The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-15


 featured the various classes, exht- bitions and social sessions of the Waterbury Girls club during the year of 1933-1e34. Of this number 1z,g3g were credited to attendance at the various classes in sewing; 17,O13 at the gymnasium courses and 3S36 cooking. The total num- Der also includes A. A. dances games, Christmas party and froic:
 Today marked the completion or the regular program of the clun' The Brooklyn Community center will close, but headquarters in the Eeayenworth house will remain Spen in charge of a caretaker. Reg Etration for the 1934-35 year will Aommence September 10.
 The annual report of Miss Kath- leen Crowley, director, was re- Ieased today by Mrs Julius 5. bmith. president of the board or directors of the Waterbury Girls dub.
 Some of the many facts which featured the report in addition to he above figures was the state pnent that the membership of the slub was 1407 and that the weekly Attendance is 1231. During the past year the director made 1159 su- peryisory visits to all classes ana kg08 outside contacts, which 1n- elude personal interviews of ad- dresses before various groups con- corning girls club affairs.
 When the end of the club year draws near and calls go out for the annual meeting of the board or ol- rectors I am confronted with the task of giving an account Qt my stewardship. Then comes the m. eyitable choice of trying to declde whether 1t will be better to write the report in a manner that wlp make more girls and women come to the club or to try and show our friends and the members or the hoard that the money they so cheerfully appropriated and con tributed has made wortnwnile contribution to the life of our city. Tn order to carry out the former It would be necessary to make use oA Hrures and statistics. The Ameri- can temperament or else the Standardization of pretty neariy everything makes us want to 1ol- low the crowd. Therefore, Tn pre- yious years when girls learned that our total attendance TOT the wear has been close to 50.00O tnis year 46,731 they cannot help ou. decide that something unusual ana attractive must be going on II so many girls come here. Using tig- ures or statistics, however, IS rather dangerous thing unless nke ours they can be checked or re- checked to show their accuracy. You all know the saving, Flgures don't lie, but liars figure
 It seems to me that we no longer have to worry about membership or attendance. Girls are @ @a,reauS registering for next years classes. This being true, am going to be rnyself and report what I believe "a he the outstanding good in the years work.
 Sewing
 Continuing on from last year we had thirty clubs whose membership was larger than 1t was in 19Sl- 1888. The standard remained high ana 1t is a great satisfaction to Miss Monroe and her assistants to see the increasing number of giris who are now excellent needle women. Those who attended the Annual Frolic of the Athletic Asso. citation on May 28th and witnessed 217 girls ranging in age from 10 IS years of age, each one wearing q dress made by herself in some one of our sewing classes mus' have been convinced that sewing IS i. still craft worth knowing and cul' tivating.
 The total number of articles tva eaxxyiyo ntA GaAS is S,545, including 1895 dresses; was S,e15 articles.
 Cooking
 Given my choice of educating a daughter some planning would pc concerned with preparation for career, but most emphasis wouio be placed upon preparation for homemaking. As this Is being written, car after car has been driving up to Leavenworth House and the door bell rngs almost con tinually. The members of the cooking classes, in the majority or cases, accompanied by husband or boy friend are bringing their con- tribution to be judge at our Annual Home Economies Exhibition which Is to be held tomorrow. This IS sweet music to my ears because my experience is that homekeeping hearts are happiest and so with this for inspiration, we plan our Home Economies program. Prac- tical? Of course, when 4 Juniors made 100 jars of strawberry jam in one afternoon class at Leavenworth House and 450 suppers were pre- pared and eaten by members in our Senior classes this year.
 Physical Education
 A total attendance of 17,013 in Senior and Junior gymnasium classes, 2,079 in swimming, 2,291 at Athletic Association gatherings and 813 grownups at our basket ball games would tend to show that physical and health education re- --L