Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-14
CLUB WOMEN HELP The CHILD
Would See that More Care is Taken Of
the Little Girls in School.
CHILDREN WORKED TOO HARD
Advocate Done~tte Science for Pub
lie sehoola, but that Some
Other Studies Nest BE
Dropped.

More than a hundred women participated
in the fifth annual meeting of the clubs Of
the Second district Of the Nebraska FEEDER
alton Of womcn's clubs held a. the public
library AZ South Omaha yesterday. Blair,
Benson. Dundee. Valley, Paplnion. Water
loo. Springfield. South Omaha and four
clubs from Omaha were represented. Ms.
w. II. Davidson Of Springfield. district vice
president. presiding. The convention is
purely for conference and included presen-
tation and discussion of the various inter
ests embraced IN the club work. Dr..
Wheeler opened the meeting with the invo-
cation and Mrs. Bruce NcCuIloch Of the
Hostess club. welcomed the visiting women
briefly but cordially. Ms Edward John
son Of Omaha responded for the district
A feature OF the morning session was
round table discussion, led by Mrs +. H.
Cole of Omaha president Of the Nebraska
Federation. The home, the school and the
child each came in for frank discussion.
Mrs r. J. Burnett Of Omaha vice chair
man Of the state federation's household
economics committee warned the women
that home economics Is q subject that each
individual woman must master II for no
other reason than Of the increasing cost OF
living she advocated the instruction Of
]
also that something must be dropped
from the already crowded school curri-
culum 10 make place for It. Mrs Burnett
in her argument. reminded the women Of
The dauEhte- OF the imcompetent mother
and Tl-equipped home who IS a home
maker OF the future. and must be pro
vided for as well as the daughter Of the
mother who Is qualified 10 give such train
ing in her own home.
During the discussion MIS-. Albert Eo-
holm. Mrs. Edward johnson, Mrs Samuel
Rees ana Mrs. NJ. B. Corbett OF Atkinson.
urged that the child be kept out Of school
and allowed TO develop physically until he
is fit 10 assume the concentration and
restriction of the school room Mrs. Cor
bett deplored the great amount Of home
work that is required Of children after
/ spending their days in school. which neces-
states many hours more that might more
profitably be spent out Of doors
The necessity Of the kindergarten and the
school was urged by other speakers for
children whose lives afford little Of re-
finsment or Of discipline aside from that
received in the public schools.
Three-minute club reports showed all or
ganiEations growing and all working for
self-culture and along phflanthropic lines.
A paper on Dental Inspection in the
Schools" By Mrs Grant Williams. com
pleted the morning session and the visiting
delegates were entertained for luncheon by
the South Omaha clab women during the
( noon inteTmission-
Kenyon Takes Charge of office.
Mrs H. NJ Bushnell. general federation
secretary for Nebraska, was e guest Of the
convention and spoke Of the advantages Of
4 federation. she reminded the women that
il is a question of what they may give as
wen as what they may receive
! Miss Nan Dorsey of the Visiting Nurse
association spoke Of the proposed outdoor
summer camp tor sick babies. Announcing
that over :z.00O has been pledged to the
work She assured the women that Omaha
has It's congested districts even though it
has no large tenement houses and among
the worst OF these districts she named the
neighborhoods OF Twenty-fourth street be-