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\~OL. 15, No. 14 NEW LONDON, CON:-.JECTICUT, MARCH 1, 1930 PRICE FIVE CENTS EVERETT DEAN MARTIN Aims of the Alumnae Association GLEE CLUB GIV~ ON EDUCATION AT Presented to Senior Class DEUGHTFUL PERFORM- CONVOCATION ANCE OF OPEREITA Mrs. Slocum Asks Support of 1930 One of Most Interesting "PINAFORE" Lectures of the Year xrrs. Jeanette Sperry Slocum, presi- a whole, r-ather than from the view- Members of Cast To Be dent of the Alumnae Association and point of a single class, to serve on "When we think of education to- formerly of the class of '22, addressed committees and the executive board Congratulated On day," said Everett Dean Martin, dt- the seniors at their class meeting on when called, to be informed of cor- r-ector of the People's Institute in Fr-iday, February 21, on their duties lege n-ews, to join local chapters or Production , speaking at Connec- as alumnae in the year-s to come. She the Association, to raise money for the ticut Colle-ge yesterday on the topic, began by giving an account of the col- student-Alumnae building, to attend Why cannot we have an operetta 'What Is An Educated Person ?", "we lege histor-y-c-how it had been founded reunions, to continue in the process of every year? That Question many of think of buildings, courses, numbers because of the desire for a college for being educated. us have been asking ever since the of pupils and students, etc. Even women in Connecticut, how Dr. Sykes 1\1 a's. Slocum mentioned the Slu- delightful offering of Pinafore, pre- educators themselves seldom think of was called to its- presidency from Co- d-ent-Alumnae building in .mo re de- sen ted last Friday evening by the the essential meaning of education, or lumbia University, She was hearty in tail, saying that it can not be built Connecticut College Glee Club, under of what it is all about." Since the her praise of President Sykes as a man until enough money is raised to make the direction of Professor Frederick • va.r especially, he went on to say. our of enth.usiasm and of fine ideals which it worth while. It is hoped to have S. "Veld. For several months we have colleges and universities have been he aimed to put Jnto .pr-acttce in the offices in the building for the Associa- anticipated the performance; now thronged with students who have no educational system of the college, de- tion and the students as well as rooms that it is over we desire more. idea what they are there for. This siring to have it one of a broad and for returning alumnae. To get money Notwithstanding the handicaps at- present-day popularity Is the climax liberal type, yet with high scholastic for this enterprise will require time, tending productions of Gilbert arrd or that democratizing of education, standards. Arter Dr . .Sykes ,resigned, patience, and sustained effort on the Suliivan's amusing operetta in girls' setting in about one hundred years President Marshall entered to carryon part of the students and alumnae. schools and coneges-c-handtcaps occa- ago, which had as its theory the be- the traditions of the college and to Mrs. Slocum added a warning to the sioned by the lack of male voices, and llef that if only all people instead of make its name known. Now, Mrs. seniors- to consider carefully before usually by the lack of a sufficient a privileged few could be given the Slocum said, a new era is dawning in voting to educate the class baby, .urg- number of contraltos-the critic can oppo rtu nlty of' obtaining ' the college history and the coopera- ing- that a scholarship for any child of give to the recent presentation little and wisdom, human tastes would be tion of the girls is needed to help the class who desired it and who could but praise. The audience, composed elevated, real values would be guar'- President Blunt to bring greatec.euc- qualify most highly for it would be chiefly of alumnae and of college anteed, and those standards of' ex- cess than ever to the college. The more satisfactory. She conclud-ed by me m bers and t'hetr guests, was pleas- cellence, upheld in the past only by Alumnae Association, which is formed reminding the seniors that the Asso- uru.bly tmrn-essed at the outset by the the few, would become the untversat fOI' the purpose of maintaining fellow- ciation is yet young and that they ertecnve stnge-settfng- showing the possession of' the many, But actually ship among the alumnae and for ad- should welcome the chance to help its quarter-deck of H. M. S. Pinafore, such elevation of taste is far from vancing the interests of the colleg-e, growth. and by the g roup of whtt.e-clad sailors what happened. The mass of people should be one of the prominent factors 'I'he rest of the business at the meet- ready to uroctatm that their "saucy have been taught to read,-and they in this cooperative work. ing consisted in reminding the seniors ship's a beauty." have vulgarized everything they touch. Mrs. Slocum then went on to de- to consider the following commence- The opening chorus wag a trifle stiff, People given the chance tor educa- scribe the Association and the ways ment plans: whetb ar a pageant should for the failed to reveal much tion have in 99 % of the cases chosen sanore in which the new class could be help- be given, whether campus night should life or spontaneity until the gay ar- anything but education, from courses ful to it. These ways in brief are: to be held as in previous years, whether rival of the "sisters and the cousins designed to develop powerful person- read the Association news, to read col- commencement should be held in the and the aunts" of Sir Joseph Porter, alities to vocational work. lege notices, to look at the college as quadrangle or indoors, K. C. B. From that point, however, Mr. Martin sought to account for the warmth and the spirit of all the this neglect of education by a short singers Increased. Consequently the sketch of the development of educa- PARTY AT KNOWLTON A PRESIDENT BLUNT pleasure of the audience was height- tional ideals from the Greeks to our ened by the evidence that the cast, day. The Greeks, in the persons of LlVELY AFFAIR ENTERTAINS ALUMNAE too, was enjoying the fun. , , arid , iknew Concerning the chorus, we wish to what education was, vta., a liberaliz- The Washingto-n party given by From 4 to 6 on Saturday afternoon express cordtat commendation of its ing Innuence that elevates tastes, de- of Alumnae 'week-end, President clear enunciation in all the vocal velops discrimination, encourages the President Blunt to the students and Blunt served tea, assisted by Mrs. numbers. Fortunate listeners to the functioning of intelligence, and frees alumnae on the night of Febr.uary 27, Jeanette Sperr-y Slocum '19, Savoyard productions of Gilbert and the individual n-om the tyranny of was not only the first affair of the President '0. of the Connecticut College Alumnae Sullivan, have noted the exquisite herd opinion, superstitions, and con- Spring season, but also charming Association. clarity with which ever-y word is sung, ventional beliefs. It is the search for and colorful climax to Alumnae Week- The returning alumnae had plenty bvcho r us and principals alike. Critics the life. This principle, lost for end. The green-tinted walls of Knowl- of opportunity to con ttn ue their con- deplore the tendency of American a time, was rediscovered by Erasmus, ton Salon served as a background for versations, which began early F'r-i day choruses to "swallow" .thetr wor-ds. the great Humamet, at the time of the a perso-nifled old-fashioned garden. evening. Wjth so much to say and Therefore It was especially delightful ; and had it been kept, it The dr-esses reflected the pink of so many people to see, the time not only to hear music might have been a potent influence daphn es and 'Crushed roses, the blue meaodtoustv seemed scar eery long enough. We sung-for we expected that!-but also in our civilization today. We did not of gentians and delphiniums, the pur- heard one group discussing their busi- to understand every word. keep it save in emasculated' form. ple of wistiria and dahttas, the red of ness prospects, while still another To individual singers, also, is due Our educational ideals in the nine- poppies, the orange of marigolds, the was arguing the merits of spinach for much praise. Marion Nichols made teenth century centered around "d-ead green of grass and fir trees, all em- babies. In another corner a number a winsome Josephine, acting the part language drill", and today they are phasized by black and brown, of tea drinkers were holding a good with grace and lightness, and singing determined by mechanical theories of In the receiving line were Dr. Blunt, old "do you remember?" bee. the difficult music with sweetness and the learning process. "Give a psy- Dean Benedict, ])1'. and Mrs. Leib, Dean Nye, Dean Benedict, Dorothy skill. She was especially pleasing in chologist a rat and a graph and he Connie Green '30, and .sunny Barry Bayley '28, President of the New her first song, "Sorry Her Lot", in the will give you the last word in th-e '30. Betsy Schaibley '31, announced YOrk Alumnae Chap.ter-, and Alice duet with Ralph, "Refrain, Audacious ." the program of entertainment. The Holcombe '28, President of the Boston Tar", and in the trio with Captain We must again learn the old con- first number was a specialty dance by Chapter, poured tea and assisted Corcoran and Sir Josech. ception of education said Mr. Martin, were the Junior class chorus composed of' by Miss Louise C. Howe, Esther Winifred Beach as the lovelorn lest we become mechanized bar- J, Lincoln, V. Noble, M, More, B. Batchelder '19, Julia Warner '23, Ralph Rackstraw was, like her fellow- barta.ns. We must learn to distin- Brooks, G, Schtd le, and M. Fish- Evelfne Taylor Peters '21. sailors, rather stiff in the opening guish a good heart from a rational burne. Then J'lnny Hinnman '31, in Those serving included: Mildred scene. But from her first duet 'vith mind. we must learn the difference her talented and successful manner Keep '19, Lavina Hall '23, Ge-rtl'ude Josephine, in which the voices blend- between real social mindedness and sang two solos, accoonpanied at the Noyes '25, Barbara Chesebro '28, ed most harmoniously. Miss Beach the mere working in us of the gre· piano by Schneider. Miss Hinman's Janet Boomer '29, Mary El'izabeth entered more easily into her part, and garious instinct. We must learn and individual and pec.uliar singing of the Jerman '27, Jessie Williams '26, Mary made a sympathetic hero. Always apply to the making of social, com- high notes overwhelmed the audience her singing, clear and true, gave de- munity life the conception of educa- Crofoot '27, Edna Smith. and she was recalled for an encore. light to the audience, tion which makes it the unhampered, The last number was an unusual and Of the comic characters, Little But- intelligent search for the good life. charming piano duet by E. Sherman tercup is inevitably a favorite, It was In closing, the speaker mentioned DEBATE TONIGHT '32, and S. Comfort '32, played. on two therefore rather disappointing, at three obstacles in American character pianos at opposite ends of the room. first, to find her, as played by Isabelle which we must overcome if we are Connecticut and Smith College will Bartlett, slim rather than buxom, and to encourage real education, namely, The music for dancing was debate this evening upon th-e question, -in Act I-serious rather than our too emotional nature, our too furnished by Russo'.s orchestra, and Resolved: The United SLates shoul<1 (Oontinued on page 3. colum" Z) (Oontinued on page 4, column 3) punch and dainty frosted cakes were recognize Soviet Russia, Smith is served. An appropriate incident of taking the affirmative side of the the party was the step-sing by the question with Charlotte Cabot and At the class dinner last Satur- Margaret Leland '32 has been members of the class of 1929. They Fiorence de Haas as speakers. Achsah day, Margaret Bristol '29, an- appointed by Ca"binet to act as concluded their program with a greet- Roberts and Marjorie Smith with nounced her engagement to Secretary-Treasurer of Student ing to Dr. Bl't1nt and the singing of the Elfrida Hawthorne as alternate are Russell Carleton of Foxboro, Government for the .rest of the Alma Mater, debating the negative side for Connec- Mass, year. (Oontinued on page 2, column 1) t Continued on page 2, column 4)

1 2 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS A CONFERENCE FOR Connecticut College News Free Speech BIGGER NAVIES? ESTAJ5LISHED 1916 [The Editors of the -Sor do not Published by the students or Connectl· what is this London Conference for cut College ever)' Saturday throughout hold themselves resuonsrbre [or the anyhow? Is it a game of wits be- the ccueee yea.r trom October to June. opinions expressed in this column. In tween statesmen and their naval ad- except during mtd-reare and vacations. order to insure the validity ot this vteers '! AI'e we to match battleships column as an or-gtrn for the expression Entered as second class matter August or honest opinion, the editor must as tokens of our nrtde and power as 5. 1919. at the Post omce at xew Lon- some women match jewels and with den, Connecticut, under the Act or know the names of contributors.] August 2-4, 1912. equal futility? Are we simply trying Has UlJ)-OIlC aJl)T suggcsttons tor u to decide. as G. B. Shaw suggested, the system of rocui-drawtng ? Please size or shells wtt h which we prefer to STAFF voice them! be kliled? Whatever the answer to these questions, it is profoundly dis- EDITOB-Il!f ~CKIEP FRESHMEN ASSIGNED appointing to find that the American Louisa Kent '30 delegn.t.lori wiII go no further toward :NEWS EDITOR NEWSPAPERS the abolition or battleships, Indeed it Elizabeth Glass is actually proposing to build a new South xrancbester Herald - Jane SE TIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR one! It seems that we must have RETREAT Dorothy Feltner Benedict. nothing tess than England's best even Willimantic Chronicle - Gertrude though ther-e Is no thought of war be- JUl\.'10R ASSOCIATE EDITORS Ragin. A Novel of 1918 Betty Cia '31 tween us and if there were war the Montclair Times-Muriel Scbtos- English Rodney and our American Millicent Wilcox '31 C. R. Benstead berg'. equivalent for it would have to b lde On sale at the Book sh op, $2.50. REPORTERS Philadelphia Public Ledger-Har- out of the way of airplanes. This Kathleen Halsey '30 riet Kistler. business of everlastingly matching Ruth Canty '31 Journal-F r a nee s "~othing stands still in its- con cep- Mary Innet '31 Providence boat with boat leads to no .end at all. Grecco, tions and methods except the church Mary Scott '32 It is America's shame to be the one Hilma McKinstry '32 Vlhlte Plains Reporter-Elsie and they still try to dose a practical wu- nation of the five which prevents the Ger-tr-ude Butler '32 and relatively educated people, already Helen McGl1l1cudd:v '32 son. scrapping of battleships. Yonkers Herald-Betty Lathrop. grown used to wtretess and flying ma- Esther Barlow '33 The whole conference shows the Alma Bennett '33 Worcester Post-Betty Warden. chines, dose them, if you please, on the folly of what passes for practical wis- Eteunor- Lucas '33 Portland Herald"":'Eslher Barlow. fairy tales prepared especially for a Mal'gaTet Mills '33 dom. Propose complete naval dis- Cleveland News-Joanna Eakin. armament to the nations and you are set of flea-bitten Nomads," so sp-oke ART EDITOR O'Reilly, a beefy man, Irish doctor of Gwendolyn Macfa.rr-en '31 labeled a dreamer, a rootteh idealist. "Beauty In Account With Yet no one in the world has shown the 200th Br-igade, Royal Garrison MANAGING EDITOR Artillery concerning the problem of rsaueue gntrren '3D what any nation would lose by com- Religion" Discussed By plete naval disarmament comparable their recently-acquired parson. But ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS the was that the Revere-nd Dr. Laubenstein to what all nations would gain. Short tr-ucble Louise Buenzle '31 Elliott Warne had been nursed on Elsie Nelson '33 of complete naval disarmament Helen Peasley '33 "Christianity and the Aesthetic France has much reason on her side these fairy tales in a sane, pre-war England-did b elleve passionately and Virginia Sehanher '33 Ur-ge" or, expressed in dtrrerent words, in wanting to keep submarines which BUSINESS MANAGEB "Beauty In Account with Religion," En~land and America, for other than sincerely in the Divine Will of a per- Dorolhy Quigley '3D was the subject of Dr. Laubensten's idealistic reasons, desire to see aboush- sonal God and in His Church. And from Bid der-wiIl, his oeacerut. t-ea- ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS tall, at Vespers, Feb-ruary 23. The ed . Why should France give up a drinking, Babba.th-ef ngfng parish Allee Read '33 tendency for man to have a sense for comparatively cheap and very effec- Virginia Stevenson '33 beauty is one of long standing. In tive form of naval armament In favor where he had, according to his lights, served his God faithfully and welq, the CIRCULATION MANAGER warm climate ornament preceded of far more expensive cruisers? Norlnne Auger '30 clothing. Anything that glistened was 'Yhile England has he-r cruisers Reverend Warne enwrapped in vision- considered of and, as civilization Fr-ance will need bel' aubmarrnee. ary contemplation of the message he FACULTY ADVISOR was to bring, was plunged into the' hell Dr, Gerard E, Jensen g-r-ew, ornaments- gave away to realiza- And no matter what treaties are tion of the highest types of beauty. sig-n('cl those submarines will be used of war when men do not march sing- In reltg-io n man achieves his greatest in the event of war as- seems most ef- ing into battle 'but go cursing their artistic triumphs. His highest aspira- fective. Why not try disarmament or God. EDITORIAL tions and highest ar-ttsttc skill are parity at 7.ero? How else can there Assigned to the 200th Br-f.da ge, hoe called fo-rth. he sincerity in the Kellogg pact? anived at .headquarters ,on the eve of ----.---- More elaborate church worship has the last desperate German offensive. One of the most commendable sLeps been developed in connection with Instead of a hearty we-kome he found that we have noticed recently was man's religion. When the psalmist ELECTED TO NEWS STAFF indifference-instead of hunge-r fOTthe taken by the student body at the said, "Worship the Lord in holy ar- Gospel, he found blasphemy. Sensi- Amalgamation Meeting, Wednesday ray," he was thinking of ch1.lrch cere- The following people have been tive. over-feeling, he and his God were (>Iected to the Ne/c8 Staff: evening when it was voted to have at- monies-with what one .sees and hears. thr,ust aside. The war lffi,uSt go on. tendance at chapel services- madE: com- In the Old Testament art Is hut ex- EdltOl'ial Staff 'So through the Hades of the offensive pulsory twice a week, and Vespers ternal beauty. There is a kind of wor- IHal'y Tnnet '31. thl'Ough the tragic retr,eat that fol~ once a month. The situation is one ship when one looks at a. painting, or E5the'r Barlow '33. lov,red, Warne was ignored, stuck on which has been discussed in this listens to music, or enters a ch,urch. Alma Bennett '33. lhe front seat of a rattling ,lorry, al- column more than once, and the step To some people beauty has been sub- Eleanor Lucas '33. \vays a safe distance from the aotual taken is one which we heartily ap- stituted for religion Itself. Some hold Margal'et Nills '33. fighting. He could not un'derstand prove, . that art is even superior to reUglon ~Junaghlg Stuff men who could joke obscenely in the Louise Buenzle '31. face of tragedy, who ,could kick as'ide This movement could not have been because it seems to be the union of Elsie Nelson '33. dead men 0'Il the fi-eld-"stiffies" they conducted in a more (air or demo- life and of peace. Helen Peasley '33. called them-who could carryon in- cratic manner. Only when we con- In the New Testannent there is no Virginia Schanhel' '33. oifferently in the face of horrors. And sider that certain regulations could explicit reference to the beauty of na- Business StRO' the men in their turn, were u.nable to have been imposed upon us by those ture but we know that Jesus' sensi- tivity for 'beauty inspired some of his Aiice Read '33. comprehend WaTne's sensitive shrink- in authO'l'ity do we realize how very Virginia Stevenson '33. broad-minded our faculty is in regard most imllortant teachings. Chris- ing from all that to him was, abhor- to student matlers, and how much tianity shows itself as a religion of rent, to them part of the day's busi- they rely on our good judgment and artistic restraint. To lead a beautiful ORIGIN OF LONGFELLOW'S ness. "Like many another 'man has cl~me in similar cases, he's got it into co-operation. This is not the first il- life one must be able to repress cer- "THE ARROW AND THE lustration we ha.ve had. Consider the tain kinds of growth and cultivate SONG" hlS he\.nd so "Retreat" is the story of not seem to have abused. Arrow and the Song" was told in an emphasize it. Instead, stress is laid (allure, of dig.i1Iusionrnent, of a man As was pointed out at the meeting, interesting a-rtlcle in the January issue ~ponilln{:r beauty. There is an mne-r who had Faith without the common the new ste_p will be a test of the of the Philological Qual·/('rly. The a,c- adornment which beautifies exterior. sense to back it up, whose nerves RonO'!' System. The -result will prove count compared the American poet's Jesus would say to us: "Make the were shattered and his so.ul crushed to those who are inclined· to be skep- work with a Quatrain from Goethe's inner beautiful and the exte--rior will by a war that never so much as once collection entitled "Sprichwortllch". tical that the system is a good-o.r a reflect It and then the external beauty revealed itself to his face. bad--one. We prefer to be optimistic. Both poems have the same underly- will be I,·ul'. The doctrine of Jesus' And in late spring he was carried We believe that the majority of C. C. ing thought: no honest effort is wast- teachings are beautiful as we reveal out on a stretche'l'-"poor devii"-and students will realize the seriousness of ed. The poets have used similar them in life an-d in character. In the churchyard at Biddel'w"lll lies the sltuatlon and co-operate whole- means to carry out this idea. The ar- brass tablet "Who Died in the Serv- heartedly. row is shot; without aim; falls to ?' WINTHROP SCHOLARS earth, where the archer does not H'e of His Country during the Gre-at War for CiVilization." PARTY AT KXO\VJffOX A LIVELY ANNOUNCED know. They are written in much the AFFAIR same form, iambic metre with four Often as we talk and think of lines to the strophe and the same DEBATE TONIGHT (Concluded. from pa.ge 1. column £) . fOonclnrled from paUl'll. COl1t1n1J,3) scholarship, at only one time during rhyme scheme. At times it appeared that the gtu- tIcut. Constance Smith has been the year do we, as a college body, Dr. Kip's conclusion that Long- dents and alumnae had changed Head of Research. come together to publicly acknowl- fellow did get his theme from the places. Instead of being dignified and Dorothy Feltner will act as Chair- edge it-----soPresident Blunt bega.n the earlier thought of Goethe does not awe-inspiring the aLumnae capered man and the jUdges will be Theodore service of the instal1aUon of our new seem unlikely. Hen,ry Wadsworth and enjoyed themselves immensely. Bodenwein, Editor of the New Donnon Winthrop scholars, a service very im- Longfellow heid a chair at Harvard The students, on the other band, as- !JaN; Edna L. Tyler who is prominent pressive in its dignity and . Unlvel-sity for many years the pro- sumed a seriousness and quietness In the League of Women Voters' and This honor is given especially in rec- fessor of German there. He was of which may have been due to a realiza- 1\:rrs.George P. Fenner, recently 'men- ognition of high scholastic ranking, course thoroughly acquainted with tion that they too would some day re- tIOned as one of the "women who but general competence and personali- notable German works. It is prob- turn to C. C. as alumnae. have done much for Connecticut" ty are also conside-red. Already Con- able that Goethe's actual poem had Connecticut .(Jebaters have' done necticut has seventy-five Winthrop faded out of Longfellow's mind but splendid work this year in defeating The X eu:s wishes to correct an scholars and at the service on Satur- that the content emerged once more Pembroke on both the positive and error in last weeks' issue. Jean day morning, five new members were into his consciousness as an original the negative sides of the last debate Foster '32, is engaged to Lieut. announced. They are Elizabeth Glass inspiration. This is Dr. Kip's ex- ~O~ight.'s debate is on a Question of Verdi B. Barnes of FOrt Bliss, '30: Mildred Meyer '30; Elizabeth Da- planation of the coincidence and both aJor Interest and importance, and Texas. boll '30; Elizabeth Wheele-r '31; and logically and pSYChologically it seems ~he speakers deserve the support and I :Mary Boardman '31. more than a likelihood. Interest of the college. 3 ------=-..:....:.-=-~CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS PORTRAIT OF G IJEE Cl~"B Cn·E .... ])J.:;LICJlTP{,"L D'rectc- or the American Councu on PEUPOIDL\ ,"CE OF OPERElTT,,\ GERMAN CLUB TO E.lucation, and Min Anne S, Davis, DR. MARSHALL "PI~.\F'ORE'· PRESENT PLA Y a member of Presrdem Hoover'a corn- I'('onrludt'd I,.,ml pagl' I. colrlmn iJ mittee on child guidance, PRESENTED AT '!:I>tightl~'. In the second act, how- Connecticut College was honored b)' :\luch to the delight of those who (>\'("1', :UI~;:; Bartlett had found heesetr. having :l1i,8 the Speaker's Table. At this table jected suitor of Josephine. As well In addition to Miss Ramsay, there Primula ),Iartha Johnson sat President Katharine Blunt, Dean as for- her singing, :\Iiss )lcKenzle de- were three other graduates from Rosa Erickn Lang-hammer- Nye, Dean Benedict. Mrs. Jameson serves IJrai!'e for her restrained acting Connecticut who came as delegates, Aster Bertha Moskovitz Slocum, President of the Alumnae As- of the role. "'e shall not soon for- ~liss Agnes Leahy of the National Girl Three Princes sociation; Esther Batchelder first get the pomposity and the conde- s'coute, Miss Margaret Baxter of the lst-\Yinifred Beach Vice-President and Alumnae T~ustee; scension of the autocratic yet. amiable School of or the George 2nd-~rarguerite Ptshbur-ne Mr-s. Lorimer Slocum, second Vice. Admtr a: And even though he lost School, Buck's County, Pa., and Miss 3rd-)lary Clauss President; Lois Gordon, Treasurer; Josephine, we cannot help counting Theodosia Hewlett, Junior Placement Prince von Zimperhugel Mrs. Francis Milligan, Secretary; him fortunate in winning the charm- Councellor of the State Department of Polly Deweese Julia 'warner. Alumnae Trustee; l\[i~s ing Cousin Hebe, as played by Ruth Labor in New York. Lady of the "'0 oda Jean Pennock Partridge, Trustee; Gloria Hollister, Griswold. Miss Griswold made much Cobbler Irmgard Schultze and Helen Reynolds. of a small par-r. we should ll'k e to Michel, Sol.lier Elynor~ Schneider BASKETBALL SQUADS After luncheon, President Blunt 10- see and hear her In a large!' one, a tr-oduced Mrs. Jameson Slocum '22, we all remember the story of the Another role, often thankless, nl- The Basketball Squads for 1930 are who spoke for a few minutes: Helen m-tncesses who danced each n!ght for wa)'3 dfficult. is that of Dick Deadeye. as follows: Seniors: Elizabeth Reynolds '2D, then presented the por- years until all the leather in the king- D01·0.hy Gould as the one-eyed vn- Ba hn ey, Dorothy A. Barrett, Dorothy trait of Dr. Benjamin T. Marshall, dom was consumed in repairing the lain of the quru-ter-deck, was excel- l\l. Barrett, Ruth Barry, Jane- whom many Of the Alumnae knew as many pairs of shoes they had worn lent. "'hether she spoke or sang, her Bertschy, l"rances Brooks, Jean Bur- President of the college, After a out. No one knew where they danced voice, low and full, was always plcas¥ ,'oughs, Mercer Camp, Elizabeth or with whom. Hard times came gracious acceptance of this portrait ing, EntC'dng thoroughly Into the ("apron, Frances Gabl'iel, Constance lIpon the people and the di!itractecl President Blunt introduced Esthel' chara.cterization, she, of all the cast, Green, Frelda Grout, Kathleen Hal· king offered the inherltancc of his Batchelder '19, specialist in Nutrition gave perhapS' the most finished per¥ sey, Ruth Harrison, Elizabeth Harts- at the Delineator Home Institute in kingdom and the hand of anyone of formance. horn, Eli7..abeth Johnson, Frances his daughters to the Prince who could New York. She spoke on the worl< Kelly, Eleanor Meure.r, Margaret Setting, costumes, singenf--all con- solve the myHtery, ,"Vhen twelve she had been doing. Gloria Hollister Monjo, Kathadne Russell, GwendOlyn tributed In full measure to the success 11 rinces had failed to observe the '24, Technita~ Assistant of the Ber- Thomen, Emily 'l'omlinson, El'nestine of Pillarol'(". But one other contribut- prlnces;;e:z' action and, accordingly, muda Oceanographic Expedition con¥ Vincent, l:::dith 'Valter and Ba.rbara ing fcature must be mentioned, name¥ had suffered the extreme penalty, ducted by 'Villiam Beebe, gave an in- \Vard. Iy, the cUI'erul make-ull Of the actors. death, restrictions wel'e lowel'ed, and teresting tall<, iHustrating certain Juniors: Elizabeth Appenzellar, Grcat gratitude, therefOI'e, is due to a brave, handsome soldier was per- phases of her subject bY,slide!3. Caroline Bradley, Rosemary Brewer, Doris Rydel" that the loveliness of mitted to tt·y his luck. How he turns This interesting pl'ogram ended one Louise Bunce, Anne Ebsen, Constance or a series of engaging events of S:r Joseph's relatives was not ruined the tables on the lively princesses and (Oontinued on page column 3) Alwnnae vVeek-end. by too much rouge, and that the brings consequent to all, 4, ghastliness of Dicl< Dendeye's appear- w~ll be shown when the very amusing ance was not ovel'done. POOl' mal(e- and very j'om3ntic play Dil' 7.cr!lIll;;:!l'U SENIORS AND JUNIORS The Quality Drug House of up has been I,nown to mur the effect .'4r!l1Ih( Is glvcn in March. WIN IN BASKETBALL or an othenvise pretty choruS'. This Eastern Connecticut GAMES one, we thanl,fully obsel'ved, was not 1'HE NICHOLS & HARRIS CO, spoiled. MISS RAMSAY ATTENDS Established 1860 To the triumphant procession of In conCluding, we would remind the CONFERENCE l-l igh Grade Candles and Toilet Articles Freshmen introducing their banner college wodd th3t, in addition to the 110 State St., New London, Oonn. accorrling to tradition, the 1930 bas¥ appreciation of faithful and zealous !\fiss Ramsay, Director of Personnel ketLan 'season bega.n Tuesday night. wol'!, on the part .of committees and at college. l'elurned recently from the The Seniol's won the first team en- accompanist, by far the greatest conferences held at Atlantic City, be- The Fine Feather, Inc. gagement by scoring one point more credit (01' the success of PilwfQTe is ginning l"eb. 20 and still in session, 243 STATE STREET than the Sophomore's total of 30. In due to pi'ofessor Weld who, for weeks undcl' the auspiceg of the National the second team game t,he Juniors past, has given generously of time and Education Association. Miss Ramsay Sportswear and Dressy Frocks overwhelm.ed' the persistently defen- endeavor to make the performance went e-gpeclal:y to take advantage ot. Knit Suit, Sweaters siVe Freshmen by a score or 55 to 4. ul'tist:cally complete. VVe-thank him the section of the meetings given over GIli'TS AND NOVELTIES The lineups were as follows: heartlly, and express ,the hope that to the (livision of Personnel, Guidance Phone 9350 Seniors he may feel encouraged by the en- and Placement. Pete Bl"ooks, center, Ernestine Vin- thusiasm aroused, to plan another Ten distinct associations of edu- cent and Connie Green, fonvards, Gilbert a.nd Sullivan oITering for the cators make up the division in charge Crocker House Barber Shop with Fran Kelly substituting fat' coming year, of this work, and mOl'e than one JOHN O. ENO, Proprietor Connie Green in the second haH, and thousand delegates were In attend- Specializing In Hall' Cutting and guardos Tommy Hartshorn and Johnny ance, representing every section of the African villages, The educational pro- united States. A number of distin- Hair Dressing Johnson. Dot Barrett played center gram thel"e is for the purpose of in the third quarter. guished speakers addressed the meet- EXPERT MANICURIST unifying the scattered groups. Ings, the most notable of whom were Sopholnol'cs Miss Sibusisine said that hel' great- Dr. David A, Robertson, Assistant Peggy Salter and Jerry Lowden, est surprise on coming to America CLARK'S BEAUTY PARLOR forwards; Mary Sturdevant and Betty was her discovery of our dependence PEARL S. HOPKINS Gabriel, guards, and Kay Booth at on African products and the wide use Katherine Congdon Tupper, center. Eleanor Wilcox went in as to which we put them, ivory, gold and ex '2D, is the mother of Sa.muel Permanent Waving and All Branches fOrward in the last quarter. rubber chiefly. Among her other en.riy Edward Tupper, Jr" born Feb- of Beauty Culture Frc£luncn imlJl'essions was that all over the rua:ry 9, 1930. Grace Stevens and Martha Sulman, world young people were very much 17 Union Stroot Phone 7458 forwards; Jane Benedict and Adelaide alike, having the same ideals and the Cushing, guards, and Betty Boekel' at same ambitions. center. Sunday night's Forum left many of CHIDSEY'S Juniors those who attended with a new and Marjorie Smith and Vivian Noble, colorful knowledge of customs and THE SHOPPE FOR forwards; Kay Bradley and Betty activities of the Zulu guest's distant GREETING CARDS-STATIONERY Norton, guards, and Rosemary Brew- countl'Y. Miss Sibusisine will return GIFTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT er at center. to Africa in June when her classes at F. C. CHIDSEY CO. Skill was awarded to Sophomores Columbia come to an end, 115 State Street Phone 8490 and to Juniors. When You Say It With Flowers Why Not Try Ours? FORUM HAS INTERESTING RUDDY & COSTELLO Deliveries to College Promptly GUEST .I.ncorp()l'a.ted FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS JEWELERS and OPTICIANS FELLMAN & CLARK THE FLORIST Our Zulu guest, Miss Sibusisine 52 State Street Makanya of Imbumbulu, South Africa, Crocker House Block "THEIR OWN DESIRE" NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT surprised her Forum audience on Flower Phone 5588 WITH NOR lA SHEARER Sunday by showing that fundamen- tally her Airican countrymen are ~ot MARCIl 2, 3. 4, 5 greatly different from our own C!V- ilization. Dress and manners are in- vhe Compliments ot. comparable, it is true, but the under- lying spirit of both orders of. huma?- Mohican Hotel National Bank of Commerce ity is much the same as time WIll OF NEW LOi\'1JON show Miss Makanya predicted. "LET'S GO PLACES" Dr~ssed in her native costume the WITH LOLA LA E visitor was the most picturesque speaker ever to address Forum. She Lamps-Lamp Attachments :UAltCH 6, j. 8 created an atmosphere of her country by singing songs of her race and then SHADES, BOOK ENDS, FLATIRONS giving an entertaining account of the CURLING IRONS, ETC. life and customs of her people. Her Capital $300,000 study in the United States has b~en The J. Warren Gay Electrical Co. for the main purpose of carrymg Surplus and Profits $650,000 Western knowledge back to inland 19 Union Street New London Conn. 4 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEWS

BASli:ETBALL SQUADS Part)" Flowers and Corsages at (Ooncluded frtJf/l page 3, column 4) Ganoe. Margaret Gleeson, Dorothy FISHER'S Gould. DOI'Olhy Hare, Made Louise 104 STATE S'l'HEET lIoetey, Elizabeth Hubbard, Edna xrarttn. Lor-na . ~IcQuil'e. Eliza.beth Plower Phone 3358 Metzer, Jane Moore, Vivian Noble. Plants and newer gitls by wir-e Elizabeth Norton, Caroline Rice. Elizabeth Rieley, Dorothy Rose, Helen Shepherd, Jeannette Shirlie. Marjorie Smith, Beatrice 'wnttcomb, Evelyn wbtttemore. GARDE THEATRE Sophomores: Ruth Baylis, Kath- arine Booth, Frances Buck, Priscilla Dennett, Earleen Fairweather, Eliza- "The Woman Racket" beth Gabriel, Alice Hayes, Elsa Jacob, Elizabeth Koetta, Margal'et Leland, Ethel Lowden, Priscilla MARCH 3, 4, 5 ~roore, Dorothea Petersen, Janet Rothwell, Alice Russell, Marjorie "The Sacred Flame" Alumnae week-end had its interest- According to recent statistics the Sable, Julia Salter, Lois Sanders, ing incidents in such conversations as: most popu tar recor-d on campus is Eleanor Sherman, Virginia Stephen- UNo, No, Nannette" "And what is yOllr mar-ted name?" "What Is This Thing Called Love?" son, Mary Sturdevant and Eleanor "T don't have any." ACter playing it one hundred and five Wttcox. times you may get the answer. Let's Freshmen: Jane Benedict, Eliza- hope the. vrctrotas can stand the beth Boeker, Bessie Bronson, Susan Then there was the gid who had strain. heard that Helen Hey-nods was wor k., Crawrorc, Adelaide Cushing, Dorothy ing at Sloane's. She met Helen and Hamilton, Eleanor Jones, Harriet Senior privileges are such a prob- after greeting her said: Kistler, Janet Lipper, Alice McConnon, NEW WOOLEN lem! It has been suggested that all "And where do you work?" Elizabeth Millers, Helen Peaseley, the Seniors stand on the trolley and Helen replied, "At Sloane's." Mar-y Pt-udden , Alice Read, Grace all the Seniors open doors [or under- FABRICS "Oh," said the girl, "Hel-en Rey- Stephens, Virginia Stevenson, Martha classmen. Then at least their four nolds works there toot" Surman, Virginia Swan, Virginia Vail, years of experience will derive some Es.th ar- White and Marjorie Woodcock. distinction. Is there any signIficance to the fact EVERE'["!" DEAX 'lUAltTIN O~ FOR SPRING that the majority of 'wtnthrop 'we have rumours that the natural EDUCA'l'IO::\' A'I' CONVOCATION Sctiotars are commuters? Is it the dancing class goes out every Monday, rOo_eluded from page I, colum~ 1) home atmosphere 01" OUI· tack of Wednesday, and Friday night to dance sentimental humanitarianism, and brains? around the reservoir by moonlight. OUI' love for short cuts to easy, cheap TWEEDS They did fancy skating on it when the practical results. The Washington's Birthday Par-ty ice was here. "The aim of education is th-e pro- CRISPCREPE was very entertaining. At ru-st we duction of a community, a social or- were rather upset because there was A very charming custom here is der, in which an intelligent gentleman CHALLlES no mention of George himself, but we wearing baby ribbon tied around one's can l1ve a congenial life," imagine that his identity lay in the head in a fetching Httte bow. The COVERTA rerresbments and "Ginny" Hinman's effect is so sweet and darling--c-the voice. essence of dainty maidenhood! Perry & Stone, Inc. JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS At last we have visited the new 'I'hen there was the Senter who ab- Fine Leather , Stationery building and quit-e approve of it. In sent-mindedly usedt the Dutch Cleanser Gilt Articles in Great Variety fact we like it very much, and in instead of the talcum powder. (One 296 State Street Plant Bullding other words we think it is just right. of our mor-e realistic incidents.) New London With half the college in training, "Ve think that the Freshman song THE boxes n-om home are be.ng appre- is great, and besides we think that ciated by their owners. A so some of t heir class has a lot of spirit. our smoking friends are exerting great BEE HIVE will-power. Few casual readers of this paper are aware of the .ter-r-ib le situation It really seems as if we would have which we raced this week. For two STATE STREET to give the F'r-eah me n a lesson in "cot- days the News was lost. Wires THE STYLE SHOP buzzed, people tore t'h'etr hair. And leglate" terms. For- instance one of 128 S'.rA'l'E STREET our younger trtends was quite upset after many frantic searcbtngs. the because when she called on her Ju nior Neio« appeared. It had been mis- sister in Br-anford her Junior sister placed by two uns uspecttng, weu-tn- did not live in the right r-oom. "Proc., tenttoned, and completely oblivious tor" lived there! rreehmen. MACY'S Student "GET IT" Tate & Neilan College Supplies Shopping Service AT HATS - FURS - FURNISHINGS STARR BROS. Leather Coats, Riding Breeches, Mark Shows Cross Gloves, McCallum Hose, Stetson INC. Hats, Dobbs Hats, Ladies' Sport Hats. CONNECTICUT COLLEGE NEW LONDON SPRING BOOKSTORE DRUGGISTS CLOTHES John Irving /\ LLthe newest versions Telephone 8277 t"\ of the important Crown Beauty Shop HAS MOIRE, SATIN, cape coat, the man-tail- 71 STATE STREET ored suit, cunning print New London, Conn. AND SILVER Expert Operators Hair Bobbing BROCADE EVENING frocks-and smartacces- SLIPPERS sories to go with each! "11' It's Made at Rubber We Have It" EVERYTlflXG FOR THE GYIU i\[iddy Blouses, Bloomers, Crepe Soled COlLEGE TEA HOUSE Shoes, Elastic Anklets, Knee Caps, The Mariners Savings Sporting Goods Bank March 3,4 ALLING RUBBER CO. LET US CALL TO ___ .:..:..:c158 State Street YOUR ATTENTION NEW LONDON, CO~N. THAT THERE IS NO Fur Repairing and Remodeling MACY'S STATE STREET EXTRA CHARGE 34th Street and Broadway B. M. BALINE Next to Post Office FOR DYEI G THEM .Importer and Maker of Fine Furs New York 33 Main Street New London, Conn. Phone 1623 "The Bank af Cheerful Service"