The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-17
TIE STATE MEETING.
Kefylsha Ladies Left Wednesday to At
tend State Federation Meeting.


Numbers of the Woman's club in
this city are interested in the fifth an
nual convention of the Wisconsin
State Federation clubs which opened
in Madison Wednesday and will be in
session three days.
Quite a delegation goes from Keno
sha. The club will be represented by
its President, Mrs. George V. Redeker,
Mrs. G. w. Allen and Mrs. E. c.
Theirs. Several members of Keno
sha's club will accompany the delega-
ton and royal good time is antici-
pated.
While large number of subjects are
to be discussed at the meeting, the
main business which will come before
the convention will be the establish
ment of an endowment fund for
chai@ of domestic science in the Mil
yankee Downer college at Milwaukee.
The entire session on Thursday is to
be devoted to a discussion on domes-
tic science and an effort will be made
to ascertain whether or not there is
eponderance of sentiment among the
delegates in favor of the establish
ment of the fund. A great part of the
time in the last y ear has been spent in
the discussion of domestic science and
already there is definite proposition
before the federation relating to the
esta h1ishment of the endowment fund.
Mrs. J. Alfred Kimberly, Of Neenah,
has come forward with an offer to give
900 as a loan fund to the college,
provided the Federated Woman's clubs
of the State raise an endowment fund
of $4,000 to endow a chair in the in
stitution.
TIE purpose of the loan fund is to
enable any young woman with high
school education who desires to take
up the work of domestic science and
become a teacher to borrow money
enough from this fund to complete her
course in the college. The money,
however, is to be paid back within a
stipulated period, but no interest is to
be charged for it's use,
Mrs. Thomas H. Brown, of Milwau-
kee, secretary of the state federation,
will make report containing a resume
of the years work, with the report of
the last convention and summary of
the work done at the several board
meetings during The year. Mrs. Brown
has not as yet cyw 11eted her report,
but it will be ready for presentation on
the FIRST day of the convention.
It will be a part of the duty of the
q 70 al n
the biennial. The matter of dis
cussing the color line has been
carefully left out of the program and
every officer of the club has studious1y
avoided touching on anything in her
reports which might give an excuse to
any one in the convention for bringing
the subject up. Nevertheless it is
feared that it may be sprung upon the
convention at an unexpected time by
some indiscreet delegate and should
this be done it will undoubtedly cause
another heated discussion. Whoever
are elected delegates to the biennial
convention may require instructions as
to how to act if this subject is brought
up at Los Angeles.
The subject of travelling libraries
will also engage the attention Of the
delegates to some extent. This idea
practically originated with the wom-
ems club Of the State, the Wednesday
Kalmipa club, of Milwaukee, giving
the nrst travelling library that was
sent out. That library is now in use
in one of the northern towns of Wis
consin, and a second library, which
was given by the Ka1mina club is in
use at Rochester. Some action will
undoubtedly be taken by the conven-
ton looking toward the travelling Ii
brary system.