Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
Miss Land


All who visit the Association newt
ably fall under the spell of Miss Lands
ARE Undesirable charm but few rea-
iize what a truly big" person our
nuch-beloyed general secretary is.
rhe following excerpts from An APP
probation of the Former Editor of
The Eleusis. Martha Land" which re-
sently appeared in The Eleusia 1.-The
official organ Of Chi Omega Fraternity
will doubtless prove of peculiar in
crest 10 Miss Lands legion of friends
here.
IF one should ask me for the domi-
liant trait of Martha Lands character
should give it as loyalty: loyalty TO
luty. loyalty to undertaking, loyalty
o friends. II is this characteristic,
combined with perseverance and gem
line intellectual ability that make her
he eminently successful person she is
Srom my own standpoint. have look
ID on Martha Land as one of the most
splendid examples in my acquaintance
If what Fraternity woman should
e: and having been with her in col
eye and having visited her in her
lome. am in a position to know.
And, by the way, that is a wonderful
lome of hers, one of the beautiful
.nte-bellum Kentucky plantations out
On the Richmond road, the stately CO.
.onial mansion standing on the top OF
hill of blue grass with the fragrant
hemp fields stretching away on either
side Martha Land in this home is the
dispenser of hospitality cordial and
delightful, making those who come UNI
Ter her roof feel that they are well
come. A visitor there could never for
get her bright and ready smile which
accompanies constant attention to
ones wants. comfort, and pleasure.
"Amiability is a charming trait
which Martha possesses in large mea-
sure. Wherever she has been, Martha
has been beloved and popular. AT
The Woman's College of Baltimore. and
later in a year of graduate work at
Randolph Macon Woman S College she
was without an enemy and had many,
many friends. Afterwards she was
the adored Latin teacher in several
select preparatory schools in Ken
lucky. II seems that she has always
found her work and her interest
among girls. Church societies. for
girls have been supported by her ac-
tivities, especially the Wesley home,
a Christian institution for young
women who come to Lexington to
work. For the past ten years, Martha
has given the bulk of her time to
Fraternity work; as Editor of The
Eleusis, as official visitor to chapters
in colleges and universities all over
the country; and one year at the Uni
versity of California as the acceptable
chaperon in the Chi Omega house.
For Fraternity work is not mere
pastime with her; it is a career and a
philanthropy in the true sense of the
word In her work with young girls,
it is Martha's endeavor TO bring them
to see the worthwhile things in life
That make for character. Really she
is splendid person, but she is SO
modest and so self-effacing that no
one would hear of her good deeds
from her own lips so that | am glad
of the chance to tell the public about
them.
Perhaps have begun at the wrong
end for a biography, and should have
said at the beginning that Kentucky is
her birthplace and that there most OF
her life has been spent. That fac
alone would arouse interest in the
former editor of The Eleusis for q
particular charm hangs over that state
and all who hail therefrom. The Ken
lucky girl occupies place of hel
own. Martha Land possesses her fine
traits of sweetness, cordially, ant
sincerity. Though she is not giyeI
to the outdoor sports with which W.
associate the typical Kentucky girl
being rather the student type o
woman, nevertheless she is tru'
lover of the out-of-doors.
During the War Martha was en-
gagged in Y. W. c. A. work at Peters
burg. Va. and served one year a.
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