The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12
Biennial Programme
Has Been Compiled

The programme Of the biennial meet
ing of the General Federation of Wont
en- S clubs in San Francisco Juno 20
to July has been completed and is
Just given out for publication. The
programme was arranged by Mrs. &.
H. McMahon of this city, chairman of
the programme committee. 1t Is re-
plete with interesting things and one
noticeable fact is that it rs to be fur.
nishcd principally by women, who will
! talk on forestry, soil conservation and
Legislation. as well as the proper care
OF children, dress and the decoration
of the home, demonstrating the versa
| tility of the modern club woman. Some
slight changes may be made in the
programme before the opening Of the
biennial.
The informal opening will be June
"a, with "A meeting of the board OF di
! rectors followed IN the evening with
n complimentary concert from the local
board Tuesday morning the council
meets and in the afternoon will be
conferences for the bureau Of infor.
nation with Mrs. Mary I. Wood. chair
man, and for the womcn's press, with
, Mrs. G. H. Mcmahon as chairman. In
the afternoon the local biennial board
will receive informally the officers and
directors of the general federation,
members OF committees, speakers, dele
gates and alternates, and visiting club
women at the Falrmont hotel.
The formal opening of the biennial
Will be Tuesday evening with the gen
eral federation president. Mrs, Moore,
in the chair. Addresses OF welcome will
be given as follows: For clubs, Mrs.
II. q. Deniston; for state, Hon. Hiram
| w. johnson; for city, Hon. James Rolph,
Jr.; for Pacific northwest, Mrs. Nc
Greedy, president of the Washington
state federation; for the Pacific south
west, DR.. Agnes Mckee Wallace, pres
ident Of the Arizona federation; for
the intermountaiu states, Mrs G.. Ii.
Me Mahon OF Utah; for California, Mrs.
Josiah j.. Cowlcs, first vice president
of the federation,
The response Will be given by Mrs
Moore.
On Wednesday morning, June 90. re.
ports of chairmen and officers will be
gwen with a special report on ''Person.
al and Sex Hygiene in the Normal
Schools by Mrs Barry. This sub.
lect has been under joint investiga,
ton by the educational department OF
the federation and the school patrons
committee of the n. E A. In the af
ternoon will be conferences: That OF
education, Mrs. o. Shepard Barnum
chairman: that Of state presidents and
general federation secretaries, with
Mrs, Moore, .presiding; and a parlia
mentary conference, with Mrs. Nan
nette Paul presiding. In the evening
the state presidents will be presented
TO the biennial responding to the sub
lect; "rhe General Federation-Yoru oru
States Inspiration
Thursday morning, June q, will be
devoted to 'ECivics and Civil Service
Reform with papers on tie "Merit
System and Public Education by Mrs
John Theodore Tabor of Massachusetts
"The Merit System and Public Insti
tutlons of Charity and Correction by
Mrs. Frederick II. Cole of Nebraska;
"Tho Merit System in Municipal Gov,
ernment," by Mrs. John Russell OF
South Carolina; FJunior Citizenship, -
by Mrs. Frank White Of North Da.
kota; "Tho Development Of the Civic
idea by Mrs. Edward L. Baldwin OF
California; "Recrea tiop." by II. B.
Weir, secretary Of tho National Play.
ground and Recreation association
Mrs. George Zimmerman is chairman
of the civics department. Thursday
afternoon will he conferences on civil
service reform, civics and endowment