Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-19
WITH THE SOUTHERN

DISTRICT
A resume of club work in the five
counties of the Southern District shows
great activity during the last month,
with programs of wide interest along
the lines of club federation work Tho
clubs Of San Bernardino, Riverside, Cor
ona and Covina stand out as among the
best of the state in scope of work un-
dertaken, hut some of the smaller clubs
such at Banning, Highlands, Indo, Yu-
capai, Beaumont, Calipatria, Blythe,
etc, are doing work that is vital to
their respective communities.
Riverside Woman s Club, San Bcrnar-
dino Woman's Club, lndio, Corona and
one or two others observed Reciprocity
Day this wear with interesting and un.
usual programs.
The Riverside club met in its new
clubhouse with guests present from
many of tha round about clubs and with
Il wonderfully interesting program, II
special feature of which was II round
table discussion on the subject. "What
Federation Means to My Club, - partic-
ipated in by many leaders and club
presidents. Mrs. l.. b. Curtis spoke on
Movieland, sounding a note of opti-
mism tending to show that this great
industry may yet be used for good in
many directions. Mrs. r. +. Garner
spoke on -Amcricanization which is be
ing stressed in nearly all Of the clubs
of the district
Mrs. Andrew Lobinger, president Of
the Friday Morning Club, delivered the
principal address of the day on "'Thc
E.VGIntIGp pf Educ
Beginning with the statement that
Gathering, wife of Henry the Eighth.
of England, made education for women
1ashlonab!c; " the speaker rccOunted
most entertainingly the development of
education for women from that period
down to the present, telling many in
tercsting anecdotes and giving the
changing viewpoints of men and women
III the different periods, and holding
her audience to the very end.
Mrs. Lobinger was with the San Bcr-
nardino Club on its Reciprocity Dav
also, giving II most remarkable address
on Shakespeare, Il subject with which
she is altogether familiar. She said
among other things: ''Shakespeare is
the world 5 literary star because he
was IN sympathy with every type of
humankind, mingled in all strata of
society and wrote greatly of common
place things -
Several Indian programs have been
given III the district, and it is noted
thai number of strong programs have
been given on the spoken drama. when
high class plays were read and anallzed,
civic, musical and literary programs
IA a.h
and many of the reporters write the
year has been one of growth in num-
bcrs and interest, from first to last. It
IS remarkable that clubs are getting
away from the idea of programs for
the sole entertainment of members. ey-
cry member seeming to have had some
definite educational, cultural or service
motif running through the program.
Community service and home cOnserta-
.tion hrve received much attention in
line VII the general Federation plan.
The rlubs of Imperial county show
growt in ideals, though some Of them
Still em to stress the entertainment
featuF, more than elsewhere in the
district. All are doing more or less
comm nifty service and some of them
are maintaining study sections devot-
ing their work to cultural subjects for
the most part, though some of them
are doing civic work and maintaining
legislative sections that are doing well.
Calipatria has just established a WON
an 8 rest room; the Ten Thousand Club
has donated regularly to the up-keep of
the municipal rest room in the city and
to the social work of the Red Cross.
T..
IT IS also building new clubhouse
winch Will be real contribution to
the permanent Improvement of Ell
Centre. Bigger plans for the coming
year are IN prospect, with programs
dealing with vital subjects. Calexico