“It has been a number of years
since the first request front the Phil
ippines has come to the national
board for help,” said Miss Davis. "For
financial reasons it lias been impos
sible to go before. A recent cable
welcomes us and asks Jtow they may
help in the interval before our ar-
I rival. Under the leadership of the
committee a club for young women
has been started in Manila and has
been doing effective work. This small
club will be the nucleus of our future
Y. W. C. A.”
A member of the Manila Club, Miss
Soledad Garduno of Manila, will ac
company the party. Little Miss Gar
duno has been in New York studying
V. W. C. A. methods at the National
School of the Y. W. C. A.
Miss Edith L. Dawson, office secre
tary of the local association, will study
this Summer at the National School of
the Y. W. C. A., New York, taking
the course In leadership for business
and professional women. Miss Rosalie
- Melton, an active member of the
Vermont Avenue Chrictian Church, is
also taking a Summer course at the
National School of the Y. W. C. A.
Miss Marion L. Meigs, physical
. director, leaves tomorrow for New
York, where she will take a Summer
course at the New York University.
The swimming pool and are cafeteria
at ill 4 E street and Twentieth and
B streets will be closed tomorrow. The
cafeteria at 614 E street will close
at 2 p.m. on Saturdays throughout
the months of July and August. Mrs.
Elizabeth Hubbard, director of the
cafeteria, leaves tomorrow for a motor
trip through New England.
