Name/Title
LedgerEntry/Object ID
2006.014.0003Scope and Content
Ledger (7" x 8-1.2" x 1/2") black cover with red binding and corner protectors and gold lines; It contains information regarding the "Monday Fortnightly Club (1904-05) and the High School White and Gold Glee Club - Minutes and By-Laws (1911)
The Monday Fortnightly Club (p. 3-23) has hand written entries and newspaper clippings pasted on pages. The first meeting was as the Masonic Hall on April 5, 1904. A Mrs. Kirkman took the initiative to organize the group for the study of music (composers and instruments, etc.). The first executive committee consisted of seven ladies including a Miss Gnauck. They met on the first and third mondays at half past three o'clock. The purpose was to encourage study. Each member was charged monthly dues of ten cents. By-laws were included along with agendas of meetings that began in 1904. At the end of the first year (March 1905) they took an interest in begoming part of the California Federation of Women's Clubs. They began meeting at St. Paul's Guild Hall in March of 1905 and elected new officers. The last notation on May 16, 1905 stated they were adjorning for the summer and had $16.00 in the treasury. They donated $6.00 to the St. Paul's Sunday School (partly for the use of the Guild Hall) and left $10.00 in the treasury for the next year.
The White & Gold Glee Club (part of the High School Lycium) on pages 25-32. The first entry of Jan. 13, 1911 stated that Miss Del Martin issued a call for girls interested in being in a glee club; The meeting would be in room II of Benicia High School on Jan. 18, 1911. Officers were elected by ballot and Miss Del Martin, President; Miss Mabel Crooks, Vice President; and Eugenia Schmidt, Sect/Treas. The officers and a few others wrote the By-Laws. Meeting were held every week at close of school on Wednesday in room II during the school and they were open to anyone. After the By-Laws entry there were 32 signatures of members. Among the signatures were familiar family names: Quinn, Hafford, Pine, Christensen, Pometta, Gnauck, Crooks and Frame.
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Benicia School Collection