Evening star., 1925-11-20

of the national organization, broug
Schroeder, executive secretary of tn
Miss Schroeder first met representa-
tives of all member organizations for
dinner at the University Women's
Club and outlined to them her
plans for Washington group,
suggesting that they elect a chairman
| of Il temporary organization commit
tee as the initial step in forming their
council Grace Keefe was elected and
the meeting adjourned to the oak
room of the Raleigh Hotel where the
evening session was held with repre-
sentatives from every school, college
and athletic organization in the city.
Representatives of each type of
school or club to be included in the
workshop" were nominated by their
own groups to form the committee to
assist Miss keefe in putting it in op-
Grafton Miss Keefe and Miss
Schroeder met in conference imme-
diately following the session and Sc
lected the committee from the nomi-
nations which had been made.
Hazel Savre of the MadeNa School
was chosen to represent the private
schools Elsie Saunders of Central
High School the public schools,
Maude Parker the Fairgrounds, Mrs.
Lindsay of the Girl Scouts all girls
organizations, Marian MeigS the Y.
W. G. A., and Marjorie Webster the
miscellaneous group, which includes
physical training schools, colleges and
independent clubs.
Miss Schroeder explained in her ad-
dress before the session that these
work shops" that are being formed
| throughout the country are not die
tatorial organizations, but advisory
councils. Their business is TO offer
assistance and advice in the organi-
Zation of sports for girls and women
wherever it is needed and desired. The
big thing to be kept in mind while in
operation, Miss Schoebler declared.
is that the main object Of the fedora
ton is to standardize wOmen's sports
throughout the country TO work for
the greatest good to the greatest mum
ber.
1t is not that the organization dis
approves of competition, she explain
ed. or of the development Of stellar
material where it is found But such
competition and such development
should be rated Of secondary impOr-
tance TO the development of teamwork
sport rtsrnanship and opportunities for
he 'dubs, or inexperienced girls, to
have a par; in the program of events.
whether it be track and field, basket
ball. hockey or what not
Some 20 directors, coaches and ath-
leteS attended the meeting at the
Raleigh and pledged their support to
the new local organization. The fol-
lowing clubs and institutions were
represented: Holton Arms. by Alice
Nicoll; Madeira. Hazel Sayre; Chatham
Episcopal Institute, Winifred Knight
Chevy Chase Seminary, The1ma Wag-
Y
body College Nashville, TENN, Emma
McCnery: Columbia Junior High
School, Grace Ware; Fairgrounds,
Mrs. s. r. Rhodes and Maude Parker;
Washington Recreation League.
Louise Sullivan; Hood College, Ruth
Perry and Ida Hays; Business High
Night School Margaret Craig: Sidweil
Friends School. Hilda Wordsworth:
Fairmont School for Girls, NJ. Virginia
Hewins; Eastern High School, Imogene
Stockett and Euphemia Fosdick; Cen
trail High school. Elsie Sanders and
Katherine knabel; Girl Scouts, Mrs.
II. \. Lindsay; Hine Junior High.
Ramsay Nevitt; National Cathedral
School for Girls, Margaret Bogenrief;
National Catholic School for Social
Service, Isabel Stephens: Gunston
Hall, Consuelo W. Aseusio; Marjorie
Webster School. Marjorie Webster;
Metropolitan Athletic Club. Gladys
Mills: Wilson Normal School. Ruth
Oberle.
One of the livest organizations of
| Eastern High School is the Girls
Hiking Club, which meets each Satur-
day morning and tramps through the
country nearby, averaging from to
Is miles each week.
Usually a fire is built somewhere
in the woods and marshmallowS or
hot dogs roasted as an addition to
the midday meal of sandwiches,
cake. etc
This afternoon the club was sched-
uled to meet at the school to plan for
another tramp tomorrow. Each mem
Der hopes TO cover at least 100 miles
before the end of the term. Last
year Frances Roberts established Il
record. walking 312 miles before the
| first OF June.
BeryIe Edmiston. president of the
club; Roberta Willard, vice president
and Frances Roberts secretary. are
in charge of all plans for hikes. They
present their plan before II meeting
Of the club each week a day or two
III advance of the hiking date.
Marjorie Webster's varsity hockey
squad has been selected after six
weeks of intensive training for the
interscholastic series in which they
play their opening game today.
The Holton Arms eleven. which
scored over George Washington Wed
nesday afternoon, will be the Webster
ties first opponents. The game is
scheduled for 3:45 on the Ellipse field
The squad from which today's line
up will be selected includes Beatrice
Zeigler Betty Wolf Margaret IiesSe
Lucy Barry, Elizabeth Jones, Ruth
Curran and Mary Giles, forwards
Betty Langenfeld, Virginia Peasley
Barbara Brown, Katherine stopper