Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22
Literary Club Women Receive q
Hard Blow,
REJECTION NOT EXPECTED.
school Board Committee on buildings
Geciine To Allow women 10 Dec
crate school Rooms

The members Of the Ladies' Literary
club received a shock yesterday that
they were not looking for. Their offer
to decorate a school room and expend
$3.50 to that end was turned down cold
by the school boards committee on
buildings and grounds The rejection
Of what they have deemed to be q most
philanthropic effort was not only un-
expected, but the ladies' thought that
the members Of the board were in
hearty accord with the scheme, ana
when they received notice that they
would be denied the privilege OF carry
ing into effect a project they had been
proudly working on for months they
were almost stunned,
About two months ago the following
letter was sent:
Rowland Hail. Salt Lake city April
q. 1901.
Mr. Arnold c. Giauque Chairman Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds,
Board Of EducatIon
Dear Sir: BY vote Of the art com
mttee OF the Home Education section.
Ladies' Literary club, ] am requested
70 inform you that as a result Of the
art exhibit held during the past winter
we have the sum Of 1913 to be expended
IN decoration Of school rooms.
The committee has visited the Web
ster and Jackson schools and decided
that II would like to decorate room II.
a sixth grade room, In the former and
q corridor In the latter
We now ask the permission Of your
committee TO do 50. We have delayed
consulting you in the matter until we
knew just how much we had TO expend,
and where we thought II best TO expend
H. We hope now 10 be assured of your
permission and cooperation in the
matter
with the request for as speedy a re-
ply as may be convenient, remain,
yours truly,
MARTHA B. JENNINGS.
(Mrs. William c. Jennings)
Although the ladies received no an
swer for a long time, they worked on
with the conviction that they were not
only meeting with the sanction. but
the cooperation Of the board But at
the meeting of the art committee yes
terday the following letter was re-
ceiyed.
June 20, 1901.
Mrs, William c. Jennings, City:
Dear Madam--I am instructed to re-
ply TO your communication Of April q,
addressed 70 Mr.. A. c. Giauque, chair
man of the committee on buildings and
grounds of the board of education and
state that said communication, in which
you state that the Ladies' Literary
club has 1878 to expend In the decora-
ton Of school rooms, and ask that the
board grant you permission TO decorate
room II of the Webster school and the
corridor of the Jackson school, was
considered at a meeting Of the commit
tee held June II, 1901. am further in
structed to notify you that the commit
tee does not deem 1t advisable that
permission be granted for the decora-
ton OF these school rooms. Respect
fully. ], b. MORET0N, Clerk.
The members Of the committee who
were present were Mrs. l.. +. Hall, Mrs.
T.. b. Critchlow, Mrs. w. A. Nelden
and Mrs. William lglehart. The ladies
thought that there was some misappre-
hension as TO the nature of their plans,
and will therefore present the matter
before the general board at It's next
meeting.
Mr.. Giauque said that the offer Of the
ladies was rejected for the reasons that
the decoration OF one or two schools
would create Jealousy and moreover
the hanging of drapery on the walls
would be injurious, as II would collect
dust, The committee wishes TO keep the
walls bare so that they can be kept
in sanitary condition. Mr. Giauque
and his associates do not, however, OPP
pose paintings or plaster casts. and
they are willing to hear the ladies pre-
sent their case and to reconsider their
action II they have been mistaken In
any way. The members OF the build
ings committee are Messrs Glauque,
Nelden, Branting. Bamberger and
Young Mr. Nelden was the only one
who voted TO grant the ladies their