Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-08
MISS IDA HILL BOWIE,
Chairman reception committee.

Ella bOrate plans nave been perfected
for the entertainment Monday, Novem-
Der 81, of the delegates to the second
biennial convention of the Interna-
tional Federation of Catholic Alumnae.
The convention will be held in Bal
timore November "a. 25 and IS. as
guests of the Maryland state fedora
ton, under the direction of Mrs. Frank
Philip Scrivener. governor of Mary
land alumnae associations and chair
man of the local biennial board
Friday morning. November "a. will
witness the official opening of the
convention, and later will take place
a business meeting, which will COM
prise reports Of chairmen of local BIZ
ennial boards and reports of officers.
and reports of committees. Special
conferences on the three-fold activities
Of the Observation-Disclosures, literature
and social work-will form a prom
inent feature of this session.
At pm. a meeting of the nominal
ing committee will be called and later
a business meeting will take place
at which the report of the nominat-
ing committee will be read.
Saturday morning, November rs. will
be marked by a conference of special
Importance. at which reports of gov
ernors of states and provinces will be
read. also the report of credentials
committee. The afternoon will be oc-
cupied by the election of officers. the
transaction of unfinished business and
the discussion of new business. In
the evening will take place the con-
vention banquet at the Belvedere
Hotel.
Sunday. November IS, the program
includes solemn high mass at the
cathedral, when his eminence, Cardi-
nal Gibbons, will deliver the sermon.
The afternoon will be known as gov
ernors,'' and at $50 pm there will be
a reception and installation of new
officers
Chance to Visit Washington.
The unusual feature of the enter
tainment is the play day in Wash
ington.' whereby an opportunity is
afforded to officers, delegates and
friends to visit the National Capital
and enjoy the beauty, the historic and
national interests of the city.
The Washington entertainment COM
mittee, of which Miss Ida Hill Bowie
is chairman. plans to care for 5000
guests, those from Baltimore arriving
on a special train at the Union sta
ton at 10 am. where they will be
met by the aIumnae of Washington,
who will escort them in special cars
tarranged by Col. Henry May. chair
man of the transportation committee)
to the Catholic University of America.
Here they will be rendered a reception
by Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, the
rector. and the faculty. After a visit
90 ftA Ill butt -
tuition. Trinity College and the Catholic
Sisterr' College, a luncheon Will be
giy-n them in the dining hail Of the
university.
The afternoon will be marked by
many receptions and entertainments in
their honor. and the closing feature
of the day will be a function to be
held in one of the public buildings
of Washington. rendered for this event.
Those to Receive Guests.
Assisting Miss Bowie in receiving the
gues:s will be Mrs. Newton D. Baker.
wife Of the Secretary of War; Mrs Ed
ward Douglas White, wife of the Chief
justice of the Supreme Court: Mrs
George Barnett. Mrs. P. P CIaxton.
Mrs. Samuel ]. Graham. Mrs. K. Frank
lin Lane, wife Of the Secretary Of the
Interior: Marquise di Brolo Lanzo. Mrs
Samuel Spencer. Mrs. Edwin Sweet Mrs
Gaillard Hunt, Mrs. Archibald Oracle
and others.
One Of the features Of "Washington
day" entertainment liz to be the issuing
Of a souvenir program. on the first page
OF which is a sketch giving the early his
tory Of Catholic Washington written
by Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey an
alumnae of Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent. The work of compiling this pro-
gram is IN charge of Mrs. W. N Roach
tr.
The meetings for the anal arrange
nIents will be held at the New willard
Hotel (the official headquarters OF the
International Federation of Catholic
Alumnae). Monday. October %. pm;
Monday. November 6. pm. and Tues
day. November "A. pm.
The International Federation of
Catholic Alumnae held It's organization
1914. under the auspices and indorse-
nent Of the three American cardinals,
seven archbishops and thirty five
bishops. The object is to unite the
convent women for the purpose of up
holding the ideals OF Catholic woman
hood. and of forwarding Catholic edu-
cation and Catholic literature. Three
vice presidents head these three de-
partments. The organization has IT'S
associations and membership of 81, 900.
The second convention of the fedora
ton. called the constitutional conven-
ton, was held in Chicago last Novem-
Der. and those in attendance represent
a territory extending from Canada to
Alabama. from the New England states
IN California.