Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-10-29
CIVIC INSTITUTE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
VIII BE Conducted I'm NJ. II. Church
by Mrs. j. G.. Wilson and Others

the CIVIC CollLIullleS Vi the aShlng-
ton State Federation of Women
Clubs, will be held in Pullman. in
the auditorium of the Methodist
church, beginning at $50 a. m. Mrs.
]. c. Wilson, chairman of the state
federation civic committee, will be
present, and will speak twice during
the day and also in the evening. and
will conduct an hour of discussion.
A number of local people and also
leople from nearby communities will
tike rart in the program. Much
time for discussion is provided.
While a great variety of subjects
of civic interest will be presented.
both in the talks and discussions, one
thought will dominate the entire pro-
gram: that this town and every other
town, whether little larger or a lit
tie smaller, is a definite social unit:
that progress will be most satisfac-
torily made in any town when COM
mpnity consciousness is aruosed
when every person considers himself
part of the community and sees in
every other citizen one who has the
right to share with him in the at
tempt to solve the real problems that
confront this particular community.
The following quotation EN- bodies
the spirit that Mrs. Wilson hopes will
pervade the whole institute
THE new spirit is the spirit of
community realization, and the re-
sulting impulse to give this some ex-
preston in definite municipal house
keeping.
This is not town improvement
in the old sense; in the sense in
which a few got together to do good
to the town, to give it things, to in
duce the most prominent citizen to
give it fountain. They did that
way when only a few in the town
mad an inkling of what the town
might be. Now the need is to de-
yelop the whole town to have. not
merely an inkling, but a face-to-face
look at what the town not only can
be, but must be, if it keeps up with
what the world is learning about liv-
ing. The new way of civic work is
the way, not of patriotism, but of
humanhood.
The heart of it is the revelation
OIL the real solidarity in any town,
and in all the towns. Community
consciousness can be developed, just
as most other consciousness can be
developed, but not without effort.
hach comm unity must realize its own
essential social function as a builder
OF the life of the state and of the
race. This can come about only as
community members recognize them
selves as constituting that commun-
ny-not as merely living in it and on
IL. The means to this end is service.
AND the end it seeks-and this is
really the beginnings not town
improvement but fellowship, and
humanhood. From "Ciyic Improve
ment in Little Towns" by iona Gale.
An invitation is extended to every
one to come to the m eetings, to take
part in the discussions, to lend aid to
THIS effort to emphasize the inter
dependence of every interest in the
town and community.
The program for the days institute
follows:
$3.50 a. m.-Vocal solo, Mrs. Will
lam Porter.
S:45 a. m.-Address, 1.-THE Tools
we Need" Mrs. J. Cowan Wilson.
1890 a. m.-"Training in Citizen
snip and Morals in the Public
schools" Miss Daisey Busbey of Col
TAX; Cooperation of City Govern
ment and Other Organizations,
mayor Jackson; 1.-The Past and the
FUTURE of Pullman, Attorney Frank
Sanger.
1900 a. m.-Open conference,
presided over by Mrs. Wilson.
200 p. m.-Piano duet, Mrs.
hruegel and Mrs. Goodyear.
2:15 p. m.-Address, Standard
lzations of Towns" Mrs. Wilson.
500 p. m.-Discussions, "Librar-
les Supt. J. w. Graham; Food In
spection," Miss Marjorie Johnson;
discussion, Social Welfare Work in
Small Towns" Mr.. R. C. Holt; "A
community Gymnasium" Miss john
son. Establishment of Park in
Town." Mrs. James Cairns of Colfax.
S:45 p. m.-vocal solo, Mrs. Fl. M.
Styles.