The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
The WOMAN'S CLUB.
First Fall Meeting
Marked By splen-
did Address.
FULL PROGRAM OF YEAR.
Class Work, Lectures and
Reception Are on
the List.

Memorial hall was practically filled
yesterday afternoon at the first meeting
of the Woman's club this fall, that is
to say, of the 900 members, about $50
were present. Miss Georgia A. Bacon,
the president, was in the chair, and be-
fore broaching the large amount Of
business that awaited the attention Of
the club, addressed the members in a
few happy words of personal greeting.
+ She said she had met many able club
women from all parts Of the country
during the summer, and that she
thought when she heard what their
clubs were doing, that the Worcester
Woman's club had no reason to be ego
r tistical, and she urged upon the con-
sideration Of the members the question
of the growth of the club, and its duty
to the city, the state and the country.
Miss Janet Martin, principal of the
Sycamore street school, was introduced
as the chairman Of the program, and
she in turn introduced Prof. Edward
Horace Griggs of Leland Stanford, Jr,
university, who gave a peculiarly rich,
scholarly and suggestive address on the
subject Of Education for the art of
life" Mr. Griggs compared the ancient
and mediaeval relations to life, as seen
in literature and painting. with the
modern conception, terming the latte
q new form of humanism. This 18th
century type of humanism, he said diff
fered from that Of the preceding CEN
turtles in being personal, positive, pro-
gressive, and he showed by references
to Greek tragedy, the Christian ideal
of character and the Dissatisfaction
nf hf,XU
spirit of sympathy with the individual
differed from the spirit of these. Life,
he said, was an art, not science; the
attempt to reduce it to hard and fast
rule, to make of it a mechanism, robbed
it Of its meaning and beauty The ideal
teacher was the one who made himself
superfluous the soonest, the end Of edu-
cation being to develop the originality
of the pupil, and fit him for doing well
whatever his instincts led him to throw
himself into.
Mr.. Griggs scored the modern city
graded school for its mechanical ten
denotes. Comparing it with the old
fashioned district school, he thought
that the advantages were not all on the
side of the new system, admirable
though it might be, for the graded
school interfered with the close person
al contact between teacher and pupil,
and gave the teacher no chance. The
district school gave the teacher who
was a genius-even the teacher who
was not a genius, but who had great
and noble ideals, a chance to stir ana
stimulate his pupils in the same direc-
tons The greatest teachers have OFTEN
been, not those who knew the most, but
those who were learning the most.
The business meeting that followed the
lecture was a protracted one, and It
was not till $50 o'clock that the. as
sembly broke up. For one thing, there
were long reports to read from last
years meetings. Then, there were sew
eral important announcements concern
ing various departments of the club
work
The club voted to hold it's regular
meetings in Association hall for the
remainder of the year, and to hold its
class meetings in one of the ante-rooms
in the Y. M. G. A. building. 1t was
thought that, while the 600 members
of the club might never attend the
same meetings, yet, in courtesy and
prudence sufficient seating arrange
ments should be provided. Mrs Zelia
e. Harris was elected to the executive
board as an elective member, vice Mrs
Annie w. Comins, whose resignation
was rendered.
Mrs Rachel B. McMullen, chairman
of the work department announced that
the following series of lectures on
household economics, would be given
under the auspices Of her department.:
Nov. 3, Prof Edward Cummings Of
Harvard University, Domestic serv-
ice"; Nov. 16, Miss Mary Ware of Bos-
ton, Relation Of art to our homes;
E Dec. 1, Miss S. Maria Elliott of Boston,
Care of the house; Dec. 15 Mrs.
Mary ]. Lincoln of Boston, Economic
buying; Dec. 20, Miss Anna Barrows
of Boston, Menus for average in
comes"
The lectures will be free to members;
to the public, 81 for the course, 25. cents
single admission. Four o'clock is the
hour for all the lectures.
Miss Eleanor Whiting, leader of the
Browning class, announced that the
class will meet at o'clock on the af-
ternoons of Nov. 4, IL, %; Dec 9, 16;
Jan. 6, 20, and Feb. g. II; that all mem
bers of the Woman's club who pay the
annual assessment and sign the class
register on or before the second class
meeting were eligible to membership:
that THE ring and the book would
be studied, and that Miss Vida D.
Scudder of the English department of
Wellesley college had been engaged to
direct the class work Miss Scudder
will give a public lecture under the
auspices of the class, in Memorial hall,
Oct Il, at 8 o'clock, upon Some lit
erary Utopias.' Tickets may be OBJ
Mrs Emma c. Marble, chairman of
the council of chairmen, presented the
following club calendar for 1S99-190O:
Oct 11-Department education. "Edu-
cation for the art of life Prof. Edward
Howard Griggs, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Oct 25-Department. work "Misdrect-
ed energy" Mrs Lucia Ames Mead, Bos-
Nov i-Department, social. A reception
to new me mbers.
Nov. = Department. art and music.
PAPER, musical stories and jokes. Miss
FRANCES C. Morse, with musical illustra-
Noy. 22-Department, literature. To be
announced.
Dec. i3-Club business.
Dec q = Department., miscellaneous
topics. To be announced
ian. 10 = Department history. Epic
story of Gen. Grant" Mr.. Hamlin Gar
land.
..Masterpieces in art" illustrated with
stereopticon. Fraulsin Stole Boston.
Feb. 14-Department, science: Some of
+he nineteenth centurys notable additions
70 our knowledge of the material uni
verse Dr. Thomas C. Mendenhall, pres
ident of the Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute. .. ,,.o~o4 az
afternoon with Tennyson. Papers:
aPersonality of Tennyson, Miss Cora L.
Greene; "Poetry of Tennyson." Mrs
Carrie Gordon Leland; musical selections
Mrs Emma Dearborn Harris.
March f4--Department education. Pa
ners. popular education as it was q
Generation ago" Mrs. leila e. Harris;
7.College preparatory work for girls,
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