Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-14
CLUBS
AT GRAND FORKS
Civic Program and Election
Of Officers 10 Feature Com.
r. log Convention

I. I. !. I: log Convention
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct. IA
Between 200 and $50 North Dakota
club women will gather here tomor.
row for the sixteenth annual con.
vention Of the State Federation OF
Women's clubs, the dates being from
Oct. Is to 10. This is the first time
Grand Forks has entertained tn
state convention and the hostess club
are the Women's Civic league. tn,
Franklin. Thursday Musical and En-
ire Nous. All sessions will be hello
in the First Presbyterian church and
the delegates will be entertained In
| private homes the four days.
Addresses of welcome will be made
by Mrs. C. A. Greenleaf, speaking fol-
the Grand Forks federated clubs; DR.
NJ. A. Brannon, dean OF the %collegeo
liberal arts, for the University o
North Dakota, and O. B. Burtness fol
the city and Commercial club. Miss
Louise T. Reeve OF Buxton, will re
spond for the guests. The first w
ming will be closed with the annua,
address Of the state president, Mrs
n. c. Young Of Fargo.
On Wednesday Professor F. n
Koch of the University OF North Da
kota will speak on "The Comedies Q
Shakespeare" and embollish his tall
with dramatic readings. The musica.
numbers will be provided by w. w
Kammerling of Fargo, organist; Miss
Jane Smith, pianist, and the Haydn
string quartet, G.. A. Lampert, Nor
man Weller, w. w. Norton and Al
fred Howe.
Federation Tea Second Evening.
Thursday evening the federation
tea will be served at the university
commons, after which DR.. Frank l.
McVey, president Of the University
OF North Dakota, will speak. DR.. Nc
Vey's subject will be Some Recon;
Social Tendencies in America
The convention business will open
Tuesday at 8 a. nj. with a board meet
ing and presentation Of credentials
Department conferences will occupy
the rest Of tho forenoon session. In
the afternoon there will be q joint
conference of the board of directors
and committee chairmen, also a con
ference OF club presidents.
Wednesday forenoon the convention
president to succeed Mrs. Young,
whose term expires this year, will
open the Wednesday afternoon ses
sion. There will be a test vote on all
other Offices as we'll, the president
however. being the only official who
holds, object years and is limited
to two terms. The balloting will be
followed by the. reports of the chair
men of all federation, committees.
The election Of all federation OF.
ficers will be the convention business
OF Thursday forenoon, followed by
the report of the endowment fund
committee by Mrs. w. j. Reynolds OF
Westhope and a report from all new
clubs. AS tho raising of a $4,000 en-
dowment fund Is an important work
under way in the North Dakota fed.
Grafton, some time will be given to
this work. Mrs. E. B. Goss OF. Bis.
marck, treasurer Of the committee,
will make her report and Mrs. L. E.
Dochterman Of Williston will talk on
Past and Present Needs OF the State
Federation for an Endowment, Fund"
Mrs. Grant Hager OF Grafton will
speak on The Possibilities Of the Flu.
ture of the State Federation With an
Endowment Fund, and Mrs. J. G.
Forbes Of Wahpeton will tell How
Some declarations Have Raised al
Endowment Fund"
Something New.
The civic program, an innovation
arranged under the direction Of Mrs.
Scott Rex OF Grand Forks, chairman
of the civic Improvement department
and the bienniel reports will occupy
the attention Of the delegates Thurs.
day afternoon. Echoes from the
biennial In San Francisco will be civ.
en- by Mrs. w. S. Lauder Of Wahpe.
ton, on Things ACCOMPLISHED" Mrs.
Il. Wolfe Of Wahpeton o The
Special Train" Mrs. Silver Serum.
gard Of Devils Lake. on The General
Federation and You" B
The civic program will open with q
report OF the committees work by
Mrs. Rex. Mrs. j. NJ. Gillette, OF
Grand Forks will read a paper on
a'Tha Trend Of Civic Improvement"
and Mrs. r. N. Pollock OF Fargo, mi
on! Social Service" "a symposium!
will follow up "The Public Playground
as . Factor In the Moral, Physical and
Social Development OF q Town. The
Rest Room; a Commercial Asset
Mr. w. C.s Lynch of Williston, Beau.