Newark post., 1913-05-28

Dover.
REPORT FROM NEWARK
CLUB
Reports were read, during the
first days session, from all the clubs
in the State, Mrs. C. B. Evans tell
ing of the activities Of the Newark .
Club.
Figures are not very interest |
ing, but they seem the only way to .
tell what we have accomplished .
during the year. We have given
$40 to the Boy Scouts. We have
increased our building fund 1914.
7S. For the town sprinkler we
have collected $301.97, and for our
library we raised about $3.50. AS
there are several other matters
pending just now before the tax
payers, it does not seem feasible to
establish a free library at present.
Our club has added thirteen
new members to the roll this year.
Through our educational commit
tee we have offered to the pupils Of
the public schools (in the grades
from third to eighth, inclusive)
prizes amounting to SO for good
spelling. This committee has also
made several attempts to have a
woman on the School Board, but
has not succeeded so far. How
ever. as the result of these efforts,
We have been asked to appoint a
committee Of three to visit the
schools and report to the board.
We have also aroused considerable
interest in a parent-teacher5 asso-
citation and hope soon to be able to
establish one.
"Our civic committee has had
town cleaning day; has had the
street rubbish cans painted; had
several Objectionable signs remov-
ed. and has asked the trustees OF
the Academy to reserve the rear
campus for a public play ground,
the club to act with the trustees in
fitting up and caring for the same.
GENERAL DIRECTOR
j EEOIIAN L
Mrs. W. f. Andrews of Wash
ington, d. c., director i'll general OF
the Federation of Women S Clubs,
was an active official visitor who
was frequently called upon to ad-
wise with the Delaware women OH
the procedure and in the move
ments for the uplift of women and
children, the education and better
ment Of the people and the i'm
provement of civic conditions.
VISIT DOVER HIGH SCHOOL
The visitors were invited to visit
the Dover High School during the
afternoon and inspect the new
Manual Training Department of
the school. A number of the dele
gates from Newark found this an
especially interesting feature apro.
pos of the discussion in connection
with the offer from the DUPONT
School, to cooperate in the en-
gagement of teachers to carry on
this work.
The exhibit included a library
table, clothes tree, porch swing
knife boxes, roller towel racks, book
racks and other articles, all well
made and most useful. There is
also an interesting exhibit of card.
board work by the younger girls
STRONG FOR REFORM
Many subjects Of interest Were
discussed and acted upon at the
Wednesday session. Mrs. Harry
Hayward of the Newark Club de-
plored the extremes in both dane
ing and dressing, which prevail in
the modern community.
Mrs. Harry Hayward of the
Newark Club deplored the extremes
that prevail i'll both dancing and
dressing, which prevail in the mo-
dern community.
She spoke of the chief problems
of educators in numerous parts of
the country as being the over-elab-
orate dress of young school girls.
To a great degree she placed the
blame upon the mothers whose care
less training of their daughters was
responsible for present conditions
Protests, she said, were coming
from all over the country, against
the modern dress of women and
girls. "If one is judged by such
costumes" said she, "can YOU
wonder if like estimate is placed
upon one S character?"
In like manner she deplored the
modern dances which have become