The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Won1enH
Gay yBanquet
ColIegians Make Merry
With Blaze of Spring
COIOrs.

The fifteenth annual banquet of
the College Women's Club last eve
ming passed into history in a blaze
of spring color and loveliness with
a capacity attendance of women
notable in society and the academic
professions. Miss Emma Harker
Turner. Mrs. James G. Cummings.
Mrs. Leroy Vernon, Mrs. Thomas
SidwelI, and Mrs. Harvey. Wiley,
acting as a committee on hospital
ity, greeted each arrival and passed
her on to the receiving line, which
stood in the first small parlor.
The receiving line, which consist
ed of the president of the College
Women's Club. the distinguished
guests of honor, the other officers
Of the College Women's Club, and
the chairman of the banquet conn
mittee, greeted the guests in the
following order:
List of Guests.
Mrs. Basil Manly. Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge. Mrs. Henry c. Wallace,
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. James ].
Davis. Mrs Marvin B. Rosenberg,
Mrs. May Lamberton Becker. Miss
Karoline Klager. Mrs. Ethel HoItz-
A. e..
Mrs John Earl Walker, Mrs WILL
lam A. Reid. Mrs. Edna L. Jackson.
and Miss Marie {. Saunders.
The presentations were made by
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr. Promptly at
1880. to the notes of the bugIe call,
the receiving line, escorted by Mrs.
Joseph c. Kirkle and Miss Ruby
Nevins. acting in the capacity of
inf
room. where a fairylaud of color
greeted the eye Buoyant balloons
in radiant hues footed at various
heights from the fern centerpIece
on each table. Place cards in the
form Of tiny balloons ard the spec
trum colors on the corners of the
gray program booklets added a
unique setting for the brilliant
galaxy of women as they entered
and were seated by groups Of young
college girl ushers, each carrying a
floating balloon lettered with the
table number. This effective bit of
decorating was devised and exc
cuted by Miss NJ. Alice Matthews
and Miss Ruth MCGOWAN.
Greets Members.
Mrs. Basil NJ. Manly. president of
the College women's Club, acting as
toastmistress, greeted the club
members and their guests in fitting
and well chosen fashion and intro
duced the speakers and assisting
artists. Mrs. Marvin B. Rosenberg.
one of the most eloquent and aple
college women in America-past
dean of women at the University of
Wisconsin and head of its depart
rlent of history, spoke on Soma Oh
legations of College Women" Mrs.
May Lamberton Becker, distin-
guished as a literary critic and pub
lic lecturer. addressed the gathering
On the subject Of Women in the
Complex Life of Today" Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler rendered a group
Of French songs. "vous danses Mar
auise." lie Coeur de Ma Mie" (DaI-
creze) and I'll est deux" (HeredIado)
Massenet. in rarely effective and
beautiful fashion
Interspersed during the program
were a series of original songs,
epitomising In clever rhymes the
fads and fancies Of the times, which
were composed and arranged by
Mrs. William f. Chamberlin, Mrs.
Amos steele and Mrs. Eugene Ste
vens and sung by the Glee Club, di-
rected by Mrs. Frederic E. Earring
ton.
The program concluded with
club feature. directed by Mrs. Eu-
gene stevens. entitled -The Gentle
Jury" In which. twelve good women
and true, properly impancied by two
Of the women lawyers of the club
sit In judgment upon their fellow
men In the court OF tomorrow.