The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-14
THE CLUB CORNER.

The o desires to make its club oor-
ner clear and faithful reflector of Mime
sofa organizations and to this end extends to
them an urgent invitation to use its space
as an open parliament. The roster Of clubs,
which Is about completed, shows that many
nave taken up the same themes of study for
the year. It will be helpful to the clubs
themselves and instructive and interesting to
others to compare the results of these va
rious discussions and researches. II each or
ganization will forward to the department the
questions discussed at Its meeting and the
decision reached, the information will be CIV
en- It's proper setting by reference to this
club roster. This work will be further ia
cilltated, both by the club secretaries and the
department If those who have not done go
Will send to us copies of their current pro-
grammes
The Students club OF Morris, Mimi. will
this year espouse the cause Of local improve
ments. The object OF its organization Is Gin
tellectual Improvement, mutual helpfulness
and advancement in social home and public
life"
Under the caption. ''Ho, for st. Paul. Min
nesota!' the Union Signal, official organ of
the w. g. T. u, prints the following:
10 one who Is familiar with St. Paul and
the state of Minnesota (sky-coored water) the
selection of that city for the place of our an
nual gathering together is peculiarly setisfac-
tory. 1t is worth a long trip from the East
TO see the Mississippi father of waters). To
eaten glimpse Of wheat fields which include
thousands Of acres, and to feel one's self
upon the borderland OF the great farms Of
america, that sometimes include 30 600 acres
even In Minnesota. But the chief attraction
WIZ Dc centered, Of course, in the twins
ana OF these we shall, for the time being he
partial to the boy, st. Paul"
Ihe great convention which will be in ses-
sion mere In November will offer much that
Is or interest even to those outside Of the or
gan1zation. In the first place it will afford
an opportunity Of hearing women whose wor,
ana words have made them famous the world
over; In the next place, the convention will
settle once for all that most interesting and
ve@eu question. the retention or rejection of
the Chicago Temple. Finally. the civ will
witness the exhibition Of trait not usually
attributed to women, viz, a. desire to Weld
unstlnted homage to the intellect heart and
energy OF their departed leader-Frances Will
Iaru II has been said, and with much truth
that envy is the bane of womenkind. The
love and reverence with which the worlds
". G. 7. U. regarded It's president during
her life and the grief with which her death
anlcts Its members offer a brilliant excep-
tlon.
In addition to Greek letter societies.
barnard college has all sorts Of
CLUBS and organizations to serve in
tellectualc or moral ends. to promote good
fellowship or to afford recreation and amuse-
ment' Among these are the Greek club and
the Society for the Prevention of Gloom.
Inc programme Of the Duluth Saturday
CLUB furnishes an example of thoroughness
which Is not surpassed in the class room of
university. Usually a history club under
takes to cover ths career of one nation In a
years study. The Saturday club will de-
vote the whole season to that period of Eng
I1sh history included by the battle of Bos-
worth Field and the accession of Queen
Ellzabeth-a stretch Of only 7S years Such
an arrangement will permit as exhaustive a.
study of the subjective and adjective condi-
lions of English life as is indicated in the
programme and will inevitably render more
Ineligible the social, economic and political
problems OF our own times.
In connection with English history the
monitive method of fixing the succession of
royal houses comes to mind. For children
1t Is not so helpful, but for those whose
memories have lost some Of the elasticity of