Evening star., 1923-03-25
News of theClubS

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/ the Takoma Park Cd. c. school with
| milk and graham crackers for small
| fee and that noticeable benefit to the
children results from this work. Mrs.
Miller represents the Takoma Park
Citizens Association on the Central
| Citizens Committee on School Better
. ment. The Civic Study Club Is repre-
sented on this central committee by
Mrs. A. owen Penney. vice chairman
(or the clubs school committee.
| Mrs. S. d. Grove submitted report
or the meeting of the District Fed
/ Grafton of Women's Clubs held Feb
ruary e.
| The art section reported meetings
the 9th and 18th of March. Mrs.
| Eleanor A. Gleason. the teacher. an
! nounced meetings would be held on
/ the first and third Monday of each
month at 2:So o'clock in the Park Ii
brary.
Mrs. C. r. Mills. chairman OF the
| membership committee, reported that
about thirty new members have en-
tered the club since January I.
The fund for the purchase of a club
! house for the Takoma. Park Civic
| Study Club. will be augmented each
year by the proceeds from some event
conducted by the women of the club.
! Credit is due Mrs. Biddle and Miss
!
| first year book of the club, issued re-
/ Gently. The book is one of twenty
! five pages and contains the clubs plan
| of work. constitution. bylaws and
| book was. betrayed through adver-
| tisemcnts in the publication from
m 'rchants in Takoma Park and the
vicinity.
concert to be given at Columbia Hall
in the Washington Sanitarium
I grounds on the evening of April 10.
! The literature section. with Mrs. L..
! V. LampSon. as chairman, meets the
! third Tuesday in each month at the
residence of some member. The chau-
! tauqua course of reading affords in
teresting study for the section.
/ Mrs. Carolyn Gordon is taking the
portrayal Of the Bible lesson each week
class held in the Takoma Park Lii
/ brary every Thursday at pm.
The recreational section, under the
lea dership of Mrs. Chester G. Waters.
| will give the fourth dance Of the sea-
son at the Brooke Tea House. Georgia
avenue and Blair road, at o'clock to-
morrow.
National Club of the American As
sOrInttOn of University Women-Tea
/ will be served informally every aft
tcrnoon during Holy week. but there
| will be no special program Wednes-
day afternoon. l-lke"lSe tne cuS~
! tomary Saturday evening meeting OF
! the club. with Il special speaker. will
! he omitted on the Saturday before
! Easter day. Plans are going for
! ward. however. for card party and
dance to be held during Easter week.
! April I. There will be dancing on
the second floor and cards in the
/ ,ouuge for those vino do not care 20
, dance.
| ed by the blasts OF the fore part OF
| the week. the nature section arranR
! ed for q walk Wednesday. the official
! opening day OF spring. and was we'll
rewarded. On tie sunny slopes OF
the upper Potomac were found eleven
varieties of wild flowers in bloom.
including the tiny white harbinger
of spring, which is, quite rare.
Twenty species OF birds were
seen. many OF which are migratory.
fSuch as the Phoebe. robin and gold
finch. The regular walks will begin
the first week in April and continue
{ each week until early summer. Tues
day at 1870 pm. in the National Mu-
scum a Swedish explorer. traveller
and author VIII give an illustrated
lecture on "A Bird OF Passage
Through Africa" under the auspices
of the Audubon Society. A cordial
Invitation is extended to the nature
lovers of the Twentieth Century Club.
bert Grosvenor card party was
staged in her home March Il by
the members of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club. under the direction of
Mrs. James Mcneil chairman. for the
benefit OF the Juvenile Protective As
sociation. So successful was the
party. both financially and socially.
that many applicants could not be
accomodat ed at the forty tables. Tea
was served and Mrs. Edwin Gros-
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presided at the tea table.
The play which is TO be given be-
fore the club By Mrs. harrington and
"a club group will be repeated on the
evening of April y, at $50 o'clock.
st the Washington Club. for the bene-
fit of the Juvenile Protective Asso
citation. In addition to the play
there will be music furnished by
Mrs. Eugene Byrnes.
There will be meeting of the
board of directors at 1884 street
Thursday at II am.
. President Morgan Of Antioch COL
lege addressed large audience at
the national headquarters of the
American Association Of University
Women last Thursday. DR.. Morgan.
an engineer by profession. believes
tia; the college. in it's emphasis
on scholarship. and the technical
school. in its sole insistence upon
economic productivity, overlook other
mental to successful living. He be
lleves that courage. initiative. get
ting on with others. radiant health,
economic solvency and sense OF per-
sonal responsibility are qualities that
can and must be developed during
the college years. To this end he
completely reconstructed Antioch
College year ago. The course
covers six years. giving the student
IND iuI
Mrs. Thomas Sidwell. chairman of the
educational section, presided at the
meeting.
The Washington Readers Club will
meet at the college Women's Club.
program under the direction of
Maurice II. Jarvis. viii be an Even
ing With Modern American Poets"
Mrs Claude y. Bennett will open
with a brief sketch of each of the
authors whose works will be used
and the following club members will
give readings: Mr.. Jarvis, from Don
Marquis: Mrs. Emma Ware Anderson.
from Robert Frost; Rev. DR.. John
T. Huddle. from Robert Service; Mrs.
W. o. Ison, from Sam Walter Foss
and Robert Burdette. and Mrs. Isabel
Pechn Macarthur. from Edmund
Vance Cooke, S. f. Kiser and j. L.
Foley.
!. At the business meeting following,
presided over BY Mr.. Ison. the presi-
dent. Mrs. Macarthur. chairman Of
program committee. will report Oh
the public recital to be given by .he
club April II. and Mrs. Villa E.
Chamberlin, chairman of the banquet
committee, will report on the annual
Shakespeare banquet.
The Friendship Nursery Aid Club
met at the home of Mrs. Morris E.
| Sab in tomorrow afternoon. Plans were
discussed for the annual tea and sale