Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-28
CONTEMPORARY
URGES BUILDING
AS MEMORIAL
Indorse Suggestion of Mayor
HaussIing for a Municipal
Structure.

The Contemporary, at short bust
ness session in the Y. w. c. A, 81
Washington street, yesterday In
dorsed the suggestion by Mayor
Haussling that large auditorium
be erected as a permanent memorial
of the 250th anniversary celebration
of Newark. The club also recon-
mended that the building be main
tanned by the city and built as near
the centre of the city as possible.
The president, Mrs. Henry II.
Dawson, who was appointed com
mittee of one to investigate tn
American Red Cross work, offere
the following resolution, which wa,
adopted by the club:
Whereas, the American National
Red Cross represents the humanity
of the United States by its serv-
ices when neighboring nations are
at war and, whereas cooperation
with it's chapters for this purpose
at this time is clearly understood
by Contemporary to be distinctly
different from cooperation with To-
cal charities in their regular phil
anthropic work, | recommend
THAT a special Red Cross COM
nittee be formed in Contemporary
to cooperate with the war relief
committee of the Essex County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
in its voluntary contributions, in
its organized needlework, in the en-
tertainment 1t proposes giving to
RAJ funds and
"That such committee be named
this afternoon to begin work inn
mediately and that its progress be
reported at the next meeting of the
club"
Name Red Cross Committee.
In accordance with the resolution
Mrs. John l.. Thompson was appointed
chairman of the organized work com
mittee: Miss Grace O'Rourke of the
entertainment, and Miss Margaret
Reilly of the contributions.
Two new study classes we're an.
nounced, one in home economics ano
the other In sociology. They will be
managed by two committees to be APP
pointed by Mrs. Dawson. The firsi
lecture In the home economics will be
held the fourth Tuesday in Novem-
Der. Members of the Housewives
League and of the home economics
department of the New Jersey State
Federation of Women's Clubs will bt
the guests OF the Contemporary.
Mrs. Leonard H. Robbins, chairman
of the subscription lecture course by
Miss Janet E. Richards, of Washing.
ton, d. c., announced that the non
membership rate for the course has
been reduced from So to 81.
The skyline Commission was dis
cussed by Mrs. Charles r. c. Smith
chairman of the civic art committee
who presided during the program
Mrs Smith gave her opinion that tn,
beauty and happiness possessed by
the European cities is due to the fac
that the residents can see the sky
whereas in the large gcities of The
United States business buildings MAKE
the most of every available space, II
many cases completely shutting on
the view of the sky.
I'VE hear great deal about i;
greater Newark" she concluded. lie
our aim be threefold, a greater,
better and cleaner Newark"
The work of the Junior League o
I the Oranges was recounted by Mrs
/ Theodore McCurdy' Marsh, of Eas
Orange. The league, she said, wa
formed with the idea of interestin
girls and younger women in civic an
charitable work, and co-operated wit
the larger and older clubs in thei
work.
j. Leonard Mason, secretary of tn
Fairgrounds Commission, in an il
Illustrated talk on the work of tn
Fairgrounds, advocated the openin
of the parks for winter sports for tn
children of the city. He espresso
regret that most of the city play
grounds are on rented property, say
ing that owing to this fact the com
mission cannot develop it to it's fulles
capacity for playground purposes. II
pointed out that there is a great nee
for Fairgrounds of a type betwee
the small playground and the parl
such as Armour Square in Chicago.
Urge More Fairgrounds.
I'VE need more and better play
grounds for the physical, moral an
social betterment of the children {
; the city he concluded.
Miss Caroline S. Romer, chairma
of the committee ON gardens, told ,
the increase of interest on the pal
of the children in this phase of tt
work. The following prizes wei
awarded for excellences of garder
made by the children during the sun
mer;
Fannie Steinberg, Miller Sire
SCHOOL, Ralph Cooke, Peshine Az
nue.: Louise tollweg, Emma KLEIN
, Julia Sienkiewitz, Morton Stree
J Walter Smith. Peshine Avenue; Do
Blumfield, Avon Avenue; Joe Stal
Ann Street; Gizella Leitereg, Sou
Street; Richard Kastner. Ridg
Ethel Schomp, Franklin; Peter r
; dula, Seventh Avenue; Albert Du