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group of earnest citizens seeking only the high goal of clean government in ] io c a cjilpha 0 ^Mothers and Daughters
affairs. That achieved, in San Francisco and in all other communities where Stan
f o r d men and women have influence, the leaven w i l l eventually spread and the same Analie Shaw (B* '30), Coralie Maze Shew (0 '06), CharlotteJjmJ££
job of good government be done in local places that M r . Hoover is doing i n hjg
higher station.—The Stanford Illustrated Review (M "28). have had a different experience from most mother and daughters.
Mrs. Shaw was a petitioner of Theta chapter, but her graduation took place
Stanford ^Alpha O's (jive 'Benefit before the charter was granted. Her daughters went ^ Indiana University and
were initiated, wearing their aunt's. Pearl Mate Harrer (6), ptn. In 1929, Char-
TH E first function of the fall season presented by the peninsula alumna? 0 f
Alpha Omicron Pi was the annual benefit bridge party held on Thursday at the lotte went to DePauw with her mother and saw her
chapter house of Alpha Omicron Pi at Stanford University. About fifty tables initiated, using the same fin.
were occupied by members of the organization and their guests and the hostess
in charge was Mrs. J. E. Carr ( 2 ) , of Palo Alto. The decorations were bowls of A Gamma mother and daughter are Marion Barry Wentworlh Perkins ( H , and
yellow, russet, and br twn chrysanthemums and yellow candles in the big brass ' Olive, the second generation tn Gamma.
candelabra, particularly suited to the big Alpha O living room, which is furnished
in green, gold and lavender.

Afternoon tea was served at the bridge party by the active chapter girls
under the leadership of Jane Nikirk ( A ) , daughter of Mrs. Frank Nikirk, formerly
of San Jose.

Members of the organization who reside in San Jose—Mrs. George Glenden-
ning (A '22), Mrs. Willis Clayton, Jr. (A '25), Mrs. Raymond Graham (A '22),
and Mrs. Theodore K . Farrington, (A '30). Also Mrs. David Hibbs (A MO), of
Los Gatos. Mrs. Thomas Templeton of Los Gatos was an honored guest. She held
the position of housemother f o r the Stanford Alpha O house for fourteen years, and
has since retired.

Officers of the organization include: president, Mrs. Michael Etcheverry ( 2 ) ,
of San Francisco; vice president, M r s . Daniel Evans (A '24), of Palo A l t o ; secre-
tary, Mrs. Theodore K . Farrington ( A ) ; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Crary ( 2 ) , of
Palo A l t o . M r s . Etchevery has the further distinction of being Superintendent of
the Pacific District of Alpha Omicron Pi.—San Jose Mercury-Herald

^Mary Weise Wins 'Bennett (fellowship

' I ' H E Bennett fellowship in Romanics, one of the highest honors that can be
A awarded a woman student at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded
to Miss Mary Lydia Weise ( N O ) , of Nashville, according to news received by friends
and relatives in this city Tuesday. This fellowship covers all fees and includes a
money award of several hundred dollars annually.

Miss Weise was born and reared i n Nashville, and educated at the Peabody
Demonstration School and at Vanderbilt University, f r o m which institution she
received her A . B . degree in 1926 and her M A . degree in 1927. Miss Weise was
an honor student, having been awarded the Phi Beta Kappa key. She is also a
member of the Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity.

Since her graduation Miss Weise has been connected w i t h the faculty of the
Middle Tennessee State Teachers' College at Murfreesboro and of the Peabody
Demonstration School. She has traveled extensively abroad.

Miss Weise is the daughter of M r . and Mrs. Carl E . Weise of 217 T w e n t y -
eighth Avenue North, and a great great granddaughter of James Robertson, founder
of Nashville.—The Nashville Evening Tennesseean.

'Bridge Wins Over 'Babies

OURSES i n bridge and babies were offered yesterday at the opening of the
c department of adult education at the Y.W.C.A., and bridge won.

Only one woman sat and waited patiently for the lecture entitled " Y o u and
Your C h i l d " to be given by Miss Katkerine Bickford (A '11), but at the same
time, in the next lecture room, women jammed around tables where Mrs. Charles
Geissler and Miss Clarice Hall were teaching contract bridge. Women who wanted
to know all about bridge were so numerous that t w o sessions of the class were
held.—Boston Post