The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-31
ORGANIZATIONS OF WOMEN
REVIEW WORK IN 1927
BY MISS PEARL FORSYTH
General Secretary of The Young
Womcn's Christian Association

Womcns Christian Association
Thirty-two years OF service in In
dianapOlis was rounded out by the
Young Womens Christian AssOcia-
ton in 1927. Outstanding achieve
ment of the year was the successful
campaign for the Phyllis Whcatlev
Branch building for Negro girls.
The goal of S208500 was reached
without time extension. al a time
when three other fund raising cam
paigns were in progress in the city
Among results of the campaign is
the feeling Of mutual fellowship
which resulted from working to-
gether in a common cause.
Plans for the new building have
been carefully revised again and are
now practically completed Breaking
of ground at the corner Of West and
Walnut SITS will begin when half
of the amount pledged is paid in
which will probably be soon Pres
cnt quarters at West and North SITS,
continue to be crowded to over
flowing.
Branch Grows
The first anniversary of the South
Side Branch, TIT S. Alabama ST.
has found most Of the hopes for it's
first year realized and many eXpec-
tations exceeded. -Four hundred and
thirty-three business industrial and
girl reserve clubs now find a home
there. The dormitories were filled
in September, with the fall influx of
newcomers to the city. Demand was
made for luncheon service and av-
erage daily attendance has exceeded
100.
Camp Delight had an attendance
record this year of 1892. Here girl
reserves, employed young women
from factory, store and Office found
an interesting and varied program
Blue Triangle Hall, a part of tho
Central Association, furnishes 1l8
of the 205 beds which the Y. w. c.
A. in indianapolis offers, Tor the &C
commodation Of girls who arc in the
city permanently or occasionally.
With or without money to pay for q
room, no girl is ever turned away
Educational trend of the Y. w c.
A. has followed the general tendency
away from the processes of formal
class instruction, toward educational
club programs.
Aims of Various Groups
Groups meeting for such purposes
are:
cst,Co,,+ T,,rl,,cf,ioT rrrC,,r, of ION
half Of whom are Butler University
students, and The others workers in
industry.
A board of directors made up Of
thirty girls and women who have
had not similar, but widely differing
backgrounds Of experience.
Grade and high school girls Gre
ating and administering programs,
in cooperation with, no under the
dictation of adult advisors. In this
group there are fOIty-One clubs with
an enrolment Of 1890.
Young business girls learning
breadth Of sympathy IN trying Jc see
each others points OF view, t. reby
developing from q business indigid-
ualism toward a group consciousness
which makes the problems Of one
the problems Of ell. This group is
in no sense in competition with the
business and professional club, but
is operated in entire sympathy with
it and in q way may be considered /
an undergraduate course. Books /
form an important part Of program I
projects.
Young women employed in indus
try-those engaged in the processes I
Of production-on the contrary, feel /
themselves intensely group con-
scious. This is true partly because !
of a current opinion that working |
with ones hands is somehow an in
ferior position and partly because I
the individual tends to be lost sight /
OF in the system. A seH-directed /
club may be means of developing /
individual personality. The summer /
schools Of workers education con-
Quoted at Bryn Iawr and at the /
University of Wisconsin, have beer .
rich experiences for a number Of .
members Of this group, two having .
taken the six weeks course at Wis !
consin in 1927 In this group there .
are eight organized clubs with an
enrolment of 40.
Conference group meetings are
held in this central region mostly in
summer. To the hundred at I
tending them in 1927 is due credit
for much Of the enthusiasm and
breadth Of sympathy Of the years
program.