Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1937 — Page 4

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Women Voters See Operation of Indianapolis Government Through Tours to Various Departments of

© Guests Hear

Humorous

Lecture by Dr. Shapley

- Otto Frenzel Jr. Heads Cornell Club Committee To Bring University’s Musical Groups Here - For December Performance.

By VIRGINIA MOORHEAD MANNON

There was nothing in Dr.

Harlow Shapley’s address

on “Exploring Galaxies From a South African Kopje,” ~~ before the Contemporary Club’s guest meeting last night in Caleb Mills Hall, to indicate whether he had any yearn- : ings when a boy in Missouri to measure the heavens. Dr. Shapley’s audience, largely illiterati of heavenly affairs, sus- . pected from the title of his talk that it was going to be something

about the stars. Some of his listeners knew he had a reputation for . establishing measurements of the solar system and for research in

photometry and spectroscopy.

Still other astronomical amateurs knew him as the recipient of scientific medals from several European countries as well as the United States and the holder of more honorary degrees than the

. heaven has stars.

Everybody was agog to see what manner of man

- ne of the world's foremost scientists and the head of Harvard University’s department of astronomy was. They found a delightfully humorous genius who, after dividing the sidereal bodies into seven zones for measurement, tossed aside

« a few hundred million light years as

casually as a gum wrapper. In

bh: a nice way he let his hearers realize their relative unimportance by

= flashing a few galaxies upon a silv

er screen. He is, by the way,

looking for ‘some more galaxies for his catalogs. The sun was disposed of quickly as a very average heating plant, the stars as a mere hot mixture of gases, the earth as planet No. 3 and orly the moon remained to present a problem. Dr. Shapley would like to come to some sort of terms with the moon because it makes too much light in the sky for his pictures. Warmed up by Dr. William Niles Wishard’s brilliant introduc

* tion, Contemporary Club members

and their guests were in fine

fettle for inoculation with Dr. Shapley’s celestial serum. Scattered throughout the auditorium were astronomy professors

and teachers from all over the State. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Merrell’s

dined together before the lecture.

A number of club members

dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. James T. Cunningham, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Ralph Showalter, Dr. and Mrs. Albert Seaton, Mrs. Joseph Littell and Fred McNeice, London, England. Mr. and Mrs. Herman W. Kothe and Mrs. Julia Jean Rudd also

brought their dinner guests to hear Dr. Shapley.

In Mrs. Rudd's

party was Mrs. Oscar Baur, Terre Haute, formerly of Indianapolis, who is spending a few days at the Propylaeum.

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- The idea of the Contemporary Club originated with Mrs. May

;- Wright Sewall nearly 50 years ago.

In 1890 she served as the club’s

+ first president. Mrs, Sewall’s reputation as a hostess who brought

notables from all over the world to

her home was well known. It

was her desire to enlarge the opportunities of people in the city to meet and hear the persons of distinction whom she had been

bringing here from time to time. The organization's objective is

to “consider and discuss phil-

osophical, social, political, economical, esthetic, scientific, literary ~ or other questions.” To that end an imposing array of speakers has

appeared - before it.

In 1907, while he was Princeton University

‘president, Woodrow Wilson addressed the club on “The Ideals of Public Life.” Among other outstanding speakers of the past have been David Starr Jordan, William Dean Howells, Dr. Edward Everett Hale, Brand Whitlock, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg and Gertrude

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Otto N. Frenzel Jr. will head

tJ ” 2 the Indianapolis Cornell Club

* committee in charge of bringing the Cornell University Musical

clubs to Indianapolis for one

performance on Dec. 25, in English’s Theater. Other alumni on the committee include

John Sloan Kittle,

John F. Modrall, Harry V. Wade, Nicholas H. Noyes, Anton Vonnegut,

Owen M. Mothershead, R. Ralston Jones,

Walter W. Kuhn, August C. Bohlen, Morrison ‘and Cornelius O. Alig. Indianapolis alumni will give a

in honor of the musical club members in

Wilson Mothershead, John Peter Frenzel, William H.

tea dance Christmas afternoon the Indianapolis Athletic

Club. Following the performance they are to be guests of Mr. and

Mrs. William Ray

| Young Women Democrats Set

Dance Tuesday & ¥ Governor and Mrs. M. Clifford Townsend and Mayor and Mrs. Walter C. Boetcher are to be honored at the dance to be given Tuesday night by the Marion County Young Women’s Democratic Club at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Mrs. H. Kenneth Cooper is club president, and Mrs. John M. Kelley is hostess chairman. Mrs. Kelley is to be assisted by Misses Inez Custard, Aletha Hayden, Mildred Gallagher, Rafeala Montani, Norma Dalton, Margaret Davis, Marie O'Connor, Helen Reidy, Marie Hansen, Lela Dipper, Helen Smith and Marion Bluestein; Mesdames Marie Sexton, Annabel Chowning, Carl Cecil, Marie Hadley, Faerie Frick and Mrs. Edith McKay.

Travel-Study To Hear Lecture

International Travel-Study Club members are to hear the second group of lectures by their Speakers’ Bureau in Banner-Whitehall auditorium at 1:15 p. m. Monday. Mrs. Paul J. Hart, O. C. Dorrah and Hazel Huffman are arrangements cochairmen. Speakers are to include Mesdames Grace C. Bushman, Marie Reynolds Ford, Grace Golden Hart, Herbert E. Rhein, E. “C. Rumpler, John W. Thornburg, Bjorn Winger, F. L. Came and Emily May Johnson.

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: Adams at the debut will give that evening for their daughter,

party Mr. and Mrs. Adams Miss Jane Adams.

Mrs. A. J. Whitten To Be Guild Hostess

Mr. A. J. Whitten, 4551 College Ave, is to be hostess to the Riley Hospital Cheer Guild at 2 P. m. Tuesday, Assistant hostesses are to be Mesdames Wallace P. Heller, Lizette Irrgang, J. W. Price and N. F. Wetsell. Ermel Hindman is to present a group of Riley readings. Mrs. Charles D. Vawter, guild president, is to conduct the meeting.

Party Date Set By Altrusa Club

The Indianapolis Altrusa Club, International Altrusa Clubs, Inc, is to hold its annual card party at 8 p. m. Nov. 22 in the Marott Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Proceeds are to be used by the club's vocational guidance committee. The club gives financial assistance to high school and college girls. For the past three years, honor students from Technical and Washington High Schools have been sent to a camp near Shelby, Mich. by the club. Mrs. Richard C. Fields, ways and means committee chairman, is in charge of arrangements. Assisting hen are Mesdames Guy A. Boyle, R. W. Jordan and Misses Hazel Williams, Gladys Alwes, Lucy Branch, Margaret Hiles, Mamie Larsh, He-

lena Patterson, Mary Ramsey and Emily Jo Reigler.

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Groups Make Benefit Party Reservations

Groups are being formed and reservations made for the Alpha Gamma Latreian’s bridge party to be held at the Columbia Club Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Marks are to play with Messrs. and Mesdames Herschell Davis, Combie Smith and Harry Elliott. Mr, and Mrs. Bert Gadd are forming a party, as are Messrs. and Mesdames K. J. Blevins, R. L. Ritchey, E. Alfred Kristufek and E. A. Nordholm. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pat Gallagher are to be at one table with Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ball.

Early reservations have been made by Judge and Mrs. Dan White, Messrs. and Mesdames Frank L. Luebking, Walter Hannon, Clair Corbin, Blanche Anderegg and Mrs. Cecil Clements.

Others Make Reservations.

Miss Charlotte Engle has reserved a table. Mrs. E. R. Pruitt is to have in her party Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan and Miss Clara Mae Hankins,

Mrs. Howard Hamilton is to play with Misses Martha Waggener, Mary Blair and Elizabeth Lahrman. Miss Esther Rains’ party is to include Misses Helen Sanders, Gladys Watson and Zoe LaVee. Mesdames Raye Urbaine, Harold Vehling, Adelia West and Miss Gretchen Drake are to comprise another party. Miss Ann Ernsting has reserved tables for her party.

Proceeds to Aid Camp Among other reservations are those of Misses Catherine Murphy, Mayme Murphy, Catherine Schmidt,

Georgia Vogelsang, Betty Zeion, Je Moore, Lela Hufford, Mary Gibson, Rose Hennis, Mary McConhay, Dorothy Moore, Pauline Frazier, Mildred Fowler; Mesdames Alta Pruitt, Carolyn Link and Oliver Gates.

Proceeds of the party are to go to the Julia Jameson Nutrition Camp, operated by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. The club is one of several organizations which help to support the camp. Miss Marie Jeffries is president and Miss Hortense St. Lorenz is bridge party general chairman.

Guests Listed For Town Hall

A number of guests were present for the Town Hall lecture of Richard Lahey, director of the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D. C., at 11 a. m. today in the Columbia Club. They atended the luncheon later. Miss Belle Schofield was hostess. Guests included Messrs. and Mesdames Wilbur D. Peat, Donald M. Mattison, Clifton Wheeler. Misses Blanch Stillson, Anna Hasselman, Levon Whitmire and Watler Heitam,

Alumnae Club Meets

The Ward Belmont Club met at Ll p. m. today with Mrs. Ralph Suits, 5842 Guilford Ave. Mrs. John Caylor was assistant hostess for the college alumnae meeting.

1. Mrs. C. R. Myers (left) and

ernment are discussed by

tour last Wednesday.

and C. W. Foltz.

operate under a merit system.

Times Photos.

Indianapolis League of Women Voters members are seeing for themselves the operation of Indianapolis City Government through three conducted tours to various city departments. made last Wednesday; others are scheduled for Nov. 17 and Dec. 1. There are five separate tours being made on the visiting days as a part of the League's study of city government forms.

The first of the tours was

Mrs. Frank Cox, chairman of the

Department of Government and Its Operation, are taking some “pointers” in the operation of the City Engineer's office from Henry Steeg (standing), city engineer, and William Asher, 2. An appraisal of the services of the Mayor-Council type of GovMayor Boetcher with Mrs. Smith (standing), Indiana League chairman of Government and Foreign Policy, and Mrs. Edward Harman. through the co-operatwwn of Mayor Boetcher and the department heads. 3. Mrs. Walker W. Winslow (left) and Mrs. Thomas D. came up the steps to City Hall to meet with a group starting on the

Leonard A. The tours were arranged

Sheerin

4, “Where does a part of the tax dollar go,” is being explained by Val McLeay (left) city planning commission secretary, in the commission office, to (left to right) Mesdames Benjamin Reed, J. W. Moore

5. The intricacies of firefighting equipment are pointed out by Capt. Charles D. Milender, in charge of Pumper 7. Visits were made to Fire House 1 by Mrs. Clarence Merrell, Indianapolis League president (center), and Mrs. Lester Smith, who arranged the tours. The League mem=bers are especially interested in the Police and Fire Departments, which

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Dr. Benson Speaker Wednesday On White Cross Guild Series

“Health a la Mode” is to be the subject of a lecture by Dr. John G. Benson, Methodist Hospital superintendent, at 2:15 p. m. Wednesday in the auditorium of the hospital nurses’ home. The lecture is to be the second in a series sponsored by the White Cross Guild. Members are permitted to invite one guest. Mrs. W. C. Hartinger, lecture course chairman, is to introduce Dr, Benson. A tea is to follow Mrs. Brandt C. Downey is chairman, assisted by mem-

bers of the social committee. The executive board is to meet at 10 a. m. in the nurses’ home headquarters with Mrs. Isaac Born presiding. Luncheon is to follow. Mrs. Charles A. Breece is chairman of the breakfast to be given at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the Marott Hotel by the White Cross Music Guild. Mrs. Harry Nagle is to give a group of readings. Mrs. S. M. Partlowe is to offer several vocal numbers, accompanied by Mrs. Carolyn Ayres Turner.

Chairmen Appointed

Mrs. Edward Pedlow is in charge of the recognition feature, honoring charter members. Mrs. Harry W. Krause, hostess chairman is to be assisted by Mesdames John Schneider, J. M. Bryant, Harold W, Brady, Homer D. Trotter, Laura Magenheimer, R. R. Mitchell, John Webb, Emmett Fowler and Miss Victoria Montani. Mrs. J. B. Kaufman, president of the Temple Sisterhood Flower Guild, has announced the gift of two Tiny Tim beds to the hospital from her unit. The gift is made in memory of Mrs. Eli Schloss who died recently. The funds for the charitable endeavor were a cash prize won by the organization in the White Cross cook book sale. The business women’s auxiliary of the Grace Church Guild is to meet Monday evening in the work rooms, New Jersey Street unit is to meet Tuesday. Mrs. Hanson Carey Research unit and St. Paul unit are to work Wednesday; the Mother Guild, Thursday, and the Riverside and Unity Guilds Friday,

Sorority Will Hold

Rush Tea Tomorrow

Alpha chapter, Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority, is to entertain with a rush tea from 3 to 5 p. m. tomorrow in the Antlers Hotel Medical Room. Guests are to include Mesdames

James Lee, Harriett Scott Olinick, Joseph R. Bennett, Earl Rice and Misses Catherine Heath, Mildred

King and Isabelle Somer.

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Faculty Club at Butler to Fete 1st-Year Coeds

A reception honoring freshmen women at Butler University is to be held from 3 to 5 p. m. Wednesday in the Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall recreation room by the Butler University Women’s Faculty Club. Readings from “High Tor,” a play by Maxwell Anderson which won the Dramatic Critic Circle Award for 1937, are to be given by Mrs. Jane Ogden Bruce, drama instructor. In the receiving line are to be Mrs. Leland R. Smith, club president; Mesdames James W. Putnam, Alice B. Wesenberg, W. L. Richardson and Gino A. Ratti. Assisting Miss Emma Colbert are to be Mesdames R. J. Hammergren, K, V. Ammerman, T. W. Nakarai, N. E. Pearson, W. B. Townsend, H. G. Nester, George Schumacher, B. C, Getchall and Misses Corinne Welling and Louise M. Schu'meyer,

Alpha Beta Phi Rush Party Set Tuesday

Alpha Beta Phi Sorority is to entertain rushees with a party Tuesday night in the home of Mrs. George McHugh, 819 Hiatt St. The event is to be a “Kid Party.” Guests are to include Mesdames Robert Armstrong, Frank Mueller, Robert Bell and Misses Genevieve Pettit, Mary Margaret Grogan, Florence Casserly, Ann Flynn, Patricia Kervan, Mary O'Donnell. Also Misses Mary Agnes Riley, Patricia Shine, Katherine Stapelkamper, Mary Elizabeth Thale,

Catherine Walpole and Mary Frances Wirth.

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Outstanding Events Scheduled by AF hree Department Club Divisions

Governor’s Mansion to Be Scene of Home Unit Tea Monday.

The Governor's Mansion, 101 E. 27th St., is to be the scene of the American Home Department, Woman’s Department Club, tea at 2:30 p. m. Monday. The program is to consist of a costume recital, “A Portrait of 2 Southern Lady,” and a Thanksgivng number by Mrs. William T. Ranall. Mrs. Sidney Blair Harry, soloist, is to sing two groups of songs, accompanied by Mrs. William G. Sparks. Prof. Charles E. Hanson is to play during the afternoon. Receiving with Mrs. Carl J. Weinhardt, department chairman, are to be Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter, honorary chairman; Mrs. Randall, vice chairman; Mrs. William L. Sharp, secretary; Mrs. W. C. Royer, treasurer, and Mesdames Bert S. Gadd, E. C. Rumpler and A. Edgar Shirley, executive committee members, and Mrs. E. I. Poston, Martinsville, state federation of clubs president. Assisting hostesses are to be Mesdames M., Clifford Townsend, Paul T. Hurt, Department Club president; and department chairmen: Mesdames Walter S. Grow, Herman H. Sielken, Charles H. Smith and Merritt E. Woolf. Mrs. Clarence J. Finch, Hospitality chairman, is to be assisted by Mesdames Paul T. Rochford, Louis E. Berner, Lena B, Ebert, Thomas T. Green, Alvin G. Jose, E. A. Kelly, R. A. Miller, Clyde V, Montgomery, Robert L. Moorhead, Carl J. Ros!, Myron Spring, Guy L. Stayman, Ralph E. Simpson, O. R. Sumner and Allan G. Sweeney. Mrs. Charles F. Thompson, tea chairman, is to be assisted by Mesdames Lawrence F. Orr, John G. Benson, Hugh J. Baker, I. E. Brokaw, Otis Carmichael, Alvin T. Coate, Frank E. Gates, W. D. Keenan, H. J. Lacy, William M. O’Brien, Albert H. Off, Fred L. Pettijohn, J. M. Thistlethwaite, Ralph I. Thompson, Charles W. Field and Dr, Mabel F. Bibler. 2 8 = “Harkness Museum” is to be the topic of the Department Club Art department's 10 o’Clock at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Charles R. Yoke, 4144 N. Pennsylvania St. Hugh J, Baker Jr, local attorney, is to discuss “Treasures of Yale University.” Donald M. Mattison, Herron Art School director, is to speak on “American School of Art in Rome; Prix de Rome.” Mrs. Paul T., Rochford is 10 o'Clock chairman and Mrs. Walter S. Grow is art ‘department chairman.

Reception to Honor Couple Wed 50 Years

Mr. and Mrs, Philip M. Hildebrand are to be honor guests at an informal reception tomorrow in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. sy Mrs, Philip S. Hildebrand, Dr. H. E. Milleson, Dr. Carolyn Milleson and Mrs. Lyda Lynde are to receive from 3 to 6 p. m. for their parents at 4544

Win Ave, No invitations have

Federation Aid On Education To Speak Here

Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, Baltimore, General Federation of Women's Clubs Department of Education chairman, is to be honored guest and speaker at the Woman's Department Club Community Welfare Department meeting Wednesday in the clubhouse. Mrs. Whitehurst is to speak on the subject “Education for Citizenship.” The general federation education department which includes 12 divisions, is one of the Federation's largest units. Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson is president. Education experts comprise the Board of Advisors. They are Mrs. Whitehurst’s consultants in the formulation of programs. In addition to her club work, Mrs. Whitehurst is a member of the University of Maryland Board of Regents, secretary of the Maryland State Board of Agriculture, a member of the National Conference Board of Rural Education, a member of the board of the Presbyterian Home for the Aged, the University Hospital and other organizations.

Vice President Federation

She is candidate for the office of general Federation first vice president. Election is to be held in Kansas City in May. She is a former president of the Maryland Club Federation. State guests at the meeting are to include Mrs. Edwin I. Poston, Martinsville, Indiana Federation president; Mrs. George R. Dillinger, French Lick, second vice president; Mrs. Harold F. Zanger, Winamac, third vice president; Mrs. William I. Ellison, Winona Lake, recording secretary; Mrs. Cogley G. Cole, Vevay, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren, Whiting, treasurer, and Mrs. Edwin F. Miller, Peru, Federation character training chairman. .Mrs. Robert Shingler and Mrs. E. A. Carson are to be in charge of the 12:30 p. m. luncheon meeting. Reservations, which are limited to 200, are to be made with Mesdames Robert E. Creighton, Clyde V. Montgomery or George M. Dickson. Mrs. Charles H. Smith, chairman, is to preside.

Luncheon to Be Served

Luncheon is to be served in the tea room by Mrs. George A. Bowen and her committee. Thanksgiving decorations are to be used. Ushers for the program in the auditorium are to be Mesdames Frederick C. Albershardt, Alvin G. Jose, William C. Kassebaum, Hal L. Purdy and Miss Carrie M. Hoag. A reception for Mrs. Whitehurst is to follow the program. Mrs. John Berns and Mrs. Arthur

| Mas. Felix T. McWhirter To Be Honored at Tea Nov. 23.

Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter and McWhirter group members of the | Woman's Department Club are to | be honored at a Thanksgiving Day | program and tea to be held at 2:30 p. m. Nov. 23 in the clubhouse. Mrs. McWhirter is a founder and past president of the Woman's Department Club, and it is in her honor that a special courtesy was extended to members joining the club during the past three months. The program is to be an interpretation of Ibsen's dramatic poem, “Peer Gynt.” Murs. Hal L. Purdy is to be the reader. The music, Peer Gynt Suite, by Grieg, is to be played by Armin L. Doerschel. Mrs. Leo K. Fesler is arranging the program. Other Groups Invited

Invitations to the tea have been extended all departments of the club by Mrs. John Berns, Little Club committee chairman. Mrs. Harold K. Bachelder and Mrs. Othniel Hitch are hostess cochairmen for the tea, assisted by the Little Club committee. Assisting are to be Mesdames Berns, Alvin G. Jose, Hollie A. Shideler, Irving P. Blue, George Snyder, Everett E. Lett, Helen Talge Brown, Frank Burres, Wile liam C. Kassebaum, Malcolm Lucas, Clyde V. Montgomery, Paul T. Rochford, Myron J. Spring. Mesdames Russell R. Reutepoheler, Jerome Trunkey, Harold M. Trusler and Misses Amber Kiefer, Pearl F. Kiefer and Bessie York McClain.

Goucher Club Meeting Today

Mrs. Edward H. DeHority, 3045 N. Pennsylvania St., entertained Goue cher College Club members at lunche eon today. Club members living in Indianapolis are Mesdames Frederick C. Albershardt, Harry D. Case, M., Steele Churchman, Ben Franklin, George R. Jeffrey, John F. Lance, Charles Richardson, Russell I. Rich=ardson, Joseph W. Ricketts, Paul Schaffner, Herbert E. Wilson, C. E, Carman. Also, Misses Marguerite Dice, Grace Emery, Jean L. Kirlin, Ruth F. Stone, Charlotte Twitty. Richard Lahey, who was Town Hall speaker this morning, was a guest. He conducts a special course in creative painting at Goucher, ©

Mrs. Harry Palmer

Is Party Chairman

Mrs. Harry H. Palmer is general chairman for the annual benefit card party to be held at 2 p, m. Thursday by the Nettie Ransford 464, O, E. S, in the Wil

Chapter [liam H. Block & Co. auditorium.