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toelkskg College VOL. UV WELLESLEY, MASS., MAY 9, 1946 NO. 20 Floats Will Exotic Tree Wellesley Can Mayling Soong Institute Help to Solve Star "Hansel Day Pageant Will Take Place in Fall Food Shortage And Gretel" 'JungleBook' Speakers Will Consider American Policy in Pacific Approval of Wellesley's food At Second Quadrennial Institute of Foundation Float Night, with its gaily conservation program by UNR- workers By Sylvia Crane, '47 colored pageantry, musical back- RA in Alglasterhausen, Germany, is expressed by Miss Plans are already well ground, and class crew races, under way for the Mayling Soong In- Ruth Houghton, former director stitute on "Some Problems of American Policy will resume its place among tra- in the Pacific," of the Placement Office, in a let- which will take place here at Wellesley early in the coming acad- ditional Wellesley festivals, Fri- ter to Mrs. T. R. Covey, College emic year from October 10 to 12. day, May 17, beginning at 7:45 Dietician. "We are enthusiastic," Mrs. Dorothy B. Atkinson, chairman of the Mayling Soong p.m. Absent from the list of col- says Miss Houghton, acting stated, "I deputy director in the Western Foundation, has feel certain a distinguished Institute lege activities during the war, it District Children's Center of the will be presented—one which will quicken interest in and enlarge is expected to be an especially American Zone of Occupation, undertakings on that important and complex topic, and which big event this year because no "because every bit of food any of will be a credit to Wellesley College. The impetus of such an In- class now at college has ever us has eaten since coming to stitute should continue through several years." seen it before. Europe is supplied by the U. S. The theme this year, Among the speakers is John "Hansel Army and because the food fed and Gretel," will be carried out Carter Vincent, Director of the all the D.P.'s (Displaced Persons) by floats depicting such scenes '48 Will in Germany is imported by the Dance Office of Far Eastern Affairs in as the cookie house, the chil- U. S. Army." the Department of State. Mr. dren's dream, and the watch of There are thousands of people, Wind Tree Vincent's talk will cover the the woods, all against a back- up she states, who can testify that ground of appropriate music. theme of the Institute itself. Also what is conserved in America "We expect that the irregular in the partly completed roster of does get to Europe and does do Day Festivities outlines of the floats will be very some good. "Food shipments from speakers are Ralph J. Bunche, As- effective against the dark night is really the United States are behind "The music going to sociate Chief of the Division of sky," explains Betty Bremer '47, be 'reef," promises Janet Van Allene Lummis '46 schedule," adds Miss Houghton, Dependent Area Affairs in the business manager of the project. Arsdale, Chairman of the "Spring "and until they begin arriving in The floats will drift along Lake Department of State, who will greater numbers, Fling," the sophomore dance '^8 UNRRA work- Waban from the cove up past By Carol Remmer, is 18. from discuss trusteeship under the ers and Displaced Persons must which to be held May Green, so that onlookers at all 8 to 12 in Alumnae Hall. Panthers, pythons, and almost rely on Army issues." p.m., United Nations Charter; Profes- points along the shore may see Hal Reeves Orchestra will play all the jungle beasts as well as sor Rupert Emerson of Harvard, them. Undernourished Infants and contrary to his usual prac- some Daliesque creatures called who will speak on independence Before the floats appear, the tice of only appearing at a dance "scary things" will dance on According to Miss Houghton, class crew races will start off short time, Hal himself movements in the Southwest Pa- Severance Green, Saturday, May there arc about 160 children from for a the festival. After these the four two will direct for the entire evening. cific; Felix M. Keesing, Professor 18 in the Tree Day Dance Page- weeks of age to seventeen crew teams will form a "W" and The "Spring Fling," will pro- of Anthropology at Stanford's ant. This year's dance recital, years in the Center. "All of them the freshman barge will be vide festive climax to Float Hoover Institute, School of Naval based on Kipling's Jungle Book, come into UNRRA camps mal- a christened. The classes will sing Night and Tree Day for the class Administration, whose specialty will relate the adventures of nourished," she says, "and the their crew songs on Severance babies which come from German of '48 as, amid festoons of bal- is American island territories in green. Mowgli, danced by Fuzzy Glas- hospitals are usually pathetic loons, they dance around a flow- the Pacific. the senberg '46, Head of Tree Day. "Because we have learned infants. ered arbor in the center of the Other speakers include Profes- Held on the green for the first specimens of One look difficulties of producing Float at them would ballroom, to the "right" music. sor Raymond Kennedy of the De- time in four years, the Tree Day convince any Night without any past experi- Janet is being assisted in partment of Sociology at Yale, ceremony will open with forma- American that food conservation ence," explains Max Bublitz '47, not planning for the dance by Nat whose area of speclialization is tion of the "W" by the classes, was only a good idea," she head of Publicity, "we are re- Peterson, Chairman of the Deco- Southern Asia, Indonesia, and the introductory speech given by claims, "but something that he cording every thing we do and rations; Bobbie Lowitz, Tickets; the Philippines; Professor Char- the Freshman Tree Day Mistress, himself wanted to do." any suggestions we have, to help Sue Gelsthrope, Floor Commit- les F. Remer of the Department Grace Geer, and the processional In order to help alleviate this the producers next year." tee; Mary Zeller, Publicity; Sally of Economics at the University of the Tree Day Mistress, blonde desperate situation in Europe, The floats, produced by stretch- Luten, Music; Margo Hoon. Re- of Michigan, whose subject is U. Allene Lummis and her four bru- the Wellesley food conservation ing a plank across two canoes freshments; and Jean Emery, in S. trade and investment; and Mr. nette Scotty Campbell, program calls for co-operation of are un- aides: whose paddlers, in black, all students. "We are asking girls charge of entertainment. Grayson Kirk, who will discuss designed various Betty Elliott, Bibs Somerville seen, were by not to request seconds on such The Reception Line will in- the American Security policy in sup- and Joan O'Connor Strickler. college groups who are now foods as rolls and muffins." says clude Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Hor- the Pacific. The list of speakers and work- The giving of the sophomore ervising the carpentry Ricky Mindlin '47, Publicity Di- ton, Valerie Roemer, President of is not yet complete; their topics costume committee. spade and the race to the fresh- ing with the rector of the program. Until stu- '48, and Janet Arsdale. Mrs. Rhett and place in the Institute pro- pageant, there will man tree will follow the dance During the dents co-operate in cutting to the and Mrs. Wygant will chaperone gram are still tentative. continuous mu- pageant. be narration and fullest extent, the kitchens dance. Patrons and patro- Miklos Rozsa's Score can- the Features Security, sical accompaniment. ( Mr. and Mrs. Hen- The tale of Mowgli, his animal Continued on Page S, Col. 1) nesses will be week-end Dependent Areas Part of a big college friends and their fight with which also includes Tree Day, Shere Khan, the tiger, played by According to the Mayling Float Night will be an important Wellesley Opens Summer Institute Sherry Yarwood '47, will be Soong Program Committee, "it event, being one of the few fes- danced to the Miklos Rozsa music is the hope that the Institute tivals open to outsiders. Many used in Alexander Korda's movie For Foreign Students in America progi-am as provisionally out- alumnae return each year for it, of Jungle Book. Rozsa recently lined will make it possible to and so many children are expect- By Mary Harriet Eldredge, \£9 over graduate students for spe- won the Academy Award for his consider in some detail two im- attend that a special guard cific work, who will be able to ed to background music for "Spell- "Greater friendship and better provided to watch them. return to their native lands with portant aspects of American has been bound." international relationships are certain things foreign policy as it relates to which will cost the fundamental ideas behind the knowledge of The project, A jungle setting, that Fuzzy the Pacific, together with certain col- which we do well. "However," $1500, is sponsored by the .Glassenberg calls "a huge, glori- Wellesley Institute for Foreign are also facts, policies of other countries it will be Students," says Miss Carol states Miss Roehm, "we lege. In case of rain, fied Rousseau background" will and international engagements, night. Roehm of the Department of interested in obtaining under- held the following cover about sixty feet of Sever- in the light of which our policy graduates for the interplay of ance Green. Due to steam pipes Spanish, who will act as Director ideas and backgrounds which in that area must be developed." says Fuzzy, the green has under- of the Institute this summer.