Evening star., 1927-05-17
MONDAY EVENING
CLUB NAMES HEAD
Louis BroWnIow Is Elected
President at Groups
Annual Session.

Former Commissioner of the District
of Columbia Louis Brownlow was
elected president of the Monday Eve
ming Club To succeed Mrs. Archibald Ii
Hopkins at the annual meeting of the
organization at the Home for the In
curables yesterday afternoon. All the
other incumbents were reelected, as
Follows:
Willard {. Smith. first vice presi
dent; Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, second
vice president; Wallace Hatch. treas
urer; James Il. Stuart. recording sec
retary, and Mrs. w. A. Roberts, cor
responding secretary. Dorsey w,
HYDE, ir; Hiss Louise Mcclure Mrs.
Nina c. Van Winkle Walter S. Uf-
ford and John Ihlder were elected to
the executive board. the last two be
ing elected after they had declined
election following their nominations.
All officers and board members had
been nominated preceding the meeting
by nominating committee, headed by
James +. Stuart, chairman.
Prior TO the election of officers,
chairmen and members of committees
dealing with various phases of the
Monday Evening Club program for
securing additional health and welfare
facilities for the District made re-
ports The club program, including
various items. was adopted November
Is, 1926.
I,500, 900 Asked for Libraries.
Outstanding among the reports
made was one by the committee on a
ftve-ycar program for the development
of the public library system. Evan H..
Tucker chairman, including recon-
mendationS for an appropriation of
= H. IL, i ffx~a-
year period. for libraries. 1t called for
l additional regular branch libraries.
25 additional branches in the public
schools and three branches in public
buildings.
A Recommendation by the commit
tee or Increased accommodations at
the Training School for the Feeble
Minded" Arthur Deering Call chair
man. called for various items tOtaling
in the neichborhood Of S360,000 for
the wear 1929. The items urged, it
was stated, are in line with recon-
mendations recently made by the Pub
lie Welfare Board, and include an
item Of $110 600 for an employees home
at the institution. The need of in
creased facilities at the home was en-
phasized with the statement that 1t
has been estimated that there are
1000 feeble minded children in the
District.
Mrs E. r. Grant. chairman of tho
committee on "a sanatorium for tuber-
cular children" cited the need of such
an institution emphasizing that the
schools for tubercular children do not
constitute an adequate substitute for
a sanitorium Miss Sarah i. Schroeder,
chairman of the committee on "a
modern commitment law for mentally
i'll patients" recommended that a law
be adopted in the District whereby it
will not be compulsory for a patient
to stand a Jury trial" before com
mitment to an institution for the in
sane.
Lodging House Needed.
A report on the need of a new
municipal lodging house in the Dis
trict was made by Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins. the retiring president. Other
reports included that of the treasurer,
nv Wallace Hatch: q report on the
need OF "a modern child labor law"
bv Mrs. w. S. Ufford: report on the
need of "the establishment of a mental
clinic" by DR. w E. Richmond, and
report by Miss Alice Deal on a way
-gard minors act for the District. She
recommended that a study be made,
but that no action be taken at present,
pending the securing OF certain Juve-
nile Court laws.
No action was taken on the reports
submitted. Reports on other items in
the Monday Evening Clubs program
are to be made in the future, it was
stated.
1t was voted to contribute the sum
of 500 to the Washington Council of
Social Agencies for work done by it
in line with the club program.
Mrs Hugh Smith Abbott. John NJ.
Gleissner. Mrs. George W. Martin and
Charles w. Pimper were elected mem
harG