Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04


ington College of Law will join with
the Woman's City Club in holding
reception at the club Tuesday, May l3,
from 430 to o'clock in honor of the
eightieth birthday anniversary of DR..
Ellen Spencer Mussey. DR.. Mussey, in
addition to being a founder of the col
lege, is a charter member of the club.
Her many friends in the club and
'nong the alumni are invited to the
option, for which no formal invita-
I ms are berg issued The commit
of the alumni association arrang-
ing fo~ the reception is composed of
Mrs kenes Minick Faber, Miss Maude
Hamilton Yates, Mrs. Helena DOGGY
Reed. Miss Sue D. Richards and Miss
Elizabeth F. Reed.
Members of Pi Beta Phi in Bal
timore, Richmond and at Goucher and
william and Mary Colleges joined with
Washington alumnae and the active
chapter at George Washington Uni
versity In celebrating the sixty-third
anniversary Of the founding Of the
fraternity at banquet, Saturday, April
26, at the Washington Hotel.
Among the speakers were two past
grand presidents of the fraternity, Miss
May L. Keller, dean of Westhampton
College, Richmond, and Miss Emma
Harper Turner of Washington, and
former grand vice president, Miss Emile
Margaret White of Washington. A roll
call showed guests present from many
States.
Miss Lois Thompson, president of
Gamma province of the fraternity, as
toastmistress linked the speeches with
a theme of Phi Beta Phi's in Sky
land" with dirigibles symbolizing the
elumnae airplanes the actives, para
chutes the grand council and gliders
the pledges.
MRS. Alice H. Dow extended greetings
from the Washington Alumnae Club;
Miss Elizabeth Van SAINT for the Bal
timore club, and Miss Keller for Rich
mond A talk by Miss Helen Tay-
Tor, representing the actives, was fol-
lowed by greetings from Miss Margaret
Monk, president of the George Wash
ington Chapter; Miss Frances Rice,
vice president of the Goucher Chapter,
and Miss Kitty Hasseltine Of the Will
liam and Mary Chapter.
The pledges of the George Wash
ington Chapter, introduced by Miss
Vivian Ward, entertained with stunt.
The work of the settlement school
which Pi Beta Phi maintains In the
Tennessee mountains was the subject
Of q talk by Miss Gertrude Brown Free
man of Cleveland. Ohio.
Piano, violin and vocal music was
furnished by Mrs. Marjorie McFall,
MISS NAloo
Marie Siegrist and Miss Mildred Burn
ham.
Miss Eleanor I. Jones was chairman
Of the committee which arranged the
banquet. Alumnae members included
Miss Muriel Davis, Miss Lillian e. Pace,
Miss Helen Taylor, Miss Marion Fer
guson Miss Myrna Sedgewick and Mrs.
Agnes T. Nesbit. Miss Jeanne Miles
and Miss Mary Hudson represented the
Coaroo WASHING Chantar IN the
committee.
The alumnae of Gamma Psi Chapter
Of Kappa Kappa Fraternity at the Uni
versity Of Maryland held benefit card
party at the Thomas Circle Club
Wednesday evening, April 80.
Saturday evening, May 3, the pledges
and new members were entertained by
the chapter at its annual Spring for
NAL dance at the Kenwood Club. This
occasion marked the climax of the
chapters social events of the year.
The patroneSses are carrying out the
tradition of the local group by enter
tanning the mothers and members of
the chapter at a Mothers day luncheon
Saturday, May 10. at the home of Mrs.
8. B. Shaw Of College Park, Md.
Tomorrow evening a benefit per-
formance the THE Wooden Kimono,"
will be given at the National Theater.
Tickets may be secured from any men,
Der of the fraternity.
A joint dance will be given Saturday
evening by the Alpha Zeta Beta Soror-
1ty and the Sigma Lambda MI Fra
ternity In the Italian gardens Of the
Maynower Hotel.
Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority of George
Washington University will hold its
formal initiation ceremony to be i'm
mediately followed by a banquet, May
10, at the Hotel Hamilton, at which
Miss Eugenia Cooper, Miss Rose Roson,
Miss Marien Rosendorf and Miss Julia
Bonwit, the present pledges, will be
initiated. The patrons and patroneses
OF the sorority, who will be present at
the banquet, include DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam Allen Wilbur. Judge and Mrs.
Milton Strasburger, DR.. and Mrs. Abram
Simon and Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Safer
AS is the usual custom. the banquet
table will be decorated with American
DR.. Simon and DR.. Wilbur will give
short talks.
Patronesses were entertained at tea
last Sunday at the home OF Miss Myrtle
Kan1insky.
Gamma Phi Alumnae Association of
the District OF Columbia will meet for
dinner at 6 O'Clock pm Wednesday, at
the A. A. u. W., 1884 I street north
west The alumnae recently gave a
dinner at the Madrillon in honor OF the
grand president of the sorority, Mrs
Ernest Barbour Of Evanston. Ill. Other
guests present were Miss Alice Camerer
Of Detroit, national treasurer, and Miss
Mary j. Wellington of Manchester,
N. H., former grand president.
The Alpha Chapter of Tau Delta
Gamma wiz hold its Spring dance at
the Hamilton Hotel Saturday, May 10,
from 10 to o'clock.
Those in charge are Miss Edna
Padgett, Miss Camille Soldano, Miss
Henrietta Holmes, Miss Lillian Bar
rows and Miss Alma Punk.
Delta Alpha Sorority held its tenth
annual banquet Tuesday evening at
O'Clock, In the Oak Room of the Raj
eign Hotel, Mrs. Agnes Goodloe Law
less of Gamma Chapter acting az
chairman and Mrs. Alma Gaupp May
Of Beta Chapter as toastmistress. The
four local chapters, Beta, Gamma
Delta Alpha" by Mrs. Myra Collins
A most entertaining program included
an Introductory toast to the sorority BY
the toastmistress; who's Who II
Della Alpha" by Mrs. Myra Collins
Beta Chapter; "A Bit of Wit anc
Eumor," by Miss Naomi Grain o.
Gamma Chapter; several sorority songs
a xylophone solo by Miss Ruth Nickle
of Gamma Chapter, THE Origin o
Delta Alpha's Colors," by Mrs. Agne
Goodloe Lawless, Gamma Chapter, ant