Y. W. SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP
ACTIVE IN WORTH WHILE WORK
By MAKY D. HOAG 1931
In the educational world today there
is a good deal said nliout extra-curricula activities.
We know many here
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We know many here
at Bates College who are active in
these special lines of work, but it is
not generally known the noble work
that is being accomplished by the Y.
W. 0. A. through the diligence services
of a group of its members in the lines
of social service activities.
Divided in Two Parts
The organization of the Bates College
unit of V. W. C. A. is divided into
several departments, each with its
chairman and committee. The two
committees that are doing considerable
work in social service are the Social
Service Committee and the Industrial
Girls' Committee.
The Social Service department is
separated into two units. Miss .leannelte
Stahl '31 and Miss Mildred Moyer '33
are the two leaders.
Miss Stahl has charge of the
Nuhanusit Club, consisting of twenty
girls of seventh and eighth grnde age.
which meets regularly. These girls are
too young to belong to the Girl
Reserves, but the purpose of the club is
to carry on a program similar to thai
of the larger organization. Under the
direction of their leader, interesting
programs have been carried out. At
Christmas the girls to Christmas
Carols at the Old Ladies Home, at one
time they visited the Sun-Journal Office,
at other meetings the time is spent in
handiwork. It is the rule of the
Nuhanusit Club to carry on its meet
ings according to simple rules of consequential law.
Work at Children's Home
Every other Sunday afternoon, Miss
Stahl and her assistants go over to
the Children's Home in Auburn and tell
stories, teach games and songs to these
boys and girls. At present a party is
being planned for them. The visits of
these Bates girls are of great enjoyment to these children and they are
always disappointed when they learn
that their guests are not allowed to
come because of illness in the Home.
On the alternate Sunday afternoons
Miss Stahl and a group of volunteers
go to the Old Ladies' Home. The program of music, poetry and readings
that is offered is enjoyed by these
ladies as much as the children enjoy
their songs and games.
Miss Mildred Moyer '33 has charge
of those Bates girls who teach at the
local Y's. This is a difficult task because many more girls are asked for
than those who have already volunteered. It is not because many do not
want to do this but lack of time does
not permit it. Besides teachers there
is a request for those who will direct
various girls clubs. At present Misses
Violet Blanchard, Mildred Vining,
Helen Ilamlin, Florence Ogden and
Dawn Orcutt are teaching one evening
a week at the Lewiston Y. W. 0. A.
Most of the Girls teach English to foreign born women who are not able to
spend three evenings a week at evening
schools. There is no special organization; some teach groups, others individuals, and the only way that it is
possible to know how much is being
accomplished is to observe the women
individually to see what they are getting out of these classes.
Teach Sewing, Arts, and Sports
Miss Josephine Burnett and Dorothy
Penney assist afternoons in teaching
sewing and arts. Misses Gladys Godda rd "32 and Rosemary Lambertson
'32 have classes in swimming, basket
ball, tennis and other sports at tin1 Y.
\V. in Auburn.
Miss Dorothy Christopher '31 is
chairman of the Industrial Girls Committee. She meets with a combined
group of industrial girls and students
on alternate Sundays and such topics
as married women in industry, wages,
working hours, the business cycle and
industrial conditions are discussed from
both the point of view of the student
and that of the working girl. Print this
way it is possible to apply the actual
industrial conditions to the theory that
is furnished by the students.
Conducts Industrial Girls' Club
Besides this work, Miss Christopher
is also leader of the Rainbow Club.
This club consists of industrial girls
from eighteen to twenty-five. At their
meetings they have outside speakers.
Yarious industrial matters, etiquette
and conditions in local factories are
discussed. The girls are arranging a
musical for their mothers and later on
they plan to put on a musical review.
It is evident that the Bates Y. W.
is doing a wide range of work in their
social service activities. There has
also been some work carried on individually. Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were given to a needy
family and warm clothing was provided for a sickly baby.
These different services that have
been rendered by these missionaryminded girls of our Y. W. has been
greatly appreciated by the foreign
women whom they teach, the orphan
children, lonely ladies and industrial
women with whom they come in contact
and in return receive simple and wholehearted thanks. "According to the newspaper: Bates College SCARAB ON The Bates Student 2-26-1931 "
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