San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

To Mrs. Gerhardt was given the hon
or of presenting the name of Mrs.
Henry Redmond Of Corpus Christi.
for the state presidency Of Womens
Clubs. in the name of their own Mon
day Club of Corpus Christi. The mont
nation received a spontaneous stand
ing vote of endorsement, and was evil
IDENTIFY very popular with the whole
convention. Mrs. Redmond is at
present state chairman of applied
education, and at the last national
meeting of Federated Women's Clubs,
she made the outstanding educational
report of the nation. She has held
many other distinguished public Of
fices.
Prominent Women There.
Mrs. Redmond was one Of ten chair
men OF the State Federation present
at the Victoria meeting. These were ::
Mesdames j. j. Finnigan, kingsville,
chairman Of public health; W. Z. Mar
tin, Dallas, rural clubs; W. Z. Spell,
Waco, Americanization; James Wei
der, Victoria, parks and Fairgrounds !;
r. f. Buchanan, Fort Worth, par
Humanitarian; J. +. King, San An
tonic, prison reform; Otto Buchel,
Cuero, fire prevention, and Miss
Elizabeth ii. West, Austin, chairman
of library extension. Other important
women present were: Mrs. W. II.
Wentland Of Manor, who is past pres
ident of the district, as is also Mrs.
G. X. Scott of Corpus Christi; Mrs.
s. ]. Wright, of San Antonio, past
president, and two national chairmen,
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Aus
tin, AUGMENTATION, and Mrs. Mag
gle Barry of College Station, home
ECONOMICS.
An interesting feature Of the Vic
toria meeting was the publication in
honor of the meeting of one issue OF
the Victoria Advocate by twelve high
school students. under the direction OF
Leo Morris, editor of the Advocate.
and Miss Hazel Oatman, teacher of
English in the high school. This is
sue of the Advocate was full twelve
page edition, and all work connected
with it from writing the editorials,
to typesetting and printing, was done
by the students themselves, and the
paper reflects much credit on every
one connected with the issue. The
Victoria Advocate was founded in
1876 and is therefore Il years old !;
except the Galveston News, the old
est paper in the state. Its founder
was Thomas Stern. and il has had a
long list of distinguished editors. 1t
has been owned by George II. French
for the last 80 years.
One Of the very striking features
Of the whole convention was a group
of country women who attended the
Friday afternoon meeting where sew
eral of the important reports and
speeches were made. There were actu-
ally only a hundred and twenty-seven
Of these visitors present, but their
ranks were so augmented by husbands,
babies and small children. "who bad
TO be brought because there was no
one left TO leave them with at home, )"
that they presented veritable domeS-
tic phalanx. No public expression was
made by anyone of them, but IL was
easy 10 read from their eager OK
pressions, the value of the club re-
ports had for them, and the wider
interests, and broader outlook the dis
cussions of other women's work and
plans opened to them.
"The development of self. and help
and encouragement of others that
club organization means, has been
wonderful thing TO these women !;
why should it not be for us also?" was
the unspoken thought that every one
of these country women expressed. II
the meeting Of the Fifth District of
Women's Clubs had achieved no other
good, il is valuable and important
because of the "open roads and far
horizons" Of thought and interest 1t
opened to these silent and attentive
listeners