George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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L ' Ami 1935 Y. M. C. A. (JTIP ' HE Young Men ' s Christian Association of Pacific college is an indigenous III spiritual movement of students and faculty. The association welcomes and strives to include in the membership all men in the college who declare themselves in sympathy with the purpose and make it their own personal program of allegiance and service. The purpose of the Y M. C. A. is threefold. It builds up the spiritual, mental, and physical life of its members. Several projects were undertaken by the organization itself as well as with the Y. W. C. A. One of the major undertakings was a public auction, the money from which furnished the Y. M. C. A. room. At the beginning of each year the association sponsors a Stag Mix for new men in school. The officers for the year 1934-35 were as follows : Eugene Coffin, president; Harvey Campbell, vice-president; Joe Rothrock, sec- retary; and Allen Hadley, treasurer. 24

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Tref ian Literary Society ORGANIZED for the purpose of developing literary appreciation and pro- moting good fellowship in the student body, the Trefian Literary society made its Pacific college debut in the year 1914. All women students and lady members of the faculty are eligible for membership in the organization, which now lists twenty- seven members on the roll. Regular bi-weekly meetings are held by the society in the parlors of Kanyon Hall. Programs featuring literary and musical numbers, constitute the entertain- ment for each meeting. The officers presiding during the first term were : president, Helen Lou Poven- mire ; vice-president, Lera Rice ; secretary, Mary Brooks ; treasurer, Mary Collver ; critic, Dora Bales; reporter, Jean Gardner; marshal, Ruth Wilde; social chairman, Violet Braithwaite ; faculty adviser, Miss Emma Kendall. Officers for the second semester were: president, Helen Wehrley ; vice-president, Isabella Wilson ; secretary, Eileen Kenworthy ; treasurer, Dora Bales ; critic, Ruth Jacobs; reporter, Isabel Frost; marshal, Doris Darnielle; social chairman, Jean Gardner; faculty adviser, Miss Annice Carter. 23

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LWnii 1935 Y. W. C. A. EVELOPMENT of the students ' character four-square — socially, physically, spiritually, and mentally — is the purpose of the Young Women ' s Christian association of Pacific college. Each Wednesday, association meetings, and every two weeks, discussion groups are held to further the religious and mental life of the members. The community is benefited by the Y. W. C. A. social service and deputa- tion work. The women ' s group is very active socially. This year the organization was host- ess to a cabinet conference of the small colleges in Oregon. In collaboration with the Y. M. C. A. a reception of new students was held in Kanyon Hall. A big and little sister movement, a mother ' s tea, and a May breakfast were other leading social events on the Y. W. C. A. program. During the past year Elizabeth Aebischer has presided over the organization, as- sisted by Miss Violet Braithwaite, vice-president ; Lera Rice, secretary ; and Mar- jorie Seely, treasurer. Miss Annice Carter acted as the association adviser through- out the year. 25