OUR DEPARTMENTS.

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 224, 18 February 1914, Page 10

OUR DEPARTMENTS.

In reading over from year to year the reports of the superintendents of our different departments, one cannot but be struck wi.h two facts (1) ihe comparatively few Unions sending reports to each, and (2) the uncertainly as to which department work should be retried to, and consequent report ing of some work to more than one department. These facts, coupled with the knowledge of .he difticultv we know small Unions have in finding superintendents, lead us .to consider whether we could not amalgamate some of the departments, whuh might be well worked together. We think that smaller Unions might well appoint one Superintendent for Home and Mothers’ Meetings; also Medical Temperance and Scientific Temperance instruction might well be combined. In a Union wi.h few members, we think the Notable Days Superintendent might take Temperance Sunday as one of the notable days to be provided for. Domestic Science and Hygiene are like twin sisters; while Good Ci.izenship, Legal and Parliamentary and Press would make a tine tandem team. Where Superintendents are scarce the same members could take charge of work done either for sailors, soldiers (military camps) and prisoners, and in some instances would not be overburdened if invalids (Relief and Flower Mission) were also included. Then Narcotics, Anti-Gambling, and Unfermented Wine would form a trio for some capable White Ribboncr to undertake. We merely throw out these suggestions for others to improve upon. We would like to see ncx Convention do scme’hing along these lines, so that our work might be simplified for those Unions who are fighting with very few to stand by and help them.