The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-30
Social and Civic Service.

day and was afterward the guest O
honor at a banquet given by the boar
of directors. The Courier Herald re
ported her address as follows;
Mrs. Gould took for her subject
Social and Civic Service" She spok
first of the meaning of the subject ant
said: "The demand for service and tn,
spirit of service are both active and in
creasing. The need keeps pace with tn,
| growth of social and civic institution
in our home cities. 1t keeps pace will
the growth of civilization either in
town, state or nation. What is socia
and civic service? 1t is service for my
neighbor; for myself. 1t is service fol
society within our civic borders. 1t i,
strength added to those forces already
applied for the general uplift of socia
environment.
"It concerns the neighbors of the
same street or the citizen of the same
town. All are concerned alike, for all
are interested alike in the advantages
of liberal education, healthful diets, the
ability to procure nutritious food prod
ucts, sanitary conditions and neighbor-
hood improvements, and these are in
brief the main facts about which social
and civic service of declarations must
concern itself.
mo one single handed, can control
these factors in economic life, be he
never so wise, he be never so wealthy
He may be able to live apart from his
fellows, in luxury, but even then, his
glass of water, the very winds of heaven
will yet keep him in mind of the fact,
that no man liveth to himself. 1t may
yet appear that the prime reason for
Federation of Women's clubs is that
through organized womanhood the
civic conscience is to be awakened, and
in the end, the ideals of civic life and
civic beauty to be raised to higher
standard"
She said it was hopeful sign that so
many were studying social conditions,
for it is better to know what we are eat
ing and drinking and breathing, than to
sugar-coat them over, no matter how
foul or revolving the exposure of some
of these things may be. ~
She spoke of preparation for this
work by the study of economic subjects
that underlie all social society; of the
prourtb Of tba Wop,op'S o1,,b he f,o,,, I;+
tie gatherings of neighbors and friends
for the study Of literature to the great
exerting unlimited power
and influence along educational, philan-
thropic, and artistic lines. 1t is not
what one can accomplish, but what one
or whole club can stimulate others to
do.
"Dr. Mcclure of the University of
Pennsylvania says that surely the day. is
not far distant when the educational
policy of the public schools will be
mainly in the hands of women in all en-
lightened communities.
Mrs. Gould said the work Of the Fed
oIdtlOu III tuO ulucIcut StdIcS udS Qttu
in the Improvement of child labor laws.
In Michigan the most that is needed to
be done is to see that the laws we al
ready have are enforced She paid
high tribute to our Saginaw schools and
said they were an honor to the state of |
Michigan. She also would surge club
to attend school I meetings.
There they have equal suffrage and a |
voice in the expanding of public monies.
Very many club women do ! not know |
The provisions of their own city charter,
and advised each one to procure copy
md study it, saying that in the city |
government woman's influence should |
'adiate from the home. She, closed by |
quoting from Goethe, What a man
wishes for in his youth, shall he hear
enough of in his old age and 1.-The joy
IF doing is in pursuing"
Mrs. Gould received the close atten-
ion of her hearers and the afternoon
vas thoroughly enjoyed by those pres
mt.