Evening star., 1941-07-20
Plans Made
For Session
District Chapters
Of Kappa Beta Pi
Map Program

With the Washington chapters
of Kappa Beta Pi in charge of ar
rangementS for the international
legal sorority's biennial convention
at White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
in August, officials here are busy
making final plans for program
which will include many attrac-
tive features.
Mrs. EdWina A. Avery of the Eta
Alumnae chapter. the general chair
man, is being assisted by num-
ber of local members as we'll as by
grand officers residing in Wash
ington.
A highlight of the program will be
the banquet August g. when the
speakers will be Miss Mary Craig
McGeachy of the British Embassy
and Associate Justice Wiley Rut-
ledge of the United States District
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia. Theme Of the banquet
will be Our Country
Election of officers the morning
of August 9 will be followed by an
installation tea in the afternoon. A
round table forum on the legal
status of women will feature
luncheon on the same day.
Registration August 6.
The convention will open August
at the Greenbrier Hotel with reg
istration and an informal dinner.
The first business session viii be
held August as well as a style
show contrasting old and modern
fashions, tea at Hates Mountain
House and Pan-American dinner.
On August 8 the committee has
planned a trip to the Federal Peni-
tentiary for Women at Anderson, w.
Va, and a dinner that night at
which Mrs. John G. Pollard, wife
of the former Governor of Vir-
ginia, will speak on The Old South:
From the Standpoint of a Virginia
Captive" Mrs. Pollard is men,
Der of M and Eta Alumnae Chap
terS.
Mrs. Helena D. Reed of the Eta
Alumnae Chapter is chairman of the
Program Committee, while other
chairmen include Mrs. Vera Rhine
of Eta. finance; Miss Grace Kincare
of the Epsilon Chapter at the Wash
ington College of Law, printing and
favors; Mrs. Clare T. Willison and
Miss Georgia Alexander, both of
Eta, hostess; Mrs. Mildred Gott
Bryan of Nu Chapter at George
Washington University, reserva-
ton; Miss M. That's Spencer of Eta,
extra-curricular activities, and Miss
Blanche Margason of Omicron
Chapter at National University,
Quarterly and publicity.
The grand officers assisting are
Miss Elizabeth Reed, dean: Mrs.
Grace Stiles, registrar, and Mrs.
Anna Moulton, chairman OF the
Board of Directors.
Delegates and alternateS selected
by the local chapters are Mrs.
Evelyn Boyer and Mrs. Marguerite
Langdale Pizer of Nu, Miss Eliza
beth Salisbury and Mrs. Lorraine
Hurney of Epsilon, Miss Marion
Poole and Miss Louise ONeil of
Omicron and Mrs. Sara Nero Will
liams and Miss Alexander of Eta.
Delegates from other chapters
will stop in Washington en- route
to the convention for a two-day
sightseeing trip.
Kappa Beta Pi, founded in 1908
at Kent College of Law in Chicago,
claims the distinction of being the
first legal sorority in the world, the
first international legal sorority and
the first fraternal organization,
general or professional, to install a
chapter on the European Continent.
1t was organized to promote "a
higher professional standard among
woman law students and to
strengthen by educational and So
cial enjoyments, the tie that binds"
Today there are 49 student chap
ters in recognized law schools in
the United States, Canada, France
and England, and eight alumnae
chapters.