Evening star., 1927-09-28
CATHOLIC WOMEN
URGED TO AID GIRLS
More Tolerant Attitude Held
Solution by Speaker-He-
ceived by Coolidge.

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To have faith in girls. to try to
work out their problems with them.
and to manifest a more tolerant atti-
tude toward them was declared the
solution of all Junior welfare work
difficulties involving girls and their
proper development. by Miss Mary f.
Duffy. supreme director of the Catholic
daughters of America. at the morning
session at the Mayfiower of the
seventh annual convention of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Women.
Great success could be had. she said,
with Junior groups if senior orga MIA
tons would help and cooperate. in
stead of exhibiting only indifference.
The vital necessity of all welfare work
with girls, she declared. was trained.
competent women who are willing to
give generously of their time and
efforts.
Bigotry and Indifference were con-
demned by Miss Alice Conway of the
Girl Scouts in an address before about
100 delegates on the work of her
organization.
I'VE do not want so called broad
minded women" she said. who do
not know what they or their church
stands for. Neither do we want preju.
diced women, who think that all opin.
IONS other than their own are wrong"
Miss Conway outlined the work Of
the Girl Scouts. emphasizing that it
is "A non.sectarian body. but it needs
active Catholic workers in it, in order
to insure the teaching of Catholic
principles.
Greater Activities Urged.
Others who urged greater activity
in Junior work were Miss Rose Nc.
Hugh and Miss Agnes Regan. assist
ant director of the National Catholic
School of Social Service.
Two hundred and fifty delegates to
the convention were received at the
White House today by President Cool
idge.
At the opening of the meeting this
morning the names of those selected
by the nomination committee to NIL
the seven vacancies on the board or
directors of the national council were
announced. They were: Mrs. w. r.
Sands of this city. Mrs George V. NC
Intyre of Chicago. Mrs. l.. G. kurtz
of Des Moines. Iowa: Mrs. James
Downey of Mobile. Ala; Miss Mary G.
hawkes. III 4\eWd1h- A"SC
dore Benoist of St. Louis and Mrs.
F. r. Buell. of Dallas. Tex.
The board of directors Is composed
Of Is women. 5 Of whom are elected
each year. This board elects the ma
tional officers. Two additional this
year were nominated to fill the va
cancy from the St Louis province.
caused by the death of Mrs. G. o.
Lamy, and the one from the San An
tonic province that was due to the
resignation Of Mrs. r. J. Moore.
Three Here From Abroad.
Three women from outside the
territorial limits of the United States
are attending the convention. Mrs.
Wilhelmine Sheppegrell-kep of
Germany is the only delegate from
Europe. She is the sister OF Bishop
keppler of Germany, and had barely
arrived in New York when she re-
ceived a cablegram from the Catholic
Women's League of Germany asking
her to represent it at the convention.
Panama is represented. for the first
time, by Mrs. E. \. McConahay and
Miss Mary June Corrigan OF Balboa.
Canal Zone.
In the Milwaukee delegation there
are two women who have been dec
GRATED by the Pope for their outstand-
ing social work. Mrs. James Hugh
Hackett and Miss Katherine Williams
have both received the cross PRO
Ecclesia ct Pontifice."
Federal Bureau AssaiIed.
The Federal Bureau of Education
would transform education into the
foot ball of politics" and bureau
cratize it without benefiting the
schools of the country, Rev. James
II. Ryan. executive secretary of the
department of education OF the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
told the convention last night.
Determined efforts. he said, are
being made in many quarters to bring
the schools under Federal control. He
denounced the Curtis-Reed bill, whose
purpose is to establish a department
OF education with a secretary IN the
cabinet. He declared the bill lis a
perfect example of a vicious bureau
cratic measure clogging up the ma.
chinery of Congress at every session..
Although there Is no popular demand
for such measure. DR.. Ryan said.
an announcement has been made that
politico- educational machine in
Washington will make another Ma.
tion.wide campaign this Fall for it's
passage.
Rigid regulation of child labor,
preferably by the States. was the high.
light OF the address given by Rev. VIII
liam A. BOlger, professor of economics
at Notre Dame University, at the
afternoon session.
state regulations concerning child
labor are preferable he said. but
where the State fails in its duty. and
the interest Of the child is at stake,
feel that Federal regulation i'm the
matter is permissible. The interest of
the child is, and always should be,
paramount
In reply to query whether all
Catholics were obliged to oppose the
child labor amendment. DIR. Bolger
said: Not at all. The subject is one
on which all Catholics may express
their individual views without fear Of
hindrance from their church."
Social Service School Aided.
A response of more than $1,000 was
the answer of the delegates, at an
earlier session, to an appeal for the
National Catholic School of Social
Service here. Several checks ranging
from $3.50 to 81 900 were Immediately
rendered the chairman.
Religion was declared the funda.
mental requirement for all education
by Miss Mary Coughlin of Denver,
who opened the evening meeting with
an address on THE Educated Woman
Of Today" 1t is very necessary to
manifest faith through action" and
to develop qualities tending to the
betterment of the race. Miss Coughlin
said. 1t is the educated woman's par
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