Arizona republican., 1919-10-22
TELLS WOMEN IF
 THEIR b|C DUTY AT PRESENT TIME
Americanization the Most
 Important Issue, States Mrs. James s. Griffin, President Woman's Club

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 Declaring Americanization to be the most important issue of the recon struction period. Mrs. James S. Grif- fin, president of the Womans club, yesterday advised the club women to go forward cautiously in their work and to be certain that they themselves are thoroughly Americanized.
 How many of us take the interest we should in the election of our city, county and state officials? How many of us are seriously interested in the laws passed by our legislature? Net all of us l am sure. Yet, we become more truly American if we take an active interest in all such affairs" stated the president al the initial club meeting for the season.
 The membership was largely repre- sented at the gathering; the keynote of which was the AmericaniZation idea which will be carried out in every de- l partment of study of the club, accord | ing to the brief outline of the calen- dar presented by the chairmen. Every mention of the patriotic program brought enthusiastic applause, and es- pecially well received was the address by Mrs. Griffin, who presided for the first time as head of the organization.
 Finds Literature Neglected.
 Mrs. H. A. Guild president of the state federation of Women's clubs. who was asked to extend a word of greeting in an informal manner dis cussed the aims of the state feder- ation and asked the cooperation of the individual clubs to which she gave full credit for the work laid down by the federation.
 She urged the clubs to emphasize the work of the department chairmen.
 Mrs. Guild said that in her visit of the clubs throughout the state she discovered that the most neglected de-
 partment was that of literature, and
 advocated it's study during this criti-
 cal period in American history
 Mrs. Guild did not advance the
 study of current literature, but of
 prose and poetry that will strengthen
 and intensity the American spirit and
 American ideals" She stated that ir popularity the departments through
 out the state stood in the following
 order: home economics, civics ana
 music.
 Former President Guest.
 Mrs. R. Nj. Tafel, former president
 of the club and for the past year anC half a resident of San Diego, wa one of the guests Mrs. Tafel madt
 a brief talk in which she dwelt on hel appreciation of the club and her desir, to again be one of its active members. Mrs. Louis Dysart, chairman of tn, art and literature department, Mrs Alta Lowe of the home economies anC Mrs. J. A. Higgins of the civics edu cation departments outlined the calen dar for the year Mrs. Dixie Mathis chairman of the music department \ has resigned and her successor has no yet been named.
 The department work will carry ou the policy outlined by Mrs. Griffin il her address which follows in full: Mrs. Griffin's Address. -strucggin, ,kto Zc aw,,,,rgl
 1 Somewhere I have read that in an cient times, before the Athenian orato stepped upon the platform to addres the assembly. he first offered up prayer to the Immortal Gods that Il unworthy word might escape his lips. Today, I am speaking to you ser ' iously, and I also pray that no wor unworthy of my club may pass my lip: We are, today, as you are we VI aware living in a most extraordinar period. The war, so far as fightin I is concerned, is over-and woman
 work in that war has formed a glor ious chapter in the history of Amer M ican womanhood.
 Thousands of women who scene to have no interest whatever in civi q ffof ire er,1a a+f fk
 call of Uncle Sam and proved them I selves enthusiastic, efficient workers denying themselves, day after da, T pleasures and luxuries, that the @ might in some small measure help ou boys lover There"
 3 War Taught Lessons.
 "The war has taught us many les sons-for one thing it has taught | = to think more seriously. It has show I us the advantage of working togethe : and we are not quite so willing
 waste our time on non essentials. The world is moving more swift
 today than ever before, and we sti have much to do. Because we ha1 / worked so many days a week in u - Red Cross, because we have knit i, many helmets, so many sweaters al t. so many pairs of socks. because V V, ,, have bought Liberty Bonds, or worSt
 faithfully in the Liberty Loan drive
 let us not think our work is don
 We are facing the aftermath of tn Ia terrible war, with it's many, mar io problems of reconstruction, which a ,o very hard to solve.
 |, AS earnest club women who a D. ever striving for higher ideals. and f W the betterment of humanity, let us u ly and help to solve them.
 The first and most important
 these, the most vital issue before
 today is Americanization.
 U, lS America the Melting Pot. ui "Americanization? Just what do
 that mean? It means the act of rel es dering American in character. TT
 process, by which the alien is ma,
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