Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-12-27
GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB
Women in City Reform-Their
Special Province.
NEW YORK WOMEN ARE INVITED
To Participate in Educational
Matters.
New YORK Evening Post.

New York Evening Post
The Good Government Club of the
Twelfth Assembly District, formerly
known as Club Il before the increase Of
such clubs exhausted the alphabet, has
abandoned its old quarters on East
Twenty-third street, and has leased a
whole house on East Eighteenth street,
between Second and Thild avenues, the
former residence of James Ruggles, a
member of the club. The house, which
is a brick building of three stories, and
IL to be reiitted for club purposes, is to
contain large assembly room, a library,
billiard room, and secretary's quarters
on the first floor. Assembly rooms and
committee rooms for the use of the
Council OF Confcderated Good Govern
mcnt Clubs and of the associated women
members of the club, will be on the
second floor, while the top story and the
basement will be used for bachelors
quarters, and for the janitor and resi-
dent custodian Of the club.
The present scope OF this Good Gov
eminent Club, which numbers but 800
members, would scarcely warrant the
acquisition Of such extended quarters
were it not for the great impetus To the
clubs work which has been given by
the many applications for membership
since the election, and by the under
standing which has recently been
brought about between the associated
women members and the trustees OF the
club. This accession OF women mem
beers is a new feature i'll Good Govern
ment Club work.
When CLUB Il first decided to take up
the investigation of the school system as
its special branch of work, the commit
tee ON schools asked for the privilege of
increasing the membership Of the COM
lnittee by associated members, men or
women, who might not be members of
the club. This was granted, and the
| school committee at once ayalled itself
| of the aid and advice OF such competent
persons as Stephen II. Olin, james A.
| Scrymser, School Commissioner Wch-
rum, Jacob A. Riis, Miss Grace Detlgc,
| Miss Minturn, and others, all of whom
afterwards became members Of the club.
| Aided by them, the chairman of the
committee was able to raise the $4,000
which was given to the Board of Edu-
| cation for the purpose Of opening and
maintaining summer schools last sum
1 IA.
| mittee excited such interest among other
women that Immediately after the cleo
ton new organization Of associated
4 women members was formed for the
purpose of aiding and furthering the
work OF Club Els school committee.
The first meeting of this organization
was held last week at the house of Mrs.
w. S. Rainsford, and u formal organlza.
ton was effected at the meeting in Mrs.
Valentine Motifs house last Tuesday,
when Miss Grace Dodge and Others
spoke. No less than 40 ladies joined the
association, and at once paid their dues
at that time, and many more women
who are interested in the Good Govern
ment work Of that district have since
Joined, so that the success of this new
plan is almost assured. The plan wa:
described by Mr.. Locke, the chairman Of
Club Els school committee to-day, a;
follows:
ave invited the women of New Yorf
to associate themselves with US, III com
mon effort TO better the schools, because
we thought that was subject tina
naturally is of great concern to al
women who have the interests of thei
children at heart. 1t has already beer
recognized not only here, but in al
parts of the country, that women shoult
take some part in the education of GU
children. The educational COMMITTEES
of Club Il propose to undertake somt
fundamental measures.
ave propose to make a personal in
vestigation of the charges conccrnin!
the lack of proper school accommoda
tions, the limited provisions for kinder
garten and manual training, and tn
complicated political system of GU
public schools, aud place the results o
our unprecedented Investigation bofor
the Board Of Education We propos
to commend the schools in which W,
find adopted the mostapproyed method
of instruction, and petition for NOR
extensive application of the educntiona
advantages already provided for in tn
course Of study. We propose TO con
slider the improvements of school build
ings and to cooperate with the Com
mittee of Seventy in securing Legislation
to revise the laws affecting The common
schools and public education IF the cit
Of New York.
"As the study and execution OF thes
; propositions will depend upon the wor
Of a large corps of volunteers, we in
, yited the wives of our club members l.
| help us in the work.
"rhey have formed separate assc
, citation and elected Mrs. Valentin
Mott as their president, Mrs. w. :
, Rainsford, SECRETARY and Mrs. Charlie
NJ. Perry, treasurer. From this assC
|. citation our school committee can drGN
i its associated women members. Thu
our committee, besides its eight mem
beers appointed by the trustees Of on
Good Government Club, now number
, eight associated women member!
among whom are Mrs. Edward
| Hewitt, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Mr..
Josiah N. Wing, Mrs. b. lIaggin, Mr.;
j. A. Scrymser and Miss Mlnturn, tn
superintendent OF the klndergaite
: Associations. These ladies will met
r in special committee rooms in the neN
d club house, and will contribute toward
g the library books on education an
!, school matters, which we are about I
: establish in the new club. They wi
O also contribute financially toward
/ meeting the expenses Of the publ
y meetings we are going to hold at state
t intervals to retain the public intere!
t that has now been aroused"
: The next of these meetings is to b
!, held on Tuesday evening in the Mo
k Memoria Hall, in Madison Avenu
e when Stephen H. DIN, the Rev. Perc
e Grant, and Others will speak. All II
Good Government clubs of the cit
have been asked through the council
appoint school committee which ca
t cooperate with the school committee {
G Club l. and the Women's Association
s and thus insure timely reports on scho,
!. abuses from all parts-of the city.