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/ EBP . _Collect For Club Bomen â€" Teach us to purinto action our better BfiPuISes Bis thmgs of life we are One-~.,: 4 229 great human heart common to us all, and‘ lways generous s ip 0 12 0202 00 .. Letusmkefinwforallflungsmnlwusgmw calm, serene,gentleâ€"yâ€"»n _ 0 0 >0. ~. May we never be hasty in judgment and Pn * e m i i i m oT toXT U EQ B KEEP 1;5,:0 Lord from pertiness; let us bewâ€" "_@ > â€"large in thought, in word and deed «. > ; :# t ‘It was officially adopted by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women‘s. Clubs; meeting. at. their: second convention in 1920, at St. Paul. It was read into the printed records. of the Congress ‘of: the United States.by Senator. Tobeyâ€"of New: Hampshire,. at the closing.session in 1949. _ > ....> 2 6. ... .0. l i a * Mary Stewart held acnumber of special teaching posts inâ€"Colorado and Montana,, In 1921 she became a. jfunior guidance and ‘placement officer in the pioneer period of U.S. employment services. Sheâ€"conâ€" tinued to write for American newspapers. and> magazines;. Her: Alma: Mater,, the â€"University. of: Colorado;. in 1927 conferred: uponâ€" her an: honorary dégree in recognition of her distinguished work:in: education;. social and civic S@rVIGE} > .o s h. o lcplt +s 2 02 n h4 i in ahe ag se ih <_ "It was written as a ?rayer for the day. I called it a ‘Collect For Club Women,‘ because I felt that women workintghtogether with wide inâ€" terests for large ends was a new thing under the sun and that, perhaps they had need for special petition and meditation of their own. This must have been true for the Collect has found its way about the world, especially wherever English speaking women (iet together. Indeed it has been reprinted in many forms in many lands." i Mrs. Alfred Watt, Miss Stewart personally supervised his work of copying out the pra(g'er, down. even to fine points of placing a comma or a period. Reproduced here is Robin Watt‘s copy done by hand, under Mary Stewart‘s close supervision. The title, it should be noted is set in type, to identify it. e c CSR eE . stt valn c l n B o e Mo m ie ul in Pagn dn 4 5 ep se athoel m e ie digigs â€" Mary Stewart wrote the prayer in 1904, while she was principal of Longmont high school in Colorado. We are indebted to a Canadian woman, the late Mrs. Alfred Watt, M.B.E., for a true and correct verâ€" sion of the prayer, as here presented, and a little of the author‘s own personal story, Mrs. Watt came back to Canada in 1939 to attend and speak at the eleventh biennial conference of the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Canada, in Edmonton. She it was, who had carried the Women‘s Institute idea to Britain and later became president of the Associated Country Women of the World. . to us 28 ‘ Mary Stewart, while visiting in England had spent some time with Mrs, Watt at her English home. Exrors had crept into the various printâ€" ings of the prayer, especially in the first and secondâ€"last lines. These errors marred the beauty of expression and the clarity of thought of this. prayer. The author ezg::ressed concern about the %arbled versions which were being circulated. In the studio of Robin Watt, the artist son of Lt Pe® ded du0 Mn s srap e en t mss ds S ie sephe .. s to 2 ealan ce P t CA o h2 ces en t en e eC U kn d egielh fAtigit t gte 5 OR many years, women‘s clubs in Canada, United States, Britain j and other countries have used a prayer for the opening or closing ; ceremonies of their meetings. Sometimes it is simply read by one member, at others it is repeateg in unison by all those present. They have usually called it Our Creed or The Cluz Women‘s Creed and as such it is widely known and popular on this continent, especially in small towns and rural districts. Widespread usage has resulteg in some changes. The author gave it a title: "Collect For Club Women," when it first appeared in an obscure corner of a well known American magazine. 1 u.., 11 sls k ue BromR @4 lon® o Palos o ob thesraalk olsn