Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-10

Mrs. r. n. Cole, president OF the Ne
braska Federation OF womsns clubs. has
issued the following letter to the club
women Of the statei
To the federated club women OF Ne
braska: Greetings and best wishes for
useful, prosperous and happy New Year
Now that we have all settled down 20
serious work again. there are numerous
Queries regarding club activity. Most
elections the first week in January and
whether the new officers shall be installed
at once OF not tin later in the year,
The change in constitution was suggested
In order to make the addresses uniformly
correct for the new year book and not with
the intention Of working an Inconvenience
TO any club This being the case the execu-
tive committee, at its meeting In December,
voted 10 permit any club which petitioned
to that effect to be exempted from eompli-
the desire to earnestly try to work out this
new rule Of clubs eecting officers In Janu-
itself when those officers shall be Installed
Much depends upon local conditions-for In
stance, II the club study and work are
planned from october to Ap,;; or Say, It
will bring better resultsyt to nave those who
planned the work carry il 10 completion.
II, on the other hano, the club year begins
after the holidays, there would seem TO be
no good reason why the new Officers should
not take up the work from the beginning.
There are questions regarding the scholar
ships that the federation is working for In
Nebraska First, we have the gift of the
Brownell Hall scholarship, goo2 Ger four
years, through the generosity of Bishop
Williams and the board of trustees Then
] there Is the years work in the University
/ of Nebraska at Lincoln, to which each club
| Is asked to contribute a sum equivalent to
| 10, cents per capita.
These Scholarships are open to the daugh-
| ters Of club women Of not less than one
years standing and may be won by CONF
petitiVe examination. Applications are TO
be made through the chairman of the edu-
cation committee or the president OF the
IN Brownen Hall scholarship is restricted
! by the request that the Identity of the
! student shall be known only to Bishop VIII
lams Miss Marsden, principal OF Brownell
I Hall, the president of the federation and
tn chairman. OF the education committee.
The, examinations will be conducted
| through the ed lcation committee one mem
! Der Of which is appointed from each CON
gressonal district Each club president
and secretary has copy OF the state year
book containing names of committees and
every woman in the state may have copy
OF the year book by sending her address
and 10 cents to the corresponding secretary,
Mrs. c. M. SChindel, 92S Nortn Twenty-sec-
ond street, South Omaha;
! The new year book Will be issued imme-
diately after we get the addresses of new
officers for the directory. 1t cannot be
issued earlier because the instruction Of
| the delegates at the ALincoln meeting was
to walt for these names.
Especial attention is called to the newly
| consolidated reciprocity bureau and the
OF the club women entrusted with this
branch of activity for the year Is purely
philanthroplc and all small fees which are
| charged are designed merely to cover the
cost of magazines postage and incidentals,
Those who have donc research work will
realize how great the gift OF time and pa
thence is which we are this year to try
and at least take advantage of and appre-
cate.
The district meeting places are all settled
for the coming spring and work along all
lines seems TO be progressing.
Please bear in mind the fact that we
have taken into the federation the Ne
braska Household Economic association and
a January II 10 %. Its work Is also our
work Let as many as possible of ouT
women attend it's meetings and help III
work along. Let us put our shoulders tt
the wheel and push for peter homes an(
wider knowledge of the agricultural re
sources of the state.
The National Corn exposition official
gave the club women one of the creates
opportunities which has ever been given t
club women by bringing together the stat
presidents of Illinois. Iowa, Kansas ant
Minnesota at a time when the club womel
of Iowa and Nebraska could meet witt
them and confer regarding the manner AM
methods of work in the different states.
Let us make our federation stand for al
that 1t can and should stand In the develop
ment of mental, moral, spiritual and ma
terial prosperity. Let us stand for tn
little children of the rich and prosperous a
well as the little childrel or the pooi,. ant
let us not fail to believe tnat a habit o
mind formed for good books and good pic
lures and good music and inspiring occupa
tlon for others will in the end make
better state In that with young and old
means the ounce of prevention from loy
and evil thoughts which Is ever more ef
fective than the pound Of cure.