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YEAR BOOK

OF THE

WOMAN’S CLUB

CENTRAL KENTUCKY

1916-1917

ORGANlZED DECEMBER 3, 1894
FEDERATED THE SAME YEAR

 

 

 

  

  

 

YEAR‘ BOOK

OF THE

WOMAN’S CLUB

OF

CENTRAL KENTUCKY

1916-1917

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ORGANIZED DECEMBER 3, 1894
FEDERATED THE SAME YEAR

 

 

 

 

 

  

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EX-PRESIDENTS

 

. M. A. Scovill, 1895.
. A. M, Harrison, 1896-1897
. A. M. Harrison, 1997-1898

Miss Eva Stevenson, 1898-1899
Miss Eva Stevenson, 1899-1900

Mrs
Mrs

. M. T. ‘Slcott, 1900-1901
. M. T. IS-cott, 1901-1902

Miss Eva. Stevenson, 1902-1903
Miss Eva Stevenson, 1903-1904

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Mrs.
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Mrs.
Mrs.
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. A. M. Harrison, 1904-1905

. A. M. Harrison, 1905-1906 1

Wickliﬂe Preston, 1906-1907
Wickliﬁe Preston, 1907-1908
Charles W. Moore, 1908-1909
Charles W. Moore, 19-09-1910
Wicklift‘e Preston, 1910-1911
Wickliffe Preston, 1911-1912
A. M. Harrison, 1912-1913
A. M. Harrison, 1913-1914
W. T. Laﬁerty, 1914-1915
W. T. Laﬁerty, 1915-1916

 

 

  

 

 

OFFICERS

 

President
MRS. CLARENCE L. WILLIAMSON

Vice Presidents
MRS. W. T. LAFFEIRT'Y
MISS MARGARET WICKLIFFE PRESTON

Recording Secretary
MRS. NORTON SHARPE

Corresponding Secretary
MRS. J. A. EDGE

Treasurer
MRS. JOHN SKAIN

Auditors
M‘RS JOHN W. SCOTT
MRS C. A. THOMAS

  

COUNTY VICE PRESIDENTS

 

FAYETTE

Miss Dinsmore Patrick

W0 O-DFORD
Mrs. Claude Williams

MADISON
Miss Laura Clay

CLARK
Mrs. David Prewitt

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DIRECTORS

Miss N. Isabel Schmidt Mrs. Lloyd 0‘. Daniels
Mrs. Wickliffe PrestOn Mrs. Edwin Muller

Mrs. George Starr Miss Myrtle Keshiemer
Mrs. Minor Simpson Mrs. C. J, Smith
Mrs. J. M. Kelly Mrs. H. K. McAdams
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CALENDAR

 

O c t o b e r 7—4Business. Music Program.

14—«Literature.
21—~Political Science.
28—JCurrent Events.

November 4—Business. Art Program.

December

J a n u a r y! 7—4Luncheon—ICurrent Evants Program.

ll—Literature.
18—Home Economics.
25—Current Events.

2—Business. Local History Program.
9—Literature.

16#Social Service.

23—Current Events.

30—Music.

13—Literature.
ZOHSocial Service.
27—Art.

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 February 3—Business. Literature Program.
10—Local History.
17———Home Economics.
24—Current Events.

M a. r c h 3~E1ection—Politica1 Science Program.
10—Literature.
17—Art.
24—Current Events.
31——~Local History.

 

A p r i 1 7—Business. Social Service.
Ill—Literature.
Zl—Current Events.
28—Playgiving.

\ M a y 5—CBusiness. Home Economics Program.
1 12—4Literature.

19—Political Science.

26~aCurrent Events.

 

’J u n e 2—Installation of Officers. Music.

 

 

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DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE

“Reading without purpose is sauntering, not exercise."

OHALRMAN
Miss N. Isabel Schmidt

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Suydam Scott

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mrs. Charles Kerr Mrs. J. R. Morton
Mrs. Fulton W. Clare

AUXILIARY COMMITTEE

Miss Laura Kinkead Miss Margaret Preston
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Spanton Miss Helen Laﬂerty

 

A STUDY OF THE MIND OF PRESENT-DAY
AMERICA AS ANALYZED AND PICTURED BY
PHILOSOPHERS, POETS AND DRAMAT-
ISTS, TOGETHER WITH THE MIND
OF THE IMMIGRANT AS RE-
VEALED IN SOME OF HIs I
OWN LITERATURE.

 

 

“In learning to know other things and other minds, we
become more intimately acquainted with ourselves."

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 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky.

CURRENT EVENTS

“Today be ours, the rest the Gods command.”~—Hora.ce.

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Wiokliffe Preston

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. M. A. Scovell

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Miss Mary Shelby Mrs. Chas. W. Moore
LOCAL HISTORY
“Gather we from the shadowy past
The straggling beams that linger yet:
Ere o’er those ﬂickering lights are cast

The shroud that none can penetrate."

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Minor Simpson

VICE CHAIRMAN

’ Mrs. W. T. Lafferty
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mrs. James Todd , . Mrs. C. D. Chenaulg
Mrs. Shelby Harblson .Mrs. E. S. DeLong
Mrs. G, W. Ranck Mrs. W. H. Thompson

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ART DEPARTMENT

 

There is such a humanizing and elevating inﬂuence about
everything that is really beautiful, whether in art or in
nature, that it is almost impossible for the observant way-
farer to stumble upon such objects Without being cheered
or beneﬂtted.——Edward Kemp, English Landscape Gardener,
1817-1891.

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. George Starr

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. M. Spencer

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Miss Ora Wilson Miss Lucy Collier
Mrs. B. F. VanMeter, Jr.

 

November—Exhibit and Lecture—Poster Art.
J anuar'y—The History of Costume, Illustrated.

M a r ch—Art of the Living Landscape. Some
Famous American Gardens, Illustrated.

Occasional exhibitions of original paintings and re-
productions.

 

 

 MUSIC DEPARTMENT.

 

”A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a ﬁne picture every day of his life, in order that
worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful
which God has implanted in the human soul."—Goethe.

 

CHAIRMAN
Miss Myrtle V. Kesheimer

VICE CHAIRMAN

Miss Corinne Noel

DIRECTORS
Mrs. Henry Duncan Miss Marguerite McLaughlin
J) Mrs. E. c. Adair

Subject: “The Development of Music, Particularly

American Music.”

Study Class Current Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky.

SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

 

 

“If the civilization of the white race is to survive, it
must be saved through the diffusion and adoption of sound
policies in regard to social hygiene, carried enthusiastically
and persistently into action.”—CHARLES W. ELIOT. Hon-
orary President, The American Social Hygiene Association.

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Charles Judson Smith

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Robert K. Massie

 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Mrs. A. M. Harrison Miss Frances Jewell / _
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Mrs. Clifton B. English Miss Dorothy Embry

HOME ECONOMICS COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Mrs. H. K. McAdams.

 

 

 

  

 

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POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

 

CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. M. Kelly

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. C. H. ‘Berryman

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mrs. E. L, Hutchinson Mrs. Dasha. Breckinrldge
Mrs. Silas Mason Mrs. J. A. Stucky

PLAYGIVING COMMITTEE

CHALRMAN
Mrs. Lloyd C. Daniels

 

STANDING COMMITTEES
Hospitality
CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Edwin Muller

COMMITTEE

Mrs. Samuel M. Wilson Mrs. W. P. Averett
Mrs. John B. Gorham Miss Martha Hume
Mrs. W. K. Massie

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House
Mrs. J. Ernest Cassidy Miss Martha, McElhinney
Mrs. Albert Bryan Mrs. George Mastin
Miss Mary Clarke Mrs, Chas. Bowyer

Enrollment

CHAIRMAN

Miss Josephine Simpson

VICE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. J. R. Morton

COMMITTEE
Miss Rebel Withers Mrs. Esten Gibson
Mrs. Elizabeth Searles Spanton

Entertainment
Mrs. J. R. Morton

 

 

 

 

  

14 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky.

 

TREASURER'S REPORT

 

MRS. J. A. EDGE, Treasurer

In account with the Woman’s Club of Central
Kentucky, from July 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916.

 

 

——Receipts—-

Balance .................................. $ 241.17
Dues ..................................... 880.00
Guest tickets ............................. 54.75
Luncheon tickets ......................... 78.00
Last year's dues .......................... 10.00
Equal rights for Frau 'Schweimer .......... 50.00

$1,313.92

———Disbursements——

Rent and use of piano ..................... $ 460.00
Year books ............. . .................. 50.00
New Year’s luncheon ..................... 93.50
Lectures and concerts ..................... 285.25
Calendars ................................ 16.00
General Federation dues .................. 13.10
State Federation dues .................... 13.10
State endowment fund .................... 10.00
Teas and maid ............................ 41.40
Printing and stamps ...................... 11.80
Shakertown fund . . . .. .. ............. 5.00
Miscellaneous ............................. 40.49
IBalance .................................. 274.28

$1,313.92

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LIST OF MEMBERS

Adair, Mrs. E. C., 722 West High St.
Appleton, Miss Kathryn, 260 South Limestone St.
Averett, Mrs. W. P., 218 South Ashland Ave.

Bain, Miss Edith, 516 West Third St.

Bateman, Mrs. W. M., 453 West Sixth St.

Barker, Mrs, Henry S., State University.

Bain, Miss Irma, 516 West Third St.

Beard, Miss Ruth, North Broadway.

Beck, Mrs. A. W., 48 Mentelle Park.

Berry, Mrs. Bailey, 54 South Ashland Ave.

Berry, Miss Caroline W., Sayre College.
Berryman, Mrs. Charles H., Elmendorf.

Bosworth, Mrs. Henry M., Versailles Pike.
Bowyer, Mrs. Charles H., 404 North Broadway.
Breckenridge, Mrs. Desha, 337 Linden Walk.
Brown, Mrs. Linwood A., 425 Transylvania Park.
Brooker, Mrs. H. Spencer, 290 South Ashland Ave.
Bryan, Mrs. Daniel, 554 East Main St,

Bryan, Mrs. Albert G., 414 West Second St.
Buckley, Mrs. ‘B. F., Bourbon County.

 

 

:Carter, Mrs. W. L., 430 West Sixth St.
‘Carrick, Mrs. Robert L., 466 West Third St.
vCarrithers, Mrs. A. T., 407 North Broadway.
Chenault, Mrs. C. D., 462 North Limestone.
Christian, Miss Katherine, Liberty Pike, Fayette Co.
Clay, Miss Laura, 189 North Mill St.

Clarke, Miss Mary E., 117 Woodland Ave.
Cochran, Miss Katherine, 419 West Second St.
Collier, Miss Lucy, 335 North Broadway.
Combs, Mrs. Thomas A., Versailles Pike.
Connelly, Miss Julia, Hamilton College.

Cook, Mrs. J. F., 523 West Third St.

Craig, Mrs. William, 414 Fayette Park.
Crossﬁeld, Mrs. R. H., 371 North Broadway,

Daniels, Mrs. Lloyd 0., Park Ave.
Davis, Mrs. Morton, North Broadway.
DeLong, Mrs. G. A., 439 North Broadway,

 

  

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DeLong, Mrs. E. S., 136 East Fourth St.

Denny, Miss Massey L., 118 Park Ave.

des :Cognets, .Mrs. Louis, Cor. Main and Forest Ave.
Drake, Mrs. W. D., 140 Barr St.

Duncan, Mrs. Henry T., 433 Fayette Park,

Edge, Mrs. J. Arthur, 187 North Mill St.
Elliott, Mrs. J. Nathan, 515 North Broadway,
Elmore, Mrs. Sarah M., 237 South Ashland Ave.
Embry, Miss Dorothy, 609 Elsmere Park.
English, Mrs. Clifton B., 646 East High St.

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Fitch, Mrs. J. Howard, 457 West Sixth St.

Garth, Mrs. ‘Claude, 304 West Third 181:.

Gibson, Mrs. E. R., 620 Sayre Ave.

Giltner, Miss Leigh Gordon, 171 N. Ashland Ave.

Glass, Mrs. S, A., 224 South Ashland Ave.

Goff, Mrs. Thomas, 441 West Second St.

Goﬂ, Miss Anna 0., 441 West Second St.

Goodloe, Mrs. Archibald, 270 (South Ashland Ave. ,

vGorham, Mrs. John B., 411 West Third St. \,
Graves, Mrs. George K., 248 South Ashland Ave. —
Graves, Mrs. Sterling P., Lexington, Ky.

Haggin, Mrs. Louis Lee, Russell Cave Pike.
Hamilton, Miss Anna J., State University.
Harbison, Mrs. Shelby T., 281 South Limestone St.
Harrison, Mrs. A. M., 530 Elm Tree Lane.
Henton, Miss Mary, Versailles, Ky.

Hogarty, Miss Katherine, Lexington, Ky.
Holloway, Miss Anne L., Maysville Pike,
Horine, Miss Bessie, Nicholasville, Ky.
Hostetter, Mrs. Whitney, 140 Barr wSt.
Huffman, Mrs. Lee E, 417 West Third St.
Hume, Miss Martha, Winchester Pike.
Hume, Miss Maria D., Winchester Pike.
Hume, Miss Daisy, Winchester Pike.
Hutchinson, Mrs. E. L., 631 East Main St,
Hutchison, Miss Martha, 431 South Broadway.

 

 

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Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky. 17

 

Jackson, Mrs. J. T., 451 West Sixth St.
Jenny, Mrs. Herbert J., 132 East Fourth St.
Jewell, Miss Francis, 311 South Ashland Ave.
Jewell, Mrs. A. H., 311 South Ashland Ave.
Johns, Mrs. Frank, 154 Woodland Ave.
Johnston, Mrs. Fayette, “Elmhurst,” Lexington, Ky.
Johnstone, Mrs. John, 201 North Mill St.

  
  

Kastle, Mrs. Joseph H., 238 East Maxwell St.
Kelly, Mrs. J, M., 157 Walnut St.

Kerr, Mrs. Charles, 658 North Broadway.
Kinkead, Miss Laura, 256 East High St.

Lafferty, Mrs. William T., 418 East Maxwell St.
LeCompte, Miss Margaret, 412 West Third St.
Lee, Mrs. Stanley, 144 East Fifth St.

Mason, Mrs. Silas, Versailles Pike.
Massie, Mrs. Robert K., Waverly Apart, Hampton ‘Ct.
Massie, Mrs_ William K., 341 North Broadway.
Mastin, Mrs. George R., 634 London Ave.
Marshall, Mrs. J. E., 437 West Second St.
Matthews, Mrs. Walter, 417 Transylvania Park.
Morgan, Mrs. W. G., Fayette Park.

Morton, Mrs. J. R., 331 North Mill St.

Morris, Mrs. William L., 410 West Second St,
Moore, Mrs. Charles W., 472 West Third St.
Muller, Mrs. Edwin, West Third St.

Murray, Miss Ellie, 521 West High St.

Myers, Mrs. Irene T., Preston Inn.

McAdams, Mrs. H. K., 309 North Broadway,
McClelland, Miss Francis, 301 South Broadway.
McDiarmid, Mrs. E. W., Hamilton College.
McElhinny, Miss Martha, 403 Maple Ave.
McElhinny, Miss Katie, 403 Maple Ave.

McFerran, Mrs. W. V., Versailles Pike.

McGarvey, Miss Sarah, Lexington, Ky.
McLaughlin, Miss Margaret, 226 East Maxwell St.
MeMullen, Mrs. John, 646 Elsmere Park.

 

 

 

  

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Newman, Miss Roberta, 145 East Second St.
Noel, Mrs. J. D., 604 Sayre Ave.
Noel, Miss Corinne, 604 Sayre Ave.

Offutt, Mrs. William N., 230 North Broadway.

Patrick, Mrs. C. 0., Old Frankfort Pike.

Patrick, Miss Dinsmore, Old Frankfort Pike.
Payne, Mrs. A. G., 534 North Broadway.

Pettit, Miss Katherine, Lexington, Ky.

Preston, Mrs. Wickliffe, Waverly Apart, Hampton Ct.
Preston, Miss Marg., Waverly Apart, Hampton Ct.
Prewitt, Mrs. David, Winchester Pike.

Pryor, Mrs. Joseph W., 261 North Broadway.
Pulliam, ‘Mrs. Keeling G., 505 East Main St.

Ran-ck, Mrs. George W., 602 North Broadway.
Roberts, Mrs. L. L., 436 West Third St.
Ross, Mrs. Clifton B., 429 North Broadway.

Scott, Mrs. Suydam, 242 Market St.

Scott, Mrs. John W., 478 West Second St.

Scott, Miss Sue B, 325 North Broadway.

Scherer, Miss Lotta, 435 West Fourth St.
Schmidt, Miss N. Isabel, 404 North Broadway.
Schnaufer, Mrs. W. T., 244 North Broadway.
Scovell, Mrs. M. A., Lexington, Ky.

Sharpe, Mrs. G. Norton, 174 East Maxwell St.
Sharpe, Miss Mary D, 151 East Maxwell St.
Shelby, Mrs. John T., 418 West Third St.

Shelby, Miss Mary, 418 West Third St.
Shropshire, Mrs. J. :C., 205 West Short St.
Simpson, Mrs. Minor, Ashland, Tate’s Creek Pike.
Simpson, Miss Josephine, Ashland, Tate’s Creek Pike.
Skain, Mrs. John, 137 Forest Ave.

Smith, Mrs. Charles Judson, 225 South Limestone.
Smith, Miss Lila D., 303 South Limestone.
Snyder, Mrs. W. R., 425 West Fourth St.

Spanton, Mrs. Elizabeth Searles, 242 Market St.
Spencer, Miss Jessie P., 134 Walnut St.

Starr, Mrs. George, 256 ‘Rodes Avenue.

Steele, Miss May, Frankfort Pike.

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Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky.

 

Stofer, 'Mrs. Samuel C., Ashland Ave.
Stucky, Mrs. J. A., 905 East Main St.
Sweeney, Mrs. W, 0., 330 Hampton Court.
Sweeney, Miss Mary E., Comb’s Ferry Pike.

Thomas, Mrs. Charles Allen, 304 North Mill St.
Thomas, Mrs, W. R., 473 East Main St.
Thompson, Mrs. William :H., East Maxwell St.
Thomson, Mrs. M. G., Hamilton College.
Tigert, Mrs. John J., 119 Bassett Court.

Todd, Mrs. James A., Elmendorf.

Tunis, Mrs. J. T., 521 North Broadway.

Tunis, Mrs. Curry, 442 Fayette Park.

Turner, Mrs. H. Clay, 472 East Main St.

VanMeter, Mrs. Benjamin F., 438 West Second St.

Walby, ,Miss Lucy E., 119 East Maxwell St.
Walton, Mrs. J. F., 460 Walnut St.

Welch, Mrs. W. R., 222 South Limestone.
White, Mrs, Milford, 112 East Maxwell St.
Wiglesworth, Mrs. J. M., Faywood, Ky.
Williamson, Mrs. Clarence, 622 Central Ave.
Williams, Mrs. Claude, Versailles, Ky.
Wilson, Mrs. Ora F., Hamilton College.
Wilson, Mrs. S. S., Tate’s Creek lPike.
Withers, Miss Rebel, 530 Elm Tree Lane.
Wolverton, Miss Masie, 388 South Broadway.
Wright, Mrs. H. ‘B., Phoenix Hotel.

Wyatt, Mrs. Conway, 40 Mentelle Park.

 

Young, Mrs. Frank 0., 257 South Limestone St.
Zembrod, Mrs. Alfred, 456 West Fourth St.

 

 

  

20 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky.

 

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

 

ARTIICDE I.

Name.

This association shall be called the Woman’s Club
of Central Kentucky.

ARTICLE II.
Object.
The object shall be to create among women an or-
ganized center of thought and action for the promo-
tion of social, educational, literary and artistic

growth, and what relates to the best interests of the
community.

ARTICLE III.
Departments.
For the better execution of its object, the Club
work shall be divided into departments, representing
different lines of activity.

ARTICLE IV.
Officers.

Sec. 1. The officers of the Club shall be a Presi-
dent, two Vice PreSIdents, residents of the City of
Lexington, and as many more Vice Presidents as
there may be counties represented in the Club, in-
cluding Fayette County, a Recording Secretary, a
Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer and two And
itors These shall constitute the Executive Com-
mittee, who shall select the Chairmen of Depart-
ments and the Chairmen of Standing Committees.

 

 

 

 

 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky. 21

 

Board of Directors.

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee, the Chairmen
of Departments, and the Chairmen of Standing Com-
mittees shall constitute the Board of Directors. This
Board shall transact the business of the Club, and
shall have power to ﬁll vacancies occurring in its
own body during the interim between elections.

ARTICLE V.
Nomination and Election of Officers.

Sec. 1. The officers shall be elected by ballot at a
meeting held annually on the ﬁrst Saturday in
March, and shall be installed in office on the ﬁrst
Saturday in June. The Club Year shall begin with
October.

A Committee on Election shall be appointed to
consist of three members of the Club, who shall
serve as tellers at the annual meeting, and shall
have power to choose assistants. The chairman of
this committee shall be the Corresponding Secretary.
A blank ballot shall be mailed to each member of
the Club, which shall be ﬁlled in and returned to the
Corresponding Secretary. The names of the three
persons receiving the highest number of votes for
each office shall be presented at the annual meeting
and the candidates receiving a majority of the votes
of those present at said annual meeting shall be de-
clared elected.

ARTICLE VI.
Duties of Officers.

Sec. 1. The President shall preside at all meet-

 

 

  

 

 

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ings of the Club, preserve order, enforce all laws and
regulations, have general supervision of the interest
of the Club, and perform such other duties as are in-
cident to the office.

See. 2. The Vice President, senior in order of elec-
tion and present at the opening of the meeting, shall
perform the duties of the President in case of her
absence.

Sec. 3. The Recording Secretary shall take notes
of the proceedings of the .Club, make true entries in
her book of all things done and passed, and read the
same at each business meeting. She shall have
charge of all books and papers of the Club, except
those belonging to the Treasurer, or to any of the
committees, and shall perform such other duties as
are incidental to her office.

See. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall con-
ductand have charge of the general correspondence
of the Club. ‘She shall keep a record of all official
communications sent out by her, and all communica-
tions received by her for the Club: She shall sign
and seal all notices and invitations, and notify all
persons of their election to membership or office.

Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall collect all money for
dues, initiation fees, guest tickets and badges. All
money received by her shall be deposited in the name
of the *Club in such bank as she may select, and shall
be drawn out only by her check as Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall at the ﬁrst Board meeting in the
month make a statement of the ﬁnances, and at the
annual meeting in December she shall make an an-
nual report. She shall keep a correct account of all
monies received and paid out, and her books shall

 

 Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky. 23

 

be at all times open to the inspection of the Board
of Directors.

Sec 6. The Auditors shall audit all bills and ac
counts of the Treasurer, and report in writing at the
annual meeting whether they are correct.

Sec. 7. No person shall hold more than one of-
ﬁcial position at any time, nor (with the exception of
the Secretary) shall serve for a longer period than
two years in the office to which she may be elected.

ARTICLE VII.

Membership.

Sec. 1. Qualiﬁcations for membership shall be
character, intelligence and reciprocity.

'Sec. 2. It shall be the privilege of each member
in good standing, who has held membership for one
year or longer to propose the names of two success-
ful candidates during each Club year.

See. 3. The President shall appoint a committee
on membership, consisting of three persons, whose
names shall be known only to the President, and
this committee shall receive all proposals for mem-
bership, and shall send the names of proposed new
members to the President, and at the next meeting
of the Board these names shall be submitted for con-
ﬁrmation, for which a two-thirds vote of the Direc-
tors shall be necessary.

Sec. 4. To become a member of the Club the
name of the candidate, with full address and qualiﬁ-
cations for membership, must be proposed in writ-
ing by a member Of the Club. The name of a candi-
date pr-oposed for membership must be enclosed in a
sealed envelope, with the name of the endorser, and

 

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sent under cover to the President, who must not be
informed of the name either of the candidate or of
her endorser, but shall transmit the sealed envelope
to the Committee on Membership.

Sec, 5. Every member of the Committee on Mem-
bership and every Director shall be in honor bound
to keep secret the names of persons proposed until
the same shall have been elected to membership,
nor shall the name of a defeated candidate ever be
divulged. by the ‘Board outside thereof, or by any
member of the Committee on Membership. No Di-
rector shall be at liberty to state the nature of her
vote, or how another voted.

Sec. 6. Daughters of members between the ages
of twelve and sixteen may be admitted to the Club
Without being voted upon and upon the payment of
half the usual dues. They shall be entitled to all
privileges except holding office and voting in the
business aﬁairs of the Club

See. 7. The membership of the Club shall be lim-
ited to two hundred and ﬁfty.-

AIRTI‘CLE VIII.
Dues.

Sec. 1. The annual fee of ﬁve dollars shall be
paid to the Treasurer by each member of the Club

at the business meeting in October, or within thirty«

days thereafter, etherwisewthe—membeniswdrepped.

Sec. 2. New members entering the Club at ansr
time during the Club year shall pay an initiation fee
of ﬁve dollars, and be exempt from annual dues for
that Club year.

ARTICLE IX.

Sec..1. This Constitution may be amended by a
two-thirds vote of any meeting, notice of such inten-
tion haying been given at a previous meeting.

 

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BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I.
Regular Meetings.

Sec. 1. The regular business meeting of the Club
shall .be held on the ﬁrst Saturday afternoon of each
month during the Club year of nine months, from Oc-
tober to June.

Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called by the
President at the request of two or more Directors.

ARTICLE II.
“ Department Committees.

Sec. 1. Standing Committees, each consisting of
ﬁve members of the Club, shall have charge of the
4- departments, and shall prepare the programs of the
2 regular meetings in the order determined by the
Board of Directors. The chairmen of these depart
ments shall be announced in June of each year.

Duties of Chairmen.

Sec. 2. The duties of a Chairman of a Department
Committee shall be to appoint the other members of
said committee to arrange and attend all meetings of
the committee, to prepare and provide for such Club
meetings as shall be under the charge of her com-
mittee, and shall be responsible for the proper execu-
tion of the program of the day. At the annual meet-
ing she shall report the work of her department dur.
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ARTICLE III.

Standing Committees.

Sec. 1. Standing Committees, each consisting of
three members of the Club, shall be appointed by
the Board of Directors. These for the present shall
be ﬁve in number, namely, House, Hospitality, En-
tertainment, Press and Finance.

House

Sec. 2. The House Committee shall have charge
of the Club rooms.

Hospltality

Sec. 3. The Committee on Hospitality shall have
charge of the social meetings to be held at the dis-
cretion of the Board of Directors, the object of such
meetings being to entertain distinguished guests and
to extend the inﬂuence of the Club.

Entertainment

See. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on
Entertainments to provide lectures or other enter-
tainments to be determined by the Board of
Directors.

Sec. 5. The Press Committee shall attend to the
press notices of the Club.

See. 6. It shall be the duty of the Finance Com-
mittee to sub-let rooms in the Club building, and col-
lect rent for the same.

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ARTICLE IV.

Guest Tickets.

Sec. 1. The Directors issue tickets to admit guests
to any meeting of the Club or departments or classes,
and members may obtain such tickets from the
Treasurer on payment of twenty-ﬁve cents. Two
complimentary guest tickets may be issued to each
essayest or speaker of the day. Non-resident mem-
bers of similar associations shall be the guests of
the Club.

ARTICLE V.

Quorum.

Sec. 1. Thirty members shall constitute a quorum
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Quorum Board of Directors.

Sec. 2. One-third of the Board of Directors, resi-
dents in the city of Lexington, shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business. The Board of
Directors is required to have a stated place and time
of meeting, and shall provide such rules for its gov-
ernment as may be necessary.

ARTICLE VI.

Board of Directors Shall Keep Account of Its Acts.

Sec. 1. The Board of Directors shall keep a cor-
rect account in the books kept for such purpose of
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is rejected, and the same shall at all times be open
to the inspection of any member of the Club.

ARTICLE VII.

Sec. 1. No money shall be paid‘ out on account of
the Club unless ordered by the Club or Board of Di-
rectors.

ATICLE VIII.
Manual.
Sec. 1. The deliberations of the meetings _of the
Club shall be governed by Roberts’ Rules of, Order. .’
I ,_ I t ; ARTICLE Di.
Amendments.

Sec. 1. These By—Laws may be amended by a.
two-thirds vote at any meeting, notice of such inten— ,
tion having been given at a previous meeting.