Evening star., 1937-03-13

4outh Administrations Set-up Since
the opening of the first camp in Sep
ten1ber the idea has proved so bene-
hclal and popular that on March l
there were 81 esta blished camps in
IS States, with a collective enrolment
OF more than 1900 girls.
OF this number of units, 10 have
opened since the first of the wear.
These are at Pine Bluff, Ark; Thorn
burg, Ark; Colorado Springs, COL:
North Haverhill, N. H.: Asbury Park.
N. j.; Chepachet, R. l.; Providence,
n. l.; Wolf Lake, Ill, and Columbia,
Tenn. Those that opened prior to
January are at Tampa Fla; st. Au-
gustlne. Fla; Zarah, Kans.; Captain,
N. Mex; Mexico Mo-; Weiser, Idaho:
st. Paul, Mimi; Kingstree, S. c.:
Orangeburg, S. c.. and Saltwater,
Okla.
1t is also likely that one of these
camps for unemployed women will be
established in or near the District
within The near future, or in nearby
Maryland, according to Miss Fran
colse Black OF the w. P. A. Due to
the fact that the number of girls
whose families are on relief in the
District would probably not be sufi-
cent Tor camp to serve only this
nelghborhood, consideration has been
gwen to establishment of a unit that
Will take care of eligible young women
from Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
1rlct OF Columbia combined. A COM
mlttee has already been investigating
Ine possibilities OF neighboring areas.
With this In view.
WHILE the boys of the Civilian
Conservation Corps are taken
care OF under an independent ap-
preparation OF Federal funds included
IN the last emergency relief bill, mem
oers OF the Educational Camps for Un-
employed Girls are part of a movement
that operates on a much more re-
strlcted and limited basis, functioning
under the National Youth Admins
tratlon ALLEGATION. Also. the C. C. C.
is a work project entirely, while the
girls camps are an educational and
rehabilitation project, designed to tide
the girl over period of distress, but
also to prepare her to organize her life
and exercise natural abilities with q
view to taking her place later as a
useful and productive member of the
social order.
There are parallel requirements,
however, for membership in both en-
terprises. Boys Of the c. c. C. and
girls of the educational camps must
come from families who are recorded
on the relief rolls. While boys of the
c. c. c. receive $50 month for their
labors, S25 Of which must be sent
home, they are allowed to retain S5
monthly for their own purposes. Girls
of the N. Y. A. camps, working at an
hourly wage upon assigned work pro-
jects, pay for their subsistence at the
camp out of these wages and are
given, in addition, IS for their personal
use each month. The c. C. C. func-
tions under the United States Army,
while administration of the girls
camps is under the N. Y. A.
In each State where a camp is es-
tdUlLsllcu Lllc IN. . "a dllQ W. +. n.
Of that State are the administering
agents, directly responsible to the
headquarters in Washington
The simple requirements for en-
rollment are that a girl must be un-
employed, between the ages Of 18 and
rs, and member OF p family registered
as on relief. In some instances, at
least two years Of high school educa-
tion are made requirement. The
girls must be in good health, which is