Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
AMONG THE CLUBS

The SEVENTEEN regular meeting of the
University Classical Club was held In the
women's building Tuesday evening at
$40 O'Clock. This meeting was in the
nature of a reunion and was attended
by between forty and fifty of the old
and new members of the club The
founder of the club, Prof. Carroll, had
written a letter to each of the 12S mem
beers, calling attention to the occasion.
and many of those who were absent had
responded with letters. which were read
at the meeting This custom of the
Classical Club, which has been opserVeu
for the last three years, enables us
officers to follow up the students VINO are
now occupying positions oil nmpoT,dlG2II
all over the country After the ron cdii
of the entire membership had been COM
pleted the following officers and commit
tees were appointed for the present seS-
sion: OfficerS-President DR.. Mltcheli or
roll: vice president, DR.. Charles smith,
secretary, Catharine y. McAVoy; treas
urer. Tench T. Mayo. Committees-Eh
fertainment, Ruth Ct. Cecleran, Margaret
Newton, Helen s Nicholson, Mrs: flch-
ard NJ. Young; books, DR.. MltcheH Gar
roll. Marion r. Craig. cara X. oauhue ,,
David r. Cerell: periodicals, Dr.. Charles
8 Smith. Mae II. Cook, Rena T. DAVIS.
Hester r. Pyles; news from the classical
field, Karl T. jacobson, \. y. MililnStoh'
Esther Foster, Ruth Wilson. Inc guests
of the evening were DR.. RoSalie DauSh-
Ton Morton of New York, formerly or
Washington, who gave an account or
temple ruins in teylon, and Dr: Edgar
l.. Hewctt, director of the School OF
mericau Archelogy of the Archeo-
logical Institute of America, who drew
parallel between the archaeological re-
mains in the southw estern portion OF the
United States and Mexico. With those OF
ancient Greece. After the adjournment
,lny tirfc mr.
favored by some vocal selections from
Miss Bethune. and there followed an IN
formal social hour. The following is the
membership of the club for this season:
Profs Carroll and Charles S. Smith, Mrs.
Richard NJ. Young. Misses Drummond,
McAvoy. Adams. Cooke, Craig, Saunders,
Davis, Foster. Newton, Richards, Wilson,
Nicholson, Piles, and Messrs. Hendry,
Schoenfeld, Jacobson, Covel, Stout, Mill
ington.
The WomenS Single Tax Club met at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Kent. No. ii
T street northwest. Monday evening
Mrs Mackenzie the president, in
the chair. A member of the club told
of the death of one of the brightest mem
bers. Mrs. II. Morrison Davis. Mrs. Davis
gave the principal talk on single tax at
The banquet given to the Oklahoma dele
cation at the close of the club year in
March. The president was instructed to
write a. letter to the family of Mrs. Davis
expressing sympathy. Prof. Kelley gave
n humorous and instructive paper, called
Landlords, which called forth discus
sion. Mrs. Cohen read paper on How
Single Tax Differs from Socialism, Prof.
Wills discussed the paper. making clear
to all the meaning of single tax. Mrs.
Swanton gave a piano solo, THE Story
of My Dictatorship read by Mr. Macken-
zie, closed the program. Some of the
members present were DIR. and Mrs. Alex
ander Kent. Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Heath.
Prof and Mrs. Louis Cohen. Mr.. and Mrs
W. D. Mackenzie. Mr.. and Mrs. George
f. F.. Bebb. Mrs. NJ. J. Arnold Mrs NJ
w. Ramage. Mrs Cora Thompson, Mrs
Emily Fl. Schmidt. Mrs. Jennie L. Mum
roe, Prof. Charles Newbursh Prof Thorn
F.. Will, Rev. James Hugh Kelley,
Prof. j. w. Nigh. Prof. ]. ]. Shirley.
Martin Bruick, 3. Pickman Mann, George
Warren. d. c. Sherman. Elias Dakin
Leland p. Shidy, George Z. Rose, NJ F.
ODonoghue d. M Hall. Misses Flora
Raymond. Belle Paine, Emma ]. Raw
lings, Lily Ross.
The Washington Readers Club for the
study of Interpretation of literature
through tie medium of the spoken word
met at the residence of Mr. " w Selah,
the president. Prof Charles S. Richard
son. in the chair. The program of study
required each member to give what he
or she considered the best piece of humor
ever written by an American. This
brought forth a fund of amusement from
the club, the consensus Of opinion being
American humorist. After being served