The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-19
Picnic Planned
By Sorority
Chapter


cation OF club nelUS 1t is GdDtSed
that material be submitted to
the club editor tDeH in GdUGnce
of the date for tDhtch publicG-
ton Is iOGnted. Notice of meet.
tr0S, social activities, club aims
and dripes, sorority activities,
and personality sketches of club
tUonten, as nell IS a daily club
calendar, are among the items.
tDhtch tUiH be featured every
day IN this column.
BY MARY PADGETT
Activities for the season for
members of the Washington Alum
nae Chapter Of Sigma Kappa So.
rority will open when they gather
for a picnic supper, Monday night
at 8 o'clock at Sligo Cabin, Sill
yer Spring, Md.
OF principal interest to the
group will be the reports of the
local delegates who attended the
recent forty-ninth annual conven.
ton Of Sigma Kappa, held at
Observation-Disclosures, Evergreen,
Colorado. Those who attended
from Washington are Helen Jones,
president Of the Washington
Alumnae Chapter; Alma Barker,
from the Alumnae Chapter; Jen.
nette Gilbert, president Of zeta
Chapter of Sigma Kappa at
George Washington University,
and Marie Smith, of Zeta Chapter.
At this convention, Mrs. Alice
HerSey Wick, former resident Of
the District Of Columbia and now
living in Philadelphia, was elected
grand president Of Sigma Kappa
Another item Of interest for the
Washington SigmaS to discuss
Monday is the establishment Of
Zeta Chapter in its new apartment
at Sorority Hall, George Washing
ton University.
The girls who are making ar
rangements for the picnic are Mrs.
Naomi Grain Jarman, chairman;
Mrs. Eleanor Hall Saunders, Mrs.
Miriam Likens Smith, and Mrs,
Peggy Somerville VanSicker.
Place For Winter
AS the summer activities of the
American Association of Univer-
Sity Women are drawing to a
close, plans are well under way
for the winter social affairs and
study group meetings.
The opening tea Of the all.
tumn season will be given Mon.
day afternoon in the clubhouse,
1854 I st. N. W., october S, at
4:30 o'clock. mot Tonight" a
one-act comedy by George O.
Riggs and Mannix Walker, will
be presented to entertain the
members at the tea. Mrs. vii,
liam C. Van Week will be hostess
The Washington Branch will
hold a business meeting following
the tea scheduled for Monday
afternoon, October IL, with the
president, Mrs. Richard Hogue
presiding. On this afternoon, a
musicale will entertain the mem
bers. A current event talk on
election news" is on the pro
gram for the tea on october 26
Next Thursday morning at a
meeting of the clubs book review
section, Miss Louise Newell will
review Vincent Van Gogh" by
Julius Meier.
An organization meeting of the
poetry group, under the leader
ship Of Miss Evelyn Ruth Hender.
son, will be held in the clubhouse
lounge Thursday morning, Octo'
Der /, at IL o'clock.
The dramatically inclined mem.
berS Of the club, known as The
Players, directed by Miss Alice
Jewell, will meet Monday night.
September %, at 7:30 o'clock.
Other members interested in join.
ing the group are invited to
attend.
Mrs. Margaret Graham will be
hostess at the regular Monday
afternoon tea at 4:30 o'clock, and
Miss Elsa Fowle will pour Monday
afternoon, September %, at the
last of the informal teas spon
sored by the junior group Of the
club.
Elect Officers
Officers elected by Alpha Chap.
ter, Beta Chi Sorority, at its re.
cent meeting at the home of Mrs,
Margaret Dietrich, are as follows:
Miss Lorraine BranSon, preSi.
dent; Mrs. Maybelle Cunningham,
vice president: Mrs. Elizabeth Der.
nard, recording secretary; Miss
Thelma Baker, corresponding sec.
rotary; Mrs. Ann Monroe, treas.
urer; Mrs. Barbara Griggs, re
porter; Miss Bobby Goble and
Mrs. Margaret Dietrich, council
members; Miss Wilhelmina Cron-
enberg, Sergeant-at-arms, and Miss
Pearl Compton, appointed to the
Inter- Chapter Social Committee.
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