The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-02-05
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES

The Vesper Services presented by
the Phyllis Wheatley Auxiliary, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Blanche
Mason, were most enjoyable. The
Glee Club rendered 80 Mother Dear"
''In My Heart" "The Lord Is My
Shepherd" "Seek Ye the Lord"
prayer Perfect" and "Now the Day
Is Over" Mr.. Ira Allen singing the
solo part in seek We the Lord"
Mrs. Mae Glenn beautifully sang
Dear Lord" The ladies in their
uniforms of white with black ties
made most pleasing picture. The
group deserves much praise for the
splendid work it is doing. Watch
the paper for it's next big musical
event.
Phyllis Wheatley House had it's
Annual Dinner Meeting Monday
night, January 81, in the gym, which
was beautifully decorated with pot
plants. The house was packed to it's
capacity. Over three hundred people
were present. Tables were set from
the gym almost to the front door. It
was the best meeting ever held in
the house. A delicious dinner was
prepared by Mr.. Duncan, chef on the
500 Line, and Mr.. Chavis of the
Great Northern, assisted by members
of the Auxiliary, and was served by
young men from the university, :"
under the leadership of Mr.. David
Francis.
After the chairman of the board -,
Mrs. Luther Cakes, commended the
group for the fine way in which they
had supported the House, the Annual
Report was read by Miss Brown,
Head Resident. Before reading her
report, Miss Brown spoke of the re-
cent gift from the late Mrs. Mary T.
Welcome of $4,000 toward a new
gym, and asked all to stand in silent
prayer in memory of the giver. She
reported that attendance for 1926
was 46,465, an increase of almost
5000 over 1925.
Seventy-one applications were re-
celVed for work. Twenty-Five refer
red to the Urban League and forty
nine sent to jobs. The majority of
these applications were received in
the office after S D. m. and before
$3.50 a. m.
Inc house owes much to the WON
derful Volunteer services from the
high schools, university and manv
other interested friends.
Too much praise cannot be given
the Auxiliary, which has been the
real backbone of the House. The
members have answered the call at
al times, assisting in making the
House program most effective.
During 1926 full time worker in
the person of Miss Ethel Raw was
added to the staff and has proven
most capable. A full time bows,
worker added to the staff for the
1927 program for that year will be
far better.
The greatest need of PHYLLIS
Wheatley House today is a gym, II
is almost impossible for groups to
meet in the adjoining room when
basketball game or practice is he
Ing conducted. When right in the
midst of the meeting two or three
prayers fall against the doors and
sometimes come into your meeting
unlnVlted because the doors opened
suddenly. Since our substantial p;ft
OF $4,000 from Mrs. Mary r. wall
come and $500 from our Musical last
January, we are sure some other in
terested friends will come to our
rescue that we may have our gym
we are most anxious that orr
gym building include sufficient sn.co
10 care for the Nursery and School
nome Economics, as these are abso-
lutely. necessary for our children
VINO are forced to stay home while
parents work, as our neighborinp
nurseries are filled, and to prenaro
the young and old to do the ordinary
aaliy duties well. We have included
the above in our two-year program
and we are praying and working so
when Father Time ushers in 1929
our Nursery and School of Home
economics will be reality.
Ihe Masque by fifty men, women
anu cnlidren was much enjoyed.
inns masque wildly depicted the
House program. We take this op-
portunity to thank all who assisted
in making the program a success