Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
FREDERICK TO GET
MUSIC CONVENTION
Selection Made at Meeting of
Maryland Federation at
Cumberland.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, April 1s.-
Frederick was selected as the place for
the next annual meeting of Maryland
Federation Of Music Clubs at the con-
Guiding session here yesterday. The
invitation to meet there was extended
by Mrs. Raymond Town of the Mon
day Music Club and federated clubs
Of that city.
At the luncheon, through Eugene
Van Bayer of the Baltimore Association
of Commerce, plans were divulged look
| ing to extending an invitation at the
| biennial meeting of the National Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs at San Fran
cisco in June to meet in Baltimore IN
| 1888. The Maryland delegation will
| have this matter in hand.
First in Four Groups.
| Mrs. Joseph C. Byron, Hagerstown,
| president of the State body, in her re-
port submitted to the convention said
| it was fitting that Cumberland should
be host to the convention, in that this
city has enrolled the first senior choir,
the first high school glee club, the first
| junior choir and the first home group
in the State. Cumberland also gave
| the State federation its first prest-
dent, Mrs Thomas P. Richard, and
also held the first federation evening
| in which all the clubs Of the fourth
district took part. A substantial in
| crease in musical activity in the State
was reported with enrolment of 30
| clubs, as compared with SO of last year.
The membership is over 1000 and the
| indications are there will be over 100
clubs by next year, the number neceS-
sary to give the State class l rat
| ing by the national federation.
Officers of the Federation are elected
every two years. A number OF va
Frank Stuart Rowe, second vice presi-
dent, was elected first vice president,
succeeding Mrs. G. Ridgely Sappington,
Baltimore. Mrs. Richard w. Travas-
kis, Cumberland, who had charge OF
the convention arrangements, sue
ceedS Mrs. Rowe. Mrs. William Beeh-
Ter, Baltimore, was appointed chairman
of bulletin extension, succeeding Mrs.
w. w. Baldwin, Baltimore; Mrs. Louis
succeeding Mrs. Benjamin Dobson,
Baltimore George w. Updegraf.
Hagerstown, was appointed chairman
Of the American Composers Committee,
succeeding Mrs. Symington, and Mrs
Thomas L. Popp was named editor OF
the State Bulletin, succeeding Mrs
| Logan. Mrs. Luis Gutman, Baltimore,
resigned as president of the Past Presi-
dents Assembly. Several of the resig-
nations were due to leaving the State.
Student Loan Report.
Mrs. G. Ridgely Sappington presented
the report of the Student Loan Com
mittee with rules to govern the fund,
which is now $780, and 1t was recon-
mended that an annual fund of at least
$500 be established.
The gold pin offered by Mrs. Frank
! Stuart Rowe, State chairman of ex-
tension, for the person federating the
greatest number of clubs, was awarded
Mrs. Thomas Pickering, Cumberland,
director of the fourth district. She
federated the Trevaskis, Skyes and
Barton home groups, a violin ensemble,
with Miss Esther L. Hoyt; girls glee
club, with Mrs. v. Moreland Mckenzie;
choral club, with Miss Dorothy VIII
lison; boys treble club, with Miss
! Hoyt girls sextet. with Miss Alma