The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09

That TO save their lives from deadly dull
ness rI ,y they needed an ideal; they needed
inc hsht OF the Ideal 10 inspire them
and to enpoble their activities. That ideal
even In the infancy Of the club. was 10
reach The upper Ievels-to look from
above. and from that point of vantage
10 TO 'nrow out The searchiight and discover
the weakness, the hidden WRONGS. the
conditions which needed remedy and re-
Net; then by continual pcrseycrIng effort
10 perfect their knowledge for their own
10 strengthen the weak places. TO reoti-
~ wrongs. and so promote the welfare
Of the community.
Tribute to Founders.
To those earnest women, the founders
oi our club, we pay honorcd tribute today.
Especially would | speak with loving re-
menbrancc the dear name of Eliza Kirt-
ley itoyle, the first president OF the club
ana IT'S most loyal friend and adherent.
Three times was she made president, and
'hIoushout her Ions connection with the
cub was ever Its most gracious counselor.
She was strong In her convictions OF
right, keen ana clear In her Judgment,
quick in her perceptions. ready always
Win ne" sympathy, equal TO every occa
SION. swift and generous in her COM
nlSndaitons, and above all things. charl-
table. We admired her rs "A strong and
earnest club worker. we admired her a $
her as warm hearted stcadfasi friend
MAJ the benehccnt blessing OF our dear
ciub mother ever rest upon this club,
which she 40 dearly loved.
Through various stages of DEVELOPMENT
ana growth tho plan has been gradually
evolved OF working In sections or depart
mcnts. and this plan has been most sat
isiaCiory and helpful ! hope that each
member who has not already done SO
will Identify herself with some section
and so become working member. live
wire in this potential whole, so shall VIC
be electrified into vigorous, vital action.
Tic seven departments. in the brief
outlines OF work presented In the year
book, sivc promise Of earnest work and
delightful hours, and under the leader
ship OF able chairmen and assistants
each one can say. With Browning. This
worlds no blot for US. nor blank. II
means intensely and means good. To
find iis meaning is my meat and drink.
notice with regret thai tic name of
one department, through which most val
liant service has been done in the past
has been dropped from The calendar
civic department. | hope that this de-
pariment Is only sleeping, and win bc
speedily awakened. The club needs the
civic department the city needs It. To
he true To our ideal, the general welfare
Of tho community. that department must
be strongly alive and on the alert TO
correct wrongs. abate nuisanccs. Insist
upon sanitary conditions, and beautify
our city.
Too Much Constraint,
I feel ii my duty 10 direct your atten-
ton pointcdIy 10 ono particular in which
'NI'bf puI 'Nlb lllt ldlutDldplS ldiS.
/ refer 10 the constteint the formality
which to so great an extent hndcrs CO.
opera urn and helpful intercourse be-
tween members All will agree that the
club should be To us something moro than
Il mere hall or meeting place something
more than convenience for association
with those Of friends VINO belong 10 our
respective social circles. We recognize
that woman may be bio II | may
use tho torn. whom VIC never meet In
society. She may bo VOL worth while
from an intellectual AN artistic. or even
n social point OF view. though we have
no special acquaintance with her outside