Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02
$4,000 WOMEN TO
attend BIENNIAL
Program of General Federation
of Clubs at Chicago June g.
10 Wealth of Interest.

The wealth of interesting Things 10
/ be presented at the Biennial Conven-
ton of the General Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs in Chicago. June 9-1s, in
dicates that no club woman should tail
10 attend Between ten and hfteen
thousand women are expected and no.
tel managers think the number will be
greater, estimating by the reserVa-
lions already made. Following the
complimentary concert 10 be given by
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Tuesda- evening. there will be coun-
Gil meeting Wednesday morning. The
sessions are more intimate than those
of the General Federation. because
the Council is a smaller body, COM
posed OF every club president in the
federation, state presidents, General
Federation state secretaries, board OF
directors and chairmen of departments.
The interests of the General Fedora
ton are brought before TIE council.
with opportunity for general discussion
and any club president may bring her
problems for solution or her pet sub
: ject for endorsement and adoption
Wednesday afternoon will be left
open for General Federation depart
ment chairmen TO meet the members
of their departments. and there viii be
omen hours in which club women may
find delight in visiting Chicago's great
shopping center Wednesday evening
the convention will formally open with
a program under the direction of the
local biennial board. On this occa-
sion Miss Jane Adams will give one
of the two addresses of welcome.
Thursday morning the work of the
convention begins in earnest. with re-
ports of the national officers. Com
fort is the slogan of the local biennial
board and there will be an absence of
that stress of work which sometimes
makes a convention an onerous duty.
This is due to the arrangement of the
programs. Friday will be the first day
given to a department and will be in
charge of Mrs. o. Shepard Barnum, of
Alhambra, California. chairman of ed
ucation. Her report will cover the
educational work done by clubs of the
State Federations and by state COM
mittees of her department, which is
highly organized into four committees
Peace. Political Science. Social Hy-
giene and Vocational Education. Mrs.
cago schools, will make the leading adj
dress of the morning on Education in
a Democracy" At the general educa-
ton conference in the afternoon each
chairman of the COMMITTEES will pre-
sent a strong speaker as an expert
leader of discussion on vital questions
relating to her branch of the depart
ment. The subject of Peace will be in
charge of Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles
of Los Angeles. for four years first
vice-president of the General Fedora
ton. The political science portion of
the conference will be conducted by
Helen VariCk Boswell, of New York,
on the general subject Preparation
for Citizenship" 1t was Miss Boswell
who was sent to the canal zone by au-
thorities of the United States govern
ment to organize women's clubs there
as an element in socially constructive
conditions. The vexed question of So
ciaI hygiene and instruction concern /
ing il in normal schools will be han !
died by President william b. Owen. of !
the Chicago Normal, chairman of the /
committee appointed by the president |
of the National Education Association /
to prepare plans and outlines for :
suitable normal course in social n.y. !
giene. Mrs. Maggie w. Barry. of Sher- !
man. Texas. will preside during that /
portion OF the conference. followed by !
Mrs. c. p. Barnes. of Kansas City, Mo, |
chairman of the committee on vocation |
al training and guidance. The chief |
speaker for her section will be Prof /
Frank NJ. Leayitt. president OF the 4
National Vocational Guidance associa- |
ming of education day there will be an !
address on political science and one on |
peace.
In the conservation department the |
report of the national chairman, Mrs. |
Emmons Croker. OF Fitchburg. Mass |
achusetts, will be followed by an ad- |
dress on Conservation" by clifford |
Pinchot. The afternoon session at 2:3O
will be a conference under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. Croker. when IA ten-r1in-
ute talks Mrs. Lowell White OF San
Francisco will speak on Forestry"
Mrs. A. l.. Christie OF Butte, Montana,
on Conservation in General" Miss
Myra l.. Dock OF Fayetteville, Penn
sylvania, on Tree Nursery Work."
Mrs. May Riley Smith on "Conserva-
ton of Birds" and Mrs. Lydia Adams
Williams, OF Washington, -. c, on the
Forest Service" Each state chair
man of Conservation has also been ir-
vited to speak for two minutes con-
corning her work or on some conse--
walton subject in which she is espe-
cially interested. The chief address
of the civil service department will be
made by its chairman. Mrs. Imogene B.
Oakley, OF Philadelphia. on the sub
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