The Archive · 1924

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ASSN

Annual General Meeting and Blection of Officers:

The annual meeting of the Shanghai branch of the American Association of University Women was held on Tuesday afternoon at Dr. Anne Walter Fearn's residence, 30° Route Pichon, and largely attended. After a delicious tea the business session was held, the Secretary, Mrs. Eveleth, presenting the report for the year, and the Treasurer, Mrs. Corbett, giving the financial statement, which showed among the other dise bursements the sums of $400 for the bursary offered to a girl graduating from the American School, $100 to a Chinese girl graduating from m Mission School, and $150 for domestic science work in the American School.

The secretary's analysis of the membership showed that the Inrgest number of members (11) came from Wellesley College, while Smith, Mount Holyoke, and the University of California' were represented each by eight member Chinese classical selections render-

Chinese girls from the MeTycire School were an interesting feature of the afternoon, the first selection being " historical ballad with flute accompaniment, the second a flute duet, and the third the ballad of "The Four Elders," also with flute accompani ment.

The annual election of officers was then held, the President, Mrs. Carleton Lacy, and the secretary, Mrs. Eveleth, being re-elected, and other officers being elected follows: Vice-President, Miss M. Frances Cross; Treasurer, Miss Laura Lenhart; First Director and Chairman of Hospitality _Committee, Mrs. N. F. Allman; Second Director, Miss Grace Yang; Third Director, Mrs. C.-M. "Drury, Member of International Relations Committee, Mrs. J. B. Hips.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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