Evening star., 1947-05-18
Anaerica Faces
Empire Role,
Sneaker w arns
Sororities Hear
Mrs. St. George
By Frances Lide

0p FRANCES LSue
Representative Katharine ST.
George, Republican, Of New York
asserted yesterday that the United
States Is standing on the threshold
OF empire and that 1--WE are poorly
equipped for It,"
Addressing the annual luncheon
Of the washington Panhellenic
Alunnae Association, Mrs. st
George declared that, as q result
Of two wars and the collapse OF
the. British Empire" this country
is picking up the scepter that
Britain has been forced to lay
down."
She warned, however, that Ameri-
cans lack the basic patriotism that
is necessity in any one who as
sumes authority over other nation
alities outside his own country.
England trained her younger
sons to be empire builders a1ad
sent them out, when they were still
young, to distant lands where they
spent their lives but always kept
their allegiance and duty to Eng
land" she declared. "W11y was this?
Because the English, like all
Europeans, are patriots first, last
and always
Charging that the modern Ameri-
can Is not a patriot, she said that
everyone is looking for a Govern
ment hand-out. There is q far cry
from this modern America to the
days when Patrick Henry said
Give me liberty or give me death !"
she contended. THAT would sound
very hysterical and theatrical today,
to these who consider the people a
mob to be cajoled and bribed by
bread and circuses".
The speaker quoted reports crit
icizing the conduct of American
troops abroad ana said they augur
Ill for the future.
Courage Needed.
1.-THE game Of empire is great
game, she concluded. "It cannot
be played by any but the patriot and
the man of assurance and courage.
As one who never wanted to see my
country become an empire, but who
realizes now that 1t Is too late for 1t
to be anything else, I want her to
be one of the great empires, and, If
1t is possible, one of the good.
Mrs. st. Georges address was the
principal feature of the luncheon
which was held at the Mayflower
Hotel with Miss Veryl Schult, presi-
dent of the local Panhellenic Alum
nae Association, presiding. Music
was provided by the Kappa Kappa
Gamma Sorority of the University
Of Maryland, a group which recent
" won loving cup in the annual
inter-sorority sing sponsored by Tri
Delta.
As is customary at the annual
luncheon, each participating alum
nae group had invited distin-
guished guest.
Mrs. William F. Knowland, wife
of the Senator from California, was
honored by Alpha Omicron Pi, and
Mrs. John w. Bricker, wife of the
Senator form Ohio, had been select
ed by Kappa Kappa Gamma as its
special guest. Mrs. Bricker was un-
able to attend, however, and Mrs.
Edward c. Stone, wife of the f1nan-
cial editor of The Star, was asked to
take her place. Mrs. Stone Is the
author of several books on genealogy.
Other sororities selected honor
guests as follows: Alpha Chi Omega,
DR.. Katherine McReynolds Morrison,
founder OF the Washington Pianists'
Club and the Pianoforte Music Fes-
tival; Kappa Delta, Mrs. Theodore
o. Wedel, president of the Wash
ington Council Of Church Women;
Tri Delta, Mrs. Alice Rogers Hager,
president of the Women's National
Press Club; zeta Tau Alpha, Mrs.
Bethesda Woman's Club; Sigma
Kappa, Miss Virginia Kirkbride, di-
rector of women's activities at George
Washington University; Gamma Phi
Beta, Mrs. Ralphine Staring, di-
rector of the Children's Theater,
and Alpha Gamma Delta, Miss
Kathryn Towne, home economics
professor at George Washington.
Librarian Honored
Pi Beta Phi, Miss Mary Alice Mat
thews, former librarian for the Car
negie Endowment for international
Peace, who after her retirement, was
In charge of cataloguing 10000 vol
umes at the Army War College;
Phi Mu, DR.. Kathryn G. Symonds,
pediatrician; Beta Sigma Omicron,
Mrs. Robert M. De Shazo, national
registrar of the OAR; Kappa Alpha
Theta, DR.. Alma Hane Speer, who Is
associated with George Washington
University Hospital; Delta Gam
ma, Mrs. Theodore I. Messenger,
director of services for the American
Retail Federation; Alpha Phi, DR.. M.
Virginia O'Neal, in charge of stu
dent teaching at Wilson Teachers
College; Chi Omega, Mrs. Esther
van Wagner Tufty, radio commen-
tator and writer; Alpha Delta Phi,
Mrs. James G. McManaway, wife of
the acting director of Folger Shake
speare Library and State arts chair
man Of the Maryland AAUW.: Delta
Zeta, Miss Bess Goodykoontz. di-
rector of elementary education,
United States Office of Education;
Theta Upsilon, Mrs. Adeline Hannah
of the United States Patent Office
and Alpha XII Delta, Mrs. Beverly
Robinson, national president of the
sorority. .-