The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-20
DEPARTMENTAL
CLUB BYLAWS
TO VOTE APR. 80
Ninety Become Charter Mem
bers at Organization Meet
ing of Women Club.

OcIS al OIXdnlZdtlOn Wlcct-
ing of Women Club.
A constitution and bylaws for the
Women's club, the new departmental
club in Richmond, were presented to
the organization at a meeting at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, in the
high school auditorium. All women
who intend to join the club are urged
to read them carefully and be ready
to act upon them at the next meeting,
which will be April 80.
AS an inducement, the dues before
that meeting will be only so cents.
All women who join before that time
will be charter members of the club
After the April meeting the charter
members will pay 81 for the new year
making the dues for the first year
$3.50. Those who do not go in as
charter members will be charged the
regular fee of 81. Ninety women en-
rolled as charter members yesterday.
Mrs. Alvin T. Coate. secretary of the
Women's club in Indianapolis, urged
that as many as possible enter as char
ter members. She said that at q
indianapolis there were several hun
Ndred women present, but there were a
great many more who attempted to
make themselves charter members
when in reality they were not. Each
woman present at the meeting was
asked to bring one woman with her to
the next meeting.
Mrs. Perkins Chief Speaker
Mrs. Samuel E. Perkins, prominent
in indianapolis, and president of the
Women's Departmental club there,
was the main speaker for the after
noon. Mrs. Perkins has been affilia-
ted with clubs in Indiana for many
years. She was at one time chairman
OF the art department in the club in
Indianapolis, and is we'll informed on
the workings Of departmental club.
"At the second biennial meeting Of
the National Federation of Clubs, held
in Philadelphia in 1894, the ideal club
was discussed said Mrs. Perkins.
and it was decided that the ideal club
is a club of both men and women.
However, women are not yet ready
for that although the Indiana Union
had started out with men and women.
Indiana had taken the big step but
there seemed nothing to do but TO
have the women's clubs because In
diana realized that she must have the
federation work. She felt that num-
beers counted.
THE individual woman's club does
not make OF club life or get out out
of 1t what it should. Each club works
separately and does not have the
strength, vitality and support of the
community that the departmental club
has.
Discussing the origin and growth OF
the Indianapolis departmental club,
Mrs. Perkins said: 1.-THE small clubs
in Indianapolis were so strongly organ
lied that the women hesitated to start
anything else A big woman's club
was discussed informally by many
strong club women who were interest.
ed in such a move. Finally, meeting
was called to discuss the matter.
There we're a great many women
there who looked upon the movement
favorably. A luncheon was arranged
at which there were several hundred
women, and the club was finally
launched.
Outlook Committee Important.
perhaps the most important COM
mittee in the organization is the out
look committee which watches for
movements which should be put for.
ward.
1--WE want to be the ones TO initiate
movements which should go forward
We do not want to appear to be
philanthropic or charitable organiza-
ton. For this reason we do not have
a large fund. Our dues are SIS year,
just enough to carry the club
Each year the Indianapolis woman's
club endeavors to bring about one big
civic movement. The first year of it's
existence the club engaged nurse to
examine the children in the schools.
This has grown until it has resulted
in the Public Health Nurses associa-
tion of Indianapolis.
THE art department conceived the
idea of exhibiting the works Of artists
who had small studios and who had
never had the opportunity Of hanging
in the Indiana annual art exhibit. A
small room was engaged until the
thing grew so that it became neces-
sary to have larger quarters. 1t then
became known that the auditorium in
the Carnegie Libraries in Indianapolis
were not being used. These were
taken over. The movement has re-
suited in the Artists club of Indi-
annapolis.
Develop Musical Talent.
Children in the schools with must
cal talent were aided by the club to
get musical education. Soup kitch-
ems have recently been initiated by
the club. Nourishment at recess for
school children who are underfed is
one of the beneficial movements that
have been instituted.
THE Home department has started
a class in methods in singing. Math-
ers and teachers belong TO these
classes. They learn to sing and teach
their children songs which all chill
dren should know.
The department of literature in
cluded the drama department when
the club was first organized but the
drama department has become so ex-
tensive that it has separated, and is
now known as the drama league. These
two departments have classes in which
the reading of American literature
and the study of American architec-
ture have been initiated.