Evening star., 1934-02-18
MONDAY EVENING
CLUB WILL MEET
Organization Long Leader
in Social Welfare to
Dine Tomorrow.

The Monday Evening CLUB, winch
for the past 38 years has assumed
leadership in the study and solution
Of social problems in the District, will
hold its annual meeting tomorrow eve
ming with dinner at Z o'clock in
Barker Hall, Y. w. c. A, Seventeenth
and K streets
DR.. c. M. Bookman, until recently
associated with Harry L. Hopkins In
the administration of Federal emer-
gency relief, will be the principal
speaker. His subject will be Social
Work Today" Dr. Bookman at pres
ent is director of the Cincinnati Com
munity Chest and is a former presi-
dent of the National Conference Of
Social Work and also a former presi-
dent of the Community Chests and
Councils, Inc.
Sanford Bates, Federal director Of
prisons and president of the club. will
preside as toaStmaster and at re-
ception to precede the dinner.
DIR. Sheen to Speak.
DR. Fulton j. Sheen of Catholic
University also will deliver an ad-
dress. George Gaul's Orchestra will
present a musical program and there
will be a number of songs led by
Adolph Turner of the District Play
ground Department.
Arrangements for the dinner have
been made for the annual meeting by
q committee composed of Edgar M.
Gerlach, chairman; Mrs. Ray Everett.
Miss Sybil Baker, Miss Mildred Ter
rett, Miss Ruth Bloodgocd, Miss Mary
Allen, Miss Hettie Anderson, Mrs.
Thomas r. West and Walter MacPeek.
The Monday Evening Club has been
holding monthly meetings for the
study and discussion of social welfare
matters since its beginning in Oc-
tober, 1896. 1t was organized upon
the initiative Of Mrs. Sarah S. Fuller,
then visitor Of the Associated Char
tiles. The aim and name of the or
ganiZation was taken from the Mon
day Evening Club of Boston, with
which Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Louise
Skinner, then superintendent of the
Young Women's Christian Home, were
familiar.
The Young Women's Christian Home
was located at 311 G street, where
the organization and many subsequent
meetings were neld.
Wilson Suggested Club.
1t was upon motion of George S.
Wilson, present District director of
public welfare, that the club was or
gantzed formally. Mr.. Wilson then
was general secretary OF the ASso-
ciated Charities. The officers elected
at that time were Herbert w. Lewis
of the Board of Children's Guardians,
president; Mrs. Skinner, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Fuller secretary, and Miss
3. NJ. Wilson, treasurer.
At that time the organization was
confined to professional social work
ers and after a month the member
ship numbered 35. Two years later
the membership was extended to in
clude volunteer workers and by 1913
the membership had grown to more
than 300. At present there are more
than 600 active members of the or
eanization.
The coordination of effort to OBJ
tain for the city of Washington the
best possible program of social serv-
ice was written into the constitution
Of the club in 1910, and that has been
its aim since.
Served for Three Years.
Mr.. Lewis served as president for
three years. Since that time heads
of the club have included John W.
Douglass, B. Pickman Mann. Mrs
Mary c. Rugg, Mrs. c. D. Merwin.
Louis F. Zinklan, Charles w. Skin
ner. Orton E. Darnell, William H.
Baldwin. Rev. John Van Schaick. jr.;
Charles F. Nesbit, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
p. Bicknell, Walter S. Ufford, George
6. Wilson, John Dolph, J. Wilmer
Latimer, Royal Meeker, Selden M.
Ely. Arthur Deerin Call, John Ihlder,
Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, w. L.
Darby, Dorsey w. Hyde jr.: Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, Louis Brownlow,
Willard G. Smith and Dr. Frank w.
Ballou.
Serving with Mr.. Bates now are
Leroy A. Halbert. first vice president:
Rev. Russell j. Clinchy. second vice
president; Ray H. Everett, recording
secretary; Miss Mildred Terrett, cor
responding secretary, and Miss Mary
p. Allen, treasurer
The executive board is composed of
the officers and Leifur Magnusson,
katherine F. Ienroot, Isador. Lubin,
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples, Mrs. Alice
G. Sheldon and Walter S. Ufford.