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Rh participation. The general subject being, "Present Day Trends in Higher Education." In December, 1926, the Southern California Conference on Modern Parenthood was held for four days, in which the Los Angeles Branch was one of the cooperating organizations.

The Baby Hygiene Committee, organized nearly twenty years ago by Mrs. A. E. Graupner, has pioneered in the establishment of clinics for the welfare of children and the education of mothers. Dr. Adelaide Brown, Dr. Florence Holsclaw and Dr. Edna Bailey have been the leaders in this program.

The California State Division has been a prominent organization in orking for the reorganization of the California State Department of Education, for the ratification of the Child Labor Amendment by California, and for the extension by Congress of the Infancy and Maternity Act. Mrs. A. E. Graupner represented the National Association in Washington, rendering valuable service in securing final action. Mrs. Arthur Heineman, Mrs. Jessie Steinhart and Mrs. Mary Roberts Coolidge are members of the State Board of Education. The survey of the San Francisco school system resulting in a complete reorganization, was sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Branch under the leadership of Mrs. Jessie Steinhart and Mrs. A. E. Graupner.

The National Association is engaged in an extensive program of fellowships, which makes research possible for women of ability. Believing with the Secretary on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations, that "The problem of education in international relations is the fundamental problem of the world," the South Pacific Section and the California State Division, meeting in conference at Mills College in June, 1926, passed the following resolution: "That the Fellowship Committee of the A.A.U.W. be asked that a fellowship be given an American woman to study in Japan." It was the sense of the group that the woman be a Californian.

Branches throughout the state are engaged in study and discussion groups, dedicating themselves to those problems with which California is intimately concerned, namely, problems of the Pacific and Latin-America, particularly Mexico. The state is actively cooperating with the "Million Dollar Fellowship Endowment" of the International Federation. Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt is the National Chairman of International Relations, and Dr. Esther Caukins, residing in Washington, is the National Secretary. Mrs. Malbone Graham is the State Chairman.