The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-13
PREP PARATIONS FOR
 MOMENTS MEETING
Cordial Reception Will Be Given
 Federation of Clubs
RECEPTIONS ARE PLANNED
Montgomery Will Have Open House for Visiting Delegates Next Week. Superintendent Gunnels Pays
 Tribute to Women.

Montgomery, November 12.-(Special)- Montgomery is making effort to give the mems Clubs a cordial reception when they assemble for four days on November IT, There will be a complimentary lunch on Wednesday at noon at the Exchange hotel, and at night a. reception The local committee on entertainment is looking after all the preliminaries Mrs. Burrell Boykln is head of the reception commit tee, Mrs. H. c. Gunnells of the committee on homes and Mrs. W. J. Chambers on committee, Mrs. M H. Futile the decora- tions, Miss Rebecca Pollard the music, Mrs. Belle Allen Ross the press and Mrs Walter Fisk the ushers.
 On the opening day. Tuesday, Novem- Der IT, the address of welcome on the part Of the state will be made by Gov. B. B. Conner; on the part of the city, by Alder man Moritz; on the part of the clubs, by Mrs. Phares Coleman, president of the city federation. Mrs. Charles Henderson of Troy. federation treasurer will re- spond The address of Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president general of the general federation, whose home is in St. Louis, will also be present on that day.
 On Wednesday will De reports of off, cers, including the following: President Mrs. w. A. Gayle, Montgomery; corre- spending secretary, Mrs w. H. Seymour Montgomery; treasurer, Mrs Charles II Do, shinsky, Troy; recording secretary. Mrs. J. J. Mayfield, Tuscaloosa; editor, Mrs. J. H. Phillips, Brmingham general fed eraton secretary, Mrs. Rhett Goode, Mo- bije. Mrs. Henderson will also have address on special features of the work. J. J. Willmore of the Auburn col lege will have an address on industrial training. and Mrs. Lydia Cummings on organic training At night will be an ad- dress on forestry by Enos Mills of the national forestry service, to be introduced by John H. Wallace, Jr., Alabama game and fish commissioner.
 Quite number of addresses are laid out for Thursday. Mrs. J. H. Phillips will talk on kindergarten work, Mrs. O. c. Wiley on civic improvement, Mrs R. A. Lee on health. Mrs. L. M Bashinsky will have a paper on Eliots works.
 Mrs J. D. Matlock Of Birmingham will have the opening paper on Friday, on school improvement work. Miss Luther will talk of the value of this work, also. Loan scholarships will be taken up by the following: Montevallo, Mrs. J. D. Wyker; University, Mrs. E. E. Buchner Auburn, Mrs. R. D. Johnston; federation scholar ship at Camp Hill, Mrs. c. P. Orr, Bir- mingham. Mrs. Moore the president gen eral, will talk of international scholar ships. Officers will be elected at the aft ernoon session and reports received.
 MT. Gunnels' Tribute.
 State Superintendent of Education H. C. Gunnels is cordially appreciative of the good work for the schools which the women of the federation have done In speaking of this to the correspondent of the Age-Herald, he said
 q cannot say too much in praise of the club women of Alabama for their efforts in forwarding the progressive educational movement in this state. Several years ago the Federation of Women's clubs undertook the work of inspiring in the people of the rural districts, as well as in the cities, the idea of beautifying the school grounds and the school houses. This work has been of untold benefit not only to the communities that have been directly benef fted but in encoura ging other com munities to make comfortable the school buildings. The people of Ala bama urged by this movement on the part of the women have come to ap preciate the fact that the school house in which the child spends five days out of the week should be made as at tractive and as comfortable as tho church house or the home.
 "In talking about this matter, l feel as if l would like to mention names but in attempting to do so l am afraid that l would neglect to mention the names of some who have done self sacrificing work in this behalf. l am convinced that the state federation could not encourage or prosecute any work which would rebound to more benefit to the school children of Ala bama than the work which they have undertaken for improving the school house conditions in the rural districts of Alabama.
 q have just returned from a meet ing of the southern superintendents of education, and the opinion of some of the Superintendents seems to be that the school improvement work is wan ing that the women who first started the movement have lost interest in it. 1 told them that such was not the con dition in Alabama; that the Federation of Women's clubs had charge of the movement and were working in hearty cooperation with the state department of education, and that they were doing more now than ever before.
 Anyone who will travel through the state of Alabama as l have done and see the results of this work on the part of the women of the state would be compelled to be an enthusiast.
 T am sure that when the chairman of the committee from the Federation of Womens clubs who has charge of this part of their work makes her re- port it will be seen that great service has been done through this movement to the betterment of our schools.
 "The state department of education heartily indorses the work of the wom- en's clubs and is ready at all times to aid them"
 CanderSwift.