The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-15
Girls Club Director
 Files Annual Report
New Attendance Record Established Sewing, Cook
 ing, Physical Classes Are Popular

main leading contenders for first place on our recreation program. Washington Hill Girls won the M. A. Green Trophy fors the second time. If they win again next year it becomes theirs permanently. The Business Girls gymnasium class which met every Wednesday eve ming at 6:30 o'clock was a great successi
 The hiking season begins in Oc- tober and ends when snow falls. Then come skating parties and from April to warm weather hik. ing comes to the fore again.
 Swimming continues to be popu. lar and over 95 Juniors received awards for the Beginners and Red Cross Swimming Tests.
 Adult Education
 Most of us can remember the repetitions song of our early schooldays, Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me-. This ex- presses my distaste for the term Adult Education - (not that 1 have a better one to offer), but it seems to me that it may have a tendency to make grown ups self conscious in their march towards self improvement. But, whatever terms we use we are confronted daily with personal problems, SO. cial problems and today political ones almost unbelievably complex. Somehow or other all members of society must equip themselves to understand and grapple with these problems whether intellectual or practical. The study of psychology serves best for many people who have 8 genuine desire to, at least, attempt to understand. Through the recommendation of the Yale Institute of Human Relations we were fortunate to have series of 10 lectures by Dr E. Lowell Kelly, who most certainly gave his class of 16 teachers, parents and social workers the straight truth about the Behavior Problems of children and adults. The members of this class have expressed desire to have Dr Kelly return next year.
 Twelve Juniors formed a class in Journalism taught by Miss Mollie Cullen, assistant editor of the Sun
 
 of the course they printed the first edition of the Girls Club paper, the "Merry-Go-Round", of which we are all very proud.
 General
 The Athletic Association contin- ues to be my pride and joy. When the members marched on the floor at the Frolic, I danced up and down with pride. More than any others in the club they are my girls. The marching and exercises that night were part of my deliberate build ing up program of long muscles and straight backs which are fun damental in my idea of beautiful and sturdy feminine bodies.
 A dance for A. A. members and their friends last fall brought out an attendance of 400. SIS people attended their basketball games and 516 came to the frolic. An all day picnic at Lake Compounce took the place of the annual dinner at St Johns parish house. Several hikes and swims in July and August to nearby places marked their summer activity. Their love for the Girls Club has concrete ex- pression in the beautiful new rug on the floor of the club room at eLavenworth House. The money to pay for the rug was voted at a meeting on Meriden Mountain, which followed the climbing Of the hill by all members.
 The Christmas party for sos juniors, crowded Duggan gymna- sium to capacity. sos oranges, Eskimo Pies and boxes of candy were distributed by Santa Claus after the beautifully presented play, "The Princess Who Could Not Be Merry" coached by Mrs Helen J. Sherwell had come to an end. The Seniors held individual parties at the Leavenworth House, South End and Brooklyn Com munity centers. Halloween and St Valentines Day also were ex- cuses for parties in every center.
 Motion Pictures
 The members of the Girls Club have been safeguarded for ten years against vulgar and silly mo- ton pictures. As a member of the National Board of Review of Mo- tion Pictures the director has always had accurate and advance information about films that were to be shown in Waterbury. This was passed on to the girls who were urged to attend showings of pictures.
 For several years the Girls Club sponsored junior matinees In neighborhood theaters and Miss Julia Smith, manager of the State theater, has run health films when ever we brought them to her for showing.
 This year Miss Smith asked the help and cooperation of the Girls Club before deciding to bring the motion picture, Alice in Wonder land," to the State theater. We did our advance work so we'll that 2,5OO children crowded the thea ter for the Saturday morning matinee and before the doors were opened the lines stretched for blocks beyond Crosby High school and parents who accompanied jun.