Evening star., 1947-06-15
Short Courses
Open Tomorrow
Al Maryland U.
Five Day Program
For RuruI Women
Includes D. c. Visit

The 2lst annual short courses for
rural women of Maryland will get
under way tomorrow at the Univer-
sity OF Maryland with. more than
800 expected to attend.
Underthe direction of Miss venia
M. Keliar, assistant director of the
Maryland Extension Service, the
five-day session will open with reg
istration at 10 am. In the College
of Agriculture Building.
The short courses will be con-
Guided Friday afternoon with q
sightseeing trip to Washington and
a picnic supper ON the College Park
campus. For those remaining until
Saturday, parties will be held by
county delegations at 7:3o pm. Fri-
day.
Wide Variety of Subjects Offered.
Subjects to be studied include
foods and nutrition, home fllrnish-
ing. public speaking and personality
development, family living, parlia-
mentary law, modern crafts, cloth
ing, music appreciation, English,
landscape gardening, journalism
and home management.
The theme of the 1947 conference,
which last year attracted some 1900
members of rural women's clubs of
the State, will be "Today's Home
Builds Tomorrow's World"
Speakers include Representative
Judd, Republican, of Minnesota,
who will talk on American Foreign
Policy-Peace or War;" at 10:45
am. Tuesday.
Other Speakers Listed.
Other speakers will include Lady
Worsley- Taylor, president of wom-
ems institutes for England and
Wales; Mrs. Helendeen H. Dodde-
ridge of the Department of Agricu1-
ture, Consumer Information Serv-
ice; DR.. Reuben G. Steinmeyer, pro-
fessor of political science at the
University of Maryland; Hugh H.
Clogg, assistant director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation; Iris
Carpenter. author and Washington
correspondent: Capt. Rhoda j. MilI-
ken, director of the Woman's
Bureau, Metropolitan Police De-.
partment; Mrs. Thomas Parran of
Washington, and the Rev. Peter
Marshall, minister of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, WASH
ington.
Ceremonies will be concluded Of
ficially with the presentation of GER
tificates to members of the fourth-
year group by DR.. H. G. Byrd, presi-
dent of the university, at general
assembly at 1915 am. Friday.
One of the entertainment high
lights of the week will be concert
at sS:15 pm. Wednesday by the Az
lington Civic Symphony orchestra
under the direction, of Van Lier
Lanning. , s.4 a..- t,e,~
Meeting Set Tomorrow.
Included on toInorrow's schedule
will be a meeting of the Executive
Board Of the Maryland State Coun-
ell of Homemakers' Clubs and county
council presidents from 10 am. to
$3.50 pm. At 1870 pm, county home
demonstration agents will serve as
hostesses in the dornitories to their
county groups. The official board
Of the State Rural Woman's Short
Course Club will meet at $3.50 pm.
A tea for members of the Execu-
tive Board and county council presi-
dents will be held in the Home Eco
nomics Building at pm. with Dean
Marie Mount as hostess. A vesper
service, with a sermon by the Rev.
G. Aubrey Young, pastor OF the
Hagerstown Presbyterian Church,
will be held in the new armory at
.7:30 pm.
Officers of the Maryland State
Council and Homemakers' Clubs are
Mrs, w. Earle Gosweiler of Aber-
deem, president; Mrs. Claude How
ard, fredericksburg, vice president;
Mrs. E. N. Wheeler, Pikesville, secre-
tary, and Mrs. Robert w. Young.
Cumberland, treasurer.
Officers of the State Rural
Woman's Short Course Club are
Mrs. c. Otis McCauley Of Northeast.
president; Mrs. Kennard Rhodes.
Queenstown, vice president; Mrs.
Ross Ensor, Monkton, secretary. and
Mrs. j. Edgar Myers, Westminster.
treasurer.