Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-30
WORK OF TEE CLUB WOMEN
Omaha Woman's Club HsldI Annual Meet
ing and Adj,uns Until Fail
COLLEGES WORK FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS
"NapIes Tables" open for Research
Prise wInner-FamOus Italian Lab
OratOry ORers Every Facility
for study of Biology.

After hearing the annual reports of It's
officers and cisormen of committees and
departments Monday afternoon. the
Omaha Woman's club adjourned for the
summer to convene again in October. The
year has been altogether profitable. Every
department and committee reported active
work and much accomplished. The re-
ports of the legislative work accomplished
in which the club has been interested were
enthusiastically received and resolutions
we're passed expressing appreciation of the
cooperation of all who helped to make
this work successful. The civil service re-
form committee reported visiting the va
rious public institutions of the vicinity,
while other committees and departments
have taken equal interest in outside af-
fairs.
Nineteen new members have come into
the club during the year. besides the re-
newals, and two new members were re-
ported during the afternoon.
BY virtue of her Office the club presi-
dent Mrs A. b. Somers. is a representa-
tive at the State Federation convention
to be held at Hastings october to 10
inclusive, and the following delegates and
alternates were elected: Mesdames d. NJ.
Cameron. w. NJ. Anderson. ]. II. Dumont,
A. X. Gault, c. r. Glover and c. w. Hayes,
delegates. and Mesdames A. w. Bowman,
B. F. Carpenter, s. E. Rogers, Fred Pat
terson, Harriet McMurphy and Miss e. NJ.
Mccartney, alternates.
Chance for College Women.
1.-THE most important biological station
in the world" is described for the benefit
of the members of the Association of Col
lege Alumnae in the latest issue of that
associations periodical. The special pur-
pose of the writer, Miss Alice Upton Pear
MAN. is to call attention to the research
prize of $1,000 to be awarded by the Table
association in 1907 The competition is
open to all women graduates of American
colleges
The rules Of the competition include few
restrictions other than that the prize
money must be used for the purposes of
serious study
These prizes are comparatively new, only
two having so far been awarded. OF these
the first was announced in 1908. when Dr.
Florence Sabin (Smith, b. S., 49, Johns
Hopkins, NJ. D.. 1900 won with her thesis
on THE Origin of +he Lymphatic Sys-
tenn" The men WHO examined the pa
| pers expressed their opinion that five of
the eleven Investigators represented real
| contributions to scentifick nowledge
The second prize was awarded in 1905
to Miss Nettie NJ. Stevens stamford. 80,
| and fellow at Bryn Mawr) for her thesis
\ on THE Germ Cells of the Aphls Rosae
} and Aphis Oenotherae." II the winner of
/ the third prize wishes TO carry on her re-
search in "the most mportant biological
station" at Naples Dr. Dohen has prom
ised that as long as the American tables
are maintained space shall always be
/ found for American women.
| These tables are the outgrowth of an
! organization funded in 1898 under the
full name THE Naples Table Association
! for Promoting Laboratory Research by
| Women" 1t is composed of Official rep
resentatives OF two associations, five in
dividauls and thirteen colleges aud uni
versities, namely: Barnard. Bryn Mawr,
/ Chicago, Massachusetts, Technology, Hol-
yoke Radcliffe, Smith, Pennsylvania, Vas
sar, Wellesley, Western Reserve, Women
| College in Brown and women's College of
Baltimore. Each pays $50 annually. At
( the end of April, 1905, of the twenty-seven
seventeen were American, three English
women entitled scholars of the assoca-
ton" seventeen were American three Eng
lish, two German. one Norwegian and one
Russian. OF these women twenty-three
were investigating problems of zoology,
two OF physiology and one of botany.
American Women Enthusiastic.
| 1.-THE American women are one and all
enthusiastic over the opportunities for re-
search which the table offers" Miss Pear
main gives assurance, land the description
of their life and work at the station, in
the midst Of world famous investigators,
makes even the unscientifc envious. The
table itself, strictly speaking, is an alcove
fitted up with every facility for ordinary
biological research, tanks of running sea
water for preserving specimens alive, glass
dishes and bottles OF all sizes, chemicals
reagents and drawing materials. Close at
hand are reference libraries and labora-
tories for photography and bacteriology
The investigator needs to bring only micro
scope, dissecting instruments and ideas.
'"ro obtain the material for her research
she has usually but to state her needs
DR.. 10 Blanche. the administrator of the
fisheries. inquiries at night concerning th'
wants of each individual student and II
the early hours OF the morning his fee
o fsmau boats goes forth to dredge, fish o.
skim from the bay what is required. TIT
more delicate specimens as soon as founC
are placed in glass Jars with enough waite
to float them and the Jars, six or eight In
basket are carried on the heads OF tn
fishermen from the boats TO the suppl,
room"
Since the foundation OF the station a
Naples In 1872 by Or. Anton Dohrn hft
Z OF more laboratories have been establishe
} In different parts OF Europe, America
I Australia and Japan. While this networ
[ OF small laboratories carries out the ide
' Of DR. Dohrn, the highly endowed static
! at Naples offers a central point for tn
. Interchange Of ideas brought from all quar-
4 tiers OF the globe.
Legislative Committee Named.
At the meeting OF the clubs Of the F1ri
district OF the Nebraska Federation, hel
? at Lincoln last week, Mrs. II. II. Wheeler
!. Mrs II. F. Rose and Mrs o. NJ. Stone
braker were appointed a committee
formulate a plan for accomplishing futuT
. legislative work. TO be presented at II
I state meeting at Hastings next Octobe
u II Is a question whether Nebraska clu
women will ever again ask as much {
, one legislature as they did this year, b.
the necessity OF a legislative commits
at the state capital is generally reool
mixed and will probably be created as
permanent department Of the state organ
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