The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-08
PLAN OF THE CLUBS
WHAT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE MAPPED OUT.
Next Week Will Mark the Beginning
of the Seasons Work; German
Literature to be Feature of Zete-
tics; English Poets and Essayists;
the Art History Program; the So
cial Scientists and Excaliburs.

Next week marks the opening meet
ings of nearly all of the literary or
CARNATIONS in the city, and before
the middle of the following week all
of the clubs will be formally launched
on the seasons literary program of
work. Each club has gotten out
printed gropram of the topics with the
dates and places of meeting, and the
subjects for l9O9-lO are, if possible
more attractive and instructive than
the preceding years.
Zetetic Club and German Literature.
The Zetetic club is to take up Ger
man literature and is to hold its
first meeting on Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. j. w. Andrews At
each meeting of the Zetetic club the
first part of the afternoon will be
devoted to a rOll-call. Next week it
is to be on, "What we have read dur
ing the summer" followed by a pro-
gram on German literature, German
court, the romantic school in charge
OF Mrs. j. w. Andrews.
The officers of the Zetetic club for
the coming year are Mrs. A. j. Veigel,
president; Mrs. Thomas Hughes, vice
president; Mrs. A. w. Spehr, secre
| tary; Mrs. George NJ. Palmer, treasur
er; Mrs. j. w. Andrews, Mrs. Thomas
Hughes and Miss Nellie Burt, pro-
gram committee. Mrs. G. d. Snow,
Mrs. j. A. Flittie and Mrs. H. r.
Wiecking, membership committee.
Tourist Club Program.
| The Tourist club has very in
structive and interesting program on
English poets and essayists and holds
its first meeting on Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. c. II. Cooper. The
afternoon is to be in charge of Mrs.
r. f. Brown and Mrs. F. l.. Soaring,
and the life and works of the poet
Wordsworth will be read and studied.
| The afternoon for the meeting of
the Clio club has been changed tenn
porarily for next week to Tuesday
afternoon, when the club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Theodore Will
liams and the afternoons program will
be in charge of Mrs. w. w. Davis.
The Clio club is to study the life
and works of George Eliot for the
wOnter's work, and the special sub
ject for the first meeting of next week
i is, "The Setting in Which We Find
George Eliot; topics: religion, scien-
tifc, political and literary,
Art History Club Prospects.
The Art History club has chosen
early Italian architecture, sculpture
and painting for the seasons study
and is to hold it's first meeting one
week from Tuesday Oct. II, at the home
of Mrs. j. w. Andrews, when Mrs. Brooks
will have charge of the program topic,
''The Five Roman Orders of Architec-
ture" Mrs Pell will act as critic for
the afternoon.
The Art History club officers for
the season of l9O9-lO are Mrs. d. O.
Coate, president; Mrs. William j. Pell,
vice president; Mrs. d. B. Catlin, Sec
retary and treasurer; Mrs. d. B. Cat
lin, federation secretary; Mrs. Brooks,
chairman program committee l9lO-ll.
Program committee for l909-lO, Mrs.
Andrews, Mrs. Brooks and Mrs Hol-
man. At the first meeting of the club
a new president will be elected to
serve in the office made vacant by
the resignation of Mrs. Coate, who
has removed from the city.
! The Social Scientists.
| The Social Science club holds its
first meeting on the evening of Oct.
| II at the home of DR.. j. W. Andrews.
The paper will be given by Benjamin
TAYLOR Oil present Tendencies in Our
Government" followed by a discus
sion.
The Excalibur club is already or
ganized and started on its winter
campaign. The night of meeting has
been changed to Wednesday and the
next one occurring on Oct. 13, when
the new charter will be discussed. The
boys have a good program OF work
planned out besides some interesting
social features that will be very en-
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