St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-18


Personal aims have been lost sight OF IN
the consideration of italquestions which
concern all.
In the beginning it seemed well to make
the club a departmental one, trusting
that through some one of its many chan
nels each member might find way
toward which to direct her talents.
The departments were as follows:
1. Village Improvement.
2. Education.
3. Social.
4. Lecture.
5. Domestic Science.
6. Social Science and Current Events.
7. History, Literature and Travel.
Later the lecture department was
dropped and art and music put in its
place. History and travel were combined
in one and literature was made depart
ment by itself, as also were social science
and current events.
The departments now stand as follows:
/. Village Improvement.
2. Education.
8. Social.
4. Domestic Science.
S. Social Science.
6. Current Events.
z. History and Travel.
s. Literature.
9. Music.
| 10. Art.
Each committee furnishes one monthly
club program. The Social committee
usually plans for Gentlemen's Night in
addition to the summer function.
1t would be most delightful task to
recount the social gatherings which have
been enjoyed from time to time-the
garden parties-the gentlemens nights
| the musicals-the art exhibits-the dain-
ties which have been concocted and eaten
in club hours-all have had their place of
importance, but after all, shall we not
call it the clubs play time as we consider
some of the grander things which have
been aimed for and in many cases
achieved?
Without doubt, the vacation school has
thus far been the greatest work accom-
pished. 1t may safely be called the
''chefd'oeuvre" of our club work. When
the large appropriation necessary to
carry on the experiments, was called for
by the education committee there were
some who questioned the wisdom OF
crippling the finances of other COM
mittees for the good OF one. So thor
oughly successful did the venture prove
from the start, that the voters OF the
town had little hesitation the following
wear in appropriating $500 to continue
the work to be officially conducted
through the school board. 1t is un.
necessary to give the details of this
measure as full report may be found il
the May Vermonter.
The next great venture to be under
taken is the maintenance of a district
nurse during the severest winter months
Already has the club responded with g
generous appropriation and it remains
to be seen in what proportion the stress
of necessity will respond. Social science
has enlarged its borders to meet this
crying need of philanthropic service anc
the committee is hopefully awaiting re
suits.
Another good measure, the outgrowtt
of the Social Science Department, found
it's elimination in the Consumers League
Committee of the State Federation. Thi:
committee has been instrumental in thu
passage of state law governing chile
labor, and is now working in the in
terests of pure food law both state anC
national.
1t was through the Education Depart
ment of the St. Jobnsbuy Woman's Clut
that travelling libraries have become ;
permanent feature of the State Library
Commission. The club contributed two
travelling libraries to the state and owl
two rural Misunderstanding appropriate
a sum to cover third.
1t was once pet scheme of a youni
business woman-not Vermonter-t,
bring about the passage of a state Law
which should give women a place O
state boards of charitable institution
where women and children are confined
With this in view she succeeded in bring
ing the measure into the State Feders
ton, and such a committee still stand
:, as a witness of one woman's earnes
! purpose. This is sure to come in time.
t let us keep on hoping.
e Was it not bold move for cor
mittee of women to ask that the vilai