The courier., 1898-10-29

furnish 10 With Injuries, With ease and
quiet and fulness Of bread.
The great question before the. Aheri.
can people 10 What will We do with our
newly acquired territoryf" Territorial
expansion has kept even step and pace
with racial expansion from the contest
for self pr ,servstion 10 the dykes and
bitches Of Holland to the conquest for
the preservation OF others 10 the greater
Antilles and the PHILIPPINES at the pres.
emit The great question before this
organization is the same, "What shall
we do with our newly acquired terri
tory?" Am presumipg, in my quality
Of OF club mother. in suggesting that be-
fore you publish your next atlas that you
mix into the tolors that will represent
your territorial boundary lines, the FOL-
lowing ingredients: let. The purpose Of
thoroughness in your study classes.
That it may not be said Of US that the
bargain counter has crept into our club
and that We have days Of special sales
when long tedious papers, mosaic work
made up Of little bits gathered from diff
ferent encyclopedias find their way, and
justly too, to the five-cent counter. II
self. culture is the foundation on which
the club is to build its superstructure OF
altruistic endeavor. then it muet be Care
ful to lay it's foundation broad and deep.
taking maybe the stones that have been
buried in the chill and gloom OF the
earth-surrounding circumstances bear
ing tho weight OF walls, and towers and
turrets of grievous burdens-taking
these to carve and polish. making it
may be beautiful corner stones in your
stately edifice. and over the entrance l
hope to see written "University Exten-
sion" q. Increased interest in our
public schools. That women can affect
legislation without the ballot has been
proved beyond question. Notably is
this true 10 educational matters. Our
club women should show more interest
and activity in favor OF better schools
and better systems of education. Over.
crowded roo rs. lack Of proper light and
ar, the adap ptation of the s:hool furniture
to the needs OF the children, the books
used, and the questions Of greater conse-
auence az to the moral influences and
the teaching bearing on ,he real conduct
of life. All OF these things come within
the natural province Of our club women
and our duty next to our homes is to
secure sound end wholesome conditions
for the children in our public schools
demanding also that superinteudents
and teachers fit pupils for citizenship.
the supreme end and aim, character. Do
you say that many Of our club women
shrink from this work because OF its
MAGNITUDE and comparative newness? /
have found women in Nebraska quiet
and modest with faces hid in the depths
NJ sunbonnets who have more courage
than some brigadier generals. Then.
too. il We are true Pilgrim women We
have faculty, that intangible but very
real quality, with which our mothers
were endowed.
In conclusion looking out over our
fair state Of which We are justly proud.
I see an army CT women less favored
than those who compose this organiza-
t;on. Some OF them are mothers living
in isolated farm houses, who rarely catch
a glimpse Of the higher level OF what
.eems to them life's rugged road; beside
them walk little children. Then. too.
a..,sx uirla in 0uI atOrea. in the