The Washington herald., 1908-04-05


was her bashfnl barefoot bean;
She wrote on my slate. I love you joe
When We were a couple Of kids
College songs, college yells. and cheers
from alumni of Vassar, Wesleyan. Bryn
Mawr, and many other Adamless institu-
tons Of learning were given with vigor
last night at Rauscher's, where the Col
lege Women's Club OF Washington held
its second annual banquet.
Fully 500 yomen enjoyed the banquet
and the after-dinner speeches arranged
by the committee. In the gathering were
representative women of the city, cOun-
try, and world. The lofty graduate Of
1857. with the alamnns who went forth
from her alma mater many years ago and
has since left the proposition of reform
ing the world and other questions to the
younger graduates. sat side by side in the
brilliantly lighted banquet hale
Forget Difference in Years.
But differences in years between the
graduate OF 1860 and the young woman
who quit her college in June, 1907. were
forgotten. They were all "old grads" last
night. All gave their songs. cheers, and
yells with yigor that denoted powerful
lungs
Among the representative women pres
ent were Mrs. Charles ". Fairbanks
Miss Alice Eastwood, curator of botany
California Academy Of Science; DR.. Lud-
| low famed as an entomologist; Mrs
! Lenox from Queens College. London
and Mrs. John Sharp Williams. Other
/ well-knoWn college women We're also
seated at the tables.
| That woman is capable Of doing two
things at the same time was aptly illus
| trated. Speeches were given by thc
| guests and members of the club while
the dinner was in progress.
/ Mrs L. W. Busbey. a. b. toastmis
tress. introduced as the first speaker Miss
! Sevasti y. Callisperi. Pm. D.. inspector oI
schools in Athens. Greece.
Miss Callisperi spoke interestingly and
l learnedly of the life OF the GreciaH girl
and the lack Of opportunities for better
/ ing herself, intellectually Compared Will
/ the chances of the American young wem
an, the Grecian girl has few opporluni-
/ ties for educating herself, according tC
Miss Callisperi.
Address by Mrs. Gerry.
-rhe typewriter and the feminine
were cleverly handled By Mrs. PhiliI
/ Gerry. author of The Toy Shop" Mrs
Gerry proved by her wItticisms that 4
takes a woman to handle one of tn,
genuer sex. Mrs. Gerry's subject ha,
the suggestive title. Beware of the fur!
Of a patient man"
Boys always do such nice. spendi,
things, but girls can only do the nasty
dull ones that get left over" said Mrs
/ Abby c. Baker in her talk on the col
/ lege women in civic betterment" Mrs
Baker urged the American women &
use the culture and executive abuit.
which is conceded them for civic an,
charitable work.
The concluding toast was by Miss Rutl
Putnam. B. l., who said that after. th
young women have received their de
grees and go forth into the world the.
are masters Of their fate.
Between the speeches and the course
of the dinner. college yells. cheers, an
songs were given. I.usty cheers wer
given for the different "prexies.' of WHOM
many a story was told by the banquet
ers.
with the dispOsing of the dinner an
the toasts. the piece de resistance" wa
given by Miss Grace Ross. and Miss n
| Elsie Turner. Columbian College Of Georg
Washington University. They depicte
Juliet and Ophelia-190S. -. The skete
was up-to-date. the dialogue bright an
breezy, and the young women were r.
warded with the familiar "G-e-o-r-s-
W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-0-n' when the last lib
were read.
Following several imprcmptu sketche
by the members OF the club. social hou
was spent in reviewing bygone dayi
After BILLY Magee Magyar" had bee
sung, and Nellie Seen Home despit
the absence OF the masculine elemen
the meeting ended with AUD Lang Syne
: It was the second annual meeting of th
club, and was a success, the member
proving that an "Adamless Eden" ca
exist, at least temporarily.
The Executive Committee.
The executive committee. to whom I'll
success Of the event is chiefly due, ha
, the following membership:
Mrs. T. W. Sidwell. Vassar, president
. Miss Emma Harper Turner, Franklin
: George Washington. secretary and trea,
urer: Mrs. Karl F. KelIerman, Cosnel
recording secretary. and the followin
presidents of college clubs IN Wasl
iugton;
Mrs. Julia Bodfsh. Mount Holyok,
Mrs. r Janney Brown, representa-
swarthmore: Miss Alice Coyle, Radcliffi
Mrs. ". F. de Caiudry. Vassar Student
Aid: Mrs ". H. Heron, Columbia
: Women. George Washington Universit!
2 Mrs. G. W. Logan, Smith: Miss Luo
/ | Madeira. Association Collegiate Alumnai
? Mrs. NJ. A. Martindell. Western Colleg
Club; Miss Harriet Richardson, Vasss
Aumnae Association; Mrs w. Z. Sa
ford. Wellesley; Miss Edna Ston
3 Woman's College. OF Baltimore; Mrs. \
/ J. ROsenau. Bryn Mawr: Mrs. o. l.. Wee
hof. secretary, Lake Erie, and Mr.
frank B. Vrooman. representing Stanfor
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