San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-26
HOLD CLUB INSTITUTE.


Opening with a record breaking at
| tendance, the first session of the Fifth
District, Texas Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, assembled in its 23rd an
| nual convention Tuesday. afternoon,
| following the citizenship luncheon at
noon in the st. Anthony Hotel. Dele
gates from all sections of the fifth
| district were present. and prominent
club women from different parts OF
| the state were speakers. Perhaps the
| most interesting feature of the after
noon session was the club institute,
which Mrs. Henry Redmond of Cor
pus Christi, president of the State
Federation, conducted as an entirely
novel feature of Texas Federation
conventions.
The time has come when women
Of Texas can look back on their work,
and forward to their plans" Mrs.
Redmond stated in her Introductory
remarks: The institute will figure
from now on in club history as a
school of methods, scheduled to i'm
prove future standards and to awaken
even a greater sense of responsibility
among club women Of IT," state"
While Mrs. Redmond 'ght the
idea of club institutes las. she
does not claim the an = of the
thought, as it was ere. - part in
| the Summer Chautauqua in New
York, With the assistance Of Mrs.
Percy V. Pennybacker of Texas, dur
ing the attendance of Mrs. Redmond
at the Chautauqua last summer. How
ever. Mrs. Redmond has created her
| version Of the ideal institute, snd
has perfected plans and method Of
handling the school that has already
brought enthusiastic praise from the
women of Texas.
New Ideas Brought Out.
Mrs. Redmond conducted the insti-
tute by means Of questions pertinent
to club organization, membership FER
sonnet. and other items pertaining to
the first principles of club manage
ment. The questions were answered by
club women in the audience, and nodi- |
fications and suggestions were made |
| by Mrs. Redmond. The first ques-
| tons dealt with the embryo club, and
| included the problem of selecting MEN,
bers and officers, organization into |
united body, annual meetings, cor
| respondence habits of secretaries, club
policies, filing, committee work, club |
histories, circumstance files, arnual
! club programs. and the accomplish
ment of specific financial ventures.
New thoughts were brought out
by Mrs. Redmond in her drills con-
corning club management. AmoLg
| other things she suggested that ~
clubs should have histories; that club |
political attitudes should IN every ease
be non-partisan; that circumstance
files, showing the neItal, financial |
and capability status of each club |
member should he kept: that ten cents
in dues from each member of every al |
| filiated club in Texas should be paid |
for individual membership in the Ma |
tional Federation, instead of the % |
cents that is now paid by each club |
as a membership fee to the National |
Federation, ana suggestion was
made that annual club programs
should be simplified.
An Iesl President.
Mrs. r. Z. Buchanan of Fort |
Worth spoke br:sfiy on club insti- |
tutes, dealing with the topic of presi- |
| dents and their qualifications. She |
stated that executives should have the |
following attributes: Sincerity, cour-
| tesy, justice, tact, common sense and |
! the ability to forget personalities and |
to bow gracefully 10 public opinion |
as embodied in the will of the ma ior. |
| ity. Mrs. Buchanan is state official !
parilamentarian, and is widely known |
for her progressive club activities in !
Texas.
',r.tOrtS from c"nmittcs AMI g. -
delegates occupied the greater part Of |
the afternoon session. The program
committee reported that room mas ~, Al. |
made on the convention program for |
% club reports; the report of the sec
retary-treasurer was adopted; the en- |
dowment committee rported that the |
| Fifth District leads the other club |
districts of the state, in its quota.
Club reports were heard from dele |
gates representing organizations in |
Alice. Austin, Bastrop and Beeville. |
and the reports, showing excellent |
work and clever ideas, received COM |
mendatiOn from the president and |
from the audience of several hundred |
delegates. Among the activities report |
ed. child welfare, public hygiene, fire |
prevention, civic Identification and |
self education figured most prominent
| ly. Community service in every re-
port was included in many items Of
interest, such as the maintenance of
school cafeterias, the distribution Of
health leaflets, the establishment of
public library. the holding Of an an
nual art exhibit. and participation in
county fairs and public issues for the
betttrment Of the community.
Address by Mayor Tobin.
13e afternoon program started
with an address OF welcome from
Mayor John Tobin who stated that