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WINTER PARK TOPICSA Weekly Review of Social and Cultural Activities

During the Winter Resort SeasonVol. 10—No. 11 Winter Park, Florida, Friday, March 19, 1943 Price 10 Cents

RIGHT OF WOMEN DOCTORS TO RECOGNITION AND MAYOR BAKER ISSUES STATEMENT SUMMARIZINGCOMMISSIONS IN ARMY UPHELD BY DR. MORTON PROPOSED PURCHASE OF CITY'S WATER PLANT

The ambition of patriotic womendoctors to enter the armed servicesof their country and to receive com-missions on an equal basis withmen seems to be perfectly reason-able and laudable in every way.

Dr. Rosalie S. Morton

But the opposition of Surgeon Gen-eral ftlagee to their receiving com-missions because they are womenhas made ft necessary to under-take the passage of special legisla-tion to open the doors of the Armyto them.

There are a large number ofhighly qualified women physiciansin this country possessing know-ledge, skill, judgement and integri-ty of a very high order. Those withspecial skills as in the fields ofsurgery, anesthesia, pathology,bacteriology, blood bank work, psy-chiatry •"and general medicine, arejust the kind of physicians thatthe Army and Navy need most.And they ask: "Why should anysex line be drawn? Why should notqualification for the job be thesole criterion?"

The movement to secure equalrecognition for women with mendoctors is now at the stage whereeveryone who believes in fair play,(to say nothing of the completeliquidation of Victorian concepts ofsex in regard to doctors) shouldtake pen in hand and write to hisCongressman what he thinks aboutthis matter.

The women doctors have a for-midable array of publications, or-ganizations, publicists and leadingcitizens with them in their fightand Secretary Stimson seems to becoming over to their side. The mat-ter however is still in the controv-ersial stage, and it is not likelythat it will have a free ride throughto a favorable vote.

Just why the Army's Surg'eonGeneral should feel that Americanwomen doctors should be kept inan inferior position to Russian,

British and Chinese women doctorsis hard to understand. Certainly itcan hardly be on the ground thattheir sex incapacitates them forthe rigors of the battlefront. Thewomen nurses are sufficient answerto that point.

During the recent sub-committeehearing in Washington, Dr. RosalieSlaughter Morton, of Winter Park,was asked to make a statement de-scribing her experiences in WorldWar . If the Surgeon General readthe statement which Dr. Mortonsent to Washington he must havedone considerable squirming. Dr.Morton along with all other womendoctors who served their countryin World War I were unrecognizedand unpaid by their Government

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RED CROSS WAR FUNDNOW ON HOME STRETCHRemember in this war the Amer-

ican Red Cross is a front line out-fit that goes where the combattroops go. It not only ministersto the physical needs of our menin the armed forces at the frontand in prison camps, but furnishesmuch needed relaxation to our fight-ing men behind the front lines andin military hospitals.

Those who contribute to the WarFund in this country are playing apersonal pai't in the essential pro-gram that goes 'round the world.

In the middle of its second week,the Red Cross War Fund drive inWinter Park has passed the three-quarter mark in its share of theOrange county quota, and witheveryone assisting we hope to goover the top soon.

The Red Cross does so much inso many places that we cannot af-ford to let it down. We must allshare in upholding our boys.

(Editor's Note: The following-statement given to Winter ParkTopics for publication by MayorR. C. Baker presents an officialview of the proposed purchase ofthe City's water plant. It is not aplea for the purchase of the plant,but a straight forward presentationof such information as the votersshould take into consideration.Many prominent residents haveexpressed themselves in favor ofthe City owning its water plant.Mayor Baker expressly points outthat the proposal will be placed be-fore the voters for final decision ina referendum.)

About a year ago Leedy Wheeler& Company, investment bankers ofOrlando, entered into negotiations

KNICKERBOCKER TO TELLOF WAR IN AFRICA

H. R. Knickerbocker, globe trot-ting reporter for the Chicago Sun,will be presented by Rollins Collegein a lecture at four o'clock Mondayafternoon, March 29, in the AnnieRussell Theatre when he will givean eye-witness report of the warin North Africa. He has only re-cently returned from, that continent,where he witnessed the invasion ofthe Allied forces and the historicconference in Casablanca.

Previously, he had been in theFar Bast, covering Hawaii, thePhilippines, Java, the Dutch BastIndies, Australia and New Zealand.

After twenty years journalisticexperience in all parts of the world,Mr, Knickerbocker is rated as oneof the world's greatest journalists.A Pulitzer Prize winner, he holdsmany other newspaper awards,

His lecture here will be on thesubject: "With the U. S. ArmedForces Around the World''.

with the City of Winter Park forthe purchase of the Winter Parkwater system. This water systemconsists of real estate, pumphouses, reservoirs, three elevatedstorage tanks, pumps, fire hy-drants, water meters, services andapproximately sixty-eight miles ofwater mains within and adjacentto the city.

The asking price was $450,000;the City countered with an offerof $350,000. After considerablenegotiations, the purchase price of51.380,000 was finally arrived at. Thepresent depreciated value of thewater plant has been variously fig-ured, ranging from as low as $409,-020 to $603,421, Leedy Wheeler &Company estimates the presentvalue of the plant at $480,835. Thevariation in these value figures isdue to different rates of deprecia-tion taken by those making the es-timate,

At the present time the City hasa contract with a Jacksonville en-gineering firm to make another in-dependent appraisal of the plantand also its potential operatingincome. This report should be inthe hands of the City Commissionany day,

The operation of the Winter Parkwater plant for the past few yearshas been fairly profitable, In 1939the net operating profit was $29,-714; in 1940 $31,056; in 1941 $32,-857; and in 1942 $36,327. Becauseof certain overhead expenses in-cident to large corporate manage-ment, it has been estimated thathad the City been operating thewater system during these years,the operating profits would havebeen somewhat higher; that is, for1939 $32,827; for 1940 $33,817; for1941 $34,080. These estimates weremade by Leedy Wheeler & Com-pany.

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The shady arches of Winter Park's Interlachen Avenueare reminiscent of New England's elms.

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The marriage of Miss BarbaraBrown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,Ervin T, Brown, of Virginia Drive,to Jarvis R. Peddicord, son of Mr.and Mrs. Roscoe R. Peddicord, ofHobart, Ind., took place last nightat 8 p. m., at. the Knowles MemorialChapel. The bride's father willleave shortly to do special warwork among colleges and universi-ties, and it was on this accountthat the marriage took place earlierthan was originally planned. Anaccount of the wedding will be pub-lished next week.

Mrs. John Huntley Dupre, ofLexington, Ky., came Saturday tomake a two weeks' visit with herparents, Bishop and Mrs. WilliamF. Anderson and sister, Mrs. Ander-son Twachtman. Mrs. Dupre's hus-band is professor of history at theUniversity of Kentucky.

Mrs. George T. Ladd receivedword Tuesday of the sudden deathof her brother, Dr. Charles Wad-haras Stevens, of New York, andwas able to leave the,next day forthe North, having already madereservations on the New York trainfor Wednesday for her customarydeparture for her summer home atWadhams, N. Y. Dr. Stevens, aretired oculist with offices for manyyears in New York, came down lastwinter with his wife and spent alarge part of the season with Mrs.Ladd in Altainonte. Owing to thegas and tire shortage, Mrs. Laddtook an apartment at 350 LymanAvenue,, where she has been thisseason.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Clark, ofDes Moines,Iowa, who have beentwo months at Port Lauderdale,spent three days this week visit-ing the former's sister, Mrs. GeorgeM. Whicher, a season guest atBatchelor Place, Osceola Avenue.

Prof, and Mrs. Paul S. Peircehave as their guests Mr. and Mrs.C. A. Peirce, of La Grange, 111.Mr. Peirce, a,brother of ProfessorPeirce, is vice-president in chargeof production of the Diamond T

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Dr. and Mrs. Frank Howland ofWorcester, Mass., are staying withMrs. E. Louis Anderson, 164 BrewerAvenue, for several weeks. Dr.Howland is a brother of Mr. JohnG. Howland of Bridgeport, Conn.,who has been spending the wintermonths here for many years at 630Palmer Avenue. Other guests whohave remained for the season areMiss Genevieve Quinsler of Fal-mouth, Mass., and Mrs, Louis Car-dinal of Roslyndale, Mass.

Mrs. Mabel H. Kirk, Aloma Ave-nue, gave a small luncheon Satur-day to honor her sister, Mrs. Wil-bur F. Hurlburt, who is visitingfrom South Orange, N. J. Herguests were Mrs. Samuel M, Cath-cart and Miss Olive Kellogg. OnSunday Mrs. Kirk entertained atdinner at Mrs. Lists, inviting Mr.and Mrs. Carl F. Langlas and Dr.and Mrs. Alex D. Johannes.

Mrs. W. F. Quarrie left by planeyesterday to visit her daughter,Margaret, a student at the Graham-Eskes School in Palm Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hill cameover from St. Petersburg recentlyto visit the latter's father, Dr.Charles T. Knipp, distinguishedphysicist, who has recently joinedthe Rollins faculty. Dr. Knipp isresiding with Prof, and Mrs, Her-man F. Siewert, Glencoe Avenue,who were hosts to Mr. and Mrs.Hill during their stay. Mr. Hillis a famous designer of stainedglass windows, His wife, PollyKnipp Hill, is an etcher of note.

Mrs. William I-I. Howison re-turned yesterday to Bronxville,, N.Y., after a visit with her mother,Mrs. R. B. Barbour of InterlachenAvenue. Mr. Howison returnedseveral days ago, but his wife hadto postpone the trip on account ofillness.

Mr. Barbour is expected to re-turn from Tucson, Ariz., near thefirst of April.

Mrs. Roy E, Crumrner has goneto Chicago to visit with her son,Roy, Jr., a private in the army,who is on a ten-day leave from hispost at Camp Wallace, Texas. •

Mrs. John Cansler of Charlotte,N. C, is making a visit with herparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pen-ington, Alabama Drive.

Mrs. William E. Casselberry hasher daughter, Mrs. Stuart Temple-ton of Lake Forest, 111., with herfor a visit at 2101 Via Tuscany.

A dance will be given for servicemen tonight at the Woman's Clubby the A. W. V. S. recreation com-mittee, Mrs, Roy Hough, chairman,assisted by Mrs. Alonzo Klaw.

The Sunday evening sings at A.W. V. S. will be resumed on Sun-day evening at 8 p. m., under thedirection of Mrs. Charles Hammondand Mrs. Gertrude Royal.

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In past years Winter Park resi-dents interested both in music andin the activities of the HungerfordSchool for Colored Young People,have had the privilege and pleasureof listening to some very fine con-certs given by the Hungerford Sing-ers, but this year, due to trans-portation and other difficulties, thelisteners and the performers havebeen unable to get together.

In view of the ever-present needof extra funds to keep this worth-while and necessary project going,it has been decided to present twoconcerts at the CongregationalChurch as benefit performances forthe Hungerford School. The firstof these will take place on March26, and will be a piano recital byMorton Schoenfeld.

The second program will be givenby the Trio of the Delius ChamberMusic Group on March 30, the pro-gram being announced at a laterdate.

Tickets will be available at theBookery.

Dr. George H. Opdyke will givea lecture on "Ramblings in ColorMovies and Stills" at the Congre-gational Church on Tuesday eve-ning, March 23rd, at eight o'clock.Dr. Opdyke's pictures are artisticand charming and an evening spentlooking at them and hearing of hisadventures with his camera is adelightful experience. Everyone iscordially invited. There is no ad-mission fee, but a free-will offer-ing will be taken for the benefitof the Women's Union.

The last of the "Afternoons inthe Garden" will be at the MeadGarden on March 20, from 3 to 5.A delightful afternoon can be spentlooking at the plants and flowersalong the wooded paths and visit-ing the orchid house where thereis always something new to see.

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The ticket for "Afternoons in theGarden" will admit the holder free.Others may enter on payment ofthe usual 25c fee. The "After-noons" have been very successfuland many thanks are due the own-ers of the gardens which have beenopened to the public on five after-noons during February and March.

I At the annual election of officersbf the University Club Saturdayevening, Dr. Henry Dike Sleeperwas named its new president, tosucceed Dr. John Milton Moore.The four vice presidents will be:Bishop John Gowdy, Carl F. Lang-las, Harvey M. Dann and Dr. JamesW. Rankin. William E. Stark wasreelected secretary and HenrySchenck, treasurer. The member-ship now numbers 356 and repre-sents 134 colleges and universities.

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ROLLINS COLLEGE CALLS FOR SUPPORT OFCOMMUNITY IT HAS HELPED TO ENRICH

College towns are often—but notalways—delightful residential com-munities. Winter Park is rightlynoted for its many beautiful homes,and its intelligent, friendly and cul-turally-minded residents. Each win-ter season brings a new group ofwinter guests, many of whom laterbecome home owners and perma-nent residents.

Unless one gives it some thoughthe may imagine that Winter Parkgrew like Topsy, that it just evolvedby natural processes from the tinyhamlet in the pine forest of 58years ago to the unique communityof today. One does not need to bea historian to realize that it wasRollins College that moulded thecharacter of the Winter Park oftoday. The town and the Collegehave grown up together.

It would be difficult to imaginewhat Winter Park would be like ifits early citizens .had not raised$114,000 to bring the College here.For some years now the annualbudget of the College has approxi-mated ?500,000, virtually all ofwhich has been spent in Orlandoand Winter Park. How richly theCollege has repaid that initial in-vestment of $114,000! To thoseearly pioneers it was an act offaith.. Their dream has now be-come a reality.

But a war involving every cornerof the world has precipitated thepresent-day crisis for Rollins as ithas for all other colleges. TodayRollins has more than two milliondollars in net assets. It has a na-tional reputation, and an opportun-ity for significant and vital serviceto our country.

A year ago Rollins needed $250,-000 as a backlog to tide it over forthe duration of the war. Et hasalready raised one half of thatamount, leaving a balance of $125,-000 yet to be secured to completeits War Adjustment Program.

When one realizes that this sumis only $12,000 more than theamount raised by those early pio-neers as evidence of their faith inthe future of the community, it in-spires confidence and courage. Boththe town and the College haveprospered during the past 58 years.Rollins has not forgotten or neg-lected the community. What otherCollege makes such gifts to its com-munity as has Rollins in its AdultEducation Program, its Symphony

, Orchestra, its Bach Festival, itsAnnie Russell Theatre perform-ances, its Pounders' Week activities,its Animated Magazine, its Recitals,Lectures, Athletic Events, and itsbeautiful Knowles Memorial Chapel

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services. It is such gifts as theseaccumulated over half a centurythat put the community heavily indebt to the College. It is a debtthat can never be paid, yet thereshould be satisfaction and real joyin trying to pay it.

Winter Park without Rollinswould not be Winter Park as weknow it. The challenge of faiththat confronted the pioneers of 58years ago met with a spontaneousand generous response. A similarchallenge confronts the WinterPark of our day. The call todayis for courage rather than faith,for Rollins is~ now an accomplishedfact. The present challenge is forthe preservation of all that thesacrifices of the past have created,and for the preparation of the Col-lege to take advantage of the largeropportunity that will be open toall colleges after this world strug-gle is ended.

SHAW'S "PYGMALION"BY STUDENT PLAYERS

With an excellent cast in oneof the world's most noted plays,the Rollins Student Players seemheaded for success with their com-ing production of George BernardShaw's "Pygmalion"' at the AnnieRussell Theatre on the evenings ofMarch 25 and' 26. The play is un-der the direction of Dr. RobertKlein, noted European producer anddirector, who has presented manyof Shaw's plays in England and inGermany. The three stage settingswill be designed and executed byDonald S. Allen, director of stu-dent dramatics.

"Pygmalion" is the modern dayversion of the classic Greek playin which the sculptor falls in lovewith the statue he has created andcauses it to come to life. Eliza,the ragamuffin flower girl, to beplayed by Patricia Pritchard, istaken from the slums of London byProfessor Higgins and Col. Picker-ing, played by Robert MpDonoughand Franklin Bowes, and is coachedby them to fit into the social milieu.The humor and pathos of that situ-ation is high-lighted by Shaw, writ-ing at his best.

In the role of Mrs. Hig-gins willbe Josephine Rose Dresser, who hasbeen invited to appear as a guestartist. Mrs. Dresser scored a suc-cess in her performance with theAnnie Russell Company a few yearsago in "Night Must Fall". Othermembers of the cast are Sudie Bond,Reedy Talton, Nancy Boyd, ClydeTaylor and Gene Sturchio, Jr.

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people in all walks of life havebeen making annual contributionsto support the far-flung work ofthe American Red Cross. The lit-tle Red Cross stickers in countlesswindows were visual evidence ofthe nationwide support of, and con-fidence in, the Red Cross.

Each year during that periodhundreds of thousands have comein contact with the Red Gross.They may have been disaster vic-tims. Perhaps they were enrolledin Red, Cross first aid classes orone of the other educational proj-ects of the organization. Quitepossibly they were among themany volunteer workers whose un-selfish spirit of service representsthe Red Cross cornerstone.

During 1942, however, more than1,000,000 men and women made anew contact with the Red Cross.They were those who each con-tributed a portion of their bloodto the Red Cross Blood DonorService. Collected at the requestof the Army and Navy, this bloodis processed into plasma and serumalbumin, and today it is being usedon the world's battlefields, helpingto give our wounded a much betterchance at life, In 1943 4,000,000donors are needed.

It may safely be said that theRed Cross Blood Donor Service hasopened the eyes of many to thereal'significance of the Red Cross.Another eye-opener, though not sowell known, is the fact that inNorth Africa, in New Guinea andthe Solomons, and wherever elsethe need arises, surgical dressingsmade by the Red Cross volunteerworkers are being used to bindthe wounds of those who are out

there prepared to give their lastfull measure of devotion.

On the lighter side of the picture,the Red Cross has established some150 service men's clubs, rest homesand recreation centers abroadwhere our soldiers and sailors, tak-ing a respite •from their duties, findeverything they might desire fora good time: comfortable beds andshowers, home-cooked food, gamesand entertainment.

With them also, at home andabroad, in camp and hospital, areRed Cross representatives, men andwomen of training and experience,ready to advise and counsel andhelp unravel any of the many per-sonal and family problems to whichsoldier and civilian alike are sub-ject.

Despite all the work of the RedCross on behalf of the service man,it continues its activities at home.Instruction in first aid, home nurs-ing1 and , nutrition, assistance tofamilies of service men, work inhospitals and in other fields of pub-lic welfare, disaster preparednessand relief, and a host of similaractivities, keep the organizationbusier than it ever has been before.

All of which points to one fact:The Red Cross is your Red Cross.It is yours in a deep and personalsense. It is doing' the thing's youyourself would do if you had theopportunity. Not only in one iso-lated case, but all along the line.

To do this costs money. Thismonth (March) the Red Cross israising its 1943 War Fund,, thegoal o:i! which is $125,000,000. Everydollar you contribute will be spent,as wisely as you would spend it.

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MAYOR BAKER ISSUES(Continued from Page 1)

The City of Sanford operates awater plant quite comparable insize with that of Winter Park, bothas to number of customers and sizeof the plant. Using operating fig-ures obtained from the Sanfordplant, the Mayor has figured thatour net revenue for the year 1940would have been about $28,231 andfor the year 1942 approximately130,813. It is interesting to notethat the City of" Sanford in 1942,over and above all operating ex-penses and fixed charges, was ableto turn into the general revenuesof the City some $12,700. It mightbe added, however, that Sanfordhas a somewhat higher water ratethan Winter Park which increasedtheir gross revenues to some ex-tent.

To purchase the water plant, theCity has entered into an agreementwith Leedy Wheeler & Company toissue $390,000 of 3V6% water reve-nue certificates to provide the fol-lowing: for the purchase of theplant, $380,000;'the initial workingcapital, $5,000 in cash, and §5,000to Leedy Wheeler & Company forexpenses connected with the issu-ing of the revenue certificates, thecourt proceedings, the validation ofthe certificates and the approvingopinion of some nationally knownbond attorneys. This entire expenseis to be borne by Leedy Wheeler &Company. The purchase is alry> sub-ject to the approval by a majorityof the qualified voters of WinterPark, voting at a referendum to beheld for that purpose.

These revenue certificates will bepaid solely from the net operatingrevenues of the water works sys-tem, and the agreement specificallystates that no property in WinterPark, either real or personal, willba liable at any time for the levyof an ad valorem tax for the pur-pose of paying interest on or theprincipal of these revenue certifi-cates.

These revenue certificates, pay-able over a period of thirty years,call for approximately $21,000 ayear principal and interest..Winter Park is now paying theFlorida Public Service Company forwater and fire hydrant rentalsabout $4300 a year. It receivesfrom the Florida Public ServiceCompany in taxes on the waterplant about $3000. The daily pump-

: ing capacity of the plant is 5,616,-000 gallons and the highest dailypeak load has been 1,031,000 gal-lons, a situation which indicatesthat the pumping capacity is ade-quate for the City for some timeto come.

The question has been raised asto why it is necessary for the City

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to purchase the water works planjtfrom Leedy Wheeler & Company ofOrlando rather than directly fromthe General (3as and Electric Cor-poration, which owns all the com-mon stock of the Florida PublicService Company. A letter fromMr. H. K. Halligan, Vice-Presidentof the General Gas and ElectricCorporation, dated February 16,1943, answers this question. Quot-ing from this letter: "I understandthat some question has arisen asto the reason for the company dis-posing of these properties to asingle purchaser instead of at-tempting to consummate nine se-parate sales directly with the var-ious municipalities concerned. Itwas our judgment that by so doing,a substantial amount of time andexpense would be saved. This fac-tor, of course, was considered inarriving at the over-all price of$900,000 for the water propertiesof Florida Public Service Companyas we would have expected to re-ceive a larger amount in the ag-gregate if it had been necessaryfor us to consider the time and ex-pense involved of negotiating nineindividual sales.'1

This letter makes it clear whyWinter Park is negotiating for theplant through Leedy Wheeler &Company, for obviously the Citycould not legally buy water plantsin other communities.

. As the matter now stands, theCity is waiting for the engineeringreport from George W. Simons, Jr.,a municipal consultant engineer inJacksonville. Their men were inWinter Park last week looking overthe plant, the equipment, and goinginto the rate structure and the op-erating figures at the office of theFlorida Public Service Company.As soon as this report arrives itwill be presented to the City Com-mission for their consideration andthen it will be presented, alongwith all other pertinent data, to apublic mass meeting to be calledfor* that purpose, Shortly after,this mass meeting, the referendumwill be held for the purpose of ap-proving or rejecting the action ofthe City Commission in voting tobuy the Winter Park water system.

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BRAZILIAN STUDENTLIKES WINTER PARK

One of 'dhe most popular innova-tions of Rollins' newly-adoptedInter-American program is a Bra-zilian exchange student, Miss NietaAmaral, and mutually admiring isthe blithe Latin beauty, who saysof Rollins, "It's wonderful here,"and of Winter Park, "This is thenicest little town I ever saw!"

When Nieta was in her first yearat the University of Brazil, with-out telling her mother or father(or her five younger sisters), sheapplied to the Institute of Inter-national Education for a scholar-ship to study in the U. S. A. Alanguage major with business in-clinations, she was interested inthe advantages of studying abroad,and also^ she confesses, fascinatedby the picture of American collegelife painted for her by book, movies,and the American boys and girlswho summered with their parents,in Rio's American colony and win-tered at North American colleges.South American universities haveno campus life, which Nieta callsan education in itself. But she re-members she filled out applicationforms, took tests and securedrecommendations with only thevaguest hopes, so that both sheand her family were surprisedwhen in August 1941 she was pack-ing up for Beaver College for girlsin Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

When Rollins College, represent-ed by Admission Director George

Holt, applied last summer at theInstitute's New York office for aBrazilian student to assist in aLatin-American relations project,Nieta was recommended. And hereshe is, working at Rollins with herfacile knowledge of English, Frenchand Portuguese, studying Germanand Spanish, and, as an intelligentand well-liked member of the stu-dent body, doing in a big way hershare for the Good Neighbor Policy.

In the interest of using her lan-guage talent to the best advantage,she has centered a good part ofher training on business courses.Last summer she found a job ina Brazilian steamship company inNew York, and already opportuni-ties in the diplomatic service arepresenting themselves,

In attempting to contrast life inthe states with life in Brazil, Nietadecided that things of the outerworld, appearances and accoutre-ments, on the two continents werevery nearly identical. New Yorkreminds her of Rio, but bigger; carsand movies are the same; clothesare very much alike, although shebelieves American girls dress withthings of the spirit, the intangibleattitudes and standards differ wide-ly. Telling of the social customsof her country, Nieta summarilycontrasted these attitudes by call-ing the American girls "a littletougher, more independent, becausethey know their way around," andthe_ boys "lighter-hearted, moreboyish, less self-conscious."

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Mrs. William Melcher will haveas her houseguest Mrs. Harris T.Baldwin of Washington, D. C, whois here to speak at a public lunch-eon meeting at the Women's Clubon Monday, March 22. Mrs. Bald-win knows Capitol Hill well, is tobe found at all important congres-sional committees, and is convers-ant with the progress of importantlegislation. Reservations may bemade up to Friday with Mrs. LewisMalvern, 325 Vitoria Avenue, Win-ter Park, phone 389-M.

During Mrs. Baldwin's stay Dr.and Mrs. Melcher are having openhouse for all League members andtheir husbands on Sunday after-noon, March 21, from five untilseven o'clock. Visiting League

members and their husbands arecordially invited.

On March 23, Mrs. Baldwin, to-gether with Mrs. Melcher, who islocal League president; DoctorKathryn Abbey, state foreign pol-icy chairman; Mrs. Raymer Ma-guire, state chairman for govern-ment and its operation, and fivedelegates will attend the FloridaState Convention of the League ofWomen Voters at Winter Haven.In compliance with requirements ofthe O. D. T., the convention hasbeen streamlined both as to thenumber in attendance and thelength of the time covered. Socialfunctions have been eliminated, andonly necessary business has beengiven place on the program.

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PAINTINGS BY VIRGINIA KEEP CLARK ONEXHIBITION AT MORSE GALLERY OR ART

and the Austrian soldiers when thebuilding was used for barracks. Thetapestry is, therefore, considered

The Morse Gallery of Art at Rol-lins College, Winter Park, an-nounces the opening on Saturdayafternoon, March 20th, of an ex-hibition of paintings by VirginiaKeep Clark. Included will be watercolors of Nassau and Haiti, por-traits in oil and pastel sketches.

Mrs. Clark is known as a por-trait painter, specializing particu-larly in childrens' portraits. In anationwide competition sponsoredby the American Art Galleries, Mrs.Clark was awarded a one thousanddollar prize for her portrait"Mother and Child". She also re-ceived the portrait prize at the Chi-cago Institute of Art.

Mrs. Clark has spent a numberof winters in Nassau and whilethere she painted many portraits.Among her most famous sitterswere the Duke and Duchess ofWindsor. At present Mrs. Clarkis residing in Winter Park and hasbeen active in the A. W. V. S. Shehas given most generously of hertime and talents, making pastel por-traits of soldiers. A number ofthese will be included in the ex-hibition.

At the same time the Gallerywill show an unusual Milenesetapestry which has been loaned tothe college for a short time. "TheLast Supper", a rare example ofneedlepoint tapestry, is a repro-duction of the famous masterpieceby Leonardo da Vinci. Accordingto the history traced by the presentowner, the piece was made by thir-teen nuns in a convent in Milanfour hundred years ago, before daVinci's great painting was ravagedby time and defaced by the French

to be an older and more pei'fectreproduction of the original paint-ing than anything else in existence.Particularly noteworthy is thecoloring' which has retained its bril-liance through four centuries. Thehistory of the tapestry and itstravels from the time of its origindown to its appearance in America,is romantic and interesting. Thisstory will be posted in the wingof the gallery which will be givenover entirely to exhibition of thetapestry.

The gallery will be open to thepublic from 2 to 5 p. m. week-days,3 to 6 on Sundays.

The Seminole Hotel completed itsseries of Sunday evening concertson the 14th with the re-appearanceof Alphonse Carlo, violinist, ac-companied at the piano by Mrs.Carlo. These artists had a warmreception from the hotel guests andfriends.

The Harvard Club of WinterPark will be host to the UniversityClub, also other college clubs, ata presentation of a moving pictureshowing war work at Harvardwhich is to be shown on April 1,at 8:16 p. m., at the Annie RussellTheatre.

The Friday morning ReadingGroup will meet at the Woman'sClub on March 19. Mrs. Nat.Claybough of Orlando, will review"Van Loon's Lives" and "VictorHugo" by Matthew Josephson.

FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943

ARTHUR SCHULTZ NAMEDROLLINS TRUSTEE

Arthur Schultz of Winter Parkand Robert W. Stephens of NewYork City have been elected toserve on the Board of Trustees ofRollins College, the former also toserve on the Executive Committeeof the Board.

Mr. Schnltz attended the RollinsAcademy in 1898-'99. From 1922-1930 he served on the Board ofTrustees and was a member of theExecutive Committee. One of Win-ter Park's most active citizens, hehas been prominent in the realestate business, has been presidentof the Chamber of Commerce andactive in all civic enterprises.

A graduate from Rollins in theclass of 1931, Mr. Stephens hasserved as president of the RollinsAlumni Club of New York and dur-ing the past year was vice-presidentof the Rollins Alumni Associationin charge of the Alumni Fund. Hehas been connected with the Guar-antee Trust Company of New Yorksince 1932 and is now one of theassistant treasurers of the com-pany.

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from her.Due to the great increase in ac-

tivities at the A. W. V. S. recre-ation center, all other phases of thework of the Winter Park unit ofthe American Women's VoluntaryServices, such as' finger-printing,salvage, registrations, draft, andration board, canteen, stamps andbonds, blood donors, volunteerplacements, etc., will be handledat the State Headquarters at 352Park Avenue.

The Poetry Society will meet atAlumni House, Student Centre,Rollins College, on Saturday, March27th at 3:30 p. m., sharp, JessieB. Rittenhouse will speak on thep o e t r y and autobiography ofG e o r g- e Santayana. Contributedpoems will be read. Members maybring guests at fifty cents for eachguest.

A. W. V. S. NEWSThe American Legion had charge

of recreation last S u n d a y andserved refreshments to 106 soldiers.

Our Service Men's Register showsthat since January we have hadmen from 42 out of the 48 statesas well as men from Denmark,French Morocco and Canada visitour recreation center.

Mrs. Alice I. McLean, nationalpresident of the A. W. V. S. ex-pects to come to Florida in thenear future, and the Winter Parkunit is looking forward to a visit

Dr. Kathryn T. Abbey (Mrs. A.J. Hanna) who last week concludeda series of eight lectures "TwentyNations in the Making", on the Rol-lins College Adult Education pro-gram, lectured at the Four ArtsSociety of Palm Beach this weekon the development of democracyin the Latin American nations.

Professor A. J. Hanna of RollinsCollege, who has been a memberof the executive committee of theFlorida Audubon Society since 1929and who has been active in thework of this organization since heentered Rollins as a freshman in1914, was elected president at theannual meeting held in WinterPark last Saturday.

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but went through the blood andsweat of treating wounded soldiersin France and Serbia entirely fin-anced by their own organization,the American Women's Hospital.

Dr. Morton was in active prac-tise in New York City in 1915. Be-̂ing commissioned by the AmericanRed Cross to convoy much neededsurgical supplies to the SerbianArmy and authority to remain inSerbia for war service, she wasable to see at first hand the oper-ations of the hospital organizations

-directed and staffed by Britishwomen, also those of the ScottishWomen's Hospitals which were ac-tively at work in France, Belgiumand Serbia.

Becoming convinced of the greatopportunity for women doctors todo terribly needed -work, she re-turned to New York with a plan forhospitals in the war zone whichwould be organized and operatedby American •women. The mannerof its inception is described by Dr.Morton in the statement which fol-lowa, which is taken from her re-port to the Sub-Committee on Mili-tary Affairs;

"In June 1917 the second annualmeeting of the Medical Women'sNational Association convened inNew York City. I was asked topresent a paper on the 'Work ofWomen Physicians and Surgeons inthe European War" and make sug-gestioris for American service, Thefollowing day this organizationcreated a War Service Committeeand urged that I become its chair-man, promising that in this way Icould best realize my alreadyformed plans. I was made chair-man and given carte blanche, toselect a committee and proceed. Westarted''Vat once, campaigning toregister wonien: of military age andqualifications for home and foreignservice. In two weeks the namesof 5,788 well trained women wereon file. Funds' to equip, send andsupport units were supplied throughthe activity of a "drive". This cam-paign was stimulated by our send-

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ing contributions, specially donatedfor the purpose, of thousands ofdollars and supplies to meet, atonce, urgent needs in Serbia and

• France. At the end of ten days wehad raised §800,000.00 in cash, andmoney continued to pour in. By theend of the first year we had estab-lished units fully equipped with am-bulances and all accessories, in Vo-dena, Monastir Serbia; in Luzancy,La Ferte Milon, Blois, and Blaran-court, with outlying dispensaries intwenty French villages.

"Following my address to themembers of the Board of the NewYork Women's Hospital on 'TheRelation of Water Supply to Epi-demics' Ii5,200.00 was donated tosend a motor truck, the first to beequipped as a field laboratory, tothe Salonica front. It was soon onits way and was sent in advanceof the Serbian Army to test water .supply and direct drainage, thento act as full pathological labora-tory with field hospitals.

"In July 1917 Surgeon GeneralGorgas designated me a member ofthe Medical Board of the NationalCouncil of Defense, to represent of-ficially, as chairman of their Com-mittee on Women Physicians, notonly all the medical women in theUnited States, but as well, scien-tifically trained women in alliedfields, anaesthetists, pathologists,dentists, roentgenologists and sani-tarians.

"Our committee sent recommend-ations of doctors, who were prompt-ly called to service, to the "Com-mission for the Prevention ofTuberculosis" in France; to theRockefeller Institute abroad, to theSmith and the Wellesley units inFrance; to the British Expedition-ary Force in Egypt and to refugeehospitals in Serbia as well as manyto work directly under the Ameri-can Red Cross.

"In Washington I met many dis-tinguished delegates who came toour capital to ask for assistancefrom America for England, France,Belgium, Serbia and other coun-tries. They all knew of the suc-cessful military aid given by womenphysicians in World War I, there-fore, they were enthusiastic re-garding the foundation of theAmerican Women's Hospitals andtheir prompt functioning.

"We hope, gentlemen, that you,representatives, American men freefrom professional jealousies andancient prejudices, will speed thegoing of our colleagues, now ofmilitary age, to do their bit in les-sening the suffering and in savingthe lives of our soldiers and thoseof our allies.

Respectfully submitted,Rosalie Slaughter Morton." •

such workers into the sea."An American Women's Hospital

unit hospitalized on Macronezi Is-land the Greek refugees broughthome from Turkey through the ef-forts of the late Asa W. Jenningsof Winter Park.

"After the first World War thework of the American Women'sHospitals continued in France infull force until the French doctorsreturning from the front took over."These units were then moved toSerbia and rendered much aid inthe health reconstruction of Yugo-slavia.

"In the present war there is noneed for this organization to con-tinue in war service, for our na-tion is not now dependent on 'Har- •vard' units or any other group con-tributions. Nor do the young medi-cal women of today intend to besegregated in rendering their highlytrained and well established pro-fessional services to their country'smilitary sick and wounded.'1

"The work of the AmericanWomen's Hospitals, founded in1917", stated Dr. Morton to Win-ter Park Topics, "was establishedon such a firm basis that it has con-tinued to function in Europe untilthe present war. Dr.'Ruth Parma-lee, who had been head of the hos-pital at Athens, Greece, did notleave until the Germans drove all

THE WOMAN'S CLUBA reception will be held this

afternoon at the Woman's Club toentertain, for the second time thisseason, the new members taken intothe club this year. Today's affairwill be in the form of a St. Pat-rick's day party, and there will bean exhibition of Mrs. Sue Kleb-sattel's pictures of Winter Parkscenes.

Officers of the club will receivethe guests. They include Mrs. Wil-.lard Wattles, president; Mrs. Wil-liam E. Winderweedle, first vice-president; Mrs. Charles H. Mac-Dowell, second vice-president; MissMargaret" D. Moore, third vice-president; Mrs. Moultrie M. Crom-well, corresponding secretary andMrs. William E. Stark, member-ship chairman.

Mrs. Winderweedle is chairmanof the tea.

Monday, March 22, at 2:IB p. m.Weekly bridge lesson. Open topublic at nominal fee. Mrs. CharlesGeissler, instructor. All proceedsused for welfare work of the club.

Wednesday, March 24, at 10:30a., m. Literature department, withMrs.. Wm. F. Yust as chairman,will introduce Mr. Yust, librarianemeritus of Rollins College, whowill speak on "The Literary Colonyof Winter Park."

Mr. Yust organized and acted aslibrarian of the Rochester PublicLibrary for 20 years before com-ing to Winter Park. He graduatedfrom the first library school in theworld, that of New York state,while it was under the direction ofMelvil Dewey, the great pioneerlibrarian. He also organized alibrary in Louisville, Ky.

In Winter Park his hobby has beendiscovering authors who live hereor visit Winter Park in the win-ter. He has printed a list of themfour times and copies of his fifthedition will be ready for distribu-tion at the meeting Thursday,

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March 25 at 2 p. m.Mrs. C. Fred Ward will conduci

her Lenten Bible Class at the club-house Friday, March 26, at 3 p. m.

International Relations Depart-ment, with Mrs. Herbert Halver-stadt as chairman, will introduceDr. William Dana Street, who willspeak on "A Visit to Bulgaria",followed by Bulgarian folk songssung by Prof. Henry Dike Sleeper.

Dr. Street was born in WhitePlains, N. Y. He received a cul-tural as well as a theological edu-cation and in 1901 started a churchin White Plains and continued asits pastor for 39 years,

Prof. Henry Dike Sleeper iswell-known to the club membersas he appeared recently with Mrs.Albert Shaw 'in a program ofAmerican songs and song writers.

Dr. Sleeper was head of themusic department of Smith Collegefor many years and has worked forbetter church music with greatsuccess.

MORTON SCHOENFELDIN PIANO RECITAL

Morton Schoenfeld, senior pianostudent at the Rollins Conserva-tory of Music and one of the mostpromising young musicians in theSoutheast, will be presented insenior recital at 8:15 o'clock Sun-day evening, March 21, in the AnnieRussell Theatre. The program isopen to the public.

Mr. Schoenfeld received, highrecognition recently when he wasawarded 'first place in the NationalFederation of Music Clubs StateContest, Young Artist Division, heldat Stetson University early thismonth. He is now eligible for com-petition in the regional contest tobe held at Rollins on March 27.Winners of tlie regional music con-tests will enter the National con-tests. Schoenfeld's home is inBrooklyn, N. Y.

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