Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
Convention Omaha Delegates.

Inc silver JuDllee convention, Ne'
braska Federation of Women's
Clubs, opened Tuesday, October q
at Fairbury. The afternoon was de-
voted to registration of delegate:
and various conferences Delegates
from the Omaha Woman's club in
attendance are Mrs. c. L. Hempel
president; Mrs. Harriet MacMurphy,
first vice president; Miss Katherine
Worley, second vice president and
Mesdames John Hartmann, E. E
Crane. Clara West, James Dahlman,
F. A. Howard and R. L. Frantz'
Mrs. NJ. D. Cameron, general feder-
alton director from Nebraska, il
also a member of the Fairbury con-
vention by virtue of her office. Mrs
F. H. Cole, a past president OF the
state federation, as wei las 4 state
chairman in the general federation
is in Fairbury for the sessions, Oc'
tober 2l-24.
Illinois Clubs.
Mrs. F. H. Cole, who returned
Monday from Illinois, is much in
terrested in some innovations of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
in that state. She noted especially
the fact that they have an estab-
;ished headquarters in Chicago, in
the Fine Arts building, Mrs. w. J.
Burgess, secretary. The headquar-
ters are always open to visitors, and
provide also, a place for board and
ether club meetings. There are
5000 federation members in
Illinois.
Another feature of the Illinois
work upon which Mrs. Cole COM
was the home for girls built
by the federation. One girl between
6 and l6 years of age. from each
county in the state, who could not
otherwire be given an adequate edu-
cation, is brought to this home,
which consists of several cottages,
and there is taught regular school
including cooking and
sewing.
Roosevelt Memorial.
Members of the woman's branch
of the Roosevelt Memorial commit
tee met at luncheon at the Fonte-
nellie, Tuesday. Mrs. John w.
Towle is chairman. Misses Jacey
Allen and Goldie Pred, members OF
the motor corps of the National
League for Woman's Service, are
distributing boxes to the schools
during this week for use in taking
to the Roosevelt fund.
Woman's Club.
Unanimous and vigorous protest
was made by the Omaha Woman's
club at its session Monday afternoon
in the Y. w. c. A. auditorium,
against sale of riot pictures on the
streets of Omaha. Upon motion of
Mrs. E. B. Towl, a copy of the pro-
test is to be sent to the mayor and
city commissioners. Mrs. w. S.
Knight reported that film exists
showing scenes from the Omaha
riot. The film was recently offered
to Lincoln managers but was re-
fused by them. The club voted to
use its influence in preventing this
film from being shown anywhere.
The Roosevelt Memorial fund was
endorsed upon recommendation
from the directory.
Attendance at this second open
meeting of the club year was small
er than usual, owing to the fact that
funeral services were being held at
the same hour for Mrs. R. F. Glider,
who had been a member of the club
for more than 10 years. The club
arose and stood in silence for one
minute in memory of Mrs. Glider
and in prayer for another member,
Mrs. F. ]. Holmes, who is very i'll.
Three more students can be
given aid from the state scholar
ships fund.-" said Mrs. ]. c. Dhalman,
on scholarships. Mrs. Har-
riet MacMurphy, first vice president
and director of ways and means
was formally presented to the club.
Mrs. S. A. Collins, leader of the
psychology department, presided
over the program which was spon-
sored by her department. Two
piano numbers by Miss Florence
Senior were followed by talk on
Intelligence Tests" by Prof. liver
N. Madsen of the University of
Omaha. Mr.. Madsen used charts to
show the results of tests upon diff
ferent groups. There is a great
practical value in these tests" con-
cluded Mr.. Madsen. 1t is summed
up under four heads: (D To aid
schools in fixing the curriculum; (2)
to make possible the segregation OF
the defective or near defective; (3)
to cope with delinquency in ad-
vance, because of its known relation
to mental deficiency; (4) to assist
the juvenile court in its work"
Registration of Women.