Evening star., 1924-07-13
Club and School
Notes
MONG the musical events that
were also social in nature,
"A given during the National
Educnf ion ASSnoia finn cnn-

4 MONG the musical events that
! ~ were also social in nature,
| given during the National
! Education Association con-
vention in Washington recently, was
a reception given by Esther Linkins,
president of the District of Columbia
Federation of Music Clubs, in honor
of Mrs. Frances L. Clark Of Camden,
N. j., at the Womens City Club. Mrs
Clark is second vice president of the
! national board of Federation of Music
Clubs and, as chairman of legislation,
has been unusually active in urging
the passage of national music con-
servatory bill in Congress.
Being connected with the educa-
tional department of the Victor Talk
ing Machine Company, she is we'll
known educationally as well as
musically. Mrs. Clark came to the
convention as one of the principal
speakers during that affair
| Those invited to meet Mrs. Clark
included the local board apd artist
and associate members of the local
branch of the federation. Several dis
| liHS uiSneu musical EDUCATORS were
also guests
| Mrs. Clark spoke on federation
work in various parts of the country.
! laying particular stress on the course
| of study, opera work and conserva-
| tory legislation. She also told the
high lights of the spring board meet
| ing and spoke of plans for the Port
/ land convention next June.
Helen Corbin Heinl. pianist. and
Arthur Lambdin, baritone. provided
the musical selections during the
evening. Mrs. Heinl is well-known
| as a pianist of talent and artistry and
Mr.. Lambdin. newcomer to Wash
! ington and member of Foundry NJ. f.
| Church'S quartet. sang his numbers
| intelligently in a voice of beautiful
quality. George Wilson. one of the
most gifted of local accompanies,
played for Mr.. Lambdin.
| Mrs. William Hamilton Bayley and
Mrs. Robert II. Daleleish, both past
presidents of the local federation, as
sisted at the refreshment table.
Mrs. Charles Cole presented group
| In piano recital at her home on Nine
| teeuth street recently. Those taking
part included Edgar Wright, Alice
! Harrington, Arthur Haislip, Flora Nc
| kenzie, Grace Bryant, Mary Ryerson,
Mary Harrigton, Ruth F'reosheim,
Lucy West. Katherine and Margaret
, Haislip, Helen Wahterholder, Annie
| Elizabeth West and Shirley Lake.
The Vipivoce Music Study clubs,
both junior and Juvenile, won a large
| cake, donated by JuStineS bakery, as
| reward for their float in the July
! 1 parade in Petworth. They had the
| first American composer and signer
| of the Declaration of Independence,
| Francis Hopkinson, the role taken by
| Ted Crum, and his wife, represented
| by Dorothy I.arner, seated upon a
! float decorated with an antique rag
rug and spinning wheel, to lend the
atmosphere of the days in which they
/ lived.
The other boys and girls. headed by
| Wilhelmina GUIDE, as drum major,
| marched in groups before and after
the float. singing Justify the song.
The Glorious Fourth" They were
all coStumed in keeping with the
styles of 1916
Those who took part were: Jane and
| Charlotte Toepper. Harriette Pollard,
Emma Cast, Esther Smith. Rith Smid,
| Marietta Callahan. Kathryn Latimer,
| Betty kerbey. Betty Finnegan, Will
| liam Carter, Ted Crum and Frances
| GuteliuS.
Mabel c. Linton, pianist, presented
group in recital at the United
/ Brethren parish hall recently. Grace
Bromley, reader, ana Floyd Williams,
| tenor, were assisting soloists. The fine
| lyric quality of Mr.. Williams voice
! showed to advantage in his two
| groups of varied selections Ger
! trude Smallwood. advanced stu
| dent of the piano. played the List ar
rangement of Gounod's $ Waltz Song
/ from Faust" and LisZt's TN
| Sospiro" effectively. Miss Linton and
! Elizabeth Clary played the "Arensky
| Suite by the Russian composer.
Medals were awarded Grace Cor
nish and Dorothy Linton for marke d
progress, and medals for original
| composition were presented to Eliza
beth Clary, Mary Louise Phillips and
Mary Steele. Miss Linton delivered
| the address.