Evening star., 1945-03-18

only carrying MrsAWoods.
out the golden rule principle of her
fathers household when she was a
little girl He was DR.. Lucius G.
Smith, famous Methodist missionary
to South America and Mexico,
whose family lived the tenets of his
preaching.
"The task of helping find rooms
for young women who have come
to help with the war effort has
been a difficult but a satisfying one,
on the part of our committee of
20 members" Mrs. Woods says.
Each room is personally inspected
before it is listed and the demand
for desirable rooms is constantly and
continuingly greater than the supply.
We would be hard-pressed indeed, if
1t were not for the increasing CO.
operation of Washington home
makers in making their homes avail
able to the young girls who are
here in our midst, many of them in
the uniforms of our armed services.
Urgent Need Continue.
Right now, there is as urgent need
as there has been since the begin
ming of the war for more reasonably
priced single rooms in private homes
where living room and basement
privileges are accorded. This is be-
cause there is an increasing tend
ency to find rest and relaxation in
room of ones own.
Living room and basement laundry
privileges have not proved insur-
mountable barriers, according to
Mrs. Woods, especially where guests
have been sufficiently thoughtful of
the rights of others.
Newcomers to Washington USUALLY
are insistent on accommodations as
near in town as possible. This is
because OF their fear of complica-
tions with transportation problems
and anticipated trouble IN finding a
place where meals may be obtained.
AS chairman Of the Membership
Committee of the D. c. Branch of
the American Association of Univer-
aty Women, Mrs. Woods is also
functioning in the time of this or
ganization's largest demand on its
resources in its history. Her COM
mittee passes on the eligibility of all
those who seek membership with the
District of Columbia Branch, whose
total is now 1,l36 members.
Newcomers Eager.
In their committee capacities with
both the YWCA and the AAUW
groups, Mrs. Woods and her associ-
ates find that there is great eager
ness on the part Of the newcomers to
take advantage of cultural and edu-
cational privileges to the full extent
OF their resources and opportunities.
ties
Campus life, with its contacts with
young people, has been a continuing
part OF her married life. In fact, she
has never known any other, for as a
Phi Mu at Northwestern University
she married George B. Woods, a fel-
low student, two weeks after their
joint graduation, and with him went
to post which was open to him at
Pacific University, Oregon. His later
career called him to Miami Univer-
sity, Oxford, Ohio, Harvard Univer-
sity, where he completed the gradu-
ate work for his doctorate, and Carl
ton University, Minnesota.
Twenty years ago, Mrs. Woods and
his family came to Washington with
him when he was asked to help es-
tablish the College Of Liberal Arts at
American University. He became
the first head of its English depart
ment and the first dean of this COL
lege. Mrs. Woods was elected the
second president of the Faculty Club
of American University and has
a continuous leadership
with the Woman's Guild of the uni
versity and with the Program Circle