Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-25
Special to The Tribune.
SAN FRANCISO, Calf. June 25.-

Special to The Tribune.
SAN FRANCISO, Calf. June 25.-
Several thousand club women, repre-
senting women's clubs of every des-
cription and in every section of the
country are gathered here to attend
the eleventh biennial convention of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, which formally opened here to-
day and will continue in session until
July 5. The gathering of delegates is
by far the largest which ever at
tended one of these biennial conven'
tons and, judging from the elaborate
program, the numerous prominent
speakers scheduled to address the con-
vention and the intense interest shown
by the attending delegates, the bien-
NAL which opened today promises to
exceed in importance all previous
gatherings of the federation.
Today's program does not include
a business session. The afternoon re.
ception was planned to give the dele
gates an opportunity to become &C.
quainted with one another and with
the general officers of the federation.
In the evening meeting at the Suffer
Street Pavilion the visiting delegates
will be welcomed by Mrs. E. G. Den.
niston, president of the local board,
and other officials and a number Of
responses will be made by leading del
egates. The first business session will
ho ho1 h. C,,ff 0frc poviIi0n
tomorrow morning, when the presl-
dent of the Federation, Mrs. Philip
N. Moore of St. Louis, will submit her
report. The rest of the session will
be devoted to the reading Of various
committee reports. Mrs. 0. Shepard
Barnum, chairman of the department
Of education will read paper.
The election of officers and direct
ors of the Federation will be held on
Wednesday afternoon, July 8, and in
the meantime a great deal of cam
paign work will be done by the can
didates for the principal Offices and
their friends. Particularly interest
ing is the contest for presidency, with
two candidates in the field, Mrs. Phil
ip Carpenter, noted New York club
woman and Mrs. Percy V. Pennyback-
er, of Austin, Tex, who has many
friends among the Southern and West,
ern delegates.
The program for the convention is
elaborate and unusually interesting.
Howard H. Gross, president of the Ma
tional Soil Fertility League, will be
one of the speakers on conservation
night and Overton w. Price of Wash
ington, friend of Mr.. Clifford Pinchot,
will speak on forestry. Mrs. A. Bar
iron Miller, president of the Womens'
Rivers and Harbors Congress is also
scheduled for an address. William
Hard will speak at the legislative ses-
sion on "Woman and the Law"
Morl teaching in schools will be
discussed by Prof. Maria Sanford of
the University of Minnesot. Croline
Bartlett Crane will discuss municipal
housekeeping at one of the morning
sessions.
At the conferences various import
ant subjects will be discussed by not
ed speakers. Miss Laura Drake Gill,
president of the College Of Women at
Suwanee, Tenn, University of the
South, will speak on vocational guild
ance for girls. Mrs. Imogene B. Oak
lev will speak on civil service; Mrs.
E. w. Pattison on art and art educa-
ton; Miss Helen " Boswell on indust-
rial and social conditions; Mrs. Olaf