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Page 4 THE FEDERATION JOURNAL January, 1954 Echoes of the Annual Convention by MRS. E. M. SPELLMAN The annual meeting of the N. C. Fed eration of Negro Women’s Clubs was held at State Teachers’ College, Elizabeth City, May 1 and 2. From the standpoint of organization, attendance, interest, and accomplishment, it is believed that the meeting has not been surpassed. Highlights of the meeting included: 1. A report from the committee in charge of the Efland Home property and discussion of plans for the sale of the property. 2. A report frorn the Editor of The Federation Journal with emphasis on the necessity of increasing the number of sub scriptions and of reporting the activities conducted by the various clubs. 3. The importance of the work of jun ior and senior organizers in furthering club work, with special emphasis on the development of the junior organizations in preparation for future leadership. 4. A report from the Scholarship Com mittee urging the importance of securing the total amount required for Federation Scholarships by the time of the next an nual convention. 5. A stirring message from our Hon orary President, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. 6. An inspiring address on the subject “Set Me On My Feet” by the retiring President, Miss Ruth G. Rush. 7. An address by Mr. John R. Larkins, Consultant to the State Board of Public Welfare; calling attention to the influence of our State Federation on legislative matters affecting our race; the importance of voting for the eighty-five million bond issue, because of the urgent need for bet ter schools, and hospitals for the mentally ill. 8. An encouraging report from Miss Mae D. Holmes on the building program at the Girls’ School and similar reports from Mrs. Brown of the Morrison School, Mrs. Marks of the Sanatorium, all indi cating general improvement. 9. Club reports all interesting and sug gestive showed almost endless efforts be ing made by the women generally to live up to the Federation motto: “Lifting as we Climb.” 10. Four workshops rendered interest ing and instructive reports of discussion groups on the following topics: (a) Civic Responsibilities of Club Women, (b) Program Planning for Local Clubs, (c) Financing Your Club, (d) Cre ative Experiences for Club Women. 11. Issuing of Membership Cards to members of the State Federation. 12. Unanimous decision to contribute toward publication of Negro magazine in Brail'e to be sent free to two hundred blind persons. 13. An inspiring young people’s pro- A Letter From the President Dear Co-workers: It was my pleasure as your newly elect ed President to represent North Carolina at the Seventeenth Biennial Convention of the Southeastern Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. For the past ten years at least, our state organization has made no financial arrangement for a delegate. We have sent the affiliation fee of twenty dollars. Any person attending the Con vention volimteered her service and bore her own expenses. Conforming to that pattern, I registered and represented our state as the North Carolina President. Mrs. Esther D. Moore of Hickory has maintained her interest in the Southeast ern for several years. I was pleased to find that the Southeastern Federation, rec ognizing Mrs. Moore’s interest in the or ganization, had selected her as a member of the Executive Committee. Mrs. Ammie Foster of Pinehurst, because of her inter est and attendance, serves as a member of the Art Committee. Miss lone Hen derson of Hickory was sufficiently inter ested to bear her own expenses to Colum bia as well as expenses for board and registration. Prominent in the assembly and highly honored for her historic membership; in fact, for being a pioneer in the organiza tion was Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, one of the founders of the Southeastern and founder also of our North Carolina Federation. Dr. Brown, Mrs. Moore, Miss Henderson, Mrs. Foster and I constituted the volunteer representatives from North Carolina. It is now for us to decide to what ex tent the North Carolina Federation shall share the responsibilities of the South eastern, and how much shall we partici pate in its program. Just as our state has its financial goals, its state projects, its state activities and obligations, just so the Southeastern has its certain goals and objectives that re quire the joint efforts of all the state fed erations that comprise the Southeastern Federation. For many years, we based our failure to send delegates to the biennial conven tions and to participate fully in the pro gram, on the fact that the North Carolina Federation had the gigantic task of build ing up its own organization, which seemed Continued on Page Ten gram sponsored by the Junior organizers. 14. Election of the following officers: President, Mrs. Rose D. Aggrey; First Vice-President, Mrs. Maggie Jones; Sec ond Vice-President, Mrs. E. R. Merrick; Third Vice-President, Mrs. L. B. Curt- wright; Recording Secretary, Mrs. E. M. Spellman; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Alice P. Collins; Treasurer, Mrs. Esther M. Barnes; Parliamentarian, Mrs. E. M. Donohoe; Chaplain, Mrs. P. R. Brown. 15. Place of next meeting—High Point. New Buildings Dedicated At Morrison On the thirtieth of October, 1953, at the Borrison Training School at Hoffman, a new page in North Carolina Negro his tory was turned over. Six splendid build ings were dedicated and the keys turned over to Professor P. R. Brown, the Super intendent. Representatives from several organiza tions were present and participated in the exercises. Greetings were extended by the following: State Board of Public Welfare; State Board of Correction and Training; State Department of Public Instruction; State Department of Oral Hygiene; State Training Schools; State Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs; the Town of Hoff man; the Shriners of Ouda Temple; the Schools of Richmond County. A Litany of Dedication, an address by Mr. David S. Coltrane representing the Governor, and renditions by the Boys’ Choir were among the highlights of the program. Commissioner Samuel E. Leon ard, in his earnest, soulful way delivered a most impressive address of presentation. A most touching part of the program was the rendition of the school song by the Boys’ Choir, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Brown, the writer of the song, and directed by Mrs. R. C. Mc Mullen MORRISON 1. O Morrison, we give our hearts to you, O Morrison, our love for you is true; When things go wrong and tempted we may be Your loyal sons can always turn to thee: You took us in when other friends were few. You understood and taught us what to do. Chorus: O Morrison, Thy sons bespeak thy praise. With gratitude our glad voices we raise Wher’er we go, wher’er we dwell on earth We’re grateful to the power that gave thee birth. O Morrison, dear school we love you so. 2. O Morrison, some buildings show decay. But Morrison, you face a bright, new day; Shine on our path, a beacon in our night We follow on for you will lead aright; Your sons become assets to our great land, They learn to work and love their fel low man. The sweetness of that song sung with so much exnression by the boys, their Continued on Page Nine
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