Evening journal., 1912-01-11
COLLEGE FOR
STATE WOMEN
New Century Club Endorses
CO-EduCatiOuaI Plan as
Suggested
ALSO ACT TO
SAVE CITY TREES

NJ tho business meeting of tho New
Century Club yesterday afternoon,
Mrs. Frank NJ. Jones. chairman OF the
Civics committee. announced that tho
committee was preparing towards
spring, 70 distribute circulars on tho
care OF shade troes, having them fer
free distribution at the library and
other public centers. The circulars
treat chiefly OF the way to "ciean"
trees a. insect pests in the spring be-
lore they have had time 10 do harm.
A West Philadelphia club did this
with great success last year. The
down-state clubwomen are Interested
In the care Of the evergreen trees.
which are being destroyed for Christ
mas decorations.
Demonstrations OF cooking. IN
which it is planned to have the audi
ence take an active part will be
given by the Civic committee az the
Peoples Settlement.
The library committee. chairman.
Mrs. Horace Belts. have continued
their work Of sending barrels os
books and magazines and yesterday a
letter of thanks for such barrel was
read from the Life Saving Station at
Stone Harbor. ~ j.
Mrs. T. Allen Colby. chairman. gave
the announcement for the entertain
ment committee Of two lectures. the
first on Tuesday evening. January
%. by DR.. Charles Eastman. The noted
Sioux Indian. who will talk on 6The
Real Indian" The second lecture
will be on the evening Of February 2.
by the poet-scout Captain Jack Craw-
ford.
Attention Of the club was again
called TO the plans for the annivers-
ary luncheon ON Friday, the luncheon
at / o'clock. the anniversary eXer-
cises at 2.30 o'clock. by Mrs. w. G.
Mahaffy, chairman Of the anniversary
committee. and by Mrs. S. n. Trump,
/ chairman of the hospitality commit
tee. Club members were requested to
bring their membership cards for adj
mission TO the exercises.
Mrs, Elizabeth c. Robinson, the
State Federation president, spoke in
terms of the highest praise of the
work OF the Laurel club women in Sc.
curing a public library for that town
The library, begun in October, now
has 375 books. A gift of 25 books from
the Wilmington club was appreciated
| by the Laurel Club. Mrs Robinson
also presented the resolutions in re
gard to a college for state women, af
/ fiiiated with Delaware College. The
resolutions were prepared by Mr.. ans
Mrs. Caleb E. Burchenal at the re
quest of the state educational commit
tee Of the federation, and we're signe'
by the president and chairman Of tn
educational committee of each clut
Mrs Robinson explained that co-edu
cation was not tho idea; there wOul
be separate recitations but much Q
the present college equipment coul
be used Superintendent George W
Twitmyer, Henry NJ. Ridgely, Of tn
State Board of Education. DR.. Georg
A. Harter, president OF Delaware Col
lege, and many of the college faculty
the State Grange, the Delaware w
1 c. T. L., are among the endorsers o
these resolutions. They were unani
/ mously adopted by the club yesterday
The program of the afternoon wat
in charge of the Current Events Glass
Miss Lore turning the chairmanshiI
over to Miss Emma Worrell. Mrs p. T
Negendank gave two dainty solos,
serenade and an Irish love song. Mis-.
Helen Bye read a quantity humorou:
story, "The Field Of Scarlet Treasure.
by Edwina S. Babcock Miss Bertha
Harlan gave an interesting account o
the school at Northfeld, founded by
the evangelist Moody, which has 12Ol
students from q countries. Mrs
Frederick Bringhurst read a number
of charming lyrics written by II. Per
cival Allen. who married a Whining
ton young woman, Miss Elizabeth Tat