Evening star., 1932-11-20
College Alumnae Tea
Honorins New President
At Trinity College Today
Many Sororities Hold Meet
ings and Plan Season 8
Programs.

| ity College Alumnae Association has
issued invitations 10 q tea to be held
at Trinity College this afternoon from
4 to O'Clock, In compliment to the
new president of the college and to the
dean Of the student body.
The guests will be received IN the
social hall Of the college by Miss Mar
garet Wallace, Miss Florence ODono-
ghue and Mrs. J. Malcolm Turton.
Presiding at the tea tables Will be
Mrs. lawrence ". Grogan. Mrs. Francis
x. Callaghan, Mrs. Neil Burkinshaw
and Mrs. James Farley. Assisting dur
ing the afternoon will be Miss Mary
| McCracken, Miss Katherine Sheehan,
Miss Rita Smith and Miss Cecilia Shea.
A special musical program for the
afternoon has been arranged by the
alumnae orchestra, consisting Of Mrs.
James J. Hayden, Miss Bernardette
Sheehan, Miss Kathleen Harlow and
Miss Adele Cavanaugh.
Phi ri Epsilon, National Foreign
Service Sorority of the George Wash
ington University, will have as guest
| speaker on Tuesday evening Mrs. VIII
liam s. Culbertson, wife of the Amer
ican Ambassador to Chile. Mrs Gull
bertson will talk on THE Political and
Economic Status Of the Women of
Chile" and Getting Acquainted With
Our Latin American Neighbors."
Among the guests will be Sonora de
Cuban embassy; Mrs. Cloyd H Marvin,
wife of the president of the university;
Mrs. Daniel H. Buchanan and Mrs.
Alva O. Wilgus, wives Of faculty mem
bers. Miss Dorothy Mess, president of
the chapter. and Miss Mildred Burn
ham, national president, will receive
the guests. Mrs. John Donaldson, ma
tjonal vice president, will introduce the
speaker.
Phi Pi Epsilon, the first foreign serv-
ice sorority to be founded in this coun-
try. was organized at the George Wash
tngton University IN 1881. The mem
bers are woman students Of the uni
versity registered in such courses as
will assist in the preparation of a for
eign service career, whether with the
Government or with private individuals
or concerns.
The annual banquet Of Delta Delta
Delta Fraternity will take place tomor-
row evening at O'Clock In the private
dining room at Tilden Gardens. Miss
Florence Lumsden Is chairman of ar
rangementS, assisted by Mrs. Theodore
Cogswell, Mrs. Howard Eales, Mrs. John
F. Holland and Mrs. Victor Lumsden.
Mrs, James g. Cumming, president will
preside, and toasts will be given by Miss
Nellie A. Brown, THE Alliance; Mrs.
Howard Eales, THE National: Mrs
A. NJ. Edwards and Miss Mary Alice
Gibson, THE Active
Mrs. William Collins will be the So
loist, accompanied by Mrs. Bert Frost.
MIS-. Bessie K. Brown will give q spe-
clal entertainment between the courses
of the banquet.
The Washington Chapter Of National
Park Seminary Alumnae reorRanized
ana met Monday at the home of Miss
Helen q. Kline in Chevy Chase. The
noSteSSes were Miss Katherine Wicks
MISS Helen Gruver Kline, Miss Mar
garet Finkenstaedt, Miss Elizabeth
rInkenstaedt and Miss Agnes Lambert. |
Inc oining room and refreshments |
were lavender and pink.
The regular meeting of Delta Phi
sigma Sorority, Iota Chapter. met at |
tne residence Of Miss Lorena ludlow
WI pennsylvania. avenue southeast
with 'l8 from a roll of 10 present.
AFTER business meeting there was a |
ralne prize, which was won by Miss
Lorraine Carey. Following this the
grs proceeded to another room. which |
was very beautifully decorated in pink |
In honor Of the new sorority bride Mrs
Margaret Grant Woods.
The ninetieth meeting Of Eta Chanter
OF the National Sorority Phi Sigma |
Epsilon was held at the home of Miss
Der 8.
Members presiding at the pledgine
OF two "rushees," Miss Cherry Whitney
and Miss Lois Gaylor, were Miss Min
erVa Baden, president; Miss Dorothy
Carr, Miss Genevieve Carr, Miss Mar
garet Jose, Miss Eva Rabbit, Miss Pearl
Strickland, Miss Ruth Stull and Miss
Weltha Woolheiser.
Inactive members included Miss Mar
garet Crawford and Miss Gertrude
PoWer, while Miss Louise Heider, a con-
feree from Alpha, sister chapter, was
also in attendance.
Recently installed pledges" attend
ing were Miss K. j. Saylor and Miss
Grace Hudson.
The next meeting Of the chapter will |
be tuesday. November %, at the home
OF Miss Genevieve Carr and Miss Doro-
thy Carr, at $3.50 o'clock.
Mrs. J. Donald Halstead entertained
the members OF the District of Colum-
bia Alumnae Association of Gamma |
Phi Beta at dinner Friday at hsr home |
at 1910 Nineteenth street, the occasion |
celebrating the founding Of the sorority |
which took place November II, 1874. |
at Syracuse University.
Among the guests were Mrs q. L. |
Dulaney, Mrs. G. w. Lipscomb, Miss |
Helen Crouch, Mrs. Ralph Boss, Miss |
Helen Bliss, Miss Jane Dibble, Miss |
Doris Irwin and Mrs. J. A. Rolls.
lambda Chapter of Chi Sigma soror-
ity entertained its rush girls with |
party Tuesday at the home of Miss |
Elinor Lore. The girls present were |
Miss Colleen Phoebus, Miss Virginia |
Beall, Miss Louise McCleery, Miss Vera |
Mauger. Miss Helen Mauger, Miss Kath- |
crime Woody, Miss Catherine Pfiuger,
Miss Esther Goding, Miss Catherine |
Murphy, Miss Dorothy Collihower, Miss |
Helen McCann, Miss Mary Mccarthy, |
Miss Evelyn Hill, Miss Dorothy Klee, |
Miss Helen McDermott, Miss Helen |
Sudduth and others.
The first of series Of rush" func-
tons sponsored by Iota Chapter, Chi |
Sigma National Sorority was a tea |
held at the home Of Mrs. Margaret
Moffatt in North Woodside, Md, Sun
day, November 13.
Mrs. Moffatt was assisted in receiving
by Miss Flossie T1llotson, initiation |
chairman, and Miss Mary Lou Coli |
flower, president Of the chapter, poured |
tea.
The guests included Miss Irene Gar
retson, Miss Frances Sullivan, Miss |
Leola Stahl, Miss Hazel White and |
Miss Eileen LOTUS. "rushees";; Mrs. |
Hilda Doyle, Miss Marie Moore, Miss |
Edith Swiger and Mrs. Virginia Nor |
gan, inactive members; Miss Dorothy |
Petty, Miss Mary Elizabeth O'Connor. |
Miss Kathleen O'Connor, Miss Pauline |
Bell, Miss Mary Neubeck. Mrs. Cath