The Washington times., 1938-02-17

1enlc congress SOrOrltleS III W
Distinguished business and
professional college fraternity
women, each one chosen to rep
resent her respective sorority as
its most outstanding member,
will be the guests of honor.
Miss Helen Martell, president
of the Panhellenic Association
of washington, will preside at
the luncheon and will introduce
the % guests of honor, as well
as Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard,
who will be the guest speaker.
Mrs. Howard, who was mem
Der of Tau Kappa Pi Sorority at
Goucher College, Is a leader in
her field of current-events edu-
cation.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife
of the Secretary Of Agriculture,
heads the list of distinguished
guests. Other guests Of honor
will be Mrs. Frank M. Gentry,
I'd, of Manhasset, Long Island.
president of the National Pan
hellenic Congress-; Judge Ellen
K. Ready, of the Municipal
Court of the District; Mrs. Ellen
S. Woodward, WPA admins
traitor; Mrs. Hope Ridings Mil
Ter, society editor of the Wash
ington Post; Miss Bess Goody-
koontz, assistant commissioner
of education; Miss Florence Sc
vile Bergman, traveller and
writer; Mrs. Charles Beard, dis
tinguished scholar and author:
DR.. Charlotte Elliott, research
worker; Miss Edith lockwood,
Of the Children's Bureau.
Also Mrs. William c. Van
Week, prominent clubwoman;
Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist, member
OF the Mortar Board and prom1-
nent in club work; Mrs. Joseph
H. White, one of the founders
Of the Washington Alumnae AS
sociation; Miss Marie Coudert,
social service worker; Miss Susan
Emolyn Harman, associate pro-
fessor in the English depart
rnent at the University of Mary.
land; DR.. Miriam Bernhard,
botanist with the United States
Forest Service; Mrs. Lucy S.
Howorth, lawyer and member
Of the board of veterans ap-
peals of the Veterans Bureau;
Mrs. Geraldine Walker Haupt,
scientist with the Bureau Of
Standards; Miss Frances Young
blood, editor of the magazine
of the National League Of Ameri-
can Penwomen; Miss Matte
Richards Tyler, poet; Mrs. Helen
Crouch Douglass, Department
of Agriculture'S official Aunt
Sammy" of the radio service:
Miss Lillian K. Pontius, member
of the board of directors of the
Matinee Musical Club of Phila-
delphia, and Mrs. Gilbert w.
Mead, president of Washington
College, at Chestertown. Md.
HOsTEsSES OF GROUPS
Each Of the sororities will be
represented by hostesses at the
luncheon. Those selected, &C
cording to Mrs. Joseph A.
Roney, chairman of hostesSeS,
are as follows:
Alpha Chi Omega, Mrs. How
ard Caster, Mrs. Robert Nash,
Mrs. Leonard Downie; Alpha
Delta Pi, Mrs. William H. Bon
neville, Miss Helen Newton,
Miss Elizabeth Rees: Alpha
Delta Theta, Miss Charlotte
Womack, Mrs. Irwin Menik-
helm; Alpha Gamma Delta,
Miss Vivian Vestal, Mrs. Lytton
Boyle, Mrs. J. E. Sangstad: AL
pha Omicron Pi, Mrs. Erett C.
Albritton, Mrs. George Basker-
vile; Alpha Phi, Mrs. Norman
Rogers, Miss Bonita Finney,
Miss Pauline Sneider; Alpha XII
Delta, Mrs. Austin Davis, Mrs.
Charles Pearce, Mrs. Arthur
Davenport.
Beta Phi Alpha, Miss Ruby
Swanson, Mrs. Margaret Van
Evera and Miss Ena Skies: Beta
Sigma Omicron, Mrs. Philip
Groggins, Mrs. R. M. DeShazo
and Miss Veryl Schult; Chi
Omega, Mrs. Robert Stearns,
Mrs. Estelle Phillips; Delta
Delta Delta, Mrs. Bert Frost,
Mrs. Erwin P. Keeler and Mrs.
Ronald A. Cox; Delta Gamma,
Miss EIlnranca R11flnr Mrs