Arizona republican., 1911-11-10
TELLS STORY
 0F cLUBDOM Here Is The History of
 Federation HAS DONE GOOD WORK Growth of the Women's Federated Clubs of Ari- zona Is Depicted in In teresting Manner By the President.

Federation of Women's clubs. written by the federations president. Mrs Sidney Carleton Newsom, of Tucson. will be of interest. not only to club women, but to everybody interested in civic progress and the various other betterments for which these clubs stand The article was written ex- pressly for The Republican. and is as follows:
 The Arizona Federation of Women's clubs today numbers twenty (2O, with d membership of approximately '5O women. representing eleven coun- ties in the state. The president and
 staff of officers constitute the execu- tive committee whose duty it is to
 direct the policy and to transact all
 official business of the federation. ex- cept such as comes before the an nual convention. Eleven CID sub committees carry out the various plans of work, the character of which may be indicated briefly by their names: The departments of art. civics. con
 servation. education, public health.
 household economies, industrial and
 social conditions, legislation. library |
 tation. These committees correspond
 to and cooperate with similar com
 mittees in the National federation of
 clubs. In addition. the State federa-
 tion covers certain local needs thor
 oughly by a number of standing com
 mittees, prominent among which are
 those of philanthropy and juvenile
 court. All these departments report at
 the annual convention to the assem-
 bled delegates and officers of the fed
 eratiOn, explaining the work that has
 been done and outlining plans for the
 coming year
 The last annual convention of clubs was held January IS, 10 and 20. 1911. at Prescott. with an attendance of 8
 delegates and q large number of wis
 itors. In January, 1912. it is to meet
 at Phoenix, as the guest of the four
 federated clubs of that place-the
 WOmans club. the Harmony club, the
 Friday club and the Conservation club.
 The sessions will be held in the as
 sembly room of the Woman's Club
 house. Owing to the central situa-
 tion and the well-known hospitality
 of Phoenix, together with the growth
 in numbers and enthusiasm of the fed
 eration, the officers believe this will
 be the largest convention in the his
 tory of the organization. An effort is
 now being made to have present Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles of Los Angeles. the first vice president of the Ma tional federation. and several other prominent club women.
 The relation of the State Federation
 of clubs to the National federation is
 approximately that of the individual club to the State federation. or, to
 speak in terms of more general sig
 nificance. that of the individual state
 to the federal government of the Unit
 ed States The National organization holds a biennial convention. to which each state sends such delegates as
 the number of its clubs entitle it.
 Few except those in active touch with
 the National Federation of clubs real
 ize the scope and importance of this
 great body. which comprises almost
 5000 clubs. representing d membership
 of more than SO0000 women.
 The biennial convention of the Ma tiOnal Federation of clubs will meet in June. 1912, at San Francisco. It speaks will for the energy and spirit
 of California club women that they were able to secure for their state
 this large meeting of women. which
 was eagerly sought by many cities in different parts of the country. The fact of having the 1912 biennial so comparatively near means much to- the Arizona federation of clubs. en- ablng, as it undoubtedly will, many of our women to attend and to bring back with them that strengthening Iof purpose and quickening of interest (which always comes from contact with large gathering of eager and intelli- gent workers.
 The clubs of the Arizona federation may. upon the basis of their plan of work, be divided into two classes | those that work as a unit and those that break up into sections or de- | partments-to the latter of which classes more than half of the clubs belong Tn the unit club all programs are carried out and all work done by the club as one body: in the depart ment club the members divide into groups or sections. such as art, litera- ture, history civics and philanthropy. | each member choosing one or more | sections at his pleasure. Naturally 1t | is the larger clubs which prefer the department plan. while as a rule the | small clubs retain their unity. On the basis of the character of their work, the Federated clubs may | be classified as intensive, or study | clubs. and social service or altruistic | clubs There is nothing antagonistic | in these two purposes. and many clubs most of them. in fact-maintain the two places of activity.
 In all State federations, the study | club plays an important part and | meets a very definite want. But this is particularly true in Arizona and all