The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-07
ALPHA DELTA PI
MEET OPENS
ON FRIDAY
BY MARY PADGETT

Alphi Pi Chapter Of George
Washington University and the
Washington Alumnae Association
will be hostesSes to out-of-town
delegates from Alpha Delta ri
chapter as they begin two-day
conference here Friday.
Members will come from Duke
University, Durham, N. c.; Ran
dolph-Macon Woman's College,
Lynchburg, Va; University Of
South Carolina, Columbia, s. c.;
Queens hicora College, Charlotte
N. c., and alumrlae associations in
Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina.
Mrs. Joseph B Hubbard, grand
president, is to come from Cam
bridge, Mass, to address the con-
ference. Miss Ann Hargrove, Of
Suffolk, Va, province president,
will preside. She will be assisted
by Mrs. C.. B. Elliott, of Columbia,
S. c., province wee president and
former dean Of women at the Uni
versity of South Carolina.
Registrations Slated
Registration will be held at the
Fairfax Hotel Friday night, after
which a buffet supper will be
served in the chapter rooms, 2129
G st. N. w., in honor Of the visit
ing delegates. Later the group
will see motion pictures taken at
the national convention Of Alpha
Delta Pi last July in Del Monte,
Calf.
There will be luncheon for the
women Saturday at p. m. at Yves
ley Hall, with Miss Mary Fulgharn
in charge.
A conference banquet will be
held at 8 p. m. Saturday in the
presidential dining room OF the
Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Graeme
Bannerman will be toaStmistress
and Mrs. Hubbard will give the
principal address. Other speakers
will be Miss Hargrave, Mrs. Elliott.
Miss Carolyn Watson, president OF
the George Washington University
Chapter and Mrs. Hubert Bisselle.
president Of the Washington Alum
nae Association.
In charge Of the banquet are
Miss Evelyn Kerr, Mrs. Robert
Lyle and Miss Bertha Lockhart.
Mrs. Benjamin Shelton, 2009 Bel
mont Rd. N. w., is in charge Of
reservations.
Tea Planned Sunday
Members of the Washington
Panhellenic Association, George
Washington University officials
and patronesses of the sorority
have been invited to meet the del
egates at tea, Sunday at p. m. in
the chapter rooms.
Mrs. Noble Boaz is chairman Of
the tea, assisted by Miss Wanda
Webb, Mrs. Norman Hearn, Miss
Jacquelyn Pringle, Mrs. Ormand
Demorett, Miss Florence Heddon,
Mrs. Ralph Erskine and Mrs.
Charles Dooley.
Mrs. Adams s. McAllister, State
chairman Of conservation for the
District d. A. R., will speak before
members Of Jamor L'Enfant Chap
ter at q meeting tonight at the
home Of Mrs. Chase Smoot, 3158
Mt. Pleasant st. N. w.
Mrs. McA1lister will stress hu.
man conservation and the i'm.
portance Of aiding charitable or.
ganization, featuring the work of
the Good Will Industries, which
was formed to give employment
to handicapped persons.
Incidentally, Mrs. McAllister,
whose State Conservation Com.
mittee includes one representative
from each Of the SO local chapters,
has issued a call for additional
workers from D. A. r. chapters
to assist her committee during
the Good Will Industries cam
paign next week.
A last call has been issued for
local poets to submit entries in the
fifth annual poetry contest Spon-
sored by the District Of Colum-
bia Federation of Women'S Clubs.
The contest closes Saturday. It is
open to all poets in the District,
and in nearby Maryland and Vir'
ginia.
Any title or form may be used
in verses submitted, but contest
ants are limited to 100 lines fol
each poem. Poetry must be orig
inal and unpublished.
Awards viii be made at the May
meeting Of the District Federation
Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler IL
poetry chairman. Poems may BIT
sent to her before Saturday.