The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-18
CLUB OUTLINED
ITS PURPOSES
NEW CIVIC ORGANIZATION NET
LAST NIGHT AND ACCEPTED
REPORT or COMMITTEE ON
DESIGNATING IRIS PuRPosE-Is
CALLED TOWN MEETING.

At a meeting Of the city club. as It
was temporarily called. was held last
night in the Y. M G. A. building,
Among other things transacted the re-
port OF the committee on outlining the
purposes OF the organization was
adopted. which is practically a con-
stitutIon. The Town Meeting OF Fargo
was the name adopted as the official
title Of the club.
The purposes of the club az outlined
In the report OF the committee, which
reported last night is as follows:
The Name.
This organization shall be known as
the Town Meeting OF Fargo, n. d.
Alternates the Forum and the Arena.
The Purpose.
1t shall be the primary purpose OF
the Town Meeting TO so discuss living
public questions as to create public
spirit and foster healthful activity In
favor of the best things for Fargo, and
| the secondary purpose shall be TO in
terest our young people in the study OF
civic questions, and to bring all young
and old to feel an interest In and
responsibility for our common welfare
The Time and place of Meeting.
The Town Meeting shall hold its
general and regular sessions in the
hall Of the high school building on the
| first Monday evening of each month,
excepting July and August and its
special and local sessions at such times
and places as shall, from time to time
be designated.
Membership.
The Town Meeting shall be what its
name indicates, an assembly of the cit
liens Of Fargo, and the membership Of
the organization shall consist of active
members and all others who are in
terested enough in public questions to
attend its meetings.
The Organizations.
The organization of The Town meet
} ing shall consist of an executive COM
mittee made up Of one representative
from each Of the following: The Bar
association, the colleges, the CONNER
|, cial club, the Federation Of Labor, the
ministers association, the medical So
ciety, the press club, the public schools
the women's clubs, ETC., and the officers
elect.
Order of Business.
The programme Of each general ses'
sion shall be as follows:
/. Music--Instrumenta or vocal.
2. Literary Recitation, Grafton
reading, etc.
8. Three minute reports of depart
mental interests.
: 4. Discussion OF the main questions
5 a. Address to occupy thirty min
1 utes time.
a (2.) Address, a criticism, to oc
s cupy twenty minutes time.
& Musical-Literary as above.
{ 8. General discussions, three or Nv
' minut speeches.
. z. Notices and business.
Committee: 2. A. Orr,
L. b. Hanna,
Mrs e. M. Darrov
C. r. Adams.
AT the meeting last night e. A. Or
} presided The committee on membership
consisting Of Mrs III. l.. Bolley, Rev. r
A. Beard and Atty. B. @. Tennison re
lported that considerable progress ha
been made and that there was ever
: treason to believe that such Gu
would be well supported by the peopl
h lof Fargo.
r Mrs. e. M barrow and Mrs. III. 1
: Bolley were appointed a committee o
D Injecting places. 1t was decided to hol
: the first public session of The Tow
Meeting on the first Monday in Janu
AIRY. At this time 1t is the intentio
to secure two good speakers to discus
some live issue which will show tn
public the purpose of the Town Meet
ing. 1t is then intended to form per
manent organization. A committe
q composed of z. A. Orr, Supt w. i
n Hoover, Prof. e. F. Ladd, Prof A. Z
! Beaver and X. III. Hewes was appoint
\ ed to make arrangements for tn
I meeting.