Y. W. C. A. GIRLS VISIT ANN ARBOR

Y. W. C. A. GIRLS VISIT ANN ARBOR

THIRTY-EIGHT YOUNG LADIES ENTERTAINED YESTERDAY

Given Trolley Ride, Shown the Campus and Lunched by the Local Association

An unusual number of strangers were seen Monday afternoon upon the campus, passing in small companies from Library to Gym, from Gym to Main building and from Main building to Newberry hall. They were the members of the Secretarial Institute for the Y. W. C. A. which is holding a summer session in Detroit in the Ladies' Seminary from the 26th to the 31st of this month. The Y. W. C. A. of Ann Arbor invited them here for the day and 38 were present sight seeing on invitation. They were divided into little companies, with an Ann Arbor guide to each party, who initiated them into things religious and otherwise of a university town.

"I haven't seen a thing here that I haven't seen before," said one girl wearily, as she stretched out in a chair in Newberry hall.

"Oh, I have," spoke up one in a cheery voice. "I never saw such a gym and I never saw Ann Arbor before."

"Well, it's been a 'dandy' trip," said a third, "and I'd like to have the invitation extended."

It was a happy, intelligent crowd, that asked questions like a reporter, and was not at all solemnized by the weight of their office. They were representatives of 16 different states, among which were Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Georgia, California, and Kansas, and also Canada. All were college girls, and nearly all are in city association work, and are members of the Training School for Secretaries for Y. W. C. A. work. This work is getting to be a profession, and they are requiring college women for it.

After their trip about the campus they took a trolley ride around the loop and then returned to the Y. W. C. A. rooms, where the board was spread and 38 girls sat down to a sumptuous feast. The tables were garnished in green and decorated with nasturtiums. Impromptu toasts, numerous and witty, were given to Ann Arbor, to the association, to the board members. Miss Wilson, the national secretary, was toastmistress.

The association wishes to thank Mr. Finney, to whom much of their campus pleasure was due, for showing them the stock rooms in the Library and explaining things in the Art Gallery; and also Mr. Wade, who kindly opened the Gym for them and let them in.

The visitors left last night for Detroit on the 6:45 motor, taking with them, we trust, the recollection of a day well spent, and leaving behind them the pleasure of their fellowship.