Mrs. Paine. I felt they were not as able a group. The individuals in the group were not as able as the ones in the Golden Age Club, and they needed a great deal of help in their planning and in achieving simple party.
Mr. Jenner. Your work actually was group activity, singing groups, dancing groups or activities, rather, was it?
Mrs. Paine. Not particularly singing and dancing. Again, of course, it was liaison between this club and the Y. But leadership here was more in the role of enabling them to achieve what they wanted than being the visible head of the group. The group had its own president and officers.
Mr. Jenner. Did you have to do any teaching in connection with either the Golden Age or the young adults group?
Mrs. Paine. No.
Mr. Jenner. The third was, I think you described it, as the lounge.
Mrs. Paine. Yes; it was an informal lounge for members of the Y. They could come in and play chess, checkers, talk, read magazines. This required the least from me in the leadership.
Mr. Jenner. It was in this connection that you acquired some interest, or at least you attempted to acquire a facility in the Yiddish language?
Mrs. Paine. Yes; because of my work with the Golden Age Club. I had already studied some German so that I understood. The two languages are similar enough that I understood some of the content of their business meeting which they conducted in Yiddish.
Mr. Jenner. I have forgotten now, if you will forgive me. By this time had you taken a course in Russian at the university?