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must stand exactly where he is bei a use ii the figures being u a lly bi a ul iful The Pediments of the Pathenon. lie moved one inch he would bump his In this pedimenl i hi m vs ol t he birth of

of the Parthenon" 1 1 1 1 "The Pediments head. II' the artist were reproached with A 1 1 i passes in a psychic rave from thi was the subject of Dr. Powers' interesting this stiffness he would probably reply, central group, touching with ever lighter

1 lecture at College Hall Chapel, November 'Ms dear sir, what would you? Could and lighter touch the Sgun toward the Miss in pre- seventeenth. As Edwards, you suggest any other arrangement?" corners. The conception is one of tin- senting him, gracefully said, Dr. Powers And all the critic could reply would be, grandest in any work of sculpture. needed no introduction. "The best way," "Well, that's an uncomfortable was to Dr. Poss-crs then spot:,- briefly ol the Miss Edwards continued, "to study the put them." There must always be a rea- frieze of the Parthenon, closing with a Parthenon, is to see it ourselves, but since son for the attitude of people, a reason not touching account of the martyrdom of we cannot all do that, we must take ad- obviously ordered by the space in which Phideas at the hands of his fellow-citizens. vantage of the opportunity offered us to they stand. It is a fundamental law, not Charlotte Hubbard, '08. hear of it from Dr. Powers, who has made alone of sculpture but of all decorative art, t his special study." that a group must fit the space in which it TIE HARVEST PARTY. his subject, Dr. Powers, in introducing is, but must not be fitted. Phidias must agreed with Miss Edwards in wishing that have studied this pediment and probably The Pononaville Spectator was at the his audience might study the beautiful admired the beauty of the figures, but he Barn Saturday evening, and enjoyed her- ruins themselves rather than mere repre- could never have approved of their stiff- self mightily. "We have very many sentations of them. The first view ness, their crampedness, their rooted-to- harvest dances at home," she declared, showed the Acropolis from a distance, the the-spot-ness. Another example of an "but none quite like this one." She famous old hill standing out in "tre- unsuccessful pediment is found at the tem- was glad we could have it in a Barn for mendous prominence" above the rest of ple of ^Egina, in which a wounded soldier they always did in Pononaville, and the

Athens. A nearer view showed the fills the space in each corner. These corn shocks and pumpkins were so decora- Propylea, the Erectheon, and the Par- soldiers are, very properly, lying down, but tive. The big boxes of red cheeked thenon restored. "All rather crudely the spearmen, coming next, are rather in- Jonathans and the cider and doughnuts done," Dr. Powers said, "not showing the congruously shown as casting their spears seemed homelike, too, and it did her good beauty of architecture at all, but giving while kneeling behind groups of bowmen. she said, to see country appetites to you an idea of the location of things." Turning to the east pediment of the Par- match them. The merry lads in overalls When the west end of the Parthenon was thenon, we see sculpture which, though and broad brimmed hats, and the brisk put upon the screen, Dr. Powers briefly shattered and broken, still retains much of looking girls with smooth braids and blue explained the different portions shown, its former marvelous beauty. The cen- checked pinafores won her heart at once; giving the architectural terms. tral portion represents the birth of she knew where they came from, she "The Greeks," he said, "tried to surpass Athene, who, according to the old myth, said. Their more fluffy sisters, who others in this, their temple, to a great god- sprang full-grown from the head of Zeus. combined pastoral calico with frills and dess, putting in various new touches, one This story, while easily told, was difficult flower-laden hats surprised her, but I of the most important being the famous to represent. Phidias, with the true in- could see that she was secretly admiring. frieze inside of the outer colonnade. Yet stinct of the artist, avoided this difficulty She thought all the little girls with curls they did not realize how immensely they by showing the scene immediately after and sashes, and the boys in Russian had triumphed in the Parthenon over other the birth, Athene standing, erect and blouse suits too small to sit up late. A works of architecture of all times." majestic, at the side of Zeus. The space pretty gypsy and a yellow prince caught

One of the greatest difficulties the is filled, but not exactly filled, which is ar- her eye at once, and I saw her scraping in in Greeks had to encounter decorating a tistic. A work of sculpture should never acquaintance with a wonderful lady a building was found in the arrangement of be executed with the exactness of a prob- saucy hat and a feather boa, who was figures in a pediment, ft was extremely lem in geometry. from the Bowery, but told us that "her difficult to make them look natural. One The tips of the pediment, now that mother was a lady so she had been ele- of the earliest attempts represented Her- monsters were gone, represented the art- gant brought up." cules killing the Hydra, the tail of the ist's greatest difficulty. Phidias dis- The music pleased the Spectator im- beast filling one corner. Monsters ex- covered practically the only theme ex- mensely, and she clapped her hands over cepting the centaur, a rather legitimate actly suited for filling this space. He the little tambourine girl with such long monster, and the angel, which Christian showed in one corner, the goddess of the black curls. Everybody else did too, art adopted, were soon banished from moon disappearing beneath the waves, when she danced for us, rattling her casti- Greek art. In a later pediment, that of and in the other the Sun-god appearing. nets in time to the music. The Spectator s Greek temple at Delphi, we see another The horses, as they dash out above the learned that it was a cachucha and was attempt to fill the space properly. Zeus waters, rush forward with fiery vigor; the much impressed. The skirt dance, with- stands, appropriately tall, in the center of figures are battered, but like all true art, out any music was best of all, the Specta- the triangle, on either side of him men, their beauty is imperishable. The head tor declared. "Such cunning points and then two women naturally shorter than of the god is shown, and the arm restrain- curtesys," she cried, "but I know she

the men ; a group of cramped-looking ing the horses. Nothing is squeezed, must hum a tune in her head." The horses next, on each side, and filling each nothing crammed, but all placed as it is Spectator asked her name and learned it corner the prostrate figure of a River-god. according to the dictates of the story. was Miss Mathilda Yannette Gosse.

The space, in this example, is well filled, The figures of the three fates here shown "I must know all the details," she said, the chief difficulty consisting in the fact probably make up the finest group in "to tell them about it at home, for they

that the arrangement is obviously dictated Greek sculpture, the softness of the never have had such a stylish party by the limiting rafters overhead. Pelops draperies and the luxurious relaxation of Pononaville." COLLEGE NEWS

case we are making a great mistake. If College Wews. NOVELTIES one of our friends should tell us that she had met an adorable Freshman (to return N. A. Llr. ey 6. Co., Boston. in JEWELRY to the former illustration) the remark might convey to our minds the impression Published weekly. Subscription price, $1.00 a year to resident and non-resident. of an unusually charming and lovable girl. All business correspondence should be addressed to Miss Florence Plummer, Business Manager College and SILVER When, however, all of our friends con- News. stantly tell us not only that they have met All subscriptions Bhould be sent to Miss Elisa- beth Condit. adorable Freshmen, but that they have seen and heard a thousand and one differ- Editor-in-Chief, Alice W. Farrar, 1908 41 Summer St. Associate Editor, Elizabeth Andrews, 1908 ent adorable things, the word becomes ab- solutely flat inane. Leah Curtis. 1908 Estelle E. Littlefleld, 1908 BOSTON. and Agnes E. Rothery, 1909 One of the great beauties of a language Aliimnj; Editor, Lilla Weed. is the shades and fine turns of meaning Managing Editors, which one may express by choosing the Florence Plummer. 1907 Elisabeth Condit, 1907 scriptive adjectives heard in this conver- Emma McCarrol, 1908 Anna Brown, 1909 word that exactly fits the idea. Most of sation will be very limited and many of us try to recognize this fact in writing, but "Entered as second class matter, November 12. those which are used are misused. 1903. at the Post Office, at Wellesley, MaBS., under when it comes to our ordinary conversa- This of certain the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879." abuse words, like the use tional vocabulary, we apparently forget all of slang phrases changes from time to the fine differences in meaning and use one time. To-day it is one word, to-morrow It has been said that, if we were to trace word, preferably a strong word, over and another, but the effect is lasting. At a popular slang phrase back to its source, over again to express all degrees of feeling. present the word most in vogue is adorable, we would probably find that it had ori- Thus we tend to reduce everything to a which, according to the dictionary, means ginated either with the writer of comic level, and to make several words, each of "worthy of homage, divine." Here at opera, with the street urchin, or with the which originally had a very special mean- college we hear adorable used indiscrim- college man. The college girl, you will ing, equally suited to conveying a given inately in describing a sunset, a hat, and notice, is omitted from this list. Although idea. A few months' constant abuse of a a Freshman. A short time ago that same she is often very quick to model her speech word so many of us will often ruin its sunset, hat, or Freshman would have been by in accordance with the latest dictum of real significance for many months to come. designated as grand or even cute, the ad- these authorities in the matter of lan- That the effect of such incessant misuse of jective varying with the fashion of the guage, she seldom originates a slang phrase a word may be permanent is well illus- day more than with the object described. that attains any noticeable degree of gen- trated by the word awful, an adjective We nearly die with laughter and, in eral popularity. originally full of meaning, which, through fact, with so many other things that it is The slang phrase, the expression newly constant abuse has lost much of its real remarkable how many of us still sur- coined, is often expressive and telling. It significance and has become so weakened vive. We go insane with too much popularity; hear it springs into instant we that we are sometimes startled when it is work and are simply crazy about some everywhere, and then, suddenly, it is no correctly used. little thing that pleases our taste. Is it not quite out of place that more. Something a bit more modern has we These well-known phrases are only a few college girls, through our carelessness and come to take its place. Slang of this sort, examples of the many words which we foolish imitation of the latest f d in the real slang, while it seldom enriches our matter of speech, should be guilt)' of thus overwork and abuse. No one of us would language, rarely does any permanent cheapening so many words in our native give these words a place in a carefully harm. language? written piece of work, nor would we in- Anyone listening for a few moments to tentionally use them in serious conversa- the ordinary conversation of college girls tion. 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Associa t ion in College I Ca II Cha pel D. J. FLANDERS. Gen'l. Pass, and Tkt. Agt., Boston. Saturday, November 24, ;it 3.20 P.M., in College Hall Chapel, concert by students of Hampton Institute. created Dr. Grenfell a companion of the Order of St. Michael and .-it A.M., Sunday, November 25, n services in Houghton Me- St. George. morial Chapel. Sermon by President W. H. P. Faunce of Miss Newkirk of the Art Department, accompanied the mem- Brown University. bers of Art 9 to the Boston Public Library on Saturday and 7 P.M., vespers with special music. Monday, November 17 and 19, to look at an exhibition of mod- Monday, November 26, 3 to 6 P.M., at the Barn, Christian As- ern architecture. sociation Frolic. The Freshmen held a class prayer meeting immediately after 7.30 P.M., in College Hall Chapel, address by Mrs. Mabel the vesper service on Sunday evening, November 18, at the Loom is Todd. Subject: "Eclipse Trips to Tripoli in 1900 Noanett. Miss Anita Hunter led the meeting. The subject and 1905." was, "Personal Honor in the Class Room." Wednesday, November 28, 12.30 P.M., to Friday, November The Cross Country Club met at Fiske Gate at 9.30 on Monday 1.30 P.M., Thanksgiving recess. 30, morning, November nineteenth, for a seven-mile walk to None- such Pond. COLLEGE NOTES. Miss Ida Parker, 1906, and Miss Irene McAlpine, 1906, re- turned for Field Day last Monday. The first of the weekly student recitals for 1906-1907 was held Miss Holt entertained the Scribblers' Club in her rooms in the at 4. is at Billings Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, November 20. Ridgeway, on Friday evening, November ninth. Dorothy Miss Geraldine Gordon, 1900, of Cincinnati, formerly instruct- Williams, 1909, read. Natalie Smith, 1904, and Jessie Gidley, or in the English Department, has been visiting the college. 1906, were present. On Tuesday evening, November sixth, the students living on On Monday afternoon, November 12, Mrs. Durant entertained the third floor of the Noanett gave the following program for the the Southern Club in a delightfully informal way. The whole amusement of their friends. A small admission fee was charged lower floor of her charming home was opened to the girls and and the proceeds generously contributed to the Consumers' the afternoon was spent roaming from one to another of the League interesting rooms, looking over the wonderful collections of por- Program. 1. "Teasing," sung by entire cast. traits, autographs and curios. Refreshments were served in the 2. "Clog," by Rastus Rufus Rothschild. spacious dining-room and the girls who were there during the 3. "Romeo and Juliet," by Clarence Artichoke Augustus and afternoon are congratulating themselves upon having the priv- Maria Regina Scholastic. ilege of enjoying Mrs. Durant's hospitality for the first time in 4. "Molly-O," by Airy Fairy Clarissa. four years. 5. "Bediala," sung by entire cast. On November 10, 12 and 13, Miss Jewett and Miss Hibbard CAST. Scholastic met the members of Literature S in the Boston Public Library Maria Regina Helen Piatt Clarence Artichoke Augustus Dorothy Nevin for the purpose of showing them costumes of Chaucer's time. Airy Fairy Clarissa Miriam Carpenter On Tuesday evening, November 13, a mass meeting of the Rastus Rufus Rothschild Genevieve Kraft students was held at the Barn to practice college songs. Bridget O'Brien Marguerite Bentley

The 190S crew ended the fall season with a dinner at the Inn on Tuesday evening, November 13. Their knowledge of rowing terms was found useful in many ways—even to finding places The Burson Stocking at the table. The toasts were omitted this year in order that the is knit shape speakers might enjoy their dessert, but the witticisms were not BURSON to in leg, lacking for that reason. FASHIONED ankle, heel, foot and toe On Wednesday afternoon, November 1 4, Professor Whiting HOSE without seam, corner or gave a reception at the new to the Observatory House faculty uneven thread anywhere. and to the trustees of the college to meet Mrs. Whitin. It keeps its shape. The regular mid-week prayer meeting of the Christian Associ- The Burson is the only ation was held in College Hall Chapel on Thursday evening, No- stocking vember 15. Miss Florence Plummer, 1907, led the meeting. in the world The subject was, "Liberality of Grace." thus knit. The Student Government Conference was held at Baltimore, A new pair for every

November 17 to November 20. pair that fails is our On Saturday afternoon, November seventeenth, a lecture was guarantee. given in College Hall Chapel by Mr. H. H. Powers upon the "Pediments of the Parthenon."

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LETTER FROM SENORITA CAROLINA MARCIAL. HOLDEN'S STUDIO,

The following letter, addressed to the Wellesley girls, was re- 20 North Avenue, NaticK, ceived last week from Senorita Carolina Marcial of the Inter- national Institute for Girls in Spain at Madrid. All who re- High Grade Portraits, member her delightful talk and visit last year will be inter- ested in this letter: CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. My dear Wellesley girls: "I wonder how many of the girls who heard me a gratitude and best wishes for you across the ocean from Sunny year ago to-day, remember me now! Yes, I am back in the Spain. Sincerely, International Institute, and you can be sure that it seems great Carolina Marcial. friends again. It certainly does fill one with to be among my old Fortuny 5, Madrid. ambition and hope and all sorts of good feelings to be back here. "As I was telling the girls some of my experiences in your col- FREE PRESS. lege, one of them exclaimed most enthusiastically, "If I ever go to America, Wellesley is the place for me! " After hearing that, 1. I hope you will realize and remember how much we think of you Heartily as I endorse Miss Semler's excellent article on the and how much I did enjoy my visits with you last year. necessity of individual discrimination in the world of College It certainly was hard to leave the sweet land of liberty and I play and work, I cannot but feel that we have possessed this am already looking forward to my going back. privilege of self-control for some time with the result of multi- "The International Institute opened for 1906-1907, the first plied social engagements and a desire on the part of by no means of this month. There are more girls than ever in both depart- the student minority to select every thing which has been of- ments, over seventy counting the day students. This is nothing fered. Of course, this is just as absurd as the suppositional or- compared to what you have over there, I know, but in Spain, dering or the whole Touraine menu, but an absurdity is often a where they don't think much of women's education, it is quite a truth and we are told that it is the truth that hurts. thing, and we feel very proud of having accomplished this much. Miss Semler divides the College into the strong and the weak, "The college department is getting along very nicely. We are which is perfectly just if you can decide who are the strong and eleven girls only. But as soon as Memorial Hall is finished we who are the weak. This is really a difficult task. Several of will have more room and more girls also, we hope. the best mentally and physically equipped girls in the College, "As this is the first college for women in Spain, we have decided and among them girls whom the student body has honored with to keep our national colors and just at present we are all making important offices, have told me that they have found it impossi- our red flags with International Institute in yellow letters. We ble to discriminate, that they have been pushed into various ac- are planning to have a "College party" and surprise the faculty tivities, social and otherwise. I presume that the advocates of by singing our new college songs and by telling them our motto "the strenuous life" consider themselves strong, but I can name and colors. to you three people who sat up all night last week and told me "We will have a society before long; so you see we are getting that they did it in order to prove that it was possible to do all of into the college spirit all right in spite of the number. College play and yet work. Moreover, these people are not ad- "The new building is progressing, but we will not be able to vocates of the "have another educator" system. Personally, I finish the two upper floors. We hope to be able to finish the think it is stronger to admit your weakness and observe your first floor in about two months and if we are able to use it we hope own limitations than to boast of your strength in this manner, that we can give up the recitation rooms here in Administration and in saying this I am merely reinforcing Miss Semler's idea Hall and use them for bed-rooms. It is encouraging to see from a slightly different view-point. how many more are interested in the International Institute I refuse to stand as an opponent of a 11 the social liberties of the since the new building was started, and many girls have College, for I firmly believe in them ; but I think that if we drop entered on account of Memorial Hall being built. It is our mask of self-satisf? ction for a moment and look about us, such a noble edifice that I am sure that as soon as it is we shall find many existing conditions which can be modified finished we will have more applications than ever. Until it is greatly with no loss to our pleasure or to our self-respect. The done, we do not feel as if we could accomplish much of anything. whole difficulty (and this was conceded by an adherent of "the "I hope that you will be more interested in the International strenuous life") is that the things which should be spontaneous Institute than ever before; we need your help and your prayers, on the part of us all, have become demands. The sentence, and it is a great satisfaction to realize that we can always think "It is my duty to do thus and so," cuts off the horizon of nearly of Wellesley as a very close and dear friend. every girl in the College. If those desiring "the simple life" "You will be pleased to hear that our Wellesley Library is fin- would combine with those desiring "the strenuous life" in mak- ished, and even the books are in the bookcases. But we cannot ing every girl see what her duty really is, I am sure that we should go in to read on account of the rest of the building's not being all feel as if albatrosses had dropped from our necks, and that finished, so we have to use it as if it were a public library. we might take a walk for a breath of fresh air. "Eloisa Gonzales, the girl who has your scholarship this year, Louise R. Bascom, 1907. is doing fine work. She is a very sweet and kind girl and I wish you could know her. We are trying student government, to II.

see how it works in Spain, and she was elected Proctor No. 1 by "Better late than never," is a good adage but should it be

majority of votes. These are little things only, but they prove our solace so often ? When thirty-five people come in after the that you are helping a girl who deserves to be helped. singing of the first hymn as is often the case at Christian As- "I will write you soon and will send some pictures of our sociation meetings, it is not only disconcerting to the one who

Wellesley Library. I wish that some of the International In- is leading, but it also means thirty-five bangs of the chapel door, stitute Committee would write to me telling me of your interest and the shuffling of thirty-five pairs of feet as the late comers in us and asking some questions so that I might tell you just what try to find seats. A little effort would correct this and make you want to know. our half-hour meeting more dignified in character. Let us add "We are looking forward to Miss Bates' arrival and we hope to the old adage, "but better never late," and learn to be to see her soon. prompt. 1908. "Do not forget us, girls, and remember that we are sending our (Continued on Page 5.) COLLEGE NEWS

(Continued from Page i I LOWELL INSTITUTE. FREE PRESS. Prei Publii Lectures,

in. Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston Strei r, Boston. Mi' 1 fth Coursi ill bi eighl lecture on There is so much discussion at present concerning the complex

I in. life here at Wellesley thai I would like to quote the following MELANESIANS:

Culture. \i ( from Emerson's essay on Probli . Distribution op Culture, Social and good only far as a lioy is ready for them. "But luniks art- as Religious Evolution. He sometimes gets ready very slowly. You send your child "The Mclancsian Islands and then' Inhabitanl " to the sell. nil master, but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him. "Arts and Crafts." You send him to the Latin class, but much of his tuition comes, "Domestic Life." cm his ua\ to school, from the shop windows. You like the "Religion and the Origin of Secret Societies." strict rules and the long terms; and he finds the best leading in a 5. "Social Organization." l'\ way of his own, and refuses any companions but of his 6. "Government and Secret Societies." choosing. He hates the grammar and grades, and loves guns, 7. "The Decorative Art of British New Guinea." fishing-rods, horses and boats Well, the boy is right; and you 8. "Human Migrations and Distribution of Culture in the are not fit to direct his bringing up, if your theory leaves out West Pacific." his gymnastic training. Archery, cricket, gun and fishing-rod, By Alfred C. Haddon, Sc.D., F. R. S. horse and boat, are all educators, liberalizers; and so are danc- University Lecturer in Ethnology in Cambridge, England, ing, dress and the street-talk; and—provided only the boy has On Tuesdays and Fridays, at 8, p.m. resources, and is of a noble and ingenious strain —these will Beginning Tuesday, November 20. 1906. not serve him less than the books. He learns chess, whist i dancing and theatricals. The father observes that another FREE LECTURES IN KING'S CHAPEL, boy has learned algebra and geometry in the same time. But Under the Auspices of the Harvard Divinity School. the first boy has acquired much more than these poor games Foreign Influences on the Religion of Israel. along with them. He is infatuated for weeks with whist and chess; but presently will find out, as you did, that when he 1. "Babylonian Influence." rises from the game too long played, he is vacant and forlorn 2. "Persian Influence." and despises himself. Thenceforward it takes place with other 3. "Greek Influence." things and has its due weight in his experience. These minor By George F. Moore, D.D., skills and accomplishments, for example, dancing, are tickets of On Monday Afternoons, at 3, P.M. admission to the dress circle of mankind, and the being master In King's Chapel, Tremont Street, Boston, of them enables the youth to judge intelligently of much, on Beginning Monday, November 19, 1906. which, otherwise, he would give a pedantic squint Admission Tickets may be obtained free of charge at the Provided the boy is teachable (for we are not preparing to make door. A program may be had by sending a stamped and ad- a statue out of a punk) foot-ball, cricket, archery, swimming, dressed envelope to the Curator of the Lowell Institute, 491 skating, climbing, fencing, riding are lessons in the art of power Boylston Street. which it is his main business to learn Besides, The demand for tickets to Professor Barrett Wendell's lec- the gun, fishing-rod, boat and horse constitute, among all who tures on "Contemporary France" having largely exceeded the use them, secret freemasonries. They are as if they belonged number of available reserved seats, Professor Wendell has kind- to one club." ly consented to repeat the course on Wednesday and Saturday We will do well to apply this thought to the college girl as afternoons, beginning Wednesday, November 21, at 3.30 o'clock. well as the boy whom Emerson considers. Particulars in regard to tickets for these lectures may be obtained by consulting last week's copy of College News. IV.

I think there is undue importance placed on recognizing Exhibitions Now Open in Boston. people in the halls. We hear a girl say that "so and so is a snob" and find out that it is because "so and so" did not beam Kimball's Galleries Ten American Painters. with delight on passing some one for the twentieth time that — Boston Public Library—Architectural Exhibition. morning. The halls are dark—so dark as to render recogni- Museum of Fine Arts Old Italian Lace. tion often impossible, sometimes we are preoccupied and some- — Museum of Fine Arts—Old Silver. times we don't remember every face. No one deliberately Doll & Richards' —German Lithographs. "cuts" anybody, and it is silly to be hurt over such trivial Doll Richards' Shawsheen Pottery. things. & — Doll & Richards' —Mr. Dahlquist's Pastels. V. Cobb's Galleries—Mr. Yeto's Watercolors. Mending! It is not a popular subject I admit, still it is an Rowland's Galleries—Boston Paintings. important matter. Now that we have our old elevator mended St. Botolph's Club—Mr. Metcalf's Paintings. and reinstated with modern improvements I would like to point Boston Camera Club—Mr. Clark's Photographs. out some other mendable matters. In the first place let us re- Leonard's Galleries—Portraits by Copley. store or remove the headless statue near the college book store. Copley Paint Gallery—Mr. Cushing's Portraits. We agree that the classic remnants of originals and copies of these remains are extremely valuable, interesting and beautiful Lecture by Dr. Denman W. Ross. to the aesthetic eye, but when our statue has been left headless on account of a blow from a passing ladder, could we find a more ludicrous effect? The lecture in connection with the exhibition of design, To turn from the ridiculous to the dangerous there is a board which was announced in the last issue of College News, will University, in walk near Simpson which is practically a trap or pitfall for be given by Dr. Denman W . Ross, of Harvard ( sprained ankles. At the same time the steps leading from the Art Gallery on Thursday, November twenty-second, at the play grounds are causing much discomfort to our athletics. 2.25, P.M. Members of the college and their friends are cor-

May we not hope to have these matters mended soon ? dially invited to be present. ,

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Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to. WRIGHT & DIISON SPORTING GOODS. take to Himself Mrs. Caroline Frost Hendy, Class of Eighteen Ninety-two, Connected by Telephone. Waban Block, Wellesley Sq. Be it resolved that we, the members of Society Zeta Alpha, P. DIEHU, JR., extend our sympathies to her family and friends. John A. Morgan & Co. And be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be Boarding Stable, Livery and sent to the College News of Wellesley College. PHARMACISTS, MASS. WELLESLEY, Signed, Baggage Transferred to and from Building, Maude C. Bradpield, Shattuck Station. Meet all trains. Orders promptly attended to. Hacks for Mary B. W. Alexander, Funerals and Parties. WELLESLEY. Telephone No. 16-2. Ruth A. Carothers. II. BUY THE BEST Pianos for Rent. Whereas, it has seemed pleasing to the Heavenly Father, to Class of SPECIALTY: A small piano with take to Himself, Grace W. Hoge, Eighteen Ninety- a big tone. This piano is used Eight, Yale students. extensively by Be it resolved that we, the members of Society Zeta Alpha, extend our sympathies to her family and friends. 'S CHOCOLATES. be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be Clark's Block, Natick And sent to the College News of Wellesley College. "The Taste Tells." Signed G. L. ABELL, Maude C. Bradfield, F. A. COOLIDQE & CO.

Wellesley, Mass. Mary B. W. Alexander, Wellesley Square, DEALERS IN Ruth A. Carothers. Ait Pictures. Metal frames, framing, Photo Mailers, DEVELOPING AND PRINTING fOR AMATEURS. Choice Meats and Provisions, leio Pottery. Plaster Casts, College Seals. MUSIC NOTES. Telephone. WELLESIEY SOUVENIR P0STA1S. Washington St., Wellesley. The first Student Recital for 1906-1907 was held in Billings TURNER CENTER DAIRYING Hall, Tuesday, November 20, 1906. F. H. PORTER, Programme. Heating. Piano. . . .Allegro from Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1 Beethoven Plumbing and 33 Fulton Street, Cor. Cross, Miss Emma M. Duling, 1908. Hardware, Skates and Hock- eys, Curtain Rods and Fixtures, BOSTON Violin. . . . "Cavatina," Op. 314, No. 2 Bohm Hardware, Telephone, 207 Richmond. Miss Elizabeth A. Judkins, Sp. Cutlery and Fancy Kitchen Furnishings for the Voice. . . ."Balos, My Cammie" Old Scotch E. P. PARKER, Club Houses. "La Smortina" Italian Folk Song and Shoes Miss Hattie Ludlow, 1907. James Korntved, Boots Two Pianos .... Silhouettes Arensky THE NORMAN, 1. "Le Savant." id Gent's 2. Coquette." "La SHAW BLOCK, ROOM i Wellesley Square, Wellesley, Mass. 3. "Polichinelle." WELLESLEY SQUARE. TELEPHONE 276~3 4. "Le Reveur." Special attention paid to Pressing and Cleaning. 5. "La Danseuse." WELLESLEY TOILET PARLORS. Miss Alice C. Brown, 1909, and Mr. Hamilton. Shampooing, facial Treatment, Hot Chocolate Scalp Treatment, Manicuring, The Symphony programme in anticipation of the concert Hair Dressing, Chiropody. November 24, 1906, will be given in Billings Hall, Wednesday, 1, - WELLESLEY November 21, at 4.20 P.M. Coffee, Beef Tea, Asparox, Malted Milk, Ginger, Tomato, Clam Bouillon Following is the Concert Programme: — — all served hot in porcelain mugs, 5c. Overture "The Patrols of the Czar" . . . . Rimsky-Korsakoff Sexton's Pharmacy, MISS G. L. LEWIS, Concerto for Violin Tchaikowsky Picture Framer, Soloist—Petschnikoff. Symphony, No. 5 (First time) Glazounoff 515 Pierce Building, Copley Square, Boston.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 9 to 5. The Recital on Tuesday, November 27, 1906, at 4.20 in e'des May I assist you in your Picture Work ? Billings Hall, will be given by members of the Music Faculty. Invades The Norman Tea Room. THEATER NOTES.

SALADS, ICES AND CAKE SERVED.

AETERNOON TEA SERVED EVERY AFTERNOON. Hollis—Maude Adams in "Peter Pan." -S?innTFKAUGHPHY Tremont— "College Widow," by George Ade. NOME-MADE CANDIES FOR SALE. TABEE BOARD. Park—Francis Wilson in "The Mountain Climber." Suite i, The Norman, Colonial—"The Belle of Mayfair," a Musical Comedy. Wellesley Square. Majestic—"The Rose of the Rancho," a Belasco Triumph. : — COLLEGE NEWS

ALUMN/E NOTES. A PEEK AT OUR

This column will contain items concerning Alumnae, former students, and past and present members of the Faculty. Other LADIES' HATS AND FURS items will occasionally be added which are thought to be of es- pecial interest to the readers of the Alumnce Notes. Will convince you that we have what you want.

Frances Hall Rousmaniere, B.A. and MA, Wellesley, 1900 HALL & HANCOCK CO., 420 Washington Street, Boston.

and hum, Ph. D., RadclifFe, 1906, received the Caroline J

1<- Wilbv prize ;il 1 1 Radeliffe Commencement, for "the bi il MARRIAGES. original work in any department." The paper, on "Certainty Stevens- and Attention," for which the prize was given, embodies the Seward [n Guilford, Connecticut, October 20, 1906, Miss Edna Seward, results of Miss Rousmaniere's work in the Harvard l\\rlh'l,.'\ 1900, to Mr. Robert Cooke Stevens. At home, Laboratory. The paper appeared in the second volume of the 56 Curtis avenue, Wallingford, Connecticut. Harvard Psychological Studies. To Miss Rousmaniere's Boss Gifford. In Swansea, Massachusetts, October 20, 1906, Miss Louise Gifford, formerly classification of the types of certainty—feeling, Professor Jane of 1908, to Mr. Henry Manchester Boss, Jr.. of Providence, Rhode Island. Munsterberg referred with warm approval in his recent lecture — before the Wellesley Philsophy Club. Another paper by Miss Stoner Smith. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 14, Rousmaniere, which summarizes one section of her doctor's 1906, Miss Bertha Harris Smith, 1900, to Mr. Marcus Woodward Stoner. thesis, will appear in a forthcoming number of the Journal of Agard— Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Method, under the title Bennett. In Wrentham, Massachusetts, July 19, "A Definition of Experimentation." 1906, Miss Florence Payson Bennett, 1897, to Mr. Harry Brown- ing Agard. The following papers, also—a report of experimental work At home, after November 1, in Westerly, Rhode Island. and reviews of current philosophical and psychological litera- ENGAGEMENT. ture by present and former graduate students, have recently been published or are in press The engagement is announced of Miss Mary Neal, 1905, to Mr. Lee By Eugenia Foster, 1903, graduate assistant in 1904-1905, Harvey Wyath of Newark, Ohio. in collaboration with Professor Gamble, "The Effect of Music BIRTH. on Thoracic Breathing." This paper states and comments on November 12, 1906, a son, Tyler Woodward, to Mayannah the results of experiments carried on at Wellesley College dur- Woodward Seeley, 1901, (Mrs. Bondinot Seeley, ing the years 1903-1905, under the direction of Professors Jr.) Gamble and Macdougall. DEATH. By Ethel Bowman, 1900, fellow in Philosophy, in 1904-1905, November 5, 1906, Mrs. Carrie Frost Hendy, 1892. a review published in 1905 in the Psychological Bulletin, of two papers on "Intensity," by Dr. W. H. Sheldon. By Helen D. Cook, 1904, fellow in Psychology and Philosophy, Exhibition of Landscapes by Willard L. Metcalf 1906-1907, a review in the Psychological Bulletin of June, 1906, at the St. Botolph Club, Boston. of two papers, "Ueber das Gedachtniss fur affektio bestimmte Eindrucke," by Dr. K. G. Gordon and Professor O. Kulpe. Friday, November 9 to Monday, November 26, inclusive. By Helen G. Hood, special student in Philosophy, a notice in the forthcoming number of the Psychological Bulletin of War- The exhibition of the work of Ten American Artists just ner Fife's paper on "The Experience Philosophy." Miss closing has brought to us a happy sense of reacquaintance with Hood has also prepared an Index for the second edition (now old Boston friends—the Boston artists we know so well—and in press) of the Open Court Company's issue of Locke's "Essay the pleasant meeting with artists from New York and farther Concerning Human Understanding." afield. We wish an opportunity to study the work of each Nancy K. Foster, 1S83-85 and 1888-1890, has been appointed man not from the few canvases in the Kimball Galleries but instructor in English Literature in the University of Southern from a representative collection. Especially is this feeling California, Los Angeles. strong in the case of the picture by Willard Metcalf entitled "The Silver Silence," a beautiful evening landscape, and it is Miss Louise J. McDowell, 1897, is studying for her master's degree at Cornell, her major subject being Physics, her minor, with pleasure that we learn of the exhibition of his work at the Mathematics. St. Botolph Club.

Miss Mabel G. Burdick, 1906, is doing graduate work at Co- In eighteen landscapes hung there, not one disappoints the lumbia, in Education and Mathematics. expectations raised by "The Silver Silence." The "Late Moon" and " May Night" show additional proof of this artist's Miss Elizabeth Yeats, 1906, is teaching in Belcourt Seminary, in painting evening light. Then there are canvases Washington, D. C. power which suggest the whole charm of Spring and Autumn—of The following Alumna? are engaged in organized philanthropic hazy Indian Summer,—"The Golden Screen"—of brilliant work. Miss Florence M. Painter, 1897, under the Charity Or- foliage,—"The Hickory Grove" and the "Swamp Maple." In ganization Society of the City of New York (address, 204 Co- all there is a sane impressionism ; the feeling that the first wild lumbia Heights); Miss Alice G. Spink, 1902. in attendance at onrush of that movement, which had to be vigorous and ex- the School of Philanthropy of the same organization; Miss aggerated to stir a dead landscape art, has passed and impres- Abbie H. Condit, 1905, under the Bureau of Charities 124 sionistic art has found its proper and charming level. Essex avenue, Orange, New Jersey. The attention of Mr. Metcalf has been necessarily centered C. Mary Richardson, 1905, has the position of instructor in on color and light, and the compositions are often common- Mathematics in the Geneseo (New York) Normal School. place and obvious. In "Flying Shadows" he has shown, how- Miss Juliet P. Zimmerman, 1905, is teaching in Putnam, ever, a more unsual scheme and represented the motion of Connecticut. clouds in delightful contrast with the quiet landscape. CHANGES OF ADDRESS. '00. E. J. N, Florence Runnells Bryant, 1883, (Mrs. E. F. Bryant) 139 East Fifty-first street, Chicago, Illinois. LOST.

Maryff Leavens, 1901, 32 Rockview street, Jamaica Plain, A black and white shephard plaid coat, Murray and Wilson Massachusetts. label. Finder please return to 250 College Hall. —— : : " —

8 COLLEGE NEWS

GIFTS TO THE FRENCH DEPARTMENT.

istre de 1' Instruction Publique, des Beaux Arts et des Cultes, has again this year, in the name of the French Republic, pre- sented Wellesley College with a certain number of books and Department of French. maps very much needed by the This space reserved for A. "The Secretary asked that the list of books, as well as the Shuman letter accompanying them, should be made public, in order to

let the students of Wellesley know the special interest he take s in them and in the study of French as made in Wellesley. The fact that, for two years in succession, such a mark of interest has been given to our College cannot leave us indifferent. On the other hand, we are assured that the name of Wellesley is no longer a word without associations in the 'Cabinet du

Ministre' ; those of our students who go to French Universities in order to pursue their studies after leaving college, and who, in so doing, place themselves under the academic Department of Art, Wellesley College, jurisdiction of the 'Ministre de l'lnstruction Publique,' will cer- tainly be glad to hear such a report. Below are the 'ministre's' Publishes Two Pamphlets by Mr. William Rankin, :" letter and a list of the books presented Price, 25c each. "Cabinet du Ministre de l'lnstruction Publique, des Beaux-Arts 1. Notes on three collections of Old Masters et des Cultes. Paris, le 14 Septembre 1906. Yale University; Boston Museum; Fogg Museum, Mademoiselle Valentine Puthod, a Wellesley College, Massa- Harvard University. chusetts. Mademoiselle, 2. Outline for a course in the history of Italian "J'ai l'honneur de vous informer que je viens de mettre un certain nombre d'ouvrages, provenant des depots de mon Ad- Painting through the fifteenth century. ministration, a la disposition de Departement de Francais de Wellesley College. Zeller—La Diplomatic Franchise au i6e siecle. 1 vol. "J'ai ete' heureux de pouvoir temoigner a cette occasion Delaboide—L'amiral Coligny.— 1 vol. l'intergt tout particulier que je porte a l'oeuvre a laquelle vous Villemain—Vie du Chancelier de l'Hopital. — 1 vol. vous 6tes consacree sous la direction de Madame Colin et de de Meaux—Les lutes religieuses en France. —-i vol. reconnaitre ainsi les efforts que vous faites pour la diffusion de Jurien de la Gravirere. (l'Amiral) —Les Marins des 15c et i6e la langue, de la literature et de l'histoire de la civilisation fran- siecles. — 2 vol. chises en Am6rique. Michelet La Renaissance. 1 vol. "Veuillezagreer, Mademoiselle, l'hommage de mes sentiments — — Zeller L'ltalie et la Renaissance en Italie.—2 vol. de haute consideration. — Muritz Les Arts a la cour des Papes pendant les ise et i6e "Le Ministre de l'lnstruction Publique, des Beaux- — siecles. 2 vol. Aiytset des Cultes. Aristide Briand." — de Job—De l'infiuence du Concile de Trente sur la literature REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE. et les Beaux-Arts.— 1 vol. Burchkardt—La Civilisation en Italie au temps de la Re- Minisi. re de l'lnstruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts. naissance. — 2 vol. — Direction de l'Enseignement Superieur. 2e Burgau. Paris, le 14 Sept. 1906. PARLIAMENT OF FOOLS. Object: Liste des ouvrages concedes a la Bibliothfeque du Departement Franqais de Wellesley College, a Wellesley (Massa- " IT SEEMS TO ME." chusetts, Etats-Unis), par Arrets du 13 Septembre 1906: "It seems to me," did I hear her say? Lenient—La Satire en France au i6e siecle. — 2 volumes. Perish the thought! Day after day Faguet—Essai sur la tragedie francaise au i6e siecle. — 1 vol. We hear her answer quaveringly Clement—Sacques Coeur et Charles VII. — 1 vol. — "I'm not quite sure, but it seems to me Ludiat—Bernard Palissy.—I vol. Hanotaux—Origines de l'lnstitution des Intendants. — 1 vol. Guerin—Histoire maritime de la France.—6 vol. OUR HEROES. Paris—Etudes sur Francois— 2 vol. Limping, halting, hobbling, Coignet—Francois Ier. Portraits et episodes du i6e Siecle.

1 vol. Down the hall they go. Prost—Corneille Agrippa.— 2 vol. The heroes of our sporting fields Gebhardt—Rabelais, la Renaissance et la Reforme.— 1 vol. Nor pain nor sorrow show. Darmesteter et Hatzfeld—Le i6e siecle en France. — 1 vol. Ste. Beuve—Tableau historique et critique de la poesie fran- This ankle sprained in hockey, caise au i6e siecle.— 1 vol. Tennis did this, is the talk. Antoine d'Albret. 1 vol. de Ruble— de Bourbon et Jeanne — This one strained in basket-ball, Labitte—La Democratic chez les pr^dicateurs de la Ligue. This girl fell off the walk. 1 vol.

L. Palustre—L'architecture de la Renaissance. — 1 vol. Thumping, bumping, clumping, 1 Murale de France d^partements. Carte par Hear the crutches sound 1 Carte Murale de France par Provinces. Yet see the patient, Spartan looks 2 Carte de France physique. The girls cast all around. Mignet—Rivals de Francois Ier et de Charles-Quint.— 2 vol. Digitized by the Internet Archive

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