Evening star., 1954-08-22
Mrs. Willionn Il. Boier New President
OF AAUW BetFesdo-Chevy Chase Branch
Enthusiastic
Over the Work
Of Association
Bv Harriet French

MIS-. WILLIAM II. 6dlcT UuUUicc
over with enthusiasm about the
work Of the American Associa-
tion of University Women in the
Bethesda Chevy !Chas area and
throughout the country.
On July !, Mrs. Baier was
elected president Of the AAUW
Bethesda Chevy Chase Branch
and prior to that, she was vice.
chairman of the association. in
charge of programs. National
headquarters are located at 1884
Eye street.
Since 1870" says Mrs. Baier,
'the AAUW has encouraged
women to continue their educa-
ton beyond the B.A. degree"
The association raises funds for
fellowship grants to outstandirs
women who desire to continue
their studies.
international grants have been
awarded since the war. A Ger
man woman doctor is continuing
her study Of "blue babies at one
of our universities, thanks to
the aid of the AAUW.
To Select choirmen
AS president of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Branch, Mrs. Baier
will have the responsibility OF
selecting chairman for each
field of study. These include
creative arts, music. art In the
home, French, social studies,
family living, international rela-
tions and the United States for
eign policy. Educational groups
will hold workshops on teacher
morale and recruitment. Cri-
terra qualifications for the school
board have already been set up.
1--WE shall explore the prob
lens in Montgomery County, "
says Mrs. Baier, especially those
pertaining to health, welfare
and education. The county's re-
lationship to Washington create
special problems. Transients
must be considered as well as
those who come to establish
roots. The population has
grown 100 per cent since the
war and the impact Is felt in
schools and limited recreation
facilities"
Each year, the Bethesda
Chevy Chase branch Of AAUW
gives a beginning scholarship to
O Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School girl who is interested in
elementary education. The
scholarship enables her to pay
for room and board at Towson
State College in Towson. Md.
The purpose is to encourage.
young women to go into the I'M
portant field Of elementary
school teaching.
AAUW Activities
Mrs. Baier enumerated other
worthwhile activities of the
AAUW branch In the area: They
sponsor an art contest for teen
ayers and give an award for the
best work in writing and art IN
the Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School Yearbook; they have
backed psychiatric aid for juve-
niles, in connection with Juvenile
Court, and asked Judge Noyes
and others to speak at their
monthly meetings; they sent
Montgomery County children to
Camp Echo Lake, helped to get
the public library under the
county system and furnished q
room in the library for children.
Before her marriage Mrs.
Baier was Ethel Kapp Of New
York. During her college years
her family moved to California
and Ethel attended the Univer-
sity of California. majoring in
political science. During the war
she worked with the USO. With
four or five chaperones she
would take bus loads of girls to
various military installations for
week ends.
Once, Mademoiselle Magazine
sent part of its staff of photog-
raphers and stylists along with
Mrs. Baier's group when they
went to Indio, near Palm
Springs. The magazine later had
a layout, advertizing dance and
play clothes. using some of the
beautiful California girls as
models.
Mrs. Baier did camp and hos
pital work for the Red Cross.
She helped to procure profess
sional entertainers to go with
her group of girls when they
visited convalescents' hospitals.
Susan Peters, the starlet: Jan
Clayton of Carrousel, and Ar
thur Treachor, the Englishnan
who usually plays the role of
a butler, were often in the party.
Mrs. Baier says that she went
with a small group to q secret
installation one THANKSGIVING
Day; the route was so devious
that she doesn't know yet where
she went or how she got there.
After the war. Ethel married
1t. Baier, now a lawyer with the
Navy Department. They moved
to Washington and lived at the