Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
DRAMA GOVERNORS
. TO MEET JULY z
Officers Will Be Elected and
Plans Made for Coming
Year.

New governors of the Community
Drama Guild of Washington will be
called for their first meeting July %,
when officers will be elected and plans
will be made for the next season.
Under new bylaws the board of
governors will hereafter be composed of
IL members to manage the affairs and
business of the guild. The board will
be composed of the trustees, Cuno
II. Rudolph, William S. Corby and
Judge Mary O'Toole, who will remain
in Office until vacancy caused by death
or resignation; 3 members elected by
the advisory council of member groups;
3 members elected by the guarantors; l
member representing the Community
Center Department, and one member
representing the Office of Public Build
ings and Public Parks.
Represent Guarantors.
The newly-elected members of the
board representing the guarantors are
Mrs: Fulton Lewis, for one yeor; DR.:
De Witt C. CroiSSant, for two years, and
Clifford K Bergman, for three years.
The three representatives chosen by the
advisory council are William E. Bryant
Mrs. Alice Sigworth Morse and Brad
Holmes. Mr.. Bryant represents the
Washington Readers Club of the adj
visory council, just as Mrs. Morse rep
resents the Young Women's Christian
Association and Mr.. Holmes the Wood
lothianS.
Miss S:byl Baker represents the Com
munity Center Department and Capt.
Ray c. Montgomery, U. S. A, represents
the Office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks on the board of governors.
Miss Baker has appointed Mrs. Marie
Moore Forest of the Community Center
Department to act as executive secre-
tary of the drama guild for the COM
ing year, which Is also according to
the new bylaws.
In reappointing Capt. Montgomery
Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, wrote to Mrs. For
rest of his entire approval of the new
bylaws and of the management OF the
affairs of the guild during the year
just closed. Not only Col. Grant, but
hundreds of persons in the city have
written letters of commentator for the
1929-3O productions Of the guild, nota-
bly, that of The Tempest" last month,
which is regarded as the high-water
mark of Drama Guild presentations to
date.
Offers Cooperation.
Miss Sibyl Baker, director Of the
Community Center Department, has
likewise informed the guild by letter to
DR.. De Witt G. CroiSSant retiring chair
man, that the Community Center De-
partment will ''be glad to extend its CO.
operation to the Community Drama
Guild for 1930-31, according to the ar
rangement set up by the new bylaws"
The new president, when elected, will
appoint the standing committees Of the
guild, to be confirmed by the board OF
governors. The standing committees
will include executive, membership, pro-
duction, business and publicity.
Membership, according to the new by
laws, consists of guarantorS, subscribing
memberships and member groups. The
$50 guarantor members under the by
laws are entitled to voting privileges, to
notifications of events of the guild and
to four reserved seats at each guild pro-
duction.
The $40 guarantor members are
entitled to voting privileges, to notifi-
cations of events of the guild and to
two reserved seats at each guild pro-
duction.
Subscribing members are entitled to
notifications of events of the guild and
to two reserved seats at each guild pro-
duction.
Member groups are entitled to the
privileges of subscribing member.
During the past IL months the guild
has made rapid strides in its three main
objects: To assist members of the COM
munity who are seeking cultural de-
velopment through drama, to promote
the use of Government-owned facilities,
buildings and grounds for educational
and recreational development of drama
and to secure funds for the carrying out
Of these objects.
The final reports for the past year
from all committees received last week
by the 1929-30 board of governors, show
an excellent condition in all depart
ments Of guild activities. The financial
condition of the guild is likewise great
ly strengthened since last Autumn,
when the season opened.