The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-07
NO CANDIDATE YET NAMED.
Local Council of Women Have Not Nom-
mated a School Commissioner.

The first of the regular monthly meetings
of the Local Council of Women was held
yesterday afternoon at the Propylaeum, and
there was an attendance of about thirty of
the presidents and delegates of the different
societies. Mrs. Henry Coburn presided.
After the roll call the announcement was
made of the annual meeting, which will be
held April and 4. Invitations will be sent
TO the city officials the clergy and to the
several women's societies to attend Mrs.
Jenckes, who is the chairman of the COM
mittee which is to select woman candidate
for the position on the School Board, re-
ported that the committee was not ready
to announce the candidate, but would do SO
at the next meeting. Mrs. Jenckes also
asked for the interest enthusiasm and sup
port of the women present on the subject
of having a woman on the School Board.
for she thought they could have an influence
and awaken an interest among the men of
their families in the matter.
Mrs. Theodore Wagner read a circular
which had been sent out by the Society of
the Collegiate Alumni for the university
extension course. A series of lectures will
be given by Richard Greene MOulton, of
the University of Chicago, professor of uni
verSity extension The subject will be En-
glish literature, and beginning April they
will be given each consecutive Monday even
ing till the six are completed Miss Harriet
Noble spoke of the benefit of the courses
which had already been given, and among
other things said that Professor jerks, for
merly Of the State University, had acquired
his fame through his lectures in this city,
which had been partly the means of secur-
ing his call TO Cornell University.
Mrs. j. j.. Brown spoke In the interest
Of the Friends Home for Women and of the
success which it had achieved. The home
has been full ever since it was started, ex-
cept in July and August, when many girls
were away or out of work. The home will
be open Friday afternoon: the 10th, for the
cises. Ii is at No. 155 North Illinois street.
Miss Catherine Merrill then spoke a word
for the Sanitary Society. She said there
was not street or an alley that was in
clean condition and scarcely vacant lot
ington street was filthy; that people threw
trash and slop into the streets. and that
there was no fine, or punishment, or arrest.
Mrs. Coburn said she believed that In
dianapolis would compare favorably with
other cities for cleanliness, and the start
ling announcement came that ''in New York
all the streets and alleys are scrubbed ev-
cry morning" which information the New
York authorities will consider news. The
sanitary member told of the work of the
eXpectoration committee, of the society and
With With having ing the officers Of the streetcar
company place notices, Gentlemen will
please not spit, tobacco juice on the floor
read mo one shall spit on the floor of this
car" council member gave, an amusing
account of being in car and wanting to
ask the conductor to speak TO some men
who We're violating the sign, when she
thought of the Chicago woman, under sim
liar circumstances, VINO asked the driver
of the car: us any one allowed TO spit in
this carp and received the answer; You
committee hopes to have something done
about the throwing of bills over the city
which is violating one of the city ordi-
nances One member said that the dodgers
were not only a nuisance. but that they
frightened horses and were dangerous. as
well. This same member also advocated
giving employment to boys by having them
collect papers and other rough trash in the
streets. The Y. NJ. G. a. auxiliary Joined
Mrs. Jenckes read a paper of Mrs. Daviss,
of Terre Haute.