Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
Elaborate Banquet
Program Scheduled
By Columbian Women
G. w. U. Group to Entertain
Distinguished Guests at
Annual Social Affair Set
for Tuesday Evening.

The annual banquet Of the Column
bian Women of the George Washington
University, to be held Tuesday evening
at the Chevy Chase Club, will bring
together a brilliant group OF college
women.
The list Of distinguished honor guests
for the occasion includes Sonora de
Teller, wife Of the Ambassador Of Mex
leo: Nine. Veverka, wife of the Min
lister of Czechoslovakia; Mrs. James j.
Davis, wife of the Secretary Of Labor.
and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife OF
the president Of the university:
Miss Elizabeth Cullen, president Of
the Columbian Women, will preside and
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., of the board Of
trustees Of the university will be the
hostess Of the evening and will deliver
the greeting.
The program will include talks by
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, well known
lecturer on books and art, and Miss
Sophia Speaker, president Of the Wom-
ems Club of Maryland; a program OF
piano solos by Nine. Louise Cout1nho
and a group Of songs by Miss Henrietta
LIE Menager.
nual banquet of the Columbian Women
and will mark the thirty-siXth ami
! versary of its founding.
The organization was founded In
1894, upon the suggestion OF DR.. Charles
Edward Munroe, internationally known
scientist and inventor, who was at that
time dean of the graduate school OF
the university, and has worked inde-
fatigably since that time in behalf OF
( the university and its woman students.
In addition to founding number OF
scholarships for girls of recognized abil-
ity, it has raised a $4,000 fund for
building purposes and has lent its aid
to many other projects. From an orig
inal membership of IL the organization
has grown to number 600 women who
are associated with the George Wash
ington University as the hostesseS OF
trustees, administrative officers and
faculty members as alumnae or as stu
dents.
The membership includes many
| women who are leaders in the civic, ed
| ucational and social life of Washing
ton. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mrs.
Henry Wilder Keyes, Miss Mabel Board
man and Mrs. LarZ Anderson are
among those who have taken an &C
tive interest in the work of the or
ganization.
Among those who have made reser-
vations for the banquet are Mrs. VIII
liam Cline Borden, Mrs. william Carl
fIu6QIRCI, WdlbCA oAOCOOAAb
Edgar william Woolard, Mrs. John
Donaldson, Mrs. Frankie M. Johnston,
Mrs. Alfred Francis william Schmidt,
Mrs. Harold G. Sutton, Mrs. James H.
Taylor, Mrs. Samuel r. Bemis, Prof.
Frances Kirkpatrick, Prof. Anna Pearl
| Cooper, Mrs. Paul Heyl, Mrs. F. e.
Edginton, Mrs. Edwin Behrend, Miss
Jesse Coope, Mrs. John Paul Earnest,
Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute, Miss Erma
Brown, Miss N. B. Weyman, Miss Mary
Hynson, Miss Helen Lawson, Mrs. Daisie
I. Huff, Miss Margaret Maize, Miss Lii
liam Carpenter, Miss Sophie B. Kent,
Miss Lucille Wilkinson, Miss Laura K.
Pollock, Miss Julia H. Strobel, Mrs. r.
w. Howell, Miss Lula B. Thorn, Miss
Viola Offutt, Miss Elizabeth Bergman,
Miss Annie Getty, Miss Caroline Getty,
Miss Mildred Getty, Miss Anna M. Ken
nelly, Miss A. H. Drake, Miss Julia
Macmillan and Miss Florence Frisby.