Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, for the past five years. Acting President of the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 31 W. 110th Street, New York, was chosen President of the Association at its annual conference held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Jerome J. Hanauer, 5 E. 74th Street, New York. Mrs. Warburg’s election to the post of President follows the retirement from that post of Mrs. Israel Unterberg.
Announcement was made at the conference of a gift of $25,000 to the building fund of the Y. W. H. A. by Mr. and Mrs. Israel Unterberg in memory of their daughter, Adele.
Mrs. Warburg was the guest of honor at the luncheon yesterday. Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, mother of Mrs. Warburg, was among the many prominent leaders who attended.
The twenty-sixth annual report of the Young Women’s Hebrew Association was presented by Mrs. Warburg, who painted a graphic picture of the diversified activities in the fields of education, recreation and physical training carried on by the Association. Religious activities, Mrs. Warburg stated, constituted “the cornerstone of our particular work with our young people.”
“Our clubs are reflecting the changed status of women,” Mrs. Warburg said. “We are living through a transitional stage. Let us not prejudice its newer standards and demands. It is clear (Continued on Page 4)
“The social problem that confronts us today with our young people who resent chaperonage and desire greater freedom, gives us the keenest and most delicate problem for solution. Heretofore, the girl found the girls’ club a satisfactory outlet for her cravings of sociability, but today she demands, quite early, the entrance into a mixed group. We want to direct this demand wholesomely and yet not overshadow the specific contribution that womankind alone gives to the value of our social fabric.”
There were 4,141 calls and 2,313 placements by the Employment Bureau during the year.
“We have housed 573 girls during the last year,” Mrs. Warburg continued. “This housing for girls of small wage-earning capacity, is still one of the great problems of the city. There is the tendency today for the self-sufficient and better salaried girl to share an apartment with several others. Some of these ventures have proven very disastrous. Lack of employment, a period of illness soon puts these girls in arrears and they miss the protection and aid that a large congregate household such as the ‘Y’ can afford. The numbers that need us are still large. Because of our smaller overhead for a large boarding group, we are able to extend the helping and protective hand to the most needy.”
Re-elected to the Board of Directors for three year terms were: Mrs. Morris Golde, Mrs. Adolph Guggenheim, Mrs. Jerome J. Hanauer, Mrs. Henry S. Hendricks, Mrs. Moses Hyamson, Mrs. Alfred E. Kornfeld, Mrs. Benjamin Marshall, Mrs. Carl H. Pforzheimer and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg.
The following were elected for a period of one year: Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard, Mrs. Frederick Brown and Mrs. Moses J. Stroock.
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