The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-19
Resolutions to This End
 Introduced. REPORT TO BE MADE TODAY Presidents Report Detail Work of
 Organization. Hon. Enos A. Mills, Forestry Expert, Delivers Interesting Address on "The spirit of the Forest"
 at Might Session.

Revealing the desire of the inteilec-' tuai club women of the state to be- como situated In executive positions relative to the administration of edu- cational affairs. rather than to be known as mere encouraging outsiders, resolution was presented by the Committee on Education, through its chairman, Mrs. E. D. Thames, endors- ing the election of women on the school boards of the State, at the education session of the Federation Wednesday afternoon.
 Educational attainment. the purpose paramount of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, received exhaustive exposition at the afternoon session of Wednesday. The work, the purposes, the desires of the Alabama club wo- men were told. The position which these women of intellect strive 10 achieve in the world of education was outlined. The morning and afternoon sessions of Wednesday, together. are probably the most important of the session, revealing, as they did. the real work of the Federation.
 Mrs. E. D. Thames, Second Vice President, and Chairman of the Com- mittee on Education, presided Wednes- day afternoon and tendered the report of her committees The resolution, cited above, was introduced. in the name of the committee, at the end of her re- port. The resolution said.
 Whereas, The presence of women upon the school boards of Alabama nifty for service to the sch ools and children of our State and that such institutions and individuals would re- ceive q corresponding benefit from the extension of same: therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That we, the representa- tives of the women's clubs. in conven- ton assembled, put ourselves on rec ord as endorsing the election of wo- men upon the School Boards of Ala bamR."
 Dispoaition of Resolution.
 The resolution will probably be re- ferred to the Committee on Resolutions to be reported back, with recommenda- tions. to the Federation as a whole.
 Of the session of "Wednesday morn ing. the feature was without doubt the report of Mrs. W. A Gayle, Presi- dent of the State Federation. Detail ing, as has no other disclosure. the work of the Federation. and revealing the apotheosis Of the club women toward which all club women strive, it is @ masterful document oe the con crete achievements and the abstract Ideals of the Alabama Federation.
 The report of Mrs. Gayle Is as fol- Membera of Sthes.R state gEaaesatfon.s -s"
 At the meeting of the. Federation in Troy last year, my predecessor gave an enthusing review of the work of the clubs of Alabama for the past thirteen years of the existence of the State Federation. and what the women of the State had accomplished in ald- ing to raise the standard Of moral ex. cellence and in developing interest along lines of educational. literary and philanthropic work. being a .lenter. of organized helpfulness, not alone for the women who compose this Federa- tion, but the communities in which they dwell,
 Possessing this summary and par donable pride In our past achieve ments. let us begin this new year of opportunity with fresh hopes and high endeavor.
 The action of the Federation in Troy in joining the General Federation, was evidence that the clubs of Alabama were ready to go forward into a field of broader activity-to claim their