The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-08

urer; Mrs. Ella jackson, of Salem,
auditor: Mrs. Elsie Hoffman, Of Park
ston. historian.
Thirty-tive delegates We're on the
floor of the convention when it was
called TO order at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning by the president, Mrs. Mar
tin G. Wider. In addition, there was
enough more of the club women of
Mitchell present to bring the attend
ance to over 100.
At the outset of the session, Presi-
dent Wider appointed Mesdames John
Berry, +. A. Bidwell and John Col
vim as members of the credentials
committee, Mrs. Anna Thompson, as
secretary pro ten, and Miss Edith
Miller, Mrs. l.. II. Erskine, and Mrs.
w. C. Hunter as members of the par
%liamentary committee.
Following the singing of "Ameri-
ca by the audience, with Mrs. George
G.. Kimball at piano, Rev. f. B. Bar
nett, rector OF S. Mary's Episcopal
church, offered prayer. Mrs. Wider
then greeted the delegates TO the con
vention. She said in part:
This is not only the first meeting
of the Third district, but it is the
first district meeting in South Dakota.
| am glad to welcome you here be
cause o are women of ideas and
ideals, because you are striving for
human uplift in all its %fulness, be-
cause you have come here to give and
to get, to interchange ideas to be a
mutual benefit to each other.
The old philosopher Pla/o loved
10 think of life, as mind and matter,
| t,,l nxya {, ~, ,at t,. ,,,., 80.
ing the matter and make it beauti-
full. Our modern anthropologists go
to tho other extreme. They claim
that all mind and matter is the di-
rect result of photographic changes,
that mans mind and body are wholly
dependent upon these forces.
I'VE club women, while admitting
the effect OF climatic and geographic
conditions on the life of man, realize
that there is a higher force, a spirit
ual and mental power aver moving
and changing our lives. We believe
in the power of an idea. And it is
because you are women of ideas that
we are glad to welcome you here"
Mrs. Wider emphasized the value
of federation, of unity in seeking i'm
provement in civic and state affairs.
She ended with n plea for unity in
small things. With her usual good
voice and pleasing manner the ad-
dress of the retiring president was
an inspiration to her audience.
Mrs. Ed. w. Leehan extended the
greetings of the club women of Nit
chell. "ln behalf of the club women
of MITCHELL" she said. I'VE welcome
you to our city and to the first an
nual meeting of the Third District Of
South Dakota federated women's
clubs. The measure of our success
is our ability to organize and we
hope and expect to get fully organic
ed this year, SO hat in the succeed
ing years our district meetings will
pleasure and we sincerely hope and
trust that the program we have ar
ranged will prove interesting and in
structive.
1--WE are certain that we, in turn,
will be benefited by your presence
and cooperation on this accession and
that you will feel that we have your
hest interest at heart. Lack of oc-
cupation is not rest. A mind idle is
a mind distressed, so it will be our
earnest endeavor to keep o fully
occupied While you are here"
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnett followed
with the response. The report of the
committee on the constitution, Mes
danes III. ID. Butte-feld, Frank We'll
Ter and Jack Cogan. was then adopt
ed. Mayor A.. r. Hitchcock welcom-
ed the club women to Mitchell with
the recommendation that they work
for better equipment in the schools,
with gymnastics for girls and
as we'll as boys and men. The mayor
declared that women's clubs we're
the largest factor in perfecting the
idea of moral force.
The ideal of the state federation
was outlined in the address by the
state president, Mrs. Zillah e. Will
son, of Aberdeen. She declared that
it stood for physical, moral. intellec-
tual and social uplift and that the
primary work of women's clubs is in
the home.
Prior to the election. Mesdames f.
l.. Ransom and b. A. Bobb were nam
ed as %tellers and Mrs. Geo. II. Rev
as the judge of election. Upon the
election of Mrs. Sanders as the new
president. Mrs. Wider presented the
gavel to her. The remaining officers
were elected as named.