Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1917 — Civic-Industrial Clubs. [ARTICLE]

Civic-Industrial Clubs.

A survey of the interesting report* of the civic-industrial clubs fostered! In Chicago’s highschools by the Association Of Commerce shows activities, actual or contemplated, which may broadly be characterized as follows: Book exchange, branch library, savings bank, parents’ and teachers’ association, promotional work In grammar schools for .highschool work for children at settlement houses, sanitation, commercial geography, promotion of! thrift, flower planting, work for at longer luncheon period, police and flre> protection, survey, military fire Christmas gifts of food, bundle day,, Improvement of vacant lots, advertising committee, scholarship efficiency committee, general repair collection of waste paper for library fund, “keep to the right” movement, preventing accidents and confusion ini school life and thereby training thej individual for the same practice inpublic, beautifying scKboF grounds, In-f formation from colleges and universlties about ways and means of selfhelp: use of neighborhood newspaper* for school publicity service, birdhouse* In neighborhoods, Thanksgiving baskets and rifle clubs.