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Show 'if 1 7? 4IUt 1' 1fItJHeeIe'4 AF"F"ILIATED NATIONAL FEDERATION ASSOCIATE WITH OF" PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS, MEMBER INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION BUSINESS AND AND INC. OF" BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL WDMEN'S CLUBS TEE UTAH BUSINESS .AND PROFESSIONAL WOMAN -- -- -- "Forward Together" July - Augq.st issue {q C o Dear Fellow-member, The greatest Biennial Convention that our National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs has ever held ended July 7th in San Francisco, California. Sixty-two Utah members of the organization were in attendance at that Convention, and have returned home literally filled with new ideas and a stronger faith in the Those of us who went to San Francisco enjoyed every Federation and its purposes. We the were especially impressed with the way in which our Convention. thing about National President, Dr. X. Francis Scott, got the work done and the business cleared It was a "working" convention, with each meeting a model of democratic procedure up. and fair play, giving all concerned a very good idea as to how we should conduct our No individual was denied the right to speak to any question or problem own meet.ings. or res·olution, and the six microphones placed about the noor of the convention ball The business to be decided was put up to the members present, were used constantly. all the way through. The theme of the Convention was "TURN THE TIDE AT THE Tmll OF THE CENTURY," and we soon learned that in order to turn the tide we must follow the new program and its Above all else, we were made aware of the importance of our theme of "MEASURE UP." organization as an active force for good in our country. Naturally, the war news and we readily pledged our clubs to aid our Government in influenced our thinking, Persons of National renown addressed us at every session, on every waypo8sible. matters of great import to each of us. Many changes were made in the National :ByLaws You will like the and procedures, and all of these changes were for our best good. changes. Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Texas was elected to succeed Dr. Scott, as National President,. ·and she and Dr. Scott are both in Europe just now, attending the Fifth Con gress of International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. the It good to feel the bond of good fellowship that hods our organization together. All of the women from the other states were our friends; they called us by our first names '''e learned that we think: alike, and that, no and they want·ed us· to· be their friends. matter what section of the country a B.& P.W. woman comes from, she is interested in just the same ·,ideals and purposes that we are interested in. was Let us not forget that each one of us is a me All of whioh brings us to this: ber of the International Federation, of the National Federation, and of the Utah Fed eration of Business and Professional Women's Clubs as well as of our own local Business We are very important people, as you can see. and Professional Women's Club. Let's mind ourselves often that there are 160,000 women in our National and Federation, at you and I and the other 159,998 women have the same purposes and ideals, and that, by pooling our energies and our thinking, we can accomplish many good and lasting pro ts that will aid in bringing about the peaceful world tt we all so much desire. . we measure bili ties to up to our good of America. our responsibilities in our B.& P.W. Government, we cannot help but grow, and groups, and to our responsi our growth will be for the |
