Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
The Community Institute Welfare

The Audubon Commercial Club, at a
meeting Monday evening highly com
mended the Community Institute, con-
Quoted by the University Extension for
the benefit of Audubon county, and
voted unanimously to at once put in a
plea for another Institute next year.
The Commercial Club in doing this
voiced the sentiment and expressed the
wishes of the town and its rural
neighbors for all comment is favorable
and the general opinion seems to be,
that the program given was well suited
| to the needs of the community.
Audubon showed its appreciation by
good attendance at every session, even
| if the weather man was in a bad temper
most of the time. Severe cold could
not CONCEAL an enthusiasm that was
warm enough to bring out good audi
ence at ten o'clock Friday morning,
through raging blizzard and that filled
the hall to its full seating capacity at
| two afternoon and three evening sessions
The addresses were good. The
speakers had something to say and they
said it in a pleasing manner. The
group of people comprising the extern
sion department of the University are
cultured, agreeable and enthusiastic.
The homes where they were received as
guests enjoyed their stay and regretted
| their departure. There we're no ex-
ceptions to this rule. Usually few
''ifs" are heard, but for once there
seems to be feeling that every one
was pleasing and that each number on
the program was of value to the
listener.
We are sure the Institute was a sue
cess and we think part of the reason
| for this is found in the fact that the
entire community worked as a unit to
make it success. Churches, schools,
clubs and homes boosted altogether and
| it is surprising how much strength
there is in united effort, especially If
the press adds its strong arm at just the
right time.
The Institute was a good thing and
we enjoyed it, but the finest part is the
glow of fellow feeling that pervades
the community after it is all over.
The aftermath is quite delightful, for
it makes so many things possible, AL
ready our town is talking sewerage and
better street lighting with renewed
vigor and the womens' clubs are tackling
the subject of clean town and public
rest room with renewed courage. The
garbage disposal and fly problem are to
have their share of attention from the
city fathers who with the health officer
constitute the logical guardians of the
health of the community. They will
have the support of all the people in
their efforts to make Audubon the
healthiest place in the state of Iowa.
One point in favor of the Community
Institute is that it costs so little money
that every town can afford to have it.
The State University through its exten.
sion fund furnishes the speakers and
the local clubs pay only railroad fares
and advertising, also furnishing hal
and entertainment.
This arrangement puts it within the
the reach of the small town and it il
the small towns that needs it.
Iowa is state of small towns ano
rural communities. Their distance
from civic centers lessons their oppor
tunity for education. The lecture
course is expensive to place, and price:
are necessarily high. This makes the
usual lecture little patronized by the
general public. The Institute is SO in
expensive to the local management that
it can be given to the people free. TEii
makes il peculiarly valuable, if it pro
vides culture for all under the super
, vision of the state and brings the Uni
versity of Iowa to the hearts and homes
of the people.
We have no hesitancy in commencing
the Community Welfare Institute Il
, our neighboring towns or to any towr
J in the state that is looking for means
of bringing it's city and rural jewellers
into genuine partnership, a co-opera
ton that is bound to result in mutual
prosperity; we commend it to the town
that believes in the good that comes
from spirit of uplift that is engender.
ed by the spoken thoughts of students
in Social service and to the men and
women who are working to bring tc
the people of Iowa a realization OF their
responsibility in the greater work OF
the world, the raising of the standard
of mental, moral and physical health.
i The Institute at Audubon was con-
Quoted by DR.. Ralph Heilman, Chief
of the Bureau of Social Service of the
University of Iowa; assisted by PROBES
sors Wassam, Klingaman and Rienow
and DIR. Chas. Woods, State Epi-
demologis, Mr.. Harwood, Secretary Of
the Advertising Clubs of Iowa and Miss
Dreamer of the Home Economics De-
partment of the University and was the
first in the state, but we prophesy a
great following as it fills distinct
need in the life of the people.