Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Y. W. C. A. News

The Sunday music hour at the Y. W.
C. A., Seventeenth and K streets, VIII
be held at the usual time, O'Clock, IN
the fourth-floor assembly room. This
will be the first in a series illustrating
the literature of the various instru-
ments. In the first two the literature OF
the voice will be used and this after
noon Alta Smith, soprano, will sing.
Preceding the music hour tea Will be
served in the fourth-fioor reading room
from 4 to o'clock. Mrs. George Win
chester Stone and Miss Edna Pyle Will
be hostesses with Miss Charest OF the
staff.
The speaker at the Elizabeth somers
vesper service at $50 this afternoon
be Miss Ruth Harris. Visitors are IN
vited to attend this informal service.
Much interest centers In the Y. M
Y. w. G. A. debate Tuesday evening
at 8 O'Clock in Barker Hall Of the Y.
w. C. A., Seventeenth and K streets.
The subject is, Resolved, that the resi-
dents of the District OF Columbia should
have a Representative in Congress and
a right to vote for national election.
The Y. w. C. A. has the Affirmative and
the Y. M. c. A. the negative. The de-
bate is open to the public. Senator T.
H. Caraway will be the chairman and
Mrs. Irving Ketchum chaplain. There
will be special musical features.
The Y. MY. w. @. A: recreation
committee will sponsor a dance to be
given at the Blue Triangle Hut, Twen-
tieth and B streets, on Friday from
to IL o'clock.
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will speak
to the Booklovers tomorrow night at
o'clock on Contemporary American
Sculptors." All lovers of literature are
welcome to join with the "BookloverS"
The he World Fellowship luncheon for
January will be held on Thursday at
1890 in the fourth-floor dining room.
Miss Martha Wilson, who studied at
the University of London under Sir
Halford MacKinder, the authority on
Indian affairs, will speak on The
Background of India" Mr.. Bhattachar-
jee, connected with school for the
deaf in India and who Is now making
study of the methods used at Gallau-
Diet, will be the other speaker. Reser-
vations should be made by noon on
Wednesday.
General Education.
The nature study class will have
field day this afternoon under the
leadership of the teacher, Miss Esther
Scott of the nature study department Of
the District public schools. The class
will leave from the Virginia end Of Key
Bridge at O'CLOCK. nature lovers m
terested In joining this group will be
made welcome.
Tickets for the American opera may
be secured from the music department
of the Y. w. C. A., sixth floor, Seven
tenth and X streets.
Health Education.
Children's activities are being stressed
in the department. This term We'd
nesday afternoon clog and tap dancing
class has been scheduled from $3.50 to
AIS for the benefit of girls and boys
from 9 to Is years. There is another
new class on Saturday mornings for
tiny tots up to and including 4 years.
This class meets in the small gymna-
sum-
The usual gym and stunts class meets
Saturdays from 10 to l0:4S for those
from to IL years old. The group
younger than this Is to z years. has
gym and dancing from III to 11:45.
The children's SWIMMING class sea-
son is just starting Little boys meet
Saturday afternoons at 1880 and $3.50.
while little girls meet, according to
skill, Saturday morning at 10, 1880
and Ii. rs
For adults the usual opportunities are