Evening star., 1926-05-16

year to this cause. Mrs. Joshua
Evans. ir.. chairman of the scholar
ship committee, announced that the
three students now receiving the
awards had done excellent work dur
ing the past year. bringing credit
both to the university and to Colum
bian Women.
Announcement by Mrs. William r.
Chamberlin, chairman of life mem
berships, that 26 new life members
had been added to that roster this
past year was received with rising
vote of thanks. The receipts from
these special fees go directly into the
scholarship fund. Miss Ruth ii. Ben
nett. who as chairman for the past
eight years of the candy sale com
mittee has raised $901.39 for this
fund. was warmly thanked for her
untiring work.
One of the happy surprises of the
afternoon was the presentation to the
! society of the engraved portrait OF
] DIR. Charles T.. Munroe, who was dean
/ of the school of graduate studies ana
! professor of chemistry at the uni
versity from 1892 to 1917 and is now
( dean emeritus of the school of gradu-
/ ate studies and professor emeritus Of
! chemistry. The presentation was
made through Miss katherine koetz,
one of the members of Columbian
! Women, who told those present that
/ DR.. Munroe was the one who original
/ ly foStered the idea of the establish
ment of such a banding together of
university women for the purpose of
assisting worthy students, and that
Miss Carl Garrison. Miss Louise Con
molly and Mrs. ID. X. Shute We're the
! five Ia fol CT IN n
organization. Columbian Women
now has a roster of $40 members. and
DR.. Munroe'S portrait will be hung on
the walls of the special room in the
projected new building of the uni
VerSity. for which Columbian Women
has pledged $4,000. With SOB al
ready secured. plans will be laid for
completing the pledge within the re-
quired period of time.
Twentieth Century Club.-The na-
ture section will meet Wednesday at
! Dupont Circle at 9:40 am. for a trip
TO Cabin John and vicinity. This
section has had many delightful
walks this year and they will be con
| tinued until very hot weather dis
courages the attendance.
The annual picnic of the literature
section will take place Thursday at
the residence of Mrs. Charles Willard
Hayes in Edgemoor.
Mrs. Thomas W. SidWell will en-
tertain the section of education at
her home. 1901 Wisconsin avenue
Monday, May "a. at II am. Mrs
Frederic L. harrington will be in
charge of a dramatic program. con
sisting of three skits. The first will
be three minute tragedy in three
ha h,r e., ,,,}S
entitled Green Prunes.' and Il wom-
ans club idyll called En- Passant. "
Members of the section and the spe
cially invited guests will find the
Friends School bus on Massachusetts
avenue west of Dupont Circle at
1896 o'clock Monday.
District of Columbia Chapter. Daugh.
ters of Founders and Patriots of Amer.
ica held its May meeting at the home
of Mrs. Francis A. St. Clair, 1853 Cliff
ton street. Mrs. Caroline +. Kirk was
the hostess. The president, Mrs. ST.
Clair presided. Annual reports Of
officers and committees were given.
The following officers We're elected for
the coming year: President. Mrs.
Francis A. St. Clair: vice president,
Mrs. Redwood Nandegrift: recording
secretary, Mrs. Stephen J. Murphy;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bertha
w. Crane; treasurer, Miss Mariar
White: registrar, Miss Lillian A. Nor
ton; historian, Mrs. Charles V. Stiefel
color bearer. Mrs. Laura B. Hawkins
chaplain, Mrs. Caroline A. kinsley;
councillors, term to expire 1929, Mrs
f. j. Meystre, Mrs. Charles w. Allen
and Mrs. Fred S. Ward: to fill vacancy
in term to expire 1928. Mrs. J. G..
Christopher: to fill vacancies in terms
to expire 1927, Mrs. Sol Lansburgh
and Mrs. Grace F. Meeks. Mrs. Van
degrift read a paper on The Protect
ing of the Boundary and Corner
Stones of the District of Columbia" 3"
A social hour with refreshments fol
lowed
National League of American Pen
WOmen.-The newly elected officials
held their first board meeting Tuesday.
A numebr of committee chairmen We're
appointed to serve during the coming
year, including Mrs. William Atherton
Dupuy as chairman of the authors
copyright and film censorship commit
tee: Mrs. Mcpherson Crichton. chair
man of radio broadca sting committee;
Miss Mary Meek Atkinson, chairman
Of reading of manuscripts committee;
Miss Mary Bird Clayes, chairman of
ter. editor of the Bulletin. and Mrs.
Edward y. Dingley, chairman of head
quarters committee.
Plans We're formulated for planting
a memorial tree for Mrs. Z. D. f. n
Southworth at Thirty-siXth street and
Prospect place. Georgetown, the fol
lowing afternoon.
At the tree-planting ceremony, the
national president, Mrs. Grace Thomp-
son Seton, spoke briefly of Mrs. South
worth's early experiences, her brilliant
inventive power and her early success
eS at a time when it was scarcely re
spectacle for woman to venture into
the fiction field. and unheard-of for
the works of a woman novelist to be
translated into foreign languages.
Among those who accompanied Mrs.
Seton to the little park adjoining the
former home of Mrs. T.. d. E. y.
Southworth. where the tree was plant
ed. were Mrs Frank D. Kellogg. wife
of the Secretary of State: Representa-
tive Stephen G. Porter. chairman of
foreign affairs; Mrs. Edward y. Ding
ley. first vice president of the Ma.
tional League of American Pen Wom-
en-; Mrs. Daniel G. Chace. treasurer:
Mrs. James w. DOGGY, historian; Mrs
Bertha Taylor Noorhorst, recording
secretary: Mrs. Forrestine c. Hooker
Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor, Mrs. The
odOre Tiller. Mrs. William Atherton
Dupuy, Mrs. William Wolfe Smith and
Mrs. Blanche f. Little.
Credit is due to Miss Mary T.. I.azen-
by not only for the development of the
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