The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11

Fourth Annual Report OF the WO-
men Grad atm Club Of Sank Centre
for the year beginning October 18th,
1898, and closing Nav 8, 1899.
At a regular meeting of the Grada-
tim Club last October. a motion was
made and carried that Rule II Of the
Bylaws should be amended as fol-
lows: ''The last meeting of the club
year shall be the Annual Meeting
when the officers shall be elected"
Therefore as this is the last We'd,
nesday of the year it is also the An
nuar Meeting aud the officers will be
elected.
$50 business that we love we rise
b times and go to it with delight"
Standing on the threshold of the
Eth year and looking backward we
can feel that we have finished the
course aud kept the faith. We may
indeed feel proud of our success for it
has progressive, instructive and a
happy year.
| We have held twenty.nine regular
meetings, one special meeting, and
two which were not called to order on
account Of a quorum not being pre-
Sent. However, these two meetings
were the wettest and the coolest We'd
nesdays in the club year.
| Only one member has attended every
meeting, but then she was the secre-
tary and was expe ,ted to be there.
Mrs. Lewis next on the roll OF honor
missed but two, one being the We'd
nesday she was representing our club
a the d.Winter Social of the State
Federation Of w omen's Clubs held in
Minneapolis, February %.
AL the members are to be congratu-
.tef, for the average attendance has
b zen raised to fifteen, an increase of
ssven per cent over last years attend
| ance. The club membership is limited
to thirty, as was decided at the begin
ming of the year. The few vacancies
that occurred by death and removal
we're picSly filled. Upon the resig-
nation Of two of our co-workers, they
We're elected as honorary members.
In our course of study and travel we
have visited the Sultan and the Otto
mar Empire, great and glorious
Greece, and Russia, the land OF the
Car and the Nihilist. Have judged
of the character and value toposterity
of such men as Scion, Pericles, Mo-
manned II, Ivan the Terrible, Peter
the Great and Alexander II, Liberator
of the Serfs. We have stood within
the Parthenon and the Acropolis and
viewed Grecian Art and Architecture,
have gazed in awe at the mosques of
the Mohamedans and the Cathedrals
of Russia.
Many thanks are due Mrs. Stanton
and Mrs. Lewis for providing us with
such thorough and comprehensive
program.
The work in social and intellectual
advancement has been marked. A
free reading room in connection with
tbs pr lie lirrary was opened last
Iecen Der he funds of which we're
,aise6 by the fading Room Com
II lice, Of Which, Mrs. Lewis, was an
able chairman. This room has been
kept open five evenings of every week
and supplied with the best of reading
material. Who can measure the
value of such an institution.
The Town Improvement Committee
are at work and great results are anti
cipated. Mrs. Hogan. the chairman,
being the wife OF the mayor, we fully
expect them to work in unison.
Besides the meetings for study and
mental improvement, we have had
several pleasant social times Cor "a
little nonsense now and then is relish
ed by the best of men,"
In January, Mrs. Stanton, who has
been our president since the organiza-
ton of the club, was obliged to leave
clustering Minnesota for the sunny
south. The largest club meeting of
the season was held the Wednesday
before her departure, twenty members
being present. Mrs. O'Connell pleas
antly detailed Mrs. Stanton's ever
faithful and conscientious work and
Mrs. Lewis presented her with book
as a token of the clubs love and ap-
probation. Then cake and coffee were
served with plenty of good cheer 'to
speed the parting guest" Since the
departure of our president, Mrs. KEEL
sey, first vice-president, has presided
in her usual gracious manner.
On February %, the club, ever pat.
riotic and loyal, remembered whose
birthday it was, and also the wedding
anniversaries of several of our mem
bers. During the social hour, which
followed the afternoons program, q
dainty repast was served.
! The annual CAT Home" was held al
Mrs. Deans hospitable home On the