The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-26
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best uplift and uphold the standard of business women, improve and develop ef- ficiency in all the activities of the world s work. protect and promote the interests of women in industrial and commercial life, including suitable dress for women in business, proper working conditions, equal pay for equal work, promotion of business opportunity and advancement and the securing of standardization of morals. It is recognized that business women need leadership and this organ ization should have leaders who possess statesmanship and wisdom and the abil- ity to see the point of view of all other people, who will cause women to stand together, so that they may be enabled to render their very best service and acquire the best that can be given them.
 At this meeting it was suggested that a national committee, composed of 2 women, be elected, to be known as the National Business Womans committee, and II of this number were elected at the conference.
 The meeting at the Chamber of Com merce was called to order by Miss Mar garet NcArdle. who was unanimously elected temporary chairman. It was then thrown open to discussion as to whether the women of Birmingham should or ganize as unit of the national organ
  proper kind of organization would mean to all concerned, stating that what best serves womanlxind must serve the com nunity; what best serves the business wuuiep must best serve the business man, anu what best serves the business woman and wcmankind ill general must best serve the home, and surely We can not go higher What benefits business women in their lives, in their interests, in their endeavors must nnpsave the community in which those business >r3rn- en live: we must improve business eoii ditions under which those women serve if they live up to an organization sug- rested. as this organization must he, they must give to their employers their hest service; if a woman gives the best of which she is capable, she is surely deserving of the same recognition which such services would have received had they been performed by a man. There has never been time in the history or Birmingham, or the United States. when the services of women have been so uni versally required or have been so nearly equally rerunerative as a similar serv- ice by man"
 Mrs. Richard Johnson expressed deep interest in business women and in the oi ganization and pledged the interest and cc-operation of the women outside of the business world.
 Mrs. DuPont Thcmpson made q plea for the young girls who are coming into tho business world in such large mum bers at present, suggesting that we han de this problem with the idea of guiding, encouraging and protecting these girls
 It was unanimously voted that the business and professional women of Bir- ruingham organize as a unit of the na- tional organization. and the meeting ad- journed to reconvene Thursday evening at 615 in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, at which time there will be an election of officers and committees
 
 HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCE ENT
 The following is the order of exer- cises of the Birmingham High schools, which will be held this week:
 Tuesday, May 2S, Sis p. m.-Concert by Lyric club, Ensley High school.
 Wednesday, May 29. S;15 D. m.-Play by senior class, Central High school, Jef- ferson theatre. Thursday. May 90, s:so a. m1.-Exercises