Woman's enterprise., 1922-11-24
Thursday Morning.
By Ruth Harris.

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The report of the nominating com
mittee, many business reports, and
an address by Prof. H. W. Stopher,
director Of music at the Louisiana
State University, were the principal
features of the session of the Louisi-
ana Federation of Women's Clubs in
the convention hall in the Grunewald
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Joseph E. Friend of Ner Or
leans was nominated for vice presi-
dent, according to the report read by
the secretary of the committee, Mrs.
William Lamb. Others nominated
were Mrs. D. A. Kelly of Lake Char
les, recording secretary; Mrs. Thomas
Milling of Shreveport, treasurer; and
Mrs. T. E. Brown of Oakdale, audi
tor. These nominations were accept
ed by the convention and none we're
offered from the floor.
The reports of the nominating COM
mittee will be given first place in the
conventions program in the future
in order to facilitate balloting, &C.
cording to a motion adopted.
Twenty-one new clubs were admit
ted into the federation during the past
year, according to the report Of the
corresponding secretary, Miss Daisy
Bailey, of Baton Rouge.
According t.. the report Of the trea.
surer, Mrs. R.eF. White, Of Alexan-
dria, read by Mrs. Bolton, the feder.
alton had on hand in the bank Nov.
ember 16 $447.52. The auditors re
port by Mrs. T. E. Brown Of Oak
dale, checked with the treasurer's re
port, and both wans- -sAopted. s
J That she had made addresses t,
home economics classes and shor
courses, the American Legion, tht
Parent Teachers organization, thu
Louisiana library commission, ani
other organizations, that she had sup
ported at the last session of the leg
islature only the bills which the feder.
alton supported and that practically
jail of these bills had been defeated
and that she had closely followed the
tentative budget presented to her in
the spring, were a few of the things
given in the report of the president
Mrs. A. G. Reed of Baton Rouge. Her
report was received with applause and
Ia vote Of thanks.
The Woman's Enterprise, Miss Mat
tie McGrath, editor, was elected the
official organ of the federation, in res
olutions recommended by the commit
tee in charge. Mrs. Mary C. Herget,
state press chairman, has the public
ity work in charge.
How go girls had been educated on
the scholarship loan fund which start
ed in 1901 with gift of $50 by Mrs
P. Breazeale was told by Mrs. A. F.
Storm in the report of Mrs. J. Shut
tleworth, of Shreveport, who was un-
able to attend the convention. It was
decided to use the proceeds of fund
recently collected for library use for
scholarship fund to be known as
the Frances Shuttleworth fund.
That music should have a regular
place in the public school curriculum,
an dshould come next in Importance
to the traditional "readin,' writin,
and 'rithmetic," was urged by Prof
H. W. Stopher, director Of music at
Louisiana State University.
"Mu.ic influences the child's life
and stays with him longer than per
haps anything else. People would do
better work if they sang Or heard
music while they worked' he declar-
ed.
"New Orleans has an excellent .mu-
sic organization in the public schools
he continued, "but others have none
or have poorly organized work. We
should so train every child that at
the end of his school career he would
have that love for music which is the
lguiding power in after-life.'
After this address the Convention
adjourned until the afternoon.
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