The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

Miss Mary W att leIL SUNDAY LOT Noio-
RADIO Springs where she VIII spend her
vacation.
! Mr. Bernard Crosby goes TO salina next
week to visit a few days before entering
! ST. Johns Military academy at that place
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD The club motto IS
Not as tho 1 had already attained,
and the club flower is a red rose.
/ The club will open its season with
an Autumn Frolic" at the home of
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD September rs.
| 1t is a rule of the club that each
her own subject. In this way, there
/ is wide diversity thruout the year.
Some of the topics to be discussed this
year will be Impressions of Europe"
| by Mrs. H o. Garvey; Early Indus
trial Training in the United States of
America" by Mrs. Stella Aldrich;
Political Campaign Mrs. c. j.
A. McCarter; The Woman Thou
| Gavest Ne" Mrs Lee Monroe; "Our
/ Girls" Mrs. c. w. Mitchner; Clean
ings," Mrs. 0. L. Moore.
Besides the regular meetings, there
will be the usual Lincoln day dinner
and Field day. with which the club al
ways closes its years work, and for
gets to be learned and dignified. A
/ farce of some sort usually character
ICES the feature of Field day.
! The Minerva club is unique, in that
/ it combines literary and musical study
The club has been organized for four
teen years, and has a membership of
forty-four at the present time. Mrs
B. H. Pugh is acting president this
summer. Mrs. Charles Moore and
Mrs. T r. Paxton are vice presidents
| The committee in charge of music
are Mrs Ernest Hughes. Mrs. Ray
mond Murray and Mrs. Fred Munson
department are Mrs. P. P. Womer,
Mrs. H. L. Peppmeyer and Mrs. George
Godfrey Moore
The Rota club is planning a big en-
tertainment, something in the nature
OF a pageant. to be given the latter
part of September or early in Octo-
Der, and in the spring another enter
tainment will be given to help swell
the funds of the club. The officers
OF the Rota club are: President. Mrs.
l. d. Wolfe; LIST vice president Miss
Glen Davis; 2nd vice president, Mrs.
X NJ Johnson; secretary, Miss Stella
Nash; treasurer, Miss May Malone:
parliamentarian. Miss Lulu Kelley.
The Current Literature club, of
which Mrs. Frank o. Boyd is presi-
dent. will study the drama and Ameri-
can literature during the coming year.
Inc Association of Collegiate Alumnae
was founded in 1882 by II women
graduates of eight American colleges.
Affiliated with the national associa-
ton at present are Sc American col
leges, and there is a membership in
the association of more than 10000,
with branches in 100 cities. In Kan
sas, there are branches in Topeka.
Lawrence, and Wichita. The purpose
of the association is to promote the
fellowship of college women, and to
advance the educational interests of
the community
The national club house of the asso-
citation is located in Washington, D. C.
The first meeting of the International
Federation of university women was
held in London last July, and Mrs.
James Wise of Topeka was one of the
delegates of the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae.
Last year the Topeka branch of the
association furnished a room in the
cooperative house for self supporting
women at Lawrence; it took up the
study of child welfare, and made
plans to extend the work so that other
branches would be formed in the
state. The plans for the coming wear
are not complete, but will include the
support of the association scholarship.
Miss Helen Olson of Topeka, a senior
at K. U, has been awarded the schol-
arship for this year.
A play will be given by the Topeka
branch to increase the scholarship
fund. Mrs. Hearty Earle Brown Mel
son of Lawrence, whose stories fire.
quently appear in Atlantic Monthly, is
the author of the play, which is ''Lu-
The officers of the Topeka branch
; are: President. Mrs. W. R. Smith;
vice president, Mrs. Frank NJ. Chase;
secretary, Miss Mildred Bowman;
councillor, Miss Charlotte NJ. Leavitt;
= delegate. Mrs. r. A Burch; repre-
sentative at large, Mrs. Henry ].
Allen.
The Music Study club of Topeka,
of which Mrs. c. A. Wolf is president
will study American composers this
: coming year, embodying the negro
/ spirituals and Indian music. For one
of the special days Of the club. an
! American opera will be presented.
Mrs. E. F. Dean is president of the
Tuesday Study club. which will have
as its years work, summed up, Prob
! lens of Today" There will be lee
lures by nonclub members, among
others being, Dr. Florence Brown
: Sherbon, who will talk on Child Hy-
: giene," and Mrs. L. Cady Hodge
: whose subject will be Art" The sub
. jects for response to roll call for tbs
year are: Economics, Child Welfare
Poland. The Modern Newspaper, The
q City Beautiful. Christmas, Kansas Day
Anericanization, Art. Drama, Book.
and Music
The Topeka Flower Show associa
ton. with Mrs. Arthur Springer a.
president will have a series of lecture.
this coming year. illustrated will
: stereopticon views, of flower and land
scape gardening. The club will en-
deavor to stimulate interest in tn,
> flower show. which has come to be al
r annual event of the spring. in Topeka
: as well as to create interest in tn,
= American Peony society. At present
:. Mrs. Springer and DIR. c. F. Mennin
ger are the only members of the so
ciety in Topeka.
$ The West Side Forestry club wa
[, organized in 1903 at the home of Mrs
: w a Johnston. the principal objec
+, OF its orga MIA tion being to redeem tn