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Show Teacher, Club Woman, Mother 173 story, poem, or song. Madelyn's Aunt Annie (Ann M. Cannon) spoke on early Mormon writers, especially Susa Young Gates, and pioneer relics were displayed. Madelyn and Ann Hafen, the Colorado historian, and writer and wife of LeRoy R. Hafen, Colorado's state historian, pre sented several of the programs in honor of the Colorado cen tennial. Madelyn spoke on "Gold and the Men Who Found It," and also on the history of Central City, the life of the Tabors (Senator Horace and Baby Doe), and revival of Central City Opera, in which Madelyn herself was a key figure. Back from her trip to Europe with Harold, Madelyn told of her experiences in England and Europe. On March 4, 1949 the lesson was on the Department of Public Welfare in Colorado. On March 18, 1949, the club toured old mansions in Denver, concluding with refreshments at the home of "The Unsinkable Mrs. Molly Brown." The lessons for 1949-50 were on Women of the World, start ing with an introductory talk by Madelyn. Among others, the women studied such American women as Martha Washington, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B. Anthony, and Jane Addams. Madelyn also gave lectures on music: one on Russian music, one on orchestral music, and one on the Denver Symphony; talks on art: early Utah artists and American Impressionists; reviews of the life and poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of Old English Ballads, humorous American poetry, and of the life and sayings of Mormon humorist, J. Golden Kimball, whom she had known personally. There were talks on Christmas almost every year. She also talked at Boy Scout Courts of Honor, at PTA meetings, and at small volunteer groups on par ents and child, the family and school, and on "modern" culture. She was well-prepared, had interesting material, and utilized good literature, including humorous selections, to enliven her talks. Above all, Madelyn was a consistent teacher in organizations of the LDS Church. She was the first woman in Denver, and possibly one of the first in the LDS Church, to be asked to teach |
