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AW I D E L Y varied program ranging all the way f r o m lectures on foreign coun
        tries to addresses on George Washington and Old New Orleans w i l l be foil
lowed this year by the New Orleans branch of the American Association of U n f
versity Women, according to Miss A m y H . Hinrichs, president of the group. The
organization w i l l begin its w o r k Monday, November 2, when the first meeting
be held at Gibson Hall at 8. P . M .

      Mrs. Arthur G. Nolle, who accompanied Mrs. E. M . Gilmer (Dorothy D M
on a t r i p to the South Sea Islands, Japan and Australia, w i l l be the speaker at
the opening session and her subject is a "Travelogue Through the South Sea
Islands." Mrs. Nolte and Mrs. Gilmer had a most interesting trip and this pro-
gram is attracting much attention f r o m the members of the A.A.U.W., says Miss
Hinrichs.

      Maurice deSimonin, French consul here, w i l l address the group at the Decem-                               *
ber 8 meeting when he w i l l speak on "France Today." This w i l l be a particularly
notable program, the president declares, and the organization feels fortunate in                    Members of Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity, who are hostesses at a house party
having M r . deSimonin appear before them to give his impressions of France. At                given this summer at Treasure Island. From left to right, Dorothy Fits, Katherine
the January meeting scheduled for Monday, January 11, D r . Louis Binstock will                Byers, Mary Jane Sheldon, Pearle Shepard, Evelyn Pilkington, Margarethe Frits,
speak on "Russia," a subject w i t h which he is especially conversant.                         Frances Knapp.

The university women w i l l pause in February to pay tribute to George Wash-              ME M B E R S of the Alpha Omicron P i fraternity, who attend the Florida State
                                                                                                    College for Women at Tallahassee, are hostesses this week-end at a house
ington in view of the bicentennial celebration, meeting on Monday, February is             partv on Treasure Island.

to hear an address by M r s . James M . Thomson. Mrs. Oswald W. McNeese ( I I ) '                Guests f r o m the city are Betty Baldwin, M a r y Andeson, Gladys Kindel, Eliza-
                                                                                           beth Landers, and Emma Ruth Fleming, Sarasota, w i l l also be present.
w i l l give a lecture on Goethe at a meeting called f o r March 7.
                                                                                                 Members of the fraternity giving the party are Katherine Byers, Margarethe
Dr. C. C. Henson will be the speaker at the April meeting and his subject will             and Dorothy Fitz, Thelma Phipps, Sarasota; M a r y Jane Sheldon, Pearle Shepard,
                                                                                           Frances Knapp, and Evelyn Pilkington. M r s . Knapp w i l l be chaperon.—St. Peters-
be " A Resume of International Affairs." The season w i l l close on M a y 2 when          burg Times.

the university women w i l l entertain Newcomb seniors and women in the senior                    Stanford Alumna ^ids Campaign

classes of other colleges at Tulane at a reception at Miss Hinrich's home, 7336            WI T H a Stanford man in the White House, and the consequent glory to the
                                                                                                   Cardinal as the first western university to rate that supreme distinction, i t
Hurst Street. M r s . Helen Pitkin Schertz w i l l be the speaker at this meeting and her  may be well to look about nearer home and see what others of Stanford men
                                                                                           and women are doing for good government.
subject w i l l be "Old New Orleans."  ,
                                                                                                 I n San Francisco a notable group, i n larger and lesser dimension, are carrying
      Miss Dorothea Schlesinger is an charge of the w o r k of the high school-college     the good old cleanliness of Stanford atmosphere into municipal politics. Leland W .
relations, and M r s . John S. Kendall is chairman of hospitality. Miss Anna E.            Cutler ('06), trustee of Stanford, is president of the San Francisco Chamber of
Many ( I I ) , heads the housing committee, and D r . Elizabeth Bass w i l l direct the    Commerce and a force in San Francisco civic affairs. He was one of the stalwarts
membership w o r k . M r s . Allen S. Hackett is in charge of the work on the map of       supporting the new non-political charter that San Francisco w i l l begin working
New Orleans while Dr. Haidee Weeks directed the formation of the program. Miss             under on January 8, 1932.
Hinrichs will direct the publicity for the group, and Miss Clara de M i l t is chair-
man of scholarships.—New Orleans Times-Picayune                                                  W i t h him was associated Richard W . Barrett ('04), chairman of the Board
                                                                                           of Athletic Control. "Dick"—to thousands of alumni—is now campaign director
                                       Xi ^Member, Scholastic                              for the Progess Committee, working f o r the re-election of M a y o r Angelo J . Rossi.
                                                                                           Cutler is on the executive committee of the organization.
                                          J^eader, Opens J^aw
                                                                                                 Clean, efficient, and businesslike municipal government is the aim of the
                                              Office in Snid                               Progress Committee, composed of leading elements in the business life of the city.

                                       ON E of four girls who took the state                     Cecil I . Haley ('24), is assistant to Barrett. Nora Blichfeldt ( A '31), is aiding
                                               bar examination June 10, Miss Bet-          in the women's division. On the executive committee are such Stanford names as
                                       nice Berry, 21 years old, Enid, ranks sec-          Judge George E . Crothers ('95), Dan W . Burbank ('09), Walter H . Levy ('98),
                                       ond in scholastic standing in the graduating        and Gertrude N . Clift ('08).
                                       class this year in the law school at the Uni-
                                       versity of Oklahoma. Miss Berry received                  Stanford is not alone. The University of California is well represented on this
                                       an A . B . degree f r o m Phillips University.

                                              She is a member of the Ducks Club,
                                       swimming group; Kappa Beta Pi, interna-
                                       tional legal sorority; Alpha Omicron Pi,
                                       social sorority, and the Order of the Coif.
                                       She has recently opened her own law office
                                       in Enid.—Daily Oklahoman.
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