Evening star., 1928-03-25
Columbian Women
Give Annual Dinner

The twentieth annual banquet OF the
Columbian Women Of George Washing
ton University win be held on the eve
ming Of Thursday, April IL, at O'Clock
at the Chevy Chase Club. A number OF
distinguished women are on the pro-
gram for the dinner and many promi-
/ nent Washington alumnae of the uni
versity will attend.
! Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, president OF
the Columbian Women, will preside at
the banquet. Mrs. Joshua Evans. ir.,
| hostess of the evening, will deliver the
! greeting, following which Miss Ada
| Rainey, art editor of the Washington
Post. will give talk. Nine. Jaroslav
Lipa. wife of the counselor of the
Czechoslovakia legation. will give a
group of Czechoslovakian songs, attired
in the costume of her native land. Mrs.
| Frank BarroWs Freyer, wife Of Capt
Freyer, u. S. NJ. and Mrs. David Allen
Robertson, wife of the assistant director
of the American Council of Education
also will speak.
| The guests of honor arc Madame
! Lipa. Mrs. Freyer Mrs. Robertson, Miss
Rainey Mrs Cloyd Heck Marvin. wife
of the president of George Washington
| University, and Mrs. John Bell Larner,
wife OF the chairman of the board of
| trustees.
The committee in charge of the din
ner includes Mrs. Joshua Evans, 1r
Miss Harriet E. Garrels. Miss Maxine
Role, Mrs. Elmer Louis Kayser, Mrs.
Frank Rutter. Miss Marcelle LeMen-
ager, Miss Maxine Girts. Mrs. Charles
S. Collier and Miss Rhoda Watkins, in
cooperation with the following officers
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. president; Mrs.
Daniel C.. Chace. first vice president,
Miss Julia Macmillan, second vice
president; Miss Harriet E. Garrels, re.
cording secretary: Mrs. Charles S. Col
! lier, corresponding secretary: Miss
Rhoda Watkins. treasurer, and Miss
Bertha Wolfe. historian.
A group OF young ladies. alumnae
and students Of the university will serve
as ushers, including Miss Maxine Girts.
chairman of the committee on ushers
Mrs. Earle White and Miss Harriet
Garrels. Miss Marjorie Mothershead,
Miss Agnes Nelson, Miss Maxine Rolle.
Miss Marcelle LeMenager. Miss Anne
kenelIy, Miss Frances Fisher, Miss
Betty 10 Hopkins, Miss Mary Brown.
Miss Marian Edwards, Miss Rosemary
Arnold and Miss Dorothy Gatchell
The Columbian Women. whose mem
bership is composed of alumnae, stu
dents, wives of members of the board
or trustees and faculty members and
/ other women connected with George
Washington University, has been ac-
! tive since its founding, some 30 yeals
ago in behalf Of the university and In
promoting the welfare of its woman
students.
One of the outstanding accomplish
ments has been the foundation of Ave
scholarships. which are granted to girls.
not as loans which must be repaid, but
as gifts. In the interest of scholarship.
leadership ana character development.
AT the present time five girls, all grad
yates OF Washington high schools, are
attending George Washington Univer-
sity on Columbian Women scholarships.
Last year $4,000 was pledged toward
the fund which is being raised for Unit
No. OF the new university plant. Over
half of this sum already has been Sc
cured.
Among the prominent Washington
women who are members of the Colum-
bian Women are Miss Mabel T. Board
man, Mrs. Henry w. KeyeS, Mrs. Mary
Roberts Rinehart, Mrs Joshua Evans,
Ir only woman member of the board
of trustees OF the university. Mrs. G. C..
Glover. jr.. Mrs. d. Kerfoot Shute, Mrs.
Charles Herbert Stockton. Mrs John
Bell Larner. Mrs, Archibald Hopkins
and Miss Helen Nico'ay. Some OF its
past presidents are Mrs, William H.
Heron, Mrs. William E. Chamberlin
Mrs John Paul Earnest. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle. Miss Elizabeth Peet and
Miss Elizabeth Wilson.