Evening star., 1933-12-17
Sororities Plans
For Christmas Giving

Of the party will be the drawing of
gifts from the Christmas grab" made
up Of gifts brought by each member
Plans viii be made during the busi-
ness meeting Tor Christmas charity
work, as was also done at Thanksgiving
time
The seven local chapters of the Sigma
Epsilon National Sorority will join in
holding their annual closed Christmas
dance at the Columbia Country Club
Tuesday, December 26. A. light supper
VIII be served during the course of the
evening. Members of the Executive
Council of Columbia Province are In
charge Of the arrangements.
Alpha Province of Chi Sigma Sorority
Is planning full program for the
coming year, and with the distribution
OF charity baskets of food and boxes of
toys. Alpha Province will finish out the
old year. The new year will begin
with the province meeting to be held
at the Mayfower Hotel January and
the Founders day celebration in the
form of supper dance on January 13.
also at the Mayflower Hotel The five
founders Of Chi Sigma Sorority will be
on hand to help celebrate the fifteenth
birthday. Miss Mary Wood, province
president, will be hostess of this affair
and will be supported by the entire
Entertainment Committee, consisting
Of 1dcs9 one IN member 2f each Of the eight
Colhhower, vice president OF the
province.
Alpha Chapter. zeta Kappa Psi So
rority, will give Christmas party Fri
day, December %, at $50 O'Clock. at
the home OF Miss Margaret A. Hick-
man, 1921 Sixteenth street. The as
sisting hostesses will be Miss Catherine
Ford, Miss Sally Allen and Miss Eliza
beth McGarry. A feature of the party
will be the filling of two stockings, one
for bov and one for a girl, for the
Central Union Mission
The Executive Council OF Columbia
Province, Sigma Epsilon Sorority, will
hold Its annual closed Christmas dance
at Columbia Country Club on Decem-
Der 26- A buffet supper will be served
before the dance. Miss Helen Schu-
macher of Beta Chapter Is chairman
Of the Committee on Arrangements.
The Alpha. Delta, Gamma Chapters
Of Chi Delta Gamma Sorority are
given Tuesday evening, December 26.
at the Kennedy Warren from 10 to
2 O'Clock.
The District Of Columbia Alumnae
Association Of Gamma Phi Beta met
for luncheon at The Parrot Saturday. |
Among those present were Mrs. George
w. Lipscomb, Mrs. Donald Halstead.
Mrs. Rex Beasley, Mrs. Beale Jensen,
Miss Doris Irwin, Miss Helen Crouch,
Miss Helen Bliss, Mrs. Cahill, Mrs. |
. Henderson. Miss DihhlR Mrs
Truesdale and Mrs. James A. Rolls.
Among the anniversaries celebrated
last week was the silver anniversary of
the Kappa Beta Pi Sorority, which held
Founders dav dinners at various points
throughout the country. The WASH
ington celebration was held Friday eve
ming at the Women's City Club. where
the four local chapters Of the sorority
in Washington united in the observ-
ance of the day.
The presiding officer was Mrs. Helena
DOGGY Reed. who is dean of Province
2. in which Washington is situated. and
the guests OF honor we're: Chief Justice
and Mrs Alfred A Wheat Dean and
Mai Garfield Riley, Washington College
of Law; Miss Sue s. White, executive
secretary OF the Women's Division
Democratic National Committee: DR..
Ellen Spencer Mussey. founder Of
Washington College of Law: Mrs.
Charles F. Carusi, patroness of Omicron
Chapter: Mrs. Edwina Avery. president,
women's Bar Association; Miss Beatrice
Clephane. director of Legal Aid Bu-
reau; Mrs. Martha R. Gold memner
Of national board. Kappa, Beta Pi;
Miss Margaret H. Erley. president. Cy
Pres Club, National University; Mrs.
Vera Rhine. president, junior class, Ma
tional University.
Unlike many public dinners, there was
but one speech. which was delivered
by Miss Sue S. White, executive secre-
tary Of the Women's Division of the
Democratic National Committee. Miss
Whites topic was Women and the
Legal Profession" and she made clear
the advances which women have made
in the law especially during the years
of Kappa Beta Pi i
The program also contained several
musical numbers by Miss Mary Rus
sell Williams and Mrs. Rose Maltby,
which 20 to show that music and the
law are not divorced In Kappa Beta Pi.
Alpha Gamma Chapter of Alpha
zeta Beta National Sorority held its
regular meeting on Tuesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Virginia Van Meter.
Mrs. Stuart Currey was elected chair
man of a committee to distribute the
Christmas basket which the chapter Is
! giving to a needy family.
Miss Margaret Burchell acted as
hostess to Pi Chapter. Tau Phi Ma
tional Sorority. at its semi-monthly
business meeting at her home, 1721
Kenyon street northwest, Monday.
Plans were made by the chapter to
take care of a family OF children. fur
nishing them with food and clothing
| for Christmas, the committee berg
composed of Anna Feusahrens and
| Mary wayson. Plans we're also dis
cussed for a dance to be given the
latter part of January, He-en Wayson
acting as chairman Of the committee
| in charge. assisted by Anna Feusan-
! rens and Pauline Absher. Officers
, elected for the coming year are: Presi-
dent, Margaret Burchell; vice president,
! Pauline Absher: secretary. Evelyn Spar
shott: treasurer, Elizabeth Tewksbury;
sergeant at arms. Anna Feusahrens;
| chaplain, Ida Lyons; custodian, kath-
ryn McGogney. and goat-mistress, Helen
Wayson.
Miss Ida Lyons, outgoing chapter
president, will entertain the new off1-
GERS at a tea today, at which time the
! formal installation will take place. MISS
Martha Bean. Washington Council
president, acting as conductress. Miss
Lyons will be presented with pair OF