Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
Z. W. C.. A. News

The twilight music hour will be held
this afternoon at the Y. w. Q. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets, at O'CLOCK
on the roof. The program will be given
by Donald Thomas, baritone, former
president of the Central High School
Glee Club, familiar to radio audiences,
and Mary Louise Woods, pianist ana &C
communist. teacher of m, sic at Eastern
High School,
There will be a meeting of the exec
utive committee tomorrow morning at
il o'clock. =.
The regular meeting of the board Of
directors will be held on Thursday, Sep
TENDER 49, at 1890 in the board room
ct Seventeenth and K streets.
to plan for the joint conference Of lay
workers and staff members Of the Y.
w. C. A. was held last wednesday eve
ming when plans were completed. Mem
berS of the committee are Mrs T. z.
Brown, president; Mrs. Harry e. Hull
and Miss Lois German, from the board.
and Miss Hettie P. Anderson, general
secretary; Mrs. Irving Ketchum, MISS
M. Q. Buckingham, Miss Gertrude
Ennes and Miss Saida L. Hartman, from
the staff. The conference will be held
September 27-30. On Friday evening
members of the staff will go to Ramp
Kahlert to hold their meetings, and
will be accompanied by Miss Helen Tho
burn on the national staff IN the de-
partment Of education and research.
Miss Thoburn was also In CHINA Tor a
will return to Washington Sunday eve
ming and on Monday there will be two
meetings of lay workers with the stan.
The first session will be at 4 o'clock
for a discussion of the local plans OF
the association and will be followed by
a dinner meeting, when an address
will be given by Mrs. Frederick Palst.
Before her marriage Mrs. Paist was
national student secretary and later she
was elected president Of the national
Y. w. C. A. and held that Office for
eight years. In addition to committee
and board members, it is hoped that
many general association members will
wish to attend the meetings on Monday
September 80. Information may be OBJ
tanned from the education ONCE at
Seventeenth and K streets.
The Y. MY. w. recreation commit
tee will hold dance on the roof OF the
Y. w. c. A. at Seventeenth and K
streets on Saturday evening, September
81. at 9 pm. Music will be furnished
by the Paragons. This will be the last
dance of the season held on the roof
and it is hoped large number will at
Mrs. T. e. Brown. president Of the
Y. w. G. A., who has been spending
some weeks in Camp Wapite. Patten,
Me, and was later in Vineyard Haven,
Mass, has returned to the city.
Miss Imogene B. Ireland, who has
been granted a years leave Of absence
from her work as music secretary with
the Washington association, will leave
this week for her new home in Scots
dale, ,AriZ., where she will be associated
in business with Miss Mildred j. Bartho-
low at her guest inn. the Adobe House.
Miss Lucy Street of White Plains, N. Y,
who studied last year at the School OF
Sacred Music, Union Theological Sem
mary. and who directed the glee club
of International House. New York, will
have charge of the music division of the
Y. w. c. A. this Winter. Members of
the Washington staff gave farewell
breakfast party in Miss Ireland's honor
last Wednesday morning.
Girl Reserves.
On Monday, September 16, at 1890
am. the delegates who attended the
Girl Reserve conference at Salisbury,
Pa, August 14-24, will meet to make
plans for the local Girl Reserve con-
ference, to be held at Vacation Lodge,
ference will be the officers of the seven
senior high school Girl Reserve clubs.
who will make plans for the Fall and
Winter program. The delegates in
charge Of the program are Ethel Quisen-
berry, Betty Alexander, Edith Spauld-
ing and Kathryn Lyons.
The new senior high school Girl Re-
serve council will meet in the. Girl Re-
serve clubroom Thursday. September
10. at o'clock. to elect officers for the
school year 1929-30. This council is
composed of the president and one rep
resentative from each senior high school
club and is responsible for all inter-
high school Girl Reserve activities.
General Education.
The educational department an
nounces for the Fall season a staff of
competent, we'll trained teachers for
the varied courses offered. Prof. Mario
Barra, Phi. B., of Liceo. SaluzZo Italy,