Our Times: Reviews and Previews

1940/41

October Eleventh...........................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Davis

High Lights of the Summer:

• At Home..........................................................................Mrs. Fletcher
• Abroad............................................................................Mrs. Rawlings

October Twenty-Fifth....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Moss

Evolution of our Political Parties....................................Mrs. Williams

The Monroe Doctrine--New Meaning...........................Mrs. Penick

November Eighth..............................................................................................................................................Mrs. Dew

The Regional Novel..............................................................................Mrs. McCombs

Ballads of the Confederacy................................................................Mrs. Sanders

Review: New England: Indian Summer (Van Wyck Brooks)........Miss Tucker

November Twenty-Second...............................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Penick

Our President:

• His Plans and Policies....................................................Mrs. Davis
• Rebuilding Washington................................................Mrs. Cherry

December Thirteenth....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Christmas in Literature......................................................Mrs. Moss

My Favorite Yuletide Story...............................................Mrs. Rawlings

Christmas Carols.................................................................Members

January Tenth............................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. MCombs

Royal Refugees......................................................................Mrs. Jenkins

War in Cartoons....................................................................Mrs. Cherry

Editorials.................................................................................Miss Tucker

January Twenty-Fourth................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Jackson

South America:

• Ethnology..........................................................................Mrs. Penick
• Flora and Fauna..............................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Government and the Trade Situation........................Mrs. Carruthers

February Seventh.....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

Chemistry to Our Defense..................................................Mrs. Moss

The Fifth Column...................................................................Mrs. Sanders

Review: Polish Profiles (Princess Paul Sapiehas).......Mrs. Davis

February Twenty-First.........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Rawlings

Wagnerian Influence on Modern Politics.........................Mrs. Dew

Popular Music Based on the Classical...............................Mrs. Jackson

March Seventh....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Carruthers

Dreams of Utopia:

• Plato's Republic..............................................................Mrs. McCombs
• Rosicrucianism...............................................................Mrs. Williams
• Excerpts from Sir Thomas More's Utopia................Mrs. Davis

March Twenty-First................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dew

Status of British Empire:

• Canada.............................................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Australia...........................................................................Mrs. Carruthers
• South Africa.....................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• India...................................................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Island Possessions..........................................................Miss Tucker

April Fourth........................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Sanders

Japan's New Program.........................................................Miss Tucker

Causes of French Collapse................................................Mrs. Dew

April Eighteenth....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mr.s Leigh

Theatrical Hits--Why They Are.......................................Mrs. McCombs

Year's Outstanding Biography.........................................Mrs. Williams

Year's Best Fiction...............................................................Mrs. Penick

Programs for 1941/42 through 1944/45 missing from

Butler Center Archives

Tomorrow's World

1945/46

October Twelfth....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Miss Tucker

Columbus Day:

• Poem: Columbus, Joaquin Miller..........................Mrs. McCombs
• The Known World, 1942-1945..............................Mrs. Dew
• My Favorite Explorer--Anecdote.............................Members
• Luncheon

October Twenty-Sixth......................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Boggs

Paths to Peace:

• Bretton Woods...............................................................Mrs. Rawlings
• San Francisco Conference...........................................Mrs. Riffel

November Ninth...................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Moss

Bulwarks of Peace:

• Preliminary Conferences of the Big Three.............Mrs. Anderson
• Agreements at Potsdam..............................................Mrs. Campbell
• Sidelights on the Conferences...................................Members

November Twenty-Third..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

Books Re-read......................................................................Mrs. McCombs

Ancestors' Brocades (Book Review)...........................Miss Tucker

My Favorite Classic: Quotation......................................Members

December Seventh...............................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Christmas Story...................................................................Mrs. Moss

Bethlehem.............................................................................Mrs. Williams

The G I's Christmas..............................................................Members

January Fourth.........................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dew

Problems of the New Year:

• Social...............................................................................Mrs. Davis
• Economic........................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Political............................................................................Mrs. Penick

January Eighteenth................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Davis

Rehabilitation in Europe:

• Beauty Regains Her Pedestal..................................Miss Tucker
• Return of Morale........................................................Mrs. Jackson
• The Church Re-opens Its Door................................Mrs. Boggs

February First.......................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Anderson

What Russia Wants and Why?.....................................Mrs. Rawlings

India To-day and Tomorrow...........................................Mrs. Anderson

Russian and Indian Proverbs.........................................Members

February Fifteenth..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Combs

Lovers' Tales:

• Venus............................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Freye.............................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Psyche..........................................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Perspephone...............................................................Mrs. Moss
• Ariandne......................................................................Mrs. McCombs
• Penelope......................................................................Miss Tucker
• Helen.............................................................................Mrs. Penick

March First......................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Leigh

Unknown Wives of Well Known Men.......................Mrs. Dew

Unknown Husbands of Well Known Wives.............Mrs. Cherry

Household Hints.............................................................Members

March Fifteenth.............................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Rawlings

Creative Writers in War Time......................................Mrs. Davis

Recent Biographies in Film, Fact and Fiction..........Mrs. Riffel

March Twenty-Ninth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Riffel

England's Aftermath:

• The Prime Minister and His Cabinet...................Mrs. Campbell
• Social Readjustment................................................Mrs. McCombs
• Waning of the Empire..............................................Mrs. Jackson

April Twelfth..................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Campbell

Trouble Shooting:

• In South America.....................................................Mrs. Penick
• In The Balkans..........................................................Mrs. Riffel
• In Turkey.....................................................................Mrs. Leigh

April Twenty-Sixth....................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Jackson

Reaching China's Wall:

• The Manchu Empress............................................Mrs. Williams
• Communism.............................................................Miss Tucker
• China's Leaders and Their Problems.................Mrs. Davis

May Tenth....................................................................................................................................Entertainment Committee

Best Plays of the Year...................................................Mrs. McCombs

Song Hits and Revivals in Music................................Mrs. Jackson

Picnic

What Next?

1946/47

October Eighteenth.........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Anderson

One of the World's Best Sellers:

• Sidelights on Johnson as a Lexicographer.............................Mrs. Rawlings
• Webster and His Noted American Dictionary.....................Mrs. McCombs
• Roll Call--My Favorite Big Words............................................Members

October Twenty-Fifth...................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dortch

Scientific Results of the War:

• In Medicine and Surgery........................................Mrs. Cherry
• In Transportation.....................................................Mrs. Davis, Jr.
• In the Home...............................................................Mrs. Campbell
• Roll Call: My Favorite Gadget..............................Members

November Eighth......................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

Threats to the American Way of Life:

• Militarism.................................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Socialism...................................................................Mrs. Dortch
• Secularism................................................................Mrs. Riffel

November Twenty-Second..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Jackson

Famous Crusaders:

• Godfrey deBouillon................................................Mrs. Anderson
• Conrad II...................................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Richard the Lion Hearted.....................................Mrs. Williams
• Frederick I................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Philip Agustus.........................................................Mrs. Penick
• Peter the Hermit....................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Saladin.....................................................................Mrs. Rawlings

December Sixth.....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Madonna in Art...........................................................Mrs. Campbell

Christmas Story...........................................................Mrs. Boggs

Roll Call--Christmas in Song and Poetry...............Members

January Third.....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Riffel

The Orient To-day:

• Far East....................................................................Mrs. Penick
• Middle East.............................................................Mrs. Litz
• Book Review: Alexander of Macedon..............Mrs. Dew

January Seventeenth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Boggs

Evolution on the March in Latin America..............Mrs. Riffel

The New Republic: The Phillipines.........................Mrs. Dortch

Roll Call--Quotations from Spanish Prose and Poetry.....................Members

January Thirty-First..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dew

Making of Maps and the Calendar.........................Mrs. Campbell

New Crop of Words and Terms................................Mrs. Jackson

Expansion of the Universe........................................Mrs. Anderson

February Fourteenth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Combs

Famous Love Letters..................................................Mrs. Rawlings

Classic Romances.......................................................Mrs. McCombs

Roll Call--Epigrams on Love.....................................Members

February Twenty-Eighth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Rawlings

U. N. O. Hurdles:

• Germany................................................................Mrs. Riffel
• The Balkans..........................................................Mrs. Dortch
• Italy.........................................................................Mrs. Davis, Jr.
• Greece.....................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Austria.....................................................................Mrs. Leigh

March Fourteenth......................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Penick

Queen Elizabeth in Modern Literature.................Mrs. Dew

The Theatre To-Day....................................................Mrs. Davis, Jr.

Roll Call--My Favorite Best Seller of the Year and Why............Members

March Twenty-Eighth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Litz

The Holy Land:

• Political Situation in Palestine............................Mrs. Williams
• Story of the Jordan.................................................Mrs. Dew
• Roll Call--Vignettes of Palestine.........................Members

April Eleventh...........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

National Problems In:

• Russia.........................................................................Mrs. Campbell
• England......................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• France........................................................................Mrs. Anderson
• Spain..........................................................................Mrs. Penick

April Twenty-Fifth..................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Harold Young

Shakespeare's Day:

• London in the Sixteenth Century........................Mrs. McCombs
• Revivals of Shakespeare's Plays..........................Mrs. Williams
• Roll Call--Excerpts from Sonnets........................Members

Just Around the Corner

1947/48

October Tenth....................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Riffel

Will 'o the Wisps:

• Ghost Towns..........................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Ghost Writers........................................................Mrs. Campbell
• Roll Call: My Favorite Spectre and Why?.......Members

October Twenty-Fourth...............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dew

Our American Outlook:

• Political....................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Social.........................................................................Mrs. Penick
• Ideological................................................................Mrs. Riffel

November Seventh.........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

American Essayists:

• Emerson....................................................................Mrs. Dew
• John Burroughs.......................................................Mrs. Dortch
• Christopher Morley................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Roll Call--Excerpts from Essays..........................Members

November Twenty-First.............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Davis

Spain--1547 - 1947:

• Cervantes and His Day..........................................Mrs. Davis
• Franco and To-day..................................................Mrs. Rawlings
• Review: Don Quixote............................................Mrs. McCombs

December Twelfth.....................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Children in Christmas Literature:

• Yuletide Story..........................................................Mrs. Rawlings
• Roll Call: Christmas Jingles.................................Members

January Second.........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Jackson

The French Scene:

• Existentialism and Other Philosophies.............Mrs. Williams
• Social and Economic Aspects...............................Mrs. Tucker
• The Arts......................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Roll Call--French Epigrams................................Members

January Sixteenth...................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. McCombs

Victorian Album:

• Accomplishments of the Prime Ministers.........Mrs. Dew
• Women of the Era....................................................Mrs. Campbell
• Book Review: Oscar Wilde - His Life and His Wit.....................Mrs. Riffel

January Thirtieth.........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Penick

European Scene:

• Progress of Marshall Plan.......................................Mrs. Davis
• Behind the Iron Curtain..........................................Mrs. Penick
• Rehabilitation of Germany.....................................Mrs. McCombs

February Thirteenth................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Boggs

Royal Romances:

• Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.......................Mrs. Leigh
• Pericles and Aspasia................................................Mrs. Litz
• Anthony and Cleopatra..........................................Mrs. Jackson
• Napoleon and Josephine........................................Mrs. Dortch
• Rudolph and Marie..................................................Mrs. Williams
• Carol and Lupescu...................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Elizabeth and Phillip...............................................Mrs. Rawlings

February Twenty-Seventh........................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Litz

Outlook in the Orient:

• Japan..........................................................................Mrs. Williams
• China..........................................................................Mrs. Tucker
• India............................................................................Mrs. Litz
• Roll Call--Lesser Lights of Asiz.............................Members

March Twelfth......................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Rawlings

Gentlemen in Waiting:

• Truman........................................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Wallace.......................................................................Mrs. Penick
• McArthur....................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Taft...............................................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Stassen........................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Eisenhower.................................................................Mrs. Campbell
• Dewey..........................................................................Mrs. Davis
• Dark Horse.................................................................Mrs. Tucker

April Second..................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Campbell

Psychiatry:

• Fact.............................................................................Mrs. McCombs
• Fiction........................................................................Mrs. Dew
• Roll Call--Comments..............................................Members

April Sixteenth..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Tucker

Famous Actresses:

• Ellen Terry...................................................................Mrs. Dortch
• Fanny Kemble...........................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Julia Marlowe............................................................Mrs. Leigh
• Sarah Bernhardt.......................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Sarah Siddons...........................................................Mrs. Cherry
• Roll Call--My Favorite Actress and Why? 1848 - 1948...............Members

April Thirtieth..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Picnic

Home Spun Americana:

• James Whitcomb Riley...........................................Mrs. Campbell
• Eugene Field..............................................................Mrs. Tucker
• Mark Twain...............................................................Mrs. Riffel
• Bret Harte..................................................................Mrs. Davis

Horizons - Near and Far

1948/49

October Eighth.......................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Riffel

Legends of Famous Rivers:

• The Nile................................................................Mrs. Cherry
• The Rhine.............................................................Mrs. Leigh
• The Severn............................................................Mrs. McCombs
• The Tiber................................................................Mrs. Dortch

October Twenty-Second...................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Litz

Trends in Literature:

• Fiction....................................................................Mrs. Dew
• Non Fiction...........................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Book Review.........................................................Mrs. Riffel

November Fifth...................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cherry

Famous Prime Ministers:

• The Pitts - Older and Younger............................Mrs.
• Clemenceau............................................................Mrs. Fletcher
• McKenzie King.......................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Jan Smuts................................................................Mrs. Davis
• Roll Call: Sayings of Prime Ministers...............Members

November Nineteenth...................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dew

The Political Horizons:

• The Winning Team.............................................Mrs. Tucker
• The Machine in Operation...............................Mrs. Campbell

December Tenth..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Christmas in Our Country:

• Deep South......................................................Mrs. Williams
• New Mexico....................................................Mrs. Dortch
• New England..................................................Mrs. Litz
• The Northwest...............................................Mrs. McCombs
• Yuletide Reflections......................................Members

January Seventh..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Boggs

The European Outlook:

• The Western Union..........................................Mrs. Penick
• Germany.............................................................Mrs. Davis
• The Balkans.......................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Italy......................................................................Mrs. Cherry

January Twenty-First...............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. McCombs

Post-War Innovations in Education:

• America...............................................................Mrs. Campbell
• England...............................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Middle Europe...................................................Mrs. Tucker
• The Orient..........................................................Mrs. Davis

February Fourth......................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Fletcher

Active Forces in the United States:

• The Unions........................................................Mrs. Litz
• The Lobbyists...................................................Mrs. Williams
• Propoganda.......................................................Mrs. Jackson
• Roll Call - Comments......................................Members

February Eighteenth............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Davis

Women of the Caesars:

• The Wives of Julius Caesar............................Mrs. Davis
• Livia and Julia...................................................Mrs. Fletcher
• Agrippina the Elder..........................................Mrs. Dew
• Sisters of Caligula.............................................Mrs. Leigh
• Roll-Call: Roman Sayings...............................Members

March Fourth.............................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Jackson

The Orient Today:

• The Russian Influence......................................Mrs. Campbell
• The Arab World.................................................Mrs. Dortch
• Famous Oriental Legends..............................Mrs. McCombs
• Roll-Call: Oriental Proverbs..........................Members

March Eighteenth.......................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Leigh

Latin America:

• Archaeology in Peru.............................................Mrs. Fletcher
• Communism...........................................................Mrs. Penick
• Arts and Crafts......................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Quotations: Latin Americanisms.....................Members

April First........................................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Tucker

AllFool's Day:

• Fools in Literature........................................................Mrs. Williams
• The Pros and Cons of the Comic Strip....................Mrs. Tucker
• Well-Known Clown in Circus and Vaudeville.......Mrs. Riffel
• Roll Call: Favorite Jokes............................................Members

April Twenty-Second...............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dortch

49 Centennial:

• Arkansas' Part in Gold Rush......................................Mrs. Dew
• California's Celebration 1949..................................Mrs. Cherry
• The West in the Movies...............................................Mrs. Riffel
• Roll-Call: 49 Isms.........................................................Members

Panorama of Change

1949/50

October Fourteenth.................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Boggs

Progress Toward World Peace and Unity:

• North Atlantic Pact......................................................Mrs. Fletcher
• E.R.C. After One Year...................................................Mrs. Cherry
• United Nations..............................................................Mrs. Cantrell

October Twenty-Eighth..........................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Campbell

Johann Wolfgan Goethe: 1749-1832:

• Universality of Goethe: Life and Philosophy........Mrs. McCombs
• Bicentenial at Aspen...................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Quotations....................................................................Members

November Eleventh.................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. McCombs

Appraisal of the Welfare State:

• Social Security.............................................................Mrs. Campbell
• Foundation
  • Cultural.............................................................Mrs. McAninch
  • Scientific...........................................................Mrs. Dortch

November Twenty-Fifth.........................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Fletcher

Trail Blazers:

• Northwest.....................................................................Mrs. Williams
• Southwest.....................................................................Mrs. Fletcher
• Far North.......................................................................Mrs. Melson

December Ninth......................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Williams

Dickens:

• Biography......................................................................Mrs. Riffel
• Dickensiana..................................................................Mrs. Litz
• Excerpts fro Christmas Carol...................................Mrs. Leigh

January Sixth..........................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Fletcher

Los Alamos the Atomic City:

• Peace Time Use of Atomic Energy............................Mrs. Fletcher
• Life in the AtomicCity..................................................Mrs. Williams

January Twentieth.......................................................................................................... Hostess: Mrs. Litz

Prophets and Seers:

• Biblical..........................................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Victorian.......................................................................Mrs. Riffel
• Modern.........................................................................Mrs. Campbell

February Third.....................................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Cantrell

Italy:

• Political and Economic..............................................Mrs. Cantrell
• Influence of the Vatican............................................Mrs. McAninch

February Seventeenth.........................................................................................................Hostess: Melson

Art:

• Renewed Interest in 18th Century Painters.......Mrs. Campbell
• Artistic Reflections in American Life Today.........Mrs. Litz

March Seventeenth........................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Litz

Ireland:

• Political Struggles and Independence...................Mrs. Davis
• G. B. Shaw - Writer and Satirist..............................Mrs. Riffel
• Shavianism...................................................................Members

March Thirty-First...........................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Leigh

Scandinavia Today:

• Norway and Sweden...................................................Mrs. Boggs
• Denmark.........................................................................Mrs. Fletcher

April Fourteenth.............................................................................................................Hostess: Mrs. Dortch

Americana:

• Prose:
  • Hawthorne and Thoreau......................................Mrs. Dortch
• Poetry:
  • Whitman and Benet..............................................Mrs. McCombs

April Twenty-Eighth............................................................................Hostess: Entertainment Committee

Trends in Music and Drama:

• Composers and Conductors.....................................Mrs. Jackson.
• The Play and the Actor...............................................Mrs. Cantrell
• Picnic...............................................................................Entertainment Committee