with the organization office. The Committee
on Course of Study, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chairman, reported that
during the past three years they had published 25,000 books and
pamphlets, purchased from publishers 3,100 and had 9,000 contributed.
The treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, announced the receipts of
the past year to be $14,055. Bequests had been received of $500 by the
will of Mrs. Eliza Murphy of New Jersey, and $500 from Mrs. A. Viola
Neblett of South Carolina.

The report of the Organization Committee, Mrs. Chapman Catt, chairman,
showed a large amount of work done in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and
the Southern States, the writing of 10,000 letters, the holding of
1,000 public meetings under the auspices of this committee. It closed
by saying:

The chief obstacle to organization is not found in societies
opposed to the extension of suffrage to woman, nor in ignorance,
nor in conservatism; it is to be found in that large body of
suffragists who believe that the franchise will come, but that it
will come in some unaccountable way without effort or concern on
their part. It is to be found in the hopeless, faithless,
lifeless members of our own organization. They are at times the
officers of local clubs, and the clubs die on their hands; in
State executive committees, and there, appalled by the magnitude
of the undertaking, they decide that organization is impossible
because there is no money, and they make no effort to secure
funds. They are in our national body, ready to find fault with
plans and results and to criticise the conscientious efforts of
those who are struggling to accomplish good--yet they are never
ready to propose more helpful methods. In short, we find them
everywhere, doing practically nothing themselves, but "throwing
cold water" upon every effort inaugurated by others. "It can not
be done" is their motto, and by it they constantly discourage the
hopeful and extract all enthusiasm from new workers. Judging from
the intimate knowledge of the condition of our association gained
in the last three years, I am free to say that these are our most
effective opponents to-day, and, without question, the best
result of the three years' work is the gradual strengthening of
belief in the possibility of organization.

Mrs. Sallie Clay Bennett, chairman, presented the report o