Instead of sitting at home while their student-husbands study, wives of married students at the University have formed their own organization for social activities, and are terming themselves "Cavalier Ladies."
Thirteen charter members have banded together and set as their immediate objectives bridge parties, dances, a class in gymnastics, and other varieties of group entertainment. All wives of students at the University are eligible for membership, and the "Cavalier Ladies" have announced that they will call upon wives of newly-enrolled students to encourage their participation in social activities.
Mrs. T.A. Arias of Panama has been named president, the only office which the group will boast until its membership increases. Ultimately the group wishes to include all of the approximately 100 students' wives in the community as members.
Groundwork for organized social activity among the young women was laid by Mrs. A. E. Walker, hostess of the University Center. She invited them to become acquainted with each other at a series of receptions held last session and during the first part of the current session. Actual steps of the organization, first of its kind at the University, were taken two weeks ago.
Already they have been recognized by Charlottesville Chapter of the A. A. U. W., which has invited group members to join its study groups and book review sessions. The "Cavalier Ladies," however, have said their main interests will be social rather than cultural.
Charter members are Mrs. Arias, Mrs. Fontaine C. Armistead, Mrs. Robert C. Burton, Mrs. William P. Campton, Mrs. George B. Ely, Mrs. William H. Fisher, Mrs. Harper K. Hellems, Mrs. Frank S. Kaulback, Jr., Mrs. Lawrence G. Nelson, Mrs. Frederick E. Nolting, Jr., Mrs. Charles S. Simmons, Mrs. Samuel M. Teel, and Mrs. Charles W. Vivian.
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