The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-06-28
MAKE WASHINGTON BETTER
KEYNOTE AT CONVENTION

eracy can be eliminated The course included
discussions on the economic and social reasons
for teaching adult iterates methods of teach
ing adult beginners and how to interest them
In education. The classes were held each morn
ing from to S:45 o'clock with Mrs. Elizabeth
Z. Morris, Supervisor of Adult Education i'm
North Carolina in charge The course was
sponsored by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation. Standards by which the illiterate are
Judged are higher in the federation than by the
Census Bureau. In the Department of Com
merce man is literate if he read and write
his own name. But the federation takes the
army standard, winch requires that a person
must be capable of reading the Bible and the
daily newspapers. This is considered third
grade education. In Tacoma yearly census
is taken and real illiterates are gathered into
night schools and given personal attention
Conservation
Mrs. Francis f. Whitley of Iowa, who many
of you will remember addressed us at Everett
deemed is fitting to speak in most praseworthy
manner relative to the completion of the project
that of buying tract of timber, undertaken by
our state federation The Division of Conser-
walton has its Chairman Mrs. Thomas Green
lees 1t was with quite legitimate pride that
we listened to Washington being extolled and
cited example to other states with the
recommendation that they ego and do likewise
Because of the great activity in saving
virgin timber ! wonder if not prone to
think of conservation in terms of trees alone.
1t might be interesting to note some of the diff
ferent branches of conservation i'm other states:
Nebraska has the problem of protecting her fos-
sill beds from curio hunters and speciman-s seeking
natural scientists Kansas would legislate to
prevent pollution of her streams, Delaware would
establish a state forestry department and save
her wild flowers, Mississippi wants additional
appropriations for her forestry commission Cal
ifornia wants the Boulder Dam and Wisconsin
opposes dam in the Menomenee River for COM
mercial purposes.
Citizenship
Mrs. W. X. Alvord of Michigan, Chairman
of American Citizenship reminded that the
attacks upon the Eighteenth Amendment have
been concerted and organized that they con-
sttute real challange to us. She included in
her report words of appreciation for work done
in the division of Law Observance in several of
the states. After effective pause she said:
"But Washington is the banner state for its pro-
gram of law observance during the past year"
Mrs Flora Slaugenhaupt of Kaama, chair
man of Law Observance is of two kinds, volun-
tary and compulsory. Voluntary is to be pre-
ferred. Constant reiteration plants ideas into
the minds of people and if we as citizens live
up to the potential power that is within us,
missing occasion to inform law breakers
of our dsapproval of their actions shall
eventually persuade them to obey the law vol
UNFAIRLY. This will aid in Mrs. Slaugenhaupts
ments
Having received praise from the General
Federation officers for work done along four
distinct lines is obvious and conclusive proof of
the consistent efforts of the club women of
Washington.
During the past year the Bulletin has estab
lished Headquarters, modest and unpretentious
to be sure but it is step in the right direction
and perhaps is a nucleus around which may be
built a place of business worthy OF our organ
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