San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP
AIM OF LEAGUE OF VOTERS
CONVEYING HERE THIS WEEK
Will Combat Indifference and Ignorance by Train
ing-Two Big Party Leaders Forget Lines in
General Campaign to- Arouse Women
to Exercise Citizenship.

Delegates to national convention,
12:15 p. H.: Luncheon for execu-
tive council, oak room, st. Anthony
hotel.
. 100 p. N. Executive council.
Organization of congressional dis
tricts.
Recommendation OF executive com
mittec.
The New Citizen"
500 p. m. Executive council.
working conference on League finance
Miss katherine Huntington, Lyme.
Conn. treasurer of National League
OF Women Voters.
Tuesday, October %.
10 80 Il. H.: Opening of conven-
ton. tapestry room. ST. Anthony
hotel. Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames, presid-
ing.
Invocation. Rev. Hugh +. Mcclellan.
Address of welcome, Mayor John
Tobin for San Antonio.
Greetings by Mrs. J. X. Beretta.
for club women OF the city.
Response for the Texas League of
Women Voters. Miss Mary Jagoe OF
Denton.
Report of treasurer. Miss Frank
King of Taylor.
Report of women i'll industry.
Report of legislative chairman. Mrs.
Dave Doom OF Austin.
Report of child welfare committee.
Mrs. Alicia Brown Paschal of Dial
las.
Report OF committee on living costs.
Mrs. Maggie Barry. College Station.
Report of national convention. Mrs.
c. W. Il. Collins. Fort Worth.
Report of president and recommen-
dationS from the executive council.
Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames.
l. 90 adjournment.
= 90 y. m.: Efficiency in govern
nent, Miss Mary l.. Jagoe, Denton.
chairman. presiding.
The county, the basic unit in ma
tiOnal and state government, Mrs.
George Pritchard, Edinburg.
Discussion.
Women and political parties, Mrs.
Emily Newell Blair. vice president
of National Democratic Executive
committee.
Report of the joint legislative coun-
Gil. Mrs. A. \. McCallum, Austin,
Texas.
discussion.
500 p. M. Adjournment.
: 90 D. N. Mrs. W. L. Spell, Waco,
presiding.
Woman's contribution to political
parties. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,
Washington. ID. C.; chairman wom-
ans advisory committee National
Republican Executive committee;
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, Washing
ton, ID. c., vice chairman. National
Democratic Executive committee.
International Cooperation 10 Pre-
vent War. Senator Morris Sheppard.
Informal reception.
Wednesday. October "a.
9:30 Il. H.: Report of the Shep-
pard-TOwner work in Texas, DIR. III.
Garst.
Discussion.
Report of prison survey. Mrs. Eliza.
beth NJ. Speer, Austin.
Discussion.
r. II 90 IN. Luncheon; llenOring Miss
Katherine Ludington, Mrs. +. f..
Stauffer presiding.
= 90 p. M: The League of Women
Voters and elections in 1874, Miss
Frank King, treasurer, presiding.
Campaigning to bring out the vote.
Preliminary work on legislative
program. Mrs. 4. y. McCallum, Aus
tin. Texas. executive secretary.
Joint legislative committee.
. 90 p. H.: Finances and the years
work.
Miss Katherine Ludington, Lyme
Conn. treasurer of National League
of Women Voters.
4 30 p. M: Adjournment.
500 p. H.: Address by Mrs. Ar
mour, WomenS Christian Temper
ance Union, Travis Park Methodist
church.
Thursday. October %.
9 80 Il. H.: Local leagues, Why Are
They? Mrs. L. =. Turner, president
Dallas League of Women Voters.
Relation of League to community
enterprises, Mrs. II. $. Hatcher. Aus
tin: Miss Edythe Clark, Denton !;
Mrs. J. NJ. Daniel. Georgetown.
The place of bipartisan organiza-
ton in local politics. Mrs. Lena Dill
lard Gardner. Fort Worth; Mrs. o. A.
Critchett. II Paso.
The greatest problem facing a local
league president. Mrs. J. NJ. Perry.
San Marcos: Mrs. Frank Richards.
Mineral Wells; Mrs. Charles Tom.
| Gonzales.
Discussion.
j. 90 IN. Adjournment.
. 80 p. M: Civil status of wom-
en-, Mrs. ". c. Gibson, lIillsboro,
! chairman. presiding.
CO-Guardianship Law in Texas.
3 100 u. M: Property rights Of mar
ried women, Judge Ocie Speer, Fort
| Worth.
4 80 p. m: Adjournment.
500 p. NJ: Education in Texas.
Mary Shipn Sanders of Georgetown.
Texas presiding.
Music by Social Alamo school and
/ Thomas Nelson Page Junior high
school. Miss Carsncr and Miss Thoma-
son. directors.
Taking stock of the educational sit