Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-06-03
MEMS CLUB DISCUSSES
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Enthusiastic Meeting Held in Congrega-
tional Church Saturday Evening.
President Bryan Talks.

At a meeting of the Mems Club
held at Pullman, Washington, May
rs, 1910, a general discussion was
held on civic Improvement. After
a banquet the following program was
listened to:
Pres. A. f, Brownell outlined the
purpose Of the club stating that
the club was organized for the pur-
pose of raising the moral, physical
and financial standard of the City
of Pullman.
The first speaker of the evening
was Dr.. Humphrey, who, as chair
ma of the City Beautiful Commit
tee, reported what had been ac-
complished and what was under pro-
gress, the report being very crafty
ing indeed
Mrs. F. A. Thompson, president of
the Fortnightly Club followed with
an outline of what the Fortnightly
club had accomplished in the past
ana propose doing in the future.
The Historical club was represent
ed by Mrs. a. b. Baker and Mrs. J.
J. Murray both of whom gave talks
along the same lines.
President f. A. Bryan of the State
College, the speaker of the evening,
was then introduced and gave a
speach the substance of which fol-
lows:
Members of the Club: Ladies and
Gentlemen:-
The proper thing, think, about
a meeting Of this kind is co-opera-
ton. 1t promises we'll for the bet
terment of the conditions we have
here in Pullman.
| do not know why it is that it
seems so much more likely that in
large city there should be so much
money expended and so much
thought given to improvement of
streets and the Identification of
grounds and the establishment of
many things that would add to the
identifying of the place; when SO
little thought is apparently given to
these things in the smaller places
1t would seem so much more appro-
pirate that these things should take
| place in the small town where the
means are always at hand. The larger
grounds give ample opportunity for
the use of trees and flowers and all
of these things make a beautiful viii
city.
We see so many of the smaller
towns with implanted houses, which
we do not see in the city, | suppose
because of the organization of the
city government and the powers
given them along these lines. l be-
lieve, however, that as towns go in
eastern Washington, Pullman does
well in the matter of painted houses
and there has been considerable
improvement in the planting of trees
and the identifying of grounds.
1t might be of interest to you to
know that various heads of the Hor-
ticultural Department of the College
have co-operated to a very consid-
cradle extent to bring about a very
large plantation of trees, a large
number being distributed from the
! College Nursery as far back as fiji
teen years ago to the public schools
and to all who would plant them.
They have also done a good deal in
other ways from time to time and
some of you will remember when
prizes were offered for the best
flower gardens to the girls of the
town.
Then, of course, the ladies of the
town and particularly the Fortnight
" Club were instrumental in secur-
ing the city park
They were fortunate in buying at
a time when land was low and they
specified in the deed this land must
be used for a city park. There was
one more reservation in the deed
and that was that intoxicating liqu-
ors were never to be dispensed in
the park.
/ believe that in the management