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De1phian Chapters.

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THETA TAU ZETA CHAPTER held
its charter singing ceremony April
Is at the Army and Navy Hotel fol-
lowing dinner.
Miss Iva M. Menefee will be the
leader of the meeting April 80 at the
Army and Navy Hotel, on the sub
ject "The Triumph of the West"
The program will be as follows: so
cial Customs in Solon's Athens" Miss
Edith B. Aldridge and Miss Barbara
A. Sutter; "Solon's Career" Miss
Loduth La Raw and Miss Estelle
Anthony: The Persians and Their
Civilization" Miss Katheryn M.
Doherty and Mrs. Francis x. johnson:
The Repulse of Persia" Miss Gladys
harrington and Miss Lucy c. ONO
hundro; Social Conditions in the
Haycyon Interlude," Mrs. Lewis
Deschler and Mrs. Frank v. N. Cook;
War Heroes and Statesmen" Miss
M. Lillian Bostick and Miss Gertrude
Upton; Related Trains of Thought. 4"
Miss Mary C. Williams and Mrs.
George H. Markley.
Gamma Chapter met at the Shore
ham Hotel April l6. The president,
Mrs. Alice c. Eliot, presided The
preparatory discussion was given by
Miss Sophia Lunceford, leader of the
literary program Miss Lulu Adams
reported on 'Teutonic Invaders" Mrs.
Leroy Elliott on Beginnings of
Monasticism," Miss Clara Dickerson
on "Feudalism," Mrs. Ella G. Prescott
on THE Rise of Islam," Miss Mary
G. Wexford on "Charlemagne." Mrs.
Mary Mathiet on After Charlie
magne." Miss Julia Gilbert on The
Eastern Empire" Miss Irene Wester-
man on "Primacy of Rome" Mrs.
Harry Sears on Early Britain" Mrs.
Evelyn Bright Buckley on Early
Medieval Education"
The presidents summary followed
the literary program, THE Raw Ma
terial of Modern Culture" The next
meeting will be held at the Shore
ham Hotel April 80 at s:15 pm.
Roosevelt Chapter met at the
Hamilton Hotel April 10. The subject
was The Story of Hannibal and Its
Political Sequels." The general theme
being the clash of Argan and Semetic
civilization.
On April "a at 10 am. the next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. VIM. Earl Clark, 1929 lockwood
parkway, and will be followed with
a luncheon.
National Capital Chapter will meet
Wednesday at 10 o'clock in Jellef's
Little Theater. Mrs. j. B. Hartley
will have charge of the program on
THE Renaissance in France" In
preparatory discussion, Mrs. Hartley
will tell of the Expressions of the
New Spirit in Western Europe"
Program topics have been assigned
as follows: The Beginning of the
Hundred Years War;" Mrs. H. A.
Latane; "The Maid of Orleans" Mrs.
Floyd B. Olcott; The Growth of
French Absolutism," Mrs. Charles F.
Schoonmaker: THE Renaissance in
France" Mrs. H N. Dorman; Gath
crime de Medici," Mrs. w. C. We'll
burn; "The Era of Religious Wars"
MIS-. Newton jackson.
Delta Sigma Chapter held meetings
April 9 and April 16 at the Shoreham
Hotel, the president, Mrs. Pinckney
]. Harman, presiding.
The literary program on April
was Restoration Drama" led by
Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass. After the pre-
liminary survey, given by the presi-
dent. Mrs. Harman, the following
topics were given: Relation of
Drama to Political and Social Life -
by Mrs. David Bethune: General
Character of Late Stuart Drama" by
Mrs. M. o. Hayes; Later Stuart
Comedy" by Mrs. Gale E. Pugh;
"Congreve," discussed by the chapter;
Love for Love-" by Mrs. w. B. Hayes;
"The Country Wife," by Mrs. Charles
Riordan.
Mrs. Robert M. Bowen Of New York
City, Mrs. Fred Golden and Mrs.
George A. Lilly of the George Wash
ington Delphian Chapter attended
the meeting.
The literary program on April 16
was Eighteenth Century Drama" led
by Mrs. Gale E. Pugh. After the pre-
liminary survey given by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Harman, the following sub
jects were discussed: Character of
Sheridan's Work." by Mrs. Helen
Cranston.
1.-The School for Scandal: Analysis
of act I, by Mrs. John Evans; analysis
of act II, by Mrs. F. w. Braden;
analysis of act III, by Mrs. Margaret
Fuller; analysis of act ", by Mrs.
Willard Nails; analysis of act "" by
Mrs. Charles Bassett.
George Washington Chapter will
meet and Mrs. Clarence West, presi-
dent, will preside at the business
meeting, preceding the study hour, at
the Hamilton Hotel Wednesday at 10
o'clock. A report of progress in plans
for the annual luncheon to be given
by the Delphian chapters of the Dis
trict Of Columbia at the Mayf1ower
Hotel May 10 will be made by Mrs.
Grattan Kerans, general chairman.
Mrs. A. B. Manly, Of the chapter,
has been selected as member Of
the Committee on Decorations. Mrs.
Manly will be the leader at the meet
ing Wednesday morning, when
"cedipus the King" as a Greek
drama, will be the program subject.
Taking part in the study will be Mrs.
J. K. Freiot, Mrs. William Liddle,
Mrs. George A. Lilly, Mrs. w. J.
Evans, Mrs. Charles H. Potter, Mrs.
c. v. Rask, Mrs. j. B. Tiffey, Mrs.
Harry Smith and Mrs. Chester Swope.