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Mrs. Mayer reported that no course in citizenship has been included in the plans for a summer school at Iowa City tho' it is not too late for a course of lectures on citizenship to be added to the plans already made. Mrs. Brown chairman instructed the committee of two. Mrs. Mayer and Dean Mac Kay to increase their committee to five and make such plans as seem most feasable for state schools to teach citizenship. Recess for luncheon in Crystal Room. Chairman called the meeting to order at 1-30 P.M.Mrs. Lincoln gave report of child welfare in Mrs. Rusty's stead. Mrs. Lincoln moved that the League express regret that the Shep and Turner Bill failed to pass the U.S. Senate and promise our continued suppor for the principle of that measure. Seconded by Mrs. Hunter - carried. Dean Mac Kay gave a short talk in Home Economics. She will be able to give a full report of the new programmes at the May meeting of the Board. Mrs. Lincoln reported that a bill for an act to create a state Physical Education Commission for the promotion of physical activities which will better fit boys and girls of the state for the responsibilities of citizenship failed to pass the Iowa legislature. The delegates to the National Convention were instructed to work for physical education. In as much as both the great political parties in the last presidential campaign contained planks relating to physical education and because the party in power is the only party that can put that promise into effect. The League of Women Voters believes that the following plank in the Republican party platform must and
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Mrs. Mayer reported that no course in citizenship has been included in the plans for a summer school at Iowa City tho' it is not too late for a course of lectures on citizenship to be added to the plans already made. Mrs. Brown chairman instructed the committee of two. Mrs. Mayer and Dean Mac Kay to increase their committee to five and make such plans as seem most feasable for state schools to teach citizenship. Recess for luncheon in Crystal Room. Chairman called the meeting to order at 1-30 P.M.Mrs. Lincoln gave report of child welfare in Mrs. Rusty's stead. Mrs. Lincoln moved that the League express regret that the Shep and Turner Bill failed to pass the U.S. Senate and promise our continued suppor for the principle of that measure. Seconded by Mrs. Hunter - carried. Dean Mac Kay gave a short talk in Home Economics. She will be able to give a full report of the new programmes at the May meeting of the Board. Mrs. Lincoln reported that a bill for an act to create a state Physical Education Commission for the promotion of physical activities which will better fit boys and girls of the state for the responsibilities of citizenship failed to pass the Iowa legislature. The delegates to the National Convention were instructed to work for physical education. In as much as both the great political parties in the last presidential campaign contained planks relating to physical education and because the party in power is the only party that can put that promise into effect. The League of Women Voters believes that the following plank in the Republican party platform must and
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