The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-06
LouDa Federation
of Women S Clubs

| The executive committee of the
| I. F. w. G. has had its first meeting
with the program committee in prep
aration for the biennial convention
of the federation, which occurs this
| spring. 1t was held at Ames early
in January. There are to be several
/ innovations in convention plans, and
they are "all to the good" The first
| and most radical, perhaps, is that the
! meeting will not be held the third
| week in May" as prescribed in the
bylaws. The bylaw will be observed
by the calling and postponement OF
change is so urgent that it will be
approved by all. The people of Ames
! invited the convention partly for the
reason that Ames college is an en-
| trancing place for such a meeting. If
| it were held during the session of
college, the meetings would have to
| be held in the city of Ames-a pleas
ant place to go, but with less facili-
| ties for entertainment than the col
| lege. This plan, therefore, Is ar
ranged between the college authori-
| ties and the executive committee
at the close Of college, about June 9,
! the women's clubs will assemble
there, be given the use Of dormito-
ries for rooming accommodations
and the fine auditorium for the con-
vention. The use OF the dormitories
will bring the women together in
large groups, with all the added
pleasure that this makes possible.
There will be no hunting around for
| the lady who has been kind enough
/ to give you temporary abiding
place, but real school lark instead.
Don't you like It! There will be no
/ lady who must see that you have
breakfast, either, for all meals will
be provided at the college dining
| rooms, and at your own expense.
This is better too. The exact date
of the meeting will be known when
the official call goes out. But keep
the week in which falls June 9 IN
mind in your planning for the spring.
| A second change will affect the
program. 1t will be the effort of the
program committee to reduce the
number of speakers, and to really al
low some time for the informal meet
| ings and conferences. AS Mrs. E. S.
Coleman, OF Davenport, is the chair
man, the success of the arrange
ments are very certain.
! Another most important piece of
| business was transacted at the ex-
| ecutive committee meeting The Des
/ Miller. asked that the Iowa fedora
ton invite the General Federation
| OF Women's Clubs to hold it's bi-
| ennial convention in Des Moines in
1920. This invitation will be pre-
scented to the G. f. at its council
meeting, which will be held this
spring at Asheville, N. c., the last
week in May. 1t will no doubt be
accepted and Iowa will have the
privilege of this great convention
| next year. Des, Moines occupies a
very central place in the state, and
many more Iowa clubs should have
the privilege of representation by
direct membership in the G. F.. w. c..
Two chairmen Of departments have
desired some information given out
through this bulletin. Mrs. A. j..
House, of Maquoketa, chairman Of
the art department, desires to in
form clubs that most excellent out
line programs on art are obtainable
on application to her. It is a good
thing to know early where good
study programs may be obtained for
next year. Civic improvement clubs
are sometimes at a loss to know
where they may find studies that
will both inspire and assist them in
plans for their work. The pamphlet
offered by Mrs. House includes civic
art Under this ub-division are to
be found city beautiful, municipal
architecture, landscape architecture
and similar themes. 1t is a sugges
tive, helpful book for all civic clubs
Artistic awakening in the home is
another sub topic. This study fits
in with home economics clubs.
The Iowa chairman of this depart
ment, Gin order to encourage a great
err interest in art among the pupils
of Iowa public schools, and to show
appreciation of efforts made" offers
prizes for the best poster produced
by pupils, one for the seventh and
eighth grades, the other for the high
schools These posters are to be ex-
hibited at the ]. F. w. G. convention
at Ames. Those contesting should
send their names to the chairman.
with the names of school and art SD
pervisor, by March 81, 1919. Each
contestant may exhibit three post
ers, and they must be sent by May
10 to Mrs. A. J. House, Maquoketa.
The magazine, Iowa Conservation,
gives a most interesting account of
the Naturalist club of Usage. 1t was
organized almost twelve years ago.
and it's interest and knowledge in
the birds and plants and flowers to
be found in its own vicinity has con-
stantly grown The club now be-
longs to the Iowa Academy of Sci
ence, the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, the
Wilson Pathological club, and is
an honorary corresponding member
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