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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1945-1946 Student Newspapers 5-15-1946 Connecticut College News Vol. 31 No. 23 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1945_1946 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "Connecticut College News Vol. 31 No. 23" (1946). 1945-1946. 24. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1945_1946/24 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1945-1946 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. ONNECTICUT OLLEGE EWS per copy Vol. 31-Noo 23 New London, Connecticut, Wednesday, !\lay 15, 1946 5c LawrenceMemorial Wig and Candle Wants Connectless College Visited Conn. College Day Record 01 Play Points Will Be a Part of Lectureshap States Wig and Candle would like By Lifeless' Bloodless Bimbo to get its point record for the by Rita Hursh Its Liberal Policy year up to date. Will all those City Tercentenary who were in any way con- Last year at this time Life magazine came to Connecticut For the past few years, the nected with the competitive College Buildings Will Henry Wells Lawrence Memori~l plays, Street Corner, Dad's but the results were not v~y ra- votable. Tonight another maga- 1ectureship has been under the ~l' Day show, or Senior melo- Be Open; Sports and reeHon of the Lawrence con:m~t· drama hand in to Nancy zine arrived on campus for the tee, consisting of Dr. Ma:Jone Noyes by Thursday noon the purpose of publicizing ce. ow Music Events Planned Dilley. chairman, the .MIsses record of what they did and it was Lifeless magazine and the Mary Bulkley and Katherme Lud- the number of rehearsals at- college was Connectless. The Friday, May 17, has been desig- ington, trustees, Miss E. Alverna tended. There will be an ini- Senior Melodrama Wednesday nated Connecticut College Day in night made the unusual visit pes Burdick, Dr. Mary C. McKee, Dr. tiation of new members -at the city-wide celebration of New Frank E. Morris, Miss Louise the party in Buck lodge, Fri- sible and this time the clever London's Tercentenary anniver- potter, Dr. Hannah G. Roach, Dr. day, May 17. sary. Interested observers are in- Bessie B. Wessel, and three alum- vited to spend the afternoon visit- nae Rosamund Beebe Cochran ing the college and enjoying a '26 I Kathryn Moss '24, and Bar- program of events especially ba~a Stott Tolman '35. Now, how- Seniors Will Hold planned to highlight New Lon- ever, the administration of this don's history. lectureship is being transferred Vespers Outdoors The college buudings, Includ- to the history department, which ing dormitories, will be open to will carry on the work the Law- Sunday Afternoon visitors from 2:30 to 5:00. Stu- rence committee began. As a.tor- The annual outdoor senior ves- dent guides, composed of mem- mal notice of this change of ad- per service will be held on Sun- bers of the junior class, will be ministration, the committee has day afternoon, May 19, at 4:45 in available at Palmer library to an- submitted the following state- the outdoor theatre. The speaker, swer questions or accompany vis- ment: according to tradition, will be a CORINNE MANNING '47 itors on a tour of the campus. "The Lawrence committee member of the faculty chosen by There will be a special exhibit at wishes to state the policy which the senior class, and the three an- Palmer library of books and has been developed and used in thems to be sung by the choir are countered him were subsequently newspapers printel in New Lon- the planning and administra- choices of the senior members of ensnared in his evil trap. Even don and of books written by New tion of the Lawrence lecture- the choir. Traditionally, too, the Dauntless Darling, the handsome London authors. Important his- ship to the end that it shall not scripture lesson will be read by hero ,and, of course, Cllnkeranne, torical documents, perhaps the only serve for the future as a the president of the senior ,class. the pure in heart were perilously most interesting of which is In- lasting memorial to Dr. Law- Another feature of this outdoor unaware of Bimbo's. motives un- dian Chief Owaneco's deed to the rence, but shall also- serve to service is the portion of the serv- til the inevitable turning point. land that is now the arboretum, will be on display. There will al- support the liberal tradition ice set aside for the reading or Bimbo's numerous entanglements so be a showing of antique fur- which he represented on the recitation of favorite religious na- led to a complexity of plot which niture from the George S. Palmer campus in his life and teach- ture poetry. This part of the serv- WALLY BLADES '47 in turn led to the hilarity of audi- ings. The committee does not ice is open to all who care to en- _ ence. Taunting hisses and boos collection. From 3:20 to 5:00, visitors may consider that all its practices ter into it. In case of inclement See "Melodrama't-r-Page 5 observe students participating in are binding precedents, but its weather, the service will be held ideas and excellent acting made at the same hour in Harkness the results exceptionally ravor- various outdoor sports, including policy must be followed to soft ball, golf, archery, and ten- maintain the purpose of the lec- chapel. able. • CCOC to Visit the The speaker chosen by the sen- Aileen Moody was the author nis. A musical program at Hark- tureship. ness chapel from 5:00 to 5 :30 will "From the beginning, the dor class to deliver the address at of the masterpiece and did a grand job' of incorporating a sub- Yale Engineering, close C.C:s commemoration of committee has been dominated the senior outdoor vesper service ject close to the hearts of CC stu- the New London Tercentenary. by the desire to emphasize for on Sunday is Miss Rosemond Camp Sat., May 18 Tuve of the department of Eng- dents into the traditional melo See "Committee'-Page 4 The Connecticut College Outing lish. drama framework. The produc- The anthems chosen by the sen- tion was under the able direction club is planning a trip to the Yale Barbara Morris '46 Prized Butterfly ior choir members are as follows: of Janet Weiss and Mary Roem- Engineering camp, near Lyme, on o Mighty God, Our Lord by er. Saturday, May 18. About forty Presents Polished Schutz and Lift Thine Eyes, and Lifeless came to Connectless in girls will leave here in trucks at Collection Given How Lovely is Tny Dwelling the person of reporter-villain noon of that day, accompanied by Vocal Performance Place by Mendelssohn. Bloodless Bimbo and all who en- Miss Ruth Wood of the gym de- To Zoo Dept. partment. by ShirJey Nicholson Many activities are being A very delightful evening was by Norma Johnson planned for the weekend, includ- that spent at Barbara Morris' sen- Last week, the zoology depart- T7 di's Requiem Presented by ing baseball, hiking, canoeing, ior recital, presented on May 9 merit was very honored to reo ,- ler and, if the weather permits, swim with the Connecticut college or- ceive a beautiful collection of but- if rJl mingo The girls are also planning chestra. The performer made. a terfties and moths. It was pre- 300 as Part 0 .L ercentenary to cook their meals out-of-doors. lovely appearance, sang with ac- sented to the college by the tarn- Saturday evening there will be complishment and showed no ily of George E. Nichols in his by Rita Hursh from the Yale School of Music, square dancing, and it is hoped signs of nervousness. The audio memory, and will be called the . f G . the New York Philharmonic, and that there will be someone pres- ence immediately felt that Bar- George E. Nichols Memorial col: A stlrrm~ perfo~ance 0 ui- the NBC Symphbny orchestras. ent to call the dances. Saturday bara enjoyed singing for her lis- lection. seppe Verdi 5 Requiem ~ass was Credit ror the excellent leader- . I given last Wednesday nigbt, May t night the girls will be housed in teners. A relaxed atmosphere, .M r. NIChols, who was an eco 0- 8' PIer auditorium as one of shlp of this large group goes 0 lodges at the camp. They will re- which is not always encountered gist, held for several years the ,In a ~ ve .ts in New Lon. Mr. A. B. Lambdin, business man- turn to college late Sunday after- even at the recitals of profession- POSitionof chairman of the ~ot- :'~'~~;:~:nt~n::'y celebration. It ager here at the college and prest- noon. al artists, was. created. a~y department at Yale. Durtng . d d a great presentation dent of the New London Oratorio ------ The program was balanced' hIS lifetfma he wrote several im- ~~ g!~e~ work and became a fit- society. Under Mr. Lambdin's lVlovies to be Show-n at with care. Barbara began with portant papers on the flora of. orial to the citizens of superb direction soloists, chorus, two serious numbers, Feldein- Connecticut tmg mem hr and orchestra blended magnifi· Aviation Club Meeting samkeit by Johannes Brahms and AI' the city who, during its ~ ee cently to give a well·balanced per- UInnaeDaughters hundred years ,have made .