The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-11-19
and that she might be an ornament to

and that she might be an ornament to
society, claims the privilege of club
membership and gives to her club a
reasonable service and in return takes
from her club to her home the bene-
fits that she has received at its hands.
This | term the ideal club woman.
For all this, and even more, it has
been the policy of this administration
to stand and because of the wide
horizon of these activities it is impos-
sible to enumerate the many letters
that have been sent out over the sigma
ture of your president.
There has scarcely been a day dur
ing the entire two and a half years
that her attention has not been given
to matters of Importance to the Fed
Grafton and not one single day during
this time, that the affairs of the Or
ganization have not had her serious
consideration. If it were possible for
you to see a mental picture of these
activities, you would, no doubt, real
ize why, in laying aside these duties,f
feeling Of sadness comes over her as
she gives up that which has grown to
be part of her being
In vacating the office of president
Of the Mississippi Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, l do not desire to outline
the future policy of the Federation,
but from the experience of the past
years and with the good of the organi-
cation at heart, | desire to offer the
following suggestions which l recon-
mend that you consider at this con-
vention:
Federation Day.
In order that the business of the
Federation be brought before the clubs
of the state. a special federation day
for the discussion of the work of the
committees and plans of the organi-
cation, should be set apart by every
club holding membership in the Fed
Grafton. This special meeting of each
club, should be called for a date as
soon after the annual meeting of the
Federation as chairmen can determine
upon their work. The first meeting in
December would be a suitable time for
holding this meeting and each chair
man should plan to have a letter in
the hands of the clubs before this time
which will outline the work of her
department. A special program for
the meeting, prepared by the president
of the Federation, would facilitate
matters for the clubs and insure a
uniform observance of this day.
| feel that this should be compul-
sorry to Federation membership for I
am sure that any club with an earnest
desire to be of assistance in the state
work, would be pleased to have this
meeting planned for it and then would
take pleasure in successfully carrying
out this plan.
District Meetings.
One of the obstacles to efficient eff
fort in Federation work is the diff
Guilty in bringing the business of the
Federation before the clubs from lack
OF interest, oftimes by club officers
who receive communications from
chairmen and Federation officers, and
who fail to bring these matters before
their clubs.
To alleviate this condition, the indi-
vidual club members should know
more about the affairs of the Fedora
ton and this would be possible if the
state were divided into districts and
if annual district meetings were held
at which time, the president of the
Federation and as many other officers
would attend and bring before the dis
trict, the work of the Federation.
The state could be divided into four.
six or eight districts as you think
best and the district meetings so
scheduled that the president of the
Federation could attend all meetings