Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-02-06
STATE FEDERATION
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
,,.,s Active Campaign of Work
Along Many Lines-state Con-
vention VIII Meet at We
natchee in June

The midwinter board meeting OF
80 washington State Federation OF
,,omen's Clubs met in the City Fed
toms club house in Seattle on
I.nuary 10 and 20. The morning
sa.sions were taken up with reports
: the beard from departments of
cork standing and special commit
ices.
rhs art department recommends
- establishment of beautiful living
comments in memory Of our boys
Tho made the supreme sacrifice
cover there" These may be trees,
.o,ts fountains, community Christ
mas trees, etc.
The GIVES department has PIE
.orod an outline for the use OF clubs
.hrouqhout the state which is the le
,slt Of years of study and adaptation
i is civic respiration and may he
h.1 for the asking. No longer need
ciyics clubs wonder how to accom-
plish.
The political science chairman
rocommends the study of our own
state's constitution and especially
that of the United States. The i'm
portance of this plea may be readily
understood when made in connec-
finn with the work of our American
;,otion committee-"T Americana
zation of the American as well as
the foreigner.
The civil service and institutions
department reported the temporary
establishment of the new industrial
home for women at Medical Lake
Permanent sites were discussed The
establishment of this home was the
aim of the State Federation bill at
the last legislature, for which they
secured an appropriation of $3.50
900. This is a corrective home for
offenders over 8 years of age, and
corresponds with the Monroe school
for boys.
The conservation department re-
sorted intensified work upon plans
and development of school gardens
Their main side issue is co-opera-
ton with national and state park
commissions for the protection OF
our wild shrubs which in many sec.
tons are fast becoming extinct. In
our state sentiment is being aroused
specially against the ruthless de-
struction of the evergreen black
huckleberry, which is rapidly disap'
pearing because of the immense
truckloads that are daily cut for flor.
lists in our own and other states and
for the decoration of stores, etc, il
cities and towns near by. 1t is
hoped by the committee that legis
ative protection may be secured al
the next session.
Perhaps the most vital activity in
the department of education is the
loan fund, through which youns
women may borrow without interest
sums of money which will enable
them to complete their college work
The chairman reports that through
the generosity of the clubs through
out the state this fund is rapidly in
'creasing and splendid girls are be
coming its beneficiaries whose appre
cation and gratitude are sufficien
cause for its maintenance. Also il
connection with the Americanizatio1
committee, this department is giyin&
publicity to data gained during en-
hstment examinations concerning
the high percentage of illiteracy il
me United States as opposed to the
IL per cent given by the 1910 cen
sus' and proposing remedial meas
nres.
Mrs. Goodyear of our town, az
peace chairman, suggested as timely
dnd important peace work the secur
ing OF child labor law that viii
stand before the supreme court, since
me one previously enacted failed il
tue Test Many club women as wei
as others do not know that we now
nave no law protecting children il
INDUSTRY. Another suggestion from
her was that We renew our efforts il
'aFof OF securing a place in our pub
ic school curriculum for the Bible
since this book seems almost the
0hiy one ostracized from ouI
schools.
MISS Agnes Craig, home economics
anu 1000 sanitation chairman, gave {
must interesting and workable pro
sIam which both towns and rura
iuo women may we'll carry out Thi
''osram is founded upon home eco
'iiiics education along all lines anC