The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
DISTRICT CLUB
MEETING OVER
FINAL SESSION HELD ON WE'D
NESDAY AFYERNOON.-COM-
MITTEES ARE NAMED.

Health is a vital thing to the
individual and organized society and
tremendous waste is the result when
people are not well.'f Thus DR..
Joseph G.. Parsons, of Sioux Falls
characterized the need for public
health service in his address yester-
day afternoon at the closing session
of the Third district convention of
the state federated women's clubs.
MAN is a social being" said DR..
Parsons, our homes are the center.
Socially we take account the indi-
vidual, the individual of society.
Civilization IS largely a matter of
creating and demanding. There
Will be more creating of better
things. Society must hold its own
or it will degeneratein moral and
mental efficiency.
THE physical condition must be
sound in order to functionate the
mental and moral elements. Health
is n vital thing to the individual and
organized society. Tremendous
economic waste is the result when
individuals are not we'll. They can't
earn as much money, can't think as
we'll or weigh the moral basis at its
otSi. SohocIuSlitiS, ooAiSty l0oSS
Ignorance has caused the spread
of disease. AT least on%e-ethird is
absolutely without excuse, and is
The result OF either ignorance or in
difference. To shut up victims of
contagious disease is only a drop in
the buckete of health service. South
Dakota stands an open disgrace to
every other public health service of
every other state. 1t involves four
things: Care of sick; direct efforts
to stop spread of disease; to elm
mate ignorance of individuals in
cases of personal disease; co-opera-
ton out these other resolution.
I'm South Dakota $500 is the
small amount allotted to the state
board. Neither is it conducted along
modern lines. This work should be
placed in the hands of specialists, es-
pecially trained for this york and
capable OF looking after the health
OF one-hali million people. An cpl
demic specialist is a public health
Sherlock Holmes. Bacteriologists are
also necessary in this work. South
Dakota spends $4,000 annually for
hog serum and $500 for its people.
Evidently the hogs have the best OF
us in South Dakota. There should
be experts in statistics, it is impos-
sible to obtain the mortality rate.
There is no way of keeping track of
disease 20 estimate il it is on the
increase or not. Give the people h
benefit OF the information, to keep
we'll and what sources to avoid. Bull
letin should be issued by a properly
organized board of health. Regu-
late the school system in regard to
health, investigating the homes from
which children come. Measles re-
suit in more deaths than scarlet few
err or dipththeria."
One of the musical features OF the
afternoon was a very pleasing duet
by Mesdames G. G.. Kimball and w.
A. H%eimherger. Mrs. C. e. Nermil-
yea gave an enjoyable reading en-
titled ''Auntie.' She responded
with Spring" as an encore.
Mrs. Zillah Wilson, state presi-
dent. followed with remarks on the
state endowment fund, districting
the state, also the great amount of
work already accomplished and the
greater amount still to be done. A
movement to adjourn was then in
order and the convention closed.
Having accepted the invitation OF
the Mitchell clubs, the Federation
will meet here again in 1916.
After the convention adjourned, A.
r. Nichols. OF Minneapolis. address
ed the club women for a short time
along his line of work.
Standing committees of the Third
district for the ensuing year are as
follows:
Scientific temperance and educa-
tion--Mrs. L.. r. Erskine, Mitchell;
Mrs. Edna Ray, Trip; Mrs. Alice
Murphy, Platte.
Civics-Mrs. Carrie S. Pratt, Ged-
DIES; Mrs. Minnie Booher, Armour;
Miss Edith Miller, Mitchell.
Industrial and social conditions
Mrs. Myrtle Antrim, Armour; Mrs.
Maud Arnold, Howard; Mrs. r. A.
Zangle. Mitchell.
Music-Mrs. Beulah Scallin, Nit
chell; Mrs. Elizabeth Burnett. Ar
nlour; Mrs. Fl. Il. Hitchcock, Mitchell.
Rural life-Mrs. w. S. Hill, Nit
chell; Mrs. Irene w. Rempfer,
Parkston; Mrs. Reida Putnam, Cham
berlain.
Legislation-Mrs. Lebuse Strank-
sy. Pukwana; Mrs. Olive Brown, Ar
mour; Mrs. Clara NJ. shannard,
~Bridgewater.
Art-Mrs. Jessie l.: ,Winsor, Nit
chell; Mrs. Il. q. Williams, Armour;
Mrs. Edith Buchanan, Canova.
Vocational education-Mrs. Alice
LCroft, Chamberlain; Mrs., Anna
Schroeder. Geddes; Mrs. Mary Wood
worth. Parkston.
Literary and library extension
Mrs. Elanor Gurley, Armour; Miss
caroline Orvis, Yankton; Mrs. Mae
F.. Wales, Howard.
Mothers club-Mrs. Dessa' Rogan,
Mitchell; Mrs. Elenr Shin, Platte;
Mrs. Stella p. Baisch, Parkston.
Press-Mrs. Perle Sherman, Nit
chell; Mrs. Helen Scoblic, Tyndall;
Mrs. Emma Barnhart, Salem.
Scholarship fund-Mrs. Mayme
Boyden, Mitchell; Mrs. Mary Henry,
Platte; Miss Marie Lawton, Yank-
ton.
Health Mrs. Adelard Payne,
-Bridgewater; Mrs. Ellen Sable. Can