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SAVE THE LYCEUM. The<world’s a theatre, the earth A stage, . 8 Which God and Nature do with * actors fill. OMAS HEYWOOD. hext week will ‘witness the passing | of'the Rnuylpn Lyceum as a legitimate : lhnter. Anfiguficement made in the Herald yesterday by its present mana- : reer as a moving “Atter twenty-five years as the v-ll‘nt host of ' the drama in this'eity, the passing of the Lyceum wil} be marked with regret by its former patrons, old and young. /.t has not been so long ago that ‘l‘nomas J. Lynch the first manager nl the Lynum. relinquished the reins of pffice to younger hands. He served faithfully and well for a quarter of a century. During his regime thé greatest stars in the theatrical profes- slon trod the boards of .the local theater. Some of the finest plays ever produced in Atferica had their pre- mier performances on the local stage. Names that today are but memories of a glorious past were blazoned forth on the bill boards, of this city years ago. The history, of the Lyceum is -| resplendent with all the glories of a worthy unhltlon, It started :out to provide the highest form of enter- tainment for the people of New Bri- tain: tenaciously to the ‘one prime object. In its old age it should not be thmwn hecer: Sy - New Britain has ‘not supported the > character of Waahlns- :’flu our American institu- done nothing clse, that jon vwould have entitied them to ) respect of mankind. 4 ~DANIEL WEBSTER. sue ' for | tain should support a me_atgi-. Instead o lending a helping hand to the en- terprise that was started by, loyal cit- that Gormnnv'wm ?-n backed against the wall, | hdrmlou pastime, gets no- [They might fail. But whether | rise from its ‘state of apathy, and s falls ‘for the machinations of | claim the ‘tionors it once - held,—a i Wm‘“ or - not, , it | drawing card for road companies. ' If ‘gt Gieat Britain and | the merchants of this citiwent about 4 it in the.right way there would be. press th’ mmqu ‘back as | no doubt about \lcoe- The Cham- possible. It Russia does sever ber of Commerce is here the pur-; ‘or mfiomp 'n{l its ‘m.., pose of holdn: business in" this town. -uuamon will arige in thie/war. By, letting the Lyceum go out of busi- will take on a new aspect. ness it allows 86 much: trade to \drift afternoon. For every dollar that goes out of’ Nev Brnaln tnr thntrlcal en- For tpl- #eadon, &t Lyceum rumors that wet this coun- |4 lost.! Yet, it should riotibe lost for fog less than six months ago. ['all time as a purveyor of the legiti- time ‘the stock market went | mate drama. There is not a road on the strength of the Ger- show that &omes to Hartford 'that posals. Nw.rths stock ‘mar. | could not ‘be booked for New Britain little attention to what Ger- either before or after the out-of-town ‘says. Because of the plsd.e- engagement. The past has proven 1 _the past, because of the | this. Shows playing in Hartford on ous faux pas’ on the part ot | Monday nights have been ‘brought to this city on Tuesday afternoons and tedwuat \5 h,'mqe shor{ of truce, a | mains there a full week, six days, vlth M “of ‘operations that would be [ the exception of burlesqus: troupse. ermflry wag This city has no room for burlesque shows, as yet, but it has a keen in- terest in the regular drama. It has & ‘the “N’" hnm]. . Today place for musical comedy, and " all armites ‘are being m-hed such forms of entertainment that can all the ‘Hghting lines, The | be accomodated on the stage of the Arras; which will undouted- | Lycim, Her_fighting men mand but little notice from the popu- v % been taken prisoners by | lace,— a sigh here, a tear there. But s ‘thousands Her generals have|New Britaln should not be enter- joutwitted, out-marshalled, out- tained solely by the “movies.” They d. ' The hero Hindenburg is due | 8re all very well. No one has any- ' tumble from his lofty pedestal. | thing to say againet them when they ,' u'.nmeugm, Germany, suing | silent drama has its place just as the B/peace today will be equally un- spoken word on the stage has its place. ful. The nations that are|In lieu of any other home, the drama against her, with the excep- | Should not be cast out from the Ly- )f Russia, can be trusted to carry | ceum without due cognizance of the ‘war as nedr to Berlin as they | Seriousness of such a step. It is jn- § g&t. Even Russia might hold out | deed a serious one, and demands the the wiles and the cumning o! eareful .considerations of .our business propagandists. Dilemnmng men as well as those who belong to of the new Réwb"c‘ the | the box-office . brigade. Save the States has made and Is making | Lyceum! i fons to conduct its end of the iwith the utmost thoroughness. ‘A NEW PATRIOTISM. K mexs at the milltary head of our In Globe, Arisona, every business yove mn‘l plan on a war of three | house, store front and vehicle on the jears. If'there was a possibility of | public streets must display an Ameri- within the immediate future!can flag. This, in conformity to an ordinance passed by the City Council. Violation of the.ordinance carries with it a penalty of $200 fine or 200 days in Jail for the first offense. After that there is no telling what might happen to the guilty. New Britain the passage the' Common _prestige. gpvernment would not be going With such elaborate plans. The by the Senate of the $7,000,- )8 war bill, the greatest in all his- *u business. Knowing where States stands, England and ‘will fight on until every inch id occupied by German , and until proper Fl‘boen meted out'to the need never fear of a similar law by Council here. The patriotism of the citizens here ? | pave not only dcvastated | is perhaps no different from the &x:u country in the | patriotism of the citizens in Globe. fim‘ have wilfully mal- | Yet, there is no need for such a ruling. women and littfe children. ;Americam flags are displayed on most Germany again knows peace it of the prominent houses in this city. be a peace dictated by her ene- | Many of the private residences have —the major portion of the”na-|the American flag conspicuously in the world. It will not be a | placed. The public buildings, of 8 : ¥ course, have aftended to the matter spoken | ||ong ago. As to the vahicle. there -re very' few automobileson the eity ! | streets minus the national colors. In some instances even the baby ‘car- rlages have been decorated. There is an enormous percentage of Mexicans in the population of Globe which probably accounts for the ordi- nance compelling the display of the flag. Just what good it will do to make these people display a flag they naturally do not like remains to be seen. It might have the desired ef- fect, it might even incite to surrepti- tious ‘insults, We prefer the old brand of patriotism that needs.no leg- islation in order to keep step to the music of the Union. / FACTS AND FANCUIES. The Russian’ provisional govern- ment has decided to abolish capital punishment. Probably Nicholas feels a little better now.——Cha.rle.ton News and Couries: Halg, Nivelle & Maude—the new map making firm.—Idaho Statesman. Some people take poison. and oth- ers ignore an armed sentry in time of war—Albany Knickerbocker Press. Another discovery of America oc- curred in the year of patriotism 1917. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. Inja sea of adversities it clung | We -are a wonderfully intelligent nation® and yet there are people in | every community who thik that po- toes will not grow unless they are’| lanted in the dark of the moon.— Wichita, Ka., Beacon. Y. ¥.C. A SHOWN 'T0 BE BIG ASSET Pllysictl and loml Wellare. of fi;rllmd ‘Well Cared For The annuat theeting ot the, ¥. W. A. was held last evening in the asso- clation building and was followed by w dance and play in'the gymnasidn: Although the lunch room lost money during ‘the past year this department 18 expected to be self supporting: dur: ing the coming year, This year, as those .of the past, has been profit- able in the physical department and the work 'has been very streniious. IAll departments of the association ‘have shown great activity during the past year and there has been a steady growth, Following are the directors elected for the coming year: Mrs. C. B, Wet- more, Mrs. E. J. Porter, Mrs. H. B. Humason, Miss Flora Humphrey and Miss Louise Noble. ter the finance committee has met every’ month and all bills presented have béen gone. over.carefully and |gists of a hundred .hew hymnals—an | Total enroliment ... been approved by the members. The members of the commiittee are Mrs. ‘W. 'C. Hungerford, Mrs. F.. S, Cham- berlain, Mrs. A. C..McKinnie, Mrs. F. A .Searle, Mrs. H. L. Platt, Mrs. J. E, Codper and Miss M, S. Whittlesey. Social Committee. The report of the soclal committee was read by Miss Louise Noble and is as follows: . During the year 1916-1917 the so- cial committee has had a' business meeting once: a month. A few extra mm(nli have also been held to make | tee extended hearty thanks to all for had an enroliment of 7 specia] .préparations for social gath- erings.’ These were four large par- ties,—a megabership party, a mas- querade,-an evening of shadow pic- | Work, Wages and Profit, l.;y GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED - Am erlunmuon. Andes of Southern Peru, by lsalnh Bowman. by Boyu Dixon, .. Human Side of Trees, by Royal Dixon. . e ' Short Rations, An American Woman in GummY. hy M. Z. Doty. . Buulness and Finance. Cost Reports for E'(ecuuves, by B. A. Franklin. ¢ e Fundamental Sources of by Fletcher Durell, oo | Getting the Most Out of Business, by E. St. Elmo Lewis. . Influencing Men in Business, by W. D. Scott. { ol oo Modern Organization: An Exposition of the unit system, by Charles D. Hine. Efficiency, ... of Industrial Engineering, B. Going. ... Principles by C. Principles of Industrial Organlmuon. S. Kimball. by D. .. Purchasing, by H. B. Twyford. R Henry Lawrence Gantt. DR Fiction, Dancing Hours, by Harold Olr!ann “Here are mysterious ' heroines, dashing, villains, manly heroes, . un- expected wealth and hn.m'-v fli@#n" —Dial. d cheer so evid fine servicelhas bun preciated., To the nlanl‘tlrlllo,~ ‘have served so faithfully ovagk Sl Sun- day, the committee is much ebted, The alm of-all association ework is to. train the young ‘sirls:to become tive participants in Christian work. . of real mfiflofltlon 'bu the! leaders- to find #ir! t.he happy Mmulphore ot fihflulm lent y. D‘ ' “ To ,these IN INSTITUTE'S LIST THIS WEEK Girls of His Billet, by Berhs Ruek * s . 1'Gay and captivating story: o( w!ut happens when war sends: to enmp\nl the ou less Edew"!-«mblhy 2 “ . Lifted Veil, by Basil King. “An interesting story of New York soclety life.” Light in the Clcaring, a Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright, by Irving Bachel- ler. .. Mark of Cain, by Carolyn Wells. “A Fleming Stone detective story. LR Plunder, by A. S. Roche. “Has the twin merits of possessing a delightful heroine and-being with- out a single dull page”’—N. Y. Times. ... Road to Understanding, Porter, “The book is without doubt de- cidedly different from Mrs. Porter's previous work. . . As an artist Mrs. Perter shows both more power and niore restraint in this new novel.”’— Roston Transcript. «s’e Undertow, by Kathleen Norris. “A story of married life in which the. Bradley's learn to adjust them- selves. - The Undertow, is a term used for senseless expenses .that tend to disaster and unhappiness.”—Publish- by E. H. er’'s note. [cari only point to the'rosy cheeks, the more erect carriage, the sprinting step, the glad and ringing laughter of many Ia ‘girt1 who has found in the gymma- isium and the pool of the Y. W, C. A. a chance to play, to forget the hard things which bother * through the ‘week, the weary hours spent-ata desk ©r in a factory, the rush to answer the whistle as it blows, to become iounx :gnh ‘by casting off for a few ‘heayy for young shoulders. &irls ‘we point' and lu.ve t | the public of New Britain to° answer co- m"fl“#fl mum i‘i".:'.’Q:_':.qu"’“‘x * 0 ves, The /assoclation was ' connected with | the Confebence- - for. * Religlous Edueq,ucn held recently in the -city: The Ve ‘serdice’ for' that' week was mer With ‘the service held /in| the Baptist.church on Sunday after- noon. The committee is much indebted to the Joan of Arc committee of New York city; for the loan of banners, shicld and photograph of Miss Hyatt's tine statue of Joan of Arc at the time of this service. As a visible reminder of this meeting there remains a beau- to the association. ' Another gift that wiil be of great use and enjoyed con- Easter offering. The generosity of the friends of the association has been a_beautiful thing in the life of the alwehtlon. on'nbodyms as it always does' the love, the ep-operation and the confidence of the Te: The ’girls of the 'assoclation have had charge of two services during the vear. The Ishkoodah club conduoted the Thanksgiving service most cred- itably. The Girl Scouts, under the Scout captain of the city, had charge of vespers last Sunday. The commit- their help. But the happiest Sunday of \the year was December 17 when the month’s ‘thought for the Christ- mas season’ was summed up and ex- the question is it *worth while, this expenditure of money to save the M of this city to make them fine, gtr 7 'wompn. it to ‘take a womue\‘s b % in this world? This" department naturally divides'| ‘Into two lnes of work; that ‘done in the gymnasium and'in thy pool. Two gymnasjum classes haVe continued their lessons through the winter;——the. Friday night class and a+ Tueldly morning class. ‘The . Friday night class had an enrollment of about 35, and is still continuing its lessons in preparation for a public exhlbitian in May. On Monday afternoons the High school girls come for an hour or. two of recreation and instruction During the win- | ticul photograph of Joan of Arc, a gift | in basketball and indoor tennis. i Statistics for the gymnasium work are as follows: . oo 158 Total attendance . % Average attendance ... Beginning with the soctal dancing class was organized with Miss Breckinridge as instructor. This class was thomufluy enjoyed by the girls who joined. ' Number enrolled . Yotal atterdlance . ‘Avérage attendance A six weeks course’in massage held from January 9 to February ' 18 ‘in ‘which Miss Breckinridge gave the girls thorough training ‘' in miassage with total at- tendance of 40, average attendance Tl;e untiring enthusiasm and energy of Miss Breckinridge, the instructor in tures and a baby‘party for girls under | Pressed in a series of tableaux from |¢ne physical eduutlon has done much seventeen. - A fifth party for the older Ben Hur. It was. the association’s to make the gymmasium . and pool girls was scheduled for March but had | Christmas gift of willingness and time | work 50 successful through the past to be postponed until April 26. ‘Ex- ‘penses have been very light, though there has been an average attendance of fifty each time. on'the part of the members, of skill and patience from the directors of the tableaux. With the splendid co- operation of our friends in loaning winter. The Pool Work, That many a girl is taking advan- tage of the opportunity to learn’ te This committee also dided the ! costumes and properties the settings|swim in the Y. W. C.'A, pool is proven physical education committee is plan- ning and giving the county fair on/ March 27, *. Religious Work. Miss Bertha L. Sheldon submitted the report of the religious work com- mittee which is as follows: ‘The particular duty of the re- liglous work committee is the care of the. vesper services on Sunday after- noons—with all its accompaniments of speaker, subject, music, hospitality and tea. And, in the eyes of committee, the last two are fully as | important as those first mentioned. During the last year, from April 1, 1916, to April 1, 1917, 29 vesper services have been held at the asso- clation, with a tdtal attendance df lgna and an average attendance of 52 persons. . With the exception’ of special mieetings that are held in the gymnasium, conducted in the parlor of the asso- ciation building. Here, on every Sun- day. afternoon Tfrom October until May—Christmas and Easter days ex-| cépted,—may be found a. group of young women and girls, who have come together for an hour or more. The committee has felt that whatever contributed to a broader . point of view meant the building of a stronger { man, Miss Florence Andrews, qnd fol- [-Total entries in pool .. and nobler womanhood. - So the xub- Jjects have ranged from miths to m sic; from missions to Martin Luther, and from Joan of Arc to Ben Hur. These meetings are most 1ntormul in character. The committee wishes to express its thanks and grateful appreciation to all those who have so generously. given of their time and abilities to ‘these Sunday afternoon talks, to the minis- ters of the various churches, to those who gave of their music, to the di- rectors for their time and interests and to the many friends who have |efits we are concerned with, not the |and come to us from other places with thelr stirring experiences. To the hospitality committee, under capable directions of Miss Mary Hall, assisted by groups of workers from the severa) churches, is due a large measure of the vesper services are were made beautiful. With the untir-' ing ald of our fellow-workers, the so- cial committee, the . tableaux were wonderfully crowned with success. Especial thanks are due Mrs. Seeley of the Center church, Frank Coan of Hartford, and the Persian Brother- hood of the South church for loaning oriental costumes, and directing their use. The offering of $30.61 was sent as the association’s gift for Y. W. C. A. work in the foreign fleld in India. But the greatest gift of the day was the | 110 vigion of love and the desire for:|float ar dive at will, service that came to nll “In His Name.” The expenditures for the year have been $47.30. ' The committee extends its sincerest gratitude to the general secretary for Rer unflagging counsel and aid and \to the other secretaries for their co- operation throughout the year. The {vork of the committee would not have been made possible’ withouj, this as- sistance. To the members, of the board also, the commflttee is most grateful for their sympathetic help and interest. Physical - Educations The report of the physical educa- tion committee wag read by the chair- lows: » One year ago last Septemfler we | opened the doors of our new recrea- tion building to the girthood ‘of New Britain, to be used for a triple pur- pose, the physical, mental and moral improvement of these, our girls. We have now completed our first full year of work. Just what has been accomplished we can in no way prove. Statistics while they give the number of girls attending the different classes, do not give the benefits derived by the girls and after all it is the real ben- numbers, interesting as they may be to us. We cannot put our finger on any one thing and say that is proof of what we have accomplished during the past year in. return for the money expended in this department. We by the statistics given for the poal work. Besides the value of the exer- cises, which is considered the best, it 1s-ever the thought of each one that sometime the ability to keep afloat in the water may be the means of saving a life. If one would see what is being ac- complished one need but come dawn and watch the gisls on some of the nights when the pool is open, girls, many of whom a short while ‘ago were afraid of the water now swim or perfectly at home in the water. Others more ad- vanced, are learning many swimming strokes as well as all kinds of fancy diving. As the weather grows warmer our pool will become a busy place, many girls after a hot tiresome day in the summertimé coming for a re- freshing> swim at night. Saturday mornings throughout the year in the hildren’s time to use the pools Quick tb overcome any dread of the water, they soon become regular little mer-. ‘maids in their ability to «swim g and dive. * The statistics for the pool fre as follows: Swimming classes, enrollment .. Private lessons .... S R Total number of plunges . .. 3,103 «o 4,463 .176 Agcording to months:— TLargest nurnber in month, July, 1916 .. Smaklest numher in month, Feb- ruary, 1917, 119 During the past year two swimming exhibitions have been given as proof of the work done by the girls. One large entertainment, the County Fair, was given under the combined forces 6f the social and physical education committees, to help raise mondy for additiorfal needs in this building, un- fortunately it was a very stormy night the amount realized was much smaller thén we had hoped for. Lunch Room. Miss Flora .. Humphrey submitted the report of the lunch room commit- tee Which is given below: When one realizes that the lunch .room depcrtmont of‘the Y. W. C. A, served. 28,469 meals. this year, a gain of 4,214 over last year, one feels that the department is certainly. growing and filling a real need in the oity. Our largést month was January when 3,090 meals were served, while the smallest was August, with 1,174 eans. ring the year we have unfortun- n.tqu been obliged to change lunch room directors aften and six different ones have been attached to one de- Ppartment. Our charge is only $4.00 a week and even with the present exagger- ated cost of living we are glad to state that our deficit this year is prac- tically $100 less than last year's. The finances are as follows: Bxpenditures . .. $5,6565.66 Receipts 5506.59 Deficit «.....covannencn. $ 149,07 During the winter - we have an average of about 55 at noon, while during the vacation season it draps to about 30, Many different girls find a home with us during the year, and the lunch room offers a cordial wel- come to them and to many more. If you have not been to-see us; come and have luncheon Wwith us some day and try our- good things at most reason- able prices. Boarding House Report. Following ‘is the report of Miss Sarah H. Porter, the chairman pf the boarding house committee: The boarding home accommodates 18 girls and there is' one room for transient guests. 'l‘hh'ty girls wers permanently accommodated during the year and 60 transients. The .rooms have been oecupied, making our $1171.92. Our expenses were greatly in- creased by the high price of coal, advanced rates in rent and higher ‘wages, making our expenses $1,328.45. ‘Bven using the strictest economy and {ngenuity to make our income cover our output, we ‘find\ a deficit of $156.43. % constantly income, General Report. General Secretary Miss Emma L. Zanzinger gave her report wi the ald of colored slides of Silver Bay and Lake George- The complete re- Jport follows: Time, files so rapidly at the Young Women's Christian association that 365 days' do - not m like & year to ‘us, and as on& looks back and tries to put into a few words what we have accomplished in that year, one ‘wonders how it can be done, and how words ‘can possibly portray the more vital things that count, for the pace at which ‘we live, work and play. 'irst of all, we, the girls, want to owledge our greatfulness for the: »Imdlfl support in every ‘way that our board of_directors gives the asso- clation. . It 'was with regret that we had to accept Mrs, Wetmore's resig- nation from the presidency of our board on account of her leaving town, but we have been fortunate in hav- ing Mrs. Philip Stanley for our act- ing president. Our board for the past Year has been as'follows: Mrs. Philip Stanley, Mrs. F. {G. Platt, Mrs. F. 8. Chamberlain, Mrs, E. M. Wightman, Miss F. 'B. Andrews, Mrs F. W. Brooks, Mrs. H. P. Carter, Miss R. Churchill; Miss ©. R. Bastman, Mrs. H. B. Humason, Miss Flora Humph-, rey, Mrs. W. C. Hungerford, Miss Louise Noble, Mrs. C. B. Pargons, Mrs, F.' J. Porter, Miss' Bertha Sheldon, Mrs. €. E. Wefmore, Miss Mary. Whit- ‘| thesey. ! i ‘Department Changes. Becretarial changes in.the Ilunch room ‘and physical education depart- ment have been made since lgst April, and our present staff of workers is: Miss. E. L. Zanzinger, general secre- tary, Miss E. E. Johonson, assistant and business secretary, Miss Lucy Judd, lunch room and house secre- tary, Miss Marjorie ' Breckinridge, swimming and physical director, Miss Elizabeth Roger, part times girls’ secretary. The cpairmen of the various com- mittees will report facts and statistics for'their own department, but I would like to add that the deficits in the boarding home department of $156-43, and in the lunch room department of $149.07 do not discourage us when wo stop to consider past and- prasent conditions as to the cost of lving, <~ but we do hope that with the earnest co-operation of our members, we will find these two departments self-sup, porting at the end of another year. The boarding home has been ful! throughout the year,—and often we have had to turn away girls ,whom we should have liked to have make their homes with us. We look for- widrd eagerly to the time when the new boarding home shall be comy pleted and our family grown to sixty instead of eighteen. Physical Department Popular. The physieal department has had another profitable year,—a year with some of the newness of the first six months worn’ off, which left a winter no less strenuous than the previous winter. “1 see that gymnasium of yours lghted up every .night.—and T'm glad to see it so, "-—says a neigh- bor of ours. The building has had constant use, and we have had the opportunity to rent our hall frequent- 1y which has-brought us an income o7 nearly $5600. It is not always easy for our friends and members to un- derstand why we -rent. the hall,—or why we do not chargé more ridicu- lously ‘small fees for our gymnasium and swimming iclasses and for :the use of the pool or plunges. We are foxced to remind them once again that we are not a charitable institu- ticn,—and that the present fees and tuitions do not begin to cover ex- penses in this department,—therefore the renting of the hall, inasmuch as i% does not interfere with our own work, is a necessity and a help, self- support is a goal toward which this department is conscientiously work- irg. This goal does not prevent us from making provisions for less for- tunate girls. These are taken care of. ‘We do aim to help girls keep their self-respect, and let them feel that they are paving for what they get. To meet the intellectual needs of our ‘membership,—naturally leads us to the educational dmmt e which committes our' girle’ comes, and of which Mrse, W. Brgoks is chairman.‘ splen courses in domestic science and dos mestic art offered by the High school of our city, the committes did not t te bulld up classes in those arts ay our Y. W. C. Af.but advised oun: girls to take advantage of the nigh% school courses so there would. be no, overlapping of work. The class work: for the past winter consisted imy: courses in basketry taught by Mrs,, C. F: Hale, and in first aid to njured taught by Dr. F. Miss Ruth Loomis has been the structor in English to the women. This class for ‘the forelgm: women includes several nationalities, JH Persian Assyrian, Armenian, German, Swedish and Austrian. They have made . unusual progress and the con- fusing words ‘“sweater” and - ‘sweet- i heart” was selzed upon as a huge joke: on the confused member of the class. ¥ A circulating library of 850 good books for girls of all ages and th best magasinies on the reading table, add their share to the educational as well as to the recreational u!vunt-. ages of our endeavors. 1,200 books were taken out last year. \ Clubs in Charge of Work. Education through Recreation and Recreation through Education,— is, the motto for our girls’ work. Oun grils’ work {is for school girls and industrial girls from twelve to eighteen, years-of age,—and is conducted in; 8&roups or clubs,—each club in charge of a club leader,—and following a program of work best adapted to the; girls of that group. There are five groups of Camp Fire Girls, three pa- trols of Girl Scouts and three General clubs. These three kinds of clubs havey on their programs of work courses im, cooking, sewing, beadweaving, basket- ry, steficiling, first aid, home nursin astronomy, dramatics, dahcing, swima«’ ming, Bible study, and talks on healtly and nature. Not least among club ace tivities 1s the love for “hiking” ' of which a great deal is done at all sea~. sons of the year. One need only ate tend a club meeting or join on “club hike” to realize what this work. is doing for the growing girls of our city.' And the bnqt thing about t 130 club. girls is that their work a self-supporting. To the untiring efforts and patiehce of our club leaders we owe the suc- cess of our work among adolescent girls. A club girl:who left town some time ago,—wrote “where I live now 1s all right, only ther¢ is no Y. W. C. A. and no Camp Fire Girls,—and Iam lonely - ‘without them.” Most of" ’ogr club giris would feel the same way without our Y. W. C. A. Sixty of our club girls and assbeia- tion members spent their vacations ‘ Y, W. C. A. camps or camped in groups at varlous places under .Y, W. C. A, leadership., , The Ishkood club camped at Lake Congamond, the Ramona club at East Hampton, .the Northfield club at East Northfield, .. Mass,,”the Aokiya ' and ' Chahpahiwes clubs at Brookside Lodge, Chester, Mass.—and three delegates represent- 4 ed the -association at the Kaster City | Conference. at Silver Bay, Lake George, New York. The spiritual needs of the girls arej: met not only through Bible classes| ¢ -and Vesper services,—but through ani our departments do we keep in mind} the soul.as well as the mind and bog —and yet we are sure that on th camping trips and at conferences; the. living together with “The God of the Open Air” does much, in bringin the girl§ in contact with the highe and best.in life, The spirit of th campers ihdicates that this ts so, Outgrowing Buildings. We are rapidly outgrowihg @ buildings,—in" fact there are eveni when we have so completely outgro our present headugarters, that have to ask some of our groups meet at another time because of lacki: of room,—To us the dining room for; a class room,—and a club _room for af. bedroom on the same night,-—are nof unusual occurrences. Fortunately we- are elastic,—and find ourselves meet- ing untold emergencies, During the winter months as’: mlfl as 310 girls have come to the Y. W. C. A. in one week for classes and clu only,—making a total of about B30 individuals and eften ‘more, going in and out of our building. The steady | and healthy growth of our ‘members uplp speaks for itself. During the year wel dropped, owing greatly to remo from town, but at the same time 31 new members were added, so that o membership is ngw 958,—and a mem. bership of which & very large or: cent. keeps in vital touch with all' the affairs of the asgociation. > Travelers’ Aid. As a co-operating agenoy the Y. W, C. A. is often called upon to gi Travelers’ Ald assistince by meetin| foreign women at' the station and con-, ducting them to_ their destinations;: the destinations always proving to be;. more or:less of a huge pulizie befo they are reached,—and _excitement and dargers ‘accompanying these fory eign giris without friends are erty to meet In a strange city. ‘We must realize that as our v\gr grows, our budget for the continuan of the work must grow in accordance, —and we therefore submit the fols lowing figures of our finances: Balance on hand April 1, 1916 . ceeenieadt$ 2,786.98 Receipts for ;year including * E subscriptions. ...... 18,464.25¢ +$16,261.20 +$14,434.72 &1 Total Expenditures . Balance,April 1, 1917 ..$ 1,.816.48' . We the association, want to express our grateful-appreciation to the ‘gen= erous frends who contributed so lib- erally toward the financial support of our work for 1916-1917,—and to Drs. Kinsella for their many examinations given to girls for the swimming de- partment,—and to our volunteer: su- pervisors and volunteer club leaders, —and to the newspapers for the notice:’ given us in their columns,—and to all friends who have¢ sent us flowers an@ books, or have in any way added to; our life of happiness at the ¥, W. G, Ao

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