The Washington times., 1921-03-27

kdIu, OF iOulSland, VINO nave hTeduy y
established themselves at 2722 Ontario
road. choosing their home with an
eye to the cooling breezes which blow
in from the woods across Rock Creek,
At the close of the school session
Mrs. Broussard will bring her only
daughter, Miss Marie Louise Brous-
sard. and three of the boys. Felix
Edwin s.. jr. and Dorville to Wash
llngton with her. There are two
other boys, Eugene and George. who
have, been with their parents here
right along. Senator Broussard comes
OF . dIstinguished Louisiana family
OF Acsaian descent and 10 the brother
or the Hate Senator Robert r.. Brous-
sard Before her marriage. Mrs.
BrousAard was Miss Marie Pstopt
They Afe amons the comparatively
young smembers OF the Senate circle,
having been married In 1909 end
their home IL In .Newslberias the Oh
capitar of <spanish donihioSs tin
Louisiana sSS. &: Z /, a !, h,
CONGRESSIONAL club 10.
Is L0NKiNG Ui,. Y I'M d, !. 4 7
W3thssli those new, people drift1ns
I'M Sths. cSngre sslsnal club II comIns
tpsits Own. and shoYid preyesa fces-
terfNof hospitality not only toy nc
newly arrived Congressional wopash.
but for her husband as well. Indeed.
the men have no very satisfactory
way Of meeting the families OF their
colleagues except at the informal and
delightful entertainments which the
club offers. and which will be more
OF a feature than ever under the
new Administration. The immense
value OF having men and women from
ali over the country. whose Interests
are. more or less the same. but whose
Sutlook lis $naturally'. very different.
meet frequently can hardly be over
estimated, and the realization OF this
by the members OF the board will be
OF equally great value to the club.
The Congressional Club Is extreme
ly fortunate in its new second vice
president, Mrs. Wallace II. White.
jr.. OF Maine. Mrs. White is not
only very attractive. but very
talented woman, an artist Of no little
ability and an enthusiastic horticui-
turist.f She 10 an ideal hostess her.
self, and IL an invaluable help in club
Mrs. Homer Hoch, wife Of Con-
gresham Hoch of Ohio. who was re-
Gently elected fourth vice president OF
the club, Is another woman who
brings to office wide experience and
training along lines which should
prove useful TO her and helpful to
the club. She shares with Mrs. Hard
ing the distinction OF having helped
make a Marion paper a success. For
years she co-operated with her hus-
band on bis paper, the Marion Record.
and she still sends to # weekly
column called the "woman's Cor
ner." dealing I'm brief witty para
graphs with events at the Capital.
As the daughter-in-law OF a former
governor of Kansas. Mrs. Hoch lived
in the executive mansion during the
years that her husband acted as pri-
vate secretary to his father, and, in
addition to this valuable experience,
she served four years on the State
board OF the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs in Kansas, and two as
district president. She is also
graduate of Baker University. where
she took an active interest in sorority
work, which she still retains, and a
member OF the League of American
Penwomen. Mrs. Hoch has always
been an enthusiastic student and
her many other duties in Washington
conducts Sunday school class OF
forty women at Mt. Calvary Church.
COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE ARE
COMING FOR CONVENTION.
That the world do move" will be
illustrated this week when the 900
delegates of the National Associa-
lion Of Collegiate Alumnae-the "a.
G. A." as il is familiarIy called
wherever girl students con their
hooks-mcet at the Hotel Washing
ton. The sessions are to be held
from March 2sethrough April I. and
the program indicates that many
significant questions are to be dis
cussed and at least one or two i'm
portant decisions reached.
The A. c. A. was organized in Bos-
ton In 1852 by ten college girls who
felt that it was time to start
movement that would open many
closed doors of universities to
women. Washington holds the honor
or having established in 1854 the
FIRST branch of the original body.
Just two years after the idea of
systematic campaign
took material form, and for that
reason holds a place of honor among
the 125 cities that now have flourish
ing branches. Eighty-five colleges
are represented in the association.
which has ceased to knock at closed
doors because the doors long since
openol. and now numbers among its
members women who have won hon
ors in many of the great universities
Of Europe as well as in American
Institutions of learning. When il is
said that nearly 100 colleges are
''on the list" of the A. c. A, II
must be understood that all meas
ure up to the accepted standard and
that no alumna who has been
graduated from a school that bears
the title of college" without reach
ing the requirements of the big
universities is admitted to the now
famous association. In the early
lays, back in the eighties, the asso-
citation worked faithfully toward the
end that the curricula of the insti.
tutions for women should be in
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