South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-14
Play Grounds, School Gardens.
EugeniCS and Art in COmpre-
henSive Program of Indiana
Clubs for Present Year.
"STATE DAY" BRINGS
MANY TO SOUTH BEND
Officers of District and State
Federation Speak Following
Luncheon at Oliver Hotel
Saturday Afternoon.

Fairgrounds, school gardens. police
matrons. civil service. eugenics. ART
these are the movements and subjects
TO forwarding OF which the Indiana
Federation OF WOmen'S clubs is to
bend its best energies during the COM
ing year according TO the speakers
who addressed the Progress club and
guests at the annual state day meet
ing SATURDAY.
Miss Vida Newson OF Columbus
! president Of the State Federation.
Mrs +. +. Mummert of Goshen. "a
former state president. and Mrs w
w. Reed OF Warsaw. chairman OF the
thirteenth district. were the principal
speakers. They delivered their ad-
dresses at the meeting in the club
rooms Following the luncheon al
1880 o'clock at the Oliver hotel The
luncheon was the largest affair of the
kind given by the Progress club. am
invitation having been extended. con
trary 10 custom. to all the other clubs
! or the Thirteenth district the major
, lty or which sent representatives. Gov
ers were placed for 130. An informal
reception in the hotel parlors preced-
ed the luncheon
Miss Isabel Kennedy president or
| the Progress club, served as toastmis-
tress, and Mrs. Christopher FasSnachf
returned thanks. Following "a yvor5
of greeting from the state president
Mrs. w W. Funk. Miss Thekla Saclx
and Mrs. w. g. Hanson responded to
IoasJs. During the luncheon the
Misses GuilIoyle rendered a musical
! program.
AdiOurns TO Club Rooms.
Al o clock the women adjourned
70 the club rooms for the formal meet
at length a number of federation aims
and policies, she laid greatest stress
upon those pertaining to child wei
rare, eIcquently urging the establish
ment Of play grounds and school gar
dens: The subject of Mrs Mum
merits talk was Yesterday, Today and
tomorrow and she spoke forcefuIly
on the need Of progressive thought
ana policy on the part Of women's
clubs IN order TO keep abreast Of the
feminist movement which was desig
mated as the greatest movement the
world has known. Mrs. ". w. Reed
or warsaw, as district chairman. ac-
cepted with a few well-worded re-
marks, the invitation extended by the
South Bend federated clubs to the
CLUBS of the district for the district
convention TO be held in June.
Plea for Child.
IN her plea for the child Miss New
SOIu Sdlu III part
THE population Of our reforrna
tories and jails Is largely decided by
the amount Of care given TO the child
ren.
The work OF civics is so diversified
mat 1t has been thought best TO spe-
cialize on few lines Of work school
gardening. play grounds. and munici-
pal cleaning up days, including the
anti-fiy campaign
AehnoI (.apdansno,
school gardening is constructive
work 1t Is a preventive agency and
helps TO keep the child out of court
Closely akin 10 the work of school
gardening is the play ground.
The promotion of the play ground
movement in our state is Of the great
est importance. Children Of the
smaller towns as well as the cities
should have opportunity for good.
Wholesome play. Besides many other
beneficial effects OF play grounds. thet
20 Tar towards solving TIE problem OF
juvenile delinquency.
More Individual Work.
Ihe strength OF our Federation
lies in united effort in team work. But
we have often thought OF the won
derful reformative influence our Fed
Grafton might exert. in addition 10
the splendid results OF cooperative
enort, II We emphasized more gener-
ally. also, the idea Of individual effort
on the part Of each woman in atteu1Dt-
ing 10 save the bows and girls of hcr
community from downward paths. II
many OF our earnest club women were
20 become big sisters" 20 some o.
these boys and girls much might be
accomplished towards giving them q
new outlook on life.
BE Friends 20 Wayward Bows.
Invite the boy 90 your home 10
eat at your table. Tell him what n
fine man he is going 10 be and keen
doing this After a while he will be-
lieve IT, Be his friend through thick
and thin. Do you know the bows
definition OF a friend. Its a g1v
what knows all about ye and likes Ne
just the same.
Every county provides for the an
polntment of a probation officer but
there may be any number OF voIun-
teers. It is not necessary 10 be desfr-
mated by any name, however. That OF
big sister" is enough.
Plant Child Gardens
The =. G.. as q sOCialiZing and
recroative influence is being more
widely appreciated and understood
throughout the L. s. with the result
that more are being established and
better equipment secured
eve trust that our Federation u1ay
be instrumental in bringing about "a
decided Increase i'm the play ground
activities In Indiana this year We
would that our fair state might De
transformed into a veritable Child
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