Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-14
COLLEGE WOMEN HELP
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
Association Makes a Contribu-
ton Of $50 to the Fund
Being Raised.

AT the meeting of the Delaware Asso-
citation Of College Women yesterday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. William
:. Pickett, 1907 West Fourteenth
street, matters Of educational and civic
interest were discussed The club
pledged $50 to the High School library
fund. A letter from the Consumers
League asking for q scholarship to send
Wilmington girl 20 the Summer School
for Women in Industry at Bryn Mawr
was referred to the. scholarship COM
mittee.
Mrs. Arthur Tanberg, 2402 West
Eighteenth street, was appointed TO
receive contributions for the Milk Fund
whereby the education committee Of the
New Century Club is providing milk
for children in some OF the public schools.
The entertainment committee an
nounced that the February meeting viii
be in charge OF the dramatic committee;
at the March meeting musical program
will be gwen; and at the April meeting
a program viii be arranged for the.
seniors at tie high school and other
preparatory schools in the city. The
May meeting will be devoted to business
and in June a picnic viii be held. A
luncheon will be given before summer.
Twenty-Five new members were reported
Miss Miriam Hawkins, chairman Of
dramatics, announced that the play,
"Aria da Capo" by Edna st. Vincent
Millay, will be givep at the next meeting.
Tryouts will be held at her home, 9lO
Delaware avenue, Tuesday evening from
Z to 10.
Mrs. Arthur Tanberg spoke briefly on
the Drama League, tracing it from its
humble beginning eleven years ago to its
present membership OF 1900 with its
influence extending from colleges,
women's clubs. and other centers of
thought. She outlined the work of the
National Leagueand urged the members
OF the Association of College women
to be affiliated with the Drama League.
Mrs. Herbert Dumstrey gave most
interesting talk ON her experiences in
the Samoan Islands where she and her
husband, chaplain in the Navy, were
stationed for some time. She described
Samoa as the Paradise of the Pacific
and the Cross Roads OF the ocean, where
one met more people and from more
parts of life than almost anywhere else
| in the world. Contrary to popular
opinion, she said that although the
islands were - degrees south of the
equator, they have the best climate Of
any possessions of the United States,
and only in January and February is it
very hot The United States has owned
its group OF the islands since 1900 and
on the largest is located the naval
/ station.
The people Of the Islands are speci-
mems OF copper colored physical perfec-
ton. They bear no resemblance TO the
American Negro and resent being
classed with him. The people live in
communistic fashion, calling the head
man of the village father" and the
white governor "the great father -
Mrs. Dumstrey was called mother by
her house boy and servant girl.
| The women of the islands, who marry
young, do all the manual labor, leaving
the cooking to the men. Until very re-
Gently education has been compulsory
only for the boys, the girls being allowed
TO attend mission schools if they desired.
The natives live in matched houses
hound together with thongs woven of
coeoanut fibre. As nature provides most
of their food, the people are INDECENT and
greedy, dehghting 70 give feasts and to
cat without the routine Of meals. They
All, especially fond of pork, and lead
! little pigs on strings to the water to be
bathed every other day The govern
ment stores have introduced them to
American dehcacies and they enjoy
ice cream, chewing gum and canned
salmon.
Mrs. Dumstrey closed her talk by
exhibiting mats and garments woven by
the natives, the dread head knife with
which they formerly beheaded Their
enemies, and other curios Of the islands.