The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-11
TEXAS CLUB WOMEN N
SESSION IT BR0WlW00O
HEAR PROGRESS AND pEvEIs-
OpvExT or GIRLS TRAINING
SCHOOL At GAINESVILLE.
Endorses Woman's Suffrage " 49,
sion Held NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
dent u Broken When Cob
ored Woman Speaks.

BROwNwOOD. Tex. Nov. IL
Patrick Henry of Gainesville today
explained TO the Texas Federation
of women's clubs the development
and progress of the Girls Training
school. Senator Carlos Bee Of San
Antonio spoke on the methods by
which women can aid in making
1.-THE compulsory education las ef-
fectiye. Mrs. Maggie Barry OF Sher-
man spoke on 1.-The New Art of
the TheaHrs;" Mrs. F. w.
Vaughan of Houston on the influ-
ence of the movies on the home;
Miss Rosie Kirkpatrick OF the
Chaparral club, College of Indus
trial Arts, on interesting the unin-
terested girl; and Miss Ruth Finch
of Mckinney on why girls clubs
should federate.
Miss M. Anne Moore of the
North Texas State normal presided
al girls club program. Miss Zula
/ Ballew OF the Current Literature
club, North Texas State formal,
discussed the study side Of the
problem. Miss Vera Foreman of
the Mary Eleanor Breckenridge
club, College of Industrial Arts, dis
cdssed the social service side. and
Miss Ruth Anderson OF the Mary
Arden club. North Texas State
normal, the art side.
Mrs j W. Taber of Brownwood
gave historical sketch. w f.
| Doughty, state superintendent, dis
cussed rural schools. and Mrs.
Cherry of Houston spoke on suit
able school pictures.
Wednesdays Session.
Wednesdays sessions OF the eigh-
lteenth annual convention OF the
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
viii long be remembered as among
the most memorable in Texas fed
GRAFTON history. TWO outstanding
accomplishments were recoraed.
/ The $4,000 endowment fund,
which has been such a care OF the
federation in the past. was COM
pleted when more than s2,Gho in
subscriptions We're secured from
the floor OF the convention. This
was done at the morning session
At the afternoon session the pro-
gram was interrupted by ths wom-
an suffrage issue, and after thirty
or forty minutes of lively debate
the federation voted to indcrse the
woman suffrage movement The
vote stood 81 for and 80 against.
A precedent was also shattered
during the day when Annie Castle,
a negro woman from Abilene, was
permitted to address the convention
regarding an orphans home for coli
ored children. No other coIored
man or woman has ever before ad-
dressed the Texas Federation of
Women, but the speaker TO-DAY met
with a hearty reception and was
promised assistance in her work.
In point of actual value to the
federation the completion OF the
$4,000 endowment fund stands
out as the one great achievement of
the year. To Mrs. r. E. Buchanan
OF Fort Worth. chairman OF the
endowment committee. is given
credit for doing this great work.
When her report was read before
1.-THE convention $4,000 was lacking
TO complete the fund. a movement
was Immediately started to finish
the full $40, 900. Various clubs
and individuals present began NAM
ing prominent club women for the
honor roll of the federation. The
names OF Mrs. Percy " Pennyback-
er, the general president. was first
presented. Then in rapid success
sion other prominent women were
named for this roll. each one so
named representing subscription
of S1oO