Wellesley Co_l e e Library Wellesley Co: l\~- ellt6lCJl «allege News Vol. LI NEWS, MARCH 25, 1944 W eekenders May '46 Dance Plans Two Schools to Offer Use OK'ed Inns Courses This Summer C. G. Conference Brings Many students have not been No April Fool On Wellesley Campus aware that Wellesley's "approved Two schools in one will be the 30 Delegates Here Today list" extends beyond city hotels. April 1 may be April Fools' Day theme of ·Wellesley's summer acti­ vij;y this year. In order that the Today Wellesley is welcoming Anybody desiring a sneak preview by the calendar, but the class of campus may not lie idle in the ab­ to her dormitories and campus of summer on a week-end in the '46 isn't fooling as it prepares for sence of a regular summer session, near future, c·an stop by the In­ thirty delegates to the Seven Col­ the traditional Sophomore Tea a unique program of summer MissE. E. Jones lege Conference. This Seven Col­ formation Bureau and take a look Dance to be given on that day. cours€s is to be initiated with a view to the practical needs and lege Conference is an annual meet­ at :the list of places which require The dance will be held from 3 to NewDeanfor'47 ing planned for the discussion of interests of men and women jn the College Government problems. no letter of permission from .home. 6 Saturday afternoon in Mary present day. If the sea shore calls, the Beach Hemenway. When the college year begins When it was organized in the The two schools, The Summer early 1920's the Conference boast­ Manse by the Sea at Brewster er Since rings, trapezes, and horses School of Techniqu€s under the next August and members of the ed but five members: Bryn Mawr, Wayside Inn at Chatham are good. direction of Miss Dorothy Dennis, Class of '47 find themselves raised Mr. Holyoke, Smith, Vassar, and are provided free of charge, and the Wellesley School of Com­ The north shore offers opportuni­ to the level of Sophomores, Miss Wellesley. In 1937, however, Rad­ the scene will be "under the Big munity affairs und~r the direction ties for fun at Marblehead, Na­ Elizabeth Jones will assume the cliffe and Barnard were added. '.To~" complete with balloons, that of Dr. Margaret Mead, the well The gu'est college at this year's hant, Roclwort, and other towns. is, if there are any to be had in known anthropologist and author, position of dean of that class. Cap­ conference is Wheaton. A rest cure in the mountains five staites Marilyn Peterson and will be separately organized, but tain McAfee announced the ap­ Last year when Barnard was may be what the doctor prescribes. her decoration committee guarantee will join in certain activities. The pointment of Miss Jones in Chapel hostess to the conference, "Stu­ to round them up. session will be from June 29 to That's a case for Pinkham, Notch on Saturday morning, March 18. dent Government Control of Ac­ "War time emergencies have August 10. tivities in Wartime" was the gen­ Camp at Gorham, the Claredon at Technique Courses Intervale, Four Winds in Plym­ ca~s .ed an unfortunate change in The future dean is at present eral discussion topic. The follow­ outh, or The Ark at Jaffrey. origrnal plans ... •namely the price The Summer Scho'ol of Techniques Associate Professor of Zoology at ing program has been planned for will provide opportunity for war . Many other places to stay are of a_dmission," Sue Sargent, head Wellesley. the 1944 Conference: workers, teachers, stud€nts or those SATURDAY, MARCH 25 listed at the Information Bureau of ticket committee, reports. The Miss Jones is a graduate of Rad­ with information regarding rates, new luxury tax goes into effect interested in post-war reconstruc­ 6:00: Gather in Tower Court method of reservation, and type April 1, and even though sold tion work to increase their tech­ cliffe College, holding M.A. and living room. of plan. ahead of time, the tickets are sub­ nical proficiency in some specialized Ph. D. degrees. She has worked 6 :15: Dinner in Tower Court field. The courses will include: As no· permission is needed to ject to this tax which raises them at Harvard with the Cancer Com­ small dining room. from $1.10 to $1.35. Biology-laboratory techniques and go to anyone of these places on mission and the Department of 7 :30: Coffee in Faculty living the approved list, Dean Ewing field work; Chemistry-Food and room with Mrs. Ewing, Dean of Jinx Rogers, in charge of re­ Nutrition, Quantitative Analysis, Comparative Pathology, and has would apprecfate it if one of the freshments says, "Fruit punch with Residence, and Miss Wilson, Dean group would leave a note on her and Special Instrument Laboratory done research work on cancer at a of Students. sherbet and cookies will be the Techniques; Geology-M;ap Mak­ de~k saying . where the group is order of the day.'' Brookline hospital for women. Be­ 8: 00: First meeting, Kathleen gomg_ an~ listing the nam,es of ing and Interpretation and Mineral Lucas presiding. Subject: The The music committee headed by Identification; Physics-Electron­ fore coming to Wellesley in 1934, the girls rn the party. Remember Mary Jo Lamb has lined up Chap­ Conception of Representative Gov­ ics and Applied Spectroscopy; Miss Jones was an instructor at ernment in A College Community. -NO PERMISSION IS NECES­ pie Arnold's orchestra for the occa­ Mathematics; Economics and Poli­ Simmons College. She is a past (A) Participation bY the student SARY-if you stay at an AP­ sion, and News has the music com­ PROVED HOUSE OR INN. tical Science, Principles of Ac­ president of the Wellesley Chapter body in community responsibility. mittee's "ear witness" account that counting Techniques in Labor Re­ (B) Method of elections to insure For future reference it might he's really GOOD! Also there of Sigma Xi, and a member of be interesting to note that the lations, Statistics, Personnel Man­ representative government. (C) will be vocalists of 1946 vintag<:.~ agement; English Composition, several scientific associations. She college has also compiled a list to entertain. St_udent - Faculty - Administration o~ approved places to stay for Practical Writing Techniques and has written many scientific articles, relations and the powers of deci­ Date Bureau Active wmter sports and ski week-ends. Narrative Writing; Modern For­ her special fields being cancer and sion in various lines. eign Languages with intensive SUNDAY, MARCH 26 ----0---- The Date Bureau, a necessary the diseases of birds. feature of all War time dances, traini·ng in the spoken language; 8: 15: Breakfast in the dormi­ is doing a booming business under Speech- Art of Choral Speaking, Announcement has also been Trustee Board Awards made of the changes in rank of tories. Eunice Calplin, Midshipmen, V-12's and Language Problems and their 9: 15: Second meeting. Recrea­ Fellowships to Seven and medical students from Harvar d Treatment; Library, Seminar in six members of the faculty. Mlle. tion Building Lounge. Ann Pack­ aviation cadets from M. I. T., as Bibliographical TechniQues; Short­ Andree Bruel has been promoted ard presiding. Subject: The Hon- For Graduate Training well as midshipmen from right he1·e hand and Typewriting. from Associate Prof s~or of 01· System. (A) Academic Honor French to Professor in that sub­ At a recent meeting of the Board on campus who have been drafted Six Credit Hours System. ( B) Library use. ( C) of Trustees of Wellesley College, and measured for height by Bob A maximum of six semester ject. Mr. Paul L. Lehmann has Methods of reporting violations. been made Associate Professor of the fellowship awards were an­ Laird, the date bureau's right hand hours of credit may be obtained in (D) Constructive means to build the six weeks session. Only speci- Biblical History, moving up from nounced: man, will be drawn for "blinds." up a total Honor System. As soon as the vital statistics in­ Assistant Professor. Miss E. Faye 1 :00: Dinner. Recreation Build­ The Alice Freeman Palmer Fel­ dicating quantity and quality of Continued on vage 4, col. 3 Wilson has been changed from As­ ing Lounge. lowship to Martha E. Stahr of men desired are all turned in by sistant Professor to Associate Pro­ 2: 00-4: 30: Third meeting, Kath­ fossor of History. Miss M. Mar­ Frederick, Maryland, B. A. Welles­ the house committees, the Bureau TREE DAY TICKETS leen Lucas presiding. Subject: will begin its job of match making· garet Ball has been promoted from ley College, 1941; M. A., Univer­ Faculty, Staff members, and ( 1) Relationship of the college with th€ motto, '"We aim to please.'' Heads of Houses may obtain Assistant Professor of Political Press to the college community. sity of California, 1943. A candi­ The men will be notified as to the tickets at the Inform,ation Bu­ Science to Associate Professor. (2) Method of correlation of ma­ date for the Ph. D. degree in the names and locations of their dates reau, March 23-27. Mrs. I sabelle McL. Stephens and jor student organizations. (3) Miss Evelyn K. Wells have each field of Statistical Astronomy, Miss and will call for them at thefr Student tickets avail.able at The Unitea States Student Assem­ houses. "We aren't soliciting pat­ become Assistant Professors, Mrs. Stahr is under appointment the the Ticket Booth from March bly. ronage, how€ver," Eunice empha­ 27-31. Stephens in Education, Miss Wells 5: 00: Tea. Recreation Building. spring term of this year as a Uni­ sized, "and we urge everyone who in English Literature. Attendance at all meetings is versity_ Fel~ow of t he University has an available man to bring limited to delegates of the Con­ of Cahforma. The subject of her him.'' ference who normally include the research is "the determination of Wellesley Students Join Skiers the radial velocity distribution of Mac Cullen's publicity commit­ Continued on page 4, col. 4 the eleventh magnitude C-type tee is spreading the glad tidings of stars in the vicinity of the galactic the "great event to be" with arm Long Week-end in ----u---- north pole." bands suitably inscribed W. S. M. F. D. (tQ be interpreted, Wellesley Forum Enters U.S.S.A. ; The Fanny Bullock Workman Sophomores Man For Dance, or by Marcia Morse '45 Scholarship to Suzanne E. A. van Must Find Date) and she promises 'Extends Activities to Dyke of Forest Hills, New York, Perhaps you noticed the number while the more experienced skiers, a "surprise" this Sunday. of tanned and sunburned faces that is, those who could at least National Organizaton B. A., Wellesley College 1941, M. manage a fairly effective snow­ A. univer ity of Michigan, 1942. Finally, a word from Margie W ellesley Forum announces its Craig chairman of the dance to all around campus after long week­ plow, rode up on the ski-mo.bile Miss van Dyke is a candidate for official membership to the United sophomores, "You'll be the biggest. end, and wondered whether they (a wonderful invention, as any States Student Assembly, an or­ the Ph. D. degree at the University if skier will tell you!). Several girls of Michigan. Her subject is "The April Fool of all you don't come were due to a flying trip to Florida ganization affiliated with the In­ to this bang up party." or a sojourn under the sun lamp. got their first taste of real trail ternational Student Asse:m.bly. behavior of helium in the solar ----0---- skiing on the Rattlesnake Trail, atmosphere.'' Upon investigation, however, you The USSA was formed in 1942 Heads of Work Inherit would find that the majority of one of Cranmores more difficult at an International Student As­ The Anne Louise Barrett Fel­ these weather-beaten countenances tests of skill, or practise in ski­ sembly in Wiashington attended by lowship to Mildred Goldstein of Bell., Wailing-on Lists belonged to ski-enthusiasts who ing steep slopes on the Kandahar representatives from 56 nations. , B. A. Vassar Col­ spent their vacation in the hills of and Rolling Rock trails. Some took USSA's purpose is to stimulate lege, 1942, M. A., New heads of work for 1944-45 New Hampshire, where a warm, lessons at the famous Hans the training of American young March 1944. Miss Goldstein plans were announced on the chapel steps summery sun co.m,bined with sev­ Schneider ski school which has people for constructive citizen­ to continue work toward the Ph. March 17, following the chapel eral feet of snow, made ideal been operating at Cranmore for ship, based on the conviction that D. degree in music at Radcliffe. service. Those chos€n were : spring skiing. Some went to Fran­ seyeral years. The more ener­ citizenship must be translated Her subject is "Technique of Musi­ Beebe: head of work, Dona conia, and some to Pinkham Notch, getic skiied from. eight in the into intelligent action to be ef­ cal Composition." Chumasero; head of dining room, but the majority stayed at North morning until five at night, with fective. Membership in USSA The Horton-Hallowell Fellowship Jan ice Russell; head of bells, V ir .. Conway to ski on · Cranmore only a few minutes out for lunch. makes Forum a unit in a national to Theresa Zezzos of Quincy, Mass., ginia Stewart. Mountain. Even when the week of alm,ost effort toward political understand­ Wellesley College, 1943. Miss Zez­ Claflin: head of work, Heather Schussing down the mountain perfect weather was broken by a ing and citizenship. Forum,'s zos, holder of two Trustee Scholar­ Sayre; head of dining room, Mary or strolling along the streets of morning of rain many orf them kept membership was approved both by ships for this year, is a candidate Lou Mayger; head of bells, Carol North Conway, one would run into on, drying their clothes at lunch­ the Senate and Academic Council. for the Ph. D. degree in the De­ Banks. any num.ber of college friends . time in front of the .huge, stone Local chapters in colleges and partment of Fine Arts at Radcliffe Davis: head of work, Margaret Some of these girls had never been fireplace in the ski hut at the base universities throughout the coun­ College. Conroy; head of dining room, Gab­ on skis before; for the first few of the mountain. try are the basis of USSA's organ­ Trustee Scholarships have been rielle Peters ; head of bells, Vir­ days they could be seen experi­ In the evening, there were ization. Its policies are formed by awarded to three members of the ginia Spake. menting with all the known ways movies, bowling, or a dance at a student executive committee of senior class at Wellesley: Elena Severence: head of work, Gloria of falling, and inventing a few one of the local inns for those who representatives from various chap­ F. Mackay of Princeton, N. J., who Levy; head of dining room, Flor­ of their own. However, undaunt­ had enough pep left after the ters and an adult advisory commit­ Continued on page 4, col. 1 anne Henderson; head of bells, ed by bumps and bruises, they day's skiing. By the time evening tee. Alice Horton '45 is a m,ember ----10---- Janet Donnet. kept at it until soon they were came, however, most of the girls of the executive committee. Like BROOKS ROOM CLOSED Shafer: head of work, Elizabeth skiing down from the half-way were willing to retire at what, in Forum, the local chapters have The missing library books prob­ Barber. station and even from the top of Wellesley, would be a shockingly their individual organizations, and lem has been climaxed with the Stone : head of work, Christine the mountain. early hour, in order to be up by concentrate on different phases of disappearance of four books from Peterson; head of dining room, Enthusiastic skiers could be seen the time the ski tow started the current and post war problems. the Brooks Room. The library au­ Christine Curtis; head of bells, arriving at the mountain as early next morning. Their activities deal mainly with thorities announce that the Brooks Beulah Withrow. as eight o'clock in the morning ir. It is little wonder that practi­ politics, labor, race relations, eco­ Room will remain closed for two. Tower Court: head of work, Ade­ order to get in a full day of skiing. cally all of these enthusiasts, after nomic stabilization, cooperatives. weeks unless the books are re· laide McCague; head of dining The beginners would putter around four or five days on Cranmore, USSA holds an annual assembly turned, in which case privileges room, Megan Vondersmith; head on the practise slopes, clim,bing would be willing to say, "Oh, yes, and a number of discussion and will be immediately resumed. of bells, Mary Marchant. up a few feet then sliding down, I had a wonderful vacation. lecture groups. 2 WELLESLEY, MASS., MARCH 25, 1944

POME Said Pat, "As Jean bids her adieus Loyal Opposition Leaving Perrys and long inter~ views Beyond the Campus When que tionedi most of u admit a prefer­ To newer reporters, Member ence for the democratic form of government. We call for supporters (Formerly Tr;udi's Views) l:\ssociated Colle6iate Pren Don't snooze, but come USE, your By Barbara Scott If th i sue were pres ed, we would find that new News." Dbtributor J Anonym.ous. Anti-fa s~i s t Russia helped score we choose the majority rule not because it is ----0'---- a subtle. V1ctory for Fascism last week recognition of the Cdet»iate Dieest the most ffective fo rm of government, or, for ~ith h~r 41!:PRE9ENTl!D FOR NATIONAL ADVERnstNQ BY Free Press Badogl~o .,regime in Italy. Since Mussohm s resignation last sum­ National Advertising Service, Inc. that matter, always t h mo t intelligent, but All contribu tions for this column College PtJb/i.shers R,Presentat1ve r mer, twenty-one years too late because it i the expre ion of a spirit ual ideal. must be signed with the fu ll name the Italian government has unfor~ 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. 'Y. of the author. Initials or numerals CHICAGO • BOSTON • Los A11cnu:s • SAN F••"CISCO It mean · we believe that the State i com­ tun.ately been controlled by Bad­ will be used if the wr~ter so og h_o and the little King. It is po ed of the governor and the governed) that desires. obv10us that the same reactionary WELLESLEY, MASS., MARCH 25, 1944 tho e who are to be governed should have the The Editors do not hold them­ ~orc e s ~hi~h supported Mussolini selv es r esponsible for statements m e s tabhshm~ a Fascist regime in Publis hed weelrly, September to June, except during right to choo e their leaders) that hey are in this column. It~ly are ~ehmd Badoglio and the examin,ations a nd school vacation periods, b y a boa rd of capable of choosing aright , and that having Contributions should, be in the Ku~g . . It is also obvious that the students of W ellesley College. Subscriptions two dolla r s hands of the Editors by 8 a. m. per a nnum in a dvance. Single copies s ix cents ea ch. maJonty of Italian people are not A ll contributions sh ould be in the N ew s offi ce by 12 noon chosen) they will cooperate to the fulle t extent on Monday. Owing to space limi­ plea_sed with this :regime. The Monda y at the lates t, a nd should be a ddre ·sed to P atricia of their ability \vith the governors, no matter tatfons, letters should be limited Itah_an people want a free demo­ L a uber. A U advertising m a tter should be in the bus iness to 200 words. office by 11 :00 A. M. Sa turda y . All Alumnae news to which party they belong. c:atic ¥overnment and the Badog­ should be sent to the Alumnae Office, W ellesley, Mass. ho regime d?esn't even pretend to E nter ed as second-class m atter, October 10, 1919. at Being human, leader can make mistakes. Suggestions for Chapel be deu10cratic. the P ost Office a t W ellesley Bra nch, Bo ·ton, Mass. under To the Student Body: the act of Ma rch , 1879. Accepta nce for ma iling at But, having been voters, it is the duty of the Russia's fight against Faseism specia l r a tes of postage pr ovided f or in ection 110 3. Act There has been much talk of late has b~en a long and hard one. She of October 1, 1917, autho rized October 20, 1919. followers to aid in the correction of these errors ' on the questions of more attendance can rightfully be called the original Editor·in·Chief ...... P atrici.a L a uber '45 to bear the burden a well as to enjoy the in Chapel and the senior chapel cru s ad~:z: in this fight. Her sudden Ianaging Ed I tor E leanor G riesme r '4 5 r ecogmtion of this Fascist govern­ ews Editors J a ne Aufsesser ' 45 benefits. They are, indeed, poor citizens who talks. The editorial of February Selma L evine '45 ment is baffling to all who have F eature Editor . Ma ry J a ne .Foster '45 off er no aid but 'Vi;ait expectantly like birds of 24th suggested 'two or more' senior follo~ed her policy before. We J\'Iake· Up Editor Joyce Rubenst ein '45 cert~m l y cannot know for sure her Literary Editor ...... Sarah J. M.anley '45 prey for the slip which will enable them to talks a week on the basis that this De1)artment Editor ...... Mary Vogel '45 is what students want. In the fol­ motive _for this move. The New Associate Editors ...... T erry deGrace ' 45 attack their victims. y ar k !im~s suggests that Russia in Lep.ai Robinson '45 lowing issue Free Press contained so . domg is demonstrating to her Reporters ...... L a urel utler '4 6 Each Spring at Wellesley we elect organiza­ Ma ry Alice Cullen '46, K ay Sear s '4G thr ee more discussions of the sub­ allies and for that matter to the D or othy W olens '46, Nancy Ip en ' 46 tion and c~a s offi cers for the coming year, and ject-from a member of the faculty. rest of Europe that she is not out Barbara Boggs '46, J ean J acobsen ' 46 Corinne Smith '46, R u th Ad.am s '4 7 \Y e are thereby sub cribing to democratic gov­ a member of the administration, to promote Leftist or revolutionary E llen W atson ' 47, I sabelle E wing '47 moyements in western Europe. Dorothy N essler '47 ernment. If we hav n't realized this it is time and from members of the student This seems entirely plausible Art Critic ...... Inez French '45 we did. An election is not an to body. These letters dealt with the There has been a general fea; Mu ·ic Critic . Barb a r a H eartfle ld ' 44 opp~rtunity Drama Critle J osephine Stancisk o '45 help our be t friends to win offices. It is a questions of motives for chapel at­ among the organized reactionary J.J iterary Critic ...... P o1l y Cam eron ' 44 groups,_ and even some popula'r ...... K a therine C lancy ' 44 tendance and of the value derived Mol·ie Critic m thod of choosing t ne people who we hon­ fe~r stimulated by propaganda, in Cartoonist ...... Cathe rine Marx '44 from readings contrasted with pre­ PJ1otograph ers ...... Catherine A r ch er ' 44 estly believe will be t fill the office . pared talks in chapel. t~1s country and abroad, that Rus­ BU SINESS BOARD sia was planning "world domina­ Bn iness Manager P riscilla Smith ·45 When democratic election are over we are These matters are far from be­ A dvertising Manager ...... E llin N.au mburg '45 ing a dead issue, .as many people ~ion" and "Communist aggression CircuJation Manager ...... Naomi Kisla k ' 45 far from being through with our responsibil­ besides t hose who wrote to News m all of Europe.''' Although this Credit Manager ...... J a cqueline H orn '46 m~y have been the original doc­ Busines Editor ...... Doris B ie ringer '46 ities . They are, in a ense onl y beginning. have strong opinions on them. Shopping Editor ...... Gertru.de H amper ' 47 Chapel is a college chapel, and it trine of the Russian revolutiona­ A si tant Editor ...... K a therme W a rner ' 46 Whether or not the candidates we picked were Ti~ s . Russia pas long ago given up Mar y Palmerton '46, Sa lly B infor d ' 46 should and can serve satisfactorily elected, the officer were chosen by t he major­ the religious needs of all of the this idea as impractical. The abolition of the Third International ity. It i up to u to be active participants members of the college community. r£ the opinions and suggestions of was proof of Russia's later policy Heads of Work in the activities they rtan, t o be interested members of this community-from of "Communism in one country." Miss McAfee, in her Chapel talk last Sat­ and intelligent followers. each group-were expressed more Her recent attitude towards Italy abundantly, this would become may have been merely a further urday, remarked that what had impressed more possible. If you believe that substantiation of this policy. Alumnae most about war-time Wellesley was there is any way in which Chapel State Department Recognition Regardless of Russia's motives the fact that domestic work was included as could further help us to receive guidance and inspiration in striv­ in recognizing the Badoglio re­ part of the college curriculum. This, she noted, ing to know God and to put religion gime, it can only be hoped that our Welcome and Farewell own State Department, which has was one way in which students could make a into practice, please send your opinions and suggestions within the shown a definite leaning in that contribution to the college, in contrast to being Once again the time has come when the next week to C. A. Office. An dinecuion, wull not follow suit. enior Class retires from the line of active duty indication of your feeling about Italy certainly cannot establish her on the receiving end most of the time. What­ desired democratic government and next year' Seniors take over the admin­ se·nior talks is particularly de­ ever the faults of the "domestic" system were sired. under Badoglio's leadership. If i tration of college organization . It is diffi­ Julie A. Burnet, '45, the State Department, which has this year, most of us would grant that it worked already sanctioned the Badoglio re­ c ul ~ i often, as this happens in successive years, C.A. President out pretty well on the whole. The Alumnae ----0---- gime as a "co-belligerent," goes a recognition and appreciation of our work as to gra p the significance of such a simple act Freshman Prowess s~ep farther and formally recog­ nizes the present Italian govern­ apprentice waitresses and bell-sitters grati­ a the a urning of duties, standing as it does To the Editor of the Wellesley College News: ment, we will only be a step fying. m the hadow of election excitement, yet it Upon perusing the critique in farther away from victory in our remains one of the many requirements of a the News of March 9th re the pro­ fight against Fascism. Let us hope Perhaps t he pre-war Mung r spirit didn't that tt.~ State Department will be group in a wartime society to seek and explore jects for Tree Day, we were ex­ prevail in every house. Gripes and complaints cessively wonderstricken to dis­ farsighted enough to see the dan­ g er of such a move. accompany any new project, especially one tbi meaning. We hate the war, but we are cover that the cursitating for the F'reshman sapling appeared to have Soldier Vote Bill that requires weekend duty and waking up at thankful for a condition which makes us live stimulated a problem of such mag­ Here at home Congress has seemingly unholy hours! The duties of the more thoughtfully and act more earnestly; nitudinous dimensions. The -prob­ proved its true colors again by the Heads of Work were undefined last September. therefore, we view with renewed understand­ lem was asseverated. as follows: passage of the compromise soldier What to do about theFreshmen offi­ vote bill. Thi_s bill was set up as They didn't have the benefit of solution and ing the young women who have served us so cers, who have all turned out to formulae that had successfully coped in previ­ a compromise between the Federal faithfully in 1943-44, and anticipate more fully be "4-F's," scarcely knowng how to ballot proposed by Senator Lucas ous years with as igning some hundred odd stu­ the benefits of those who are to serve us in run? and Representatives Green and dents to work twice a week. They were respon­ Although we possess no means of 1 Worley, and t he Rankin-sponsored sible for seeing that the work got done. Cooper­ 1944-45. The outgoing officers have done a ascertaining from what cunabulum "states' rights" bill. It provides ation has lagged noticeably of late, no doubt fine job ; they are living proof of the precept such calumny proceeded, we are that soldiers can use a Federal desirous of emendating this fac­ ballot to vote . only if a complete due to familiarity with the routine, which, in­ so often quoted to u in chool, that the ben­ titious pronunciamento. We as­ state ballot fails to reach them and stead of bringing about a more efficient work­ efits of a college career are in direct propor­ sure you that the Freshman class if the Governors of the soUiiers' will be as successfully represented ing group, has tended to throw more work on tion to what we put into a college career. There­ hom e state.c; certify that use of the the regular maid . Handicapped as they were, this twelve-month as in bygone F ederal ballots is authori.zed by days and that it will accrue its the Heads of Work did amazingly well in estab­ fore, those who t ake their place cannot do State law. That this law will not traditional prerogative of becoming provide the vote for all soldiers lishing a practicable system which ha become better than to follow their wise example) more an official class. is obviou . Archaically and literosely yours, an integral ' part of dormitory life. effective, perhaps, than the words of our Latin The blll i now before the Presi­ Like so many wartime necessities, working PK Kennedy, Factota '47 motto, and whether their praise come in the Mia Chandler, Executive dent to receive his signature or in dorms has made a certain invaluable con­ Committee '47 veto. This is certainly a difficult form of the Biblical) "Well done, thou good decision to have to make. Presi­ tribution to our education. It is the same kind - ---0---- and faithful servant" or merely as "you did NEW POSTAGE RATES dent Roosevelt has tated innum­ of education that comes from working in a erable times that the object of any a swell job, kid," they cannot fail to know New U. S. postage rates become soldier vote.bill should be to provid.e factory or on a farm in the summer. Mi s that the parable of the t alents has a very real effective Sunday, March 26, at 12 a.m. Local rates will be raised the greatest possible number of McAfee's remark t hat we are learning to con­ meaning. from the customary two, to three soldiers with the right to vote. tribute to the college is well worth thinking cents, this provides a uniform first The question which the President class postage rate throughout the must decide is whether this bill about . Living together as part of a small com- will be more effective than the munity is not just a matter of academics, so­ country. present setup. He is making his THE FACULTY Air mail rates will be advanced cial life, or an intellectual bull session. Wait­ from 6 cents per ounce to 8 cents own survey of the attitudes of the per ounce for all air mail except state governors regarding the Fed­ ing on tables and answering bells is just as of We1Iesley College that going to members of the U. S. eral ballot, there is a possibility Armed forces overseas. This mail states refuse to ratify the use of important a part of our getting to know each a Federal ballot, there is no doubt present will remain at six cents. Parcel other. Perhaps even more ignificant, domestic post rates have also been advanced that the President will veto this work has helped to give us some understanding approximately three per cent. compromise bill. If\ on the other THE THING IS THE PLAY These new rates were enacted under hand. most of the states are willing of what and who make the basic wheels of a the Revenue Act of February 25. t o ~llow their men to use the Fed­ college go round. eral ballot, there is a possibility Friday, April 28, 1944 that the President will sign the This year's Heads of Work deserve congrat­ bill. Of course, .there is the chance ulation for a job well done. With t he con­ ALUMNAE HALL HARV ARD-WELLESLEY that if the bill is passed in its present state, many of the states tinued cooperation of students, the 1944-45 will go back on their word and find Admission: CHOIR VESPERS Hi:>ci.d should be able to work out a thoroughly devious methods of re.fusing the use of the Fetj.eral ballot, thereby efhdent and smoothly-running program. The $1.00 War Stamps minimum Of March 26 defeating the whole purpose of the results of the initial year might make it well bill. We cannot predict the Presi­ On Sale Ticket &>nth Apr. 24, 25 POSTPONED dent's action in this matter, but worth considering the continuation of a lim­ if he does veto the bill there is a ited work system m post-war Wellesley. Continued on page 3, col. 3 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 25, 1944 3

Author Gives Practical A. K. Chalmers Gives Mrs. Armstrong Will Be Hints to Comp Students Definition of God's New Head of Personnel Seventh in the series of Sophie Kingdom, Christians Mrs. Ray L. Armstrong, who was THE PEREGRINATING PRESS Hart Lecturers, Agnes Rothery in charge of business and industrial "How can you tell a Christian placements in the Placement office, (Mrs. Harry Pratt) '09, author of when you meet him on the street?" has been appointed assistant to twenty-five popular books, dis­ This question was asked of a min­ Miss Henderson, personnel officer of the college. She will assume cussed "The Profession of Writing" ister by a 13 year old from New Having read the "Please wipe I know it's someone's birthday but in Pendleton Hall, March 22 at B Miss Henderson's position at the York's Hell's Kitchen who had your feet" sign on the Davis front I can't remember whether it's o'clock. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler end of the college year. door, one young man approached never heard of Jesus Christ-ex­ Mrs. Armstrong is being re­ Morn's or the dog we used to have." Manwaring, Head of the Depart­ cept from not overly religious placed by Miss Margaret Dewey, the maid on bells and said, "I've ment of English Composition in­ wiped my feet. Now may I see truck drivers. Dr. Allan Knight Smith A.B., Wellesley M.S. Miss Miss Sch err?" We're sure the junior who troduced the speaker. Chalmers sought to answer it at Dewey h as been the Academic Dean dropped that tray load of egg From her experience as a j ourna­ Chapel on Sunday, March 19. of the Holmquist School in New Hope, Penn. She will work with An arty Davis sophomore volun­ list when she wrote a daily column A Christian, according to Dr. cups while setting the table for Chalmers, . can always be recog­ the placing of teachers and other teered to do a free portrait to help with the "awful name" of "Agnes the war bond auction in her house. breakfast the other night could nized by his reaction to the sim­ educational workers, while Miss The bidding- went on furiously ani:l cheerfully shoot the sophomore who Edward's Morning Talk" for the ple words, "What's the use?" Dr. Houghton will take over the busi­ she couldn't discover who finally remarked gleefully, "That's what Boston Herald, and as a writer of Chalmers affirmed "God's kingdom ness and industrial placement. Her had bought it. The next day she comes of putting all your egg cups nine books of travel, several collec­ is one of love. and it will prevail. appoi~tment is only temporary-a Dr. Chalmers told the story of permanent one will be made in found out. · It was Miss Der N er­ in one basket!!" tions of essay, stories of the home sessian. a young American college boy June. "To act in haste is to repent at and family, a play and some who had fought with the Loyalists ----0---- A sophomore we heard about had leisure,'' discovere

OVERTONES ·_J Boston Awaits Those who braved this New Eng­ (•~ land winter to attend David Bar­ Met. Opera Co. nett's piano recital Wednesday ~ampu~ ~rttk evening March 15 were well repaid liZ April 10 to 15 for their efforts by a most unusual Opera enthusiasts should note and delightful performance. Mr. the arrival of the Metropolitan Barnett set the mood for his pro­ Ballet Is Launching Oper a Association in Bost~n on gram with an informal introduc­ Brilliant New Season Anril 10. Eight operas Wlll be tfon to French music of the late With the new Soviet ballet, The given at the Boston Opera House: nineteenth century as it is ex­ R ed Poppy, and old favorites such "The Masked Ball," Monday even­ pressed by Cesar Franck and as L es Sylphides, the Ballet Russe ing, April 10; "The Magic Flute" (sung i·n English), Tuesday even­ Claude Debussy. de Monte Carlo is in the process ing, April 11; "La Bo.heme," ed­ It was evident from the very of launching itself into a season ;yv which promises not only some of nesday matinee, April .12; Cai:­ first measures of the Franck the keenest competition in ballet men," Wednesday evenmg •. Apr~~ Prelude that this was a program history, but also some of the best 12 · "The Marriage of Figaro, chosen not for the performance but performances. The opening of Thursday evening, April . 13; "Aida" Friday evening,, April 14,; for the expression of an idea. Most the Ballet Russe in New York next month, and, on the same "Faust " Saturday matmee, Aprl) of us are acquainted with Cesar night, the opening of the Ballet 15 · and "La Traviata," Saturday Franck through his popular D Theatre, may well mark the be­ ev~ni'llg, April 15. The casts include such well-kno":n Major Symphony, ~n easy, pleas­ ginning of a new epoch in the ing and rather ?bvious W?rk. In serious field, one of vigorous twen­ singers as Jan Peez:c~, Kers~m his Prelude, Arm and Finale we tieth-century music and gay mod­ Thorborg, Nino Martm1,. Jar.mila find entirely different music, music ern choreography and ballerinas 'N ovotna, Lily Dj anel, ~z10 Pmza, that has a definite heroic character. named Jones. Wellesley was for­ and Zinka Milanov, with conduc­ There are harsh dissonances such tunate, then, in being witness to tors Bruno Walter, Cesare S~dero, as we do not find in the symphony. a typical example of what i best Sir Thomas Beecham, and Wilfred There are melodic lines interwoven in ballet programs today, together Pelletier. in complex patterns, each one, as with some of the best in dance an important force in social ac­ Mr. Barnett pointed out, able "to technique, at the revered Russian tivities, especially in the realm ballet's performance of Les Syl­ stand by itself as Beethoven would of satire. have Wtished" yet together they phides, The Red Poppy, and Rodeo Varied Chore<>grap:hy build an architecturally perfect at Alumnae Hall Thursday night. unit. Boston Performance Concerning the third the !e­ Expression of Ideas viewer confesses that .it wa~ with This reviewer attended the per­ glee that he recogmzed m the The second half of the program formance of the latter two bal­ fulfilled the purpose of showing choreography of this w~rk not lets, together with Etude, when only tap dancing, acrobatics, and us that nineteenth century French the company was in Boston March music is an expression of ideas. a sailor's hornpipe, but also. a 7, and was most impressed by the game of hopscotch, jitterbugging The first twelve Preludes, Book I, way it had sustained the loss of as Mr. Barnett explained, are first (including truckin'.), and a lo'Y"­ so many of its lights, including down Minsky routine. The satis­ of all musical expressions _of n:ioo?s, the brilliant mentor Leonide Mas­ emotions, and ideas. It 1s s1gmfi­ faction produced by these rather sine and today's prima ballerina unusual steps was not promoted cant that the descriptive titles are assoluta, Alicia Markova. What by a desire to see children's games secondary, not primary to the was lost from the old Ifossian mingled with classic arabesq~es music. school has, however, been made up or a vulgar movement of the hi~s We are rather inclined to look from the new American and So­ upon Debussy's music as having a with a n athletic fouette.. It IS viet ones, both artists and chore­ rather prompted by the wish that great degree of sameness. w .ednes­ ographers combining to make The Interior With a Violin Case (1917-18) by Henri-Matisse the formal techniques of the fixed day night's performance qmte re­ Red Poppy one of the most vig­ ballet form be augmented in some pu.diated this view: Each ~f .the orous attempts at progress yet to instances by movements from the twelve pieces had 1ts own dlstmc­ come from the Russe, which is Abstnact and Realistic Faintings living dance. This is a re~l ei:­ tive mood, from the delicate "Des the stronghold of ballet tradition. richment of the ballet, which is pas sur la neige" to .the,, stor~y This ballet is based on the music not by any means a ~oom e ? J?~­ "Le vent dans la plame. Th1s written for a ballet of the same On Exhibit 1at Farnsw·orth Museum dium, even though it 1~ artifici.al, music, so representative of Fren~h name produced in Moscow in 1927, At first glance one might won­ though more. nearly connected as long as it can fill. itself w1th impressionism, is complet~ly dif­ and is an allegory ctn the "heroic new material, new ideas, even ferent from any other music. The der what the paintings now on with objective form, is the fi_eld resistance offered by China to the the planes of nature into a design with folk creations. Alexandra distinctive quality seems not to exhibition have in common, that aggressor." The three main char­ Danilova, sole remaining g:i;eat be the tonal arrangement but the of cubism, an art which rearranges acters represent China, the hero­ they should be displayed together. calculated to meet an "aesthet­ Rus ian ballerina of the Diag­ rhythmic pattern. To und~rstand True, they are all twentieth cen­ ine, Japan, the villain, and the ically-felt need." Cubi~n:1 . is rep­ biloff period, is wasted in the r?le Debussy is to under tand h1~ rhy­ tury work , circajated by the Mu­ Soviet Union, the hero. As a of the heroine, and Fredrick thmic ideas. Once this is achieved, resented in the exhibition by dance with a story, The Red Poppy seum of Modern Art in New Yor~. Braque, its foremost F!ench cham­ Franklin achieving thirty-two the mood, the melodic lines, and The artists however, are obvi­ hangs together very poorly, being pion, and by Juan Gris, of Spa~­ f ouettes, 'is a brillianti hero. the harmonic arrangements ~re ously intere~ted in ~ diversity of ish birth. Semi-abstract are Pi­ hampered with uneven episodes, dearly brought out without studied theories. It is poss1ble, neverthe­ baffling digressions, and a little Rodeo is the artistic child of casso's Mirror and Miro's gay and Agnes DeMille, who also designed ffort. . . d t • less, to group most of the paint­ humorous Portrait of a Lady in unadulterated corn; choreogra­ Mr. Barnett, in his mtr? uc i~m, ings in certain rather• general con­ phically it lacks unity and smooth­ the ballets for the current Broad­ 1820, the latter bordering on sur- humorously mentioned a discussion temporary trends ?f European and ness, yet it is impressive, first way hit, Oklahoma. It is the about Cesar Franck: or realism. , sprightly and robust pr'1duct of "w~ether . American expression. At odds with the tendency to­ because it is colorful, second be­ not if so, and why." This re.c1~al cause it is an attempt at social the marriage of ballet and mod­ Perhaps the t~end claiming t~e ward abstraction is the trend in ern dance techniques, and is. ex- • pro~ed to his audience the validity greatest number of exponents. is significance, a field foreign to bal­ of his own thesis, that "Cesar several of the American artists let, and third because, taken piece pertly danced by the Ame~ican that leading towards abstract10n, toward realism, apparent in the Franck is d~finitely wh€ther." Mr. by piece, the choreography is ballerina, Dorothy Ethelr1?ge. which has been defined as ":in paintings of Bohrod, Hirsch, and Barnett would undoubte,~ly ap;ree some of the ve1·y best in recent Miss DeMille loves pantomime, art of color, free from associa­ Siporin. The impac~ of each de­ that Debussy is also de~mtely years. Of the first little need be and does not scorn to indulge in tive and objective interest." . Be­ pends largely upon its harsh so­ occasional "mugging" in her com­ whether." We too woul~ hke to cause it is completely devoid of said except to commend the cos­ cial message. position, yet has infused. the co~­ ee French music take its place forms possessing a univer~a~ COJ?-­ tumes and settings, noting par­ .:,ith that of other coun~rie~. And Naturally it is impossible to ticularly the red and gold bro­ mon square dance, Amencan vari­ nota tion, Helion's Composition. ~s separate contemporary trends in­ ety, with amazing beauty. and we add that to his listeners the purest exam_ple in the 7xh~b1- caded toe shoes worn by the hero- May Barnett is most definitely whe­ to neat divisions, partly because ine. Of the second it may be of tion of abstract art. It is im­ the temperament of an artist is Continued on page 6, col. 5 th~~- His performai:ice told. us ,why. possible to look at this painting value to state that whether or not Elame White 45 many-faceted, reflecting, perhaps The R ed Poppy succeeded in fill- with the jaundiced eye of those subconsciously, a variety of influ­ ----0---- people who accuse n:iost abstrac­ ing you with ardor for the sup- TENNIS BALLS ences. For this reason, Chirico'.s port of the Soviets, ballet can be BIKE BASKETS tionists of charlatanism; the se­ art is difficult to pigeon-hole. His r ene rhythm of color, line, solids, LAMPS and Alumnae Notes Delights of the Poet is a synthe­ ELECTRICAL REPAIRS and spaces creates a definite mood Continued on page 6, col. 3 of cool tranquility, which is rea- DURGIN PARK CORKUM, IN,G. {AU.RIEDi.: b th Koch '4 3 to Alfred on enough, after all, for the ex­ P. B. M a ry E 1za e istence of any work of art. Close­ 30 NORTH MARKET IST. Wei. 1046 <"'arl S chm~~\tvicES : . ly related to pure abstraction, al- TN TllE , . r eceived diploma COLONIAL 39 ...... -.···~ Ruth_ Adams ~ember of WASP. NATICX ~~=~r:::;::;;;~f:~i~rift~:::;;:,1::~:m:::;;;::J;;:::::~~~;t::m:r:~mM~~:~:'rit:~=:~;:::::=:~~=1~::fa:::~~:w:~~=~~=;=.~-==~" .·.:~~::::::w:ij _.... . a nd wmgs as a 0 • Bundu1 Colltla..ue I • 11 JN YALE Pil:ODUCr_i;'I . • t in Y ale E lizabeth B irdsall 4 ~ · c~s Drama's MaUneu ai 1:46 lh'ee. u I:• ,. •STAGE• ~ U niversity Def!oartm~~wn?, Community Playltoue production of ur · WEEK OF MARCH 26 WELLESLEY mLLs WeL Ofl4'7 Sunda..v - Monday - Tuesday ~;· "Chicken E very Sunday," a new comedy by the *~ Mats. ai :.15 E'f'N. ai '7.45 Snn. Cont. ai I Humphrey Bogart ~~1 authors of "Casablanca." Through April 1st PLYMOUTH 1~~ Where All the New Picture• Dead End Kids Plny Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. March 23-24-25 ~;~ "Follow the Girls," musical comedy. ~ Greer Garson a.nd Wa.!ter Pidgeon in "CRIME SCHOOL" Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan )1~! Final week OPERA HOUSE m~ ST.GEORGE "Madame Curie" tJ "Mrs. January & Mr. Ex." with Billie Burke and m~ FRAMINGHAM also "GIRLS ON PROBATION" Mat. 2 - En. 6.30 - Lut IMw • March of Time's Wednesday through Saturday Frank Craven WILBUR sun. contlnuetts 1.H • 11 "Post War Jobs?'' Cary Grant, John Garfield "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Bela Lugosi. "DESTINATION TOKYO" Through April 1 Sun. -Mon.-Tues. Ma rch 26-27-28 COLONIAL NOW PLAYING Andrews Sisters Joel McCrea and Laraine Day in Cary Grant John Garfield Harriet Hilliard In "Foreign Correspondent" In Prospect also "SWING TIME JOHNNY" "DESTINATION TOKYO" Owing to length of program, Even­ Carole Lombard and Fredric March In "Pretty Little Parlor" with Stella Adler and Sidney Blackmer, Walt Disney's ing P erformance, Wednesd~y through (Technicolor F eature) "Noth Ing .Sacred" Saturday, will Start at 7:4tt. opening 'Tuesday, March 28 for two weeks. . . . " SALUDOS AMIGO" "Allah Be Praised," new musical comedy with Patnc1a Morison, Mary Jane Walsh, John Hoysradt, etc. Opening March 28. Sunday thru W ednesda y: March 26-29 Merle Oberon George Sanders "Sheppey" with Edmund Gwenn, new play by Som~rset, M~ug­ Laird Cregar ham, staged by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Openmg April 3 in A Photograph with Style "THE LODGER" for two weeks. on same bill 0 ' 'Dream with Music," new musical w,ith Vera Zorina, Ronald •Mother •Father Him Graham, June Knight. Opening April 17. "A Connecticut Yankee," fifth THEATRE GUILD production. Opening April 17. Thursday, March 30 t o Wednesda y, April 5th HAVILAND STUDIO AGENCY Betty Hutton Eddie Bracken i~ij WELLESLEiErL~~~T~~ 1 Jl~H~~T ~ Diana. Lynn TREMONT STREET, BOSTON in i~i~l 34 Church Street, Wellesley, Mass. ~~ "THE MIRACLE OF See KAY REESE, Stone Hall, for appointment U Tickets to all Boston theatres and concerts ~1 MORGAN'S CREEK" ~:~ Hours: 9 to 5 :30 Tel. WEL. 0915 ~ (Second Feature To Be Selected) L.. -i!Zf&J.itUt~:t~~~.;::ii:~:=~~~r.-;::~=:-*"•:::::=:u-™.!i~~M:m!.}. 6 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 25, 1944 Shamrock-Decorated Senior Prom Art Exhibit • Statisticians Compute Expert Demonstrates Continued from page 5 ~~ wo rking Hours" First Spanisli P r onunciation Spa~ish is spoken in so many Climax.of Four Years. at Wellesley sis of romantic nostalgia, of clas­ Three statisticians from outside countries that unity maintained is sical clarity and simplicity, and of the college have begun work on remarkable, Dr. Tomas Navarr o by LAUREL CUTLER '46 of surrealistic fantasy. Paul Klee the Student Curriculum Commit­ stated in his lecture March 7 on tee time booklets and expect to "La Pronunciacion Espanola in It was a wonderful senior prom! triumphant Junior Show, Carol is another artist in whose work E.spana y America". The actual have their data complete before Great Hall was properly glamor­ Moore sang "The Soldier with the it is possible to find several in­ d~er ence s which do exist are as the general examination, Ginny ous in the subdued light. A gay 15 Shoe" and Gloria Roehl sang fluences-primitive, fantastic, cu­ ~mor a.s those between the Eng­ holiday note was added by the "•Wellesley Blues."' She had to do bistic-combined in his case with Sides '44, chairman of the com­ lish which is spoken in England bright green shamrocks festooned it twice. A Gay Nineties Chorus an individual delicacy and nai­ mittee, announced Monday. and .that which is spoken in featuring Libby Weibel, Ann The first block of data will deal America. The idioms used in on the drapes and ruffled bright vete are in the exhibition. Spain and in the countries of green crepe paper hats and aprons Crolius, Pat Lord, A. Anderson, If the term Expressionism is with the time which each class Jean Newton, Edith Gray, Johnnie Sout~ ~mer!ca vary, as does pro­ on the prom maids. Eager under­ used to denote solely "emotional spends studying and with the re­ nunciation m different localities classmen all but falling from the Davern and Jean Stone did a intensification," then the majority lation between the amount of and between different classes'. balconies made the seniors feel very hilarious song and dance. The of paintings on display might be There are even differences in the special indeed. audience demanded an encore on termed Expressionistic. Usually studying to the academic standing of each individual student. As pronunciations of the cultured The men when they gathered to­ that one too. Expressionism is participated in­ people. gether to have their picture taken The clothes were gorgeous, the ~uch ti~e as possible after this to more specific subdivisions one mformat10n has been co1lected will Th.er~ is really no preferred pro­ were an interesting cross"-section of food was good, and plentiful. Pat of the most interesting of ~hich nunciat10n, Dr. Navarro said. The available manhood. Naturally th€ Lord and her committee heads, be spent on computing the amount is Fauvism, characterized by flat of time that different courses take. student should choose the one Navy predominated, a little strange Jeanne Burke, Margaret Cobey, areas of c?lor enclosed in heavy which is prevalent in the country in their dress bow ties. There was .Tune Collier, Mary Crandon, Pat The remarks which each stu­ black outlmes. Henri-Matisse's dent was asked to include in her where he will spend most of his an impressive contingent from the Plunkett get the credit. They get Interior with a Violin Case pos­ time. These differences are nat­ Harvard Medical School, some a lot of credit. booklet will not, of course be con­ sesses these traits in addition to sidered by the statistici~ns but ural, and the language which does V -12's, and several men in white There were some good laughs - such a typical Matisse feature as not change dies. Bobbie Sherman resplendent in a will be taken up by the cu~ricu­ tie and tails. the Oriental tapestry-like use of lm-r: committee itself. Other ----0---- And the band, Ken Reeves, was gob suit escorted Gloria Roehl (they color design. It is a most re­ are both married). Two sopho­ topics, such as .the amount of sleep Ballet Russe - smooth and mellow and right. freshing work, in accord with his or extra-curricular activity of Marvelous entertainment. Isabella mores representing WBS came professed desire for an "art of garbed as a hussy and a tough each student may be dealt with Continued from pa_ge 5 Byrne sang "Chloe" and "Solitude," ba~ance, purity, and serenity, de­ at some later time, since the book­ husky, haunting, and a little reporter and got to dance at the vo i~ of troubling and depressing lets are to be kept for reference. presents an amusing and pic­ melancholy. And from 44's senior prom. subJect matter." turesque account of how one hero­ Because many of the artists Book Reviews - ine, at lea t, "got her man," all such as Marsden Hartley, Edward to Aaron Copland's more than Friends Service Committee Summer Projects: ~oppe1:. and Walt Kuhn, are work­ Continued fr om page 3 adequate score. ~ng . with individual problems it Bach Interpretation 1s difficult t o make generalizations Last month at Hathaway House, Etu.de, not danced in the W el­ To he presented by Wesley Matzi,gkeit on Monday, about such an exhibition. It is Mrs. de Morinni reviewed books lesley performance, is an attempt apl?arer:t, however, that there is a which gave an insight into some on the part of Bronislava Nijin- March 27, at 4 :40 in the' C.A. Lounge. This is' sponsored swmg m contemporary painting ka, daughter of the immortal "Aspects of Life in France.'' H ome da ncer, to interpret the music of toward freedom from the obvious­ is the Hunter, by Gontronc de Pon­ by the Placement Office, C.A., and C.G. Summer scholar­ ne s of a slavish imitation of na­ Bach. To a potpourri version of ture, and toward the acquisition cins, the author of the Kabloona Brandenburg Concertos and or­ ships to these project's are available. often by methodically calculated is a story of French provinciai chestral suites the danseures and 1:11 et~ ods, of a greater skill in sub­ nobility; Mr . Belloc-Lowndes' I too danseuses move in geometric pat­ terns, their arms and legs held J ectJVe expression. Have Lived in Arcadia,, and Where I. F. '45. at· angles instead of curves in a Students' Aide Names Red Cross Arranges Love and Friendship Dwelt are fashion which is often most effec­ a coke or a .bull session that brings reminiscences by a dist~nguished tive.. The choreography is Gothic, House Representativss Over-Se.as Reunion Alma Mater closer and makes the English writer of her youth in precise, and deliberate, and the chorus technique, while not per­ Students' Aide house represen­ For Ex-College Students war seem, for the moment very France. Mrs. de Morinni also re­ fect, was a great improvement far away. ' viewed the French edition of Le tatives for this year wer e Sev­ Meeting Ground over former years, and showed a erance, Janet Haim '45; Tower, The American Red Cross pro­ ?ilence de la Mer, a tale of a crisis high standard of talent. How­ Anne Noland •44 and Pauline As a sort of symbol of their two­ gram of service to our armed for­ m the relationship of a French ever, in spite of the obvious care Schaaf '45; Claflin, Katherine Car­ fold stake in the continuation of ces is world-wide and involves fig­ family and the German officer quar­ with which this ballet has been rig '44 and Carol Banks '45; ures that would stagger even a tered in their home. "Vercors" is composed and prepared, the solos Shafer, Babette Frank '44; Beebe, its work, the American Red Cross tuttis, the antiphony and th~ serves college students as a meet­ statistics major. In Britain the the pseudonym of the author of Selma Levine '45 and Mard Long­ this work, smuggled out through counterpoint which follow similar ing ground, and American Red American Red Cross clubs serve year '44; Stone, Virginia Kassor '44 '.1nderground France and published figures in the music fall far short and Christine Curtis '45; Davis, Cross clubs overseas are frequently half a million meals a month, and of a true interpretatio1, a comparable number are served m ~ondon, of which the style is Carolyn Furman '44 and Patricia the scene of collegiate reunions. particularly beautiful. "Avalan­ Southard '45 ; Munger, Caroline It was not by accident, for instance, monthly in the Mediterranean area. che," by Kay Boyle, and "Clemen­ Pentlarge '46 and M!!_ry Glaze '44; that Sigma Chi brothers now with Clubmobiles reach men at airfield tine in the Kitchen," an amusing SHATTUCK'S Norumbega, Jean Parsons '47; our armed forces in Britain chose a·nti-aircraft installations and biv~ book about French food, illustrated MAGAZINE MART Dower, Priscilla Whitcomb '47; an American Red Cross club for ouac areas. by Samuel Chamberlain, closed this Homestead, Angie Mills '47; Elms, a recent reunion dinner. Those These and all other Red Cross series. Films Alice Edwards '47; Webb, Mary who have left campus to serve activities are dependent for their Easter and Greeting Cards Robinson '47; Eliot, Patty Paul called upon to support the work their country miss the companion­ c~ntinued existence upon voluntary WELLESLEY SQUA RE '47; Noanett, Joan Barker '47; gifts and contributions. During of the American Red Cross Crofton, Patty Michaels '47; Little, ship of college life. But, through Sue Fink '47; Washington, Bar­ the American Red Cross, it is pos­ March all college students· will be bara Callahan '47. sible for them to get together for Students' Aid would also like it is possible to obtain emergency Wellesley Business Service SLACKS to acknowledge their debt to the loans of small amounts when dif­ 5 72 Washington St. N ews which generously gave ficult or unforeseen circumstances (over ·Sailer's) and space for advance publicity and arise. The Office at 344 Green Rentals TYPEWRITER Repairs thus conti·ibuted to the success of Hall is open from 10 to 4 every Ribbons BLOUSES the campaign. Credit must also day except Saturday and callers Wellesley I 045 be given to the fine educational are always welcom,e. for work done by Student Com,mittees during the p~st three years, and for their efforts to make Welles­ DO N'T FORG!ET EASTER GREETINGS Work and Pla y ley "Students' Aid conscious.'' The drive yielded a good prac­ For Family, Friends and Lads in Camp tical idea from an undergraduate. Choice Select ions At Acting on the suggestion the Of­ • ficers of the Society want to ca,ll · Unicorn Book Shop the attention of all students, 28 GROVE STREET, -- WELLESLEY Blouses whether on scholarship or not, that Red - Blue - Brown Small and Tobie Cloth Have a Coca-Cola =Meet a new friend Check Gingham

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