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Practical Suggestions for Club Women in
Texas in General Use by the Applied
Education Department.
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The underlying purpose of this
pamphlet is to have our women realize the seriousness of the choice of
members, composing our School-Boards; how to choose them; and what should be
their qualifications.
HOW TO CHOOSE A SCHOOL-BOARD
1. A member of a
school-board should be a representative of the community.
(This is a study in itselfHow can
we best represent our community?)
2. A member of a
school-board is chosen to serve, not to boss.
(The understanding of the difference between
“serving” and “bossing” creates another study of us.)
3. He should be a gentleman in all his
conduct.
(Not alone is he responsible to his
fellow-members on the Board and the teachers of the school, but every child
of the school expects him to be a gentleman.)
4. He should know that his work is
legislative, not administrative.
(Study to know the difference. How are our
schools, from the University to the County, administered?)
5. He should be chosen from the best
talent available.
(This invites a study of the qualifications of a
member of a school-board, and how to classify those available.)
6. He should be chosen as to merit
(Ask your candidates: “Why do you wish to be on
the School-Board?” Hear their replies; and you will have some subjects for
Roll Call in the Club Year Books.)
7. He should have backbone as well as
brains.
(This is suggestive of the fact that a member of
the school-board must be able to stand alone, in his judgment.
8. He should be able to understand
questions of finance.
(Here is a field of work for every club member.
Surely, that is not the reason why some communities have no women on their
school-boards.)
9. He is responsible to the people
(He should never forget this. Do the people
always remember that this is a fact?)
10. He should keep within the limit of the
desire of the people of the community who chose him.
(A thorough study of what constitutes the desire
of a community, in reference to its school-board, might be made a profitable
club paper.)
The Principal Qualifications of a Member of a
School-Board: 1. Honesty;
2. Competence.
MRS. HENRY REDMOND,
Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Twenty-Seventh Annual
Convention
Municipal Auditorium,
Amarillo, Texas
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November 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1924
Hostess: Potter Co.
Federation Headquarters: Amarillo
Hotel.
The Twenty-seventh Annual Convention
of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs is called for November 11th
to 14th.
INFORMATION DESKS :
Lobby of Amarillo Hotel
Lobby of Palo Duro Hotel
Rotunda of Municipal Auditorium
Delegates will register upon arrival with
Credentials Committee.
Board of Directors Meeting :
Woman’s Club Rooms, Municipal
Auditorium, 9:30 A.M. and 2:39 P. M.
Luncheon to the Board of Directors,
courtesy of Junior Woman’s Club. Fine Arts Evening : November 11th
Convention opens for business
Wednesday, November 12th, 9:00 A. M.
Delegates report to Credentials
Committee at 8:00 A. M.
Southern Dinner : Palo Duro Hotel at
5:45 P.M., November 12th
President’s Evening : Wednesday,
November 12th, at 8:00 o’clock.
Auditorium.
Pioneer Dinner : Amarillo Hotel,
at 5:45 P. M., November 13th.
Districts’ Evening : Thursday,
November 13th, at 8:00 o’clock.
Auditorium.
Clubs are requested to send names of
delegates and alternates to Miss Eleanor Rider, of Amarillo, and Mrs. Day
Mills, 411 Pine St., Texarkana.
Chairman of Hotels : Mrs. J. M. Delzell,
Amarillo. Reservations should be made early.
Delegates will bring list of
amendments enclosed with this announcement.
Noted speakers have been secured for
all sessions of the Convention.
Theme of the Convention: Club Women
and The American Home.
Clubs will send names of members who
have passed on since the last Convention, to the office of the State
President. The Memorial Service will be from three-fifteen, Wednesday P.
M., November 12th.
MRS. HENRY REDMOND, President.
MILDRED SEATON, Corresponding Sec’y
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Louvain Library Fund Appeal Made
Through Women’s Reading Club
AT the
general meeting of the Woman’s Reading club in February,
Mrs. J. L. Cunningham, corresponding
secretary, read a communication from Mrs. Henry Redman, president of the
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs, in which she made an appeal for funds for
the Louvain library. Mrs. C. A. Richardson, president, at this session
appointed Mrs. Hat W. Greer chairman of the committee to solicit funds; and
at the March session held on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Greer reported a
total of $13.50 had been forwarded to the general Louvain library fund.
The rebuilding of the Louvain
Library will serve as a memorial in Belgium to the 50,000 American soldiers
who lost their lives during the war. Mrs. Redman writes in part of the
fund:
“You will recall that when Cardinal
Mercier of Belgium came to this country immediately after the armistice and
was asked what America could do for his country, his reply was a request for
the rehabilitation of the famous Louvain library.
“Theodore Roosevelt, Cardinal
Gibbons and Chief justice White were all members of the committee which then
assured him that the United States would replace the library and make it a
memorial in Belgium to the 50,000 American soldiers. The women volunteered
to contribute our share toward completing this enterprise. It is
incomplete! Only one wing is standing, stark and silent among its
scaffolding and all building activities have ceased.
“This is an opportunity for the
entire womanhood of America to express in permanent form the hope that peace
may reign among the nations of the world for evermore. It is the aggregate
of a great many small gifts that will make the library at Louvain truly
America’s symbol of the brotherhood of man.”
Mrs. Greer is also making an appeal
to the general public for donations, no matter how small, for this worthy
cause.
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