Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
IN BUSINESS SESSIO N
ASSOCIATION OF VAS
sAR COLLEGE MEETS.
Reports of the General Committees
Read-Fellowship of Association
Alumnae Established.

business meeting of the associate
alumnae of Vassar College was held this
morning at Rauscher's, beginning at 10
| o'clock and lasting until LEO O'Clock, when
adjournment was taken to meet again next
January in New York city.
The business of the morning was for the
most part routine in character. Mrs. 4.
H. futile of the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Va, president of the assoc
citation, presided at the meeting Ada
Thurston serving as general secretary. Re
ports from the general committees Of the
organization were received, discussed and
passed upon. 1t was decided to establish II
fellowship, to be known as the fellowship
of the associate alumnae of Vasslr College
1t is to consist of 500, to be given annual
ly for advanced work in the college to the
graduates selected by a committee of the
alumnae.
AS this was the meeting of the interlne-
date year there was no election OF oHlcel'S.
The election occurs every two years.
Memorials concerning the late Miss Acsah
NJ. Ely, professor of ma thematlcS at vas
sar were presented by Professor Whitney,
the Vassar astronomer and a college mate
of the deceased teacher, and by Mrs. ii. Il.
Hedrick of this city, who is assistant TO Dr:
Simon Newconab, head of the department of
ma thematics and astronomy of the car
negie Institute, and associated with the
nautical almanac of the naval observatory.
Annual Banquet.
bright and pretty scene was presented
last night at Rauschers on the occasion of
the annual banquet of the Vassar Alumnae
Society. Those who have attended former
functions of the society state that the af-
fair last night was the largest and most
representative ever held outside of New
York city. Those who attended the supper
last night represented many sections OF the
country.
There were addresses by DR.. James NJ.
Taylor, the president of Vassar; Robert
Young O'Brien and Col. Arthur Wagner,
u. S. A. There was reception given the
members of the society and to the president
of Vassar, DR.. Taylor, yesterday afternoon,
by Mrs Walter Harvey at the Rochambeau.
The committee having charge of the ar
engagements for the banquet consisted of
Miss Ida Howgate. chairman, and Mes
danes II. B. Hedrich w. A. DeCaindry,
z. r. Lewis and c. c. Darwin and Miss
Harriet Richardson. The officers of the
local branch of the Vassar alumnae are:
dent, Mrs H. B. Hedrick, and secretary
treasurer, Miss Lucy Madeira.
The Guests
The special guests at the banquet last
night were DR.. and Mrs. James NJ. Taylor,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Young O'Brien. Miss
Alice Fletcher, Mrs. H D. Walbridge, Mrs.
l.. Il .SOle, MIS-. L. D. 3DIlIiStedt, MI eilAu
Mrs. F. S. Bright, Miss Godfrey, Mr.. T. W.
Sidwell and Col. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner.
The alumnae present were:
Miss Charlotte P. Acer, Mrs. C. w. Bas-
sett Miss Margaret r. Brendlinger, Miss
Grace L. Cook Miss Ida May Coon, Miss
Florence NJ Gushing, MISS Helen Gertrude
Davis. Miss Mary D. Dodge, Miss Emily
B.. Dunning, Mrs. j. j. Edwards. Miss Clara
Collin Etzroth, Miss Nellie Idylyne Fer
rell, Miss Isabella Graham Foster, Mrs.
Irii,o I).~f = V.1l
Ter, Mrs. Frederick H. Hall, Miss Sarah
Hartzell, Miss Mabel L. Hastings. Mrs.
George NJ Holden, Mrs. r. Henry Holme,
Miss Harriet F. Holmes, Miss Harriet NJ.
Johnson. Mrs. ]. Q. a. Johnson. Miss Eiiz-
abeth J. Joyner. Mrs. Milton Albert
L Ecuse, Miss Edith Somerville Merritt,
Miss Bertha V. Merrick. Mrs. c. e. Nor
gan, Miss Ruth Moser, Miss Margaret Mo-
SER Miss egna V. Moser Miss Emma J..
Mott, Miss Jane Robb Murdoch, Mrs. C.
H. Parsons Miss Sara j. Phillips Miss An
toinette Rehmann, Miss Isabelle A. Reimer,
Mrs. A. A. Reimer, Miss Rosamond Rob
erts, Miss Lena G. Roth, Mrs George b.
Runkel Mrs. H. c. scudder, DR.. Mary
Fanny p. Simpson, Miss Elizabeth d.
Storer, Miss Mary B. Temple, Miss Ada
Thurston, Miss II. Y. Turner, Prof. and
Mrs. A. H. Tuttle Miss Anna Seeley Tut
tle Mrs. H. o. Underwood, Miss Gertrude
H. Vanwinckle, Miss Gertrude II. Walsh.
Miss Mary Virginia Washburn DR.. Ida Welt,
MISS Helen WOOD, MISS Mamie WOOD,
Miss Abigail Keith Worcester, Miss
Grace E. Young, Elizabeth b. TAFT, Mrs.
Lucy Kellogg English, Sara H. Morris, J.
E. Zimmerman, Miss Hazel M. BaltZ, Miss
Mabel F Dayen, Miss Minnie l.. Mckinley
Smith, Miss M. II. Brooks, Miss Theodore
M Carroll, Mrs. f. W. Crandall, Miss
Eleanor A. Lord Mrs. Schuyler Merritt.
| Miss Louise H. Merritt, Miss Anna M. Roe,
Miss Anne Brown, C. Mildred Thompson.
Mrs. Gustave Radeke Miss May Carbutt.
Mrs. William Mitchell. Miss Grace M. Gal
laher, Miss H. M. Hequembonig, Miss E. c.
Packee Mrs. T. J. Ritch, jr., Miss Mary
Brown, Miss A. M. Crater Mrs. William
H. Fauss, Miss Clara M. HILL Mrs. E. B.
Mathews, Mrs. Samuel A. Janney, Miss
Frances Towers, Miss Mamie G. Hume,
Mrs. Walter II. Weed, Mrs. David G. Adee,
Miss Messer. Miss C. G. Barnum, Miss
Mary Botsford, Miss Helene Black, Mrs. c.
c.. Darwin, Mrs. w. A. De Caindry, Mrs.
Christine L. Franklin, Mrs. II. c. Gage,
Mrs. III. B. Hedrick, Miss Ida Howgate,
Mrs E. r. Lewis, Miss Lucy MADEIRA, Mrs
Brice Moses, Miss Eunice Oberly, Miss Rose
Palmer Miss Harriet Richardson, Mrs. T.
w. Sidwell. Mrs. L. c. Scherer, Mrs. VIII
lam Steele Mrs. A. Fl. Tussee, Miss Anna
s. Tussee Mrs. T. w. Aldrich, Miss Carrie
Du Bots, Miss Margaret Gage, DR.. Mary
Sherwood, Miss Josephine HemenWay, Mrs
David E. Hutcheson, Mrs. III. D. Walbridge
Mrs F. s. Bright HRS. p. M. Hughes, Miss
Helen M. Reynolds, Miss Edith Westcott,
Mrs George Westinghouse.
Granny Mary Rowan died at her home