WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN ANNUAL REPORTS PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 1913 WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS MARCH, \ 914 PUBLISHED BY THE COLLEGE IN NOVEMBER, JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JUNE Entered as second-class matter December "20, 1911, at the post-office, at Welles- ley, Massachusetts, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. SERIES 3 NUMBER 2 WELLESLEY COLLEGE ANNUAL BEPOETS PRESIDENT AND TEEASXJBEK 1913 BOSTON: Frank Wood, Printer, 352 Washington Street 1914 NOTE. This bulletin was in process of preparation when the fire of March 17, 1914, occurred. Some of the material was irretrievably lost, and a part had to be prepared anew, with the'result of a delayed and a somewhat incomplete issue. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT To the Board of Trustees of Wellesley College : — I have the honor to present a report for the year closing November 1, 1913. Following the usual custom, the reports of the Dean, the Chairman of the Committee on Graduate Instruction, the Librarian, and the Director of Halls of Resi- dence* are appended. In December, 1912, Mr. Joseph Lincoln Colby offered his resignation from the Board of Trustees, feeling that his health would not longer permit him to give that attention to the affairs of the College which membership in the Board demands. The Trustees felt constrained to accede to his request, and with great regret accepted his resignation in January, 1918. Mr. Colby was elected to the Board in 1900, and throughout his term of service gave generously of time and thought to the problems of the College. The Board has been strengthened by the election in No- vember, 1912, of Mr. Lewis Kennedy Morse of Boston. Mr. Morse's election is of special interest to alumna? because of his wife, Annie Hooker Capron Morse of the class of 1882, whose untimely death occurred in 1909. On Monday, April 7, during the spring recess, Madame Therese Colin, Professor of French Language and Literature, died at the College after a brief illness of three days. Madame Colin was appointed Associate Professor of French in 1904. On the resignation of Professor Helene Schaeys in 1905, Madame Colin was given charge of the department, and in 1907 was made full professor, a position which she held at the time of her death. Madame Colin had an unusual equip- ment for her chosen work. She had studied at the University of Paris, and at the Sorbonne. She held the degree of * The only copy of this report was destroyed in the disastrous fire of March, 1914, before it had been sent to the printer. Wellesley College Master of Arts from Leland Stanford, Jr., University; she was at one time Fellow in Bryn Mawr College, and she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. In recognition of her services in the cause of education she was decorated by the French Govern- ment with the insignia of Officer de 1' Instruction Publique. She had high ideals for her department, and worked devotedly for its advancement during her nine years of service. She had a genuine interest in students and all their activities. Madame Colin' s life at Wellesley was marked by an unfailing courtesy and by the unruffled regularity with which she per- formed the daily routine. Another serious loss to the Faculty has come through the resignation of Professor Katharine Coman, B.A. Because of ill health Miss Coman had been on leave of absence since 1911, and her resignation, while deeply regretted, was not unexpected. Her resignation was accepted by the Trustees in January, 1913, and in June, 1913, she retired on a Carnegie pension after a service of thirty-three years. Miss Coman belonged to the group of Michigan University graduates to whom the College owes so much. She joined the Faculty of Wellesley College in 1880 as a young instructor in Rhetoric. From 1881-1883 she was instructor in History. She was made Professor of History in 1883, and Professor of History and Political Economy in 1885. In 1899-1900, the first year of President Hazard's term of office, she served the College as Dean. When Economics was recognized as a separate department in 1900 she was made Professor of Economics and Sociology and given charge of the new department. By vote of the Trustees Miss Coman was made professor emeritus, and at the same time the Trustees adopted the following resolution : — In accepting the resignation of Professor Katharine Coman, the Trustees wish to put on record their sense of the loss which the College will sustain not only in her withdrawal from the lecture room, but also in her absence from the Academic Council of the Faculty. The Trustees wish also to voice their appreciation of the distinction of her published work, and of the high value of the service rendered Wellesley College during a period covering more than thirty years. President's Report On April 30th a dinner in honor of Miss Coman was given in the Agora House by her colleagues on the Faculty. The after-dinner speeches reviewed happily the events of the thirty-three years of Miss Coman's active service to the Col- " lege and, as a writer in College News has said, so reward- ing was the fellowship of this occasion that the note of farewell was almost forgotten." Miss Coman's long service included a knowledge of the College under the administration of all its presidents, and one gladly bears testimony to the inspiration received in her classroom more than twenty-five years ago. Miss Coman is abroad this year with Professor Bates, who has been granted leave of absence for 1913-1914. With an energy which one in full physical vigor might envy she is undertaking a study of the status of Social Insurance in the European countries. While the College must regret- fully lose her presence in the classroom, it rejoices that Miss Coman will continue to bring honor to herself and to the College by her literary work. In 1912-1913 Professor Roberts was absent on sabbatical leave and leave of absence was also granted to other members of the staff as follows : Associate Professor Wipplinger (for the first semester only), Associate Professors Moffett, Riddle, and Perkins, Misses Young, Newkirk, Wood, and Little. Promotions within the Faculty which became effective in 1912-1913 are as follows :— Eva Chandler, B.A., from Associate Professor to Professor of Mathematics. Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ph.D., from Associate Pro- fessor to Professor of English Literature. Alice Robertson, Ph.D., from Associate Professor to Professor of Zoology. Josephine May Burnham, Ph.D., from Instructor to As- sociate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition. Florence Emily Hastings, M.A., from Instructor to As- sociate Professor of German. Magdeleine Otten Carret, Lie. es L., from Instructor to Associate Professor of French. Wellesley College Leah Brown Allen, M.A., from Assistant to Instructor in Astronomy. Ethel Bowman, M.A., from Assistant to Instructor in Psychology. Winifred Goldring, M.A., from Assistant to Instructor in Geology. Margaret Heatley, M.A., from Assistant to Instructor in Botany. Mabel Annie Stone, M.A., from Curator to Instructor in Botany. Jennie Tilt, M.S., from Assistant to Instructor in Chem- istry. Among the additions to the Faculty special mention should be made of the appointment of Arthur Orlo Norton, M.A., as Professor of the History and Principles of Education to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Professor Anna Jane McKeag to the Presidency of Wilson College. Professor Norton is a graduate of Harvard University, and has been on the staff of Harvard University since 1899, first as instructor and later as Assistant Professor of Education, a position which he held at the time of his appointment at Wellesley. The College counts itself fortunate in this appointment, for Professor Norton brings to the work an equipment of scholar- ship and successful teaching experience. To fill the vacancy caused by Dr. Collin's withdrawal in June, 1912, Dr. William Skarstrom was appointed Associate Professor of Hygiene. Dr. Skarstrom is a graduate of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. He received his M.D. from Harvard University, and has had a long and successful experience as a teacher in various institutions, among them the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University. He had been appointed Assistant Pro- fessor of Physical Education at Columbia University when he was elected to his present position at Wellesley. Other new appointments to the teaching staff for 1912-1913 were as follows : — President's Report Edith Harriet Moore, M.A., Instructor in the History of Emilie Instructor Architecture ; Josephine Hutchinson, M.A., in Economics; Annie Kimball Tuell, M.A., Instructor in English Literature; Lucy Marion Stevenson, B.S., Instruc- in tor in Physics; Annie Bigelow Stowe, B.A., Instructor Pianoforte; Eugene Clarence Howe, Ph.D., Instructor in Physiology and Hygiene; Louise Hortense Snowden, B.S., Instructor in History; Caroline Angeline Hardwicke, In- structor in Elocution; Madeleine Henriette Doby, B. esL., Instructor in French; Edwin Angell Cottrell, B.A., Instruc- tor in History; Eda Gertrude Heinemann, B.L., Instructor in Elocution; Helen Sard Hughes, M.A., Instructor in Rhetoric and Composition; Helen Rose Hull, Ph.B., In- in and structor Rhetoric Composition ; Jacob Lowenberg, Ph.D., Instructor in German; Ann Elizabeth Rawls, M.A., Instructor in Zoology; Blanche Francis Brocklebank, In- structor in Pianoforte; Rose Talbott, M.A., Instructor in Helen Mohr Assistant in Biblical History ; Johnston, B.A., German; Anna Bertha Miller, M. A., Assistant in Latin; Evelyn Metcalf Walmsley, B.A., Assistant in Psychology; Nellie Fosdick, B.A., Curator of Botany Laboratories. Associate Professor Karl Wiegand, Ph.D., presented his the resignation to take effect in June, 1913, in order to accept Dr.