The Owosso times., 1904-11-25
hold economics. but your able chair

hold economics, but your able chair
men shall.
Reciprocity.
Our art chairman Is busy worker.
TO your president it would seem to be
am excellent move to restore to its
former place the reciprocity bureau.
IL does not appear that our clubs are
now realizing the helpfulness of reci-
procity that other states are getting,
with both reciprocity and art chair
manships. This bureau should be the
repository of year books, pamphlets,
papers, programs, etc. 1t should be
source to which your president may
point, where all may draw, when she
is asked to aid clubs. 1t would be well
if clubs understood that when new
year book is issued one copy at least
is to go to the reciprocity bureau for
their use. When a fine paper appears
or you secure a helpful clipping, place
it there for the aid of other clubs
studying the same subject. 1t is not
urged to make a library of the Reci-
procity Bureau, but little storehouse
for the help of the needy, a wayside
spring from which all may drink. The
chairman Of reciprocity for the Penn
sylvania federation says the greatest
demand in her state at present Is for
helps along the line of civic advance
ment. The most popular papers and
pamphlets are those upon village i'm
provement, schools ana how to secure
libraries. This bureau also supplies
speakers for special days. Our reci-
procity bureau has but a limited list
of speakers advertised. Their prices
should also be stated.
Education.
In the department of education the
club has large opportunities. 1t has
many opportunities both social and
literary, where a closer alliance with
the puplic schools would be of mutual
benefit. The club should share with
! the teacher and pupil the best it has,
social, literary, and patriotic. In the
smaller towns and rural districts the
club may we'll use it's influence for the
Capitalization of the township district
schools. 1t will be long step forward
when boys and girls from remote dis
tricts shall receive instruction from
trained and experienced teachers, such
as the SCllOOl Will pTONlue.
This plan is working very successfully
in other states; why not more gen.
orally in Michigan? 1t is proving be-
yond a doubt to be the means of a
great advancement in education. Fur
ther ii is the privilege of the clubs
throughout the state to use their in
| fluence to secure state legislation in
| favor of lengthening the compulsory
school period. Now it is but four
months out of each year. With SLIT
youth between the ages of fourteen
and sixteen employed in the factories
of this state, not to speak of those
employed in stores, hotels, ETC., we do
well to use every means to try to Sc
cure for them a longer period of COM
pulsory schooling. Because we firmly
believe that the school is the bulwark
of the state, place women upon your
! school board, |. e., if you have COM
petent women for positions. Attend
the school meetings. vote visit your
| schools, know the instructors Of your
children, discover, if we may, what,
| If any, lessons for moral culture are
taught for crime is increasing to an
alarming extent, and the school is one
means by which we hope to see it
| checked Do you know there is a
new institution gradually creeping in
| to our high schools since they are
aping so generally the universities,
that is a menace to the undergradu-
ate? 1t is Greek letter fraternities
with their initiation barbarties This
growth of fraternal societies for the
Il Il, II
should not be countenanced by par
ent, school official, club woman or
| teacher.
Time fails to enumerate the avenues
of mutual helpfulness that may result
from a more cordial relation between
club and school, and the benefits q
club may be to the home community
through working for the Libraries. va
cation schools, the introduction of the
savings bank system, sanitary school
buildings, and free kindergartens.
AT the biennial convention in st.
Louis, the following resolution was
presented and adopted: Resolved,
That the General Federation urge its
congressional delegation to use its in
huence in congress to have national
| ieSiSidtlou tlidCleu lHdl VIII give IL ue-
partment of education, whose head
shall be a cabinet officer. 1t originat-
ed in the Ladies' Literary Club of
Grand Rapids.
1t would seem wise that the clubs
belonging to this Federation give both
time and study to the subject matter
of this resolution, that steps be taken
to correspond with the educational
committee of other state federations
and that delegates to the next con-
vention, to be held in Minneapolis, be
prepared to work to secure the CO.
operation of other states in this plan.
Historical Section.
The historical section Of the educa-
tional department is a newly organ
lied branch of state work 1t is a plan
for aiding the State Historical Society
through the individual clubs. 1t is the
privilege of this Federation through
secretaries appointed from the clubs
to assist in collecting and preserving
much local history, the early legends
and traditions of our beautiful state,
handed down to this generation by tho
pioneers themselves; but with ths
passing of the pioneer will pass tho
/ story of his aarlv OF ~, ergIae, L., tI,o 800,