Evening star., 1938-06-10
College Life
In China
Persists
Buildings Are Used
AS Refugee
Stations.

OLLEGE lie IN emma unoer
war conditions was reviewed
:, by Miss Rebecca Greist of New
~ York at tea yesterday un-
der the auspices of the Associatd
Boards for Christian Colleges at the
home of Mrs. Walter c. Lowdermilk,
%72l Colorado avenue NV.
Colleges have been converted into
refugee stations for women and chill
dren, she said, and the students and
faculties have been removed to the
interior of the country. Mentioning
Ginling College, which she represents
on the Associated Boards, Miss Greist
said that though preparations had been
made there to receive a maximum of
2,600 refugees, as many as 10000 had
crowded into the college grounds at
one time.
The college has been moved from
Marking to Hankow and later to
Chengtu, 1000 miles inland, where
1t is continuing to function on greatly
reduced scale, she stated. AS evidence
of the continued interest in higher edu-
cation on the part of the Chinese gov
ernment, she pointed out that govern
ment funds continued to be allocated for
educational purposes in spite of the
pressing needs for war purposes.
Among the special guests were Miss
Shih Pao-chen of Peiping, national
studetn secretary of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association of China;
Miss Wang Pei-djen. principal of
Bridgeman School, Shanghai, and
Miss Julia Chen, graduate Of Hwa
Nan College, Foochow. who is study
ing for a Phi. D. degree at American
University. Miss Shih and Miss Wang
spoke briefly and Miss Chen gave some
musical selections.
The program was arranged by Miss
Helen M. Loomis of Washington. sec
retary to the president of Ginling
College for Women at Nanking, now
on leave. Objects of Chinese art and
culture brought by DR.. and Mrs.
Lowdermilk from China we're on
display.
Miss Loomis entertained at lunch
con today at the Hay-Adams House
for Miss Yoeh E. Wang. Mrs. 2. T.
Ing and the visiting Chinese ladies.
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Following a meeting of the executive
board of the Woman's Club OF Chevy
Chase yesterday at the home of the
president, Mrs. Joseph T. Mcguire,
section and committee chairmen who
will be in charge of the club activi-
ties next year will be announced.
They are: House, Mrs. Harrison F.
Fits; membership, Mrs. Frederick E.
Shoemaker; program, Mrs. James j.
Hayden; printing, Mrs. H. S. Yohe;
hospitality. Miss Edith Garguile; press,
Mrs Ruth L. Bonnet; ushers, Mrs.
William L. Oren, jr.; finance, Mrs.
Louis S. Murphy; resolutions and leg
islation, Mrs. William F. Henry; mo-
ton pictures, Mrs. Martin H. Euls-
mann.
The section chairmen are: Evening
section. Mrs. Alfred Savage; applied
education, Mrs. Douglas Griesem;
public welfare, Mrs. George F.. Gra-
ham; art, Mrs Henry De C. Adams:
civics. Mrs. Edward H. Helmuth;
drama, Mrs. Arthur T. Davenport;
French. Mrs. F. S. Bracket; inter-
national relations, Mrs. Edgar F.
Fowler; German. Mrs. st. Clair T.
Thomas; junior department, Mrs. Ar
thur 3. Nesbit literature. Mrs. Fred
erick F. Espenschied music, Mrs.
William C. Collins; nature, Mrs. Har-
old c. Bryant; social, Mrs. Harold E.
Burton.
Mrs. Frederick NJ Kerby. chairman
of the committee for the $500 club
house fund, reported that all but $500
has been raised
The new officers are: President,
Mrs. Joseph T. Mcguire; first vice
president, Mrs. Frederick NJ Kerby;
second vice president, Mrs Edward H.
Helmuth; recording secretary, Mrs.
Philip P. Gott: corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Paul H. Butler; treasurer,
Mrs Louis S. Murphy; assistant treas
urer. Mrs. Roy J. Jorolemon, and di-
rector to the Maryland Federation,
Mrs. Edward L. Smead.
r
Prince of Peace" is the name of a
play, written by Mrs. Minnie Frost
the D. c. Federation of Woman's
Clubs, which will be presented serial
ly at the Sylvan Theater on June Is
and ls. The first five episodes, which
deal with the historical events imme-
diately preceding the birth of Christ,
will be given Saturday evening, and
the last five episodes. which are con-
cerned with the early life of Jesus,
will be presented on Sunday with the
A Capella Choir directed by Mrs.
Ruby A. Stahl singing the prelude.
The committees in charge Of the
production at the civic theater are
headed by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Mrs.
Lloyd w. Biddle, Mrs. Ernest H.
Daniel, Mrs. Arthur c. Watkins, Mrs.
Lloyd A. Morrison, Mrs. Ruth H. Snod-
grass, Mrs. Thomas C. Atkinson, Mrs.
Charles P. Keyser, Miss Alice Keith,
Mrs. Alfred Flemming. Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt, Mrs. j. E. Wright, Mrs. Cabot
Stevens, Mrs. Paul Burk and Mrs.
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