The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-28
Valley City October
Hostess to Women
Of the State Clubs

The twentieth annual meeting of
the North Dakota Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs will be held in Valley City
Oct. 10 to 13. Mrs. j. B. Meyer, chair
man of the program committee, has
given out the following tentative pro-
gram. 1t will be seen it has decided
ly North Dakota aspect and much
valuable information in regard to the
conditions of the state educationally,
industrially, historically, socially and
morally will be obtained from the ex-
perts who speak upon the various
topics. The presence of Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan will add to the inter-
est of the meeting. Mrs. Bryan is one
of the prominent club women of the
nation, as is also Mrs. Thos. G.. Win
ter, of Minneapolis, chairman of the
literature and library department of
the General Federation. Mrs. Winter
will also be one Of the honored guests
of this meeting.
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 10.
8:30-Presentati of credentials.
9:30-Formal opening of convention.
Music. Invocation, Rev. C. E. Vermil-
va. Addresses of welcome: For the
city, Hon. I. ]. Moe, mayor; for the
Normal school, Pres. G. A. Mcfarland; !;
for the Federated clubs, Mrs. Frank
White. Response, Mrs. A. A. Bruce,
Bismarck. Presentation of programs,
Mrs. Julius B. Meyer. Presidents
address, Miss Minnie Jean Nelson.
Business: Reading of minutes Of
board meeting. Appointment of COM
mittees. Report of credential COM
mittee. Report of endowment fund
progress, Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre, Grand
Forks. Report of chairman Of trus-
tees, Miss M. o. Movius, Lidgerwood.
Afternoon Session
1:00-Music. Program of the depart
ment of education, Miss Laura San
ders, chairman, presiding. Depart
ment report, Miss Sanderson, Bis
marck. The Rural School Nurse, Miss
Beatrice Johnstone, county superin-
tendent of Grand Forks county. The
Educational Survey of North Dakota,
Mrs. L. w. Crawford, Sentinel Butte.
Progress of State Education in North
Dakota, G.. A. Mcfarland, president
State Normal. Education for Peace,
Miss Martha Fulton, superintendent
Wahpeton city schools. Kindergarten
Extension in North Dakota, Mrs.
Louise Guldin Simenson, Valley City.
3:30-Music. Program of Social and
Industrial Conditions Department,
Mrs. Arthur H. Peterson, chairman,
presiding. Department Report, Mrs.
.Petersin, Mandan. A. Survey of Social
Conditions in North Dakota, J. w.
Jackson Of Williston, former president
;state board of control.
4:15-Informal reception in Congre-
.gational church parlors.
6:30-Department conference din.
ners.
S:30-Endowmen fund benefit con.
cert, in Normal auditorium.
Wednesday, Oct. 11-Morning Session
9:00-Convention singing led by
Mrs. Craswell. Reading Of minutes.
Report of officers: Vice Presidential
large, Mrs. O. w. McCluskey, earring.
ton; recording secretary, Mrs. Chas.
F. Rathman, Jamestown; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. ]. E. Featherstone,
Valley City; treasurer, Mrs. H. G..
Wick, Cavalier; auditor, Mrs. W. B..
Default, Jamestown. Vice Presidents:
First district, Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre,
Grand Forks; Second district, Mrs. J..
w. Warren, Leeds; Third district,
Mrs. T. N. Yeomans, Minot; Fourth
district, Mrs. H. l.. Bolley, Fargo;
Fifth district, Mrs. S. N. Putnam, New
Rockford; Sixth district, Mrs. J. w.
Bush, Oakes; Seventh district, Mrs. L..
NJ Cory Nfon1or. E;ohfb CT Nrc
Fren L. Conklin, Mandan. Misic.
11:30 - Reports of committees:
Badges,l Mrs. M. L. Engle, Lisbon;
bureau of extension, Mrs. NJ. C. Bud
long, Bismarck; press, Mrs. R. M. Pol
lock, Fargo; finance, Mrs. H. G.. Wick,
, Cavalier; State Nurses association,
Miss Mabel Olson, Fargo, president;
executive club, Mrs. Clark w. Kelley,
Devils Lake, president.
12:15-Informal ballot.
Afternoon Session
1:15-Music. Program of social and
industrial conditions, continued: Ju'
venile Court Work in North Dakota,
Miss Lillian G. Topping, Fargo, juve.
nile court officer. Segregation of the
Feeble Minded, Mrs. A. R. T. Wylie,
Grafton; The Work of the Police Wom-
an in North Dakota, Mrs. Pearl Blough,
police officer, Grand Forks.
,2:00-Program of Conservation De-
partment, Mrs. J. E. Hunter, chairman,
presiding. Department Report, Mrs.
Hunter, Cando. Our Resources, Their
Conservation, Frank L. McVey, presi-
dent state university, Grand Forks.
Address, DR.. J. G.. LeMont, Dunseith.
3:30-Program of the department of
music, Mrs. S. A. Wilder, chairman,
presiding. Report of the department,
Mrs. Wilder, Jamestown.
4:3O-Auto ride for visitors and dele
gates. ",..
Evening. Session a..
- s:OC-Music, string quartet. Ad-
dress, Personal Impressions of South
America, Mrs. VIM. Jennings Bryan.
Music, male quartet. Address,, Immi-
grafton in Modern Literature, Mrs. T.
G.. Winter
Thursday, Oct. 12-Morning Session
9:OO-Convention singing, led by
Mrs. S. A. Wilder, Jamestown. Read.
ing of minutes. Business: Report OF
election committee: Report of ere
dental committee. Reports OF de-
partment chairmen: Arts and Crafts