Evening star., 1927-11-06
Y. v. c. A. RAISES
$4,000 OF FUND
Workers Report Tomorrow in
Drive for 100000 to
Meet Expenses.

More than one-fifth of the goal of
$4,000 set for the Y. w. c. A. main
tenance fund campaign, has been
pledged, it was announced last night.
This sum is expected to be increased
when the teams make their reports
tomorrow at luncheon and at a dinner
meeting. Reports indicate that Mrs.
Herbert c. Woolley's team is leading
in amount of pledges obtained, while
Mrs. Edmund Horgans team is second.
Sing Campaign" Songs.
A feature of the team meetings is
singing of Campaign" songs, led by
V1-icus members cf the staff, and the
News Reel features thrown on the
screen between talks by prominent
Washington men and women. Timely
advice is given by the committee of
four, Mrs. Edwin Is. Parker, Mrs.
Luke Wilson, Mrs. Fred L. Wright
and Mrs. Wilson Compton, who with
Miss Bertha Pabst as director, form
the campaign committee.
AS an evidence of part of the
Community service" rendered by the
association, it is stated that no less
have, in various ways, used the new
building at Seventeenth and X streets
since its opening to the public last
May. Two other big assets to the
community at large are the 'informa-
ton desk" service at the new build
ing and at the downtown center, GA
E street, and also the rooms registra-
ton service at Seventeenth and Is.
In 1926, it is said, 1850 girls and
women were supplied with rooms in
the city through this service, and the
number has greatly increased this
past year. At one information desk
last year (614 E street,, approximately
$4,000 calls for information were
answered.
Leaders at Fridays meeting were
all members of the association s board
of directors, Mrs. William Chaplin
Huntington, chairman of health edu
cation, presiding. The principal talk
was made by Mrs. William ID. Mitchell,
chairman of hospitality and formerly
president of the st. Paul, Mimi,
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. Board members who were pres
ent included Mrs. William Lincoln
Brown, Miss Frances L. Chickeling.
Mrs. Herbert L. Davis, Miss Margaret
r. Fox, Mrs. Harry L. Hull, Mrs.
Robert Lansing. Miss Elizabeth +.
Pierce. Mrs. John T. Schaaff, Mrs.
Thomas Edwin Brown, president of
the association, and members Of the
campaign committee.
The free lance" committee on spe-
cial gifts includes Mrs. r. z. Brown,
Mrs. w. L. Brown, Mrs. j. T. Carroll.
Mrs. Frank Casey. Miss Chickering.
Miss Elizabeth Eastman, Miss Mar.
garet Fox, Mrs. Harry E. Hull, Mrs.
w. c. Huntington, Mrs. Robert Lans-
ing, Mrs. w. D. Mitchell, Mrs. Ed
mund Platt, Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer,
Mrs. J. T. Schaaff and Mrs. Harlan
Tiske Stone.
DIR. Marvin to Speak.
Trustees of the association are
Stanton c. Peelle. T. c. Dulin, c. Fen.
ton N. Fadeley, Mrs. John Blake
Kendall, George w. White, H. c.
Morris and Mrs. William F. Nc
Dowell.
Miss Jean Dean Cole. head mistress
of Mount Vernon Seminary Of Wash
ington, viii preside at tomorrow
luncheon meeting in Barker Hall.
Seventeenth and K streets, and the
speaker will be DR.. c. H. Marvin, pres.
ident of George Washington Univer-
sity. Business and professional
HOAi1CI ttdsUS VIII E6pCTL MOUQdy
evening at $50 o'clock.
Gertrude Ederle, world famous
swimmer, who is appearing this week
at local theater, is to be the spe-
cial guest of the association Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock, when she
will conduct a class in swimming in
the pool in the new building Miss
Ederle will teach the correct form
of the crawl to a class of Is Of
Washingtonis best woman swimmers
Miss Ederle's famous crawl stroke
took her across the English Channel
IN the Summer of 1925, the first
woman in the world to accomplish
this feat
The swimming period from 10 to
IL O'Clock Tuesday morning at the
pool viii be closed to the general
public in order that Miss Ederle may
concentrate her attention on the
class. Following the swim period.
she will be the guest at luncheon at
the association building, of the
health education staff, including Miss
Marion l.. Meigs. director; Ethele 1.
Swenson. Amelia Bottomly and
Louise Alberts. instructors.