Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-28
TO ATTEND BIENNIAL
oTTuMWA WoMAN's CLUB WILL
BE REPRESENTED AT STATE
FEDERATION MEETING.

Complete Program Of the Five Days
Session in Waterloo May 9-13 Has
Been lssued-Mrs. George E. Porter
Member of the Art Committee. :.
The Ottumwa Woman's club will be
represented at the biennial meeting Of
the State Federation of Women's clubs
which is to be held in Waterloo, May
9, 10, IL, IL and 10. President, Mrs.
r. H. Moore, will go as a delegate by
virtue of her Office Three other del
egates will be selected at the next
meeting of the club.
The five days of the biennial meet
ing will be busy ones. Sessions will
be held daily, at which business of the
federation will be transacted, reports
Of officers will be read, and ad-
dresses will be given. Committees on
child labor, household economics, ed
ucation, child study, art, library work,
and village Improvement will give re-
ports and discussions of these sub
jects will follow. Mrs. George E. Por-
ter of the Ottumwa Woman's club is
member Of the art committee.
Address by Prof. Zeubin.
There are many treats in store for
the delegates, and among the features
are addresses by Professor Zeublin,
of the University of Chicago; Jane
Adams, of Hull House; Mrs. Lydia
Avery Coonley Ward, of Chicago;
Judge G.. w. Burnham, of Vinton; Su-
perintendent William /. Crane, of the
public schools of Burlington; Mrs.
Sarah Plat Decker, of Denver, presi-
Arthur Courtenay Neville, of Wiscon-
of Grinnell college.
Two important changes, one in the
constitution and the other in the by
laws of the federation, are to come be-
fore the biennial. The amendment to
the bylaws will call for the charging
of the board of directors, to take the
place of the executive board, and have
an executive committee, of which the
president shall be ex-officio chairman,
act for the board in case of emergency,
and to look after the more routine
business when necessary. 1t is pro-
posed In the change to make each dis
trict chairman a vice president of the
board of directors, thus giving each
district equal representation.
The amendment to the constitution
is an increase Of 81 in the dues of the
federation. At present the annual dues
are 50 for each fifty members and I'M
der, and 81 for each additional fifty
members.
The program, which is practically
complete, is as follows:
Wednesday Morning, May 10.
The opera house, 9 o'clock, meeting
of the State Federation-Mrs Alice G.
Fletcher presiding.
Invocation ]. e. Williams,
Waterloo.
Address of Welcome: For the city
Rev. Efle X. M. Jones, Waterloo.
For the Ladies' Literary society
Mrs. Matt Parrot, president, Waterloo.
Response-Mrs. ]. W. Cory, vice
president 1. F. w. c., Spencer. Report
and address of president-Mrs. Alice
G. Fletcher, Marshalltown. Report Of
credential committee-Mrs. E. L..
Johnson, chairman, Waterloo. :.
Reports Of officers Of the federation
recording secretary-Mrs. Richard
G. Burke, Oskaloosa. Corresponding
secretary-Miss Harriet Lake, Inde-
pendence. Treasurer-Mrs. B. B.
Clark, Red Oak. Auditor-Mrs
Thomas F. Cooke, Des Moines. Re-
port of committee on rules and regu-
lations. Report of historian-Mrs.
Stephen A. Swisher. Iowa City.
Report Of committees: Badge COM
mittee-Mrs. D. H. Tucker, Brooklyn.
Reciprocity committee-Miss Edith
Prouty, Humboldt. Extension commits
tee-Mrs. William L. Culbertson, Car
roll. Exhibit committee-Mrs T. M.
Walker, Des Moines.
Report of delegates to G. F. w. c.:
IA General View of the Biennial
Mrs. Jesse Mallory Thayer, Charlton.
Louisiana Purchase Day"-Dr. Mar
garet Clark, Waterloo.
Fraternal greetings
Appointment of nominating commit
tee.
Wednesday Afternoon, May 10.
The opera house, 1870 o'clock, Mrs.
Fletcher presiding, Household Eco
nomics committee; Mrs Matt PARROT,
Waterloo, chairman; Mrs. G. G.. Wal
ner, Atlantic; Mrs. Cora E. Chambers,
Massena.
Report Of the chairman; Domestic
Science" Mrs. Arthur Courtenay Ne
vile, Wisconsin, president American
School of Household Economics, Ar
mour Institute. Discussion.
Three o'clock-Mrs. Fletcher, pre-
siding.
Educational committee-Mrs P. J..
Montgomery, Council Bluffs, chair
man; Mrs. W. L. Eaton, Usage; Mrs.
N. o. Lawton. Cedar Rapids.
Report of chairman.
Report Of G. F. w. G. delegate, Mrs.
w I. Eaton Osape