quires a vocabulary. This enables him to enter the grade school at the regular school age, without a handicap, thus avoiding retardation or repeating. (This saves much of the child's valuable time and much of the school funds.) 15. Organization of Mothers' Clubs as Americanization Work. The non-English speaking mother, through Mothers' Clubs, learns the language of America. This enables her "to converse with her children in the language of the school and playground; to assist in reducing juvenile delinquency; to help check truancy; to have keener appreciation of the value of prolonging the years of school life; to have better home atmosphere and mutual understanding; to retain the respect of husband and children who have learned the English language; to associate with people outside her racial group; to have clearer interpretations of American customs, standards, ideals and institutions, and to vote intelligently-having a better understanding of citizenship and American government." All of our children, native and foreign born, must be Americanized. The kindergarten is "the nursery of good citizenship," and we club women are trying to make it possible for every child in the United States to receive this kindergarten training which is his inherent right, by having "A Kindergarten in Every Public School." Has cooperated with the State Library Commission. ILLINOIS Has furthered cooperation between club women and libraries during Children's Book Week. Difficult to create a sentiment for county libraries. IOWA Has stressed importance of county libraries. About ten new association libraries due to efforts of women's clubs. A number of clubs render financial aid. KENTUCKY Goal of Kentucky Library Committee is: An active Library Committee in every Federated Club. A library in every club town in Kentucky. A county library in every county. MINNESOTA Committee has asked for the support of legislative program of Minnesota Library Association. (a) Amendment of county library law, (e) Certification of librarians, (d) Training courses at State University. To study local library conditions; urge further establishment of County Libraries. To organize service in County Sanatoria. NEBRASKA Probably 85 per cent of Public Libraries have been started by Women's Clubs. NEW MEXICO— Federation has started system of traveling libraries. Has recently made survey of state, finding that all Clubs help the libraries in small towns and many have been started by Clubs. Has worked for additional appropriation for administration of traveling libraries. NORTH CAROLINA Excellent work for school libraries. Observance of Children's Book Week. Five Clubs have opened public libraries. Two more to be opened in the fall. OREGON Has obtained passage of measure compelling libraries to purchase books from standard book lists put out by State Library or the A. L. A. PENNSYLVANIA— Appeals through the Club Messenger. Gifts of books to Laureltown State Institution for Defectives. RHODE ISLAND Through division of Library Extension sends out 166 traveling libraries with circulation in 1920-1921 of 38,000. The dual function of Agent of State Board of Education and Head of Traveling Libraries of Federation is centered in one person. SOUTH DAKOTA Division of Library Extension works with State Department. Emphasis placed on traveling libraries sent to rural districts. TEXAS Has worked to create sentiment for County Libraries. Four County Libraries established. Ten rural libraries, three traveling libraries. Ten libraries reopened. Observance of Children's Book Week. VERMONT Has given books to the Industrial School at Vergennes, picture books, colored crayons and pictures to be colored to the State School at Brandon. Has contributed money to a Children's Traveling Library Fund. A list of Vermont in Fiction has been distributed to the clubs and has chosen Robert Frost as poet laureate of the state. Almost every one of the 69 clubs have made gifts of money or books to the Library cause. WASHINGTON Has stressed importance of County Library system. Will sponsor County Library Bill at next session of Legislature. WISCONSIN Has endeavored to teach the Clubs to use material offered by State Library Commission. Total of $1,838.41 has been contributed to libraries in the State. Active campaign being waged to make the new County Library law effective. WEST VIRGINIA— Clubs have especially interested themselves in Library Extension. One Club supports a Library. Others have given money and contributed books. EDUCATION MRS. JOHN SHERMAN, Presiding STUDENT FELLOWSHIP MISS LUCY H. PEARSON We depend constantly upon professional people. How much do we do when they are students to make life the safest and happiest for them while they are preparing for their serious work? Chicago faced this problem six years ago. The Student Fellowship is the answer. This organization, not a club of individual memberships, but the family of 100,000 students annually in that city, is the connection between the student and the community-the clearing house for the exchange of courtesies, friendship, and help of all kinds. Free of charge the student men and women and the faculty are registered in the Student Fellowship office, for protection and identification in case of accident, to be grouped geographically in the city for social life, to find their own churches, and the other students of the same state or country. In Chicago we have a miniature league of nations-for instance, in one group of fifteen students there were thirteen different nationalities, Berlin standing next to Belgium, Russia next to Sweden, British Burma next to China, etc. Monthly, and even more frequently are held social affairs where the young men and women may mingle under the most normal circumstances. Mass meetings with speakers of international renown, and "Get Togethers" with guests of renown, who with their achievement have still kept their human interest, crowd Fullerton Hall of the Art Institute and other assembly halls in the various educational institutions. In case of illness or other need the student finds the help of the best physicians, the price of their service balanced to meet the individual pocketbooks. The endeavor is made to surround these students with the best opportunities which the city has to offer, to have them share the great civic guests, as they did Madame Curie; to provide for them religious inspiration, so non-sectarian that each group finds his religious beliefs safeguarded Tickets of concerts, lectures, theaters, etc., which are unused, are distributed by the Student Fellowship. In short the students of ninety-two schools and twenty-three professions are beginning to find each other. Most of you, whether you know it or not, are part of the Student Fellowship, for any one who has ever been an academic or professional student anywhere, is forever a part of the Student Fellowship and entitled to its pin. The symbolism of the pin is very definite. It is the equal armed purple cross, the symbol of the Christian faith, the final letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the sign of the perfect number of the Chinese, and the positive and negative of the metaphysician in perfect balance. The cross symbolizes democracy. Underneath the cross is the hidden, golden circle, always pulling the arms of the cross to its widest, symbolizing universality; the star-the star of Bethlehem and the star of David, symbolizes aspiration. The purple and the gold-royal colors call to royalty of the humanhood students, thus bound, will together attain. Each of your General Federation Clubs is asked to appoint a Student Fellowship sponsor, to notify the office when any student from their community is coming to Chicago. The end will be a free-masonry of the students of the world, standing together in the upbuilding of true manhood and womanhood, as our professional leader. |