The Denver Jewish news., 1920-11-10
MONDAY MORNING NOV. 8.

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Or. VIM. $. Friedman. The president.
Mrs. Harris, presided The reports of
chairmen followed. and the reading of
minutes of the last meeting, which
were followed by the Officers reports.
The president, Mrs. Nathaniel Harris.
presented comprehensive report OF
the work done by the Council during
the last Triennial period. She said
in part:
The report of the President. Mrs.
Nathaniel Harris, was in part as fol
lows:
For the second time it becomes my
duty to lay before you my triennial
report Because this is the last time
] shall stand before you to render
an accounting as your steward in the
presidency, perhaps l may venture to
give you more of a summary than
report-a series of impressions gained
during the last seven years.
Leading all other duties of presl-
dent, in point of time and in import
ancc. is the appointment Of commit
tees.
Important as is the selection of
committee members, the selection Of
committee chairmen is even more so.
for n chairman should have Il real
knowledge of her subject. or the con-
! scientious interest that will lead to
the speedy acquisition of such knowls
edge. She should have the organizing
ability that will train and utilize the
| leadership of the women associated
with her and she should have the per
ccption to understand that committee
work should be chorus. not a solo.
With the best will in the world to Sc
cure the chorus, many chairmen must
play solo parts.
| Before leaving the subject Of COM
n,itsecs. Acknowledgement must here
he made of the splendid service re.,-
dered by the committee in charge OF
! the campaign for funds The result
of the devotion of this committee.
coupled with the loyalty and gener-
osity of most of the Sections. have en-
| richcd us by placing some ninety odd
| lnOtlSanu uOllhTS lIlto out theuS"s' "S
well as by making favorable propa
ganda for the Council and its activi-
ties.
The Council was asked and did par
ticipate in many important move
nents.
Il wish time permitted an account
of some of these meetings. particular
" that of the International Convcn-
ton of Women Physicians. held In
October. 1919. and to which only thir.
teen out of one hundred fifty-four Ma.
tional organizations of women were
invited. Each of these was requested
to send two delegates. one to be the
president The Council of Jewish
Women was asked because of its rec
ognizcd interest and work. in Social
Hygiene. Dr. Luba Robin Goldsmith,
chairman of the subcommittee on
Social Hygiene. was the other dele
gate, and all expenses of both were
paid by the Young WOman's Christian
assocint ton, which organization called
and financed the meeting. out of which
grew .'The Woman's Foundation for
Health"
Among many requests to speak,
your president was invited to present
a paper on 'Woman's Share in the
Americanization of women.' mt the
meeting of the department of super
iptendence of the National Education
ussociat ton at Atlantic City. in Feb
ruary, 1918. and the federal authori-
ties considered it of sufficient import
ance to give publicity to it thru the
Bureau of Public Information.
..,rhe Council is represented on the
American Jewish Relief committee
and Joint Distribution committee by
your president, who is also member
of the National Woman's Republican
committee of One Hundred.
at the Biennial meeting of the Nn-
tionnl Council of Women of the United
States. in 1910. your president was
elected First vice-president. and 1T
was in that capacity she went as one
of its ten delegates to the Quindquen-
NAL meeting of the International
Council of Women. held in Kristiana,
Norway, Sept. 7th-17th, 1920. This
convention was truly notable. Rep
rcsentatives of twentyeicht different
nations We're present. and the subjects
presented and discussed covered the
full range of questions concerning the