The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16
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The Woman's Club OF Mankato'
was organized ut meeting held
Yesterday afternoon In the public
l.hrary building, whose object is 70
pa social uplift. The first thing which
wiii~bc attempted by THO. club is the
establishment of recreation place
for the girls of the city.
unicrr< were elected and com
mittcrs appointed to commence work
uu = dcinit' plan for the club rooms
~ once. The membership will con-
SYST or all women OF the city who arc
interested in the welfare of the
ruung people OF .Mankato.
Outlined the Plans.
An Informal meeting was held
Anan Mrs. W. l.. Comstock out
lr-,d briefly the after To be con-
idoird. and told OF the start In
,rn direction ~ Il social club for
~lr.. which the Art History club
had made by having aD open meet.
"a" in October and OF the informal
l.u.tiu.s which had since been held.
The question was asked whether II
would be advisable TO form fedora
ton Of The woman's clubs OF the city to
handle the matter. and after much
discussion ia was decided to organize
aa entirely separate club from those
which Grc already in existence.
Inf mil n
i.rm The meeting was organized
with Mrs. ". l.. Comstock as chair.
uau and Miss Ada Mcleod of The
Free Press as secretary.
Ele.tins the Officers.
Mrs. !. r. Drandrap moved that
nominations for the various offices
o." made by ballot. the three highest
of which should be voted on for the
office in question. AIRS. +. VI. Cur
rior seconded the motion. Mrs. A. o.
BJeiland and Mrs. George X. Curran
were appointed tellers. The ballot
showed the names OF Mrs. Comstcck.
Mrs. Meagher. Mrs. Brandrup and
Nrs. e. ]. Holman On motion
made by Mrs. Brandrup the secre-
iary VAS instructed TO cast a unani-
nous ballot for Mrs. Comstock.
Mrs J. ~. James was made first
vice president in the same way and
Mr.. Meagher was elected second
Voc president. On motion Of Mrs
James II was voted that Miss
Mcleod be elected secretary by
az, iamation. Mrs. e. r. Wise was
clccicd treasurer by the same
method
The president then appointed
committees on location. finance.
rccrcp;ion and constitution. the
names Of the members OF the COM
mi;tees being given in foregoing
paragraph.
Naming the Organization.
There was considerable discussion
as To the name of the new organiza.
ton and OH the suggestion of Mrs.
Brandrip the name "Woman's Club
of Mankato" was decided upon.
There will be n meeting of the
officers and committee members
next Friday afternoon in the public
library Building.
II is hoped by the ladies behind
this movement that for the present
at least some arrangement can be
made with the city rest room com.
mittoo 10 have joint headquarters,
the rest room being I'm demand most.
~ during the day. and the need for
the club being In the evening. II is
believed that larger quarters than
those now occupied by the rest
room will be needed. but the WON
en- think that by working together
beth purposes may be accomplished
ut less expense To each organization.
The committee on location will re.
port on its findings in this regard at
the meeting of committees next Fri.
day afternoon.
Hope Of the Club.
A place where students and
girls who are employed during the day
may pleasantly and wiselp spent their
evenings is the hope OF the women
of the city. The present plan In.
cludes the services ,of some woman
TO have supervision of the place. a
piano. monograph. and other means
for providing pleasant diversion. A
monograph has already been offered
for the purpose by Mrs. w. l..
llixcn.
Finances and other details viii
he decided upon by the committee
in charge OF those branches OF tho
work at an early date.