WHAT THE Y.W.C.A. IS DOING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 981, 23 November 1910, Page 9

WHAT THE Y.W.C.A. IS DOING.

. 'The '-'scope'/ and comprehensiveness .of the work of . tho Young Women's Christian Association.. in. .different lands are well exemplified ' in'the report of tho British-American Youiig Women's Christian. Association of ■ Paris for 1909-10. While the activity of the Young .Women's Christian Association 'in Australia, is' so far , almost entirely centred in city work, in Paris the student side of this ivofldmovemeht is -most strongly developed. The British-American Association was established. there in 1904. Offices for institutional work wero opened, and a home to accommodate ,twenty-c-ight young women. In 1906 lunch and rest rooms were, added, and later in the. same year the student union was organised as the student 'department of the association. A: students', hostel was opened, .with a liome' for twenty-six women students, an ; infirmary, . dispensary, and a system _of baths,. restaurant, reading-room, atelier, and tea-house. There are three separate centres.',,-The" city department in the Hue de Turin is in one of tho busiest quarters of Paris.. The lunch and rest rooms aTe near the- Opera and Madeline—a commercial district easily accessible to workers, while the student hostel is. situated' in the very heart of. the Latin. .' Quarter, close to the Sorbonne and'within easy reach- of the most famous ateliers. The city and student membership each numbers over 1100. During the past year the student hostel has received- 195 British and American students of music, art, and languages, who have come from almost every State in tho Union, from Canada, Australia, 'New- Zealand, India, as well as from all parts of the British Isles. -Kmploynient and information bureaux ■ are ■ attached 'to ■ both ' departments. Kegular classes are held for Biblo and mission study, and many social entertainments, outings,- concerts, and lectures at'e given in tho ' course o| the year. ' ' s . '

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