Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-25

Its slogan. She spoke of the need of
working for a State college for wom-
en- and of the Importance of incor-
porating the federation. and she
talked of the necessity of a woman's
conservation of her own personal
forces, brain, strength, time and
money, so that the home would not
suffer, an accusation so often made
gainst the club woman. Mrs. Ropes
declared children would not be ne
elected and dispositions would not be
Impaired
I'VE have conserved and bettered
the conditions of cattle, hogs, chick
ems, etc, in order to produce bet
ter race of each, while the human
being has grown as best it could, >
said Mrs. Ropes. trusting almost en-
tirely to the power of some woman
TO bring it out all right. and We have
succeeded to a certain extent, but
must go forward. The better babies
contests, visiting nurses, medical in
spection in schools and follow up
work, museums of safety devices. lee
lures to children as how to protect
themselves against accident, sex hy-
giene, properly taught. all tend to
the bringing of better humanity
into existence.
who is to do the real work in &C
eomplishing this? Woman with a
capital w. organized women"
Mrs. Ropes said further: "Co-opera-
ton. This word is in the air at pres
ent. everybody is talking of 1T and
trying to put it into practise so we
cannot do better than to follow. The
individual woman, member of a club
or organizatio owes her best to that
group. The more efficient she is the
greater her value. Training in bust
ness methods and systematic doing
of things is of vast Importance.
When our club women do everything,
however small in a prompt business
way, hours of useless labor will be
saved
Join with us in the work, let it be
our work, not theirs, so we may
bridge the gulf which now seems to
exist between the active workers of
the federation and the individuals of
which it is made up.
More Cooperation Needed.
''The constant overlapping of our
departments of work calls for CO.
operation. Our chairmen realize that
to do the best for the federation they
must join forces where there is no
clear line of demarcation.
Sociology, education, legislation,
propositions lie close together, so
those departments will cooperate,
thus saving duplication of work and
the 'treading in the others cornfield.'
rs this not better than fault-find-
ing and criticism, when each, in order
to do her own work, Internationally
Invaded the other field?
Concentration. the second work of
our group, is of almost equal i'm
portance. To be practical and make
a direct application to our own work
the administration will try and
specialize, push forward some OF the
things which we inherited.
Endowment means just as much
to US as to our ancestors who con-
ceived the idea therefore, we will do
all in our power to interest our men,
bers in accommodating large amount,
so that the interest aceruing each
year may be greater and help along
the current expense account in the
State treasury. The founders list is
a fine way to honor some worker of
today or the past and carry her name
down through the life of the fedora
ton.
THE affiliated college for women
at Rutgers is of primary importance
to us as women working for posterity
as well as ourselves. Why should we
have only short domestic science
courses? Why not the higher educa-
ton of our girls at the public expense
as well as our boys, so meeting the
State requirements for teachers in our
high schools, etc? The administra-
ton will back this movement to the
full
.The new effort for the first year
of this administration will be to in
corporate our federation. There is
nothing dearer to an individual or an
orga MIA ton than its name; there |
fore, we should do everything possible |
20 protect it. give it standing in the |
Jaw and the right to own property |
and hold funds. The cooperation of
every club woman is asked in this |
movement.
"Some of the work upon which we
are asked to concentrate of necessity |
comes from without. and one of these |
requests has come from a sister or
ganization of a neighboring State, |
namely. from the president of the |
Federation of Pennsylvania. that we
should join with that State in in |
viting the General Federation to hold |
the biennial meeting of 1916 at At
iantic City. This of course. is a great |
honor, and would also mean great |
work for some of us. The details |
have not been arranged as yet, so we
today must take action upon the |
matter.
Mrs. StIllman Presents Clubs.
Mrs. Thomas B. Stillman, vice-presi- |
dent-at-large, presented the clubs |
that had been admitted during the |
year, after which the guests of the
day were introduced to the assembly |
by the president. Among the brief
talks given scheduled for the morn
ing session were those of Mrs. G. K.