Evening star., 1926-05-29
GIFTS TO ID. c. OFFICE.
Women Donate Library and $3.50 to
Headquarters Here.
By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., May 29.-
The prize home library of 100 volumes
which are considered essential for
every home by the fine arts depart
ment of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs will be presented to
the headquarters Office at Washing
ton, it was announced by Mrs. L. A.
Miller, chairman Of the division of lit
erature. in the general session Of the
convention this morning. The an.
nouncement followed the award OF
prizes to the winners in the home
library contest, which was conducted
by the division Of literature, this
Spring.
Prizes agSregating 5000 were offer
ed for the best list Of 100 titles of
typical books for the American home
to be selected from list Of 700 books
compiled by the contest committee
Mrs. George Unnewehr of Berkeley.
Calf, was awarded the first prize Of
500. The volumes appearing on her
list are the ones to be given to head
quarters. Mrs. Unnewehr Is the Cali
fornia State chairman Of literature.
Seven representative American au-
thors appear on the list, including
Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, Washington Irving, Mary
Mapes Dodge, III. u. Thorea, Walt
Whitman and Benjamin Franklin.
Gifts to Headquarters.
Yesterday was headquarters day for
receiving gifts. Following the report
of the house committee chairman,
Mrs. Florence Sibert. in which she
stated that a maintenance fund was
much needed by the Washington Of
fice, free will offerings began to pour
in from all sources and before the
session adjourned a fund of $3.50
had been pledged by individual mem.
bers of the convention. The fund
continued to grow this morning, dona-
tions being made periodically from the
floor during the general session.
A most unexpected gift was pre-.
sented to headquarters by the Penn
sylvania State federation at the ses.
sion last night. 1t was framed
copy Of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, to be hung in the clubhouse at
Washington.
Mrs. Caroline I. Griesheimer Of
civil service headquarters at Wash
ington and John T. Doyle, secretary
of the Civil Service Commission, who
are visiting Atlantic City, were guests
at a tea given yesterday afternoon at
the Chalfonte by Mrs. John T. Mason,
chairman Of the civil service commit.
tee of the general federation.
A measure providing for placing
public school teachers under State or
municipal civil service was agreed
upon as one of the main legislative
projects to be emphasized by the fed.
Grafton group in the @immediate fu-
ture. Endorsement of the Cramton
bill, providing for the classification Of
prohibition agents under civil service
will be another feature of its pro-
gram.
Two Capital Speakers.
Extension of classified service under
the Morton b. Hull bill, giving the
President power to extend civil serv-
ice in the field at his own discretion,
is the third big legislative measure to
be advocated by Mrs. Mason's d.
vision. .,
Two Capital speakers appeared on
the, program yesterday. DIR. William
Mather Lewis, president of George
Washington University, addressed the
convention on Education for sCiti-
zenship." DIR. Lewis declared that
youth has never been more earnest
in seeking an education than 1t 10 in
the present generation"
Illustrating his point. DIR. Lewis
cited the 5000 students enrolled at
George Washington University, the
majority of whom are taking full
university courses, with degrees as
their goal. After working eight hours
q day in home. Government or. bust
ness office, these young men and
women come to u.s." said DIR. Lewis,
mot as extension students, but as reg
ular college students seeking degrees,
and we give them the same work and
with the same Instructors as the
morning classes -
Maj. John Thomas Taylor, from
Washington headquarters of the
American Legion. in his address de.
livered yesterday afternoon, urged the
general federation as "A body to lend
It's support TO the universal service
bill now pending and warned them
against anti-preparedness propaganda