The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-13

Forks: Mrs. H. o. Altnow. Mandan
and Mrs. E. P. Quain, Bismarck.
Endowment Fund-Mrs. c. Rath-
man, Jamestown; Mrs. F. L. Beiseck-
er. Fessenden; Mrs. R. M. Pollock,
Fargo: Mrs. A. A. Davis, Larimore;
Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre, Langdon; Mrs.
Percy Cole. Kenmare; Mrs. D. e.
GRfswisS; P MestS"ne. and Mrs. Fila
Railroad Accommodations - Mrs.
Bart and Mrs. Boyden, Lisbon.
Credentials-Mrs. C. j. Lord, Can
do and Mrs. c. j. B. Turner, Devils
Lake.
Resolutions-Mrs. Budlong, Bis
marck; Mrs. Harry McGill. Fargo and
Mrs. Sinclair, kenmare.
Work for Next Season.
Thursday session was concluded in
the evening with the annual address
sumo of the fifteen years. work of the
federation in five year periods by Mrs.
W. s. Lauder, Wahpeton, Mrs. H. g..
Oliver, Lisbon and Mrs. Frank White
of Valley City, a musical program and
a discussion on the importance Of 80.
cial center work in the state on ac-
count of the tremendous increase in
the immigration Of foreign born peo-
pie.
Social center work in public schools
of the state is one line Of activity
which the North Dakota Federation
will take up next season. Reports
Of the vice presidents of judicial dis
tricts Thursday showed that the work
of making schools centers Of commun-
ity activity. has already been started
IN almost everp part Of the state.
president of the Third district. told
of progress in social center lines in
that section Of the state. and read a
paper sent to the convention by Mrs.
Matte M. Davis Of Fargo. telling Of
the work Of the women's clubs Of that
city for the development and enter.
tainment of the foreign born women
and children Of their city. Mrs. Davis
said also:
"Our agricultural educators bewail
the afct that young people r being
educated away from the farm While
this Is unwise. 1t seems to me the
greater danger arises from the fact
that W. are educating the young peo-
pie away from home While we
should avoid any attempt to curb the
honest ambition to rise above the
der that no gulf may separate the
young and their elders. and the home
must be raised to meet the higher
needs Of the young. This must be
done by women-it Is our problem. II
will not be accomplished by writing
papers or talking alone nor by form.
ing more Of the exclusive clubs wheth.
er they are literary. sociological. art
music or card. These clubs will not
help the people at our very doors who
need assistance now.
Use the School House.
While we may Join clubs for oul
own pleasure a we not join one tt
give pleasure to others? How shall we
begin? Every one knows that there Il
an expensive building called a schoo
house in every neighborhood. No mat
ter what the structure may he it IL ex'
pensive when we consider that 1t Is II
use only seven hours a day during 81,
or nine months of the year-or from
33 to So per cen Of the time.
This building Is the property Of the
public: It is our property. It Is tn.
national boast that at the door Of thu
public school. all barriers of class dis
tinction are swept away and that herr
true democracy begins. If this IL tru,
for the young. is there any good rea'
son why 1t should be less effective IL
: putting aside social distinction amonl