The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-02
SOCIAL CENTERS ARE
NEEDED FOR PEOPLE
Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke Favors Play
grounds Moving Pictures in Our
Schools and Use of School Houses
for Entertainments.

In a recent issue Of the Indian
apois News appeared an interview
with Mrs. Grace Julian. Clarke, the
State president of the Women 's
clubs of Indiana, In regard to re-
forms she would suggest for Indian
apolis, and other Indiana cities.
From her father, the late Geo. W.
Julian, Mrs. Clarke inherited strong
mentality and a patriotic impulse to
advance the public welfare. She has
great faith in women's s organization
and is perfectly confident that ideal
conditions never can be wrought out
In Indianapolis until the women have
their say in civic affairs equal to
that of the men.
sit is said.' she remarked. "that
whenever Cato ended a speech in
the Roman Senate he was sure to
add: This / say. and Carthage must
be destroyed So / would not be
true to my convictions if l did not
take this opportunity to repeat that
what we most need is woman's s voice
In the management Of civic affairs. -
Reforms She Would Institute
The following are some of the re-
forms she would institute:
1. More Fairgrounds. scattered
over the city, and completely super
vised.
2. Every schoolhouse in the city
to- be made a soeial~ecnter. where
neighborhood gatherings and enter
tainments may be held and the peo-
pie of the locality may meet in
friendly and happy intercourse.
3. The utilization of moving pic
lures to advance the cause of edu-
cation and inspire patriotism.
4. Better housing conditions
throuoh LEGISLATION. to be enacted by
the next General Assembly.
5. Gradual elimination of over
head wires.
6. The appointment of women on
the Park Board. the Board of Health
and the Board of Public Safety.
z. Free popular band concerts.
8. An extension of the free
days. at the Heron Art Institute.
9. Stricter regulation of the night
service.
81 know there is great prejud-
ice against moving pictures. = OBJ
served Mrs Clarke. "but / do not
have much sympathy for such crit
icism and one of the reforms | would
like to see brought about would be
the Inauguration of properly regu-
lated moving picture shows as ad-
juncts of the public schools in In
Nothing would please
me better than the establishment
here In Irvington of the first NOV
ing picture show as a means Of pub
lie education. "Get the moving pic
lures in the schools is motto
that we should live up to religiously,
and I have no doubt this reform is
bound to come.
"The moving picture show is not
bad. All that is neces-
sary to make it a great agency for
popular education is to remedy its
defects, place it under proper super
vision and establish it in our public
schools. There is charm about the
picture for old. as well as
young, and / believe it would prove
If very large usefulness in teaching
lot only history but civics and ge-
,graphy and kindred subjects. In
his movement there is an opportu
lity for Indianapolis to lead the re-
nainder of the state. | have spoken
o Mr. Greathouse, state superintend-
mt of public instruction, about 1T
md I find. him very favorably dis
posed toward the introduction of
moving pictures in the common
sMusic is great educator III the
public schools, but the moving pic
'ure will prove an even greater
agency for the uplift of the young.
have learned. in correspondence
With Mr. Edison's people, that the
sost of a moving picture machine
canges from $155 to $225., The price,
is not prohibitive. 1t fire.
luently happens that pianos are IN
stalled in schools by Mothers clubs
1t cost Of $500 or 5000, or even
more. / think that some of our
clubs could well afford to
the expenditure Of one-third