The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-24
CLUB NOTES

Mrs. A, NJ, O'Connor of St, Thomas
appeared before the convention last
week with a splendid report of the
work being done in the seventh dis
trlct where there are thirteen federated
CLUBS doing active work. This section,
under the new districting, will be
merged with the first district in which
Grand Forks is located and for that
reaSon Mrs. OConnor's resume of the
various clubs which follows is of I'M
usual interest: The Langdon Wo-
man cluo mas the largest membership
as well as the longest unbroken con-
nection with the state federation in the
district. Their programme for the year
was the study of Tennyson, and public
Instructions. They a successfully
rounded and carried on a public library,
placed a new piano in the. city schools
besides doing considerable charity
work. The Milton club women were
unable to follow continuously their
work in the Bay View course, but have
organized for the coming year with
renewed interest. The Twentieth Cen
fury club of Lankin took up the study
OF home economies n had many in
tereSting papers relative to the sub
1ect. Two debates, one on country life
as against city life and n on woman
Suffrage varied the routine of their
programme. The Grafton Monday
Night club is composed Of. men and
women and it's object has always been
the intellectual self culture and ocial
well being of it's members, the subject
under discussion this year was the
Commercial and Geographical condi-
tons of the United States. This topic
found a keen rival in the public play
ground movement espoused by the club
and carried on for two years to a sue
cesstul conclusion. The La Boheme
club, also of Grafton, has for it's mo-
tive the maintaining of a room in the
Deaconess hospital the linen accessor-
les being the hand work of the club
members, the literary work being the
Et1l6U Of pnfnonItu HiEENN. ~
club also pledged themselves to give
two money prizes to the schoo gardens.
The Civic league of Edinburg is an
other Walsh county club with we'll de-
nned ideas for the betterment of their
city, considerable money being raised
to be used for a public park and well
organized school gardens being among
the projects. The Ciyitas club OF
study of Shakespeare. supplementary
topics being North Dakota land marks,
Foley's poems, and the birds of our
state, besides adding some notable inn
proYements In the city park. The Cry
stal club is one of the new clubs whose
plans are not yet fully outlined, their
object being to promote s~ociability and
mutual ~helpfulness, their study pro-
gramme being made UP of nliscellan-
eous subjects. The Walhalla club wo-
men have made an exhaustive study of
North Dakota and their interest In the
subject has been deepened by living
upon the spot winch gave the state
some of its first pages of history. They
also entertained the district meeting in
a. royal manner. The Pembina Study
club is both social and literary and
elected for it's serious work the study
of Shakespeare. Two lectures were en-
joyed, one by Or. w. NJ. Stearns and one
by Prof. w. A. Godward. The Drayton
Monday club report a pleasant year
studying the history of Rome and italy
with selected topics. The Bathgate
Study club is the infant of the district.
having been admitted to the federation
in March and though newly fedged has
been unusually active. The Bay View
course of study on the British isles
was taken up and fifteen regular meet
ings held. A civic league as {. branch
of the study club was later organized
and muc civic work has already been
done. h st. Thomas Woman's club
is entering OF its fourth year taking
up the study of architecture, the past
year being devoted to the study of art
both ancient and modern. This club
has it's own club rooms, through the
generosity of a local business man.
The third annual convention of the
district was held at Walhalla May 20
and In spite of the u~nfavorable wealth
er representatives from nine of the
thirteen clubs were present. The well
come extended was exceptionally warm,
n the Interest taken in the conven
tion was very gratifying. Walhalla
and Its environment being so rich in
historical associations the land marks
of North Dakota naturally suggested
itself in the programme arrangement.