The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-17
OFFICERS OF STATE MUSICAL CLUBS ID
 BE CHOSEN FRIDAY
Indorse Mrs. Ochsner for National President-State Organization Submits
 Annual Report

Pfficers of the Alabama Musical or sSization, which met in Birmingham Neferday. will be elected at an adjourned netting Friday morning at s:90 o'clock. lhe Alabama organization, composed of Sl different local musical clubs, indorsed MrsA Albert J. Ochsner and the national boari for reelection.
 Iheconvention opened yesterday morn ing al Cable hall with greeting from the MusicStudy club by Mrs George Hous- ton D%is from the Treble Clef club by Mrs. D T. Rice, and from the Opera as- sociatioP by Mrs. Phillip Oster.
 Mrs. deorge made happy response on behalf 4 the Alabama Organization of Musical elubs.
 The preident's annual report, submitted by Mrs. Nctor Hanson, showed that the membership of the federation has been doubled dlring the past year. In sub- hitting he report Mrs. Hanson urged that each dub in the organization work for community singing, and offer at least one scholarship to some talented person, who would fpt otherwise be able to get musical education.
 REPOlT OF OFFICERS
 Following thI address of the president, reports of the, following state officers were made
 First vice preident, Mrs. J. H. Love, Sylacauga; secotd vice president, Miss Kate Booth, Montgomery; recording sec 1etary, Mrs. c. s, Tutwiler, Dothan; cor responding secretary, Miss Emma s1c- Carthy, Birminghlm; treasurer, Mir. w. ;. Woodall, Birmingham; librarian, Mrs. George T. Leftwick Mobile; auditor, MT. L. P. Smith, Birmingham
 At the afternoon Fession, which began at 2:30 o'clock, Mrs. William H. Jamison, member of the executive committee, gave short talk on sertice. Mrs. Jamison declared that music is one of the great est things in the wdrld, and predicted that the time would spon come when it would be considered jtst as much of disgrace for person Ito admit his ig- norance of music as of Englisn.
 Reports from standing committees, sub mitted at the morning session, showed that much advancement had been made by the organization alona all lines dur ing the past year.
 ELECT OFFICERS TO-DAY
 The election of officers which was on the programme for yesterdsy afternoon was postponed until Friday Alorning.
 The clubs represented at tho convention are: Allegro club, Auburn; Music Study club Anniston; Arion club, Bitmingham Community chorus, Birmingham; Music Study club, Birmingham; Opera, associa- ton, Birmingham Treble Clef club, Bir- mngham Wednesday Music Study club, Columbiana; Cecilian circle, Cironelle Harmony club, Dothan; Music Study c1ub Demopolis; Music Lovers club, Etfaula; Music Study club, Florence; Greenville Harmony club, Greenville; Gadsden Music Study club, Gadsden Music Study club Guntersville; Montgomery Music Study club, Montgomery; Music Study club, Mo bile Chopin club, Mobile; Polymnia. Mo- bile; Woman's chorus, Mobile; Music club, Ozark; Prattville Music club, Prattville Philharmonic club, Sylacauga; Selma Mu- sic Study club Selma; Troy Music Study club, Troy; Tuscaloosa Music Study club Tuscaloosa; Tuscaloosa Choral club, Tua- caloosa; Music Study club, TalladegaI Upiontown Harmony club, Uniontown