THE GIRL CITIZEN MOVEMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21987, 23 June 1933, Page 14

THE GIRL CITIZEN MOVEMENT

A jolly party was given by the Girl Citizens of the Y.W.G.A. last Saturday. Games, dancing, and singing were much enjoyed by a number of girls. This was one of the many functions in connection with the Girl Citizen Membership Campaign. The Campaign Committee has organised a rally for to-morrow to which they invite every girl in Dunedin between the ages of 14 and 18, in’ the hopes that she will be so fascinated with Girl Citizen life that she will join up, and become a Girl Citizen herself. The Girl Citizens have set their goal at 60 new members and the slogan for the drive is “Speed Up.” The girls of to-day find it much harder to get work than hitherto; also,, many are not. working full time. This means two things: (1) A .girl has increased leisure time; (2) a girl must take every advantage of further equipment, and must fit herself to be able to compote for the position available for girls in tlie Y.W.G.A. To help girls use their leisure time to better advantage, the aim of Girl Citizen Clubs is to do this they provide fun, jolly evenings, interesting programmes, and friendship with other girls. Those clubs meet every

Tuesday and Thursday. , The present programmes include;—For Tuesday night Citizens: Physical culture, dressmaking, dramatics, folk-dancing, singing, and vespers. For Thursday Citizens: Dramatics, folk-dancing, first aid, physical culture, singing, and vespers. The Girl Citizens Movement is often described as “An Adventure in Christian Citizenship,’’ through its activities, which include all the normal wholesome interests of growing girls, through the opportunity it affords for happy comradeship with other girls, and its leaders. It helps its members to stretch the boundaries of life, giving widening interests in the world around and developing and releasing the potentialities within. Believing that a code gives an idea which in turn becomes an ideal, the movement is built round a code composed of eight civic laws: “This is the code:—-Girl Citizens strive to be loyal, that through beauty and truth we may help to build the spirit of their country.” The eight laws are:—“ Health, self-control, self-respect, knowledge, honour, courage, co-operation, and duty; ‘Love is the fulfilling of the law.’”