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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1908)
A SU C C E SSFU L Y EA R ’S W ORK e v's “ Social and Ethical Teachings of with a V alentine social at the Kloshe lesus.” T hese courses are proving Tillacum house. But perhaps the m ost 'njovable affair of the year, was the The Purpose of the Y. W. C. A. is to helpful and beneficial. Help Every Young Lady in T he M issionary com m ittee is g re a t dinner given to the Y. M. C. A. in the the University ly helped by the presence of the S tu lo .m ito iy on M arch 28. T he boys dent V olunteer Band in the univer sity. O nce a m onth this com m ittee (B y R u th B alderee, President.) O n M arch 18. 1894, fourteen young has charge of the weekly devotional w om en m et in the parlor of the dorm m eeting, and has provided some help ito ry and org an ized the Y. W . C. A. ful services. At one meeting. Mr. Lee of th e U n iv ersity . T his association Tong, now preparing for m issionary has g row n to be an indispensable part ,vork in China, gave a graphic account of u n iv ersity life, but this grow th has of the needs of his country. An en been slow , and o ft-tim es im perceptible. ! thusiastic class has been organized to Indeed, d u rin g one year, the society , study “ T he U plift of China.” under the w as kept alive only by the devoted leadership of Mrs. H um bert, of the efforts of four y o u n g women, who met D ivinity School. We feel that v.e week after week and carried on the should have an especial interest in w ork. But such a state of affairs as m issions, since tw o of our form er m em th is h as lo n g been past, and a new bers. V ictoria Mitchell and Elizabeth and h ap p ier e .a entered i r o n . W ith Logan (now Mrs. Eunis) are in the one exception the Y. \ \ . C. A. is the foreign field ami our first president only society open to all women of the and her sister. Kate H anna, are en U n iv ersity , and stan d in g as it does, gaged in home mission work in Alas for th e sp iritu al lealm . it fills a needed ka. T he D evotional com m ittee, at the be- place. out down the cement walk in front of he a s ciation lot on E leventh street, tnd the girls provided the dinner for the occasion. I'll * Intercollegiate com m ittee has novided attractive posters and adver- iseiren s for many of the m eetings, •ml th *se will be preserved to swell the conference exhibit. O ur grow th in the past year has been due in large m easure to the im- letus received from conventions and ■ inferences. \\ e sent seven delegates o th* convention at C orvallis last s u i n g and three to the N orthw est \ nt • enc? at Seaside. 1 he S tate con dition has just been held in E ugene vith this association and the H igh School association as hostesses, and lie work of preparation has given us valuable training, while the inspiration x . VV. C. A . C A tíliM E T , 19U8-U9. ginning of each sem ester, printed and of the m eetings will help us all through W h ile o u r an ticip atio n s for the past distributed the entire program for the year. y ear have not all been realized, still As we look into the future, we are each term . Some especially good o u t the association is in a very prosperous side speakers were secured. Rev. resolved more than ever before to be condition. T h e com m ittees have faith Eoulkes. and Dr. Brotigher, of P ort and do what an ideal association ought fully executed th eir w ork. 1 he m em lan d ; Prof. Sw eetser, Mrs. Allen, Miss to do. W e wish to come into personal bersh ip com m ittee has perform ed val E raser, being particularly notew orthy. contact with every girl in the U niver ian t service. At the o p ening of the T he Music com m ittee ablv seconded sity, to have a far greater interest and y ear the roll of m em bers contained but the work of the D evotional com m ittee attendance in Bible Study classes (for th irty nam es, but by a diligent, sy s by providing excellent special music we feel that this is the secret of pow er tem atic canvass of every girl in the and grow th in any Y. W . C. A .), to nany m eetings. U n iv ersity , the m em bership has been ie Finance com m ittee has had per- (piicken the m issionary spirit, by m eans increased to sixty-seven active m em the most arduous task but it has O f both m ission study and the S tu bers, alm ost half of the girls in sc h o o l., the treasury b etter supplied than d e n t V olunteer Band, to introduce system atic giving am ong the girls, and T h e su sta in in g m em bership num bers ay previous year. to be properly represented at the Sea ab o u t tw e n ty . ie Social com m ittee has been busy, side conference. H eretofore, we have T h e Bible S tu d y com m ittee was he opening of the college year alw ays been asham ed and grieved be- g re a tly aided by a special visit from annual reception to new students cause we have not been able to send o u r s ta te secretary , M iss Ross. 1 he given in conjunction with the Y. more delegates than we have, and we o b ject of th is visit w as to arouse a L A. L ater, on the com pletion g re a te r in terest in the Bible, and to ae m em bership cam paign, a Jap- hope th at it m ay not be thus this year. enroll as m any girls as possible in e social was given at the I au 1 i A women s building will be erected classes for Bible S tudy. M any ot the ie in honor of the new m em bers, On the Washington campus by the g irls are ta k in g the “ T en M inutes just before that a reception was Alumnae Club. course, o th e rs are enrolled in th- Bible n M iss Ross at the hom e of M rs Ward L. Ray, ’08, president of the classes of the different chuiv s am ng. In F ebruary, the Y. M. and Dorm. Club, is slightly indisposed. still o th e rs have joined the tw o «. y ?c,a' A” C. A. entertained each other tion classes, ta k in g up the study of
