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D-8 ! THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 17, 1935—PART TWO. SUNDAY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Monthly P.-T. Conference To Be Held Next Tuesday “Recreation in Character Building™ Subject of J. 0. Martin, Southeastern U. Teacher of Public Speaking. gress of Parents and Teachers will be held in the Wilson Teachers' College next Tues- day at 8 p.m. “Recreation in Character Building” will be discussed by J. O. Martin, teacher of public speaking at South- eastern University. Music will be furnished by the Central Songsters, under the direction of Mrs. J. W. Torbert, teacher of music at Central High School. McKinley High School. The annual open house will be held Tuesday. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 pm. The teachers will be in their rooms for conferences from 6 to 8 p.m. The shop, labora- tories and drawing rooms will be in operation from 6 to 8. A musical program will be given from 8 to 9. A demonstration will be given in | the girls’ gymnasium, beginning at 9. | ‘The meeting is open to all parents and friends of the school. Amidon-Fairbrother-Rossell. | A meeting was held March 12 at | Amidon School, Mrs. C. A. Guyer, | first vice president, presiding. Miss Augusta Kiener of Wilson Teachers’ | College spoke on “Recreation for | Children.” The grades of Mrs. T. B. | Norwell, 2A Amidon; Miss Ruth A. Stroble, 5A Fairbrother, and Mrsw M. M. Vycital, 1A Rossell, won the attendance prizes. The Sewing Circle will meet March | 25 at 1 o'clock, at the council house, 609 Sixth street southwest. Mrs. K. Kinghorn, Membership chairman, will continue the drive through April 9. Taft Junior High. | The executive meeting was held | March 11, George Gee, president, | presiding. ‘The regular meeting will be held March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Taft Junior High School. Miss Jessie La Salle, as- sistant superintendent in charge of research, District of Columbia Public Schools, will speak on “Causes of Child Delinquency.” Langdon dis- trict has charge of the program. Dances will be given by a group of children from the Langdon school. Mrs. Eppa L. Norris will sing. ‘The Taft Junior High School Glee Club will present its annual operetta April 11 and 12. The operetta is “The Willow Plate,” a Chinese play based on the authentic legend pic- tured on the blue willow ware. MacFarland Junior High. Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools, will be the speaker at the meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. Mrs. George Scheuch, room repre- sentative chairman, announces a meeting of her committee in the school Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Oyster. The association met March 11. The | speakers were Richard Tennyson, as- | sistant supervisor, Department of Playgrounds; Selden M. Ely, super- vising principal, fifth division Dis- trict schools; Dr. Gracy F. Tyler, re- search director, National Committee on Education by Radio. Col. F. E. Uhl introduced the speakers. Music was furnished by the Chaminadi Glee Club. Henry D. Cooke. The association will meet Tuesday | at 3:15 pm. The subject to be dis- cussed will be “Supervised Play.” i The Executive Committee meeting | was held last Tuesday. The Study Group will meet Wed- | nesday at 1:30 p.m. Petworth. ‘The association met March 5, the president, Mrs. Ruth Davis, presiding. | Henry Gilligan, member of the Board of Education, spoke. The Frazier sisters, presented sketches from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The association went on record as opposing the Prettyman bill, which places the Board of Education and | the personnel of the public libraries under the District Commissioners. A donation was voted for the Na-| tional Symphony Orchestra. April 4 was chosen for the annual Spring luncheon. Alexander R. Shepherd. Dr. J. K. Jennings was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the association, March 11. Dr. Jennings lectured on “Diet and Nutrition for the Control of Tooth Decay in Children of School Age,” and illus- trated his lecture by the use of slides. ‘The association voted to contribute $10 to the fund being solicited for the befiefit of the National Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. R. Latimer and Mrs. F. A, Frost were the hostesses. Refresh- ments were served. Park View. The association met March 7 with Mrs. James O. Reid, president, pre- siding. The program chairman, Mrs. George Schreyer, presented a pro- gram by the Boy and Girl Scouts. The speakers were Linn C. Drake, Scout executive, and Mrs. Mary H.| Robb, field captain. 2 A “measuring party” will be given at the school March 22, at 8 p.m. for the members and friends of the as- sociation. A study group, under the leader- ship of Mrs. W. R. Rawlings, is meet- ing Wednesday afternoons through March and April. The subject is, “The Problems and Needs of the ‘Younger Child.” John Burroughs. ‘The association met Thursday. Dr. Gould Wickey, executive secretary of the Board of Education of the United Lutheran Clurch, spoke and Mrs. E. V. Fulgham's fifth grade children gave a demonstration of their work. Mrs. F. J. Roy, ways and means chairman, assisted by the Executive Committee and grade mothers, will hold a bingo and card party Tuesday at the school. Cranch-Tyler. Dad’s night was celebrated on March 11 at Buchanan School. A TH!: monthly conference of the District of Columbia Con- | Miss Nellie Gorsuch, children’s program was arranged by the chairman. Songs were sung by the following children: Annabelle Demareo, Dorothy Taltavill, Harry Garner, August Domer, Gladys Lloyd, Kendall Willoughby and Jean New- man. Marion Rhinehart recited “Lit- tle Orphan Annie.” Ruth Metzger played a piano solo and a Norwegian dance was presented. Refreshments ‘were served. A study group was held Wednesday under the direction of Mrs. Edna ‘Wekaley, chairman. The finance chairman is planning & card and bingo party at Cranch School April 11. Truesdell. ‘The Executive Board met at the school last Tuesday. “Obedience” was the subject dis- cussed by Miss Catherine Watkins at the meeting of the,child study group held at the school, ’ Langley Junior High. The association will meet March 26. Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, | will speak on “Rights of Childhood.” | The Junior Girls' Glee Club, led | by Miss A. F. Nordby, will sing, and | there will also be comunity singing.| Jefferson Junior High. The association will meet tomor- row at 7:45 p.m. Numbers on the program will be supplied by the Girls' Glee Club and other school organizations. Barnard. The association met last Tuesday. Mrs. Frank L. Linzel spoke on “The Effects of the Movies on Our Chil- dren.” | The mothers’ study group, con- ducted by Mrs. David Haykin, met ‘Wednesday. Miss Ellen C. Lombard | spoke on “Problems of Interest to Parents.” The study group met March 7 discuss “Character Education” “Habits.” Bunker Hill. The association met March 12. | “Character Education Through the Assembly and the Lunch Room Sit- uation” was discussed. Miss Florence | Edleblut gave readings. At an assembly March 6 blue rib- bons were awarded to the children who were pronounced physically per- fect at the Summer round-up of pre-school children. The prize win- ners were Joan Humphrey and John C. Pyle. Phoebe Hearst. ‘The Executive Board met last Mon- day, Mrs. Clarence Graham pre- siding The regular meeting will be held | tomorrow at 8 p.m. Mrs. L. B. Cas- tell, president of the District of Co- lumbia Congress of Parents and | Teachers, is the guest speaker. How= | ard Blachly, violinist, will play, ac- | companied by Miss Marian Johnson. Mrs. Fred Doudna. State Honor Roll chairman, will explain the honor roll points. The study group will meet at the | school Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., with Mrs. J. W. Anderson in charge. Mrs. Jesse Hill and Mrs. J. Bray, | grade mothers, were hostesses at tea | to the parents of the second grade | March 8. John Eaton. The association met Monday eve- ning. Mrs. Elizabeth Peeples spoke in behalf of the community center work of the District. “The Conquest of America” was the subject chosen | by Hector Lazo, who supplemented his talk with slides and interesting objects he had collected. Fillmore. | At the executive meeting Monday evening Mrs. Wynne Johnson was appointed chairman of the Legislative Committee to fill the unexpired term of G. G. Sutton. Mrs. H. W. Colvin was appointed chairman of the Bet- ter Movies Committee. Mrs. Ralph Bishop, chairman of Ways and Means, announced plans had been completed for the presenta- tion of the Junior League’s marion- | | ettes, “Little Red Riding Hood,” in three acts, and “Tingling Brothers,” in six acts, at Gordon Junior High School April 2 at 3:30 p.m. A meeting of the association will be held tomorrow evening. Linn C. Drake | will speak on “The Child of Today in | Tomorrow’s World.” Peck Memorial Church. The association will meet Wednes- day at 8 p.m., Mrs. George Geanaros, president, presiding. The topic will be “Student Aid Work,” by Mrs. G. E. White, with exhibits of this branch of the work. Langdon. The association observed Fathers’ night last Thursday. W. R. Beattie, senior horticulturist, United States Department of Agriculture, spoke on “Beautifying the Home Grounds.” Mrs. Mayne R. Coe, concert soprano, accompanied by Mrs. M. C. Luyster, sang in Italian and Irish ballads. a Langdon alumna, accompanied by Miss Frances Robertson, sang. Jean Tryon gave.a recitation. Mrs. J. A. Hess announced an operetta to be given by the Glee Club the afternoon of May 2 and the night of May 3. ‘The study group, under the leader- ship of Mrs. Eppa L. Norris, has had three meetings. At the meeting last Thursday Dr. Manly B. Root, physi- cian and psychiatrist at the National ‘Training School for Boys, gave a talk and agreed to attend the next meet- ing to answer questions. Curtis-Hyde-Addison. ‘The association met Monday at the Curtis School. Mrs. L. B. Castell, president of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, spoke on the history and growth of the congress. H. W. Draper. super- vising principal, spoke on the need of night classes in Western High School. A resolution in support of such a movement was adopted by the association. A card and bingo party was an- nounced for the evening of April 12 at Gordon Junior High School. Gordon Junior High. ‘The association met March 13. The discussion was on club work in the school, with the teachers from the respective departments in charge. A committee is being appointed to organize a mothers’ study group on the adolescent child and problems per- taining thereto. ‘Wheatley, In appreciation of the services of the Wheatley Boy Patrol a party will be given in their honor tomorrow by Mr. and Mrs. Foster Touart, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Starr. Police- man Junghans. under whose super- vision the corps operates, together with Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Brooks, in charge of this activity, will also be present. ‘The Program Committee for the P, T. A. home-talent night, to be held March 29, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Starr Wednesday to make final arrangements. ‘The parent education group will meet at the home of Mrs. G. I Burneston Thursday, under the di- rection of Mrs. O. S. Reading. West School. Disapproval of the proposal to change the method of appointing members of the Board of Education, or transferring any of its powers to the District of Columbia Commis- sioners, was voiced at a meeting of the association Monday night. The action followed an address by Henry 1. Quinn, a member of the Board of Education and former president of this association, in which he gave de- |32 . Dried, . Burle: 1. Adorns with stones. 7. Rate of speed. 11. Irish county. 15, Fastens. 21. Asiatic country. . Presently. . Minor prophet. . Samovar. . Oil of orange flowers, . Semi-circular tarts. . Foreign. . A particle. 30. A knot in wood. Astringent extract. Sea duck. 35. Meadow. 36. Christmas carol. 38. Jaunt. . A boss. Daunt. . Winter vehicle. . Having a bristlelike ap- pendage. . Playing cards. . Bird. . Unfeeling. . Variety of carnelian. . Arabian shrubs. . Hawaiian goose. . A hanger-on. . Pound: abbr, . Terrible. Abounding. . Inflicted. . Bitter vetch. . Torment. . Grimaces. . Capuchin monkey. . Having great resisting power. . Weaver bird. . Plot. Tavern. Commander. . Lair of an animal. . Confirms. . To evaporate. . Bartered. . Egyptian goddess truth. Ends. BUSINESS MEETING AT “Y" TOMORROW Sigma Delta Fraternity Monthly Gathering to Be in Assembly Hall. 101. orm. 102. 103. 104. 106. 107. 109. Di 110. 112. 114. 115. 117. 119. 121. 122. 123. 124, 126. 128. 131, 33. More New ‘Whee Tax. River ity. 133. 135. 138. 139. 140. 142, 144. 145. 146. 148. 150. 152. 153. 155. 158. 160. 161. 162. Irish Frien Anciel Defini Stem Stout Make Bull: Fly wi 163. 164. 165. 166. Box. of 3 City The monthly business meeting of Sigma Delta Praternity, Washington Preparatory School, will be held in the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall tomor- row at 9 p.m. The Religious Work Committee of the Y. M. C. A. will meet Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., with the chairman, Mer- ritt O. Chance, presiding. The Glee Club will hold its regular rehearsal in room 218, Central Y. M. C. A, at 8 pm. and the Dramatic Club will re- hearse in the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall at the same hour. The first in a series of Lenten meetings will be held by the Wood- ward School of the Y. M. C. A. at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Rev. Ty V. Porter, pastor of Westminster Presby- terlan Church, will be the speaker. The headmaster of the school, J. J. King, will preside. The junior wres- tling team will meet the Boys’ Club team at the Y. M. C. A. at 7:30 pm,, and the games in the Dormitory Bas- ket Ball League will be played in the boys’ gymnasium beginning at 9 p.m. The weekly Y. M. C. A. staff con- ference will be held at 8:55 am. Thursday with Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the National Education As- the speaker. R. . the devotional service. The Y's Men’s Club will meet at Olmsted’s at 12:15 p.m. and the Young Men's Forum will meet in room 219, Central Y. M. C. A, at 8:15. “Progress in the Care of the Eye” will be the subject of the weekiy Y. M C. A’s health talk, which will be given at 8 pm. by Dr. G. Victor Simpson. A smoker will be held by the Dormitory Council at 9:30 and new officers will be elected. Page McK. Etchison, Y. M. C. A. religious work director, will speak at the annual ban- quet of the First Baptist Sunday School, Baltimore, on “Building Chris- tian Character in the Sunday School.” The Y. M. C. A. School of Religion will meet at 7:15 p.m. Friday. The semi-monthly Y. W. C. A-Y. M. C. A. dance will be held at the Y. W. C. A,, Seventeenth and K streets, at 9 pm Friday. The subject of the weekly ¥. M. C. A radio talk on WMAL at 5:45 pm., Saturday will be “The Christian Life.” Horace L. Stevenson will be the speaker. At 8 pm. the Y. M. C. A. Flashes, winner of the Y. M. C. A. Junior Sunday School Basket Ball League, will play the winner of the Georgetown Sunday School League at tails of the proposed legislation. The secretary was instructed to write & letter to the Health Depart- ment requesting that the Schick test be given to approximately 100 chil- dren of the school, Peck Memorial Chapel for the Dis- trict of Columbia junior Sunday school championship honors. At the same hqur there will be a fencing meet in the men’s gym between the Quantico Marines and the ¥, M. C. Al | east, A . Jesters. . Pointed teet:. Mountain: ix pointed figures. Chinese tea. Pacifiers, Corrode. ‘Without repetition. igit. Connected series. A cella. Interjection. ‘Wander about. Portico. To bulge. Evade. Independent principal- . Blessing. . Before this time. . Fertile territories. . Central American tree. . Sap of certain plants. . Canonize. . Masculine name. . Babylonian sky god. . City in Ireland. . City in Texas. 11. My darling: Irish. . Japanese rice paste. . Old time. . Small bone. . Cover scatteringly. . Stir colors in calico printing. . Stuff. . God of youth. . Irish whisky distilled illicitly. . Firm. 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Tinged. in India. ‘Whizzing, sound. ‘The Officers’ Club of Martha Wash- ington Hive will give a benefit bingo at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Mas- sachusetts avenue, tomorrow at 8 p.m. All Maccabees and their friends are invited. Martha Washington members were guests of Mount Vernon Tent at the institution of Mount Vernon Court last Monday evening. Ten new can- didates were initiated at the reception for Supreme Comdr. E. W. Thomp- son of Detroit, which was held at Pythian Temple March 5. Mount Vernon Tent, William D. Beatty, commander, met last Mon- day evening at Northeast Masonic Temple. A new junior lodge to be known as Mount Vernon Court was instituted by Lady E. Olive Eckert, regional director. An American flag was presented by John Schriver, jr. Sidney Hass presided. Isaac Gans was the guest speaker. State Comdr. W. O. Hayes of Baltimore also spoke. Miss Eliza- beth Owens and Master Bernard Ben- nett received prizes for merits ob- tained during the past year. An entertainment was given by children. The following juniors were enrolled as charter members: Wanita Virginia Schroder, Rachel Edith Juanita Lee Angell, Folrence Louise Shiriey, Dorothy Pearl Bryant, Ella Bell Bryant, Marion Norward Bryant, Betty Louise Cook, Lillian Pampillo- nia, Warren Underwood Nelson, Eileen L. Bankston, William Page White, Mildred May Kerby, Leonard Milton Kerby, Stanley H. Love, Myrtle Jean Marcey, Mary Naomi Cooper, John Kenneth Cooper, Vivian Kathleen Thompson, Mitchell Harold ‘Thompson, Bertha Christine Thomp- son, Jack Martin Magglo, jr.; Marion Adele Williams and Evelyn Margaret Kidwell.- The court will hold its meet- h;gs at the Northeast Masonic Tem- ple. l JOB'S DAUGHTERS I At the last meeting of Bethel No. 1 the past honored queens were the hon- ored guests. Frances I. Miller, Mar- guerite R. Blick, Helen Bedell and Mildred E. Veauverd were initiated. ‘The past honored queens presented an entertainment. ‘The Hiking Club met at the home of President May Canfleld. Catherine . Legislative assemblies. . Cut off by bits. . A crescent-shaped fig- . Homeless wanderer. . Town in Ireland. . Iroquoian Indian. . Trifoliate plant. . Structural order. . River in Ireland. . Turkish regiment. swishing Huntt, | . Belonging to you. . A Jewish precept. . Vexes. . Darling: Irish. . Musical instrument. . Voracious fish. . Gracious. 130. Attached. . Rash. 132. Spoken. 134. Fruit of dogrose. 136. Portuguese legislature. 137. Conceited person. 139. Strained. 141. Lake in Central Africa. 143. Observed. 146. Artificially germinated grain, 147. Stare. 149. Volcanic scoria. 151. Ankles. 154. Japanese shrub. 156. Babylonian war god. 157. Make public. 159. Omnivorous mammal. PLAY INSTITUTE PROGRAM DRAFTED | Annual Events Will Be Held at Roosevelt High From April 9 to May 14. a joint. The annual Play Institute under auspices of the Community Centers will be held at Roosevelt High School from April 9 to May 14. The tenta- tive program includes games, relay races, etc, on April 9; singing and folk dancing, April 16; progressive games, table, games, party games, April 23; marching, April 3C, picnic and campcraft, May 7; social meeting or party, April 14. Augustus P. Zan- zig of the National Recreational As- sociation has been invited to conduct the meeting April 16. At the Franklin School tomorrow morning the meeting of Mrs. Peeples with the community secretaries in divisions 1-9 will be held to make definite plans for the 1935 children’s festival, which will be held probably in late May at Central Community Center. Mrs. M. W. Davis, in charge of Southeast Center, will be chair- man of the festival. Roosevelt Community Center will be the scene of a dance and drama program by children of the Sock and Buskin Club and by children from Chevy Chase Community Center dancing classes. The two plays which the Sock and Buskin Club will pre- sent are “The Legend of the Willow Plate” and “Cinderella” next Thurs- day at 7:30 pm. : The benefit performance of “The Royal Family” will take place Wednes- day night at Roosevelt. The pro- ceeds will be for a fund to provide equipment for medical therapy for crippled children at the Weightman Norris and_Elizabeth Poss were co- |School. hostesses. Plans were completed for the “scavenger hunt,” March 29. It will start from the home of Catherine Norris, 1016 M street southeast. The drill team will practice March 28. ‘The Job’s Daughters Club of Eastern High School will hold a banquet to- morrow at the Mayflower Hotel. The choir will hold a dance and bingo party at Brightwood Temple March 23. The Dramatic Club will meet March 25, The Ways and Means Committee will hold a rummage sale March 30 at 1107 Fourth street southwest. The Ways and Means Committee of the Drill Team will hold a bingo party April 10 at 743 Twelfth street south- ’ Plans are being completed for & community surprise party March 30 at Columbia Heights Center, to which citizens of the Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights areas are invited. The Community Center Civic Sym- phony Orchestra and the Choral So- ciety of the Communtiy Center De- partment of Central Center are seek- ing additional members who have had experience as instrumentalists and as singers, respectively. The orchestrs meets Tuesday night and desires vio- linists and cellists. The Choral So- clety wants men in the ensemble in order to begin rehearsals of the pro- gram for the annual Spring Choral Festival. Call on Tuesday nights for auditions. Rachmaninoff’s tide” will be sung as the feature of this season’s festival concert in May. A MRS. GILLENTINE SEEKSD. A R.POST Chattanooga Woman Will Be Candidate for Presi- dent General. Mrs. Flora Myers Gillentine of Chattanooga, Tenn., has annovnced her carididacy for president general, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in the elec- | tion to be held during the Continental Congress next month. From the District of Columbia she has selected Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove to serve as historical general. Independence Bell Chapter.—Miss Grace Wharton Diggs, regent, has appointed as delegates to the con- gress Miss Wilmuth Gary, Mrs. Mor- ris E. Marlow, Miss Ella Carter Hodg- son, Miss Camilla Hall Diggs. Miss Linda Eleanor Deaton, Mrs. Charles B. Kettering, Mrs. Russell H. Stine, Mrs. Netta Gallagher Miller, Mrs. Walter P. Scott and Miss M. Esther Mayher. Dorothy Hancock Chapter met | Tuesday at the Raleigh Hotel, fol- | lowing luncheon at which Mrs. Ver- {non E. West, Mrs. Samuel Roberts, | Mrs. Edwin Yates and Mrs. W, Wayne | Wirgman were hostesses. | The regent, Mrs. Catherine B. | Strong, presided and read a report of her recent activities on behalf of | the chapter. | _Mrs. C. 8. Schermerhorn and Mrs. | | Walton Clark were elected to mem- | | bership. The chapter will invite Miss Jean Warfleld and Mrs. J. Robert Grove to be guests at luncheon pre- | ceding the April meeting. | State Radio Committee, Mrs. Earl | Fuller, chairman, announces the pro- | gram over Station WRC Wednesday will be piano selections by Miss Edith De Cell, from 1:15 to 1:30 p.m. Richard Arnold Chapter met at the | home of the chapter registrar, Miss | Bertie L. Packett, 1213 Seventeenth | street, with Miss Elizabeth Lathrop | and Mrs. J. Franklin Gross assistaut hostesses. Miss Olive Herrington, re- gent, presided. The guest speakers were Mrs. John | F. Little, State registrar, and Harold McCord, vice president of the Alex- ander Hamilton Club, Soas and | Daughters of the United States of America. ‘The chapter gave a bridge luncheon | celebrating its twenty-third birthday anniversary at the Shoreham Hotel yesterday. Martha Washington Chapter met at | the headquarters of the American War Mothers, the guest of Mrs. Ros- coe Oatley, Mrs. William Hardy, Mrs. George Gibbs, Mrs. Alfred Best and Miss Clara B. Milligan. The vice | regent, Mrs. Eugene L. Culver. pre- | sided. It was voted to send a bey | and a girl to the Summer camps. Mrs. Andrew Bunten, past regent, | reported the presentation to ths Dis- trict room at Memorial Continental Hall of a miniature of Miss Hartley Graham, a real Daughter and a char- ter member of the chapter. Miss Helen Pattie was elected a member. A memorial to Mrs. Charles Chapline was read. A social arranged by the hostesses featured songs and music by Joseph O'Lone, Miss Nellie Ronan, Mrs. Elsie Linder Shea, Mrs. Phillips, Walter | Holt and Miss Bird, with readings by | Mrs. Willis and a talk by Mrs. Pauline Auerhammer, a descendant of Paul Revere. | Susan Riviere Hetzel Chapter was entertained March 7 at the Roosevelt Hotel, with Mrs. William T. Clerk, | Mrs. Ryland C. Bryant and Mrs. | Geoffrey Creyke as hostesses. The meeting was called to order by the regent, Miss Luella Chase. The historian, Mrs. Combs, read a paper on John Hay, the first Chief Justice of the United States. Officers gave reports. Mrs. Arturo Casanove gave a talk on the taking of the census. Mrs. Josiah van Orsdel, past registrar gen- eral, another guest, gave a short talk supplementing that of Mrs. Casanove. Refreshments were served. Army and Navy Chapter met at the Army and Navy Club with the re- gent, Mrs. Charles W. Kutz, presiding. Mrs. G. W. Mclver made a general report of the State convention and Mrs. John Holcombe a resume of Mrs. Magna's talk. Miss Barnes, State chairman of the Sons and Daughters of the United States of America, gave an account of the work done by her committee. Capt. Joseph Magruder Chapter met at the home of Mrs. Towson Price, 3720 R street. Mrs. Earl Fuller was assisting hostess. The regent, Mrs. E. L. Harvey, presided. The re- gent and Mrs. Earl Fuller gave reports of the State conference. The guest speaker was Mrs. Z. Lewis Dalby, who spoke on Mary Todd Lincoln. Deborah Knapp Chapter celebrated | the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the chapter with a dinner at the American Association of Uni- versity Women’s Club. Dr. Ella R. Fales was in charge. Mrs. Gertrude Warren Moser read the history of the chapter and a brief review of the life of Deborah Knapp. Dr. Fales gave a sketch. The regent, Mrs. S. Bingham Martin, gave & report of the State conference. The chapter unanimously indorsed Mrs. Harry C. Grove as registrar general. Mrs. Alfred Ball Garges of the Frances Scott Chapter, read a paper on the history of Analostan Island. The Frances Scott Chapter was en- tertained by Mrs. John Eckhardt and Mrs. E. Laurence Hazard. Luncheon was served at the Ivy Terrace Tea House. A business meeting followed with the regent, Mrs. Andrus in the chair. One of the members will entertain two of the girls who are members of the choir that will give a concert here during Continental Congress. A letter on conservation and thrift was read | figure by more than 1,400 men. by Mrs. Edward Stephenson. Mrs, Stover was received as & new member. The papers of Mrs. Caroline Faris Wheeler were reported as and she also was welcomed into the chapter. Solution of Saturday’s Puszle. PIEINIAIL BIBIL[ETIABEL ] JALL IONIEIRRIO! [BIANIE] ICIATTIHIOIL |1 ICIONIUIRIS A | IRNEEMUBIIQUI{ TIOUS] | [LIANEEURNEMET] ‘ F.]lfi!&“ [ IENIAC] SECIOYMSPE] [1INIU] SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM ‘The last meeting of National Lodge was called to order by the vice com- mander, Mrs. Alice E. Buckley. The next meeting will be tomorrow night at 808 I street, after which, at 9 pm., a bingo party will be sponsored joint- ly by all the lodges for the benefit of the 1935 convention fund. Star of Virginia Lodge was called to order by the commander, Mrs. Regina Corbin. Mrs. Laura Crockett and H. G. Wells of Alexandria, Va., were re- ceived into membership. The next meeting will be Tuesday night. The last regular meeting of Hope Lodge was called to order by Comdr. Mart V. Copeland. With the aid of Deputy Supreme Comdrs. Mrs. Ellen C. Langley, Mrs. Mazie L. Domdera and Mart V. Copeland, Mrs. Margaret Wal- ters officially installed the following officers: Vice commander, William Domdera; trustees—8 months, Miss Jeanett Gimsburg; 12 months, Miss Teresa Eagan, and 18 months, Miss Michael Eag: ‘The next meeting will be Wednesday night at 7 Fourth street northeast. PLANS FOR LARGER ARMY COMPLETED Arrangements Made for Dis- tribution of 46,250 Recruits. Plans have been completed for the distribution of the 46,250 enlisted men | to be recruited for the Regular Army, bringing the enlisted strength of the military establishment to 165,000 men. Four divisions, one each as a nucleus for each of the four armies and five reinforced brigades. will be organized. !The ultimate organization of the Reg- ular Army upon mobilization will be nine divisions. The five reinforced brigades not only form the nuclei around which the remaining five divisions are to be organized upon mobilization, but also will be the event of an emergency. The average present peace strength of the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th Divisions 1s 6,764, but the increase in enlisted personnel will bring the peace strength of each of these four divisions to 11,- 899, expansible to a war strength of 20,731. The average present peace strength of the five existing reinforced brigades is 2,475, but this increase in personnel will bring the proposed peace strength of each of these | brigades to 5,369. The Air Corps will be brought to a strength of 16,000 enlisted men. as authorized by the act of July 2, 1926. ‘Through the process of reducing the other arms, it will be recalled, the Air Corps enlisted strength was brought to a figure of 14,582. The proposed distribution will increase the latter The increase in personnel will make pro- vision for the nuclei of five anti-air- craft regiments, which, added to the four existing, will provide one for each corps area. This increase will also make it possible to maintain the strength of the overseas garrisons at a contsant level, and a pool of 2,000 enlisted men will be set up. Allot- ments to the Signal Corps and to the services, Medical, Ordnance and Quar- termaster will be made consistent to maintain these divisions in the field Personnel will also be provided for the mechanized Cavalry and for In-! fantry tank units as equipment be- comes available. Forty-one lieutenant commanders of | the Navy Dental Corps will be con- | sidered by the Selection Board that | will be convened at the Navy Depart- ment tomorrow for the purpose of recommending not more than 24 of- ficers of that corps for promotion to the rank of commander. The board will consist of Rear Admirals Walton R. Sexton, John W. Greenslade, Harry L. Brinser, Joseph R. De Frees, Man- ley H. Simons and Arthur P. Fair- fleld, with Comdr. Joseph A. Mahoney as recorder. Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chief | constructor of the Navy and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Re- pair, heads the Selection Board of Construction Corps officers that will be convened at the Navy Department March 25 to recommend not more than 17 officers of that corps for pro- | motion to the rank of commanders. Others on this board include Capts. | Willism P. Robert, Wiliam G. Du| Bose, Henry Williams, Isaac I. Yates, | Alexander H. Van Keuren, Lee S.| Border and Allan J. Chantry, jr. A board of officers, yet to be de- tailed, will convene at the Navy De- partment on April 2 to recommend not more than three chaplains for promotion to the rank of commander. All five of the Army officers who have been detailed to attend the 1935- 36 Naval War College course, begin- ning June 29, are now on duty in Washington. They include Majs. E. S. Johnston, R. R. Allen, T. T. Handy and G. R. Meyer of the Army War College and Maj. William R. Gruber, who is on duty in the office of the | Secretary of War. W;nfl Second ;fl Contest. ’I"HE George Washington University Glee Club will give its annual Spring concert on Tuesday evening, May 14, in the ball room of the Wil- lard Hotel. Last Tuesday the men's section of the Glee Club won second place in the National Intercollegiate Glee Club competition held in Pittsburgh. This was the third occasion in which the club has won national honors. En- tering the national competition for the first time in 1930, the George Wash- ington singers were awarded first place, and again in 1931 received third honors. An interesting feature of the com- petition this year was that of the 30 George Washington singers who par- ticipated 16 were singing with the club their first year. One of those new to the club this year is Raymond Robinson, who, as student leader. directed the singing of the numbers in the competition. Representative Paul Kvale of Min- nesota and Paul H. Griffith, past department commander of Pennsyl- vania, were the guest speakers at the last meeting of Washington Post, No. 58, Jewish War Veterans of the United States. They were introduced by Dr. Hyman D. Shapiro, a member of the post and national medical consultant of the American Legion. The post unanimously indorsed a resolution condemning communistic activities throughout the Nation and pledged its support to any program | which will eliminate this menace to our free institutions. A father and son banquet was approved and will be held in the near future, ¥ im- | mediately available for the field in HOSTESSES NAMED IN AT HOME HOUR Social Period at Y. W, C. A. Will Precede Music Pro- gram at 5 P.M, The Y. W. C. A. At Home Hour will be held it 4 o'clock today preceding the Music Hour at Seventeenth and | K streets, when members of the Du- pont Chapter, Miss Katherine Good- fellow, Mrs. George H. Markward and Mrs. George H. Price will be the hostesses. Princeton Chapter will meet tomor- Tow at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. | B. Allen, 1618 Juniper street. The Mount Pleasant Chapter will meet March 26 at the home of Mrs. W. 8. Minnix, 3028 Newark street at 2 pm Mrs. Harold E. Doyle will sponsor a benefit card and tea party at her home, 3818 Huntington street, Thurs- day from 2 to 5 p.m The World Fellowship Committee will sponsor a World Fellowship lunch- eon Friday at 12:30 at the Y. W. C. A. Mme. Fujii, wife of the counselor of the Japanese Embassy, will be the guest speaker. The Finance Committee will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m., Executive at 11 and the Food Service at 2:30 p.m. The board of directors will meet Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The Xenos Club will meet Wednes- day night to make preparations for the Nation-wide banquet of business and professional women, March 26. A club supper will be held Thursday for the Blue Triangle Club, followed by a sing. The Business and Professional | Women's Glee Club will rehearse | Tuesday at 7:15. At the third of its | series of musical evenings March 19 |at 8:15 Miss Maud Sewall will speak | on Bach and Handel. She will be as- sisted by Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo- | soprano, and Dorothy Radde Emery, Ppianist. The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club ;;1:15 hold a rehearsal Thursday at The junior advisers group will meet Tuesday at 5:30 for supper; Roosevelt | Girl Reserves will entertain in the Girl Reserve club rooms. An outdoor | supper party is planned by the Bon | Secour Club of Girl Reserves from | Central High School Friday. Girl Reserves from McKinley High School will work on a special social | service project Thursday afternoon. preparing materials for the occupa- tional therapy work at Children’s Hospital. Woodside Girl Reserves have or- | ganized a club in the Takoma-Silver | Spring High School, under the leader- | ship of Miss Margaret Campbell. Of- | ficers are Dorothy Whittlesey, presi- dent; Joyce Haynes, vice president; Emily Kule secretary; Mary Anne Griffith, treasurer; council representative: Ryntha Hyslop, hobby chairman; Betty Harlan, social chairman; Nettie Miller. social service chairman; Dorcthy Whittlesey, music chairman; Marguerite Folsom, cere- monial chairman. Spring bus trips to places of his- toric_interest in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania are being sponsored by the education and industrial de- partments. A class of candidates was initiated by Washington Lodge of Elks last Wednesday. The initiatory work was conducted by Exalted Ruler Dr. John T. Read. A talk on the charitable and fraternial activities of the lodge was given by Secretary Willlam S. Shelby. The following were given the degree: David Arkin, George P. Delaney, Joseph E. Dyer, Prank T. Finley, William E. Gladstone, How- ard F. Klotz, Joseph A. Muldoon, Robert E. Shanahan. James L. Trumbo, Ralph A. Vestal and David Walsh. The selective membership cam- paign, under the leadership of Past Exalted Ruler Edwin S. Puller, will close March 31. A total of 250 new members will have been added to the rolls during the lodge year as a result of the work of the committee. The lodge will give a testimonial dinner to a group of the committeemen some time in April. A contract has been let by the Board of Trustees for the installation of a public address system. Amplifiers will be installed on all four floors of the building. Microphones will be placed in the ball room and also at the desks in the lodge room of the exalted ruler and secretary. The Entertainment Committee is making arrangements for a moon- light ride on the City of Washington on June 17. Chairman James E. Ed- wards also announces plans for a party at the club the latter part of April. Lida Sargeant, NATIONAL UNION Meetings this week: Monday, Po- tomac Council, Pythian Temple; Cen- tral Council. Woodmen of the World hall. Tuesday, State, War and Navy Council, room 723, Colorado Building, Wednesday, Congressional Council, Columbia Typographical Temple. The Executive Board has com- pleted arrangements for the Spring ceremonial March 30 in Pythian Temple. President Henry C. Smale will address the members. A class of 30 candidates will be obligated and the initiatory ceremonies will be per= formed by the United Council degree team. Morris J. Hole, chairman of the Executive Board, will preside. Joseph M. Bonifant, president of the National Union Duck Pin League, announced the season will close April 3 and the sweepstakes games will be played the following Wednesday. A banquet in honor of the Victory, United, McKinley and Potomac teams will be held. Dr. Joel T. Curry presided at the meeting of Scott Council. John C. McConnell, military instructor of Job’s Daughters, spoke on the pa- triotic features of the National Union Assurance Society. President Curry, Moses A. Robbins and Philip D. Gingras made pre- liminary talks on the inspection tour of three councils. They visited Vice tory, United and Potomac meetings. The committee will attend meetings of McKinley and Congressionel Coun- clls. District Manager Arthur 8. Brown announced a class ceremonial March 30. Modern Woodmen of America. Georgetown Camp will hold its future meetings in the hall at Wis- consin avenue and M street. The camp meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, The next meeting will be March 25. The camp will join with the other camps of the District honoring Na- tional Treasurer O. E. Aleshire with a class adoption at Talbot Camp's Hall about the middle of April.