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WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN CALENDAR NUMBER 1929 - 1930 WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS NOVEMBER, 1929 WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN CALENDAR NUMBER 1929- 1930 Bulletins published eight times a year by Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. February, 1 number; April. 2; May, 3; October, 1; November. 1. Entered as second-class matter, February 12, 1912, at the Post Office at Boston, Massachusetts, under the Act of July, 1894. Volume 19 Number 2 CORRESPONDENCE All inquiries regarding admission should be addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Admission. As Director of the Personnel Bureau, Associate Professor Wood is prepared to furnish information in regard to the qualifications and ex- perience of former members of the College who have registered with the Bureau as candidates for teaching or other vocations. All former students of the College may, by registering, have the aid of the Personnel Bureau in securing positions. Inquiries for general information should be addressed to the Secretary to the President. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Correspondence 2 Courses of Instruction.—Cont. Calendar .... 5 History 91 Board of Trustees 6 Hygiene and Physical Educa- tion 98 Standing Committees 7 Italian 106 Officers of Instruction an Latin 108 Government . Standing Committees 17 Mathematics . .112 Music 115 Foundation and Purpose . 19 Admission .... 20 Philosophy and Psychology . 120 Methods .... 22 Physics 125 Examinations 23 Reading and Speaking . 129 Definition of Requirements 25 Spanish 130 Zoology and Physiology . .132 To Advanced Standing . 35 Of Candidates for Master Examinations (College) . 138 Degree .... 36 Expenses 138 Of Students not Candidates Residence 141 for a Degree . 37 Health 141 Degrees:— Fellowships and Scholarships:— Requirements for B.A. Degree 38 For Graduates .... 141 for in Requirements Honors For Undergraduates . 145 Subjects 42 Personnel Bureau . 151 Requirements for Master's De- Founders Hall 151 gree 44 .... Libraries 151 Courses of Instruction:— Art Museum and Collections 152 Art 46 Music Equipment . 153 Astronomy 49 Laboratories and Scientific Biblical History . 52 Collections . .153 Botany 54 Forms of Bequest . .157 Chemistry 59 Degrees Conferred in 1929 . 158 Economics and Sociology . 62 Certificates in Hygiene and Education 66 Physical Education . 161 English Language and Litera- Honors in Subjects . 162 ture 69 Prizes 163 English Composition 76 Fellows 164 French 78 Honor Scholarships . 165 Geology and Geography . 82 Summary of Students . 167 German 86 Officers of Alumnae Associa- Greek 89 tion 168 Group Leadership 91 Index 171 1929 CALENDAR Academic Year 1929-1930 Examinations ...... September 16-20, 1929 Academic Year begins ..... Monday, September 23 Holiday, Thanksgiving Day .... November 28 Recess from 12:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 1929, until 12:30 P.M. Wednesday, January 8, 1930. Registration closes for all students at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 8 Examinations January 28 to February 7 Second semester begins ..... Monday, February 10 Holiday, Washington's Birthday .... February 22 Recess from 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 28, until 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. Registration closes for all students at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 General Examination for Seniors . Friday, May 2 Holiday, Memorial Day May 30 Holiday, Tree Day . May 31 *Examinations June 2 to 11 Commencement . Monday, June 16 Academic Year 1930-1931 Examinations September 15-19, 1930 Registration closes for new students at 10 p.m. Monday, September 15 Registration closes for all other students at 10 p.m. Friday, September 19 Halls of Residence open for new students at 9 a.m. Monday, September 15 Halls of Residence open for all other students at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 18 Academic Year begins .... Monday, September 22 Holiday, Thanksgiving Day ..... November 27 Recess from 12:30 p.m. Thursday, December 18, 1930, until 12:30 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, 1931. Registration closes for all students at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 7 Examinations January 27 to February 6 Second semester begins Monday, February 9 Holiday, Washington's Birthday . Monday, February 23 Recess from 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. Registration closes for all students at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 Holiday, Memorial Day and Tree Day .... May 30 Examinations June 1 to 10 Commencement ....... Monday, June 15 *Some make up examinations may be scheduled June 12. Trustees BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charles Lewis Slattery, D.D. Bishop of Massachusetts ^ President of Board Robert Gray Dodge^ M.A., LL.B. Boston Vice President Candace Catherine Stimson, B.S. New York City Secretary William Fairfield Warren, S.T.D., LL.D., Emeritus Brookline J. Louise McCoy North, M.A., Emeritus . Madison, N. Andrew Fiske, Ph.D Boston Caroline Hazard, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Emeritus Peace Dale, B. I. George Howe Davenport Boston George Herbert Palmer, M.A., Liit.D., L.H.D LL.D, Cambridge Paul Henry Hanus, B.S., LL.D. Cambridge Belle Sherwin, B.S. .... Washington, D. G. Cambridge Grace Goodnow Crocker, B.A. William Morton Wheeij:h, Ph.D. Sc.D. Boston Hugh Walker Ogden, M.A., LL.B. Longwood Alma Seipp Hay, B.A. Winnetka, III, Sarah Whittelsey Walden, Ph.D, New Haven, Conn. Boston Frederic Haines Curtiss . Dorothy Bridgman Atkinson, B.A Minneapolis, Minn. Walter Hunnewei.l, B.A. Wellesley . West Newton Boynton Merrill, B.A., D.D. Kenneth Chari.es Morton Sills, M.A., LL.D Brunswick, Me. Frank Gilman Allen .... Norwood Helen Knowles Bonnell, B.A. Philadelphia, Pa. Ellen Fitz Pendleton, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D ex officio Wellesley President of Wellesley College James Dean, B.A., ex officio .... Brookline Treasurer of Wellesley College Trustees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RoBEET Gray Dodge, Chairman Andrew Fiske Grace Goodnow Crocker George Howe Davenport William Morton Wheeler Candace Catherine Stimson Boynton Merrill Ellen Fitz Pendleton {ex officio) James Dean (ex officio) FINANCE COMMITTEE Frederic Haines Curtiss, Chairman Robert Gray Dodge Walter Hunnewell Ellen Fitz Pendleton {ex officio) James Dean {ex officio) COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS Walter Hunnewell, Chairman Alma Seipp Hay Sarah Whittelsey Walden James Dean Frank Gilman Allen Ellen Fitz Pendleton COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS Belle Sherwin, Chairman Hugh Walker Ogden Ellen Fitz Pendleton James Dean Walter Hunnewell Dorothy Bridgman Atkinson COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY Ellen Fitz Pendleton, Chairman Paul Henry Hanus George Herbert Palmer William Morton Wheeler Sarah Whittelsey Walden Kenneth Charles Morton Sills LIBRARY COUNCIL Trustee Members George Herbert Palmer Helen Knowijcs Bonnell Frederic Haines Curtiss Ellen Fitz Pendleton {ex officio) Faculty Members Moses Bailey Arthur Orlo Norton Mary Campuell Bliss Margaret Hasting Jackson Mary Jean Lanier Ethel Dane Roberts {ex officio) Faculty OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT* Ellen Fitz Pendleton, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., President. Mary Alice Willcox, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, Emeritus. Angie Clara Chapin, M.A., Professor of Greek Language and Lit- erature, Emeritus. Alice Van Vechten Brown^ Clara Bertram Kimball Professor of Art. Mary Whiton Calkins, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology. Ellen Louisa Burrell, B.A., Professor of Pure Mathematics, Emeritus. Hamilton Crawford Macdottgall, Mus.D., Professor of Music, Emeritus. Elizabeth Kimbali. Kendall, M.A., LL.B., Professor of History, Emeritus. Adeline Belle Hawes, M.A., Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Emeritus. Margarethe MfiLLER, Professor of German Language and Litera- ture, Emeritus. Sophie Chantal Hart, M.A., Professor of Rhetoric and Compo- sition. Margaret Clay Ferguson, Ph.D., Professor of Botany and Director of Botany Greenhouses and Gardens. Eliza Hall Kendrick, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical History. Elizabeth Florette Fisher, B.S., Professor of Geology and Geog- raphy, Emeritus. Amy Morris Homans, M.A., Professor of Hygiene, Emeritus. Margaret Hastings Jackson, Professor of Italian and Curator of the Frances Pearsons Plimpton Library of Italian Literature. Malvina Bennett, M.A., Professor of Reading and Speaking, Emeritus. Arthur Orlo Norton, M.A., Professor of the History and Principles of Education. IvOuise Sherwood McDowell, Ph.D., Professor of Physics. Anna Jane McKeao, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of the History and Principles of Edmcation. Eva Chandler, B.A., Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus. Mary Sophia Case, M.A., Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus. ViDA DuTTON ScuDDER, M.A., L.H.D., Profcssor of English Litera- ture, Emeritus. Katharine May Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Greek and Compara- tive Philology, Emeritus. Charlotte Alm'ira Bragg-, B.S., Associate Professor of Chemistry. Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ph.D., L.H.D., Professor of English Literature. ^The officers of instruction are arranged in three groups; the first group includes professors, associate professors and assistant professors, the second instructors, and the third other officers. ^Absent on Sabbatical leave. "Absent on leave for the second semester. Faculty 9 Heien Abbot Merrill, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Marian Elizabeth Hubbard^ B.S., Professor of Zoology. Alice Walton, Ph.D., Professor of Latin and Archaeology. Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble, Ph.D., Professor of Psy- chology and Director of the Psychology Laboratory. Alice Vinton Waite, M.A., Professor of Engli h Language and Literature. Dean. Ci-ARExcE Grant Hamili'on, M.A., Professor of Music. Laura Emma Lockwood", Ph.D., Professor of English Language and Literature. Martha Hale Shackford, Ph.D., Professor of English Literature. Caroline