The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
Lay Plans for Support of Meas.
ures in Legislature.
INDUSTRIAL WOMEN'S FARM
Lady Lobbyists Believe Bill
Will Pass Two Houses.
Want Halls at Manhattan and
Lawrence Schools.

The Kansas Council of Women 10
holding it's annual session in Topeka
today. In the absence of the presi-
dent. DIR. Alberta Corbin, Miss Effie
Graham presided.
The chief subject of discussion was
on two bills that will be presented in
the legislature, one asking for halls
of residences at the state colleges and
university, and the other asking for an
industrial farm for women. The halls
of residence bill will be introduced in
the legislature Wednesday by Wilmuth
of Concordia, in the house, and it will
also be introduced into the senate
Mrs. Matte Toothacker Kimball OF
Manhattan is chairman of the commit
tee to foster the measure.
The district chairmen who are
working for it thruout the state are:
Mrs. w. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson;
Mrs Cora Wellhouse Billiard of Ton
ganoXie; Mrs. S. B. Walker of Nor
ton; Mrs. ]. NJ. Miller of Council
Grove; Mrs. Katherine Hoffman of
Enterprise; and Mrs. Genevieve
Chalkley of Lawrence. Members of
the committee are: Mrs. Sadie P.
GriSham of Cottonwood Falls. Dean
| Mary Pierce Van Zile of Manhattan.
| and Mrs. Eustace Brown of Lawrence.
The alumni of Kansas university Kan
sas State Agricultural college and of
| the Emporia normal have endorsed
the bill. as have also the state board of
administration and the Womans Kan
| sas Day club. The council, in its ef-
| forts to obtain halls of residence, are
representing about $4,000 women of
the rank and file of women's organiza-
tons of this state.
For Industrial Farm.
A report was made by Mrs. w. A.
Johnston, chairman of the committee
en- the bill for the industrial farm for
T1la hill hoe n - Il n
introduced into both houses of the leg
| islature, and is now in the committees
in both houses. 1t is thought TO be in
! good shape, with prospects for favor
able consideration. Members of the
councils committee for this bill are:
| Mrs. Johnston, of Topeka: Mrs. Lii
| liam Mitchner. of Beloit: Mrs. J. NJ.
Miller. of Council Grove; Mrs. ]. s.
Simmons. of Hutchinson, and Mrs. w.
r. Stubs, of Lawrence.
The council made endorsements ds
follows: The report of the industrial
welfare commission for shorter hours
of labor, better wages and better SAM
| tary conditions for women. The pubs
tic health report ard division of child
| hygiene in their determination to
continue an educational campaign and
| asking an appropriation to pay a
nurse for the public health car to give
| special attention to child hygiene ana
| for four state nurses, one for every
!
\ endorsed the present administration
| policy in state textbook publication.
and endorsed the federal suffrage
amendment
| Officers Serve Over.
The constitution was amended to
provide for an election of officers BIZ
ennially instead of annually. The
present officers, under that provision.
will serve another year. They are;
Dr. Alberta Corbin, president; Miss
Effie Graham. vice president; Dean
Mary Van Zile. secretary; Mrs. Sadie
| Grisham, treasurer.
The members who attended the
meeting today were: Mrs. Eustace
| Brown of the State university, Mrs.
w. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson. Mrs.
| Cora Wellhouse Billiard of Tonga
noxie. Mrs. John r. Shelton of To-
peka, Mrs. Sadie P. Grisham of Cot
tonwood Falls, Mrs J. d. Mcfarland
of Topeka, Mrs. Matte Toothacker
Kimball of Manhattan, Mrs. w. A.
Johnston of Topeka, Mrs. Agnes
Michaelis of Nickerson, Mrs. c. c.
Goddard of Leavenworth, Mrs. Charles
Harris of Emporia, Mrs. Lillian
AIitchner, of Beloit. Mrs. A. Marburg
of Topeka, Mrs. o. l.. Moore of To-
peka Dean Van Zile of Manhattan
and Miss Effie Graham of Topeka