The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
MISS VITTUJM
HAS PROGRAM
Members of Kenosha Col
lege Club Secure Sug-
gestiOns for Work.
PETITION TO COUNCIL

Suggestions for civic betterment in
Kenosha CLEANED from years of expert
snce as head resident of Northwestern
University Settlement House in Chi
cago were offered by Miss Harriet Wit
tum to members of the Kenosha Col
lege club at the regular meeting at
the Elks' club Saturday afternoon.
Supervised recreation was stressed
throughout and aroused to the neces-
sity for remedying the lack in Keno
sha, every member of the club present
signed a petition to the common
council protesting the recent action
in resembling the appropriation for
recreation purposes.
The civics committee secured Miss
Vittum as the speaker for the after
noon. Miss Hattie Charleston, chair
man of the committee, through her
activities with the Kenosha Service
League, had a thorough knowledge Of
the successful undertakings sponsored
by Miss Vittum, the plan and result
Of which would prove most beneficial
to the local club in its desire to be-
come a leading factor for the civic
betterment of the city. Many of the
club members who had been associated
with Miss Vittum during attendance
at Northwestern University, welcomed
the opportunity to hear Miss Vittum
speak and the charm and sincerity
which make her popular with all as
sociates exerted its influence over
every member Of her audience.
Vote Biggest Asset.
Miss Vittum has always been an
ardent suffragette and the various ac-
tivities outlined are related closely
with the new power invested in women
by the ballot. She declared that the
women who utterly disregarded their
voting privileges or who are careless
in their use are to be despised. She
urged the assumption of full political
responsibility by women as the vote
is the important means of carrying out
good civic program. "Our democracy
is a democracy of promise rather than
of achievement and fact" Miss Vittum
said. "We have the responsibility of
making the promise and achievement
and a fact We must pay our debt
to the boys who died for US in the
great world war. Women are es-
pecially privileged since the ballot
has become a fact"
Miss Vittum declared that, although
circumstances alter cases, as a whole
the problems of one community are
the problems of every other community
so that relating her experiences in
Chicago, she was touching upon Incl
dents adaptable to Kenosha. Housing,
food, education, work and play were
stressed by Miss Vittum as he five
great problems. In discussing the
first she related the incident of Theo-
dore Roosevelt who, upon visiting g
community said, Don't show me your
parks and boulevards, but take me to
see the back yards and I'll tell you
what kind Of a community you uare."
The food problem, Miss Vittum said,
is just as important at home as it is
in the war ravaged districts abroad.
Out Of one hundred and four children
examined in Chicago only one was de-
clared normal. Milk stations have been
established and as the children gain in
health they are declared to cover the
top" and ready for membership in the
health club. A report from the ma
tional children's bureau showed that
100000 to 100000 children die each
year from malnutrition due to lack of
means for purchasing food or ignor-
ance on the part of mothers in food
preparation. That food is also i'm
portant among adults was shown in
the current saying that nation rests
on a well fed people; bolshevism
cropping out among underfed, rest
less men and women.
Wants Minister of Education.
Miss Vittum scored the boast that
eduation is the backbone of the
American national life, declaring that
the educational statistics compiled
from the recruiting and drafting sta
tions during the war showed pre-
ponderance of men with only sixth
grade schooling. She advocated the
appointment of a minister of educa-
ton in the next cabinet and urged the
local women to aid. Miss Vittum said
that she believed adjustment of the
labor situation is possible in the find
ing Of a common ground between
capital and labor, citing incidents of
the war to emphasize her point. The
recreation problem was discussed in
all its phases, Miss Vittum declaring
that if supervised recreation was sue
cessful during the war it can also be
successful now. She denounced the
uncensored dance hall, movies, saloon
and pool rooms as the widest means
of fostering crime.
Misses Maude Shelton; Margaret
Pirsch and Marie Heating were hostess
for the social hour.
The next meeting of the club will
be held January 8 with Dean Halter
Of Northwestern University as the
speaker. The subject will be "Things
We Ought to Know About the Assoc
citation of Collegiate Alumnae."