The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-03
Federation
Officers to
Be Elected

Polls for the election of officers
az the forty-third annual conven-
tlon OF the Indiana Federation of
Women's Clubs were opened at 1890
To-Day, and will close at 8.
Although the only contested Of
nee Is that of treasurer, the voting
OF delegates is expected to be as
heayy as at any previous election.
Ofncers are elected for two years.
Mrs. Edwin N. Canine. elected presi-
cent at West Baden last year, will
mold office for the coming year.
Miss May Hobbs OF Upton. who
served for three years as president
OF the Ninth district, is running
against Mrs. Roscoe Raymond of
Edinburgh, acting treasurer, for the
contested office.
Mrs. BALI UnoppOsed
Other candidates who have no op-
position are Mrs. Frederick G. BALI.
for first vice-president; Mrs. A. r.
Putnam, Tenth district, for record
ing secretary, and Mrs. Claude
Steele, Thirteenth district, trustee.
DR.. Frank F. Hutchins. profess
sor of mental and nervous diseases,
Indiana university school of medi-
cine, addressed delegates at break
last in the Chateau room this
morning, on The Necessity for
Healthy Minds Under Present Con-
ditions.'
DR.. Hutchins described a healthy
mind as not necessarily a great
mind, but as ''one with the ability
to see things as they are, and to
adjust itself to conditions as they
are"
Hits Educated Mind"
The most discouraging thing in
this mental hygiene movement is
the unhealthiness of the so-called
educated mind" DR.. Hutchins said.
He scored what he termed so
called intellectuals" for using
phrases far up in the clouds, largely
borrowed, yet unable to understand
the simple fundamentals of life"
Mental health is general health
to the nth degree" DR.. Hutchins
said, You can not consider one
without the other"
Reports of the standing commit
tees were made at the morning ses-
sion. They included reports by:
Mesdames Willard Petro, A. r. Putnam,
John E. Moore. James 8 Boonshot
Thomas j Brooks Horace Can1nhaI1
Nora d. Short, John Downing johnson,
Robert E. Burke; Quincy A. Myers, Edwin
F. Miller and Miss May Hobbs.
Harold Stark of Aurora, gave the
principal address during the depart
ment Of arts discussion. Mr.. Stark,
for the last two years, has been at
the Minneapolis Institute Of Arts.
DepIOres Faults in Art
Mr.. Stark studied the public gall
leries and private collections for two
years. A book on American art,
which soon will be published has
been prepared by him.
Mr.. Stark spoke on Us Art
Necessary" He deplored the faults
of present day art, which he said
had taken on the characteristics of |
machine age.
Art Is not a luxury Mr.. Stark |
said. ut is one of the major neces-
sites of our time. But it is to the
women and the organizations and
clubs, which they have built up for
themselves throughout the country
in the past generation, that the ma
ton must look for the preservation
of our old art, and the encourage
ment of our new living art. Our |
men are too busily engroSSed in the |
materialistic struggle against the
machine to think of art as anything |
but an effeminate luxury to be cut |
from the budget until prosperity
comes again"
Mrs. H. B. Burnett, who has been
honored by Governor Harry Leslie
by being appointed World Fair
Commissioner for Indiana, to serve
during the Chicago Century of Pro-
greSs, spoke at the luncheon in the |
Chateau room, where Mrs Hamel
d. Hinkle presided.
Hear DIR. Edwards
Mrs. Burnett has served as mem |
bership chairman for the HooSier
Salon Patrons Association in Indi-
ana, and has been an officer in this |
organization since its formation. |
She spoke of the exposition at Chi
Cago, from June 1 to Nov l, 1888.
Mrs. Burnett emphasized the fact |
that the exposition is at IndianaS
front door
More people will travel through |
Indiana to reach Chicago than
through any other state. 1t will
leave a rebound of educational and !
monetary value to our state, as we'll |
as an uplift to humanity" Mrs. Bur-
nett said
DR.. David M. Edwards spoke at |
the international relations dinner
Wednesday night. Music was fea-
tured at the evening cession, when |
the Delaware county chorus sang.
The chorus is composed of men,
bers of the following clubs: The
CASTOR Woman's Club, the York
town Woman's Club, the Daleville |
Woman's Club, the Muncie Woman'S |
Club. the Entire Nous. Muncie; the
Riverside Culture Club. Muncie, and
the Reticule Club of Albany.