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XLV 2 3 1 1 WELLESLEY, MASS., OCTOBER 16, 1941 No. 4 Ne\\- Society Mr s. Vera M. Dean Mr. Hogan 'fo Give American Soprano Will Sing Initiates To T o Give Lectures Econo1nic Report At First Wellesley Concert In History Forum Professor Will Comment Wear Flowers An objective view of the strate­ On Industr ial Future Mme. Helen Traube! P lans gic points of the world situation Of New England Recital of Classics, Six Societies Give Roses will be presented by the History "Will New England lose the Spiritual Songs To Newest Members From Department in the form of a His­ woolen and worsted industries in Familiar to all members of the tory Forum, October 27, 28, and 29, the post-war period?" is the ques­ musical world, Mme. Helen Trau­ Classes of 1942-1343 be! will sing for her first Welles­ under the leadership of Mrs. Vera tion which Mr . John Hogan, New members of Vlellesley's six Professor of Labor Economics at ley audience at 8:30 p.m. this eve­ societies r eceived early this morn­ Micheles Dean, director of the Radcliffe College will answer at the ning in Alumnae Hall at the ini­ ing roses signifying their election, Foreign Policy Association research Economics Department dinner, Oc­ tial concert of the college series. along with a picture of their society department and editor of its pub­ tober 21, at 6 :30 p. m . in the small Mme. Traubel, who made her debut two years ago in New York, is a house and their society "family lications. dining room of Tower Court. trees." Societies will entertain prima donna soprano of the Metro­ their initiates at dinner this eve­ Mrs. Dean will give lectures at Mr. Hog an not only will com­ politan Opera Company. ning. Formal initiations are plan­ 4:40. p.m. in Pendleton 112 each ment on what our government is do­ Critics have acclaimed Miss ing to estimate the employment Traubel as "without argument, n ed for Saturday evening, October day, followed by informal discus­ prospects in the woolen and worsted one of the two great female voices 18. sions in the various dormitories New members of Tau Zeta Ep­ industry and in other industries, of this present age," and "a su­ after dinner. These informal dis­ but also will indic-ate the theoreti­ perb 2. rtist, a symbol of music's silon from the Junior class are cussions are for the benefit of Betty Barr, Louise Belcher, Eleanor cal and statistical tools of the eco­ coming of age in these United stu dents, to answer their questions nomist available in meeting the States." For American music lov­ Fletcher, Carol M. Jones, Mary and give them an oJ>portunity to situation. An open discussion will ers, the successful career of Mme. Lambert, Catherine Lav.'"rence, meet Mrs. Dean. The subjects of follow Mr. Hogan's talk. Traube! has assumed a special sig­ Caroline Muhlenberg, Jean Roberts, the three lectures are: "What Next nificance in the fact that it is Eleanor Sanburn, Edna Taylor, in Europe ? ", "Russia As a World A graduate of the University of truly an American triumph - the Helen Webster, and Sara Wilkin­ Power," and "Building a New Washington, Mr. Hogan has taken triumph of a native American son. Seniors just elected to T . Z. E. World." graduate work at Harvard Univer­ Mme. T rau be! artist, and of an art nurtured and are Josephine Boswell, Frances i:;ity and has taught at the Univer­ Mrs. Dean will conclude the inspired entirely in America. Burke, Lorna Cooke, Munayl Groh, sity of Denver and at Tufts Col­ Mme. Traubel's program fol­ Marguerite Herman, Aristine Lou­ series by addressing a Forum Din­ lege. His experience includes prac­ Taxes Raise Fe.es ner Thursday evening, October 30, lows: gee, Doris MacDonald, Joan Pinan­ tical work with labor unions and I ski, Marie Louise Stafford, and on the subject, "The Western work with the Bureau of Labor On Ticket Prices Gottes Nacht and Vorshung Hemisphere Looks to the Future." Statistics. Bee thoven Betty Timberlake. Wonne der We hmu tl~ Beeth oven Shakespeare has named as Jun­ Ich 1i be die ! Beethoven Tickets for Wellesley Formals II ior members, Gay Crosby, Mary Ser vice Fund Names New Mr. Hill Will Describe and certain other entertainment E ls a's T ra um, from "Lohe ngrin" Wagner Falconer, Elizabeth Flandreau, Committee on Education where admission is charged are - Helen Francis, Jane Jones, Barbara Sharecropper Problem s III subject to the new Federal Tax Aufenthalt chub rt A. Lewis, Joan Mallory, Elizabeth Problems of tenant farmers and W1 genlied (Wie sich dcr Members of the Education Com­ Regulations. The Internal Revenue Auegelein) Schubert McClure, Claire Richter, Suzanne mittee of Service Fund have just sharecroppers as they apply not Seligkeit S hubert Cod ~ . as amended, now imposes on R uhe meine See le Santry, Nancy Schleicher, and been announced by Elizabeth Be~l to C2.lifornia, but to the whole na­ Richard Stra uss Caecelie Richard St rauss Jeanne Waugh. New Senior mem­ '42 chairman of the committee. tion, will be the subject of dis­ taxable a dmission fees 2. tax of one IN1'ERMISSION bers are Betty Birdsall, Jean Cal­ cussion at the Forum Tea at Zeta IV Th~y 2.re: Elizabeth Harper '42, cent for each ten cents or fraction Elegie R achmaninoff lahan, Margaret Perry, Mary A. Marion Wunderle '42, Nancy Beaty Alpha Society House this after­ thereof of the amount paid for ad­ Song without words (Duet in Childs, Dorothy Dann, Theodora noon, at 4 :00 p. m. when Mr. A flat) Mr. Bos Mendelssohn '43, Jane Jones '43, Joan Haldi­ mi sion. The r equirements also v North, Marjorie Russell and Gladys mand '44, and Jane Tuttle '44. James C. Hill, Instructor in Voi lo sapote, from "Cavalleria Tc.:rn1j::n. - ~se cmrvass"()T wi~l- be- el{lcte th Deoartrrumt of Economics will specify that "there must be provid­ Rusticana" Mascagni VI New members of Zeta Alpha in each house and announced next speak on "The Sources of The ed for every place, admission to Deep River from the class of '43 are Patricia week. Grapes of Wrath." All members of which is taxable either (2.) ticket Swing low, sweet chariot the college community are invited Negro Spirituals, Adams, Suzanne Aldrich, Joan or card to evidence every admission arr. by H. T. Burleigh Davis, Ann Dixon, Jean Edmunds, to attend this discussion of an which is subject to tax, or (b) a Sea Shell Carl Engel important national problem. A Memory B lair Fairc hild Elizabeth Grimley, Patricia Har­ mechanical device or method which Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind rington, Mary K. Hayes, Sarah C. Junior Show Tryouts McNair Ilgenfritz Moore, Virginia Munger, Mary will register or show the number of persons entering the place." Every Needles, Sally Stover, Margaret Theatr e Workshop T o Alumnae Hall ticket or card of admission must Turnbull, Helen Wash, and Suzanne Mrs. Hodder Will Talk Run Tr youts for P arts In have printed on the face of the por­ Young. Senior initiates are Bar­ At Greek -Latin Dinner Budget Playbox Shows tion to be taken up by the manage­ bara Brett, Jane Fay, Elizabeth See '43 Class Board ment, the price for which the ticket "A Word from Thucydides for Try-outs for parts in the Budget is sold, the tax and t he total." (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) Playbox productions of Theatre Beleaguered Democracies" will be Workshop will be held in Room the subject of Mrs. Elizabeth Hod­ 30, Green Hall, Monday afternoon, der's talk, Monday, October 20, at Director, Like Freshmen, Conquers October 20. Wellesley Alum nae Plan 6:15 p .m., in the Pomeroy dining Annual Fall Con fer en ce room. Her lecture will follow a This series of one-act plays offers dinner given by the Greek and an unusual oppor tunity for students The trustees of t he College will Latin departments. Campus Hills By Faithful Bicycle whose acting abilities are as yet hold a meeting Friday morning. "undiscovered" by Wellesley pro­ October 17, in Wellesley's Boston by Beth Kulakofsky ducers. Forty-three actresses ap­ office. Mrs. Theodore C. Haffenref­ 7 night with a prepared script note­ peared in the three bills presented f er '11 an alumna member of the ~ ellesle y Vetoes book, and a props crew who show by last year's Playbox directors, Board of Trustees, will lead the Dessert Omission real iniative." Not neglecting the and eleven were given pa1·ts in the chapel service, Saturday, October dramatic end of Barn, Mr. Satler annual Theatre Workshop pro·duc­ 18. News presents the answers to said that though the girls lacked tion in Alumnae Hall. Any student Alumnae Board members will re­ prevalent queries among students the experience of the more mature who is interested in acting may try main at Wellesley for the annual concerning Wellesley's not contin­ players he had worked with in the for parts in these plays. Fall Conference to formulate plans uing to give up Tuesday desserts Community Playhouse in Santa The outcome of an experiment for the year's activities and es­ for war relief. Barbara, California, last year, they fi rst tried last year, the Budget pecially for the Alumnae Council in more than compensated with their Last spring the student body Playbox i.s an attempt to give stu­ February. Saturday night they eagerness and freshness of attack. voted to give up its ice cream once dents of dramatic production the will meet with the Board of the a week, but according to accounts Lwdies in R etirement will be experience of working under strict a pleasant play to do as it is a melo­ Alumnae AssO'ciation. Miss Doro­ kept by Mrs. Constance Covey, limitations of budget, equipment, thy Hill, head of the Wellesley Head Dietician, and Miss Bertha drama, and offers opportunity for and time. Reports from former exaggerated characterization. Be­ Summer Institute, will address the Hill, Manager of the Well, Welles­ Workshop students indicated that Board October 18 and the associa­ ley did not keep its pledge. On sides holding numerous rehearsals, the clubs, schools, churches, and Mr. Satler has a full schedule of tion will entertain with a tea for Tuesday nights the Well doubled, little theatres in which they were former class presidents and class and often tripled its business, mak­ stage crew meetings, script editing, working seldom boasted equipment and like duties. He has designed representatives. ing· up for lost desse1·ts. Not only as complete or elaborate as that of was there considerable strain on and constructed a small model of Wellesley's Alumnae Hall. Hence the stage set. the Well help, but also there was it was considered important to pro­ Mlle. Pernot to Speak Mr. Dan Satler After working last winter under much waste of food in t he houses. vide training in surmounting the Mr. Robert Edmund Jones, leading On P honetics Problems Some girls would avoid Tuesday difficulties impo·sed on the director night dinners altogether, resulting Not only the incoming Freshmen, New York stage designer, Mr. Mademoiselle Nicolette Pernot but the incoming Barnswallow Satler put on two productions at by a small stage (or no stage at in a criminal waste of food. offers aid in oral French with her directors discover that the village Mount Holyoke College last spring. all) and small production budgets. Parents rather than students is a long way from the campus. Being properly tactful, Mr. Satler The request of t he National lecture on "Phonetics and Pronun­ bore the ''sacrifice" of our Tuesday H er e to direct the fall Barn produc­ didn't draw any striking contrasts Theatre Conference for plays suit­ ciation," Tuesday, October 21, at night desserts. It amounted t-0 pay­ tion of Ladies in R etirement, Mr. between W ellesley and Holyoke, able for pr oduction at army camps 7:30 p.m. in Billings Hall. ing for two dessert's ... one eaten Dan Satler became the proud own­ but did expr ess-a spiring actresses and for groups willing to present In addition to acting as Assist­ at the Well, and the other sent to er of a foreign-born, Italian, to be please note-a masculine contempt plays under the conditions to• be ant P r ofessor of French at Wel­ War Relief. exact--bicycle as one of his first for girls who, like Holyoke stud­ found at the camps, gave fm·ther lesley, Mlle. Pernot h eads the Although the War Relief' fund official acts 2.t Wellesley. ents, were following the "bluejeans" impetus to the Budget Playbox Phonetics Depa1·tment of the was swelled by over $200, hundreds Relaxing over a coke in the Well trend, branding the movement as idea. French Summer School at Middle­ of dollars of food went out with the after one of the Barn's nightly re­ "unfeminine, sloppy, and definitely Each director is given a budget bury College, Vermont. Her lec­ garbage. The Administration ·has h ear sals, Mr. Satler commented unflattering." of ten dollars which must cover the ture, which is an annual one, i.s decided that it would be unwise to that Wellesley has, along with a Comin~ from Santa Barbara, expense of scenery, costumes, and required for students of first grade continue the project this year. No beautiful and confusing campus, California, Mr. Satler is a gradu­ properties for her play. Students French courses and the class in matter what the ballots said, statis­ an amazingly well-organized group ate of .Yale University, and did who are not directing or acting are French phonetics. Other French tics show that Wellesley girls do of thesp.ians--complete with "a additional graduate work at the stud 0 nts as well as the general ·not wish to get along Without their script girl who came the first Yale School of Drama. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) public may . attend. Tuesday night desserts. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER 16, 1941 College Concerts, The Wellesley Problem! Member Tonight at 8 :30 Mme. Helen Traubel ' B y H.R.S. '45 ~ssociated Colle5iate Press Metropolitan Opera Co mpany soprano, will The beautiful t an Distributor of inaugurate the forty-second season of the Of a Harvar d man Fades to a sickly yellow; Cblle6iafe Die>est Wellesley Concert Series. As the audience He's up to his ears ,.EPRl!9BNTKD FOlt NATIONAL. ADVERTIS ING BY which will crowd Alumnae Hall awaits the I n st e. r t-of-t er m fears National Advertising Service, Joe. fi rst notes of the Beethoven songs which But we still love t he dear College Pt1blisbers Representative fellow. 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N . Y. open the program, Wellesley College may _____c•1CAIO • BOSTO!I .• LOI ARllLll • SAii FllAllCll C_o ____ And Eli's young pride look back with pride upon a notable tradi­ Has so far to r ide Befor e he can get to our Caps and Frowns WELLESLEY, MASS., OCT. 16 1 1941 tion in music and ahead with expectancy coll ege, Edito r-in· Chief ...... J oan Pina nski '42 to five first-class performances this season. llanuging E lli tor ...... Nancy White '42 And oft, sad to say, News Activities N ew s Edit ors . . Beverly A n drews '42, Patricia Lambert '42 Subscribers t o the Concert Fund have come He m ust hitch-hike his way Feature E d itor . Rosalie Golds tein '42 Our fan mail t his week inc1uded Make- up Erlltor ...... Elizabeth L ouis ' 42 to expect Manager Malcolm Holmes to offer F rom his sanctum sanctorum L it er a ry E ditor ...... Dawn Ludington '42 of knowledge. a charming letter from one of t he Forum Editor ...... J ea n Pinans ki '42 to Wellesley artists distingui shed by their editors of the Yale Daily News Excha n ge Editor ...... raomi Ascher '42 who suggested t hat our paper co­ Cu t E dJtor ...... Bernice Brand '42 musicianly performances as well as popular Though Dartmouth's fin e youth Assistant E ditor s ...... B eth K ula k ofsJ{y '43 If one t ell the truth operate in the interest of greater Renee Trilling '43, Mar y Wolfencte n '43 appeal. intercollegiate friendship. As we Repor ters Grace Smith '42, He!lrietta Freed '43 May not be especially charm­ Mary McAleer '43, Letty Reigner '43 The history of the Concert Series presents ing. have always favored close relation­ A n n Riegelman '43, Joa n Dawkins '44 ship between the great institutions Mary Elisabeth Edes '44, L ena Kiekbus ch '44 a striking parallel to the growth of the c.ol­ But if one recall J. E . MacDon a ld ' 43, J ean W e rner ·44 The great car nival! of learning, we plan to send Yale Assistant R ep orter s ...... Grace Smith '42 lege-=- physically as well as aesthetically. our directory and e. copy of the in­ Ruth Lat zer '43, B arb.a ra Hambur, '44 One will find him extremely K a thleen L ucas '44, Lucia Snyder '44 ·Wellesley first attended concerts in old disarming. valuable Grey B ook or "Handbook Hele n Webster '43, Jean Colburn '44 Jean Stone '44 College Hall; but, to quote from an early Now though these be true for Students." In return, there will Ari Crith:s J udith Roth schild '43, Eli~ a beth Chase '43 _be a copy of their directory on tap A. A. R eprc cntatlve ...... Gertrude Perkins '43 We can f ind very f ew C. A. R••presentat h ·e . .. Suzanne Aldrich '43 record, "the Great War and the burning at 1"36 Green, (advt ) where, we has­ Dra m a Crit ic ...... J. E. MacDona ld '43 Who a dat e wit h these men Assista nt Drama Critic Ma r y E lisa beth Edes '44 of College Hall put a stop to the concerts would r efuse. ten to add, a fine collection of ex­ Mnsic Critic . . . G ladys T om ajan '42 change papers off er most instr uc­ Photo13' rnphe r Mar y Gray '42 and it was only when it became patent the For in these times of draft Cartoonists ...... Dor is For~b ·r·e·y '43, Cath erine M a rx ' 44 When the men have been hal.ved t ive reading. Our outside bulletin Lois Riegelm a n '44 college was in absolute need of high class She's a fool if she wish es to board will be posted with various ~~~~~~~~ D•slness Manager .. . . Betty Sem p le '42 music at its very doors that the concerts choose. jour nals of inter est, this week fea­ .Ad ~ve rti si ng 1\Iannger Cicely Church '42 tur ing New Eng land colleges. Clrculatlon Manager Adeline H a ll '42 were resumed in Memorial Chapel." After A1slsta nt A d\•e r tislng · nr a ~ ~ge. ~ s · H e le n McCulloch ' 42 Free Press J ean Potter '43 Alumnae Hall was completed, the Boston Shopping Editor . Margaret Ward A ll contributions for this co lumn Contrast Contes t Credit Manager ...... Virginia R eid ' 42 Symphony Orchestra gave the present locale must be signed with the full name Recorder ...... E lizabeth T itu s ' 42 The shor test Freshman at Yale Posta l J\la nn!!"e r . E liza beth Dailey '42 of the Series its musical baptism in 1923. of the author. Initials or nu11Mrals was a nxious to get the part of Tom Business Editors · · · Bett.y · B ro~ ;, '42, A nne Math er '43 will be used if the writer so Ca rol Steine r '43 When Mr. Holmes took over the manage­ Thumb in the F reshman play Assistant Business Er!ltor s ...... Hope Imes '43 desires. (from the nurser y r hyme of the Emm a J. Kra k a uer '43, H ele n E ttinger '44 ment of the series in 1938, he offered music The Editors do n ot hold them­ J oyce Joslin ··44. Ba rba r a Nola n '44 same name) . So for two weeks of to an audience of which approximately sixty selves responsible for statements t r yo uts, he stalked big Tex E a rle, Publish ed week ly, Sep tembe r t o June except d uring ex­ in this co lumn. a minations and sch ool vacation pe.riods,' by a boa rd o f stu· per cent came from outside the college. At the world's tallest man, who had dents o~ Wellesley Co_ll ege. Subscrip ti on s ,t wo dollars p er Contributions should be in the also heard of the part. H e had a nnum m advance. Smg le copies, six cents ea ch . All con­ present it is the student body which occupies hands of the Ed,itors by 11 a. m. trib utions sh ould be in the News office by 11 :00 A.M. Mon day drivr. n all t he w e. y from California at t he I at~i::t, and sh ould b e addr essed t o J oan Pina n ski. this percentage of seats. The aesthetic on MfJnday. Owing to space limi­ to t ry out, but t he tiny Freshman All adver tising m"tter sh ould be in t h e busi ness office by tations, letters should be limited to won. ~ :00 P.M. Monday. A ll a lumnae news sh ouid be sen t to consciousness of Wellesley undergraduates is The A lumnae Office, W ellesley. Mass. All business com­ 300 w01·ds. munications a n dsu bscr iptions sh o11l d be sen t t o the W e lles- slowly developing. Yet sometimes we re­ ley College News, W ellesley, Mass. · Compulsory Chapel Enter ed as second-class matter , October 10, 191 9, at t h e main a bit cynical about the musical sensi­ Cooperate at Concerts Post office at Wellesley Branch, Boston, M;oi,ss., under t h e To the W ellesley College News: A new id <> a has been offered to act of Ma rch 8, 1879. Acceptan ce f or mailing a t specia l tivity of those members of the audience to May I make my annual sugges­ the Administration of Wellesley by r ates of postag~ provided for in section 11(13, Ac• of October 3, 1917, authorized October 30, 1919. whom the Free Press in the adjacent column tion t o the student subscribers to Middlebury College, wher e, after is addressed. the Wellesley Concert Series : 1. Saturday Chapel, free ice cream That the con certs in Alumnae Hall cones are passed out to "anyone Turning to the other side of the pro­ ar e hardly the time or the place for who wants to st and in line." Wellesley's Drama scenium, we wish it were possible for visit­ knit ting Aid to Britain; and 2. ing artist s to learn in advance that Welles­ That sweaters, skirts, ankle socks, National Defense Again and saddle shoes are N OT what Two men are t aking a graduate ley can be a ·truly mature audience and to the well-dressed college girl is With Wellesley Formals only two weeks course in Physics at Smith College away, there is already much talk of plans plan their repertoire accordingly. For in­ wearing t o for mal concerts this this year. They are engaged in stance, although most of us maintain a sen­ season. defense work for the Navy, r eports for a superlative weekend. Despite all the At each concert the college is timental fondness for ~ - 'Deep River" and our sister institution of Knowl­ discussions of dances, dresses, and dates, host to a large number of people edge. (Business is picking up !) comparatively little mention is made of the ".Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", programmed from surr ounding communities who naturally judge W ellesley by the for this evening, we have ample opportunity Examination fosurance play, which many students consider a com­ manners an d appearance of its rep­ pletely incidental performance to be watched to become nostalgic over them without hear­ resent atives. If we knit, car r y on You who are mark-worrier­ until the dancing begins. ing their performance by an artist of Mme. whispered conversations durin 00 t he about-ers, would be interested to Traubel's calibre. But perhaps the very music, or appear slipshod in dress, know that students of Providence Perhaps the reason for this widespread we are doing the college and its College, in Providence, sell exam­ eclecticism of tonight's concert should make concert series a decided disservice. in e. tion insurance. If the student indifference to the dramatic value of Ladies it an enjoyable experience for everyone. The usher s have been instructed having insurance flunks an exam, the company pays for the make-up. in Retirement and to similar productions is -~~~,o~~~~ to control knitting, but we depend that Barn officials due to conditions un­ upon the thoughtful cooperation of We t hink the company ought t o take the make-up ; we'd gladly pay der which plays are chosen, feel that they the college in the other impor tan t " intangibles". May we have the company. are limited to light plays that ensure suc­ Not Tax Exempt you.r s ? · cess. Barn realizes that it does not exist Malcolm H. Holmes, Eli-and Us, Too Defense is not cheap. The cost s in labor, Manager, W ellesley Concert S eries for purely dramatic reasons in a purely dra­ materials, self-denial, and effort are high. "Deeming the present cheers too strenuous for the ten t housand sons matic community, but to provide enter­ It takes men to form an army and a navy Verse Letter tainment for a community often intent Ye sympathetic editor of Harva rd, the Crimson cheer­ capable of defending the nation, to man Of the Wellesley College N ews leaders decided · t o shorten the on Wellesley-Harvard relationships - for the steel mills and munitions factories. But F orever is my creditor number of 'rahs' in both their long three hours at least. For thus publishing my views. and already br ief short cheers. The more than this, it takes dollars to equip My complaint is: leaders hope that 'Hahvud rah, Members of Barn as weU as members of these men, to provide them with camps, 1-That there is a frightful ac­ ray, team,' will be expressive Barn audiences want better plays of more cumulative loss of time involved enough to revive the enthusiasm guns, tanks, planes, tools, and destroyers. that has been found wanting in lasting value. Many would like to see at in the mass-cla ss-sta nding-up-and­ The yield expected from the recently si tting-down-exercises performed the heretofore 'flaming' Crimson Wellesley the development of an experi­ stands."-Yale N ews. passed tax bill is estimated at $13,000,000,- befor e certain professors at t he mental theatre on a college scale. There is beginning of each per iod; a demand for production of unusual, memor­ 000. To collect this tremendous sum, the 2-That the continued perform­ Campus Blackout able drama, instead of an almost uninter­ largest in the history of our country, the ance of this rite ever widens the Students at Minnesota have government must tap new sources of reve­ gap between professor and stu­ found that life can be very pleas­ rupted succession of sure-fire hits and tried­ dent, according the acquiescent nue, dig deeper into the old. Many who ant without our modern conven­ and-true favorites. Perhaps this higher dra­ professor hollow deference indeed, iences. The other evening about matic level could be reached if Barn plays never thought they would fill out an income and creating in the cons cientious 8: 30 p.m., the connecting cable tax return will be doing so next year. Here professor the uncomfortable feel­ "went out" during an electrical were sometimes not produced in such close ing that on his every appearance storm over the campus, plunging conj unction with dances. It may be unfair in the College, tickets for Wellesley Formals, the class will 1·ise in alarm and get the entire community into dark­ to expect anyone to listen seriously to Euri­ despite the fact that proceeds go to Service ready to run for it. ness. Students studying at the lib­ Fund, will be subject to a ten per cent tax. My suggested solution is simple: rary were "forced" to go home. In pides, Shakespeare, or Ibsen in an evening dress. To wit­ the next three hours, several seren­ But with more inteHigent support of the This year many will have to buy a little Why not sit? ades, a few dances, and a com­ student body Barn could occasionally devote B. J. A. '42 munity sing substituted for brain­ less because of prices increased by taxes. exertion. itself to more serious dramatic efforts and We will have to dig down for extra pen­ Lights Off, Girls! still not find itself bankrupt. • To the Wellesley College News: nies on small purchases, dollars on larger Lights off, girls! Are we holding A Typographical Error The quality and the success of any college purchases. People in high income brackets open house in our rooms? A light­ Another argument for a typing play depend to a large extent on the audi­ !will have to give up a large percentage of ed room, remember, when the hos­ course could be found in the story tess is out, is an invitation to your ence. The development of an intelligent, their income. We will all have to contribute from the Bates Student about the best friend to come in and take professor from Australia who critical attitude, of some understanding of something. Last year draftees started go­ your cigarettes and borrow your "traveled 12,000 miles to attend dramatic values, and of enthusiastic support ing off to camp. This year our dollars will books. At home, our fathers keep the Empire Universities Congress follow them, providing the equipment which stressing the necessity of saving at London, only to find that he was by the students are the factors that are on their electric bills. Why not a year ahead of time! The mis­ really important in giving Wellesley a bet­ will put meaning into the drills, arms into get in practice now? understanding was ca used by a ter theatre. the hands of the soldiers. Jean Pinan.ski 1942 typist's error!" WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER 16, 1941 3

Nathan Explains Poet's Plight in Harsh Modern Days At Second Reading I SILHOUETTES I THE PEREGRINATING PRESS Claiming that ours is "a harsh and uncomfortable world", Robert Eleanor Agee, President of Barnswallows Nathan made his first Wellesley appearance in seventeen years at By Mar y McAleer the second poets' reading of 1941, ~ ERRY smiled broadly a few * * * Perry was surprised to hear one Monday, October 13 in Pendleton "If you're looking for Pepper, ~ weeks ago when a little boy Hall. Mr. Nathan stat ed his be­ Freshman, when asked what she you'll probably find her at Alum­ aged about eight, spying an "Ask­ lief that this world produces planned to major in, proclaim, nae!" So say Pepper Agee's friends Me" badge in the five-and-ten, "Getting a man!" " har sh uncon.'lfortable verse, hard a sked a Wellesley girl, "Could you to recite and har der to remember", on the second floor of Shafer, and tell me where the a ggies are?" * * * but that " the cr itics seem to like :lt) ECENTLY a poor Sophomore Wellesley can easily believe it. it." He said poets now try to find * * * ~ met the quizzical gaze of her Every now and then some new new forms to write in because they Ever since her first year when definition s are conceived. In Perry's former ''Vil Junior" in chapel when are "confused and unhappy." He she appeared in both the Freshman Zoology class the other day, a stu­ she discovered that she had absent­ added that he is not sure that theae skit and plays, the President of dent defined starvation as the ly walked into the Freshman tran­ new forms are all good because Barnswallows has been a very process called "self-absorption." sept, and was sitting among the they a1·e often difficult to compre­ noticeable m ember of Wellesley's * * * representatives of '45, in complete hend. "Poetry", he pointed out, "is stage-conscious group. Conspicuous W'hile having dinner in an upper- . oblivion to· her surroundings. simply one way of talking." The in her room with the draped class h ouse, Perry overheard some window overlooking the Quad * * * poet must fail if he cannot make Eleanor Agee loyal Seniors gloating over what Tearing about on a shopping himself understood. are a number of plays in her bookcase and the well-thumbed they called the "dateless Smith, tour, Per ry saw one girl ordering Mr. N a·chan followed this intro­ Bigelow Gives Carillon Vassar, and Holyoke girls," and six boxes of Wellesley writing pa­ duction by r eading an untitled scripts of former Barn productions emphasizing the fact that at per. When he curiously asked her sonnet sequence from his latest on her desk. Recital of Varied Airs Wellesley and vicinity ther e are why she was buying so much of book of verse, A W inter's Tale. Strains of Schubert and Bach six boys to every girl. "Well," it at one time, she grinned and re­ "I guess I never did have a Because he f eels that poetry is compositions r esounded from the cried a lone Freshman, "some­ plied, "Oh, just in case W e11esley chance to get interest ed in any­ hard to listen to for any length of Galen Stone Tower in the second body's got twelve." decides I'm not a great scholar; thing else," r emarks P epper, mus­ t ime, he followed this with prose carillon r ecital of the autumn sea­ then this will keep my friends ing over her Wellesley career, for * * * excerpts from his n ew book of son given October 12 by Arthur from knowing it." ever since Freshman year sh e has /..rl'L table-talk, a conversation Tapiola which deals with the same been busy holding successive offices Lynds Bigelow, laureate of the between two morning munch- ~ * * * bird and animal char acters created in Barn. Carillon School at M e ch~in, Bel­ ers, was overheard by Perry. In P erry observed that even mem­ in his Journey of T apiola. gium. The Friends of the Wellesley answer to the question, "Where bers of t he Philosophy depar tment In concluding Mr . Nathan re­ Incidentally it was as one of the College Carillon sponsored the pro­ are you going ?", the answer came take an inter est in the Totem Pole, tur ned t o poetry, r e.ading several "Dead Enders"' at Eliot that she gram. quick like a firecracker, "Berserk." when he saw a sticker from that less formal poem , including To My acquired her nickname. Sandy Mc­ Mr. Bigelow, formerly bell­ * * * r enowned rendezvous on the win­ Son, 431 B. C., and ending with a Laughlin, her roommate, dubbed ma ster of the town of Louvain, in P er ry was inclined to agree with dow of an automobile belonging to more lengthy ballad, Dunkirk. the future Barn President "Pep­ Belgium, presented a program of his J unior friend who announced a well-known "Phil." professor. per" because she always had familiar Scotch airs, old French her intention to drop photography * * * peppermints around. and Flemish folk-songs, Schuber t 's because too much was expected of )fl ES, higher education is a Seniors Hear Lecture Moment Musicale, the Gavotte her. In class the other day she ~ great institution, but so is the By Dr. Margaret Fries Still ent husiastic over the five from the "French Suite" of Bach, weeks of vacation spent in a sum­ r eceived a box of negatives on the comic strip, Perry discovered when and Duyssen's Doll's Lullaby. Fol­ Bringing to Wellesley her wide mer theatre in Gloucest er, Pepper cover of which she read with per­ he learned recently that one lowing the recital, a reception in training and experience in psychi­ says the life was hectic but a de­ tur bation, "Open in total darkness. of his m ore intellectual classm ates honor of Mr. Bigelow took place in Instr uctions inside." atry a nd pediatrics, Dr. Margaret light. With Lisbe Siverd, '41, last Green Hall. had been making daily trips to E. Fries of New York illustrated * * the libe-to read '"ferry and the year's Barn President, and two Mr. Robert Donnell, a Dominion * her ciiscussion of "The Young other Wellesleyites she lived in an Pirates." carillonneur, will present a pro­ ~ EALLY, Perry decided, .men Child and Psychoanalysis" with old house, overlooking the sea, gram consisting almost entirely of ~ must be at an premium. * * * moving pictures of actual children "Is Cornell in Boston?" Perry which she insists was haunted. Belgian music, Sunday, October 26. Walking into a Freshman room he under observation and analyses of There she painted scenery, ushered, heard a Freshman ask. "No," re­ saw, occupying the place of honor, authentic case histories from her prompted, and had a hand in all plied a Sophomore. "It's in Ithaca." For British War Relief a photograph bearing the inscrip­ research work as Consulting angles of play production. "I meant Katherine Cornell, tion, "To Mary Jane, the most Physician in a New York in­ Ladies, Don't Retire! smarty!" said the '45-er wither­ An Art major, Pepper has no beautiful girl in the world-From ingly. firmary. In the first of the Mar­ John, the boy with the biggest r iage Lectur es planned for Seniors plans for the future along this Attend Wellesley Formals imagination." Perry the Pressman and gr aduate students this fall, Dr. line. What she would really like to F1·ies, speaking October 9 at 4:40 do after college acting on the Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 radio. Zam Zam Survivor Talks p.m. in Pendleton Hall, said that ~~~--j ·· ~P..~nley: lli~c11sses ------.....;':.:a' dult huuld PJU'.flciate_and re­ Homer and His Poetry On Optimism of France spect the fact t hat children are as = Little Sisters Will Play - EYEL YN- llESS- much individuals as they are" and "If Shakespeare is the poet of The hopes of the French people Dressmaking and Alteratlons that frequently a "problem child" Hostess to Big Sisters man's consciousness and Dante the for ultimate British victory was was maladjusted due to par- Important: New Limerick poet of man's spiritual life, Homer When dres ses and skirts begin to Zam Zam survivor Michael Clark's ental immaturity rather than any At House Teas During wear is the poet of mans' natural condi­ theme in his discussion on "How inherent defect of his own. See Evelyn Kiess for quick repa ir. tion on earth,'' maintained Pro­ The Week of October 27. 31 Central St. Wellesley 3412 the French People Feel" at the "The Biological Aspects of Mar­ fessor John H. Finley, Chairman Alliance Francaise meeting, Tues- riage" is the next title in the series of the Department of Greek and and this phase of marriage will be Latin Classics at Harvard Univer­ day, October 4, at T.Z.E. Society discussed by Dr. James Ganney of sity, in delivering the annual Hor­ House. Boston, Friday, October 17, at 4 :40 ton lecture Tuesday evening in in Pendleton Hall. Pendleton Hall. Speaking of Mr. Clark, a former Harvard the Odyssey, Mr. Finley agreed student, was traveling aboard the with those who have felt it to be " a Zam Zam on his way to the African Ford Hall Forum Opens symbol of man's experience." unit of the British-American Am­ With Nazi Regime Talk Mr. Finley discussed the theory bulance Corps when the ship was Professor Douglas Miller, J r ., for of the late Professor Milman Parry torpedoed and sunk. He spent fifteen years Commercial Attache who believed Homer to be an ''oral two months in France as a at the United States Embassy in poet" - one who could neither read German prisoner, and. only recently Berlin and now of the University nor write, but who held his audi­ of Denver, will discuss the Fifth ence with a metr ical story employ­ returned to America as one of a Column question, and Hitler's plans ing epithets and word-groups fa­ group exchanged for German for a conquered United States, at miliar to them. Mr. Finley him­ sailors. the Ford Hall Forum, Sunday, Oc­ self feels that Homer may have tober 19, at 8 :00 p.m. written down his own poems, but At the meeting, which was pr e­ The Ford Hall Forum holds its probably composed them by the ceded by a French Department meetings, which are open to the oral method. As a r esult of this dinner at Tower Court, Commander public, in John Hancock Hall, 90 "oral" composition, Homer's poetry Blaison discussed the Free French St. Jam es A venue, Boston. is often "retrospective" in its use submarine, Surcouf, the largest of words and h eroes from the past, but it always reflects the spirit of submarine in the world. Homer's own age because it was The Odyssey, Mr. Finley feels, poetry of the people. lacks the essential t r agic spirit of Commenting on the Iliad, Mr. the Iliad, but is rather a "ro­ Finley pointed out that Homer was mance." He showed how its gr eat­ no rude early singer , but the civi­ lized heir of a great tradition. The ness lies in the fact that though unity of the Iliad and its interest the poem is as beautiful as it is, it Fill your room in the tragic fate of Achilles sup­ is as real as it is. Mr. Finley port this thesis. The hero's tragedy descr ibed the purpose of Odysseus's with ROSES spr ings from the nature of his voyage, the desir e to retur n home attainment. Achilles failed to and to see Penelope, as "the thread recognize himself as a man, not as t hat holds together all these a Go d and failed to act accordingly. experiences."

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INDEX Eliot Duvey Announces Dr. Charles Brm.\'11. Asks Dr. Lauterpacht Cites Deutscher V erein Boston Theater Contest Students to Keep Faith Reasons for Impotence The members of Deutscher Vere­ Playgoers may attend something "Everyone needs a perpendicular Of International Laws in will take part in a "Dirndl Eve­ new and different in the world of as well as a horizontal relation­ "The reality of international law has in these days become a by­ ning," comprising folk dancing Shakespeare when Eliot Duvey, di­ ship," said Dr. Charles R . Brown, word for many persons," declared and the singing of German songs rector of the Boston Tributary Dean Emeritus of the Yale Univer­ Thea ~ er, presents K ing John at sity Divinity School, speaking on Dr . Hersch Lauterpacht, Mary at T. Z. E., Monday, October 20, a t Jorda n H all, in Boston, opening "What Worship Does" in Houghton Whiton Calkins Visiting Profes or 7 :'30 p.m. Refreshments will be Friday, October 17. Mr. Duvey Memorial Chapel, Sunday, October in the Department of Political served. direct :: d the startling productions 12. Dr. Brown explained the perpen­ Science, speaking last night in of fYi cw beth and Dr. Faustus a few dicular relationship as a necessary P endleton Hall on the present Circolo Italiano seasons ago at t he Copley. faith in something higher than the wide-spread violations of the law. The main cause of the apparent The Tributar y Theater recently individual. Outing Club "The Life of Verdi," starring impotence of international law, Dr. announced its sponsorship of a The Outing Club Board gave a Benianimo Gigli, a full-length Ital­ People who worship, he said. LauteTpacht explained, is the fail­ supper party for the Athletic As­ playwriting contest. Tbe contest is have standards by which they live, ure of soveTeign states to accept ian film with English captions, will sociation offic er s at the outdoor now open, and all manuscripts mus t a nd therefore they stand for some­ oblig·ations to enforce it, declining be shown by the Circolo Italiano at fire-place Thur sday, October 9, at be postmarked not later than mid­ thing in the world. Dr. Brown to submit to the authority of any Pendleton Hall, Friday, October 24, ,:00 p. m. Vera Warner '42 beads night, January 15, 1942, in order to believes that faith is the saving in­ super-ne.tional orl?:an and r esisting at 7 :30 p.m. All those interested Outing Club, and Caroline Knight be considered. Mr. Duvey will di­ fluence of the younger generation, attempts to limit the .sphere of are invited. rect the prize-winning play for '42 is president of Athletic; Asso­ wnich finds everything in which it que tions which are within the ex­ ciation. Martha Bieler, President of production somet ime in t he month could have faith torn to shreds by clusive jurisdiction of states. A . A. in 1940-41 attended the par­ of May, 1942. The Trib tary Mathematics Club the modern critics. The Church The attitude of the state, accord­ ty, and guest of honor was Miss Theater is sponsored by the Com­ is the symbol for the spiritual ing to Dr . Lauterpacht, is the at­ Harriet Clarke who left W ellesley The first meeting of the Mathe­ munity Recreation Service of Bos­ power that can counteract this titude of the bulk of its citizens. last year to become chairman of matics Club for the year 1941-1942 ton, Inc. tendency. It is the place where P ersons most k eenly disappointed the Physical Education Depart­ will take place at the Recreatio!l Inter ested students may secure Building, Monday, October 27, at we '~gather v1.s1on and gain in the achievements of internation­ ment at Radcliffe. information and application blanks strength to complete our tasks in al law are frequently those who 7:30 p.m. for the contest by writing the P lay­ everyday life." shrink with horror from the sug­ Tennis Tournament writing Contest Department. Tribu­ gestion that their state abandon tary Theater, 739 Boylston Street, The second round of the Tennis La Tertulia part of its sovereignty and free­ Tournament has been played off, Boston. Entries sent from Wel­ Committees Combine To dom of action. but due to rain the tournament is a Wednesday, October 29, is the le ~.ley must first be submitted for Make C. A. Vital Force The radical progress in various little behind schedule, especially date et for the meeting of La T er­ approval to Miss Clemewell Lay, branches of international law and the doubles matches. All partici­ tulia at the Recreation Building at Director of Publicity. "We recognize our past failure 7 :30 p.m. The entertainment will to make C. A. a vital force on the organization made in the two de­ pant , therefore, are strongly include community singing by campus,'' said Ruth Weigle, Presi­ cades following the first World Wai· urged to play off their matches as the entire club, Spanish dances Alumna to Present Song dent of Chr istian Association, at is no less significant because it was soon as possible. which Ter(' sa Guil~en '43, and Concert at Jordan Hall the first All-C. A. meeting in P en­ halted, stated Dr. Lauterpacht. Soledad Salenas '42, will perform dleton Hall at '3 :40 p.m., Thursday, On t he outcome of tbe second World Hockey Players Meet together, and solos by Dorothy PresentinO' a program of songs October 9. War depends the survival of what The Quad team and Miscellane­ Weaver '44. f l'\r v0ic" and clarinet, Norma is enduring and valuable in tradi­ ous played hockey against each Farber, W ellesley '31, will appear The purpose of the meeting was tional international law, other Saturday, October 11. The at J ordan Hall, Boston, Monday, to unite those interested in C. A. Classical Club Dr. Lauterpacht will discuss the g a me was clean and fast, and the October 20, at 8 :30 p. m. Victor and to inject new life and interest question of what direction such Miscellaneous defeated their op­ Tbe Departments of Latin and Polatschek, fir$t clarinetist of the in the future undertakings of the progress may take when he speak ponents by a 4-2 sco1·e. Miss Harris Greek will have a dinner at Pom­ Pn ton Svmphony Orchestra, with organization. Each of th e eight on the future position of the law a nd Elizabeth Gilbert '42 umpired. eroy Hall, Monday, October 20, at Charles RePVPS at the piano, will committee heads addressed the as­ of nations Thursday, Oct ober 23, 6:15 p.m. assist Miss Farber. semblage of two hundred persons in P endleton Hall at 8:00 p.m. Trail Rides The progr am will include songs for three minutes, following which The trai1 rides each Sunday f n · vo i ~P. and cla r inet by Arthur Ruth Weigle read from the Min­ "Rec" Building Becomes morning are .still being planned, Group Plans Program On Bliss and Gord. on Jacob; La Bonne utes of the National Intercollegiate and Elizabeth Hampson '43 is ar­ Chanson by Gabriel Faure; songs Center fQr Activities Means of Social Action Chri tian Council. During t he year 1940-41 tbe Rec­ ranging a trail-ride with Harvard. f or voi ce, piano, r nd clarinet by At the end of the hour those reation Building lounge or club Plans for labor organization in Louis Suohr; and songs by Beet­ attending the meeting signed up r oom was r eserved 127 times. These Senate Offers Agenda local indu tries, work camp proj­ hoven, Schubert, and Schumann. for committee wor k. C. A. r eservations involved 3147 peop:e ects, and support of election of voice. asks all who wi h to sign up For Next Open Meeting officers for Plan E wi}] be topics 'T'ickets will cost $1.65, $1.10, and not including those who dropped in The Wellesley College Senate for committee work and wbo wer<' casually to play bridge, smoke, of discus.sion at the open meeting ~ . fi 5 ;:- nd may be obtained at Jor­ not present at the meeting to send will meet Monday, October 20 in of the Gr oup for Social Action, dan Hall from 10 :30 a. m. to 5 :30 s nd chat, in these rooms but has 140 Green Hall at 4 :40 p. m. In­ their names, houses, and class rank ref er ence to those who attended Moncay, October 20, at 4:40 p.m . p. m. d2ily. Addr: ss mail orders to the Association. terested students a1·e invited to in the Great Hall of Tower Court. to Concert Direction; Aaron Rich­ b1·eakfasts, luncheons, teas, sup­ attend. The agenda is as follows : pers, banquet s, meeting , a nd Ruth Netzorg '43 is in charge of mond, 208 Pierce Building, Copley 1. Request from C. A. for mem­ parties. the meeting. Square, Bost.on. Miss Metheny Writes bers to carry exh·a points. The pool and play areas were 2. Clarification of chaperonage On Pre-School Children likewise much in demand. The to­ i·ules Miss Eleanor Metheny, Assistant tal number of swims in the pool 3. Clarification of society regu­ Professor of Hygiene and Physical was 7359; the badminton attend­ lations Education has received from the a nce totalled 4854, squash 1029, 4. Re-or ganization of method of Iowa Child Welfare Research Sta­ and battle board tennis 299. One class elections tion an announcement of the pub­ hundred forty-four sun baths were 5. Clarific ation of policy con­ lication of her monograph entitled taken on the sun deck. cerning r esignation from B reathing Capac·ity and Grip This year the use of the building elective and appointive offices S trength of Pre-School Children. promises to be even more impres­ Miss Metheny, who came to Wel­ sive wit h thirty loung e r eservat ions lesley in 1940, received her M. S. at to date and with large numbers go­ Newman Club H olds Tea the University of Chicago and her ing in the pool during gener al And Supper for Member s P h.D. at the University of Iowa. swimming hours. These hours are The Newman Club has held two posted on the house boards, at the introductory meetings for the new Information Bureau. Freshman members and the old Harper Method Shop The lounge or club room with kit­ members. Rach el H. Fisher, Prop. chen may be reserved by college The officers for the following T he famou m ethod of scie ntific groups for a nominal fee of fifty year are: Anne T omasello '42, treatment of h air, scalp, kin a n d nails cents if the party numbers fifty or President; Claire Richter '43, Vice­ 23 Central St. Tel. Wel.J290 less and for a slightly larger fee president; Ann LoTd '44, Secretary; for more than fifty. Mary O'Neil '44, Treasurer.

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Psychological Theme Is Grace Notes Paramount in New Novel Freshmen Show Talents B etween The Acts. Virginia ~onata in E fl.at major, op. 12, no. As Promising Thespians Miss Miller Describes Woolf. Harcount Brace and Com- Sonata in G major, op. 96 B a rns vv a llovvs a nd t he Cla ·s o f 1945 Ottoman P,alace School pany. New York 1941. 218 Pages. Sonata in A major, op. 47 - present " '[ y L a dy Dreams " by Eu­ 2 50 gen e P illot. The Palace School of Muhammad $ · · Beethoven The Lady B a rba r a Buck ley '45 M a rie, he r m a id P a tricia Kn a pp '45 the Conqueror, Barnette Miller "The curtain rose. They spoke." With the playing of these three A Liltle Old L a dy H e le n Hall '45 Harvard University Press Cam~ But these are the last lines of the sonatas October 8 in Billings Hall, The Other Woma n J a net H a h n '45 bridge. 1941. 183 pages. ' $2.00. book. The reader is never shown The Two Ado r a bles Mr. David Barnett and Mr. Rich­ runette R osemar y N ack i nson ' 45 In her recently published histor- the drama. For Virginia Woolf ard Burgin broug ht to a close the B loncle 'l'inka D er ecktor '45 ica l monograph, The Palace School does not deal in drama, the tangible series of concerts in which they D irecte d b y B etty Aufsess e r '44 "Suppressed D esires" of Muhammad the Conqileror, Miss objective plot; rathe1· she is con­ performed all of Beethoven''s son­ b~r Susan Glaspe ll Barnette Miller, Professor of His- cerned with a "criss-cross of lines atas for violin and piano. We see H enrietta M a rjorie Olsen '45 Stephen H e len Hughes '45 tory at Wellesley, gives an account making no pattern,'' moving but t his superb series end with re­ Mabel Dorothy Ste mpf '45 of the Ottoman dynasty's long - coming to no conclusion. Beauty, gret. Although the concerts were Directed b y Ma r y Ellen Gill '44 lived school of state which is at the sunlight playing on gold-fish; all well attended, much of the audi­ A new gr oup of Freshmen Barn­ once scholarly and entertaining to emotions, love, hate, peace; little ence, especially last week, was swallows tried their wings Satur­ t he layman. Miss Miller is espec- actions, the movement of a man's composed of music lovers from out­ day evening as a carefully chosen ially well equipped to deal with the h2nd, all weave in and out as they side the college. The aesthetic leth- group of aspiring actresses from the class of 1945 presented two subject because of the many years ri sP. to the surface of consciousness argy on our own c.ampus to such Kneeling Woman which she spent in Turk ey as a and then pass away. The chief perf ormances as these hardly one act plays in Alumnae H all. by Naomi Ascher '42 teacher of history in the Women's c h aracters, an English family of speak s we 11 of sensitivity to superb My Lady Dreams gave the Fresh­ man players, with one exception, Colleo·e of Istanbul. This volume, fth our · an d t h eir two friends, live in music existing among our own stu- Art Museum Exhibits a chance to show their mettle in second in a series of thr ee, i· s a .e1 r · ownh individual flux of im- c' ents. Let us hope the Music De- Student Summer Work "history of the trainini:r school for· press1on-t oughts, isolated in sub- a cleverly woven image of t he ~ · t· •t d b · • partment will offer us a similar The upstairs corridor of the brief reverie of a woman about to government officials, military offi- Jec"t hIV I y,h anth earmg no relations series in the near future and that Wellesley Art Building is housing give up the man she really loves cer.s, and court functionar ies which w1trusion eac f o er excetpt when1 · the·d in- more undergraduates will bring to was established by Muhammad II o some ex erna mc1 ent through October 27 an exhibit of to save her career as a writer. forces upon the 1 1 such concerts the support of this Such fleeting things as dreams are and w_hich was undoubtedly one of m a common eve . student work accomplished during This intrusion is never more than group received from more mature the past summer. Although the certainly difficult to write of and his most important creations." fl t . lovers of musi"c. ee mg and soon the characters show is small, it affords us an op­ more difficult to act, since they The fifteenth century court of b k · t th · b · · From the point of view of Bee- portunity to study the styles of the must be dealt with lightly and vet M uhammad the Conqueror was a worlds.pass ac m o eir su Jective thoven's development this program students themselves and of the driven hard over the footlights·. mecca for scholars and artists. A The time of the t · · 1. ·t d was the most interesting of the people under whom they worked. Under the able direction of Betty poet himself, a man of comprehen- to one day' It ce teac wn is im1 e t three, for it exposed the varied Aufsesser '44, a clever cast gave sive intellect and interests, the . n rs on a pagean One of the best pieces shown is S presented by a group of villagers. styles of early, middle, and late t he sculptured "Head of a Girl" by a sensitive performance of Eugene 1 young u tan gathered about him This limit of time and the incident Beethoven. Even in the last of the Barbara Swan '43, done under the Pillot's play, accenting each detail many of t he poets and savants of of the p2geant have almost no in- Opus 12 sonatas, there was a ten- tutelage of George Demetrios. It until every facet of this unusua~ the Near East. Thus, when he trinsic v alue but function merely as dency towards more romantic melo­ is delicately but surely modelle~ work was highly polished. founded his Palace School, shortly devices adding a vague sort of focus die fl.ow especially in the Adagio eveTy contour expressing disarminO' Tinka Derecktor and Rosemary after the conquest of Constantin- to the otherwise somewhat incohe- movement, based upon a lovely Mackinson, as dream children, per­ fragility and determined strenO'th0 ople in 1453, these men were the rent and dream-like movement of melody particularly adaptable to in paradoxical combination. In haps best caught the spirit of the nucleus of its faculty. the book. the violin. Opus 47 was a step her portrait of her mother done play in their delightfully excited The purpose of the school, M W lf h further in development. Dynamics performances, while. Janet Hahn throug hout th e more than four cen- rs. oo . as attempted to re- in pastels, Miss Swan demon~trates create life as movement, not pat- and tempi were more elastic within how her training in sculpture has as "the other woman in every t ur ies of its existence, was to train tern, and the movement of her work the movements themselves. The first aided her in attaining a successful man's life" acted with excellent Christian s laves of the Turkish is the result of a skillful selection movem ent, for example, was, at the characterization. The under lying restraint a role that could easily Empire for posit ions in the Turkish and an arranged incoherence. She beginning, Adagio and then sud- bone structure is well-undel'Stood have been overdone in less com­ government. Slave government, has created at least if not life, denly Presto. The second move- and gives a firm foundation for petent hands. Barbara Buckley, almost incredible to t he occidental a masterpiece of technique. She men t of the same sonata was made th~ subtle drawing by which , she playing tl.rn difficult role of the mind, was "developed by the Turk- has managed t o differentiate and up of theme and variations. These lady and faced with the peculiar catches the flicker of expression. ish rulers as a defensive mechanism to merge together several levels variations did not compare with pr oblem of playing a kind of glor­ Judit h Rothschild '43, ap- designed to prevent-;- y fll"e-e""""--~r cmsduusrress' the }evel ue1-...... ,,....s,_,,e~f.J; he 0 us 30 sonata heard ified stooge to a procession of 'S ion of native-born subjects from j ective thought, of conversation, of last week. They weremechanically proac !es t t ra-tture very dif- dreams, did the best she could. f erently - but quite as interesting the government, the rise of an action both human and animal. The constructed and hard to follow. But the limitations of the charac­ as Miss Swan. In both of the -a ristocracy of blood or of a h ere- (Continued on Page 7, C1Jl. 5) (Continu('.cl on Page 6, Col. 5) ter gave her little chance to dis­ portraits, one of a youth and one of ditary ruling class." Thus for four play her talents. Patricia Knapp a girl, she has not been so concern­ b undred years the students or Museum Shows Etruscan and Helen Hall rounded out the ed with pure characterization as "'pages" of the Palace School were Coward Farce Delights excellent cast. Paintings by Mr. Duell she has been in creating a unified carefully selected slave youths tak­ The companion piece, Sup­ First Boston Audience To lovers of Italian art, the ex­ mood throug h well thought out ·en from the Christian Balkans and Blithe Svirit, an improbable pressed Desires, by Susan Glas­ hibition of watercolors and photo­ composition and consistent tonality, the Cauca us under the famous farce by Noel Coward. pell, treated dreams less seriously, graphs held in the Farnsworth and in expressing the temperament Law of Tribute Children. The sys­ Setting by Sta g ed by devoting its two episodes to the Museum through October 23 pre­ of the .sitter by the mood establish­ tem was satisfactory for a while, Stewart Cha ney Mr. W ils on (Continiwd on Page 6, Col. 2) Dresses for Miss Wood a nd sents an opportunity to study some ed. but it gradually outlived its worth M i ·s Corbett from Mainboch 0r rare Etruscan works of art. These CAS'l' and, by preventing infusion of na­ (In order of a ppear a n ce) wall paintings from the fifth­ Fine composition in the three tive blood into the government, r e­ Edith J acqueline Cla rke century tombs at Tarquinia are dimensional field is represented by COMMUNITY R uth ... P ~g 0 ·y W oo cl tarded the developn1ent of the C ha r les Clifton \Vel) b practically the sole surviors of photographs of Naomi Ascher's PLAYHOUSE Turkish people and contributed to Dr. Bra dman . . . P hilip T onge monumental paintings of the time plaster cast of a clay figure . WELLESLEY HILLS Mrs. Bra dma n . P h y llis J oyce when ancient painting r eached its the decay of Ottoman culture. Madame Arcati Mildred N a t w ick (see cut), done under Oronzio Mal­ Mats. at 2: lfi At its height, the P alace School E lvira ...... L eonora Corbett highest achievement and, moreover, darelli. In it there is something of . Oct. 16·17·18 ·enrollment numbered from four to When Noel Coward calls his new they are perhaps the best represen­ the solidity and realization of the Tllurs.-Frl.·Sat. A Return Enga g e ment of six thousand. The course, which play "an improbable farce" he is tatives of the lost mural paintings architectural implications of sculp­ Vivien Leigh J, anrence Olivier 1asted fourteen years, was aimed at uttering a gross understatement. of Greece. ture which were so integral as a "'fHAT JIAMILTON WOMAN!" - a lso- producing a type of "warrior­ Blithe S pirit, which has delighted At this brilliant and extraordi­ part of Maillol's creed. March of Time's audiences in war-torn London, i's narily creative p eriod in Athens "THUl\IBS UP TEXAS" statesman and loyal Mo.slem who, Other works worth noting are definitely one of the most fantastic itself, the famous ateliers were Mon. and Tues. Oct. 20·21 -at the same time, should be 'a man Sally Hay's '43, faorite land­ tales ever to materialize on any most likely crowded with talented Return Enga g ements of of letters and a gentleman of scapes and still life-carefully Kenny Baker ancl stage. The plot deals with a writer artists and many, of necessity, polished speech, profound courtesy done, well constructed pieces; and Tl1e D'Oyly Carte Chorus In and honest morals'." To this end, and his second wife who invite a must have sought less competitive "THE MIKADO" fields elsewhere; indeed, some of the professional-looking fashion - a lso- the curriculum combined training famous medium in for dinner only Carole Lombard · R . Montgomery the greater artists were probably cuts by Lois Riegelman '44. "1\IR. AND MRS. SMITH" in law and Moslem theology with to have her call up the ghost of the lured from Greece to the more lux­ E.G. '49. education in the Islamic humanities host's deceased first wife in the rudest possible manner. Then urious Etruria by the offers of and physical and vocational train­ wealthy patrons. The preservation ing. A practice of constant super­ when everything seems to be hap­ pening in the most hilarious of these paintings is due to the fact •STAGE• vision by the Sultan, originating that they adorn the walls of the with Muhammad, served to nourish fashion, his second wife dies. "Arsenic and Old Lace" PLYMOUTH (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) dark, subterranean tombs at Tar­ natural ability in the student and quinia; foremost of the twelve Extended through Nov. 1 "The Doctor's Dilemm,a'' with Katherine Cornell SHUBERT to maintain high standards of our eyes a brilliant pageant of Etruscan capitals and City of the achievement. young men, physically beautiful, Tarquins-kings of early Rome. Through Oct. 18 COLONIAL The daily life of the Palace training for sports and war games, The site is on the west coast and "Let's Face It", new Cole Porter musical show WILBUR School pages was long veiled by riding in processions before the about sixty miles north of Rome. "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward oath in strictest secrecy. Describ­ Sultan, absorbing the culture of Here the tombs range in date from With Clifton Webb, Peggy Wood. Through Oct. 25 ing it, Miss Miller brings before Islam and mastering the art of the latter part of the sixth century "Rio Rita" another Shubert revival of famous diplomacy, and finally graduating to the middle of the second century operettas OPERA HOUSE to positions in the government of B.C. Don Cossacks - Sunday aft. Oct. 18 SYMPHONY HALL (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) COLONIAL the Ottoman Empire. B. A. '42 IN PROSPECT Natick, Mass. Tel. Nat. 1700 •Always Cool and Comfortable "The Mikado" staged by R. H. Burnside. Opening Oct. 20. Thurs.-Sat. Oct. 16-18 Mat. 2 "Sons of Fun" with Carmen Miranda. Opening Thur. Oct. 23. & Sun. Jack Benny • Kay Francis ~at. S T• G E 0 R G E "Macbeth" with Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson. Opening Cont. Eve. 6:30 "CHARLEY'S AUNT" 2 P. M. FRAMINGHAM Last Show 8 Oct. 27 through Nov. 8. Charlie Ruggles • Ellen Drew Where All the New Pictures Play "Separate Rooms'', with Alan Dinehart. Opening Oct. 27. ' "TRE PARSON OF PAN A~IINT" Thurs - Fri - Sat Ballet Russe, opening on Nov. 3 for one week. Oct. 19·21 Sun thru W·ed Sun.· Tues. Ann Sheridan - Jack Oakle ''Banjo Eyes" with Eddie Cantor. Musical version of "Three Fre·d MacMurray - Mary Martin Sonja Henle Men on a Horse." "NEW YORK TOWN" "Navy Blues" "Sun Valley Serenade" Dorothy Maynor, Oct. 26 Marian Anderson, Nov. 9 Ann Sothern • George Murphy co-feature co-feature "RINGSIDE MAISIE" Gloria Swanson - Adolphe WELLESLEY TIIEATRE TICKET AGENCY Robt. Preston - Nancy Kelly Menjou PLEASE NOTICE: Beginning 34 Church Street, Wellesley, Mass. Monday, Oct. 20, All Weekday "Father Takes a Wife" Open Daily 9 to 5:80 Tel. Wel. 0915 Evening Performances Will Start "Parachute Battalion" a t 7 :45. 6 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER 16, 1941

Coward Comedy Proves "Let's Face It" Scores Grace Notes An Amusing Succe_§_s Hathaway Bookshop Exhibits New Big Su·ccess for Kaye (Continued from Page 5, Col. 8) (Continued from Page 5, Col. 2) With New Porter Songs The highlight of the program Then - you've guessed it - she Fainting of Katherine Lee Bates· was the second sonata-Opus 96. too returns from the spirit world Vinton Freedley presents Let's Here was later Beethoven: less tan­ and the production works itself up Face It, a new musical comedy with gible, more complex, and far more to an amazing finish. the book by Herbert and Dorothy original. The first movement The play is more like a "Topper" Fields and music and lyrics by Cole theme was more complex. It was movie than a Noel Coward comedy, Porter. Staged by Edgar Mac­ from a more abstract concept than and its author should r eally be Gregor with dances and ensembles any of the other sonatas have in­ ashamed of himself for allowing by Charles Walters, settings by dicated. In the second movement, Harry Horner, costumes designed Hollywood to beat him to the draw. there was a straight-forward Ger­ by John Harkrider and music under Furthermore, he should have made man theme such as we have met up his mind whether he wanted to the direction of Max Meth. CAST before; better woven than the concentrate on riotous farce action (In o rder of their a ppear ance) others. This movement ended on a or brittle drawing-room comedy. Ma dge H a ll ...... Ma rguerite B ent0n H e len Ma r cy ...... H ele ne Bliss deceptive cadence and was immedi­ Unfortunately, he has confused the Doro thy Crowthe r s I ... . H elen Devlin ::i. tely followed by the Scherzo. The two and his second act drags no­ Anna (a m a id) ..... K a li t a Humphreys Winnie P otter . . . Ma ry J a ne W a lsh fourth movement was again inter­ ticeably under the weight of too Mr . Fink ...... Lois Bolton esting in its tempi and dynamic much too smart talk. Sophisticated Mrs. Wigglesw orth ...... Margie Evan s A nothe r Ma id ...... Sa lly Bond changes. It opened Poca alle,qretto conversation, especially as Mr. Ma ggie W atson ...... Eve Arde n but was follow"'d immediately by Coward reports it, is all very well Julirt n W a tson . . . . J oseph Maca ulay N ancy Collis t er ...... Vivia n Va nce an expressive Ada.aio and just as in its place, of course, but it does George Collist e r ...... J a:m es T ? dd abruotly. the Adagio was replaced not belong in this particular second Cornelia A biga il Pigeon .Edith Meiser Judge H enry Cla y Pigeon by the final Allegro section. The act. Fred Irv ing L ewis Allegro contained a beautiful con­ Molly Wincor ...... Ma rio n Harvey A four star cast, almost blinding Ma rgaret H owar d ... . B everly Whitney trapuntf).l portion which was a in its brilliance includes, Clifton Ann T odd ...... J a n e B a ll st::irtling- contn~ st with the rhyth­ P hilip (a select ee) . .. .. H epry Au ~in mic quality of the preceding sec­ Webb, Peggy Wood, Mildred Nat­ Jules (anoth er selectee) l'I ony Can d t wick, and the lovely young English E d d ie Hilliard . . Jack Willia m s tion. G. T. '42 Fra nkie B u r n s ...... Benny Bak er actress, Leonora Corbett. Murie l McGillicu ddy .. . . . Sunnie O'D ea Mr. Webb and Miss Wood act the J ea n B la n ch a rd . . a n ette Fa bray band, and e;ets his girl back again. L ieuten a nt Wigg ins Houston Rich a rds unhappy host and hostess of the J e rry W a lker ...... Danny K aye Danny Kaye rocked Lady in the medium and her lovely mistake Gloria Gunthe r (a h ostess at Dark audiences last season in his Service Club) ...... Betty Mor a n with considerable charm and deft Sigana Earle ...... Miri.am ,F r anklin first Broadway part with a song skill. Leonora Corbett manages to Ma ster of Cerem onies .. William Lilling whose entire lyric was a collection P riva t e W a lsh ...... F red Nay of Russian names. In the new play look very lovely in an eer ie green D a nce T eam light, no mean feat in it self. Ma r y P a rker a nd B illy Danie l he goes himself one better and However,· despite the presence of S t.anis lav T sch ovelov (of t h e stop the show for a good five B a llet Russe) .. Garr y Davis this marvelous gathering of the­ M r s. Wiggins ...... K a li ta Humph reys minutes w ith a music1l pantomine atrical talents, there is no doubt H ead W a iter (a t the Holl yh ock telling "The Story of a Selectee" Inn) ...... George F lorence as to whom the play will belong The Royal Guards with one dictionary work to every to from the moment when Mildred KA THERINE LEE •BATES T ommy Gleason, Ollie West four lines of "bump dittee wat dot". Roy Russell Rick i T anzi Natwick first comes in, wearing a Supporting the now-inimitable A new portrait of Katharine Lee -all are here. The students of H enry A ustin, T ony Ca rid i hideous but formal evening dress L et's Face It is definitely co~o s ­ Kaye are : Mary Jane Walsh, his Bates is now on exhibition at and a plaid blanket. Cast as the today to whom she is known chiefly sal. It will stand Broadway on its gir1, who is long on the pep and act­ Hathaway House. The artist, startled medium, she injects much as the author of that finest of pa­ well-dressed ear and send the first­ ing t alent but a little short on the Mary Burgess, a well-known Phila­ vitality into the play and without triotic hymns, "America the Beau­ nighters home raving about Danny vocal ability; Eve Arden, the pay­ delphia portrait painter, is the niece her it might not have fared as well tiful," will see her in this portrait Kaye's antics, the imported Holly­ ing hostess, doing a deliciously of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Burgess as it did in Boston Monday eve­ as she was toward the end of her wood-designer's costumes, the real~y satirical job on the sophisticated of Wellesley Hills, Mrs. Burgess ning. We should like to write on life, in her study among her books, good-looking and smooth-moving super-wife; Jack Wil:iams (who herself is a niece of Miss Bates. about her indefinitely through her hair making a silver halo chorus girls, a nd humming Cole can really tap dance) and Benny Old fr iends and former students columns unending, so clever is her about her head. Porter's songs to remind them of a Baker playing an amusing fat and will find this portrait an unusually interpretation of this novel type hilarious evening. skinny as Kaye's stooges. vivid likeness. The familiar The portrait will be on exhibition of role. The Fields' plot and characters L et's Face It is gay, extravagant, twinkle in the eye, the lovely during the month of October, in Whether or not New York are only slightly more than ade­ and timely (let's face it-we're in friendly expression of the whole the Art Room on the second flo'or is pleased, Mr. Coward's latest quate for a musical, and while the the army now). And though we face, the exquisitely modelled hands of the bookshop. offering has certainly delighted book is essentially a filler for the take exception to a couple of un­ songs and dances, the show is faat Boston, and although we cannot well as the traditionally feather­ called for cracks against Whee!er Barn Presents Freshmen and funny as it follows the love­ prophesy that its future success is brained wife, while Dorothy and Lindbergh, the show is a light­ assured we should like to wish it In Two One-Act 'Dreams' Stempf as her sister, provided life of a rookie over a week-end hearted and entertaining pageant luck. "Hail to thee, Blithe Spirit!" (Continued from Page 5, Col. 5) most of the evening's laughter. during which he loses his girl, hires of the present American scene set M. E. E. '44 rather hectic situation created in The play was, per haps, not the himself out to an older woman as to music that will sweep the coun­ a happy home by an overdose of best possible choice since it did not jealousy bait for a wayward bus- try. J.E. M. '43 Duell Exhibit Shows psycho-analysis. provide sufficient contrast with the Etruscan Paintings Helen Hughes as the distraught first, but that was hardly the fault (Continued from Page 5, Col. 3) husband whose wife insists upon of the three Freshmen in the cast By the end of the sixth century, interpreting his every word, dream, nor of Mary Ellen Gill '44, their Etruria was the strongest power in and action, did a one woman job director, who kept the play moving the Mediterranean area. She ru]ed of play-saving worthy of Gertrude always at a brisk and smooth pace. almost the whole of the Italian Lawrence. Marjorie Olsen acted M. E. E. '44 peninsula and her fleet dominated the sea. At this period these paint­ ings were made. The scenes are gay with banquets. games, and dancing, and the bright colors used by the artists are in harmony with the College News ! spirit of the times. The watercolor copies, nine in number, were made over a long per­ iod in the strong white light of a number of acety]ene lamps and they accurately reproduce the ancient colors, which are remarkably well preserved. The photographs were taken scientifically and with the best equipment available. Many are full sized and clearly show the technique of the ancient artists, 100% wool flan­ the incisions made in the plaster, nel i n scarlet. the preliminary drawing, and the brush strokes. n a v y, green o r The exhibition was arranged by tar tan. the Fogg Museum of Art of Har­ vard University, where it was on display for several weeks. Prentice Zipped to the big Duell is Fellow fo1· Research in Etruscan Art at the Fogg Museum bow at the waist and a comprehensive publication of in back. these paintings is now being pre­ pared under the auspices of the Museum. $12.75 For FORMALS No Cramming Necessary! PLAYTEX PANTIE GIRDLE For swell flavor and SILKSKINS VASSARETTES real chewing fun-the $2 to $5 answer is delicious EVENING ~fi4ttn.4,'{ne. Wrigley's SPearmint Gum BRASSIERES The Trousseau House of Boston at the '54 · Centre Street, Wellesley UNITED CORSET SHOPS, Inc. Boston Palm Beach Hyannis 57 Central Street, Wellesley WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER 16, 1941 7

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Conversation for the most beauty and dur ability which you all October 15, in P endleton Hall. part is limited to idiotic exclama­ Mr. Nabokov believes Gogol had insist on. If you're interested in tions ; action is almost never pre­ pajamas you'll find a wonderful a penetrating influence on Dostoev­ sented through exposition but supply here in soft pink and blue ski, Franz Kafka, and the great rather through the subjective re­ and exquisite white. Slips are $2.95 Jam es Joyce. He spoke of The Cloak, an action to it of one of the charac­ and $3.95 and pajamas are priced ters. from rayon at $3.95 to silk at $7.50. "irrational" short story, as particularly illustrative of the link For Your Books Indeed whole scenes are tingled between Gogol and later pictorial by t his same weirdness of imagina­ Many of you have found by now writers. English translations of The tion. The last scene of the pageant that t he regular college bookcases Cloak have distorted the intricate entitled "Ourselves" was presented aren't quite adequate for the huge beauties of the original, and for as a kind of dance of mirrors, each supply of books you've collected t hi s reason Mr. Nabokov is com­ 2 ctor holding a mirror and flashing over the years. We think we've pleting his own translation, in the the audience distorted fragments What excitement you'll find in found an inexpensive solution for hope of retaining Gogol's subtle­ of themselves. Here the atmos­ ties. the Vil this week! Now that ev­ this problem. Why not buy a phere in the book becomes hectic Wednesday's lecture, Gogol, A a nd Virginia Woolf breaks into a eryone is well launched in classes smaller bookcase to fill in a corner of your room and keep it especially W est European Writer, was the jazz of sound effect "shiver into and the library is getting to be for your favorite "non-text" third and last lecture by Mr. Nabo­ Dr. Serge Koussevitzky splinters the old vision. Smash to part of the regular routine, the Vil books ? These cases are also grand kov this fa]]. A second series will atoms what was whole. What a for decorative purposes and as a be announced next spring. In honor of Dr. Serge Kousse­ cackle; Wbat a rattle. What a Shops have decided to h elp you --0--- brighten your outlook with marvel­ place to keep nicknacks. COR­ vitzky, noted conductor of the Bos­ yaffle as they call the woodpecker KUM'S has t hem in stock for you. Town Players Will Give laughing kind from tree to tree." QUS suggestions to liven your so­ ton Symphony Orchestra, President The good news is that the prices Comedy by S. N. Behrman Certainly this is a significant cial life. begin at 98 cents! The W ellesley Players' Club will Mildred H. McAfee will give a din­ book-but in my opitrl~n it is less open its 1941-42 season with S. N. ner in the small dining room at great than it might be !"imply be­ Glamorous Moments College Pets Behrman's No Time For Comedy Tower Court, Wednesday, October cause in some instances Mrs. HUNTER'S STATIONERY GROSS STRAUSS has the most to be given for the benefit of 22, at 7 p.m. The g uests will in­ Woolf's super-sensitivity has gone STORE is a veritable pet shop the British War Relief Society. over the edge into the abnormal. beautiful collection of evening t hese days. Here you animal lovers clude members of t he Music De­ This fast-moving, sophisticated E.W. '43. clothes you've ever seen. Just t o will find all your favorite pets in comedy will be presented Friday partment and representatives from look at the glorious array of for­ felt, fur, wood, glass, metal and evening, October 17, in the Welles­ the college Or chestra and Choir. mals puts you right in t he mood wool. Can you believe it! Real fur ley Senior High Schoo1 Auditorium. animals that stand up as orna­ Following the dinner, there will for soft lights and smooth music. Further information may be se­ TRIANGLE SHOP ments are priced at 69 cents and cured from Mrs. Helen Mansfield be a reception for all the members They're simply irresistible and they're made into pins at $1.00. in the Alumnae Office or at the of Orchestra and Choir in the Great very new! In fact, they've just ar­ Real wool animals are 59 cents. Workroom of the W ellesley Unit of Hall at Tower Court. Dr . 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Try a jar today l &BBID Al all etoree 11elling toilet goode (alao in lOhnd S9tjan) NATION-WIDE IAIL-All SEIVICI ------8 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, OCTOBER 16, 1941 New Society Members Village Juniors Find Freshmen Theatre Workshop To Formal Dance Initiates R eceive Red Roses As Run Tryouts for Parts In Social Season at Tower Tokens of Initiation Budget Playbox Shows Are Amazing, Beautiful ,and Poised The social life of Tower Court (Continiied fr o1n Page 1, Col. 1.) (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3) will open officially with a formal Hough, Miriam Lashley, Martha By Mary Elizabeth Edes assigned to backstage duties in con­ dance in honor of the Freshmen, Lydecker, Ruth Martin, Gertrude nection with the production. Fre­ Saturday, October 25. The Social quent advice and criticism are Robinson, Elizabeth Wash, and "We just love the Freshmen," when asked what she would do if consists of Margaret Abbe '42, she should break a C. G. rule, she given by the director of Theatre Marjorie Wood. was one remark typifying the at­ Workshop, Edith M. Smaill, and the chairman; Caroline Muhlenberg titude of those "vile juniors" solemnly replied, "I would report '43, Jean Hellens '44, and J ean Alpha Kappa Chi has chosen for immediately to Miss Stafford." technical director, Charles Rogers. toward the Class of Hf45, and The Playbox has been fitted into Platt '42. membership Juniors Esther Brain­ This year's innovations in the "They certainly are a good-looking the basement of Green Hall in as ard, Pauline Callahan; Elizabeth pattern of Freshman life have class," is another. The Freshmen unlikely a place for a theatre as Gorman, E leanor Hanson, J oan proved most successful. The anyone could find. Under and this year have impressed their ad­ scheme of placing commuters in Hubbard, Mary G. Jones, Margaret around the steampipes is a stage campus houses during Freshman Ann Knappen, Carolyn B. Merriam, visors in '43 as a class of poised nineteen feet wide by ten feet deep Week has resulted in closer com­ Ruth Munroe, Alice Robertson, young women who have taken Wel­ with front curtain, lighting equip­ panionship between the two groups, * Patricia Thurston, and Dorothy lesley in their stride without the ment, and audience .space for fifty * and the plan of having a night Jean Whitcomb. New Senior mem­ persons. slightest hesitation, and, despite watchman escort girls from Wash­ Traditionally fine bers are Marjorie Boynton, Cicely the fact that ~me of them pessimis­ ington House to their village dorm­ The effective plays presented in Church, Virginia Denson, Virginia itories after late permissions is this miniature theatre last year at Touraine are Gardner, Judith Holman, Dorothy tically labeled her grey book test working out well, although one girl were a source of pride and satis­ S. Jacobs, Shirley Knight, Anne M. "first attempt," they leaped all the persists in referring to him as ''the faction to the members of the class N egbaur, Louise Ormond, Emilie hurdles of Freshman Week with the greatest of ease. village porter." and their appreciative audiences. Schoentag, Marga1·et Stauf, Lelah Experience confirms the opinion GLOVES Sullivan. Their greatest problem, the Vil­ The Village Junior for commut­ that a play well directed and acted ers says that the funniest experi­ Phi Sigma has elected from '4'3 , lage Juniors all agree, is the acad­ rises above the mere physical as­ For years we have been _ emic adjustment before and behind ence .she had ended up with the pects of the stage and seating ar­ Betty Crossley, Suzanne Easton, joke on her as she tried to show acknowledged leaders . . . Margaret Harris, Margaret Ivy, them. "Their whole sense of pro­ rangements. again this year we have portion has had to be readjusted," the commuters around a Wellesley Mary Judd, Caroline Marihugh, said one of them. It was not until that they knew as well or better gloves of every type. Inez Markley, Julia Marshall, Eliz­ Freshman Week was over that col­ than she did. Most of the Village abeth Piper, Margaret Redeker, lege life and its problems began to Juniors, however, are unable to re­ Letty Reigner, Ro.salind Schang, MORRIS worry '45. They couldn't find their call anything really fantastic that and Kather ine Tucker. New Senior way around Founders and Green; happened during the usually hectic Tailor • Cleanser members are Constance Barrett, they were unused to the quantity days of Freshman Week, so co­ Lily Byrd, Mary Byrd, Graham of work before them; and although operative and poised is 1945. Furrier Jackson, Elizabeth Krise, Janice 1ou'liaine close friendships had begun to McGowan, Betty O'Connor, and all work done on the premises form within dormitories in the vil­ 60 Central Street Doris Pepper. Evening Dress for Sale Free Call and Delivery Service lage, upperclassmen and girls from Custom-made. smartly styled eve­ Agora announces the election of other houses appeared as a mob of ning dress of h eavy brocade ... Wellesley 1 strangers. Size 14. E xtrem ely low priced. 62 Cental Street Juniors Carolyn Johnson, Lo.is Selle r willing to bring it t o the Jund, Martha Gill, Mary Rogers, The Freshmen, however, are all campu s. Tel. Wei. 3427 Katherine Woodson, Mary Lang­ trying to know everyone on cam­ Call ARN. 3647 * * don, Jane Piclrnrd, Muriel Mattson, pus and they are all very friendly. Carolyn Putnam, Dickey Lightner, Furthermore, the Village Juniors Barbara Colburn, Elizabeth Hamp­ insist, they are a lucky class, for son, Mildred Kramer, and Con­ they all seem to have brothers and stance Qua. Newly elected Seniors cousins nearby who all know the are Elizabeth Reid, Mariko I.shi­ cream of M. J. T., Harvard, and the guro. Nancy McKelvie, Margaret Army. Needles, Hannah Schiller, and Frances Colville. Difficulties with permissions caused some trouble at first, since the maze of grey book rules con­ Alunmae Note s fused everyone. One Freshman took it all so very .seriously that, Married Sonia Sa lter '41 to Nelson H. Cap­ la n. Barbara Ma tthews '41 to Lloyd Av­ e r y N ewcom be. Junior Elections Harrie t Qu a '36 to Dr. H enry Mar­ t y n L em on, Univers ity of Chicago, Harvard Medical Sch ool '40. • Nancy Dobson, Sophomore Ma r y Louise Bass '37 to E dwa rd L. President of the Class of 1943, Giddings, U nive rs ity of Maine and Yale School of F o restry , announced Tuesday, October 14, that the elections for Junior class officers had been canceled College Notes on account of difficulties which arose in connection with the Enga,ged pointing system as it now B 1l11 e Marie Maxey ex-'42 to M. stands. After the matter has M acDona ld Jones, U nited Sta t es Mil­ been considered by Senate Mon­ ita ry Ac.ademy '41. day, October 20, the elections Married will start again with new nom­ E lean or H a ldeman ex-'43 to J ean inations. Eaton F ontaine III, Harv.a.rd '41.

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