Minutes 14 April 1905

Minutes 14 April 1905

Women-North Carolina-Davidson-Societies and clubs.

Books and reading.

Women-Societies and clubs.

North Carolina-Davidson.

[Page 1] On Friday afternoon, April 14th, the Book Club met with Mrs. Martin. Eleven members were present and one guest, Miss [Wileax] of Georgia. It was Mrs. Currie’s turn to report current events. Two recent triumphs of science have been the discovery, so claimed, of the Egyptian secret of embalming, & a modern method of treating dementia by so simple a method means as baths of various kinds. It has proven won- derfully successful among this class of patients. The spring rush of im- migrants into New York, & especially from Russia, shows an alarming increase over four years. Mrs. Harrison read the minute of the Short Story meeting held in January but hitherto unrecorded. The art with which she makes her minutes rival in interest the meeting they record, made the ladies resolve that she should not longer shirk the duties of that office, which we have

[Page 2] so long wished, for the pleasure of the Club, that she should bear. With her long absence from home and semi- invalidism since her return Mrs. Martin felt in better trim for a disquisition upon hospital management than upon any literary theme. The more serious part of our program was therefore omitted. Time for a fuller & freer discussion of the books than is generally possible gave unusual pleasure & interest to this faithful part of the meeting. Adjournment to hold our final meeting with Mrs. Price on April 28th.

BookLovers Club

Davidson College

14 April 1905

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