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AAUW Study Groups CommenceAAUW To Hear Talk Today r. NORITI PALM BEACH —extensively in Viet Nam will appear in native costume and Miss Harriet Arnold, one of the illustrate her lecture with col - nation's foremost women pho- ored slides. tographers, will present hbr lec- Her photo -essays have ap. ture, "Viet Nam — From Sai- peared in many of the leading gon to the Bamboo Curtain," at magazines in the U.S. the general meeting of the North Palm Beach Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) 8 p.m. today at the First Federal .......... ........... Savings Building, Lake Park. ... ... ....... ... . .......... Miss Arnold, who has traveled ........................... .............. .......... ........ . ......... NORTH PALM BEACH -- Study-in-depth groups are func- tioning in the North Palm Beach Branch of the American Assn, of University Women (AAUW), ac- cording to Mrs. Herbert Gildan, president. "Culture and Religion of South- east Asis" is under study now, directed by Mrs. Philip Wooley and Mrs. Harold Tiedemann. This includes detailed research in Hin- duism, Buddhism and Islam, as well as an examination of the area's anthropology. This group will present to the membership a report on the art, music, dance and literature of this area. Mrs. Eugene Lehmann is cur- rently leading a study group in "Comparative Education: the Occident and the Orient." The findings of these members, who are putting special emphasis on southeastern Asia, will be pres- ented in an unusual format at the general meeting Saturday. The first Fine Arts- Festival sponsored by the AAUW will be -held in November under the di- rection of Mrs. William Shick. ,Area artists will be invited to display their work, she said. Arts Festival Set Saturda., North Palm Beach. Branc'� of the American Association of University omen Wil' ]l sponsor an Arts Festival! Saturday from 10 A.M. to 9! P.M. at the Old Country Club Art Center. Mrs. Herbert L. Gildan is president of this group, made up largely of younger women with young families. Mrs. William Schick, gen- eral chairman of the festival, says that all themembers are art minded and many of them are artists. Mrs. Schick 'herself, a grad- uate of Ohio State, paints in oils - and is also. interested in ceramics. Also on the committee is Mrs. Ernest Reinhold, who has degrees from Alabama U. and Florida State. She is also a pc -Linter. Mrs. David Jones, (Ohio State) had training as a com- mercial artist, but is also interested in other branches, Mrs. C. D. Robin, Western Reserve, likes portrait work. When organized in 1959. there were just a few mem-' bers. Now there are 52, AAUW Study Groups Commence Depth study groups are under way in the N o r t h Palm Beach Branch of the A.A.U.W. according to Mrs. Herbert Gildan., pres- ident. U n d e r the direction of Mrs. Philip Wooleyas� sisted by Mrs. Harold Tiedemann, members are studying the Culture and Religion of Southeast Asia. The anthropology of the area is being examined. Detailed research is being conducted in Hinduism* Buddhism and Islam. At a later date this group will relate the art - ,, music, dance and literature of this locale. Mrs. Eugene Lehmann currently is leading a study group in Comparative Ed- ucation, the Occident and the Orient with special em- phasis on southeastern Asia. The findings of these