Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-09-09
SEVENTY-FIVE MEMBERS AT
BREADLOAF MEETING
Mrs, Robert E. Smith of White River
Junction Elected President of
Federations


Seventy-fve members attended the
eighth annual New England Confer
ence of the State Federations of Wom-
ans Clubs at Breadloaf Inn, Rpton,
Wednesday and Thursday and took
part in the discussion of the problems
OF modern society as proposed by the
delegates from the six states. Better
dancing, better literature, better immi-
grants, better forests were some of the
recommendation of the conference to
be worked for by the hundreds of clubs
back home.
The opening of the eighth annual
New England Conference of the State
Federations of Woman's Clubs, which
was postponed from Tuesday evening
on account of train delays, was held at
Bread Loaf Inn Wednesday morning.
Fifty delegates, representing the state
declarations of the six New England
states, were present when Mrs. Her
bert Gurney of Boston, chairman Of
the conference called the meeting to
order at o'clock
After the introduction of Mrs Hen
ry Slayton of Morrisville, president of
the Vermont Federation, who well
coined the delegates to her state, the
chair appointed Mrs, Charles H. Mac
Duffee of Alton, n H., as acting secre-
tary of the conference. Mrs. Lewis ].
Hathaway Of Middlebury was appoint
ed chairman of the credentials commit
tee
The object of the conference, as out
lined by Mrs Guerney, was informal
discussion of federation problems and
the furtherance of more complete CO.
operation among the six state fedora
tionS. The presentation of these prob
lens by the presidents of the various
declarations and their discussion from
the floor orCupied much of Wednes-
days program.
New Hampshire's Problem
Mrs Charles H. MacDuffee of AL
ton, n H., president of the New Hamp-
shire federation, described as one of
the greatest problems of the clubs of
her state their effort to educate their
thousands of new members in the work
and principles of the organization She
told of the wonderful increase of the
membership of the New Hampshire
clubs to more than 10000 and the or
ganization of 20 new clubs during the
past two years The majority of the
new recruits are young women, she
said and the best methods of teaching
so large a number of youthful members
the club principles was a matter that
deeply concerned all the clubs
Mrs MacDuffee discussed at length
the efforts of the New Hampshire fed
Grafton to interest the people of her
state in the preservation of the forests
The forestry problem was vital in New
Hampshire, she said, and the clubs were
deeply interested in legislation and ed
ucation toward their scientific care.
The struggle of the federation in Sc
curing the appointment of the woman
to the New Hampshire state board of
education was the third point stressed
by Mrs. MacDuffee Their own sue
cessful insistence of that point, she des-
cribed as illustrative of the power OF
club corporation and worthy of imi-
tation in other states where similar
legislation is desired
The methods of getting the people OF
our communities and the members Of
he clubs to appreciate their individual
was the last topic that
Mrs. MacDuffee proposed for discus
sion In the realization of that aim,
she said, the work of the organization
would be simplifed and attended with
immediate results in civic betterment.
Mrs. Harry Burnham of Biddeford,
Me, spoke eloquently of the real value
If the Womans Club of its possibili-
les as a community benefit and the
fundamentals of its real work She
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