The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-29
Orio Club.

Il
orio Club.
The Orio Club met yesterday after
noon with Miss Eula Garbutt on West
Broadway in most interesting ses
sion.
David CopperfIeld was the lesson
study.
Roll Call was answered with quo
tations rom Micawber's reflections.
The reading, My mother suppressed
ed" was given in class.
Mrs. E. J.. Evans gave a skeptch OF
Yarmouth, which supplied the local
color to the story.
"The Schoolmaster" was discussed
in class and Mrs. Walter Madden of.
fered some splendid thoughts on the
Influence school teachers have on
their pupils and how they may lead
them TO love or to detest school. Es-
pecially was this an important topic
since the reforming of the schools was
one of Dickens motives in portraying
his schoolmasters in various novels.
Mrs. Addington offered some splen-
did suggestions on the coercion of
children, emphasizing the cruelty of
depriving children of their childhood.
Miss Hallette Fraley who has al
ways done such splendid club work,
read a paper on David Copperfield,"
an autobiography, pointing out the
similarities in the authors life and
that of his character, David Copper
field.
The queries were on the first chap
ter.
Miss Olive conducted the parliament
tary drill on "To Commit"
The critics report was postponed
until next meeting.
At former meeting Miss Daisy
Nichols had distributed slips asking
members to write on them some phil
anthropic work they would like to do
the coming winter.
They were handed in and read and
various suggestions were forthcoming.
In former times the Cornish Or
phans' Home has received liberal do
nations from the club and some voted
to continue this work.; others thought
City Park should be beautified, and
some were in favor of helping the Ii
brary.
The concensus of opinion was in
favor of the latter.
The Orio Club has given to the Ii
brary works amounting to 500, Their
last donation was 800 cash. They
have abandoned Library work the past
two years for various reasons.
The members were very emphatic
in their disapproved Of the noise that
is continually going on at the Library.
The conditions now prevalent at
the Library might he entirely salts
factory to deaf patrons, but most club
women can hear most distinctly and
the continual disturbance running up
and down the steps and upstairs is
most distasteful. In taking up this
work it is the wish of this rll5 and
a number of other ladies that nc
confusion be lessened and a Quietcr at
mOsphere be encouraged.
The Orio Club will bend their ener-
gies towards helping out the Library
and that means they'll do something.
A half dozen Orio Clubs behind the
Library and it would be 4 credit to
our city. We have a splendid libra
rian, who is willing to do all She can
for us. and does accommodate her
readers.
The paucity of reference books IS
one of the faults of the Library. and
the club intends to try to correct this.
As in former years they will bIy
their own reference books and VII
use them in class, afterwards donating
them to the Library. Then they VIII
each purchase some gooi h2ok and
after circulating them in class win do
nate them 70 the Library.
They intend to create a hearty IN
terest in this work and the best thing
that has happened to the Library in
a couple of years is the securing of
the Orio Club as champion.
T.