The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-11

Devils Lake. n. d. Oct. 1l.-This
was a big day in the meeting of the
North Dakota Federation of Women:
clubs. tho program being the heaviest
and most important of the conference
This morning the formal welcome ol
the city to the delegates Was extended
by DR.. Anna Is. ShortridGe as the rep.
the response being given by Mrs. Nor.
nan Swenson OF Minot.
During thu morning session there
were the reports of the several of.
ticers. as follows:
WIGS President at Large-Mrs. II. l.
Eolley. Fargo.
Recording Secrctary-Mrs. S. a
zimmerman. Valley City.
Corresponding Sccretary-Mrs. j
H. Shepherd. Fargo.
Treasurc:--Mrs. L. g. Dochterman
Williston.
Auditor-Mrs. L. Is. Page. Devils
Lake.
General Federation Secretary-Mrs
Ii. $. Oliver. Lisbon.
Vice President. First Judicial Dis.
trict-Mrs. \. n. Davis. larimore.
Vice President, Second Judicial Dis
tr!ct--Mrs. Perry Parker. Cando.
Vice President. Third Judicial Dis.
trict-AIiss Louise 7. Reeve. Buxton
Vice President. Fourth Judicial Dis
trict-Mrs. j. w. Filshie, Cakes.
Vice President. Sixth Judicial Dis
trict-Mrs. f. ]. Taylor. Bismarck.
Vice President, Seventh Judicial
District Mrs. T. u. Casey, Grafton.
Vice President, Eighth Judicial Dis
trict-Mrs. Andrew Carr, Minot.
Vice President, Ninth Judicial Dis
trict-Mrs. T. n. Yeomans. L4ansford,
Vice President. Tenth Judicial Dis.
trict-Mrs. w. II. Stutsman. Mandan,
This afternoon reports of commit
tees occupied the attention of the con-
ference. and tonight the concert by
the faculty of Wesley college will hold
the interest of the delegates.
Mrs. Young Urges System.
Mrs. Young. the state president, adj
dressed the executive committee and
urged better organization of forces
DO not let all the responsibility OF
your work rest on your chairman
said Mrs. Young. systematic your
work and take hold of it individually,
and results will be broader. l would
urge new committees to pay particular
attention to program work the coming
Year. and in doing this. to keep in
touch with each club in the state and
its work. Arrange to furnish library
lists Of materials suitable for civic
household economies, study and Other
clubs. :
Clubs Should Cooperate.
Many of these clubs are new and
are comparatively helpless in arrang.
ing their programs. 1t should be the
duty OF the state committee to plaf
for the meeting, and to give informa.
ton as to where material can be Sc.
cured. l would recommend that the
clubs Of the state be catalogued be.
fore the next year book is published;
that all organizations doing the same
work be classified. and hat clubs
with several departments be listed ac.
cording to their activities in each de.
partment. Each club should make a
list of its departments and make them
known to the various committees be.
fore this convention closes so tina,
the departments will know which
clubs to write to on different sub.
jects. Then there will be no d~uplicat.
ing of useless information and work
will be saved. Each club should com.
municate with the state committees
with which it wishes to keep in touch
during the year and make known jus,
what matter and help it needs"
Tor Special Work Advised.
Mrs. Young also urged more specia'
work for the coming year, and close,
cooperation between clubs, with the
same activities. She pleaded for ex.
tension work in the household econo.
mics line stating that there are at the
present time no clubs in North Dako.
IA, giving the warranted attention tf
the study Of household economies.
There are a number Of clubs which
nave economics departments, bu,
Mrs. Your urges the need of a large
lumber of purely household problem
study clubs, with regular courses ir