The Washington times., 1929-04-22
MISS c. NJ. kEER
IS TYPICAL.
D. c. GIRL
Continued from First Page'

long time, succeeded In gettlng her
Since that time Miss Keer has
spent much of her time in walking
and 1t Is one Of her keenest de'
lights.
For = number of years Miss Keer
lived in the home Of a minister and
his wife in Scranton, Pa. She at.
tended school with the daughter Of
the family and at the age Of 10 re-
turned to her mother and brother In
Philadelphia. She went through
graded school and then spent year
In one Of the Philadelphia high
schools.
Then she gave up high school and
went to New York, where she Sc
cured a position as saleslady In .
large department store. After some
time at this she realized that she
needed more of an education in or.
der to succeed, and so she went back
to school, getting a job in her spare
tiI1o Finally, she decided to go
back to Scranton.
Back in Scranton she secured a
part.time position in the Women's
Institute, and at the same time
waited on tables in the high school
cafeteria. Through the aid Of the
two jobs she was able to continue
her work in schC :. until finally she
was graduated from the high school.
For the excellence Of her work in
high school she was presented with
a scholarship in the Slippery Rock
state Teachers College. While she
was attending the school she
worked as secretary to the profes-
SIR Of psychology in order to sup
pleInent the money she got from the
scholarship.
After some time she went again
to New York city and entered the
New York University. As an aid
to her small income she taught type
writing to a class Of deaf children
in the morning and attended classes
in the afternoon.
Finally she obtained a position
as instructress at the Shore Road
Academy, Brooklyn. and continued
her studies at the university. Al
ter long hard work she graduated
from the University.
She has been a resident Of the
Nations Capital for over two years.
Miss Keer is well thought OF here
and has a host of friends al
through the East.
She has a fine lyric soprano
voice. She is learning to play the
piano and often she will be heard
accompanying herself az she goes
through the vocal drills that her
voice requires.
She is fond Of the other arts and
has volumes of books in her small
library dealing with the drama and
stage presentations. She is very
well read.
Washington's selection as, the
Typical American Girl Is fine swim
mer and canoeist. The local board
of judges selected her because they
thought that she Is the best repre-.
sentative that can be found of the
real Washington girl.
Those Who Decided
The judges who made the selec.
ton are Marjorie Webster, head OF
the Marjorie Webster School Of Ex-
preston and Physical Education,
one of the largest girls schools in
the East; Felix Mahony, local artist
and head of the National School Of
Fine and Applied Arts. an out
standing Washington art school,
and Louise Rochon Hoover, fashion
designer and well.known local artist.
Seven girls, all living in or near
Washington, came very near to
the goal achieved by Miss Keer.
They are Katherine Bradley,
Bethesda, Md; Dorothy Dunlap,
2629 Garfield st. N. W.; Olga LOT.
gren, Colmar Manor. Nd; Helen
Minnigerode, 1929 Connecticut Ave-;
Josephine Sterling. Clarendon. Va;
Madeline Leiseur Crounse, Lyon
Villa ge, Va, and Bertha Werlich.
Hyattsville. Md.
To Meet Other Winners
Miss Keer will go to New York
the week of May IS and meet the
other regional winners from all
over the country for the final Sc.
lection in the Typical American
Girl Quest. II she wins out there
$1,000 offered by Smart Set Maya.
zine and will be taken on tour
of Europe. On the tour the win.
ming girl will go to London, Berlin
and Paris. The trip was arranged
by the Smart Set magazine also.
1t has been a glorious quest. The
qualities Of all Of the entrants have
been very high.
The selection at the Carlton
Hotel was very strict and numerous
questions were asked each Of the
entrants. The qualifications set
forth by each nominating letter
were also included in the elimina'
ton and finally Miss Keer stood
forth as the winner.