The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
Books and
Writers to
Be Studied

Opening its twenty-third season,
the Irvington Coterie Club will OBJ
serve presidents day with a lunch
con today at Pages. The new
president, who will be the guest OF
honor. is Mrs. Welmer E. Bushong.
The hostesses will be members OF
the retiring executive board, with
Mrs. Homer G. Meek, retiring presi-
Cent, in charge.
During the coming season the
club will study "a Kaleidoscope OF
Literature, dealing with the in
fuence of literature, rather than
the product itself.
The subjects included literary por-
traits. places made famous by liter
airy folk, cathedralS in literature,
women who have Influenced great
writer's, child characters in litera-
ture, famous lovers in literature, the
commonplace in literature, and two
closing discussions on my Most Be-
loved Heroine" and can Inspiring
Book That I Have Read"
At each meeting a general discus
sion will follow the paper.
Meetings Semi Monthly
Meetings will be held twice
monthly, on Mondays, at the homes
of members. Special meetings in
clude a Christmas party, Dec. IA;
election day and luncheon, March
%, and a guest day, closing the sea-
son, April 25.
officers are: Mesdames BuShong,
president; Tyler Oglesby, vice-presi-
dent: Nelson Elliott, secretary, and
Willard B. Gates, treasurer.
The club is federated with the
Irvington union and the Seventh
district, and is affiliated with the
local council. Delegates are: Local
council, Mrs. Fred N. Hooker: Sew
enth district, Mrs. Bloomfield H.
Moore; Irvington union. Mrs. G. E.
Donnell and Mrs. Martin EaStburn.
There are thirty active and one as
sociate members.
Authors to Be Studied
Irvington Woman's Club opened
Oct. 5 with Presidents day lunch
con. Subsequent meetings will be
on alternating Mondays, the next
on Oct. 10.
A general literary study is
planned for the coming winter.
Emphasis will be laid on lives of
authors, followed by reviews of one
typical work. Variety will be added
by several papers of unrelated liter
airy topics.
The thirty-ninth anniversary of the
club will be celebrated Dec. Z. One other
special meeting will be the election day
luncheon, March IS. The club was
founded in December, 1892, and now
has, thirty-Six active, six privileged, one
honorary and twenty corresponding mem
bers. The membership includes many of
the city'S most prominent club-women
Officers are:
Mesdames Charles A. Harris. president;
r. F. Davidson. first vice-president; Tom
R. Elrod, second vice-president; Louis w.
Bruck, secretary; John S. Harrison, treas
urer; Charles B. Clark. Guy H. Shadinger,
Victor R. Jose Jr.. executive board; W. B..
clubs and John w. Anterior, alternate.
World Leaders" Topic
During the winter months, Inter
Nos Club will study Personalities
Who have Influenced the Thought
of the World"
The season was opened with Pres
dents day luncheon Sept. %. Other
meetings will be held once monthly,
on Wednesday. Members have
been given reading list, and will
be prepared to discuss each of the
topics presented during the year.
Plans include an informal guest
day, Dec. g; luncheon, Jan. 81; cele-
bration of the Washington bi-cen-
tennial, Feb. "a; guest day, March
%; luncheon, May Is, and luncheon,
closing the season, June q. Off
GERS are:
Mesdames Ralph Clark, president; Frank
L. Fisher, vice-presdent Don Bridge, sec
rotary; l. P. Haymaker, treasurer;
Leonard A. Smith, delegate to local
council. I. P. HaymakeI. alternate; E. A
Brown, delegate to Indiana federation
Harry Orlof, alternate; Van P. Murphy,
delegate to Seventh district; Harold
Gossett, alternate. The program COM
mittee is Mesdames E. C. Rumpler, B. s.
Gadd. and w. w. Turpin.
Inter Nos Club was founded in
1894, federated in 1911, and now
has a membership of twenty-seven
active, four associate, four honorary
and eleven corresponding.