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Wellesley College News VOL. XXXIV WELLESLEY, MASS., NOVEMBER 12, 1925 VARIED PROGRAM WILL MANY VISITORS WELCOMED TO TO THEJUL A. S. G. BE PRESENTED BY BARN Women's Greetings to the delegates to the conference of the INTER-COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE students of Intercollegiate Association of Student Governments! The Informals Will Include Prize Play, Wellesley College cordially welcome you and hope that you will not Golden Doom by Lord Dunsany, Delegate To Association For Student Government Conference be so intent upon solving the problems of student government thai And A French Farce you will miss seeing the beauties of our campus; nor so busy with Are Housed In Claflin Where First Session acquainted with you per- your many engagements that we may not get Variety is one of the chief features Is Being Held At Two O'clock Today of such conferences as this is sonally. One of the greatest benefits of the program which will be present- on student conditions in the opportunity afforded to compare notes ed by the Barnswallows Association on OVER FIFTY COLLEGES REPRESENTED since the first conference of the various colleges. It is twenty years Friday evening, November 13, at 7:45 the Association was called at Wellesley. and we consider ourselves P, M., in Alumnae Hall. The Infor- PRESIDENT PENDLETON SPEAKS ip Wellesley College Government entertaining the conference again this year. We hopt fortunate to be mals will be given at this time with Association wishes to welcome the carry back to your respective col- TO COLLEGE ENTRANCE BOARD that from this conference you may a view to the entertainment of the dele- delegates from the various colleges constructive ideas. The time is short, the problems com- leges many gates to the conference of the Women's which are taking part in the annual difficult, but we trust that the co-operative efforts of many President Pendleton and Miss plex and Intercollegiate Association of Student conference of the Women's Intercol- directly, and that by concentrating on the fundamental may tackle them Governments, which is being held at Frances Knapp represented Wellesley legiate Association of Student Gov- behind student government and student activities you may principles Wellesley this year. at the anniversary dinner of the Col- lents meeting now at Wellesley. gain a feeling of unity and may come to conclusions which are pro- The first of the three plays to be lege Entrance Examination Board The delegates are being entertained gressive helpful to all concerned. and performed is Horns of the Moon, writ- Claflin where the first session will given on Friday, November 6, in New ten by Eloise Smith. '26, winner of the be held this afternoon at two o'clock, York City. This dinner commemor- prize offered by the Barn- TIE IN fifty dollar nd lasting until 4:30. Dinner is to MASS MEETING HELD THREE CLASSES for the best original one-act ated the founding of the Board twen- swallows e served at. 6 : 15 this evening at COLLEGE SPORTS COMPETITION play. Horns of the Moon is a fantasy ty-five years ago. Miss Pendleton was Alumnae Hall, at which time the sec- FOR ENTIRE white flower that which concerns the one of the speakers, her subject be- retary of the International Alliance hangs between the horns of the moon. will address the conference. After Freshman Class Makes Its Debut In ing "Impartial and Impersonal Ad- When the play opens an old man and a dinner President Pendleton will re- The Athletic Line By Winning ministration of Educational Respon- youth are wandering through a coun- ceive the guests at Tower Court. try where the people worship the god- sibilities." President Woolley of Mt. Group Meetings Tomorrow dess of the moon. On a dark and lone- Holyoke, general dissatisfaction with the the chairman of the Board, A Field Day this year was quite re- Special discussion will ly mountain top they discover a golden- groups meet presided. M'ti Holyoke and Wellesley present smoking rule, coupled with markable in several ways. Three between haired girl singing to the moon, and tomorrow morning nine and system, classes tied for first place, each hav- were the first women's colleges to be- the success of Vassar's new the white flower that hangs between twelve-thirty, at the various society ing 19 points: the seniors, sopho- come members of the Board. houses. The delegates will he group- turned the trend of college opinion its horns. The plot concerns the youth mores, and freshmen. Due to the de- In her introductory address. Presi- ed according to the following divi- toward a more liberal rule, at the all- and the white flower, and is a charm- creased number of fall sports offered, dent Woolley dealt with the Board's ing explanation of the appearance of meeting held last Thurs- college mass fewer games were played than for- progress as the "Best example of Hi.- the man and lady in the moon. A de- 1. Colleges large day. merly, but everyone will agree that efficient and successful cooperation in lightful touch is given at the end by nard). "26. of there was plenty to watch. In basket the history of education." Other Elizabeth Smith, President the old man, who remains firm in his 2. Colleges ball the sophomores were victorious speakers were: Nicholas Murray But- College Government, opened the meet- belief that the moon is a piece of (Wheaton). over the freshmen. The putting con- ler, President of Columbia, Dr. Henry 3. (Colleges : all (Sweet ing by reporting, from' information cheese and the markings on its face the test was won by Ellen Bartlett '27, S. Pritchett, President of the Carnegie Briar). holes in the cheese. The play is being gained at the conference which she '26 nd Katherine Marsh was second. Foundation for the Advancement of 4. of col- coached by its author, with the follow- Problems Co-educational recently attended, ways in which the The senior-sophomore hockey game Teaching, Julius Sachs, Professor i'ii>u.'iivi ng cast: ]<*geB t tie, smoking problem is dealt with in the stilted in a while the freshman emeritus of education at Teachers' 5. Girls' colleges with an enrol- iVhite Flower Schoenberger, S., '26 various women's colleges. She stres- second team beat the second team of College, Columbia; and Wilson Far- ment over 500 (Smith). "29 Gohlenhaii-ed Girl ......Steers, H., '28 sed particularly the recent Vassar The class of were victorious rand, headmaster of Newark Academy 6. Girls' colleges with an enrol- Youth Wickham, A. B., '29 ruling, which is similar to the rule volley ball, and the varsity won and clerk of the board of trustees of ment under 500 (Skidmore). '29 Old Man May, I., proposed for Wellesley, and its suc- from the Faculty team after three Princeton. These discussion groups will re- Priestess Finsterwald. M., '28 cess. She read the ballot on which ? games. The riding exhibit Representatives from leading sec- sume their work at 3:30 P. M., when the college voted the next day, ex- closed the program. '29 proving the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) ondary schools and educational insti- tea will be served. Until that time plaining the meaning of each question best in form. Virginia Wellington, tutions, as well as from many col- in the afternoon the conference will ident of the 1 with great care, and urging that Athletic Association , leges and universities attended the hold an open session in Claflin. In •every-one vote. made the awards, which «1 1st li WILLIAM BEEBE TO DESCRIBE dinner. A message was read from the evening the guests are invited to Before the meeting was opened for buted as follows: Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President emeri- the dramatic production presented by FASCINATING SEA CREATURES discussion, Rebecca Barrett, '26. s in basketball were a tus of Harvard, who was among those the Barnswallows Association at Speaker of the House of Representa- Prances Bates '26 who brought the Board into existence. Alumnae Hall. '27 Some of the many secrets of the tives, reported the meeting of the Jane Shurmer The final session will be held Sat- '27 ocean, depicting strange combinations House in which the changing of the Louise McGilvery "THE CRADLE SONG" BY SIERRA urday morning to be concluded at '2S of romance and fact, will be revealed rule was considered. She summar- Antoinette Deppel noon, unless it is voted at the first to Wellesley when William Beehe. the ized the opinions presented by the Frances Hamilton "2S IS BARNSWALLOWS' FALL PLAY session today to extend the confer- well scientist and explorer, House, and concluded with a report Pauline Florsheim '2S known ence until 4:30 P. M. to lecture in Alumnae Hall of the vote of the House. 40 to 9 in Harriet Parsons '2S comes The Barnswallows' Association is to Tickets are To DISCUSS Variety of Topics favor of a rule similar to the Vassar Honorable Mention next Tuesday evening. give for its fall play The Cradle Song to discussed are luise Lange '2!>. now on sale at the college Bookstore. by G. Martinez Sierra, the youngest of The questions be followed the grouped under the two main head- ssion from the house brought The basketball Vars All America has hopes established playwrights for the Span- discoveries of the famous Arctur- ings, the function of Student Govern- forth (marks from all classes. The and ish stage. to the ment within the college, and its func- Vassar ruling found many adherents. us Expedition sent last summer Sierra, who was born in Madrid in Galapagos Is- tion in regard to problems outside the who based their opinion on the ma- Sargasso Sea and the 1SS1, was educated there and received De- college cam pus.