St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-10-19
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the paror the Board of Directors of the Central Club the
assembly hail. Miss Frances W. Janney and Mrs Charles
NJ Case mems club ROOM Business Womens Clubs of the
Minneapolis Chidrens Relief Association two bedrooms
the Misses Laura A. and Clara Taylor and Mr. George R.
the nursery and kndergarten Mrs H. G. Harrison, the
library; Woman's Auxilary, Minneapolis District Dental
Society," dental Clinic c. c. Weber, landscapng of the
grounds In addition to these furnishings numerous in
Phyllis Wheatley House numbers among it's treasures
first edition of the poems of Phyllis Wheatley published
in London in 1773 This book gift to the House by
gift of Mr. James Ford Bell This instrument is the
already of better music for the Settlement trophy and
memory of the late Mrs Marjorie Helen Pauson former
member of the Board affords excellent opportunity to
exhibit trophies and craft work.
This present modern building was dedicated October
Seventeenth 1929 just five after the establishment
of the work.
The following program has been developed:
MUSIC
The music department. through it's various groups, the
Gee Club Community Chorus quarets and orchestra has
having served goodwill messengers to many inter-
racial groups The Gee Club noted for it's annual Vesper
Lake Minnetonka district Christmas Eve. The Music
Department. during the first five years, with the support
of the Board and the Auxiliary presented Twin City
L. Johnson of the National Recreationa and Playground
Association OF America ana artlSCS recital Marian
Anderson, contralto of international reputation.
RECREATION
Athletics, in season, have played a big part in the
recreational program we'll have hikes swimming,
skating, tennis, group games, and dancing.
EDUCATION
Regularly scheduled classes offered in sewing and
textiles foods millinery needle art public speaking craft
Negro literature dancing painting clay
modelling, and manual training Citizenship and cvlcs
taught through the medium of carefully developed Mime
apolis Sunday Forum program.
DRAMATICS
The Phyllis Wheatey Players is the oldest dramatic
in the House and has presented several excellent
plays. Among these ''The Mystery of the Seven
Cables" "The Unexpected Debut Between Trains" and
"The Affair at the Sea-Gull'
The two dramatic groups have presented several
Negro plays, including "Pumes," Dreamy Kid" and a
pageant The Light of the Women" depicting the develop
NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN
The nursery, which was made possible through
trbutions of the relatives of the late Mrs Mary T. Wei
overcrowded home and to the child who needs special
training in good habtformng The nursery open 80
A. NJ conducts the following program Supervised play,
the backbone of this department. This Club meets every
Tuesday afternoon Speakers invited to address the
Club subjects relating to parental training Each year
this Club has helped to finance the summer camp
lunch at 80 bath at $780, rest period 100 to 3O lunch
at AGO. and return to homes at $780, These services
rendered for the payment of very small daily fee
The regular pre-school kindergarten program is
Quoted from 900 A. NJ until II 100 A. NJ without charge to
the parents of the participating children.
EMPLOYMENT
An honest attempt has been made to secure jobs for
and During these years of depression the En-
poymen Bureau has been unable make many placements
but has performed valuable service in the promotion of
projects to maintain the morale of the enrolled
LIBRARY
The Library, also, came into existence with the new
building It has nine hundred and ten Volumes with thirty
weekly and monthly magazines and papers, This library is
fast becoming reference library on the Negro.
TRANSIENT QUARTERS