Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-13

With delegates from Phoenix,
Douglas, Bisbee, Miami, Globe and
Tucson present the third annual
inter-town institute of the Young
Women's Christian association OF
Arizona held five interesting ses-
sions Thursday and Friday Of this
week in Tucson. Douglas was rep
resented by Mrs. Arthur w. Cotton,
president of the association, and by
Miss E. Marjorie Williams, general
secretary. Mrs. Paul Doty and Mrs.
r. r. Guthrie, until very recently
residents of Douglas and members
Of the Y. w. C. A. board of di..
rectors also attended the confer.
ence as interested in both the prob
lems of Douglas and of Tucson
where they are now living.
The various sessions were devoted
largely to the service program OF
the local and national Y. w. c. A.
with employment rooms registry
and travellers aid work discussed in
detail under the leadership and with
the assistance of two national Sec
retaries. Miss Virginia McMecnem
field secretary of the National AS
sociation of Travellers Aid and Miss
Lucille Lppitt, national secretary of
The Town Department of the Y. w.
G. A., both of New York City, were
the special speakers of the confer
ence.
The first session was occupied
with the formal opening and intro
duction of leaders. This was follow
ed by reports by the presidents of
the various local associations giving
briefly the history of their organiza"
tions and the statistics concerning
their present activities and work
The reports showed considerable al
versity of both history and program
but sympathetic smiles were in evi-
dence when particular problem
common to all was mentioned as be-
ing a Especial difficulty" That
great deal of work was really be-
ing accomplished even against big
cd6s of meager budgets and trans
lent residents, inadequate buildings
etc, was shown in the various re,
rorts. Humor as well as straight
facts characterised the reports Of
those speaking as they mentioned
some of the things that confronted
them.
The welcome announcement that
luncheon was already served in the
dining room below came Immediately
after the reports and after luncheon
each president was introduced and
allowed the, opportunity of enter
tanning the group by any joke she
could think of at the moment. Miss
McMechem then gave u talk on
~the daughter of the Y. w. c. A.
now grown to Womanhood, the Ma
tional Travellers Aid This work
was ordinarily under the direction
and one of the departments of work
of the Y. w. c. A. and even at
present over half of the Travellers
Aid work in the United States is
done under the auspices of local Y.
w. c. AS. Phoenix is the first
city of the state to have q full-time
secretary, but Douglas and Tucson
are ranked as cooperating represent
tatives through their local associa-
tions.
A discussion of employment and
re coms registry problems, especially
as they are affected by the incoming
health seeker and winter tourist, oc-
cupied the afternoon session. 1t was
Particularly brought out in the talks
from the various associations that
Arizona towns carry a load of en-
ployment and rooms registry re-
sponsibility out of all proportion to
their size because of the large de-
mand for both women's employment
on the part of the health seeker
and for rooms by the winter tour
lists and health seekers. 1t was
suggested that While supported To-