Evening star., 1928-03-11
RY CoRRINE FRAZIER.


noting the work of the new Child Re
search Center, opened last month II
WASHINGTON. at 1925 Columbia road.
Ia expected to become the focal poin
and clearing house Of activities IN al
psrts Of the country. III the eNpanoin:
feld Of child research and pre-Schoo
education.
District Of Columbia members of tht
American Home Economics ASSoclatlof
are sponsoring lecture to be elvei
tuesday evening at & O'Clock i'll thf
auditorium Of the Interior Department
Building by DR.. Mandel Sherman, tn(
director Of the research institute ano
A recognized authority on child oevei'
oprent. Dr. Sherman will describe tne
work Of the center and the results
honed 70 be obtained through its es'
tab,ishment. .,..
DR.. sherman has been for the
mast five wears psych!atrist in thS
Tcuro- Psvchlatric Clinic. Northwestern
University Medical School, directing ms
attention mainly 10 the mental deve!'
cnroe0t and behavior Of children. VIII,
spscial emphasis upon the influence o.
the social environment upon the be-
hsyior o! the normal child.
A nursery school. attended by u
children aoprcximately years OF age
ts maintained. and from it the director
viii clean much Of his research mate.
rial concerning the problems OF cnilo
development. A consulting service 1of
parents and children OF pre-school age
also has been made available.
Miss Christine Heinig. former teachel
at the MerrNl-Palmer School OF Home-
= making. in Detroit, is assisting III
Eeinic as head instructor al the NuIs-
yAfr 1
assistant instructor.
This new national project was mace
rorsthIe bv A generous endowment from
IRE Laura Spelanlan Rockefeller Me-
.,,orial. which provides for the work 10
be carried on for a period OF three
years.
Il, addition TO the two wofnens or
esnizations represented on the board
of managers, the following groups arc
cooperating: The Child Development
Comnittec Of the National Research
Council. United States Bureau OF Eoo-
cation. United States Bureau OF home
economics. United States Public Health
Service. George Washington University
and the University OF Maryland.
Among the distinguished women.
prominent in club work, who nave re-
ceived special invitations TO attend Dr.
sherr1sn's lecture. Tuesday night are
Mrs- Virginia White Speel of the Gen.
eral Federation of Women's Clubs. who
ts rres;dent Of the District Federation;
Or. Blanche NJ. Haines Of the Children
Bureau. Miss Katherine Billop OF the
Juvenile Protective Association. Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter of the Parent
Teacher Association, Miss Emma Dawes
of the Board OF Public Welfare, MSS
Belle Rankin. executive secretary OF the
American Association OF University
women: Miss Alice Edwards, executive
secretary of the American Home Eco
nornic Association: Dr.. Louise Stanley
Of the Bureau of Home Economics and
Miss Louise MCGUIRE.
THE contest for the national presi-
l. dency Of the National League Of
American Pen Women will be one OF the
absorbing events of the biennial conven-
ton o. the organization. which is TO
take place at the willard Hotel in this
city from April IL to Is. Already there
are three candidates in the field. with
their nomination papers properly In
corsed and officially filed with the chair
man Of the temporary nominating COM
rittee Miss Florence z. Ward. and
ruuor has 1t that before the election
Gay arrives still other candidates viii
come forward.
The three candidates at the present
time are Mrs. Clarence n. Busch, whose
name is presented by the Miami branch
Of the league, Of which she has been
president for FIVE years; Mrs. Edward
by a individual members OF the league.
and Mrs Clara Keck Heflebower, presi-
dent Of the Cincinnati branch of the
league. whose name Is presented by that
branch
Mn. Busch. whose nomination was
FLED some few weeks ago. has already
been mentioned in this column. Mrs.
Dsngiey, the second candidate 10 fife.
Is first national vice president OF the
league. having served under Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton since 1925. Preceding
this period, she was State vice president
Of the league for the District OF Colum-
bia from 192z-s and vas also chairman
Of the program committee under Mrs.
Geidert and Mrs. Co!man She assisted
Mrs Coln1an in staging the successful
book fair which Was held in Washing
ton during Mrs. Coiman's administra-
ton, and for q number of years has
actively aided in the success Of the
authors breakfast.
Mrs Dsngiey IL Washington CORE
spondent for a chain of Western news
papers and ~ 1910 vas sent 70 Europe
By the United Syndicate. where she In
terYieyeo prominent peTsonsges Of the
day, sending her stories hack 10 this
country 70 be synoicated throughout
the West. She Us also well known al
public speaker, her career in this field
eating back " Honan-sufIraae days
shen she vas second vice president
and secretary Of the Woman Suffrage
Association Of Michigan. This Winter
Mrs.. D3ngiey has spoken in Washington
arc Baltimore On the programs of vari.
o1S frsteYnal orders. Mr.. and Mrs
D3ngley are residents OF Chevy Chase
u. C., and have TWO sons and a daugh.
fsy. Capt Nelson Dingiey. %, Of ttt
Coas. Artillery. u, s. A.; Edward Mel
BoYg D!nPleY, IL. electrical engineer lY
and Mrs. William d. Leetch. Both Mrs
Dingiey and hey daughter ARE lntereste,
IN y A. r. WORK, the former as regen
81 The Richard Arnold Chapter of sb'
u A. r. sn6 the latter AS sjce Yegen
Of fhe Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter
Mrs Clara Keck EeneboWer, Rho 4
nov third y.ce president Of the Eafi0ns
League % American pen Women. !
slso president - the Cincinnati branch
o. %tlDu SIf WAS iS% IDtlICfF. IRON
1874 ~ 1926 s1e was STATE Vice pYeei
der, ot me league for Ohio. She 1
wlrely Known III Chio sF a neYApape
woman having bFen soc!ety editor y
The Cincinnati Commercial! Tribune
5S0s-ll enc associate editor ~ th
Eyde psr1 Bulletin Magazine She !
Z feature writer and o. present Ia Wri,
ing extensively On the subject u motion
DtctUFes.
Mrs Ferel3ower was president ~ TIL
Wcn3sy.s t Press CiuD of Cincinnati iron
1871 ~ 1873 and has been nlembe
u The n1srd q that club since tFs
6sb. From 1926 ~ 1927. the Wss
member of the executive board ~ III
Ci1io Newspaper Wonlen's Association
enc from 1923 10 1927 vice pFssicef
afG r1llrltrtfA chairman nf tie (anrtf1