The courier., 1901-11-16
CLUB NJ 7 E
THE WEEKS REVIEW

both department and open sessions
there is a sincerity and earnestness Of
purpose on the part of the members
that gees far toward counteracting the
tendency toward superficiality which
characteriZes the modern education.
Especially fortunate is the club in its
president, Mrs. Bushnell. Unselfishly
devoted to the duties of her office, with
unlimited tact and a cordial, yet un-
assuming manner. her ways are ways
of pleasantness and her paths are paths
of peace" The department leaders
are not required to be pushers and
carriers as well. Discussions of all
subjects are spirited, and the Socratic
method of teaching is rapidly growing
in favor, with most gratifying results.
The meeting on Monday afternoon
was in charge of the home department.
Following the parliamentary drill the
program was opened with two selec
tions of home" music Sounds From
Home" by Gungl. and Baumbach's
arrangement of Home. Sweet Home"
which We're delightfully."- played by Mrs.
Wurzburg. Her Interpretation is
poetic, but still more noticeable is the
wonderful singing tone which she Sc
cures with such apparent ease and
which is the despair of all amateurs
and many professionals. An aria from
Mozart was sung by Miss Gericke ac-
companied by Mrs. WurZburg.
Yielding TO urgent solicitation, Mrs.
Sawyer reluctantly consented to repeat
a paper on The Home" which was
recently presented before her depart
ment The appreciation of this paper
was manifested by a motion to per-
petuate it in print. Following is the
address in full:
Suppose We could erase all homes
and all home life Every trace of civ
ilization, all the business. industry and
invention in the world would be oblit-
Grated. As from the earth man de-
rives everything needed for the sup
port of physical life and comfort, his
food and clothing, also the support of
animal life which contributes to his
necessities, in like manner from the
home comes everything. both good and
evil, which builds up or destroys hu-
man progress. human safety. human
happiness, human society.
perfect home is not a short lived in
stitution, il does not begin with a mar
riage VOW and end by death or divorce
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generation, and if not continued by a
succeeding generation that is growing
out of the past and reaching into a
future, is incomplete, imperfect. Hence
a home without children is not a per
feet home; for parents and offspring
are the links which connect one gen.
eraticn with another. Nor is a per-
feet home after the plan of a boarding
house, simply place to eat sleep and
dress, where the inmates come and go
with no concern for each other, al
though the world is full of these dan
generous counterfeits of home
When We attempt to enumerate, or
pause long enough to think on the
achievements of the present century.
the hosts of truly great men and wo-
men, all the advantages which come
from inventions and the products of
manufacturers, of our educational
and artistic opportunities, the refine
ments, comforts and luxuries of daily
life, though overwhelmed by their mag
nitude and infinitude, we should re-
member it is the home which has sup
piled the energy, the brains, the wis
dom, the people to originate and exc
cute all these.
On the other hand when We reflect on
the daily enumeration of crimes and
misdemeanors, on the multitude of
shiftless, worse than good for nothing