Evening star., 1921-04-03
WOMEN Of CABINET
SET A NEW RECORD
More AIumnae Wives of Sec
retaries Than Ever, Says
Banquet Speaker.

women among the present women OF
the cabinet than at any time in the
history of the country augurs we'll for
the nations destinies. the college
women attending the fifteenth annual
banquet of the College Women's Club
of Washington were told last night.
Mrs. Basil NJ. Manly called attention
to this fact in her opening address.
1T is a matter of interest and con-
graduation thdt there is larger num-
ber of college women amcilg the ladies
of the cabinet than at any other period
of our national history" she said. This
is surely an augury Of good for the new
administration. With SO many college
women to tell their husbands. in control
OF the executive departments, exactly
what to do about everything, surely the
safety of the nation, the freedom of the
seas and the general progress of civil
lization are assured beyond question" +"
100000 Women i'm Universities.
Reviewing briefly the history Of the
college education of women, Mrs.
Marvin b. Rosenberg, past dean of
women at the University of Wisconsin,
said that today 1t is estimated that
more than 100000 women are in COL
leges and universities of the United
States, and in no other country is it
taken SO casually.
You and T." she continued, cost
the institutions that educated us far
more than We ever paid in money or
could ever in life and by just SO much
as they gave us training, discipline
and not Information, but where to
find the tools with which to go to
work in SO far as they brought US into
contact with fine minds, fine ideals,
in SO far they dedicate US to a great
service whenever we find it to do.
Policy In Japan.
''The first great service today is to
play our part in the citizenship that
is to come. 1t doesn't matter
Every woman should feel their citi-
5enship and share in the work Of
democracy 7-S
.,I. =, e ogr bushes. TO to help in the
see TO it that young-women continue
to go into teaching by providing not
only salary. opportunity. but oppor-
tunity tor leadership. Women ought
great work of education has fallen
80 women as mothers"
Japan in Contrast.
She pointed out that in Japan ap-
proximately 100000 was appro-
priated for the education Of the men,
Tut not a cent for the women.
The things that count in life are
character and sincerity" she con-
cluded. IF, through our training and
education. our background OF homes.
churches and schools we can rise out
of all that opportunity to the great
service that character and sincerity
open up to- us. that. believe. is our
1t is dificult to tell what the
American reader will buy. said Mrs.
May Lamberton Becker of New York.
He will buy most anything. The
American reader, she went on. has a
right to expect from an American
author a novel in the key of Ameri-
can life, not a tragic key. for the
American ideal is not like a tragic
idea. because finality has not entered
in American life.
Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler rem
dered group of French songs.
Reception Committee.
Miss Emma Hafker Turner, Mrs.
James G. Cummings, Mrs. Le Roy
Vernon. Mrs. Thomas Sidwell and
tee on hospitality to greet those at
tending. The receiving line. which
consisted Of the president Of the
club and other ofiicers of the club.
greeted the guests In the following
order: Mrs. Basil Manly. Mrs. Calvin
Herbert Hoover. Mrs. James J. Davis.
Mrs. Marvin B. Rosenberry, Mrs. May
I.amberton Becker. Miss Karoline
klager. Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler.
Mrs. Amos A, Steele, Mrs. John Earl
Walker, Mrs. William A. Reid. Mrs.
Edna L. jackson and Miss Marie K.
Saunders.
Toy balloons were feature Of the
decorations in the dining room. An
other feature of the banquet was
the singing of several parodies Of
were composed BY Mrs. William E.
Chamberlin. Mrs. Amos Steele and
Mrs. Eugene Stevens. They were
sung by the Glee Club under the di-
rection of Mrs. Frederic E. Earring
ton.
There was a mock trial. entitled
The Gentle Jury" composed of
twelve women.
Among Guests Present.
Among those present were Mrs. Mil
ton Allies. Mrs Edward Costi2an. Mrs.
Edwin Behrend. Mrs. Lyman SWORN
stedt. Mrs. Paul Bartsch. Miss Jane
Bartlett, DR.. Ada Thomas. Mrs. Leroy
Vernon. Maj; Julia stimson. Mrs.
Carter. Mrs. Herbert Carter. Mrs.
Frederick y. Shepherd. Mrs. T. Septi-
mus Austin. Mrs. Charles l. Corby.
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Mrs. Joshua
rett, MRS. William A. Reid. Miss Julia
Lathrop. Mrs. Amos a. Steele. Mrs
Norman Haywood Gawier. Mrs. Ethel
Hoitzciaw Gawler. Mrs. Frederick
Tupper. Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs.
Marion Rosenberg. Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge. Mrs. Basil Manly. Mrs. Henry
C. Wallace, Mrs. May Lamberton
Becker. Mrs. James J.: Davis. Mrs.
Carolyn Votow. Mrs. Sally Pickett.
Miss karolyn klager. Mrs. John
Earl Walker. Judge Katherine Sell
ers. Mrs. Gregory. Mrs. Hitz.
Mrs. Frances Axtell Miss Ida Mayer,
Mrs. william E. Chamberiin. Mrs.
Eugene Stevens. Mrs. Otto Veerhoff.
Mrs. Martin Morrison. Mrs. Stephen
E. Kramer. Mrs. Henry Mussey. Mrs.
Thomas +. Robertson. Mrs. Patrick
Louis A. FISCHER. Mrs. William D.
Searle, Mrs. Laura Bradley, Mrs F. E.
Mack, Miss Anne Pierce, Mrs. George
r. P@ram. Mrs. Helene Oyster Mrs
wi.rram Stanley Davis Miss Evelyn
FAINT. Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. VIII
liam S Corby. Mrs. Otho Thompson
Beall. Mrs. L. c. Snyder, Mrs. Harvey
Wiley. Mrs; a; F: I.auterbach. Miss
Ward. Mrs II. NJ. Wheeler. Miss Mabel
/ Boardman., Mrs. Vernon Kellogg. Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey. Miss Mary An
! derson. DIR. Alice Brosius, Mrs. Will
/, liam r. Bolton, Mrs. Clifford Berry
man. Miss Mary Wheeler. Mrs Horace
Baker. Mrs Susie Root Rhodes Mrs
William Atherton Du Puy Mrs. Theo-
dore Tiller. Mrs. Gertrude Barnes
Miss Spriggs,. Mrs. James Brown
Richards. Nine. De Vera. Mrs. Edith
! Kingman Kern and Mrs. Howard
) HodKkins.