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
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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