The herald., 1894-06-24
FRIDAY MoRNINGITES.

The Annual Election of Omcers and th 9
sscrstary's Report.
The annual election of officers Of the
Friday Morning club was held In CAL
sdonia hall, June %, 1894. s
The officers elected to serve for the
ensuing year were as follows:
! President. Mrs. j. A. Osgocd; vice.
presidents, Mrs. w. L. Graves, Mrs. T.
| d. Stimson; secretary, Mrs. E. X, Fos-
ter; treasurer, Mrs. &. NJ. North.
Board OF man sgers-Mise M. +. Wills,
Mrs. H. B. Wing, Mrs. Cornelius Cole.
Mrs. Shelley Tolhurst, Mics E. @. Ne
Cullsugh, Mrs. M. Burton William son,
Mrs. 8. L. Longstreth, Mrs. g. B. East
man, Mrs. Fred E. Fay, Mrs. J. X.
Haynes.
Extracts from Secretary @. H. w.
Fosters annual report show the follow
ing facts: Number OF mem bers in good
standing, III; new members admitted
during the club year, "a; elected to
honorary membership, Mrs. Caroline
N. Severance. Mrs. Lydia Collier, Mrs.
Charlotte L. Wills; number of tempe
rary members admitted, 81. Many
temporary members were from Chicago
and New York; others came from the
states of California, Michigan, Minnsso.
ia. Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
New York, West Virginia and Massa-
chusetts. Guest cards issued. 436.
The meetlngs have been honored by
the presence OF distinguished guests
from our own country and abroad. The
register shows the names of George w.
Gable, the author; Mrs. Ormiston
Chant, the humanitarian, OF London,
England; Miss Jane Adams OF Hull
house, Chicago; Mr.. ]. B. Reynolds Of
the Delaney Street University Settle
ment, New York; Suleiks Sarabji Of
Peonah, India; Baroness Ksiserlink Of
Russia, and many others.
The club is on record, through resolu-
tions passed at different meetings: Con-
demning the Geary act as oppressive
and unjust TO the Chinese protesting
against the use Of eur public library for
political schemes, and endorsing the
work of Miss Kelso, the librarian; con-
ferring upon Mrs.. Caroline M. Severance
the title of President Emeritus of the
Friday Morning club. and favoring sepa-
rate elections for cur boards OF eduea-
tion.
During the winter, committees from
the Friday Morning club Investigated
the rumors concerning the management
of our public schools ana were instru-
mental ia securing the publication of
articles in regard to the sanitary condi-
ton and the inadequate arrangements
for the heating OF our school buildings
Many of the members have worked
and are still working for the improve
ment OF the school system and board Of
education.
AS to programmes: It has been the
aim of the board 10 provide for each
month q varied programme, including
practical topics, lectures on scientific or
socio illogical questions and papers on lit
erature or art, and whenever possible, 10
consider and discuss contemporary eues-
lions, local and educational, OF i'm
portanee to ue az community. We
have drawn for material largely upon
our own members, notably in the series
of worlds fair papers given in Decom D or
and in the discussion of popular books
in March. Among the speakers outside
our membership have been physicians,
artists, teachers, lawyers and literary
men and women.
The custom OF admission to members
and guests by card, to be presented to a
doorkeeper, was instituted December l,
1898. Printed programmes have been
issued monthly since October, 1898, and
will serve az a record for each member
OF the subjects discussed during the
year.
The meetings since October z, 1898,
have been held in Caledonia hall. A
very earnest and persistent effort has
been made to secure comfortable perma-
nsnt club quarters, but So yet without
success.