UNIVERSITY WOMEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21247, 29 July 1932, Page 3

UNIVERSITY WOMEN

CONFERENCE AT BOSTON The splendid hospitality extended to the delegates who attended the council meeting of tho International Federation of University Women held at Boston last year wa3 described by Mrs. Max Cleghorn, who represented the New Zealand Federation, at the monthly meeting of the Auckland branch. The president, Miss A. V. Hay, presided, and spoke of the work to be done by the branch in preparation for the forthcoming pan-Pacific conference. There were 35 delegates, who attended the conference from all countries of the British Empire and of Europe, including such small states as Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, Mrs. Cloghorn said. The American Federation not only entertained the council members with the most lavish hospitality, but also paid their ocean fares and other travelling expenses while in America. On arrival in New York the delegates stayed at Johnson Hall and Brooks Hall, the residential halls for students attending Barnard College, the women's college which forms part of Columbia University. Outstanding among the entertainments provided were a dinner given by Dr. Murray Butler and the Facility of Columbia University and a luncheon party giwn by the Foreign Policy Association, at which the speakers were Professor Harold Laski, of the London School of Economics, and Dr. Josef Redlich, formerly Austrian Minister of Finance, and now Professor of Comparative Public Law at Harvard. On arrival at Boston members were motored to Wellesley College, where tho council meeting was held. Subjects of discussion at the meeting included tho endowment of international fellowships, the establishment of international clubhouses, exchanges of teachers in secondary schools, group tours in foreign countries, the nationality of married women and co-operation with other international organisations. The president, Dr. Winifred Cullis, a professor of medicine at the London University, announced that Madame Curie, of Paris, had agreed to nomination for the presidency at tho next conference, which is hcing held in Edinburgh this month. " The impression left by the visit was the splendid organisation, the incrediblo hospitality and the friendliness of the American people," said Mrs. Cleghorn.