Evening star., 1924-04-12
BANQUETS TO CLOSE
PI BETA CONFERENCE
Womans Fraternity Will Hold
Two Dinners Here This
Evening.
DAY GIVEN TO PLEASURE
Many Delegates Make Trip to
Mount Vernon.
DAY GIVEN TO PLEASURE

Thc' eastern conference of Pi Beta
Tht Fraternity will be brought to n
alose this evening with banquets at
Ito New Willard and Raleigh hotels.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait will be the
guest of honor and the principal
speaker The banquet committee was
forced to arrange for an Overflow
banquet at the Raleigh Hotel because
OF the Unexpectedly large number OF
delegates, and following the banquet
at the Raleigh the fraternity mem
bers who dine there will Join their
sisters at the New Willard for the
speeches.
Day of Pleasure.
Today was given over largely 10
pleasure by the fraternity members.
Through the courtesy of Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace, whose wife Is
member of the fraternity, number
of films were shown depicting the de-
partments work in the eradication of
harmful insects. The delegates were
entertained for luncheon by the chap
ter at George Washington University,
the luncheon being served on special
cars chartered TO take the visitors 10
Mount Vernon for sightseeing trip.
Miss Amy 3. onken. Illinois. grand
Ihe portrait of Mrs. Coolidge to the
White House gallery YESTERDAY on be-
half Of the fraternity. Col. &. O. Sher-
rill, aid TO the President, accepted it
on behalf of the government.
Speech of Presentation.
In her speech of presentation Miss
Onken said:
b. heo . q c
its first lady a member of national
college fraternity. From the days of
Martha Washington until now never
has t had as the wife Of its President
L woman more universally admired
and loved. 1t seems distinctly fitting
that to ri Beta Phi. the first national
college fraternity for the women, the
tirst TO organize the alumnae, the first
20 adopt a big, national altruiStic
work and the first TO instigate many
Df today'S accepted standard lines OF
development. has come the signal
honor of claiming as its own Grace
Goodhuo Coolidge, first lady of the
land"
In accepting the portrait Col sher-
rill said:
"The graceful act of the Fl Beta
Phi Fraternity commemorated here
today in the presentation OF this por-
trait of Mrs Coolidge to the White
House to remain here for all time.
for the present and future genera
tions to admire. is a fitting occasion
for our qualification that the official
collection of the White House is to be
thus assured OF a splendid portrait of
Mrs. Coolidge 20 add to those that are
now here.
"Uuforturately our forefathers. or
rather our foreUothers, have not
been in all cases SO thoughtful as are
The members Of your illUstriouS or
ganization. In looking up the record
IF y he different
.adi.s Of the land, we find that there
arc only seven of the entire num-
GER whose portrait now adorn the
walls Of the White House 1t may
interest those present to know which
wives of the Presidents are included
n this list. They are AS follows: Mar
-ha Washington, by l.. Z. Andrews;
Mrs. Van Buren,. by Henry Inman.
painted before lH+2: Mrs. Tyler, by
= AureIli, pain~.d before 1864; Mrs.
'0lk. artist unknown. Mrs. Hayes by
Daniel Huntington: Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison. by Daniel huntington: Mrs:
Theodore Roosevelt. by Theobald
''hartran.
Loes 10 me. that it is most deplorable e
hat a handsome portrait of each OF
he succeeding first ladies of the land
laS not been secured as a part OF tne
permanent record of the various al
ninistrations which have controlled
md have done so much IN forming
,ur American history.
Now that women are taking such
IN active interest in politics, being
..quipped with the vote and all the
pther perduisites of this important
siuty. ! feel sure that there will never
lgain he a first lady of the land
whose portrait is not secured for ad-
iition to tn" White House collection
but fortunately and most graciouslE
tho members of the Phi Beta PM have
anticipated official action that undoubt-
edIy would be taken later and have
as a loving tribute to their distinguished
representative lost no time in making
this splendid gift to Mrs. Coolidge and
through her TO the nation"