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WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 1934-1935 WEIXESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS DECEMBER, 1935 WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 1934-1935 Bulletins published eight times a year by Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. February, 1 number; April, 3; May, 1; October, 1; November, 1; December, 1. Entered as second-class matter, February 12, 1912, at the Post Office at Boston, Massachusetts, under the Acts of July, 1894. Additional entry at Concord, N. H. Volume 25 Number 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Report of the President S Report of the Dean of the College 11 Report of the Dean of Freshmen 19 Report of the Committee on Graduate Instruction 23 Report of the Dean of Residence 27 Report of the Librarian 31 Report of the Director of the Personnel Bureau 41 Appendix to the President's Report: New Plan of Entrance Subjects 47 Legacies and Gifts 48 New Courses in 1935-36 52 Academic Biography of New Members of the Teaching Staff for 1935-36 S3 Leaves of Absence in 1935-36 55 Promotions of 1935-36 55 Resignations and Expired Appointments, June 1935 55 Fellowship and Graduate Scholarship Awards for 1935-36 ... 56 Publications of the Faculty 57 Sunday Services 61 Addresses 62 Music 65 Exhibitions at the Farnsworth Art Museum 66 Report of the Treasurer 67 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT To the Board of Trustees: I have the honor to present a report on the 60th year of the College, closing on June 30, 1935. During the greater part of this period there were no changes in the personnel of the Board, but to the great regret of her colleagues Mrs. Slattery insisted on offering her resignation in May. As Miss Sarah Lawrence Mrs. Slattery served on the Board for seven years. She resigned after her marriage to Bishop Slattery who was also a member of the Board. After his death Mrs. Slattery was re- elected. Her colleagues on the Board felt constrained to accept her resignation and are glad to have her assurance that her interest in the College will continue. Among the important subjects engaging the attention of the trustees has been that of tenure of membership. As the time approached when the Board was faced with the necessity of losing members if the twelve-year limitation of tenure were enforced, the advisability of lengthening the term of service came up for consideration. Discussion of the matter extended over the greater part of the year and finally resulted in a change in by-laws by which a member may be elected for a third term of six years, making possible a continuous service of eighteen years. This 60th year brought to a close by retirement the service of several officers of the College. The report of the Dean of Residence calls attention to one of these, Mrs. Paschal, Head of Munger Hall. Mrs. Paschal has made a loyal and efficient contribution to the home life of students for nine years, first at Norumbega and since January 1933 at Munger Hall. Miss Blanche F. Brocklebank, Instructor of Pianoforte for twenty- three years, resigned on account of physical disability. Miss Brocklebank has seen the steady growth in the music department and has had a very real share in this development. Mrs. Olive Dutcher Doggett, Professor of Biblical History, was also 5 Wellesley College obliged to resign because of ill health. The large group of students who, as sophomores, have come under Mrs. Doggett's instruction in Old Testament History, as well as her colleagues, deeply regret her loss from the college circle. By vote of the trustees she was given the title Professor Emeritus. Miss Margaret D. Christian, Assistant Dean of Residence, accepted a call to a similar position at Simmons College. Her loss will be deeply felt by her many friends on the faculty. A warm wel- come awaits her whenever her new duties permit a visit to the College. Very soon after the opening of college, Mrs. Genevieve Schuy- ler Alvord, Head of Beebe Hall, was taken seriously ill and on October 22 died in the Newton Hospital. After five years as head of houses for freshmen, she had just succeeded Mrs. Ward- well at Beebe Hall, Her warmhearted and vigorous personality will be greatly missed. On August 3 Miss Malvina Bennett, Professor Emeritus of Speech, died at her home in Thetford, Vermont, and on January 19 the College was greatly shocked to learn of the death of Miss Edith S. Tufts, Dean of Residence, Emeritus. It is unnecessary to pay any tribute to Miss Tufts here, for she is too well loved and honored to need any further praise. After recounting these losses it is a pleasure to record the return to the Wellesley community of Miss Alice V. Waite, Professor and Dean Emeritus. Miss Waite and her sister have established a home in the town where their many friends enjoy their hospitality. A complete list of the changes in the faculty will be found in the Appendix of this report. Special mention should be made of the appointment of Paul Henry Lang as Visiting Lecturer in Music on the Mary Whiton Calkins Memorial Foundation. Although Mr. Lang was able to give only part-time to the College, he has made a notable contribution to the Department of Music, and again the President wishes to express her apprecia- tion to the Alumnae Association for the creation and mainte- nance of this Foundation. Mention should also be made of the appointment, as Visiting Professor of French, of Rene Escande de Messieres, Agrege de I'Universite, Lecturer at the University of Lyon and professeur de premiere, Lycee du Pare, Lyon. M. 6 President's Report de Messieres has given the courses hitherto carried by Mile Mespoulet. Another appointment which should be noted is that of Edna Frances Heidbreder as Professor of Psychology. Miss Heidbreder received the degree of B.A. at Knox College in 1911, the degree of M.A. at the University of Wisconsin in 1918, and the degree of Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1924, and she comes to Wellesley from a position at the University of Min- nesota. Although she has been on the staff only this year, she has already m.ade many friends among her colleagues and in the student body. Her last publication. Seven Psychologies, has been very favorably received. On the recommendation of the Academic Council, the trustees approved a change in the admission requirements, a change which offers more flexibility in Latin and mathematics. A full statement will be found in the Appendix. These changes were the subject of discussion with Smith and Mount Holyoke and in part with Bryn Mawr and Vassar. Various plans were sub- mitted to some fifty secondary schools, both public and private. Although the plans adopted by Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley were not identical, the differences were not such as to embarrass the secondary schools. These plans go into effect for the students entering in September 1935. A list of gifts and bequests will be found as usual in the Ap- pendix. In these days when there are so many requests from students for financial aid, the bequest of ^1,000 from Mary Frazer Smith to establish a scholarship is especially timely. Miss Smith was chairman of the faculty Committee on Scholar- ships for several years during her term of service as College Recorder. It is also a satisfaction to record that the Alumnae Fund contributed 32,328 for scholarships. It should be noted that this gift for scholarships was in addition to ^5,500 which has been given annually for the Mary Whiton Calkins Memorial Professorship. It is not generally known that the Alumnae Fund maintains the staff in the Alumnae Office at Wellesley, including the publication of the Wellesley Magazine. This means that the Alumnae Fund Committee raised a total of some 327,901. A notable contribution outside of the Alumnae Fund was a gift of 375,000 from Miss Jessie D. Munger of the Class of 7 \\'ellesley College '86 toward the construction of Munger Hall, making her total contribution for this building ^225,000. Special mention should also be made of an anonymous gift of some 3125,000 subject, however, to annuities for a term of years. As usual, the gifts to the Library are mentioned in the report of the Librarian. In this connection it is a pleasure to report that the Italian Govern- ment has presented to the Circolo Italiano a collection of three hundred volumes of Italian classics, dating from 1200 down to the 20th century; i.e, from St. Francis to Pirandello. Through the good offices of Professor Bosano, the collection was presented in person by His Excellency Augusto Russo, the Italian Am- bassador, and it was received by the President of the College and by the President of the Circolo, Miss Marjory Best, who thanked him in a charming speech given in Italian. This was one of the delightful occasions of the year at which there were gathered in Tower Court living room, to do honor to his Ex- cellency, various distinguished guests from Boston and Cam- bridge as well as members of the foreign language departments of the College and the students of the Italian department. The College has received from a group of Boston friends a marble bust of Bishop Lawrence, executed by his daughter, Mrs. Marian Lawrence Peabody. Bishop Lawrence was for twenty- three years a trustee of the College and was President of the Board from 1902-05 and again from March 1914 until September 1915.

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