The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22

The second to the last meeting Of the
members of the Hammond Woman's
Club for the year 1917-1S was held on
Saturday afternoon All the Masonic
Temple "A short business meeting was
conducted by the club president. Mrs, J.
d. Thompson. ANA the names of appli-
cants for membership voted upon and
accepted. also announcement was made
regarding the annual business meeting
ana election Of officers to he held tn two
weeks from Saturday, The members
viii gather for an all-dav meeting and
a luncheon will be served at noon. Mem
bers desiring to attend should secure
their tickets as soon as possible from
the chairman. Mrs. Glenn L. Ehright.
The tickets will be 25 cents and may he
secured at any meeting OF the depart
ments this week and next or by calling
or phonirg Mrs. Ebright and make res
ervation.
Miss Alta Adkins. primary supervisor
of the public schools was given charge
Of tile meeting and under her direction
most interesting. instructive and enter
tanning program was given. The pro-
gram was i'm two parts and the first part
was given entirely by the children Of
the Central school and showed clearly
the wonderful mental training and CON
centratiou of thought of the pupils of
the grades. not only in voice culture but
in the training Of the memory. as the
rendering Of the difficult orations prov
ed. The program began by all singing
America with Miss Margaret Elder
leading ana Miss Day playing the ae-
compartment
The pupils OF Miss Brecks room. 6-B
grade gave. Ny Native Land by Ed
ward Everett Hale
The pupils Of Miss Bierman's room. =
grade. gave the Preamble to The Dec
laration Of independence.
The pupils of Mrs. Grissinger's room.
"A grade, gave Lincoln's Gettysburg
address.
Ali of the grades then Joined IN the
singing of The Battle Hymn of the Re
public" Miss Elder leading and Miss Day
at the piano.
This was followed BY the pupils OF
Miss Days room. 6-A grade. giving The
American Flag" by Joseph Rodmon
Drake
The children then sang the two first
stanzas The Star Spangled Banner" and
all present joined in singing the last
stanza- This concluded the children's
part in the program
Miss Adkins had placed on exhibit
most meritorious display Of work done
by the Junior Red Cross members in the
city schools 1t included samples of the
work from all the schools from the kim
dergarten departments to the high
school and included afghans. shawls.
hoods sweaters. vrIstIets. socks in the
knitted wear, and samples OF fifty
towels. twenty-four chemise for women
AID girls. twenty-four women's skirts,
women's house dresses. and children's
dresses Of many sizes, boys waists.
twelve corduroy trousers. and have been
asked to make twenty-four more. TWEEN
ty-four black sateen pinafores, chill
drens hooded capes, loom woven rugs
and other articles. The boys Of the
grades are not only knitting but make
the needles for their work The rugs
are woven from scraps left from the
articles made. are sold and the money
turned into the Red Cross. Surely the
children Of Hammond are doing their
bit in every way.
Miss Adkins also brought before the
club women the plea Of the teachers for
a living pay. that the average Of SO per
month and three months in the year the
teachers idle was entirely inadequate
for the living expenses of these times
Sha asked the cooperation Of the club
women in support Of the plea. The
club members heartily endorsed the plea
as presented bv Miss Adkins.
Then came the second part of the pro
gram and Miss ADKINS introduced Dr.
DeBra. who has been chosen to investi-
gate the social conditions Of the Calu-
met district, and his lecture on these
conditions was a revelation 20 his hear
ers The speaker said the conditions i'm
social and mission work in this district
has undergone some wonderful changes
necessitated by the great influx OF for
eign born people. But the speaker be-
lieved in the old law that for every So
cial condition there is apt to be directly
or Indirectly some economic condition to
cause IT, and that this great tide or so
cfaI and economic problems have been
gathering for the past twenty years
That at this time It is said that five
thousand people are on their way to this
city if housing facilities can be arranR-
ed Then came the question would this
mushroom growth Of today continue or
subside in a few yearse by deIving into
statistics and with his colored maps the
speaker proved the growth is perma-
nent one. The proof being that fri this
northern circle of a radius Of five hun
dred miles IS per cent Of the iron ore is
produced. and that two-thirds Of the
bituminous coal is mined That the orc
fields were formerly in the eastern