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TA—Margaret Jackson '31, Florence Hopson '23, Marguerite Oathout Wirt (Mrs. Wil-
Miller (Mrs. C. D.) '20, Lorena Norton liam) E x . '23.
Moore (Mrs. Thomas) '23, Margery Or- 2—Tuanita Stephens Brown (Mrs. Horace D.)
mond Rogers (Mrs. Lewis W.) '24, Eleanor '24, Ollie Haeber Dejernett (Mrs. Ira E . )

Webb, E x . '30, Lura Coontz Worming- '25, Mildred Donavan '27, Dorothy Mouser

ton '29. Drury (Mrs. Lloyd) '30, Berta Gibbins

0—Helen Sutton Baney (Mrs. Irvin) E x . '17, '27, Gladys C. Jackson '23, Agnes Mac Srni-
Mildred Betz Bartlett (Mrs. Clinton G.) '21,
Grace Largent Bradley (Mrs. George) '21, ka Marsh (Mrs. Cyril) '27, Algene Chiles
Louise Carter, E x . '24, Ruth Creager, E x . Metzler (Mrs. Theodore H . ) '26, Dorothy
'23, Grace Robertson Delap (Mrs. Homer) Mozley '27, Helen Burke Newcomer (Mrs.)
E x . '17, Mary Elizabeth Houck Dill (Mrs. '26, Elsie Daugherty Welch (Mrs. J. Nor-
John M.) '27, Helen Wilson Doyle (Mrs. man) E x . '23, lola Harrison Woods (Mrs.
Clinton) '25, Flora Frazier '12, Helen O'Rear Wallace) E x . '27.
Gregg (Mrs. George) '20, Beryl Hawkins
Gwartney (Mrs. Hilbert) E x . '15, Frances From Our Social Worker

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Kelly Hughes (Mrs. Harry F . ) '17, Edna in new, and therefore to him unproved, under-
Harvey Joseph (Mrs. Allen F . ) '13, Mary takings would assume the proportions of an
Frances Carmack Kennedy (Mrs. George R.) enormous risk. Until we arc prepared to share
E x . '27, Nell Hope Leachman '14, Dorothy these risks with him, facing the reality of
Barr Lemon (Mrs.) '30, Ruth Little '19, their proportions as they appear to him, I
E v a Thompson Meissner (Mrs. John F . ) seriously question whether we can reasonably
'09, Mary Shock Moss (Mrs. Charles) E x . expect to find the mountain farmer in an
'13, Reggie O'Brien, E x . '21, Carol Phillippe effectively receptive frame of mind for our
'25, Margaret Wood Ralay (Mrs. Benton gospel of a new agronomy. And practical re-
C.) E x . '22, Ruby Kemp Remley (Mrs. C. sults must akvays await this vital factor of
Glessner) E x . '22, June Morris Silverman human energy, which spells food, enough and
(Mrs. Abraham) '21, Lucille Mason Sims of the right kind.
(Mrs. Gerald) E x . '31, Gertrude Louise
Smith '28, Fern Roberts Swinford (Mrs.) Rather prosaic subject, this business of
E x . '15, Delia Doggette Thompson (Mrs. mountain farming, though I must confide to
John M.) '27, Mary Helena Thompson, E x . you that a natural love for good black earth
'20, Margaret Vannice, E x . '33, Marjorie C. and growing things can do much to enliven
Walker, E x . *29, Mary Tillett Walker (Mrs. it! Prosaic or not, I am convinced that, what-
Russell P.) Spec, Lucille Allee Whitman ever theories one might entertain as to non-
(Mrs. Paul H . ) E x . '23, Lydia J . Wieder agricultural solutions of the mountaineer's
'28, Ruth Case Wilson (Mrs. William H . ) economic problem (and we have dozens of
'20, Beatrice Woodward '18. those too!), it is very probably true that for
T—Elinor Peterson Allen (Mrs. Carroll F . ) years to come a considerable part of the pres-
Spec, Rose Ellwood Allen (Mrs. W. A . ) ent population will still be here, making or
E x . '18, Margaret White Callahan (Mrs. trying to make the major part of their living
Lloyd) E x . '22, Elizabeth Watson Clark from the soil. Unless, along with trying to do
(Mrs. Harold M.) E x . '25, Beatrice Ober a variety of other needed things, we can do
Denman (Mrs. Samuel L . ) E x . '23, Helen something to effect a radical change in moun-
Fosdick Derryberry (Mrs. Mort) '22, Laura tain farming, the agricultural situation will
Moir Doner (Mrs. F . T . ) E x . '17, Dorothy grow progressively worse—is, in fact, growing
Smith Faulkenburg (Mrs. Merle) '28, E s - progressively and rapidly worse. Unless we
telle Wheeler Flannagan (Mrs. J . F . ) E x . can check this trend, this means that we who
'22, Esther Fleming '14, Dorothy Redmon concern ourselves with social and medical
Francis (Mrs. Nicolas) '23, Loretta Chasse problems can expect to see malnutrition, the
Fraser (Mrs.) E x . '30, Frances Dibble Gra- diseases associated therewith, acute wide-
ham (Mrs. R. S.) '20, Hilda Hendricksen, spread privation and general social backward-
E x . '19, Anna Ruth Henry '23, Bernice Jae- ness continue rampant.

ger '25, Emma Pohll Ladenburg (Mrs. Fran- I daresay this is quite enough about my
cis) E x . '19, Helen Ewing McAtee (Mrs. "sidelines," but the foregoing aren't all of
Earl) E x . '32, Gertrude McCanne '29, Jo- them. The protection and propagation of fish
sephine Kerns Murphy (Mrs. Carl O.) E x . and game, a "cause" which has also economic
'23, Edith Broom Nusbaum (Mrs. Dean E . ) implications, is another of the things that en-
'28, Virginia Parrish '31, Pearl Lipscomb gage my interest. Being a member of the
Parsons (Mrs. Edward A . ) E x . '22, Swan- Executive Committee of the Kentucky Con-
hild Jule Pope (Mrs. Ezra) E x . '24, Alice ference of Social Work gives me a focus also
McArdle Price (Mrs. James, Jr.) Spec, for an interest in State welfare standards and
Beth McCausland Sandusky (Mrs. O. E . ) legislation. Any number of the right people
'20, Doris Moore Sutton (Mrs. George S.) could profitably spend their entire time on that
Ex. '21, Florence McMeekin Swartz (Mrs. subject and in the effort to create a sound and
Gill) '26, Frances Moore Walters (Mrs. essential groundwork of informed, active pub-
Carl) E x . '32, Eleanor Tiedeman White lic opinion in support of a more adequate
(Mrs. Sherman A . ) E x . '31, Vivian So Relle statutory framework for public welfare in
Williams (Mrs. Robert J . ) '15, Kathleen Kentucky, adequately financed. I try to keep
Heywood Wilson (Mrs. Robert W . ) E x . them within bounds, these sidelines I am con-

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