OCR Text |
Show WOMEN',' FEDERATION CONFERENCE Heads of Various Club of First District Federation Make Reports. The First District federation hold its regular meeting 11 1 Sprliifrville Friday in the Springville high school. All federated clubs were represented. The music was furnished by the Sprinsville high school in a most entertuinins manner. Mrs. T. L. Mendeuhall welcomed the federation federa-tion to Springville ; Mrs. W. T. Has-, Has-, ler of Provo, the new president of I the district eulogized Spriugville's music, art and community co-operation and thanked them for the courtesy ertended the federation in said. "We need to urge thrift in schools, the use of a budget economy econ-omy in all expenditures." she also I urged women to study politics so that they might vote intelligently.! This she said one must do to he a thorough American. I Mrs. L. C. Potter of Provo pre-j sented a resolution to the effect that women pledge themselves .to do all in their power to cast an intelligent in-telligent vote in November. The resolution passed. Mrs. O. W. Bailey, president ot I the Utah Sorosis club of Provo spolce of last year's work of her I club, "Prominent Womon of Today." f This coming year the club will take up "World Literature.' Mrs. C. E. Berry of the Nineteenth Nine-teenth club of Provo reported the work of her club which was the study of the "Outlines of History" by H. G. Wells. She said her club was working to aid with the planned plan-ned club house for Provo. Mrs. E. C. Rodgers reported the work done by the Women's Municipal Munici-pal Council of Provo, she mentioned briefly the flog sale, Columbia contest, con-test, cake sales, brides' trousseau tea, pedestrian rules and other projects pro-jects which the council had accomplished accom-plished the past year. Mrs. Mendeuhall of the Home Culture club, Springville, said the club had studied the political, the cultural side of better homes. Mrs. J. A. Thorn reported the Alpha Beta club's work along lines of music and art. Mrs. Emma Johnson of the Mothers' Moth-ers' Study club said all Springville clubs were as one club. Her club will study the short story this year. Mrs. li. H. Clayton of Payson reported re-ported the Cultus club of Payson. Each year she said this club takes some project and accomplishes it. The Cultus club has furnished equipment for ehildrens' play grounds, scholarships and a com-niunti.v com-niunti.v rest room. Mrs. Ben Argyle of Spanish Fort reported the Selt Culture club work. The matter of awarding scholarships scholar-ships and aiding needy students was brought before the convention and discussed by Mrs. L-. C. Potter, Mrs. C. K. Maw and Mrs. W. J. Aird. A committee tt devise plans for the execution of this project was appointed with Mrs. J. W. Aird as chairman. The afternoon session began at 2 o'clock. The speakers of the afternoon af-ternoon were Mrs. C. E. Maw of Provo and Judge Frick of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Maw reported the biennial convention of Women's Federated clubs held in Los Angeles in June. Judge Frick spoke on the home and the school as institutions. He said. "The son of the millionaire and (he son of the washer woman must have equal rights. In this the school must supplement the home. Those institutions must do all in their power to reduce crime. Crime is being reduced now and it can be entirely blotted out. Criminality in Ftah is reduced to V, per cent. Criminality is a lack of intelligence. intelli-gence. H'e must discriminate discrimin-ate as to where pupils belong and fit them for the place they belong. I care not how bumble the child, that child is worth all the patience, all the o-pporeunity you can give it. duly in this way can be prepe-trate prepe-trate our national institutions and integrity. "No two pupils can be treated alike, n different mold is needed for each. No two humans are alike any more than can you find two pebldes on the beach alike. I find that the crimes committed in our state is bv young men, mostly through .'.houghllessnoss. Teachers must not shrink from unfolding lite to pupils, i A lack of ignorance but takes the j place of our present lack of mtelli-! mtelli-! gence in the coming things of life. The emotions must be trained and .mi- loft to chance and thereby often shatter the prospects of the individuals indi-viduals for a happy future. Don't condemn (he criminal, condemn the crime nnd work to eradicate it." Convention adjourned to meet at Payson in December. |