Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-10-11
CeredO WOman's Club.

CeredO WOman'S Club.
Mrs s. A. Wagner and her daugh.
ter. Miss Hope, were the charming hos.
tesses of the G. VIC. which met at
their pleasant home, Thursday evening,
Oct. 5. The meeting was called to or.
der promptly at eight o'clock. The fol.
lowing names were presented for men,
bership by the board of directors rs ap-
proved: Miss Helen Burns, Mrs. @ A
Pickett and daughter, Miss Sadie, and
were unanimously elected. They will
be given cordial welcome at the next
meeting Owing to the unavoidable
absence of Judge w. w. Marcum, who
had the first number on the program,
Legal Status OF Women IN w. Va,
and it being too late for any member to
prepare paper on the subject, manu-
scrI pt was secured from the Huntington
Woman's club, written by Mrs. A. l..
Whitaker, and delivered before that
body during the past year. This was
read by Miss Anna Bush in u most adj
mirable way In the introduction she
said she was glad to introduce her sub
ject Legal Status of Women III w.
Va :" with the thought that il Is notice
able that West Virginia laws are more
favorable to women than the laws of
many other states, and that the laws
pertaining 10 an unmarried woman are
the same as for "a man, excepting she
cannot vote
The whole paper was filled with
should know, and 1t il TO be re-
GREETED that any member of the club
should have missed this most instruc-
tive lesson.
In conclusion she said (: f'We women
of the little Mountain state surely could
do as much to improve the government
of our fair state as our western 81 ters
have done. and all surely are anxious
TO do their full duty i'll the station
where God has placed them.
Following this came n subject i'll
which everybody is, or should be inter-
ested "Our Public Schools as Social
Centers "a subject which is being dis
cussed in oil the progressive papers and
magazines of the day.
This was read by Mrs. Wagner in n
way that brought out all the details in
most interesting manner. The follow
| ing extracts have been taken from this
article:
Not many years ago we closed our
school house doors at four o'clock, and
allowed them to remain closed on Satur
days Sundays and during summer va.
cation. In other words, an immense
amount OF valuable property belonging
TO the people, and needed by the people,
was put to only half of its possible use
Now we are changing all that; we have
walked up to the fact that the schools
may and should be a common meeting
ground, and the movement for wider
use of the school plant Is spreading over
the country. At present, IN more than
one hundred cities of the United States
school buildings and school property are
being systematically used to further the
social life of the people. The root Of the
movement lies deep down in the grow
ing realization that those upon whom
fall the heat and burden of the day
have q right to more than mere exist
ence. The toilers of the world have
been for centuries creatures Of the blind
necessity of economic laws, but in this
era this policy is dead and buried. We
must give our workers the chance TO
live ; and not the least of the needs Of
this many sided business-living-is
that OF some legitimate form Of play
The man who feels no JOY in the pass
ing day is only partially alive and low
cred vitality means lowered value as a
social factor. The boy who has no
chance to play becomes either dull or
vicious.
1.-The opening o. the school building
for social and civic purposes, was due TO
a growth of popular sentiment.
! The social centers are school buildings
opened evenings TO further in every
way the we'll being of the community
Within these social csnters are found
many non-exclusive clubs carrying on
their varied activities. These are term
ed civic clubs. A civic club IL defined
as a getting together OF citizens-men,
women and children at a convenient
place, upon common ground TO become
acquainted with one another aud TO dis
cuss those questions i'm which all are, or
ought TO be Interested
"Let us now consider what the peo-
| pie do after they get TO the social center
AS soon az the organization of the social
center is effected the people form them
selves into clubs, choosing their own
officers, subject to the approval of
supervisor who has been appointed and
is responsible TO the board Of education.
Thus there are girls clubs and boys
clubs. mems clubs and startling innova-
tom women's clubs, each 70 further it
special interests in its own way.
"Is there any club house in existence
other than the social center, where faith
or mother son and daughter can meet
on common ground, forget their worries
and thoroughly enjoy themselves to-
gether?" IL is well said Save the fam
/ lily in its unit and you save the world >"
| With each member OF the family con-
| tented with its lot and all united i'm a
common bond Of understanding and
sympathy sharing amusements as well
as trials, the ideal home is realized.
/ How often is the case when the DAYS
/ work is done the family dieinteQrates-