The Washington times., 1924-01-24
D.G.FEDERAT|ON.
NAMES NEW
BOARD
Association of Music Clubs
Discusses Campaign Of
Expansion.

Announcement Is made OF the or.
ganization Of the new board for
the District of Columbia Federation
of Music Clubs, including the fol-
lowing officers: Miss Esther Lin
kins, president; Mrs. May Brooks
Ramsdell, first vice-president; DIR.
Edwin N. C. Barnes, second vice.
president; Mrs. William s. Corby,
third vice.president; John Philip
Shaddick, corresponding secretary;
Homer Kilt, treasurer, and T..
Arthur Smith, auditor.
The second meeting was held in
the Homer L. Kilt building, 1880
G street, last Saturday afternoon,
at which time q draft of the con.
stitution and bylaws was presented
and unanimously adopted.
A letter was read from Mrs.
Blanch Muir Dalgleish accepting
the office OF honorary president.
Reports from club representatives
showed that the majority of the
federated clubs in the District of
Columbia were heartily In favor Of
voluntarily raising the dues from
10 cents per capita per year to
20 cents per capita per year, as
requested by the national budget
chairman.
Divides the Work.
It is the aim of the president to
have at least one representative
from every federated club in the
city on the board. The work Of
the federation has been divided into
six departments for which the fol-
lowing directors have been selected:
Extension, Mrs. Ramsdell; educa-
ton, DR.. Barnes, who is the director
OF public school music; American
music, Roland Band: publicity, Miss
Mildred K. Schippert; finance, Mr..
Bartlett; music in industry, Mrs.
William T. Reed.
Under the extension department
are the following committees with
chairman of each: Church music,
Mrs. Frank Birgfeld; junior music,
Mrs. Evelyn Burgess.
Under the department of educa-
tion-Course Of study, Mrs. Ruby s.
Stahl; public school music, DR..
Barnes; church music, Miss Edith
B. Athey: music school settlement.
Mrs. John Gable; judiciary, Mrs.
Marie Moore Forest.
Under publicity-Local publicity.
Miss Schippert; official bulletin,
Miss Margaret Mccormack.
Membership Listed.
There are at the present time
fourteen Federated clubs in the Dis
trict which have one or more rep
resentatives on the board as fol-
lows: Almas Temple Glee Club,
Charles Bertlett and John Philip
Shaddick; Charminade Glee Club.
Miss Margaret Mccormack; Chorus
Study Club, Miss J. Louise Travis;
Dalgleish Music Study Club, Miss
Mildred K. Schippert; Esther Chap
ter Choir, o. E. S. g., No. 5, Mrs,
Frank Birgfeld; Evening Choir
Church of the Covenant, Claude
Robeson; Friday Morning Club, Miss
T. Reed; Government Hotel Chorus
Miss Rieman; Holton Arms Glee
Club, Mrs. Ruby S. Stahl; The
Washingtonians, Rollin Bond; Ru
bernstein Club, Mrs. John Philip
Shaddick; Wilson Normal Glee CLUB
Miss Bernice Randall; Interstate
Male Chorus, w. F. Summie and
Clyde B. Aitchison; the public
schools, DR.. Barnes, Miss Edith B
Athey and Mrs. Eveline Burgess
Friendship House, Miss Juliet Saun'
ders; Neighborhood House, Mrs
John Cabel, and the Washington
Choral Society, Charles S. Wengert
The Interstate Male Chorus and
the Washington Choral Society are
both new this year, and it is hoped
many others will also join.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee Is g
new artist member.
Clubs desiring publicity in the
National Federation monthly should
send all notices to Miss Margaret
Mccormack, 1924 Lamont street
Phone Columbia 5144-J.