Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-15
Or. Hienronymus TO Be Speaker.

The city council of the parent
teacher associations will cooperate
with the University Of Illinois in
the better community conference
to be held the morning, afternoon,
and evening of March 80 in the
Memorial Christian church. The
evening meeting will be held in the
Moline high school. There are to
be several lectures which will be
followed by free discussion and
questions by the audience, The lee
lures are to be for everyone inter-
ested in the work, and it is hoped
that there will be large audience
to greet the visitors. These better
community conferences are being
held in different Illinois cities by
members Of the university faculty.
This is one of 10 conferences being
held this month. DR.. R. E. Heron
ymous will be one of the main
speakers of the conference. DR..
Heterogeneous spends his entire
timo on better community work,
having given up class instruction
some time ago. Miss Anna May
Price, secretary of the university
extension library, will speak on
THE Library in the Community
Professor A. ". Nolan, state sup
ervisor Of agricultural education in
the high schools under the federal
aid plan, will talk at the confer
ence on Some Vital Agricultural
Phases of Community Life"
There will be several other in
teresting and authoritative speak
ers at the conference. Miss Belle
Crigler, who is the food specialist
in the home economics department
at the University of Illinois, will
give a talk on Home Economics
in the Community" Robert S
Jones, from Chicago, who is the
chief factory inspector of the de-
partment of labor, will give an ad-
dress. Superintendent ]. W
Becker of Jersey county, repre-
senting the Illinois tuberculosis
association, will use as his topic
Practical Health Program for the
Schools"
Mrs. Clara Ingram Judson will
represent the fair price commits
sion Of Illinois and will explain
the work the commission is carry
ing on and hopes to accomplish
The vocational training work
being taught in the schools will he
spoken of by Arnold Lau, principal
Of the high school. F. W. Bender
Of the Rock Island Chamber OF
Commerce will give a short talk
The talks Of the conference will be
interrupted by a dinner at noon
served by the ladies' aid society OF
the Memorial church, where the
morning session is to be held. Sup.
per will be served in the Moline
high school. All the meetings are
open for all those interested in the
work.
In the afternoon there will be a
separate meeting Of the delegates
Iof the parent-teacher associations
Mrs. J. F. Adams OF Galesburg will
talk at this meeting. Mrs. Adams
is district vice president of the
Illinois council of parent-teacheI
associations, and will preside a,
the meeting to hear the reports OF
all the committees. Those wishing
to make reservations for the dinner
are asked to notify Mrs. Ruth Kin
caid, Rock Island AIS. The time
OF each lecture will be announced
later.
Friends Club.
Mrs. Frank Bay at her home
451S Fourth avenue, Moline. enter.
tanned members OF the Friend.
club Saturday afternoon. The
game Of 500 was played. prizes il
the games being won by Mrs. En-.
sterly and Mrs. James Pelts. Mrs
Knouse received the consolation
favor. After the games, dainty
Entertainments were served by the
hostess assisted by Mrs. Engholm
and Mrs. W. Cooper. The clut
will be entertained in two weeks al