Evening star., 1951-05-01
Won1en's
Clubs
YWCA Express
Luncheon Hears
Annual Report

Approximately TOO members and
friends of the Young Women's
Christian Association Of WASH
ington found themselves aboard
the "YWCA Express" as they at
tended the associations annual
luncheon yesterday at the May
flower Hotel.
Miss Mabel r. Cook, executive
director Of the Y, was "chief en-
gineer" Of the day as she gave
her annual report in the form of
an annual report to the stock
holders from the traffic division"
The report, which was done up
In the style of a timetable, pointed
out that during the past year the
District YWCA was the Gross
roads for about 800, ,460 persons
who participated in our program
and used our services"
The luncheon, which was pre-
ceded by a reception honoring
Mrs. Truman, also featured AMI
address by Mrs. Maurice T. Moore,
chairman of the foreign division
of the National YWCA Board and
a member of the Council of the
World YWCA. The principal
business of the day was the elec-
tion of 13 members of the Board
of Directors.
The railroad theme was intro
duced by the sound of a train
whistle which was the signal for
a crowd of teenagers, young
adults and servicemen to rush
through the dining room for a
place on the stage designed to
represent the observation plat
form of a train.
The young travellers sang a vocal
tribute to their engineer" before
Miss Cook presented her report
on the years activities.
The executive director pointed
out that, in addition to its regular
program, the Y's work has been
expanded to include a reactivated
USO center and that it is trying to
meet the needs of young women
coming to Washington for defense
jobs. In addition, she said. the
association has been asked to
undertake special programs for
service wives. veterans, the retired
Government worker, present Gov
ernment workers who need coun-
selling. and many others.
Stressing the difficulty of pro-
viding all the services requested,
she declared:
IF you and I don't interpret
well our role in the community,
we are going to be a 'YWCA
Limited instead of YWCA
Express.
Reporting on the past years
activities at the Y, Miss Cook |
pointed out that 1.100 persons
from eight different countries
have attended the Orientation
Center for foreign visitors spon-
sored by the Council on Educa-
ton; that the room registry has
assisted 1886 in locating housing:
that nursery has been opened
for members with pre-school age
children; that the number of
"dips' in the swimming pool
totaled 1850; that 5000 have
taken YWCA courses, and that
281, $3.50 persons were served by its
Food Service Department.
Mrs. Moore, who last year Wis
tied a number of countries in
Europe, said that even before the
war the YWCA program was a
sort of miniature Marshall
Plan"
She also lauded the US pro-
gram of bringing women from
other countries to the United
States to see democracy at first
hand.
Board members elected yester-
day for three-year terms included
two former presidents, Mrs. AL
bert w. Atwood and Mrs. Howard
G. Nichols. /
Others elected were Mrs. Karl
H. Berns, Mrs. John S. Burlew,
Mrs. John G. Ladd. Mrs. Frank |
r. Mccoy, Mrs. Jack Steele. Mrs. |
w. Wendell Cleland, Mrs. George
Harris Collingwood, Mrs. Hugh D.
Farley, Mrs. Joseph L. Fisher, |
Mrs. Walter H. Judd and Mrs.
j. Parker Van Zandt.
Elected to the Nominating Com
mittee for 1851 were Mrs. Ralph |
B. Kennard. Mrs. Lynn E. Ed
ridge, Mrs. Frank r. Mccoy, Mrs.
Arthur Emmons and Mrs. N. A. C.
Slotemaker de Bruine.