iS i Te oe VOLUME IV. STILL WOODMEN AUXILIARY The Royal Neighbors of America Have Not Ceased Working With Woodmen Because of the action taken by the Supreme Camp in widening the eligi- bility list for the admission of women to our society the impression prevails in certain Woodmen circles that our society is no longer auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen of America. This is a great mistake. The change made at Indianapolis was not a very ma- terial one so far as the Woodmen are concerned. Before the change only those women who related to Woodmen were. eligible to member- ship. In the more thickly populated Woodmen jurisdiction this law did not work any particular hardship to our society as the relationship clause was so broad that a very distant relative was made eligible. In the newer juris- diction, however, it was almost impos- sible to build up our society because there were were so few women who were related to Woodmen, and many times those who were related, if willing to join, could not pass the medical exam- ination, and this prevented the organi- zation of a camp simply from lack of the required number of acceptable risks. The Degree of Honor is the aux- iliary of the Ancient Order of United |