The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-20
URGES WOMENs
MAKE USE OF
VOTING RIGHT
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ago. In our own state, she stated
the membership exceeded 500 and
that the number Of federated clubs
were now IA. Two clubs were or
gained during the past year and
have fedcratcd; one at Bowbells and
the other at Kcnmare. Recommends
tons for action of the club member
ship which Miss McDonough thought
/ especially should be considered in
the years programs were outlined in
! the course of her address which was
| in part as follows:
7 "As we turn off our days work
that too often drags over into the
. night; as we identify ourscl, es
/ more and more with the vocation we
! may have come to feel is rightly
! ours, let US not become so absorbed
! IN IT that we lose sight of the other
activities in which justice to our
selves should obligc US to take part.
Let US not forget how to play. IF,
as Is quite possible, we never learn
ed the art Of play, let US make it a
part of our educational program, Just
| as much as we make it a part Of our
program to advance in our own fields
Of work. SO important is the play
element considered today that at this
time during this week in the city Of
Washington, the President has sum-
| moncd a national conference for the
specific purpose of coordinating the
various activities of outdoor recrea-
ton. It's aim is to so direct these
activities that outdoor recreation,
with all that it implies may be made
available to the average American,
preserving present day facilities for
future generations. 1t is i worthy
objective and is entitled to the sup
port of all interested, in the general
welfare of the American Nation in
general, and the future generation
in particular.
Let US keep alive our interest in
people, seek out the company of 9TH
ers on occasion and interchange ideas
on things. In short. let us not habi-
tually turn down an invitation to
ride, to walk, to attend movie,
to go to club meeting, business or So
cial, with the mistaken idea that all
who do these things have less to do
than we. They probably have more
real work to do, but with the incen-
tive that comes through human con-
tact they are better able to turn off
the work easily that keeps another a
reclu se-and thus shorten her days
Of real usefulness either in the bust
ness world OF in the home. am
not advocating the ''gad-about".
am recommending the happy mixture
which makes for better business and
profess ional: women. Here we have
much to learn of the men. Would
Rotarian miss his weekly dinner
meeting? Who patronzes the ball
games from now on? Who pcpu-
lates and supports the golf links, the
tennis clubs, the bowling alleys, the
curling Kinks? Does not the success
full business and professional man
find time to mix in just these ways?
Another field and one far reach
! ing in its scope to which our women
might well give their best thinking
is the school situation in the maj or
ity of the communities of our state
today. Our school system is in
| hazardous condition at this very mo-
ment The standards which have
taken a quarter Of century to reach
are being crippled under the awful
effort of initiating n belated and So
called economy" which can be prac,
tIced but in one apparent place in
our public expenditures, the schools.
Do you see any of our administrative
boards recommending the clipping of
any of the comforts, conveniences, or
luxuries which this quarter of cen
tury has brought with it? On the
contrary, automobiles excel previous
record in numbers and in luxurious
equipments; our highways must be
paved from coast to coast and must
be paved at once regardless of our
shortage of revenue. Are our men
Of affairs recommending the lessen
ing of the number of state, county,
or municipal officials, or searching
out where their salaries might be
clipped? No where that is especial
ly conspicuous. Rather must this
ECONOMY" be practiced upon the
children Of our land. The number
of teachers must be decreased, the
number of pupils in classes must be
increased, the subjects in the cur
riculum must be cut down at all
hazards, while salaries are clipped
to exc out money enough to some
how keep the school doors open.
what is the comparative increase
in few lines of public expenditures
| since 1910? A recent investigation
conducted by the United States Edu-
cation Commission shows that in that
period the total government expendi-
lures have increased four-fold; cx-
penditurcs for national defense is
ten times that Of decade ago; ex-
penditure for highways has tripled,
while the cost of education shows an
increase of but one and one half
over what it was in 1910.
81 say this economy is practic-
cd on the children Of our land, for
where do we find the majority Of the
cuts and clips? Almost invariably
in the grades where the majority of
the citizens of tomorrow are To-Day
receiving such training as is possible
TO get up to the age of eleven years
According to the United States sur
vey Of education for 1920 attendance
at school was more general at eleven
years OF age than among persons Of
any other age, it being over 50 per
cent From that maximum Of eleven
years, the attendance drops to 20
per cent at the age of eighteen which
Is the average age of high school
graduate. Conceding then, that the
majority of our future citizens quit
school at the fifth and sixth grade
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