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Show We received the results of the labors 01 Edith Shaw and her Committee on the Status of Women in Utah at the Winter Board iv\eeting. A copy of the report was distributed to epproxl mctely eeeh ten members of the Federation·. If you haven't seen it yet, ask your president why they aren'f-being circulated among the members of your club as they should be! To me" emphasis on the most thrilU"g ports of our yearl$ activities have been associated with our youth. The South Five Youthpower-USA Conferences, involving six of our districts, were held 21 in District on The came in ball started the Northern District Moob. eastern rolling January in on March Eastern with at Weber State 11. their conference District second College Ogden slipped into third place with a conference in Roosevelt on April 1. The Southern District's Conference in Cedar City and the combined Central-North Central Districts' production at the University of Utah fumished the finale on April 8. We were glad to share the report of the Northern District will a II the members through the pages of The Utah Business Woman. Hope fully, there will be reports and displays on the others at convention. Ideas, successes, and failures, too I shou ld be shared with others if we are to profit by and bui ld upon the experience. gained from year to year •. The continuation of the program will, of course, be up to your new administration. However, I know two districts have bank accounts; so what's going to happen to all that money if they don't continue?: We are most grateful' to the Sears-Roebuck Foundation for their support again this year. From their three-hundred-clollar grantl we were oble to assist the three conferences held ot educational institutions (College of Southern Utah, University of Utah, and Weber State College) with .100 each. In addition, the State Federation was in a position this year to contribute $50 to each district sponsoring a Youthpower Conference We also received assistance and encouragement from the Youthpower-USA Foundation of which Dorothy Ford is president. .. 4t . The Young Career Woman Program you wi) I heor a great dec I about at the convention 4 It looks like every district will have 0 candidate; and from this group of seven, our representative to No tiona I wi II be chosen. This is such a significant program that we are delighted that the committee established procedures that would permit all of you to meet and get to know thsse young women. Sleee five will be chosen at National for special recognition, it is an even greater cha Ilenge for us to send back 0 winner. ' . That about wraps it up, ladies. There hove been other noteworthy experiences, but these are the ones that stand out in my mind as I try to report to you the accomplishments of the year. The visits to various clubs, representing the Federation on other occasions, and the routine contacts and togetherness experienced on many occasions have all been memorable and of lasting importance to me. I would be remiss, indeed; if I did not express my deepest opprec'iation once again to the officers who have served with me, the other members of the State Board, my parliamentarian Cynthia Curtis--always at my elbow to keep me on the right track, the convention hostess clubs, and my very own Sugor House Cf.ub. At this writing, a II the sides of that duodecohedron r mentioned earlier have something written on them+-some in biSI bold letters+-some in finer print. We have attempted to keep ever before us the objectives for which our great organization was established and which hove been the foundation of our programing this year. As we launch our convent lon+-the most significant ach ievement of the year--We trust that a II of our business and activities wi II be maintained on the highest p.lane possible in keeping with our often quoted, often-repeated, ... but sometimes-abused Collect. |
