El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-05
Women's Organizations

A program for Educational day was
given by the Woman's club on We'd
uesday afternoon at the chamber Of
| commerce. General federation notes
/ were given previous to the program by
Mrs. j. Z. Townsend, ST., and state fed
Grafton notes by Mrs. 7. G. Phillips.
Mrs. Sutherland, the treasurer of the
club, reported $500 taken in by the club
from the French salons and fete which
We're recently given. This amount will
( enable the club to make a $500 pay
ment on the new club house, which is
no longer dream, but reality. Mrs.
I A. W. Foster announced the club
7 luncheon for March T. Mrs. Joseph
/ Dwyer and Mrs. Claude Berry are the
/ committee on information for the
! luncheon. The program then followed
/ Mrs. Olga KOhlberg was in charge of
! the program and presided. The first
/ number was a vocal solo by Mrs. r. J.
wilson, Down in the Forest" by Ian
don Ronald. Mrs. Wilson has a voice
OF unusual sweetness and delights her
( hearers She was accompanied on the
4 piano by Mrs. J. J. Pearce.
R. J. Tighe, superintendent Of the
pubic schools of the city, gave a most
interesting paper on THE educational
needs Of FL PasO." He said leach child
should be prepared to take an intelIec-
luaI part IN the welfare of the cOun-
try and that the child should be ad-
vlSed what course to pursue and that
MS efficiency should be effected Mr.
1lghe stated that the work should be
along the lines of woodwork sewing
and hOmemaking. as book trainine
alone was not adequate He advocated
compulsory education and said of the
Americans, Mexicans or negroes in orr
community, smaller percent of the
negroes We're out of school than Amer
Icans or MeNicans. He stated that IS
percent of the negroes attended school
Wnlle only y percent were out 1.-THE
o76e census MI Tighe said, Showed
SIVo scnooI children in the city be-
tween the ages of Z and IT. He closed
ms paper with an appeal in behalf of
DeIIer Fairgrounds for the children of
El PasO. Va
Following this paper, there were dis
CussIonS Dy Mrs J. II. Hirt. on the
Eural high school, Mrs J. I. DvvveT
on Sex Instruction, and Mrs. w
roster on the Compulsory school law
and free textbooks
The third number was a voca1 colo
- N, Love but Day" by Mrs TViiso7,'
Mrs. Jeanne Frank gave a clever paDeT /
oH NocaLlonaI training, or ideals /,
money or both" Mrs. Frank stated /
mat training in the use of s-ood hooI-s
induced clear speaking ana tbo+ - n m
ileNed that child needed a LITTLE 0f /
ne me Ioea! IN education and not all dol
laIs. discussions also followed This /
80 liCIa paper A rising vote Of thanks
gram. Al 'iis pro-
me state president of the Unitass
90 5nteEs OF the COnfederacy. Mrs
Gharles Leland Hamil, has appoi1tad
lT5 committees for the coming wear.
ne. ne chairman OF each committee will
report on the years work at the con
ventlon to be held next October. The
committees include the following ~
PaSO women: Ii
~ transportation committee. Mrs r r
d 4 4IllI and Mrs. K. D. Franklin.
historical committee, Mrs Alice R
= 55FoEram committee, Mrs. c. E. Kelly
and Mrs. S J. Gatlin. lily
committee to secure return of can
-ured battleflags, Mrs. J. Harry nm
-, credentials committee, Mrs J NJ
1lShmond and Mrs. Benjamin L. Farrar
Barlow. O0'aFIa
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The W. c. T. L. will meet on F,ridar-
.Lternoon at 3 o'clock at the TViiS
7a az home on the corner of Third
-nG Florence streets. Mrs. J. F. Corbin
VII be the hostess
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