Evening star., 1940-03-09
Wellesley,
And Vassar
Meet
Alumnae Give
Luncheon for
Miss McAfee

Local alumnae Of Wellesley and
vassar Colleges are joining today in
entertaining Miss Mildred Helen
McAfee, president of Wellesley and
a Vassar alumna, at a luncheon
at the Mayflower Hotel, to which
distinguished group. including
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes and
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, IT,, have
been invited.
Miss McAfee, who will attend the
stunt party of the Women's Ma
tional Press Club tonight as an
achievement guest" also will ad-
dress the student body at Madeira
School tomorrow afternoon.
Both Of the clubs entertaining
today have invited number OF
their alumnae to attend as honor
guests. In addition, the list in
cludes several representatives from
the Women's National Press Club
and prominent educators.
A talk by Miss McAfee was to be
the luncheon feature. Also an.
nouncement Of the appointment oi
new national officers Of the We'll
lesley Association was to be made
by Mrs. Walter Du Bois Brookings
local alumnae president. With one
exception, all are from the Wash.
ington club.
Mrs. Ralph E. Church, wife O.
Representative Church, has beer
named president; Mrs. Donald F
Roberts, vice president; Mrs. o
Harold Williamson of Baltimore
second vice president; Mrs. Georg'
D. Brabson, secretary, and Mis-
Sibyl Baker, treasurer.
Officers to Receive
Guests Before Luncheon.
Mrs. Charles Will Wright, tn,
Vassar alumnae president, will
other local officers. and Mrs. Brook
ings with her staff of officers, wer
to receive the guests before tn
luncheon.
Honor guests invited by the Wei
lesley Club include Mrs. Hughes
Miss Belle Sherwin, alumnae truste,
and former president of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters
Miss Eliza Kendall, former profes
sor of history at Wellesley; Mrs
Williamson, who is president of tn,
Baltimore club: Mrs. Wesley Wright
president of the Richmond club
and the following congressional
wives: Mrs. Clarence E. Hancock
Mrs. Brewster. Mrs. Church ant
Mrs. Bruce Barton.
Heads Of Washington public ant
private schools invited by the Wei
lesley group are: Albert E. Rogers
Friends School; Mrs. David Wing
Madeira School; DR.. Elmer Newton
Western High School; Mrs. j. M
Holton, Holton-A Arms School; Mis-
Mabel Turner, National Cathedra
School; Thomas w. Pyle. Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, and Mrs
Estella Phillips, assistant principa
and dean of girls at Woodrow viii
son High School, representing tn
principal.
Others Invited
As Special Guests.
The Vassar Club invited as spe
cial guests Mrs. Morgenthau. Mis-
Josephine Roche, chairman of tn
1nterdepartment Committee to Co
ordinate Public Health and Wei
fare Activities: Nine Bruggmann
wife of the Swiss Minister and !,
classmate of Miss McAfee's a
Vassar; DR.. Beatrice Fisher Berle
alumnae trustee and wife of Assist
ant Secretary of State Adolph A
Berle: Miss Elizabeth Scarlet, ma
tional president of the Vassar Alum
nae; Mrs. Avery Coonley, who will
her sister gave Vassar its alumna,
house; Mrs. Cazenove Lee, truste
of the Restoration Association o
Stratford Hall, and Miss Margare
Lambie, former national presiden
Of the Vassar Alumnae.
Guests from the Women's Ma
tional Press Club are Miss Jose
phine Hemphill, Mrs. Elisabeth
Shirley Enochs and Mrs. Doroth,
Fletcher Howerth, the latter a Wei
lesley alumna and publicity chair
man for the Wellesley Club.
Serving on the Planning Commit
tee for the luncheon, with Mrs
Brabson as chairman. were Mr..
Russell Jewell, Miss Carol Piper
Mrs. Neville Miller, Miss Lucy Alex
| ander and Mrs. BENJAMIN Colby.