BULLETIN OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE CATALOGUE NUMBER 1962-1963 WELLESLEY • MASSACHUSETTS CATALOGUE NUMBER BULLETIN OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE OCTOBER 30, 1962 Bulletins published six times a year by Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. January, one; April, one; October, two; November, two. Second-Class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts and at additional mailing offices. Volume 52 Number 2 . TABLE OF CONTENTS Visitors; Correspondence 5 Calendar 6 Board of Trustees 7 Faculty and Administration 8 The College 20 The Curriculum 24 Requirements for the BA. Degree 24 Research or Independent Study 28 Honors and Academic Awards 28 General Information 29 Course Examinations, Special Examinations, Advanced Place- ment, Use of the Summer Vacation, Summer Internship in Government, Junior Year Abroad Preparation for Graduate Study 31 College Teaching and Research, Other Professions, Teaching in Schools, Medical School, Hospital and Public Health Work, Civil Service Graduate Fellowships 32 Requirements for the MA. Degree 33 Courses of Instruction 34 Art 34 Interdepartmental Courses . 77 Astronomy 38 Italian 78 Biblical History 40 Latin 79 Botany and Bacteriology . 43 Mathematics 82 Chemistry 45 Music 84 Classical Archeology 48 Philosophy 87 Economics 49 Physical Education 89 Education 52 Physics 91 English 54 Political Science 92 French 60 Psychology 96 Geography 64 Russian 99 Geology 65 Sociology and Anthropology 100 German 67 Spanish 102 Greek 70 Speech 105 History 71 Zoology and Physiology 107 4 Contents Admission HI Of Freshmen HI Of Transfer Students 115 Of Foreign Students 115 Of Graduate Students 116 General Information and Regulations 117 Registration H7 Freshman Orientation 117 Advising of Students 117 Academic Standards 117 Residential Life 118 Health Provisions 119 Withdrawal and Exclusion 120 Employment Opportunities 120 Financial Aid 121 Fees and Expenses 125 Buildings and Equipment 127 Statistical Summary of Students 131 Alumnae Interests 132 Alumnae Association Officers: National Development Fund Com- mittee; Acquaintanceship Chairmen Index 138 VISITORS Visitors to the College are welcome and will find the administrative offices in Green Hall open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. when college is in session, otherwise to 4:30 p.m. Secondary school students and their parents who wish an interview with an officer of the Board of Admission are advised to write well in advance to arrange an appointment. Tins office will also be open on Sat- urday mornings if appointments have been scheduled. CORRESPONDENCE The post office address is Wellesley College, Wellesley 81, Massachu- setts. Inquiries concerning the following topics should be sent to: The President General interests of the College The Dean Academic policies and regulations The Dean of Students; Class Deans Individual students The Board of Admission Admission of undergraduate students The Director of Residence Residence halls and social regulations The Recorder Applications for readmission; requests for transcripts of records The Secretary to the Committee on Scholarships Scholarships The Director of the Placement Office Alumnae and undergraduate employment The Information Bureau Requests for Catalogues The Chairman of the Committee on Graduate Instruction Admission of graduate students The Controller Payment of college bills The Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association Alumnae affairs CALENDAR Academic Year 1962-63 First Semester Registration of new students, 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, September 16 Registration closes for all other students, 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 18 Classes begin Thursday, September 20 C after classes Wednesday, November 21 Thanksgiving recess to hQQ am Monday, November 26 j after classes Tuesday, December 18 Christmas recess to 1:00 a.m Monday, January 7 (from Tuesday, January 22 Examinations jthrough Thursday, January 31 Second Semester Classes begin Monday, February 4 (after classes Friday, March 22 Spring recess tQ h0Q am Monday, April 1 Examinations (from Tuesday, May 21 ) through Thursday, May 30 Commencement Monday, June 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES WeUesley, Mass. John R. Quarles, b.a., m.a., ll.b Chairman of the Board O. Kelley Anderson, b.a., m.b.a Boston, Mass. Vice Chairman Edward Livingston Bigelow, b.a Chestnut Hill, Mass. Elisabeth Luce Moore, b.a., Lrrr.D New York, N.Y. Boston, Mass. Edward A. Weeks, Jr., b.s., litt.d., ll.d Brookline, Mass. James Lawrence, Jr., b.a Eleanor Wallace Allen, b.a Boston, Mass. Katharine Tlmberman Wright, b.a Columbus, Ohio Alexander Cochrane Forbes, b.a Needham, Mass. Mass. Byron Kauffman Elliott, b.a., ll.b., sc.d., ll.d. Needham, Elizabeth King Morey, b.a., m.a New York, N.Y. Mary Jewett Gaiser, b.a., ll.d Spokane, Wash. Robert Gregg Stone Dedhum, Mass. Carolyn Bartel Lyon, b.a., m.a Claremont, Calif. Anne Ltneberger Macdonald, b.a Washington, D.C. Theodore P. Ferris, b.a., b.d., d.d Boston, Mass. Preston Davis, litt.d Columbus, Ohio John Kenneth Spring, b.a., m.b.a Concord, Mass. Rose Clymer Rumford, b.a Baltimore, Md. Germaine, Bree, agregee de l'unjversite Madison, Wis. Erwlm Datn Canham, b.a., m.a.(oxon) Boston, Mass. Mary Sime West, b.a New York, N.Y. George Howell Ktdder, b.n.s., ll.b South Lincoln, Mass. Carroll McCarty Gundersen, b.a La Crosse, Wis. WeUesley, Mass. Margaret Clapp, ph.d., ll.d., lttt.d., ex officio . President of WeUesley College Boston, Mass. Henry Austin Wood, Jr., b.a., m.b.a., ex officio .... Treasurer of WeUesley College THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION EMERITUS PROFESSORS Olive Dutcher Doggett, M.A., B.D. Professor of Biblical History, Emeritus Laetitia Morris Snow, Ph.D. Professor of Botany, Emeritus Alice Ida Perry Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Literature, Emeritus Mabel Minerva Young, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus Seal Thompson, M.A. Professor of Biblical History, Emeritus Elisabeth Hodder, Ph.D. Professor of History, Emeritus Martha Hale Shaceford, Ph.D. Professor of English Literature, Emeritus Bertha Monica Stearns, M.A. Professor of English Literature, Emeritus Ljlla Weed, M.A. Associate Librarian, Emeritus Mary Cross Ewing, B.A. Dean of Residence, Emeritus Louise Sherwood McDowell, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Emeritus Katy Boyd George, M.A. Associate Professor of Biblical History, Emeritus John Charles Duncan, Ph.D. Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Whitin Observatory, Emeritus Helen Somersby French, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Margaret Alger Hayden, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology, Emeritus Ola Elizabeth Winslow, Ph.D. Professor of English, Emeritus Ruth Elvira Clare, Litt.D. Professor of French, Emeritus Thomas Hayes Procter, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Gabriella Bosano, Dr. in Fil. Mod., Litt.D. Professor of Italian, Emeritus Mary Bosworth Treudley, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, Emeritus Hedwig Kohn, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Emeritus Grace Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Botany, Emeritus Louise Petobone Smith, Ph.D., Litt.D. Professor of Biblical History, Emeritus Marianne Thalmann, Ph.D. Professor of German, Emeritus Jeannette Barry Lane, Ph.B. Associate Professor of Speech, Emeritus Edward Ely Curtis, Ph.D. Professor of History, Emeritus Lucy Wilson, Ph.D. Dean of Students and Professor of Physics, Emeritus Ruth Elliott, Ph.D. Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, Emeritus Emma Marshall Denkinger, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English, Emeritus Anita Oyarzabal, M.A. Associate Professor of Spanish, Emeritus Edna Heedbreder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Helen Hull Law, Ph.D. Professor of Greek, Emeritus Cecile de Banee Associate Professor of Speech, Emeritus Ada Roberta Hall, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physiology, Emeritus Ada May Coe, M.A. Professor of Spanish, Emeritus Angeline La Piana, Dr. in Lett. Professor of Italian, Emeritus Evelyn Kendrick Wells, M.A. Professor of English, Emeritus Leland Hamilton Jenes, Ph.D. Processor of Sociology, Emeritus Louise Overacker, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science, Emeritus Lawrence Smith. M.A. Professor of Economics, Emeritus Michael Jacob Zigler, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Faculty and Administration 9 Jorge Guillen, Catedratico de Universidad Professor of Spanish, Emeritus Waclaw Jedrzejewicz Associate Professor of Russian, Emeritus Dorothy Warner Dennis, B.A., Dip.E.U. Professor of French, Emeritus Mary Eleanor Prentiss, M.A. Associate Professor of English, Emeritus Katharine Canby Balderston, Ph.D. Professor of English, Emeritus Marion Elizabeth Stark, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus Andree Bruel, Dr. de l'Universite de Paris Professor of French, Emeritus Helen Thayer Jones, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Harriet Cutler Waterman, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology, Emeritus Ella Keats Whiting, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of English, Emeritus Mary Lellah Austin, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology, Emeritus Grace Ethel Hawk, B.Litt. (Oxon) Professor of English, Emeritus Elizabeth Beall, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physical Education, Emeritus Lucy Winsor Killouch, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Emeritus Magdalene Schindelin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of German, Emeritus Elinor Marie Schroeder, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physical Education, Emeritus THE FACULTY (Listed alphabetically within rank) Thelma Gorfinkle Alper, B.A., M.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., RadelifFe College Professor of Psychology Grazia Avitabile, 1 B.A., M.A., Smith College; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College Professor of Italian M. Margaret Ball, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University; Dr. iur., University of Cologne Ralph Emerson Professor