The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-07
Teacher Named For
 Alunnae Presidency
Miss Kathryn Hayes Election Expected to Be Ratified
 By St. Elizabeth Colleges Graduates June 8

street, this city has been unanimous. " selected by the nominating com. mittee for national president of the Alumnae Association of the College of St. Elizabeth, the first Catholic college for women in the United States. Nominations will be con. tlrmed ct the reunion of the alum nae held at the college on gatur. day, June 0th. The association in. cludes among It's members graduates from all parts of the United States, Mexico, Europe and South America
 The honor which comes to Miss Hayes from the national associa- ton of the alumnae of the College of St. Elizabeth is recognized by her fellow alunnae and as a tribute to her outstanding leadership and ac- complishments not only in her alumnae work but in the many other educational, civic and chari- table fields, both local and state- wide in which she has manifested SO vital an interest, It is the first time that any alumnae in New England has been so honored. , Miss Hayes is c member of the Crosby high school faculty in the department of Spanish; she IS also governor of the Connecticut Chap ter of the International Fedora ton of Catholic alumnae, enjoying the unique privilige of being the first alumnae from the College of st, Elizabeth to be chosen for that posi- ton in Connecticut. She Is also Q member of the Student Loan Com mittee of the American Association of University Women; secretary of the War Production Fund Com mittee of the Red Cross and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Connecticut Council of Catho- lic Women. She also holds mem bership on the Advisory Board of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Ser vice and on the executive board of the Waterbury Council of Catholic women and is at present, third vice. president of the National Alumnae association of the College of St, Elizabeth. Miss Hayes recently re- tired as chairman of the Water- bury Council of Catholic Women ar- ter completing, with an enviable record of achievement, a period of seven years as president,
 The College of St. Elizabeth is under the direction of the Sisters of Charity, Convent, New Jersey, who also have charge of the con- vents of both St. Marys and St. Thomas in this city.
 The nominating committee with Mrs. William Dwyer of Paterson, N. J, as chairman, met recently at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York city and selected the complete slate of candidates of the National Association of the Alumnae of st Elizabeth college for the years i940- ls42.
 Officers
 President, Kathryn W. Hayes, Wa. terbury, Conn.
 First vice-president, Claire Me- Guire Morrow, Newark, N. J.
 Second vice president, Rosemary McEnhil Burke, Morristown, N. J.
 Third vice-president, Regina Wal. dron Berg, Maplewood. N. J. Corresponding secretary, Rather inc Mercy, Paterson, N. J.
 Recording secretary, Helen v. Nc. Govern, East Orange, N. J.
 Treasurer-Sister Mary Paula Hillery, College of St. Elizabeth.
 Executive Committee
 fTer1n to expire i943) Katherine g. Mclaughlin, Newark, N. J.; Winifred Aste. Brooklyn, N. Y. So- phia Campbell, Providence, R. I.
 (Ter7n to expire l942) Margaret Scott, Long Island, N. J. Anne Meehan Coleman, New York city, N, r.: Barbara Sweeney, Paterson, N, J.
 (Term to expire io4i) Dolores Hem derson, East Orange, N. J.; Edna Me- Carthy, Jersey City, N. J., Esther Walsh, Newark, N. J.