isa-normaladvance-1913-00019

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE19g. 0L an* \|9. W. C S./tf/iVT7 RECEPTION.f\N Friday evening, October 4, the Y. M.^^ and Y. W. C. A. gave a joint reception tothe students of the school, irrespective of sex,race, color, or previous condition of servitude,as the constitution of the United States willread some of these days, in reference to votingqualifications. Each guest was held up beforearriving at the association rooms, and taggedwith his or her cognomen spelled backwards.Each one was further supplied with a card andpencil, and after being greeted cordially byMiss Schweitzer, dean of women, Miss Margaret Hardie, president of the Y. W. C. A., andWendell W. Wright, president of the Y. M. C.A., who composed the receiving line, salliedforth to get as long a list of surnames as possible Many new acquaintances were thusformed and many old ones were renewed, andwe should be rather surprised if Dan Cupid,Esq., does not take an intense interest in someof the acquaintances thus formed. A generalgood time was enjoyed until the going out ofthe lights warned that the time allotted forpleasure was up, and all journeyed homeward.Punch and nabiscos were served as refreshments.Y. W. C. A.The Young Womens Christian Associationbegan the terms work by meeting trains, help-ing the girls get their rooms and register. Thereception given jointly with the Young MensChristian Association proved quite a success.The attendance at the meeting so far has beenquite good, but the association is hoping thatmore girls will come. The meeting October 15was led by Miss Moore, general secretary of theCity Association. After her inspiring addresson the history of the Y. W. C. A., a short talkwas given by Miss Atshire, of Kalamazoo,Michigan. She presented the conditions in thecorset factories of that place and showed thereasons the girls had for striking.The Young Womens Christian Associationis organizing an Intelligence Bureau. Theobject of this is to help the girls find laundresses, hair-dressers or anyone whose work isnecessary for girls. The association is also going to become the agency of some one of thegood cleaning and dyeing companies. The officers of the association will be glad to give anyof the girls the information they desire regarding any work they wTish to have done.The officers of the Y. W. C. A. this year areMargaret Hardie, president Florence Peck,vice-president Gwynethe Loftis, secretary Eula McEwan, treasurer, and Amelia Peters,corresponding secretary. The chairman of thecommittees are as follows: Florence Peck, membership Gladys Rippetoe, religious meetings Fern Hamilton, social Mrs. Anna Black, bibleand mission study Erma Georg, finance La-Rue Oyler, calling Miss Tillman, inter-collegiate.Y. M. C. A.Few school years at I. S. N. have witnessedsuch results in Y. M. C. A. wTork as the present year, so quickly after work started. Twoteams under the appellations (or misnomers, asyou will) of Democrats and Bull Moosers,started to compete for new members on the veryfirst day of school, and at the present writing,October 25, more than three-fourths of the menin school are members of the Y. M. C. A. Thebig banquet, which marked the consummationof this campaign, is described elsewhere. Thesame enthusiasm has been present in the meetings, w7hich have been very largely attended.The first meeting was held Wednesday, October2, and was addressed by Dr. L. J. Rettger onCollege Ideals. Prof. A. F. Westphal ad-
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