Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Y.W.C.A. TOLAUNCH
DEDICATION TODAY
Reception Tuesday in New
Building to Feature
Weeks Program.

public scheduled for Tuesday AFTER
noon and special programs arranged
for nearly every day of this week
dedication week of the Gums
Womens Christian Association OF TN
District of Columbia will begin this
afternoon at o'clock with a dedica
tory service at the new building a
Seventeenth and K streets.
Many of the furnishings and room:
of the building represent memorla
contributions and it is thoroughly uI
to date in every respect. The public
will be invited to inspect the build
ing Tuesday from to 10 pm. The
sandwich shop and cafeteria will oper
Wednesday. and Thursday night no'
been designated as membership night
when special arrangements will bt
made to receive the 1900 members o.
the association.
The girl reserves will participate ir
a program Friday afternoon, and Sat
urday night the observance Of the
week will close with the presentation
of a three-act play, 'Prunella."
Chorus to Lead Hymns.
Miss Ivalee Newell will play violin
prelude to the dedication service and
a chorus of so members of the vari
. Gus association groups will lead the
hymns. DR.. w. S. Abernethy will
give the Scripture readings. and tn
responsive service will be conducted
by Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, presi'
dent of the association.
Mrs. Fred +. Wright, chairman of
the building committee, will present
the key to the building. DR.. Charles
Wood will offer the dedicatory prayer.
and DIR. Mary f. Woolley. president of
Mount Holyoke College, viii speak on
The Need for Religion in the Life of
the Present-day Girl"
Mrs. Robert Lansing, chairman Of
the hospitality committee, will receive
at the general reception Tuesday, and
the receiving line will include Mrs.
Brown and the members of the execu
tive committee, Miss Mildred Bartho-
low, Mrs. william Lincoln Brown,
Mrs. Harry E. Hull, Mrs. Albert H,
Putney. Mrs. John T. Schaaff, Mrs,
Luke I. Wilson and Mrs. Fred f..
Wright, together with the following
members of the hospitality committee;
Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Jane Bart
lett, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs.
Charles DENLY, Mrs. James Freeman.
Miss Roberta Hemingway, Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, Miss Mary Lindsey. Mrs.
William d. Mitchell, Mrs. William f.
Mcdowell, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Mrs. Curtis d. Wilbur. Assisting the
two committees will be Miss BERTHE
Backus, Miss May Bradshaw, Miss
Elizabeth Brubacher, Miss Jessie
Coope, Miss Mary T. Eastman. Miss
Mary Gildersleeve, Mrs. Jessie NJ. Hol
ton, Mrs. August King-Smith, Dean
Anna L. Rose. Mrs. Thomas w. Sid
well, Miss Pauline Thonssen, Miss
Mary ]. Watts and Mrs. Lucy Madeira
Wing.
Membership Night.
Membership night, on Thursday, of
which, Miss LENA Bailey is chairman,
will include a tour of the building and
specially prepared program be-
ginning at o'clock. Mrs. George
Winchester Stone. with her commit
tee, Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer. Mrs.
Julia T. Bodfish, Miss Elisabeth f.
Pierce and Mrs. Kirke Holmes. has
prepared a review Of the high lights
of the % years history of the associa-.
ton. Miss Imogene Ireland has charge
Of the incidental music and the pro-
gram will conclude with symbolical
ceremony of recognition for the repre-
Sentatives of the more than 500 new
members received into the association
this year.
On the committee for the recogni-
ton service are Mrs. Ray Palmer
Teele, Miss Anna Muddiman, Miss
Constance Torrey and Miss Ilena
Bailey. Mrs. Harold f.. Doyle is chair
man of the reception committee.
Among the memorials In the new
building are gifts in memory of Miss
Adelaide Mansur, Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Woodward. Mr.. and Mrs. E. B.
Grandin and Mrs. Martha Kennon
Peter. The Barker Hall, given by
Mrs. William f. Barker in memory
of her husband, is marked by bronze
tablet portrait of Mr.. Barker, the
work of Mrs. Margaret French Cres-
son. The Ada r. Thomas Pool is In
memory OF DIR. Ada r. Thomas, who
was an active member of the board OF
directors for many years and a pio-
neer woman physician in the city. This
memorial is still receiving gifts from
medical friends and former patients
of the doctor.
Three Memorial Mantels.
Three of the mantels are also memo
rails, one in the Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club room, given by
member of the staff one In the Girl
Reserve Club room, given by the Girl
Reserves for Miss Anna Cooper, who
for two years was the Girl Reserve
secretary, and In the living room the
mantel is given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur b. Heaton In memory of Mr..
Heaton's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs William Knowles
Cooper are placing over the Girl Re
serve fireplace an oil copy of "The
Round Table Of King Arthur" by Ed.
win A. Abbey. the original of which
hangs in the Boston Public Library.
and picture Of Miss Anna Cooper on
the mantel
Miss Elisabeth Pierce has reframed
the life size portrait of the first pro-
visionaI president. Miss Ellen Foster,
which will be hung on the second
floor.
Included with the gifts from $500
contributors which make possible all
the bricks and mortar. and steel and
trimmings and furnishings and equip
ment are the sums allotted to special
items. The Indoor Outdoor Club, the
first Of the Business and Professional.
Women's Clubs, gave the lantern at
the main entrance on X street and the
fireplace in the southwest clubroom on
the fourth floor. The doorway of the
main entrance is given by the resi-
dents of the Elizabeth Somers. The