Women around the world
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- Title
- Women around the world
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- English
- Year
- 1936
- Rights
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- Abstract
- General federation of Women’s Clubs of America holds impressive meeting in Miami.
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- 10 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Manila, June, 1936 Women Around the World “ALTHOUGH the General Fed eration of Women’s Clubs is one of the lowest-cost organizations of women in the world, carrying on its gigantic program on a per ca pita membership dues of only ten cents, its scope of interest and in fluence is ever widening,” said Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson, pres ident. At the annual meeting of the Federation held last April in Miami, Florida, there were offered for the vote of members eleven re solutions touching many vital in ternational and national problems in education, welfare and citizen ship. These resolutions were sent out to all of the more than 16,000 member-clubs embracing 2,000,000 women for study and vote, thus ensuring an intelligent vote at Miami . Hundreds of women registered for attendance at the meeting. The keynote of the administra tion, ‘Education for Living’, was emphasized in the programs pre sented by the nine Departments of the Federation. Some one has said that, ‘education is the art of learn ing how to live with other people,’ and American clubwomen have made themselves exponents of this particular art. The keynote they General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Amer ica Holds Impressive Meeting at Miami took for the coming year is: ‘Edu cation in the art of living with each other,’ thus opening up for them selves courses in kindness and cour tesy, unselfishness and tolerance and all those other precious virtues embodied in the Golden Rule. Education and patriotism was stressed in the addresses of the dis tinguished guest speakers at the Council. Dr. Frank L. McVey, pres ident of the University of Ken tucky, was the special speaker on “State Presidents’ Night”, April 29, and discussed “Drifts in National Living”, with emphasis on phases of interest to all the States and those pertaining to education for living. Dr. Frank A. Balyeat, Pro fessor of Secondary Education at the University of Oklahoma, Mrs. Grace Elmore Gibson, prominent at torney of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Marita Stenve, student at Rol lins College, Winter Park, Florida, participated in a symposium, “What Patriotism Means to Me”, on Na tional President’s Night, April 30. A special program was present ed by each major Department of the Federation, in addition to the Departmental luncheons and round table conferences where particular problems were discussed. In plan ning these programs, the chairmen kept in mind the administration theme of “Education for Living” as well as the keynote of the Council: “For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light shall we see light.” (Psalm 36:9). The Department of International Relations presented Miss Loretta A. Salmon of Winter Park, Florida, Chairman of Inter national Relations lor the Florida Federation, who discussed “The Good Neighbor Policy”. Miss Sal mon has traveled extensively in Latin America. The processional of State Pres idents was a dramatic feature of the evening session, April 29, “State Presidents’ Night”. Mrs. Lawson introduced each State President, and Mrs. H. C. Houghton, .Jr., of Red Oak, Iowa, President of the Presidents’ Council, introduced Dr. McVey. Another colorful evening session was furnished by the Ju niors, April 28, who staged a “Tro pical Night” program on an island in the pool of the Miami-Biltmore Hotel, senior headquarters. Their speaker was Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, former president of the Gen eral Federation and now Vice Chairman of International Rela tions, who spoke on “Far Hori zons”. Aquatic sports and Olym pic swimmers were also featured. The Junior clubwomen, who at tended in large numbers, had their own headquarters at the Casa Loma Hotel next door to the Miami- Bilt more, and their own conferences and programs, besides attending Senior meetings. They demonstrat ed their national project, the Talk ing Book for the Blind, and heard addresses by General Federation chairmen and outside speakers. “Cooperation” was the keynote of the Junior program. “Miami Nights”, the first even ing of the Council, April 27, feat ured addresses of welcome by State and city officials, with responses from General Federation officials. A dinner and floor show were given by the Florida women for the Board of Directors, delegates and distin guished guests. A joint banquet was held by the State Presidents and General Fed eration Directors for the States, and numerous Regional dinners were scheduled. At the close of the Council came “Play Day”, May 1, which was spent on Miami Beach. Following Play Day was a cruise of about 100 clubwomen, headed by Mrs. Lawson, to the West Indies. Don’t merely ask for Matches . . . Learn to insist on or specify for Philippine made Matches “LIWAYWAY” “RIZAL” “SUNSET” “BLACK CAT” “GUITAR” These matches are 100% Philippine products, most reliable, economical, efficient and safe to use. ON SALE EVERYWHERE Philippine Match Company, Ltd. Manufacturers & Distributors.