Alderson Broaddus College - Battler Yearbook (Philippi, WV)

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Eg vs... THE BOARDWALK 'Q A-' Kfif 1 i !Elilmiilll 'WEiIQi iQjliiiillilll X V X 7, rg The Y. M. C. A. Klan, by nature, is a social being. lfroni its infancy history has revealed this fact. 'l'here must be fostered in the school life some kind of an institution which will perfect and stimulate this instinct. This institution must fit into the ideals of the school for the sake of the individual as well as for the sake of the sehool. As the purpose of the Young lIen's Christian Association is to develop the three-fold nature of the young nian spiritually. it will fit into the life of A. ll. A. and contribute to its moral support. It would be unfair then not to gire a brief outline sketch showing some of the things the Y. M. C. A. has accomplished in The School That ls Different. i. Organized April 25, 11122. 2. A Y. KI. C. A. rooin was furnished in Hay. lolz. 3. 'liwo delegates were sent to Blairstown, N. LI., to a Summer Conference in june. llj22. 4. lfntertained the first Y. KI. C. A. Conference of Southern YW-st Virginia in April. IQ23. S. Two delegates were sent to Summer Conference in -lune, 14123. at lilairstown. New jersey. fm. lzight delegates attended the lirst Annual Lonterence ot the Y. Xl. L. A. of Southern XVest Virginia in November, 11123. 7. A delegate was sent to the Student Volunteer Convention at Indianapolis during the Christmas holidays, lll2j. S. Has lent much support to the general conduct and policies ot A. lf. A. and junior College since it was organized. 5+

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stil V! T H E B 0 A R D W A L K . Pe + ff '17 id hikin- Y. W. C. A. lllS'l'URY ANU l'l'Rl'OSl'f XVirh tht- iiicwzisctl nnnihcr of young wnincn stntlcnts who, in tha- lust fvw years lizwc coins' for zulinittznicc to ,-X. li. IX. :intl .lnnior Llnllvgc, 21 real net-ti for sonu nrgzinizzitiun of their own tlironglh which those young wonicn might linil physifzll social :intl spiritual. as wvll as nwntzil, L-xpwssioll, lX'CZllHl' appzwcnt. fXk'C0l'llll1Qjlj', utter cniisinlwzihlc iIlYl'Sfig2ll'l0Il of tht- nzitnrc of vzirions 0l'H2ll1lZ!lfl0l!S :intl :iftcr ninth cnnsnltzitinn :intl p1':iyvr, nnr Y. VV. C. A. was 0l'g2llIlZL'll with tht following pnrposv: lfirst of ull, tn lt-ml :ill the nnn-Christian girls of A. li. A. tt :tru-pt -lcsns Christ :is thvir pt-isniizil Szwinrg to nnitc :ill of the institution in loyalty to lliin: to hniltl thcin np in tht- knowlvtlgc of Christ, cspccizllly through Biblt- stntlx :intl Christixin sc'1'vicn', that their clizlrzlctvr nun' he consonant with thvir bt-lit-fg to vnlist tha-ir mlcrotion tn thc- Lllll'lSI'l2lI1 Clinrcli :intl to tht' rvligions work of tht lnstitntion. Our purpnsc, to zu gjrvzit vxtvnt, has hcvn r0:ilizt'ml in the lives of inziny girls. 55