Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-16
WOMEN TAL.K
COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND
MUSIC;
Interesting and Constructive
Program Presented at Salt
Lake Council of General
Federation of WOmen's
Clubs.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 1G.
County conferences of women in every
county in every state, at which COM
munity needs may be discussed, are
being urged by the Department of Ap-
piled Education of the General Fedora
ton of Women's clubs, Mrs. John
Dickinson Sherman, Chicago, chair
man of the department, declared in
an address here today at the Great
Salt Lake council Of the federation.
Conferences will help women to see
for themselves their own home and
community needs and show them how
these may be developed, Mrs. Sher-
man said Our program is based
upon action, rather than theory and
actually functions in the lives of Wom-
en- of the communities"
One aim of the department, Mrs.
Sherman added, is to SO arouse public
opinion to the need Of education that
substantial public sentiment will be
created for better schools and that the
standard of rural schools will be raised
so country children may have educa
tional opportunities equivalent to those
in the cities.
b'tStN" ibC Istill = iiN IOI Nil4Ati
ten EDUCATION are urged, she said. The
kindergarten is the place Of places
where AmericaniZation should begin,
and vet only II per cent Of all the
children of kindergarten age in the
country begin their school life in the
kindergarten.
I'm short it is the aim of this de-
partment to build uD in every COM
munity constructive influences to cOun
teract the effect OF destructive i1flu
ences now abroad in the land Mrs.
Sherman said. at is essential that
the right mental attitude surround the
child, outside of the school room, as
well as within, in order that he may
develop into a rational, loyal Ameri
can citizen.
Each phase of the subject of food,
in study outline, has been given the
club women and every ciuJ N the cOun-
try is being urged to take a definite
stand on the subject Of clothing. We
expect the club women to convince
manufacturers that there is 4 demand
for a standardized grade Of certain
fabrics that have predom!Hating use,
and also a demand for simple conserv-
alive garments as well as those which
follow the trend of swiftly passing
fashions"
Music has become a force and not
an adjunct in the life Of every Ameri-
can citizen, Anna Faulkner Obern-
dorfer, Chicago, national music chair
man of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, declared in her adj
dress before the council.
1--WE Americans have had the wrong
attitude regarding music for so long
that it is difficult for Us to grasp
quickly the full realization of its
power" she said. "As a nation we
have treated music as a thing apart
from, instead as part of, our daily
life. 1t is not so many years ago that
the average American business man
was all but ashamed to acknowledge a
love for music.
"Now a change has come. If we re-
view the pages of American history We
will find that the greatest growth IN
music always follows some great war
The pre-war status of music in Amer
lea will never return"
Mrs. Oberndorfer urged daily music
hours in the homes during which the
folk songs of America will be sung
Music memory contests should be
started in every community by wom'
ems clubs, she declared.
The speaker declared many large in
dustries, which started community
sings for employees during war times
were forced to forbid the singing Of
"iazs" music in their factories.
"Jass music she said, Sin its orig
J iunl form was used as accompaniment
to the Voodoo ceremonies by which
the uneducated and almost barbara
aroused all his vilest and most sensu
Gus nature