The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
ALUMNAE URGED TO
ENTER FEDERATION
Advantages, Cost and Work
Discussed by Association
of College Women
Swimming Party Followed by
Board Meeting and Lunch
con at Cliff House

Whether the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae viii be allied with the
California State Federation of Women's
Clubs remains to be settled The mat
ter was discussed for few minutes at
the regular meeting of the association
at the Cliff house yesterday, but only
19 of the 100 members present were
strongly in favor of becoming feder-
ated. None of the others seemed
strenuous in their opposition; they only
questioned the advantages and the cost
in money and work and a few other
things which no one seemed able to
explain.
PLEA FOR FEDERATION
Miss Eva Powell of Ebell club, Oak
land. spoke for the federation move
ment. She represented to the alumnae
that by joining the federation they
would gain powerful ally and to gain
any desired end could use the powerful
organization of the national body of
clubwomen. In turn she said that as
clubwoman she felt that the fedora
tion needed the collegiate alumnae.
The club organization had need, she
said, of a live club and the same judg-
ment and wisdom of the college women.
The matter was finally referred to a
special committee to be appointed by
the president, who viii report at a
future meeting as TO what may be
gained by the proposed alliance.
NEW COMMITTEES NAMED
The reports of the officers and com
mittees of the association We're heard
yesterday and two new committees
were named for the development of the
physical welfare of the members who
are intellectually strong
Mrs. Frank Deering is the head of a
section to take up group dancing" :"
which term describes the instruction
which may be gained in classes for
fancy dances. Miss Bacigalupi will
head a department which is to swim
twice month or once a week on Sat
urday morning.
The first meeting of the new club
year of the association opened yester-
day with swimming party. followed
by a board meeting. Luncheon was
served TO I30 members at the Cliff
house, and on account of the rain the
afternoon session which was to have
been held in the Sutro woods was also
at the Cliff house.
REPORT OF YEARS WORK
The president, Miss CorneIia Nc
Kline, reported that 19 committees had
been working during the last year and
much had been accomplished One of
the most important she. said, was the
certified milk committee, which had
succeeded in providing certified milk
for the boarded out" babies of the
Associated Charities and the free ward
of the Children's hospital and the Flor
epce Crittenden--home. DE- Adelaide
Brown, as treasurer, reported that they
had received subscriptions for this fund
amounting to $1.156.76.
Encouraging reports were heard also
from the social problems, the Iegis-
lative. the schools, the consumers
league, the membership committees
and others, the records showing that
there were 36S members, that the finan-
cial standing of the association was
firm If not an Overwhelming respon-
sibility; that the association has been
instrumental in securing the establish
ment of a branch of the consumers
league and in defeating the bill to
change the personnel of the state board
of education.
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS
The woman's auxiliary of the Society
of California Pioneers met yesterday