any
freshman girl is eligible to member
ship in this club. Miss Mary Frost
advises the eighth grade Triangle girl
PRESERVES and Miss Mildred Daley the
seventh grade Triangle. All girl re-
serves take as their purpose "to find
and give the best" and their slogan
'"To Face Life Squarely," joining in this
with the other 100000 members in the
United States of the largest organiZa-
tion for girls in the country.
The code which a girl reserve en-
deavors to live by includes those quail
ties of character which are the basis
Every girl reserve promises to try to
be. gracious in manner, impartial in
ljudgment, ready for service, loyal to
friends, reaching toward the best, ear
nest in purpose, seeing the beautiful
eager for knowledge, reverent to God
victorious over self, ever dependable
sincere at all times.
Girl reserve activities include those
emphasizing health, knowledge service
and spirit with such things as hikes
outdoor recreation, craftwork, story
telling, nature study, simple recogni-
tion and opening ceremonials, discus
sions, Bible and parliamentary law
making up the program. What girl
does not want friends ors good times OF
| stirring ideals2 Surely-none, and it is
to give these things taFet the girl re-
serve movement is directed by the
Y w. C.=A.,, that it's younger members
may also have opportunity for @the life
abundant
Eighth grade girl reserves assisted
by others recently gave a dramatic skit
presenting their fun and worthwhile
activities in dialogue and music before
the girls of the grammafAschool an en-
lstertainment enjoyed byFa large num-
ber. Election of officers and early fall
hikes are among the first plans for
October among the various girl reserve
Triangles.
Girls who are at least nine and not
Fyeta in the seventh grade may join the
youngest Y. w. c. A. club, the Adven-
turers, which meets regularly on Mon
day afternoon Immediately after school.
The Adventures have their own in
sigma and are the little sisters" of
! the girl reserves, but any girl may join
them by attending meetings. Miss Ruth
Miescher advises this group.
All girls work is done under direc-
tion of the girls work committee of
! the Y. w. c. A., headed by Mrs. e. G..
Lewis and the secretary of the Y. w.
fC A. Several new departures in girls
work are projected for the coming
\ year, promising some interesting de-
velopments in the work. A girl re-
serve club is the right of every teen
age Douglas girl.