The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-25
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

The forty-sixth national encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public and the Woman's Relief corps
vas held last week at Los Angeles.
There were divisional conferences of
the Woman's Relief corps, the Ladies
Of the G.. A. r., Daughters of the Vet
Grams and National Association of
Army Nurses of the civil war. On
Wednesday the Woman's Relief corps
rendered a reception to the command
er-in-chief Of the G. A. r. and his
staff.
The reception committee Of the w.
r. c., which included Mrs. Carrie B.
Kenrick of St. Paul, was as follows:
Florence O. McCleland, national senior
aide. in charge; S. Nevada Hereford.
ifornia; Sadie NJ. Likens. Colorado:
Ella Alderman. Nebraska; Josephine
Kelley, Illinois: Carrie B. Kenrick,
Minnesota; Belle w. Eiphlin. Indiana;
Ella D. linn, Washington; Laura E.
Maloney, Wisconsin; Dora l.. Brush,
Ohio; Mary E. McKinster. Oklahoma;
Lavina Haberheld, West Virginia.
Minnesota vas also represented on
the credentials committee by Mrs. Ida
K. Martin of Minneapolis. There were
eight delegates from St. Paul, includ-
ing two department officers, Mrs.
Carrie B. Kenrick and Mrs. NJ. A.
Soule, the president and secretary, re-
spectively.
The report just issued by the Min
nesota department shows that there
are 5.3O8 members in good standing.
During the last three months s613.92
has been spent in relief work in this
state by the corps, and ~$1,O59.67 is the
estimated value Of relief other than
money. Four hundred and eighty
three persons have been assisted.
There. are ninety-nine corps in the
state.
The opening If the present school
year at Stanley hall next Wednesday
will mark h beginning Of a new era
in the annals Of the school. The year
will be started with an endowment of
$4,000. the first gift of more than
$500 that the school ver received in
the twenty-five years of its existence,
and A guarantee of approximately S.
900 a year for twenty-five scholar
ships for ten cars. The receipt of
these gifts was not made certain until
this week. Miss Olive A. Evers, the
principal. said today, and she added
schools resources made possible the
accomplishment of an ambition she
: had entertained for Years, the extern
sive widening of the scope and efficien-
Icy of the institution.
II hope this is only the start" said
Miss Evers. speaking of the cndow-
ment and the scholarships today. land
there is a possibility that other addi-
lions to our resources In the near flu
ture will enable us to carry out ever
more extensive plans"
Miss Evers said the $500 endow-
ment came from a friend of the school
outside the city. while the scholarships
were given by a Minneapolis friend
She said the boarding enrolment fo1
the present year was the largest in the
history of the school. taxing facilities
to their capacity, and that the institu.
ton would start the year with the
strongest teaching staff 1t had ever en-
listed.
One Of the contemplated improve.
ments at Stanley hall is the erection
of a new building for the elementary
department. The Montessori system ol
teaching elementary pupils will also be
investigated by the faculty, and part.
OF 1t may be tried later.