The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-22
Help Girls Educate Themselves.

AT our executive board meeting in
April IL was decided that if we had money
enough after paying for certain other
from our high altitude cook book enter
prise, we would start federation loan
fund for the purpose of helping young
women who were working hard to help
themselves, and who wished to borrow
small sums of money 10 enable them to
complete an education. When the reports
of the state presidents were given in
Boston We found that a great many states
were doing this and that il was proving
a very satisfactory work. Some state
decorations have thousands of dollars in
vested in this way. We, of course. must
begin on small scale. but a number of
cases have come TO my notice where $50
would help a young woman TO finish her
school work for the year. Perhaps she II
studying to become teacher or a ste
nographer. and just as soon as she earns
money herself the money will be re-
turned TO our federation loan fund to help
some one else. This appeals very strong
~ 10 me because it should reach to the
uttermost parts of the state. One of our
Salt Lake City clubs for about eight years
has helped some young woman each year.
not always from the same place nor in
the same school. but one who needed the
help and some of these have proved them
selves more than ordinary students. If
we as a federation can help along this
definite line of work and any line of
work that will help the young women
plishing something.
Young Woman's Christian Assn.
Already our educational committee
has been trying to arouse interest and
enthusiasm throughout the state in the
Young Womens Christian association i'm
Salt Lake City. If this can be made
10 mean in Salt Lake City what il does
in many cities. and ii surely will as time
goes on and we have more available
money. its beneficial effects will be fei.
in every community of the state. because
of the help this association will be willing
TO give any young woman coming to
Salt Lake City to earn her own living.
For several years the federation has
given four Scholarships-two to the Ag
ricultural college at Logan ard two TO
the State university at Salt Lake. We
should not fail to continue this.
Our official organ of the General Fed
Grafton is the Federation Bulletin. which
as you know, is most excellent maya
zine for the woman of today. and no
club woman can afford not to read it.
Aside from the Federation Bulletin. it
is customary for every state federation
to have an official organ in its own
state, that the clubs of the state may
be brought in closer touch and may have
an opportunity TO tell something of its
work and so benefit other clubs. At
meeting of the executive heard il was
management of the Utah Educational Re
view to make that the official organ of
the Utah State Federation of Women's
Clubs Miss Ethel ]. Paul of Salt Lake
City will act this year as editor of the
Federation Notes in the Educational Re
view. and let every president of every
club send notes to Miss Paul regarding
the work of her club at least two or
three times a year. or else appoint some
one to do il Let us make this phase
of our work worth something to US and
to those outside. If your club is doing
particularly good work in anything, tell
it