Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-19
Social Conference Notes.

REPRESENTATIVES from the embassies
of many. foreign nations are attend
ing sessions OF the National Confer
ence. Among them are: Austria. +.
A. G. Prochnik. charge d'affaires;
Brazil. Augusta eCochrane de Alencar'
ambassador; Czechoslovakia. Dr. q.
Stepanek, minister; Chile. Enrique
Chirgwin. in place Of B. Matthew the
arhba ssad dor; Cuba, Jose Baron, charge
d'affaires, in the absence Of Or. Car
los Manuel de CespedeSi FINLAND, Azei
Leonard AstroIn, minister; Germany
DIR. otto Wiedfeldt. ambassador; ltaly,
Prince Caetani. ambassador; Panama,
r !. Alfaro, minister; Persia, Mira d
Husseif1 Khan Alai, minister; feru'
DR.. Santiago F. Bedoya. second secre-
tary of the embassy; Rumanla- 1lnoe
A. Bibesco; Salvador, Or: Don rector
David Castro, charge dafraires; spain.
Senior Don Juan Riano. ambassador
and Switzerland, DR.. Charles Bruss-
man, secretary Of legation.
Among the persons in attendance AZ
the luncheon for international guests
given by the National conference oi
Social Work at the Hotel Washingo
ton yesterday were MISS daHshtar h or
the prime minister of the Mahara1ah
Of Baroda, which is'a free state. MISS
Mehta is, in this country STUDYING
American educational institutions. She
plans on her return to india 10 unasI
take -esta blishment,, Of a college TOT.
women. She is a graduate of the Cnl.
yersity of Bombay and studied az
London University, London, Tor Two
wears before coming >to, America. Mise
Mehta has been in the United states
since January and Will return 10 III
dia in August.
DR.. John Dewey of Columbia Uni
versity. New York city. who Is scned-
mental Hall at the morning general
session Tuesday, May %. Will speak,
instead, at the general session that
evening in the same hall.
DR.. Rene Sand. secretary genera OF
the League of Red Cross Societies.
Paris, who Is scheduled to speak at
the evening session, will. instead,
speak at the morning meeting In
place of DR.: Dewey,
DIR. Deweys subject Is The School
as. a Means Of Developing a Social
consciousness and Social Ideals In
Dr. Rene Sands subject Ia THE
Strategic Position Of the School In
Programs of Social Work From the
Point Of View OF International Rela-
tons"
Mrs. John NJ Glenn of New York.
chairman Of the committee of the
church on the national conference of
social work, announced today that
Rev. Samuel McChord Crothers, D. D..
/ will preach at Keith's Theater at IL
o'clock tomorrow, on the topic, per
sonal Religion and Progress Through
Social Work"
That service will be one Of a series
of services under the auspices Of the
national conference at the churches
of various creeds and denominations.
First Unitarian Church Of Cambridge.
| Mass, since 1894, and Is preacher to
Harvard University. He has been an
extensive contributor to magazines and
author of oliver Wendell Holmes and
. Votes for Women" 1.-THE Dame School
of Experience" etc. %... -.
Mrs. Alvin E. Dodd of 2131 Ban
croft place will hold tea at her home
tomorrow afternoon from 4:30 until
56:30 for foreign delegates to the ma
tional conference and officers. members
! Of. the executive committee, members
of the committees on each days pro-
divisional committees Of next year:
Mrs. Dodd's guests are invited to
!. meet Mrs. Charles E. Hughest' Mrs
James ]. Davis. Mrs. Mary Roberts
Rinehart. Miss Julia G. Lathrop. Miss
Mary Anderson and Miss Grace
Abbott.
+ The first annual meeting OF editors
tand publishers Of social welfare pub
Hcations in the United. States and
Canada was held here syest6Efay In
conjunction with the fftieth An1yVSf-
Sa Among the speakers were Paul Kei-
loeg of the Survey, New York city;
George J. Hecht Of Better Times,
New York city; Harold s. Button
helm of the American City, and
Philip E. Jacobs OF the Journal of
Outdoor Life.
A committee was appointed to ar
range for subsequent meetings and
to work out waxs and means fol. CO.