Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08

Will attend no other school. IN jan
uary, about a month after the fall
| meeting, every club was asked to
work nightly to speed on the pass
age of one Of the most far reaching
bills that has ever come before our
government. the bill formerly known
as Senate Bill 1887. That bill. as you
all proba bly, know. provides for j
Federal Department of Education.
With a Secretary in the Presidents
Cabinet. In late winter the state
educa ton committee asked every To-
cal club. through its own education
committee. TO dedicate the activities
Of 1919 and 1920 to the education of
the youth Of Maine rather than to
the cultural subjects of music. his
tory, travel. literature and the Ike.
worthy TOPICS as they are They
were urged to remember that it is
the duty of every woman through
study of educational conditions and
through conversation to create in
telligent thought and action.
Following the report of the Art
committee chairman a three minutes
recess was declared by the president.
The windows We're opened for fresh
air and the buzz of conversation
filled the air. At the end of the re-
cess singing was next on the program.
Presidents Address
When we last met rejoicings over
the close Of the World War were not
over Today We are trying to find
81, no THINGS
New times will demand new meas
ures. Some one has said that the
Peace Conference must not try to
cut the world back to the conditions
CT 1914.
The First Industrial British Par
lament where inquiry was made into
industrial unrest by representatives
of both labor and capital showed that
a revolution had taken place in Ing
lish thought. Unrest is everywhere
America is the only stable country of
those that We're at war. This red
Grafton has stood in the past for Or
der and progress, it will uphold those
principles now.
The reports of the chairInen OF de-
partnen1s and OF the individual
clubs will be an inspiration for us all.
Let me urge you to use your Depart
ment chairYnen more, each has given
much thought and study to the work
Of her department, these outlines are
for your use and profit. Emphasis is
placed upon the work Of the depart
ments because the strength Of the
Federation lies in the departmental
work and in that Of the individual
clubs.
Among the welter of problems roll
ing in upon the shores OF this peace
time are Americanization and Ike
construction. But we may ask what
may we do in the problem OF Alnerl-
canization? First. we must be GOOD
Americans ourselves. discourage OPP
probrious nicknames as dago for ltal-
ians Polander for Pole. etc. We
must remember that these people are
all human spirits striving uncon-
sciously perhaps and under adverse
conditions to keep step with our
American civilization of the twentieth
century. We must make greater ef-
forts to teach the English language
to those of foreign birth: the time has
come when English alone should be
the language Of the schools. The
evening schools are doing splendid
| work along these lines. but it Is the
| women, the mothers, who need this
! instruction and because of the house
work are too tired to attend the eve
| ming school that some other method
must be devised. Afternoon classes
might be instituted. and here is a
| definite thing we as club women may
/ ~
! these classes.
! Wages must be based upon the
| Thing that 4 mans daily wage shall be
| adequate to support the family ac-
| cording to American standards. 9TH
erwise the wife must earn enough to
make up the deficiency and family
life suffers by the absence OF the
mother. During the war. Of course.
every ones help was needed but now
that we have returned to peace time
basis the wife should have her time
for the care Of her home and chill
dren. New achievement must per-
nit comfort and decent living to all
who deserve them. must 7provide
equality of opportunity and furnish
an environment in which youth shall
ne stimulated rather than withheld.
"-,o -:~~,-- 1-a-.e s,,ng and the build
era have bllilded
~. srti..r have fashioned their dreams
Of delight
book been gilded
II to these it !: but the blackness II
night"
Meredith Nicholson in The Valley
of Democracy says: May it not be
that the sweetness and light we shall
ultimately attain for those less forth.
nate than ourselves may be q realiza.
ton OF justice higniy conee.s go. 49,. !
perfected system Of government that
will assure the happiness. content
ment and peace Of the great body OF
our citizenry?
The services Of our foreign peoples
must he utilized upon all occasions
as has been done in the Liberty Loan
and War Savings Campaigns. We
must also remember that there is
much that is valuable in the art.
literature and institutions Of these
people Of foreign birth. A good
American cannot he made.>Sut OF a
foreigner by telling him$, that his
traditions mean nothing, rather lead
him to see the growth OF our institu-
lions from those Of other lands. The
early church fathers were wise in
adoptinE some of tho old heathen
festivals and celebrating them as
Christian holidays.
Tho great basic principle of all our
institutions is education. the state
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