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

The G o b desires to make It's club COR
ner clear and faithful reflector of Mime
sofa organizations and to this end extends to
them an urgent invitation to use It's 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. 1t will be helpful to the clubs
themselves and instructive and interesting to
others to compare the results Of these va
rious discussions and researches. If each or
ganization will forward to the department the
questions discussed at its meeting and the
decision reached, the information will be Civ
en- lts proper setting by reference to this
cluD roster.I This work will be further ia
ciltated, both by the club secretaries and the
department, If those who have not done so
Will send TO- US copies of their current pro-
grainmes n y
The Students club, of Morris, Mimi. will
this year espeuse the cause Of local improve
ments. The object OF it's 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. c. T. u. prints the following:
, 10 one who Is familiar with st. Paul and
the state of Minnesota (sky-colored water the
selection of that city for the place of our an
Hual gatherlng together is peculiarly satisfac-
~ tory. 1t Is worth a long trip from the East
10 see the Mississippi Gather of waters) To
t taCch glimpse of wheat fields which include
thousands of acres, and to feel ones self
upon the borderland of the great farms of
Anerlca that sometimes include 80, 600 acres
even IN Minnesota. But the chief attraction
VIII be centered, of course, in the twins, -
800 gu OF tnese we shall, for the time being, be
partial to the boy, st. Paul"
sion here in November will offer much that
Is OF interest even to those outside of the or
sanlzacon. In the first place, it will afford
an opportunity Of hearing women whose work
anu words have made them famous the world
over IN the next place, the convention will
Settie once for all that most interesting and
NeAed question, the retention or rejection of
the Chicago Temple. Finally, the city will
"Itness the exhibition of a trait not USUALLY
attributed to women, viz. a desire to Weld
uHs'ihted homage to the intellect, heart and
energy of their departed leader-Frances Will
lard. 1t has been said, and with much truth
.nat envy is the bane of womenkind. The
love and reverence with which the worlds
w. c. T. U. regarded it's president durinu
Her lie and the grief with which her death
aHlcts Its members offer aN<briIliant excen-
ton.
l" duolIlon to Greek letter societies
barnard q college has all sorts Of
clubs and organizations to serve in
teilectual or moral ends, to promote good
Fellowship or to afford recreation and amuse-
ment. Among these are the Greek club and
the 0ocletysfor the Prevention of Gloom.
Inc programme Of the Duluth Saturday
club furnishes an example Of thorougbness
which is not surpassed in the class room Of
university. Usually a history club under
taxes to cover the career of one nation in a
years study. The Saturday club will de-
vote the whole season to that period Ct Eng
hsh history included by the battle Of Bos-
worth Field and the accession of Queen
bllzabeth-a stretch Of only 70 years. Such
an arrangement will permit as exhaustive a
study of the subjective and adjective condi
tons of English life as is indicated in the
programme, and will inevitably render more
lntelIgible the social, economic and political
problems of eur 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