Evening star., 1942-01-11
Twice Held Fellowships
OF Guggenheim Fund.

appreciation of the value of the prof
been a major interest of the A. A. I
scholars.
Nor has the war reduced the
estimation.
Tool up for the future-that is
beyond the days need" she says.
that what the trained and en-
lishtened woman can do for the
making of a new world will not be
lost in the destruction of the Old
While the A. A. U. w. will con-
tinue it's work for women scholars,
it will also continue to encourage
its membership to participate III
community defense services.
Preliminary to the board meeting,
the association prepared a series OF
"check-hst" questions on what IN
dividual branches are doing IN tnelr
respective localities.
Wide Variety Of
Community Activities.
Members are asked If they are or
ganizing and conducting community
forums, cooperating in consumer
information centers, taking part In
salvage campaigns, furtherlng de-
fense savings, conducting classes IN
conservation and repair OF house
hold appliances and clothing, and
organizing volunteers to help well
fare agencies, hospitals and re-
creation centers among others.
Special attention is given to ac-
tivities in safeguarding the public
schools, and the university women
are charged with the responsibility
of informing themselves on inter-
national issues.
I'VE are at war;" DR.. White de-
clared in a special message. The
long debate is over; we know where
we are. This is total war. Not
only are we all of us involved, but
we are called upon to play our part.
The only question is what that part
shall be. There is no necessary
work that is not a privilege for any
American woman to undertake, but
women with special capacity, train
ing or experience owe it to the COM
mon good to make sure that their
personal resources are at the dis
posal of those who are organizing
this volunteer work"
A native of New Haven, Conn, DR..
White received two degrees from
Radcliffe College and her Phi. D.
from the University Of Wisconsin.
Active in many educational organi-
cations she is president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin Teachers Union
and served on the A. A. U. w.
Committee on Fellowship Awards
for several years prior to her elec-
ton as president.
Uses Popular Song
To Dramatize address.
Sonora Ester Neira de Calvo, Pan
ama's delegate on the 1nter-Amer-
lean Commission of Women, recently
borrowed a popular song to drama
tie her remarks in the interest OF
inter-American solidarity. Address
ing the installation banquet OF the
Soroptimist Club of Washington,
Sonora de Calvo asked members ana
guests to join again in singing the
More We Get Together (which had
been featured earlier in the program.
AS the guests participated IN the
little ceremony of clasping hands
In friendly circles as they sang, the
smiling Panama delegate could feel
that her request number" invoked.
better than words, the feeling OF
solidarity she wished to convey.
A display of flags of all the Amerl-
can republics, attractive Latin
American table decorations and the
presence of several honor guests rep
resenting other republics in this
hemisphere helped to make this
"rood neighbor" dinner one OF the
clubs most successful entertain
ments.
Overlocks One Third of
Three Minute Speech.
Nine. Litvinoff, wife of the new
Soviet Ambassador, is slightly puz-
lied as to why so many groups IN
this country have asked her to make
peeches-something she never did
before her recent arrival here, 1t
seems.
Having consented to make a three
minute radio talk not long ago, how
ever, she made her preparations In
a most businesslike manner.
Selecting three cards on which TO
write out her remarks, she timed the
material on each card to fill one
minute each. But the best laid plans
are apt to miscarry. she discovered.
While in the midst OF her talk,
she found she had skipped the sec
ond card-was nearing her conclu-
sion-and still had a minute to 60.
"I thought up something to say
In a hurry" she declared. But III
never trv To be so efficient again"