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 THE FRANCES SHIMER QUARTERLY The Young Women's Christian Association This organization shows at present a degree of whole-hearted activity which is gratifying to those watching its progress. Although changes had to be made in the administration in January, the membership has steadily increased until now the fifty-four enrolled include all but fourteen of the house pupils. Meetings have been regularly attended, twenty in attendance being the least number recorded, and very special interest has been shown in furnishing the two rooms on the first floor of West Hall. In October the Association was instrumental in bringing to the school Mrs. Abbie Snell Burnell, the interesting lecturer on "India;" the first of January twenty-five registered for a class in Old Testament history led by Miss Bowman, and a little later a circle of seventeen started to read aloud Monday afternoons The Vanguard, a tale of Korean missions. At the Christmas party for the rooms, a pretty soft brown rug, brown draperies, cushions for the long window-seats, a tea set, two pictures, and $8.40 for more pictures and cushions were welcome gifts. Later music was bought for the piano. To raise more money for pictures the Association sells light refreshments twice a week, to the delight of all the girls. Dana Wilcox is president; other members of the cabinet are Ellen Melendy, Inez Humbert, Amber Wallace, Josephine Woost, Margaret Munroe, Harriet Leigh, Edna Bruce, and Eva Roberts, Miss Votaw is counsellor for the prayer-meeting leaders; Miss Lee, general advisory officer.

The Faculty Club This club has been making a study of Wm. Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite painters. The many-sided genius of Morris was a fruitful field for study for several weeks. Holman Hunt, Millais, Rosetti, as poet and artist, Burne-Jones, and Watts have filled the programmes during the winter.

The F.S.A. Diversion Club The Diversion Club adopted a new method of procedure this year—that of having a monthly meeting for the whole school instead of departmental meetings, as formerly. These are held in the Auditorium on the first Saturday evening of each month. A