ROUND TABLE CLUB

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 163, 5 April 1933, Page 5

ROUND TABLE CLUB

Business and Professional Women INTERNATIONAL BANQUET Last night in the big hall of the Y.W.C.A. the Business and Professional Women’s Round Table Club held an “international banquet,” this being the first time a New Zealand group had participated in this annual "nation-wide” celebration.

On March 29 last year banquets were held by business girls’ clubs in Turkey, Uruguay, Chile, Japan, Estonia, China, Latvia, Brazil, Syria, in 17 towns in Canada, and 336 centres of the United States.

The E-shaped table used last night—set for over 150 guests—was gay with autumn leaves and berries, and further decorations fittingly illustrated the increasing recognition of the interdependence of the nations of the world, one with another. Flags of all nations in close association suggested intimacy and friendship; a wireless set was eloquent of the rapid means of communication used in modern times; an aeroplane spoke of the more speedy personal contact made possible by inventive genius; a model steamboat and a model train spoke of transport and the exchange of goods and commodities—altogether very pretty and appropriate decorations for the occasion. The members of the board of directors of the Y.W.C.A. were present as guests of the Round Table Club. There were several speakers—Miss Elizabeth Blake, who spoke on the place of art in the life of the business woman; Miss Jean Stevenson, Miss H. Batham, Miss W. Savage and Miss A. McCrea. The toast-mistress was Miss F. Low, president of the Round Table Club, and those who proposed toasts were Miss A. Bethel, Miss H. Wilson and Mrs. R. Gardner, president of the Y.W.C.A. All the guests joined in bright community singing, of which Miss Bridgman was in charge.

Miss A. McCrea put forward a' proposal for the formation of a business girls’ club for girls over eighteen. Such a club, while providing opportunity for its members to meet together on matters of general interest, would operate mainly through circles for the pursuit of special interests such as drama, literature, sport, study, and discussion of modern affairs. It was decided to hold meetings of those interested in the new club later this month in the Y.W.C.A.

The following items were given:— Violin solo, Miss Olga Burton; recitation, Miss Gladys Gunn; song, Miss Ella Fair; dance, Wairarapa Club; international tableau. The accompanists was Mrs. N. Boyd.