The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-27

| inv committee, was made showing that
there were I'll delegates IN the CON
yention entitled to vote for the an
nual election Of officers. No report
was made by the Legislation commit
| tee.
The industrial aud social condition
report contained 4 resolution urging
that special effort be made 10 BRING
the foreign born women in touch VIII
American life. Special attention was
asked to the schools for The foreign
born And among other things contain.
ed in the report were: better GNU
labor laws in West Virginia; shorter
hours Of the woman lanorrr; ana an
endorsement OF the mothers pensions
enactment.
The chairman Of the music commit
tee in q lengthy report, said: MUSIC
! is being more and more recognized as
a part OF our education. The report
deplorcd the untitnesS Of music teach
ers who swarm the country i'll enter
tanning an unframed public. The pres
enl day gospel music, the rag time,
has Il psychological effect on The ner'-
out system. The final report Ut the
credential committee showed there
were Ill entitled 10 Il vote III the lcu-
GRAFTON. representing practically ,'ep
persons. The enrolment Of Tie fed
Grafton was reported as l.S"".
Mrs. Fletcher Speaks.
Mrs. Roy Emery Fletcher. Of New
York, chairman of the vocational!
training department Of The General
Federation of WUmen'i clubs, lold OF
rhe work Of her department. how IN
the recent years it has grown more
and more prominent in the u l1ed
States. She prefaced her remarks BY
telling OF the conditions surrounding
The little country school. then TO Il
time when the people thought that
the school houses meant educatlon,
and to go in one meant that coming
out OF another door you we're edit
Gated. Conditions. however, said Mrs.
Fletcher, make it imperative for the
child to leave school al an early age.
when YOU see the child leave school
az the age Of IA or the limit made by
laws Of your state, it is not the fault
Of the child. it Is the school. IN
structors knowing that the pupils
would be forced to leave school when
they had attained the age limit should
make il their duty TO see that they
are well trained into some particular
part of LIES work, and aid them IN
seeking a position.
Miss Boswell followed Mrs. Fletcher.
She related the accomplishments OF
the Woman's clubs in various civic up
| lift movements. Concerning the mo
| ton picture theatre, she sand: Inc
motion picture is one OF the greatest
! methods of education in the world.
But she said the producers are DuSl'
ness men and if public demands
, pictures of no educational benefit they
! will secure them, but it is up to the
! club women to demand those pictures
/ which would be Of benefit, and you
; would get them.
DR.. j. NJ. Callahan. Of the West Flr-
ginia University, d member OF the Ma
! ;ional League TO Enforce Peace, told
OF the plans of that organization after
, the war. He said; "At the end OF the
war we will have great opportunity.
We are going 10 prevent the outbreak
Of another war" The plans or the
league are the establishment Of an N
ternatiOnal court. with q tribunal as
the head to decide matters for the
countries at odds. Another body, q
council OF c0nCilliation. is TO consider
matters Of Importance and to make
recommendations for settlement. An
other plan is to have treaties that all
nations will unite against those desir-
Gus Of war in subduing them.
The afternoon session adjourned fol-
lowing the reports of number or the
club chairmen. Huntington was re-
ported by Mrs. Cammack; The st. Al
bans, Thursday Literary club, by Miss
Anna Simms. Mrs. GlassCock, secre-
taly of the Federation, reported for
the CIarksburg club, Mrs. Furbee for
Warrington: Mrs. Ruhl OF Clarksburg
reported for the Tuesday club and the
Civic department, and Mrs. Wise of
! parkersburg, entered report for the
Departmental club Of that city.
Today's Program
Todays program combines both a
business session IN the morning and
some very pleasant social features for
the afternoon which will include an
automobile ride. followed by tea at the
Country Club.
On the motor trip. the Y. W. c. A.
will be visited. Monument Place the
residence of Mrs. C. J. Milton, the
Kings Daughters Day Nursery. Flor
ence Crittenton Home and the Hill
TOP Dairy Farm. At the morning SEES
sion at the Windsor hotel, there will
be many unfinished business matters
attended to, a report Of the biennial
at New York and many committee re-
ports.
The convention ends today.