The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-20
FINAL ACTION
IS TAKEN FOR
GENERAL CLUB.
Domestic Science Club Votes
to Enlarge into Department.
al Organization.

A wOman's departmental club was
formed In Richmond Wednesday after
neon awhsn the Domestic Science club
voted to enlarge Itself into such an or
ganisation. The Domestic Science or
ganisation will be.sa nucleus, around
which will be formed a departmental
club. -,s-s.s-....
Mrs. Paul Comstock was made pres
ident OF the new club with power to
take action and appoint committees.
She will appoint a committee to draw
up a new constitution and bylaws
which will be presented to the new
organization in two or three weeks.
When this meeting is called IT will
be open to all women interested in
the new organization. A large mass
meeting will be called probably in
May to elect new officers and commit.
tees for thenew body. Until that
time the present officers OF the Domes-
tic Science club will act. At that time
they have all consented to resign.
Those persons most interested in
the departmental club are hoping to
include In this organization the Music
Study club and the Art association,
Five departments are being planned
for, music, literature, art household
economics and civics. The Music
Study club would be the nucleus Of the
music department, the art association
for the art and the Domestic Science
for the household economics. At first
II Is probable that the civic department
will come under the household eco
nomics department until 1t can be de-
veloped. A literary society would have
to be formed.
clubs to Retain Identity.
There Is no literary society in Rich
mond which could be called such.
There are clubs which deal with lit
erary topics but are more social than
literary. A new department would
have to be formed which would deal
exclusively with literature. People
who have literary inclination could
get help and information form this
department.
The old clubs in Richmond which
have been in existence for years and
which are more or less exclusive are
not expected to drop their identity and
join the departmental club, as club.
but the members will be expected to
take an interest in the new club
z No present club In Richmond is
idA Sc CIIOu6u W UdSh uhy CAViC AuOvC
ment or any other kind Of movement.
This club will be strongest in its
membership and will have more in
huence. II is hoped that there will
be a great many women who are not
now q member OF any club will join
this new club which offers far larger
field OF activity to the small club wo-
man or the woman who Is not club
woman at all. "
Membership QuaIif1 eations.
After the constitution and bylaws
are completed and accepted by the or
ganization there are two important
questions to be discussed and settled.
They are the dues and the member
ship.
Membership qualifications are that
a woman has ordinary intelligence.
The question would be whether a
member must belong to some depart
ment in order to be an active member
of the club or whether she can belong
to the club and not to specific de-
partment and be an active member.
The question of dues is an import
ant one. Two clubs have been taken
as examples. one at Greenshurg, Ind,
q small town, and one at Toledo, Ohio.
In Greensburg woman paid small
dues to be member of the club and
in addition to this a small fee was
charged in each department whose
needs would need some financial back
ing. In the Toledo club the member
ship was large and dues in the general
club entitled the member to every