Show Civic Center Completes Heavy Yearly Program Sixteen years ago Salt Lakes Lake's Civic Center was founded by a small group of ot progressive lve women who felt there here must be some place set apart where adult women with fewer advantages advantages ad ad- vantages could receive comparative comparative- ly y free tree education Thus was Civic Ce Center ter that beehive beehive bee bee- beehive hive of activity on Regent street founded Throughout those years it has truly become the adult education education tion heart of Salt Lake It Li Is supported supported sup sup- ported by city and county tax funds and by the small fees charged for some courses Ever keeping pace with changing economic conditions Civic Center has throughout the past year emphasized emphasized sized those courses designed to aid the wife and mother faced with a lessened Income and at the same time has given her those cultural courses so necessary in maintaining morale In times of economic stress Fr m its modest beginning in 1917 Civic Center has steadily grown until during the past year almost Salt Lake women took advantage of the courses offered at fees within the purse of alL Not one day passed but what a score or or more of women old and young gathered In the various various va rious class rooms General work of Civic Center was divided into four main divisions namely cultural making home-making vocational voca voca- and special Under the cultural cul cuI cultural tural heading came instruction in vocabulary vocabulary vo building and conversation modem modern dr drama ma correct English per perr personality personality etiquette literary appreciation appreciation atlon poetry music ap appreciation on leadership b books and many other su subjects bj Homemaking making classes included work In sewing child psychology and training raining textiles budgeting costume designing and a general housekeeping housekeep housekeep- ing ng class for brides Vocational instruction instruction instruction in in- was limited to household employment and business English while the special classes included parliamentary law contract bridge lip reading and speed writing Plans for the new year at Civic enter Center are even more elaborate than thanin in the past In addition to the regular regular reg reg- ular courses course nine new classes classe are scheduled to begin shortly after the first of the year ear according to Mrs Orin chairman of of the educational educational edu edu- committee These new subjects subjects sub sub- include commercial art genealogy genealogy genealogy geneal geneal- ogy French grammar and travel trave conversation marriage health eco ceo economics home psychology business spelling writing arithmetic and English Eng Eng- lish Bible literature and great American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean personalities of today Mrs W W. HI Hf White is president o othe of the board of trustees which directs the destinies of at the organization Mrs Louis W. W Schank is treasurer Mrs Theron S. S Parmelee secretary am and Mrs Hazel Todd executive secre secre- tary Conscious education aims to im lm I prove rov life lifee It must begin with the thel world and life and human nature as they are and find in these wa ways s and means of ot making life me better I This is the creed by which Civic Center functions In Salt Lake |