Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
Miss Beatrice Ptney Of Washington Stands Out One of
Youngest and Most Brilliant Figures in National
Club Group.

Wv WASHINGTON can be justly
VA proud of the accomplish
wv ments of one Of her very
young daughters who IN less
than two years has risen to
a prominent place in the club life OF
one of the foremost of the women's
national organizations.
Forsaking the social whirl OF the de-
butante set for more serious concerns,
Beatrice Pitney, daughter of the late
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Mah!on Pitney OF
washington, after a brief period OF
study, including four years OF college
work at Bryn Mawr and four months
at the Geneva School of international
Studies, has revealed such an amazing
grasp of the field of international al
fairs that her views are eagerly sought
and respected by the c'ubwomen OF
mature wears with whom she Is aSSo-
ciated in the National League Of Women
Voters. o,
II was during the Summer Of 1927
that Miss Pitney completed her educa-
ton with the four-month course at
Geneva. Before returning to this coun-
trye she visited the capitals OF western
Europe to obtain first-hand knowledge
of noIitical and international situations.
Then she settled down to the business
of choosing a career. Her choice was
that of politico- clubwoman. In June,
1928, she Became associated with
Miss Ruth Morgan in the department
of international cooperation to prevent
war of the League OF Women voters,
serving as assistant director OF that oe-
partment, with headquarters in New
York CITY. Since then-in little more
than a year-She has written four pam
phlets for the league and has assisted
in the preparation of two more, in ad-
dition to participating unoft1cially in
round table discussions on the Mexican
situation during the 1929 Seminar In
Mexico gathering of prominent
Americans far beyond Miss Pitney in
point of years. but, as they discovered,
not at all beyond her in breadth OF
vision, insight and keenneSs Of percep-
ton where international questions are
concerned.
Miss Pitneys accomplishment in COM
plotting so many pamphlets in the short
space of y2ar Is looked upon by the
officials of her organization as re-
markable in itself-few people, they
point out prepare more than one or
two a year, even among the most pro-
life writer's. And the brill ance of her
verbal participation in the Mexican
conference, reports of which preceded
her home, has given her unique place
in the ranks OF clubWomen.
It was with great interest that the
writer recently heard from Mss Pitney
herself some of the details Of her eX-
perienceS in Mexico. Quite by accident,
the Star correspondent ran into her in
New York and caught from her a first
hand glimpse of this unofficial con-
ference, the Seminar in Mexico,
which is followed by politically minded
men and women of this country quite
as closely as though 1t had an official
status. Miss Pitney's account of the
sessions sparkles with the enthusiasm
and the clear-cut vision that character
lies all of her discussions Of inter-
national subjects.
THE committee on cultural relations,
under whose auspices the Seminar was
held, is composed of many prominent
Americans, among them, John Dewey.
Henry Goddard leach, Raymond Leslie
Bu:ll1 Chester Lloyd Jones and Ray
Lyman Wilbur" she explained at the
outset, sketching briefly the setting in
which she must have stood forth as
charm ng and unusual figure, with her
youth and delightful femininity in
sharp contrast to the serious-minded
m n of affairs gathered about her.
THE purpose of the committee and
Of the Seminar is to increase the I'M
Outstanding b2tween the United States
and Latin America by giving a group of
Americans each year the opportunity to
visit a Latin American country and