Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-04-21
STATE FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBs
Mrs. Scion Shedd, Presiden,

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women Washington State College
There is at the State COLLEGE
Washington a thriving young oroa,
ization, the Women's League Al
though the league has been orsoa
lied only a year, it is already recoo
nzed rs vital force in the life :.
the college and an opportunity 70,
the self expression of womo.
Through it there ID coming to be :
unity among all the women's organ,
cations, even those of widely yarvi,o
interests, which have Representatives
in the council of the league. Tho II,
erary, social, religious, musical d.
partm entail, athletic, association,
here find common ground in broad
college interests and the welfare of
all women students. The women 40
they become informed and thus nre
pared to think and to express their
opinions, will be increasingly useful
members of the Associated Students
which includes all the men and
women of the college.
The league is planning to hold
conference of representatives of the
co-educational institutions of the Pa.
cific Northwest that all may learn of
the best that is being done in orr
western colleges for the interests Of
women and to promote a spirit Of
friendliness and cooperation be.
tween the institutions which shall be
represented.
Just at the moment the league
every member of it, is preparing to
celebrate the tercentenary by mask
Of Shakespearean characters in cos
tune to be held on April %.
One of the first acts of the league
after it really got under way was
to vote to seek affiliation with the
Washington State Federation Of
Women's Clubs. The league will rep
resent in the Federation the Column
bian and Talamian literary societies,
the college Y. w. c. A., the women'S
choral club. the Ellen Fl. Richards
club, Gamma Tau. the Women's
Athletic association, the Greek letter
groups, Lohese, a lunch club, and the
housing groups, four in number, the
women living at home the women
boarding in town, Willard house, the
cooperative cottage and Stevens
hall, the college residence. All these
interests wish to have the broader
outlook federation will give them
through the Women's league.
The purpose and method of the
league can not be better stated, per-
haps, than In the presentation given
them in the college catalogue, which
is as follows:
The Wobmen's League-Every
collegiate woman, by virtue of her
membership in college is a member
of the Women's League. The pur-
pose of the organization is to further
a spirit of unity and mutual helpful
ness among the women of the college
with ultimate student government in
view; to encourage effective interest
in student affairs; to work for cam
pus Improvement, to extend college
hospitality; to provide entertainment
for all college women, to promote the
growth of democratic spirit; to CO.
operate with the faculty for the well
fare of women students: to plan for
cafeteria and eventually for
Women's building: to bring into clos
er relation within each group, the
women living at home and the
WON en- boarding in town; to foster a
sentiment for unfolding ideals in
student honor and respect for prop
erty; to establish an honor point sys-
tenn regulating participation in col
lege activities, and to be a medium
by which the social and moral stand
ards of the college shall be made and
kept high.
THE council of the Women's
League disseminates information on
all matters of interest to the women
of the college and creates and reg
listers public opinion in matters OF
student interest. Through the rep
resentatives to the council the inter
ests and objects of every woman's or
ganization can be brought before all
the women of the college. The
council is the deliberative body OF
the league and brings before the
league such matters as need the sup
port of all the women, or on which
every woman should voice an
opinion"