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Needham, Mrs. G. P., 1171 Willson Avenue. Norton, Miss G. L., Huron Terrace. Nansen, Mrs. J. M., 729 Giddings Avenue. Nichols, Mrs. Geo., 160 Arlington Street. Moses, Mrs. Anna E., 1855 Euclid Avenue. Payne, Mrs. J. H., 260 East Prospect Street.
Payne, Mrs. Dorothy, 260 East Prospect Street. Peeke, Mrs. M. B., Brooklyn Village. Phillips, Mrs. W. A., 1180 Willson Avenue. Price, Mrs. E. G., 22 Brevier Street. Penfield, Mrs. M. S., 797 Euclid Avenue.
Perkins, Mrs. S. M., 24 Livingston Street.
Pearson, Mrs. E. R., 797 Euclid Avenue. Phelps, Mrs. J. M. P., 26 Sibley Street.
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Phinny, Mrs. B., Franklin Avenue. Purdy, Mrs. H. C., 1476 Cedar Avenue. Peck, Mrs. J. H., 1252 Curtis Avenue. Peck, Mrs. Norman, Hough Avenue. Quayle, Mrs. W. H., 2251 Euclid Avenue. Quayle, Miss Nellie, 2251 Euclid Avenue. Quintrell, Miss Mary, 799 Euclid Avenue. Ranney, Mrs. Charles, 757 Euclid Avenue. Rainey, Mrs. W. J., 1477 Euclid Avenue. Roberts, Mrs. F. W., 968 Prospect Street. Roberts, Mrs. Jennie, 49 Arlington Street. Roberts, Mrs. A. L., 49 Arlington Street. Robertson, Mrs. G. A., 501 Cedar Avenue. Rose, Mrs. W. G., 971 Euclid Avenue. Reilly, Mrs. M. A., 1242 Willson Avenue. Roosa, Mrs. H. B., 274 Hanover Street. Ruthrauff, Mrs. C. C., 80 Dorchester Avenue. Ruprecht, Mrs. Charles T., 967 Cedar Avenue. Ross, Mrs. Joshua, 1232 Curtis Avenue. Ranney, Mrs. N. C.
Snow, Mrs. Jane Eliot, 21 Clinton Street. Stewart, Mrs. N. Coe, 26 Jennings Avenue. Shipherd, Mrs. W. J., 72 Merchant Avenue. Silver, Mrs. J. M., 1069 Case Avenue. Springer, Mrs. Mary, 75 Euclid Place. Saxton, Mrs. J. C., 1643 Euclid Avenue. Stockwell, Mrs. A. E., 1498 Cedar Avenue. Stockwell, Miss Susie, 1498 Cedar Avenue. Searles, Mrs. A. M., 326 Sibley Street. Seymour, Mrs. B. F., 255 Cedar Avenue. Seymour, Miss Ethel, 255 Cedar Avenue.
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Storm, Mrs. O. L., 84 Livingston Street.
Seymour, Mrs. C. H., 447 Prospect Street. Selover, Mrs. C. S., 88 Sibley Street. Stocker, Mrs. H. W., 812 Scranton Avenue. Seymour, Mrs. Charles, 1431 Cedar Avenue. Stockwell, Mrs. John, 721 Euclid Avenue. Smith, Mrs. S. C., 721 Euclid Avenue.
Street, Mrs. A. G., 761 North Logan Avenue. Swift, Mrs. W. B., 130 Dodge Street. Stone, Mrs. S. E., 1193 East Madison Avenue.
Smith, Mrs. Charles, 127 Cedar Avenue.
Silver, Mrs. E. T., Woodland Hills Avenue, corner Quincy Street.
Thomas, Mrs. J. H., 269 Hanover Street.
Terrell, Mrs. A. M., 2 Olive Street.
Tucker, Mrs. A. P., 25 Livingston Street. Tagg, Mrs. Clara, 26 Hawthorne Avenue. Trintner, Mrs. S., 1241 Willson Avenue. Thayer, Mrs. B. G., Lakewood, O.
Taylor, Mrs. J. W., 1184 Willson Avenue. Taplin, Mrs. Charles, 80 Fourth Avenue. Taylor, Mrs. J. E., 3 Livingston Street. Venen, Mrs. J. A., 55 Chestnut Street. Wright, Mrs. A. S., 450 Clark Avenue. Walker, Mrs. E. R., 732 Giddings Avenue. Wymen, Mrs. C. E., 97 Hamilton Street. Willson, Mrs. T. H., 80 Spangler Avenue. Worcester, Mrs. T. H., 444 Cedar Avenue. Webb, Mrs. C. L., 1430 East Madison Avenue. Waters, Mrs. F., 301 Society for Savings Building. Winch, Mrs. J. H., 49 Euclid Place.
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Winch, Mrs. L., 49 Euclid Place.
Wager, Mrs. Birdie, Lakewood, O.
Wilcox, Mrs. J. M., 746 Genesee Street.
Wilcox, Mrs. Augustus, 746 Genesee Street. Wood, Mrs. J. S., 1559 Hough Avenue. Wilson, Mrs. E. A., 344 Dunham Avenue. Wait, Mrs. W. H., 1563 Hough Avenue. Wister, Mrs. M. D., 1263 Cedar Avenue. Wright, Mrs. S. L., East Prospect Street. Williams, Mrs. T. H., 1 Quinby Avenue.
Honorary Members-Mrs. J. S. Cary, Mrs. C. Lossing Til- den, Mrs. Luella Varney, Mrs. Hellen Watterson Moody, Miss Ella Robinson, Mrs. A. A. Johnston.
THE CLEVELAND SOROSIS
Sorosis
Sorosis is derived from a Greek word meaning an aggre- gation, its French equivalent is sorose.
Sorosis. A compound fleshy fruit resulting from many flowers, as the pineapple .- Cook's Manual of Botanic Terms.
Such fruits are the pineapple, the breadfruit, the fig and the mulberry.
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
This corporation shall be called CLEVELAND SOROSIS. Its object is to bring together women engaged in literary, ar- tistic, scientific, and philanthropic pursuits, with a view of ren- dering them helpful to each other and useful to society.
ARTICLE II
Section 1 .- The officers of Cleveland Sorosis shall be a Pres- ident, five Vice Presidents, an Executive Committee of ten mem-
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bers, a Recording and a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor of Accounts, a Committee on Music, and a Committee of Custodians and Committees on Literature, Art, Drama, Philanthropy, Science, Education, House and Home, Business ' Women, Temperance, Suffrage, Physical Culture, Dress Re- form, and Parliamentary Law. The President, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.
Sec. 2 .- All officers shall be elected annually by ballot. A majority vote of the members present shall constitute an election.
Sec. 3 .- No member shall hold more than one office at a time, or for more than three consecutive years, or shall be eligible to office in less than one year after admission. Each officer shall hold office until the adjournment of the next annual meeting, or, in case of a vacancy, the President shall select a member to serve until her successor be elected and enters upon the duties of her office.
Sec. 4 .- A vacancy in any office shall be filled by a special election at a business meeting.
ARTICLE III
Section 1 .- The name and residence of a candidate for membership must be presented in writing to the Executive Committee, together with a statement of the qualifications which would make her a desirable member.
Sec. 2 .- A candidate must be at least eighteen years of age, and her name must be accompanied by those of the mem- ber proposing and of two vouchers, also members of the Club. The proceedings of the Executive Committee with reference to the admission of candidates to membership shall be strictly confidential, and no member of it shall be questioned as to the
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action of the Committee. The name of a candidate accepted by the Executive Committee must be presented to the Club at a regular business meeting, and she may be balloted for at the next succeeding meeting.
Sec. 3 .- Five black balls shall exclude from membership, and the ballot box must be inspected both before and after the balloting by the President, the Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee and the Recording Secretary, or, in their absence by other members appointed by the presiding officer. When bal- loting for a candidate only one box shall be used.
Sec. 4 .- No person who has been balloted for and excluded from membership can again be a candidate in less than one year from such exclusion, and then only upon re-application to, and recommendation by the Executive Committee.
Sec. 5 .- No candidate becomes a member of Cleveland Soro- sis until she has paid the initiation fee, subscribed to the pledge at the business meeting, and obtained the badge of the Associa- tion. Membership must be completed within one year from the date of election, or the forms prescribed in Section 1 of this article must again be complied with.
Sec. 6 .- Honorary members may be elected on motion, pro- vided notice of such motion has been given at a previous busi- ness meeting.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1 .- Each candidate must pay One Dollar initiation fee on being notified of election to membership.
Sec. 2 .- The fiscal year of Sorosis begins the first Thurs- day in May, when each active member is expected to pay One Dollar annual dues in advance.
Sec. 3 .- The Executive Committee may for any reason satisfactory to it, remit the dues of a member.
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Sec. 4 .- A member residing out of the city of Cleveland may, upon her request, be relieved from payment of dues. She may thereafter attend the social meetings of the Association, but she will not be eligible to any office, nor allowed to vote. She shall be termed a remote member, and may, upon her re- quest, be restored to active membership.
ARTICLE V
Section 1 .- The regular meetings of the Association shall be held on the first and third Thursdays of every month. The meetings on the first Thursday of each month, save that of May, shall be business meetings. The meetings on the third Thursday of each month, save that of May, shall be social meetings, and guests will be allowed.
Sec. 2 .- The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the first Thursday of May in each year, and active members only shall be present
Sec. 3 .- The anniversary exercises, to which guests may be invited, shall be held on the first Thursday of May in each year. During these exercises the newly elected officers shall be in- stalled, and shall commence the performance of their duties immediately after the close of the meeting.
Sec. 4 .- Special meetings may be called at any time by the President or Executive Committee, and shall be called at the written request of ten members, by notice of five days to all active members, setting forth the purpose of such meeting. At any special meeting no business other than that specified in the notice shall be transacted.
ARTICLE VI
Section 1 .- If any member of Sorosis charge another with disregarding the rules of the Association or violating the ar- ticles of the pledge, she must present such charge in writing
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to the Executive Committee, whose duty it will be to notify the accused member of the charge made, and to appoint a time for both to meet the Executive Committee for the purpose of a hearing.
Sec. 2 .- If the member fail to make good her charge, and the Executive Committee disproves her action, she may be sus- pended for such time as it shall direct.
Sec. 3 .- If the charge be proved, the member against whom it is made must be suspended until she shall be worthy to be restored to membership.
Sec. 4 .- If a member receiving a notice to meet the Exe- cutive Committee for the purpose above named does not ap- pear, or give satisfactory reasons for her non-appearance, her name shall be stricken from the roll.
ARTICLE VII
Any member against whom no charges are pending, may, upon payment of dues, resign by a written notice to the Re- cording Secretary.
ARTICLE VIII
This Constitution, and the By-Laws passed in conformity with it, except those founded on statutory provisions, may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a business meeting, notice of such amendment having been given at a previous meeting.
BY-LAWS
I .- The officers of Cleveland Sorosis shall be a President, five Vice Presidents, an Executive Committee, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor of Accounts, a Committee on Music and a Committee of Custodians, and of Committees on Literature, Art, Drama, Science, Philanthropy,
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Education, House and Home, and Business Women and Phy- sical Culture, Temperance, Dress Reform, Suffrage, Parlia- mentary Law.
II .- The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club, preserve order, enforce all laws and regulations, have gen- eral supervision of the interests of the Association, and per- form such other duties as are incident to her office.
III .- The Vice President, senior, in order of election, and present at the opening of the meeting, shall perform the duties of the President in case of her absence.
IV .- The Executive Committee, consisting of a chairman and ten other members, a majority of whom shall be residents of the City of Cleveland, together with the President, Treas- urer, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, who are ex- officio members of the Executive Committee, shall be and shall act as the trustees of the Association, and shall, in accordance with the provisions of the act under which the Club is incorpo- rated, have control and management of its affairs and funds. It shall keep a book of minutes of all of its proceedings, from which its chairman shall make a report at each business meet- ing, which report shall first be approved by the Committee. The Chairman shall make her annual report on the first Thurs- day in May. She shall, once in three months, call reference of her committee, with the officers of the Club, to consider the interests of the Association. At each executive session she shall appoint a member of her committee to act as secretary, whose minutes shall be given to her at the close of the session. Before each banquet she shall call a special meeting of her committee to confer with the Committee on Music, the Com- mittee of Custodians and of the Committee on Drama, to de- cide upon the best manner of conducting such entertainment.
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No member shall be permitted to purchase more than two tickets for any entertainment unless tickets remain unsold after Club guests have been provided for, and such members as make application within five days after receiving notice of the en- tertainment have been supplied.
There shall be a sub-committee on printing, consisting of the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Correspond- ing and Recording Secretaries. They shall elect their chairman from their number, and all orders for books, printing, or sta- tionery shall be given through her, and in every case shall be entered in an order book kept for that purpose.
V .- The Recording Secretary shall take notes of the pro- ceedings 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 keep a roll of the members with full name of each, her address, date of admission, and by whom proposed. She shall have charge of all books and papers of the Club, except those belonging to the Executive Committee, the Treasurer, the Cor- responding Secretary, or to any of the committees. It shall be her duty when required, to call the roll and record the yeas and nays, and to perform such other duties as are incident to her office. She shall make her annual report on the first Thursday in May.
VI .- The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct and have charge of the general correspondence of the Association. She shall keep a record of all official communications sent out by her, and all communications received by her for the Club, properly and conveniently filed. She shall sign and send all notices and invitations, and notify all persons of their election to membership or office. In case a candidate fail of election, she shall notify the member who proposed her. In notifying a
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candidate of election to membership, a copy of the constitution for that year shall be enclosed. The Corresponding Secretary shall report at each business meeting, and give an annual re- port on the first Thursday in May.
VII .- The Treasurer shall collect all money for dues, ini- tiation fees and badges. She shall sell all luncheon and dinner tickets, which shall be good only on date thereof, from a book provided by the Association, containing stubs numbered to cor- respond with the tickets. All moneys received by her shall be deposited in the name of Sorosis, in such bank or banks as the Executive Committee shall direct, and shall be drawn out only by her check as Treasurer, countersigned by the President. A check book shall be provided by the Association with blanks for the signatures of Treasurer and President. All bills of five dollars and over shall be paid by check only. The Treasurer shall pay all bills approved by the Executive Committee, and no other, and shall keep proper vouchers. She shall submit to the Executive Committee, whenever so required by them, a written statement of all her transactions as Treasurer, since her last report. She shall, at each business meeting, make a statement of the finances, and at the business meeting of May she shall make an annual report and exhibit her accounts and bank books. She shall give each active member one month's notice of the time when her annual dues shall be paid, and notify all delinquents that their names will be dropped if dues remain unpaid at the end of the club year. She shall keep a correct account of all moneys received and paid out, in books owned by the Association. Receipts for dues, fees and badges, must be given from books with stubs provided therefor. The books and vouchers shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Executive Committee.
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VIII .- The Auditor must examine the accounts and certify thereto on the first Thursday in May, and oftener if required by the Association.
IX .- The Custodians shall consist of a chairman and seven other members chosen by her. It shall be their duty to receive guests at the social meetings of the Club, admitting not more than one as the guest of any member, unless invited to luncheon, when the number shall not exceed five, except by special appli- cation to the Executive Committee. Guests of the Club will be admitted upon the invitation of the President, or of a member with approval by the President. The Chairman of Custodians shall engage rooms for all meetings, and she shall assign special duties to each member of her committee, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. She shall report when called upon by the presiding officer and make an annual report at the business meeting of May.
X .- The Committee on Music shall provide the music for social meetings and entertainments of the Club, with the ap- proval of the Executive Committee, and shall report when called upon by the presiding officer and make an annual report at the business meeting in May.
XI .- The Committees on Literature, Art, Drama, Philan- thropy, Science, Education, House and Home, Business Women, Temperance, Suffrage, Physical Culture, Dress Reform and Parliamentary Law, shall respectively furnish a question for discussion, and short papers pertaining to the question, for the meeting assigned to it. The Chairman of such committees may solicit papers from other women than members of Sorosis. They shall report at each business meeting, and make annual reports at the business meeting of May. The Chairman of the Committee on Drama will be expected to furnish the recita-
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tions for each social meeting. The Chairman of the Committee on Philanthropy, together with the Executive Committee, shall have charge of the charities of the Association.
XII .- The Books of the Club, of its officers and its com- mittees, shall be provided by the Club, under the direction and supervision of the Executive Committee, and kept in such manner as it shall direct. All books and papers of the Club, of its officers, of the Executive Committee, and of all com- mittees in any way having reference to the Club, shall at all times be open to the inspection of the President, and subject to the examination and demand of the Executive Committee. Each committee shall be held responsible for the books and papers belonging to it, and each Chairman, when going out of office, shall pass such books and papers promptly and in good order to the Executive Committee, who shall deliver them to the newly installed officers.
XIII .- An officer leaving the city for a month or longer shall place her books in charge of the Executive Committee. An officer intending to be absent from a meeting shall send her books to the President, and her duties shall be performed by a member appointed by the presiding officer, with the concurring vote of the Association. If an officer be absent without excuse from three successive meetings, her place shall be deemed va- cant, and may be filled as prescribed in the Constitution.
XIV .- Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
XV .- The rules of order as laid down in "Cushing's Man- ual," shall be rules of Cleveland Sorosis.
XVI .- The order of business at the business meeting shall be as follows:
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1. Prayer.
2. Reading of minutes of last business meeting.
3. Report of Treasurer.
4. Parliamentary Drill.
5. Music or recitations.
6. Paper.
7. Recess.
8. Report of Corresponding Secretary.
9. Report of Executive Committee.
10. Election of new members.
11. Reports of standing committees.
12. New business.
LUNCHEON
This order may be changed by the vote of a majority of those present.
XVII .- The order of business for annual election day shall be as follows:
1. Monthly business.
2. Annual Report of President.
3. Report of Nominating Committee.
LUNCHEON
4. Call of the roll.
5. Appointment of Tellers.
6. Election of officers.
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
for 1891-2
The Western Reserve Club held its annual meeting one year ago today at Judge Cadwell's, 805 Fairmount St., eight members being present. The subject of ways and means to promote an interest was discussed, and Mrs. Rose spoke of the New York Sorosis, whose work is divided into many depart- ments, and composed of ladies who are engaged in the various activities of life. It is also a broader field for inquiry and in- formation and more in accord with the spirit of the times.
Mrs. Cadwell, for nine years President of this Society, wished to resign, as the work of the Women's and Children's Hospital absorbed so much of her attention, and moved that the Western Reserve Club be merged into a new society, to be called the Cleveland Sorosis. It was carried, and Mrs. Rose was unanimously chosen President; 1st Vice President, Mrs. L. O. Jones; 2d Vice President, Mrs. E. A. Wilson; Treasurer, Mrs. Helen C. Purdy; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. Nansen; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M. A. Reilly; Auditor, Mrs. Darius Cadwell. At the next meeting at Mrs. Stockwell's, June 4, twenty were present, and the ladies were assigned to the various departments. A committee was appointed to select an audience room where all could see and hear the speaker. Mrs. L. O. Jones secured Room 214, City Hall, of Mr. Thomas Collings, where sixty could be seated, at a nominal rent of one dollar per month.
At Mrs. Reilly's, June 14, thirty-six listened to an able paper on "Equal Rights," by Mrs. D. W. Gage. June is the month assigned Suffrage, and the paper was followed by remarks.
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Mrs. Roosa read from Harper's Bazaar, Marion Harland's account of New York Sorosis, where she calls it "The Mother of Women's Clubs." Cake, coffee and ice cream were bounti- fully served. "Philanthropy" was the subject assigned to July, and on the 2d, sixty-seven ladies responded to the invitation to hear the constitution and by-laws of the New York Sorosis. They met in the parlors of Mrs. W. G. Rose, and sixty-five joined the society. A printing committee was appointed to make the necessary changes, consisting of Mesdames Cornwell, Reilly, Rose, Dautel, Silver, Phelps, Gilbert and Hord. Mrs. L. O. Jones read a brief article and also extracts from the Hart- ford (Ct.) Courant, showing that the associated charities paid to the poor of that city an amount equal to three dollars for each of the voting population, and that they provided, among other things, sardines, oranges, bananas and tickets to enter- tainments, luxuries that the industrial classes could not afford. Are we increasing pauperism thereby? That thought was fol- lowed by remarks on the cause of pauperism, from many of the ladies. "Business Women" was the subject assigned for the next meeting; the paper by Mrs. H. C. Purdy. July 15 we met for the first time at Room 214, City Hall. The committee reported that no changes be made in the constitution of New York Sorosis, except to put the fees and dues at one dollar per year each; for what had stood the test of a quarter of a cen- tury in the cultured circle of New York was better than any- thing we could devise.
Our meetings were to be held on the first and third Thurs- days of each month, from 3 to 5 P. M. The regular business, music and recitations were to precede, and the paper was to follow the recess of five minutes. The recess was found to be very restful and of use in a business way. Sorosis is a Greek
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word, signifying a fleshy fruit formed from the aggregation of many flowers, such as the pineapple, fig, or breadfruit. The departments were made twelve instead of nine, as in New York, for many ladies of Cleveland are absent in the spring and remain in the city during the summer months. This is the order for 1891-2:
Chairmen.
January-"House and Home" Mrs. J. M. Phelps
February-"Literature" Mrs. C. C. Burnett
March-"Temperance" Mrs. D. W. Gage
April-"Science" Mrs. M. S. Fraser
May-"Manual Training"
Mrs. N. Coe Stewart
June-"Suffrage"
Mrs. L. B. Silver
July-"Philanthropy"
Mrs. L. O. Jones
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