The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-25
ALUMNAE ELECT
OAKLAND WOMAN
Mrs. Lorenzo Dow Inskeep Is
Chosen President of CalifOr-
MIA Collegiate Association

OAKLAND, April E4.-AC the annudi
meeting held at Stanford university
Saturday the women of the Collegiate
AIumnae Association of California elect
ed the following officers, a large per-
centage of whom come from this side
of the bay:
President. Mrs. Lorenzo Dow Inskeep.
Vice president, Miss Emma Noonan.
Recording secretary, Miss Nora K Dunn
Corresponding secretary. Miss Elsie Middleton.
Treasurer, Miss Winifred Bangs.
Direetors-Mss Mary Meyriek. Miss Jane Gay
Dodge. Mrs A. F. LANCE, Miss Estelle Young.
National director, Mrs. A. F. Morrison.
The association intends to make
Saturday afternoon, April 30 a notable
! occasion. On that day Miss Lucine
Finch Of Columbia university will give
a program of song and story in the ball
room of the St. Francis. Miss Finch is
an Alabama woman who draws her
knowledge of the negro people, their
superstitions and beliefs, from a negro
nanny who served in the Finch
family for three generations She is
clever entertainer, telling the unpub-
lished stories her nanny told her and
singing the folk songs of the negro.
Among the college women arranging
the unique affair are:
Hazel Pedar Henrietta Stadtmuller
COTnelia McKinne Marguerite Ogden
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Edith mcfarland Mrs E. V. Cowell
Alfred H. Brown of Boston will rem
der an Interpretation of the Ibsen play,
The Master Builder" Tuesday after
noon before the members and guests of
Ebell. Mrs. Edwin c. Morrison, as
hostess of the day, will be assisted by a
large receiving party.
Mrs. George Hildebrand will read a
paper before the women of the litera-
ture section Wednesday morning, dis
cussing the essay as developed in
Steele's ''Tattler'' and Addisons Spec
tator." The Sir Roger de. Coverly"
papers will be considered by the men,
bers.
In the Work of the First Legis-
lature" and The Present Laws in Re-
gard to Women the California history
and landmarks section will find its in
terest Thursday morning The follow
ing papers viii be read: 'Vallejo's Re-
port on the Derivation of County
Names Mrs c. w. Kinsey; Admission
into the Union" Mrs. George w. Percy;
Derivation of the Names of the Streets
in San Francisco" Mrs. E. C. Won Helms.
Miss NJ Lillian Trimble of Mills COL
lege viii be the speaker Monday after
noon before the Alta Mira club, her
theme being Home Economics" Mrs.
c. L. Best viii contribute the musical
numbers.
The latest organization to come into
the Alameda district Federation of
Women's Clubs is the Alameda county
nurses association, which has a large
and important membership among the
professional women.
Members of the Players club will be
entertained Tuesday afternoon with an
interesting program at the residence of
Mrs. Gustav Gutsch in Alameda.
The Boys club of San Leandro is one
of the youngest organizations planning
a season of strenuous work under the
direction of Joseph n. Neal Of the Boys
pastime club of San Francisco. Tues
day and Thursday afternoons of each
weeks are TO be given up to the meet
ings, amusement and physical instruc-
ton. The members intend to organize
| a boys band.
Miss May V. Haworth will give an in
! formal talk before the members of the
tourist section of the Adelphian club
Tuesday afternoon, discussing ireland.
| Scotland and England
Prof. A. V. Stubenrauch, expert in
| charge of the fruit transportation and
] storage investigation, will address the
( women of the Oakland club Wednesday
/ afternoon. The speakers wife, Mrs.
/ Stubenrauch, will give the vocal num-
/ bers. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Frick will
be hostess Of the day.
All the women's organizations on this
! side of the bay, irrespective OF color,
/ have been included in the invitation for
! Thursday afternoon when the commit
! tee of the Oakland club that planned
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the scope Of the new branch of proba-
/ ton work and ask for a formal organi-
cation. The meeting will be held in
! Pythian castle. The committee consists
/ of Miss Bessie Wood, chairman; Mrs.
Leon Hall. Mrs. Cora Z. Jones, Mrs.
John Mole, Miss Theresa Russeau, Mrs.
| Nellie Nelson, Mrs. B. Sturtevant Peet.
La Encina chapter of the American
woman's league held its weekly meet
ing Friday evening in Alameda The
! chief business was to plan for the large
/ gathering TO be held in Adelphian club
| house within the fortnight, when promi-
nent men of the Encinal City will an
swer the question, What is back of the
American woman's league?" Members
| and those interested in the movement
have been invited to be the guests of
the Players club Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Gustav Gutsch.
The earliest of the summer fetes will
| be given by the Ladies' relief society
| Saturday afternoon, May Z. Mosswood
! will be the scene of the notable event
which is inspired by the needs of the
children and elderly women cared for
by the organization. Miss Matilda
Brown has named the following COM
mittees to assist her:
Table of dolls furniture and millinery made
! by children of the home-Mrs j. A. Hill and
Miss Patterson.
Ice cream-Mrs. Frank Weston Mrs Fred NJ
Greenwood Miss Edith Getcell. Mrs Charles
Buffers and Miss Marjorie Moore
Tea booth-Mss Ann Miner. Miss Maury and
( Mrs. r. A. Nellman.
Lemonade-Miss Halle Blackwell and Mrs.
I Frank Glass.
1 Homemade candy-Miss Louise de Fremery.
! Mrs. Gilbert Graham, Miss Marjorie Steele Mrs
I Thomas Oney. Mrs. Henry Martinez and Miss
( Amy Long.
Fancy articles-Miss Helen Campbell Mrs
/ d. II. Mathes. Mrs. Vance McClynlonds Mrs
Thomas Pheby, Mrs. George Morrow and Miss
I Florence Hall.
Pamistry-Mrs. Harry East Miller, MIS- bud.
ley Kinsell. Mrs. Sam Prather and Mrs c. F.
Dunsmoor.
Assistants-Mrs. r. G. Browne Mrs Richard
Hardin, Miss Jessie Campbell, Miss Elizabeth
GIL.
ELKS LODGE ATTENDS