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XLVII 2 311 WELLESLEY, MASS., MARCH 29, 1939 No. 23 MR. MacNEICE TO READ Malcolm H. Holmes Announces New Mr. Campbell TO COLLEGE AUDIENCE College Cheers Program of Wellesley Concert Series Will Criticize j|||nor Young English Poet to Give Officers Last Reading of Series Mr. Malcolm H. "Coriolanus" For This Year Holmes of the Music Eleanor Beane, Marjorie Department has an- McCullough To Assist Louis MacNeice, one of the Author and Literary Expert nounced an outstand- In C. G. Offices group of young English poets who Will Give Annual Talk ing group of programs initiated the most recent "new" J. STRAHAN IN NEWS On Shakespeare for the Wellesley Con- movement in poetry, will give the cert Series of 1939- A. Winship, E. Blakeney, L. last 1940. The series will Mr. Oscar James Campbell, pro- of this year's Poets' Readings Sheppard to Act as Senior consist of five pro- fessor of English at Columbia Uni- Wednesday, April 12, at 4:45 p.m. Vice-Presidents grams which should versity, will deliver the annual in Pendleton Hall. of Shakespeare lecture this year, appeal to every type According to tradition, members This group of poets has been entitled "Coriolanus as a Sat- music-lover. of the four classes cheered the influenced by T. S. Eliot, who has officers for 1939-1940 ire," Monday, April 17, at On Oct. 31, Emanuel minor into been interested in 8 p. m., in Pendleton Hall. Mr. their work. Feuermann, 'cellist will office In the court of Green Hall Campbell has made a study of sat- Each one, however, has developed play here. Mr. Feuer- Tuesday afternoon, March 28, at ire at the turn of the century his own poetic manner. Among mann, who made 3:40 o'clock. With the new major officers, they will assume their du- (1600) and will present a fresh them are W. H. Auden, Stephen his debut in this coun- point of view on Coriolanus. The Spender, and C. Day-Lewis. They try four years ago with ties directly after spring vacation. are the York Philhar- College Government's Senior speaker is affiliated with the Hunt- alike in their concern with po- New litical monic Orchestra, has Vice-President will be Eleanor ington Library and is the author and economic affairs of their pronounced one of Beane, and Junior Vice-President, of A Book of Narratives, Come- time; they voice this concern in been their greatest 'cellists of Marjorie McCullough. Barbara dies of Holberg, and several other poetry, which reflects the the '41 all time. Adolph Busch Prentice is Treasurer, Mary works dealing with literature and machine age in its imagery and vocabulary. and Rudolph Serkin, a Louise Stafford '42, Recording Sec- its teaching. retary, and Theodora North '42, Mr. MacNeice, the son of an team who have achiev- MALCOLM H. HOLMES Furness Fund Speaker Col- Ulster clergyman, was born in ed a brilliant success in Corresponding Secretary of Following studies at Harvard Government. The new Supe- Ireland. He was educated in an this country, will pre- lege Ph. this American group whose reper- representatives are: which led to a D. degree, Mr. English school and later attended sent a joint recital of music for rior Court toire will comprise nine original Senior member, Campbell went abroad as a trav- Oxford, where he met other mem- violin and piona on November 31. Margaret Gilkey, ballets including the famous Green Junior member, and eling fellow to work at univer- bers of this group. He has pub- Bringing a ballet company to Nancy Siverd, Table and The Big City. Sophomore member. sities in Copenhagen, Berlin, Par- lished three books of poetry, and Wellesley for the first time, Mr. Esther Duke, The noted pianist, Serge Rach- Fritz '40 will assume du- is, London, and at Oxford. He has a fourth, a long poem, Autumn Holmes has booked the Jooss Bal- Marion maninoff, will play here on Feb- ties as C. G. Fire Chief. had an extensive teaching career, Journal, will appear shortly. Be- let for January 12, 1940. This will ruary 14, and Kirsten Thorborg, News has chosen Jane Strahan serving at the U. S. Naval Acad- sides poetry, Mr. MacNeice has mark the fourth American tour of Metropolitan Opera contralto, will '40 as Managing Editor and Kath- emy, the University of Michigan, written a prose work, In the Zoo, present the final program, March erine Edwards '40 as Business and the University of Wisconsin, and has collaborated with Mr. 12. Miss Thorborg, who has been Manager. Ann Winship will act as well as at Columbia. In 1918 he Auden in Letters From Iceland- Kurt Lewin To Give hailed as a new and important as Senior Vice-President of the was selected by the U. S. govern- He has been a lecturer in the Movies singer, will make her first solo Athletic Association, and Virginia ment to collect information on Tur- classics at the University of Talk, Show appearance in the vicinity of Bos- Anderson as Junior Vice-Presi- key to be used at the Peace Confer- Birmingham and a lecturer in ton at this Wellesley concert. dent. A. A. Treasurer is Martha ence. Greek at Bedford College for Using movies made at the Uni- Subscribers will be glad to Bieler '41, Secretary is Caroline This lecture is made possible by Women. versity of Iowa Institute for Child learn that an increased number '42, and Custodian is Kath- the Furness given by Knight Fund, Horace Mr. MacNeice, who is in this Welfare, Lewin, formerly of Kurt of $5.50 seats on the floe- are to erine Sprunt '42. E. Creswell Howard Furness, Jr., in memory country only on a brief visit, is the University of Berlin, now at be offered, and there will be a dis- Blakeney has been elected Busi- of his father, a Shakespearean the first member of this group to the University of Iowa, and lec- count of $1.00 for those who make ness Manager of Barnswallows. scholar. give readings at Wellesley. payment by June 1, 1939. Old sub- other two important Barn turing this semester at Harvard The scribers will have renewal privi- offices will be filled by Elizabeth University, will speak of his work, leges on their seats until this date. Siverd '41 as Vice-President and April News Investigates Star Market Monday, 17, in Pendleton Tickets as usual will be on sale at Eleanor Agee '42 as Secretary. Hall at 4.40 p. m. Mr. Lewin, who $8.00, $5.50, and $4.00. Further Senior Vice-President of Chris- information can be obtained from Esther Wil- Track Driver Strike In Wellesley is a leading psychologist of today, tian Association is Mr. Holmes at Billings Hall. is is a member of the Gestalt school liams, and Junior Vice-President The newly elected By Dorothy Blum of Psychology, and has formulated Mary Tiebout. Gloria Hine '41, his individual theories in regard to C. A. Secretary is "Don't buy in this store, lady, negligible affair that was petering is Marion Peck this approach to the work of psy- Committee Selects and the Treasurer we're striking for higher wages," out" and maintained that the has been chology. '42. Lucile Sheppard chant the truck drivers who march truckman got from 18 to 26 dollars as Forum's next Senior Dr. Lewin's interests lie partic- Float Night Motif chosen up and down outside the Star Mar- a week. Fiora Mariotti '41 ularly in Social Psychology, the re- Vice-President, ket at Wellesley, while American The problem of the clerks' strike the office of Forum lation of the child to the environ- Hatters, March Hares, and will assume Federation of Labor agitators try Mad was even more confusing. Michael Treasurer, with Hannah Schiller ment, and it is upon this phase of Turtles will provide gay and to shame the clerks into joining Mahon, Union organizer (who in Mock '42 as Secretary. Psychology that he will address his subjects for Float Night them. The situation in Wellesley a spirit of jocularity told the News colorful Wellesley audience, although the and village gives us an opportunity to that he was James F. Curley) designs. The popular humor- exact title of his talk has not yet Former Trustee Gave study in miniature the complex- maintained that 51 per cent of the ous story of "Alice in Wonder- been determined. His movies will Suggestion For Seal ities of the labor situation, with clerks of all three Star Markets land" by Lewis Carroll has been include those made of his study its conflicting stories, and mud- had signed up with the Union. chosen as the motif for the floats of children in three play groups, By Doris Bry slinging. The A. F. of L. claims "But though the men have come on the traditional night, this year organized according to "Democra- that the employer of the three out in the other stores, the ones Friday, May 19, with May 20 as Though we are prone to take the cy," "Autocracy," and '"Anarchy," Star Markets, Mr. Mugar, refused in here are afraid of losing their the alternate date. The wide va- Wellesley seal and coat of arms and showing comparative attitudes to recognize the unions and "won't jobs," he explained. Mr. Mahon riety of fantastic characters will for granted, in passing it at Tow- and accomplishments of the groups. even read a contract." said that the clerks got 15 to 18 enable float and program design- er Court, of 29 on Strike dollars a week and worked for 70 ers to make full use of their artis- how many minimum realize At present, as far as can be hours, while the Union MR. BEALES TO GIVE tic imagination and ingenuity. us 29 truckmen from for 53 hours. that it is determined, the is 22 dollars TWO LECTURES HERE Elizabeth Ramsey '40, Chairman all Markets are also wants the Star since of the three Star The Union of Pageantry, urges all who are only out on strike. According to Allan Market to pay for the laundering 1917, due to Two Departments to Sponsor interested to contribute float de- Bush, one of the drivers, "we get of the clerks' uniforms, and to the interest Talks By English Writer signs to her before Monday, April from 15 to 18 dollars a week, and continue the two weeks' vacation of George And Economist 17. The plans must be made to work from 70 to 90 hours. The with pay. Mr. Mahon accused the Old Senl Howe Daven- scale 7" by 10" and in full if free meals have store's policy of docking us we Star Market of giving but port, that Wellesley students Through the invitation of Mr. colors. She suggests that few don't deliver promptly makes for to the clerks to induce them not had such a distinctive emblem. Leland Jenks of the Wellesley Eco- bright colors be used with simple all the reckless driving you see to strike. Although Wellesley Female Sem- nomics Department, Mr. H. L. backgrounds. Theodora North '42, about campus." Maintaining that Reticence of Clerks inary was granted a charter by Beales, Reader in Economic His- Chairman of Programs, encour- the clerks were "yellow," the driv- In the store the clerks were very Governor William Claflin in March, tory at the London School of Eco- ages students to offer cover de- ers were very bitter about the hesitant about committing them- 1870, no record exists of the adop- nomics, and Editor of the Pelican signs for the program. The de- other employees' failure to join selves. They admitted that they tion of a seal until 1882. As given Series, will give two lectures in sign may have only two colors and the strike. up with the Union, and certificate of registration, had signed April 13 and 14. "Float in the Opinion of Manager Pendleton Hall, must include the words hinted that they might be afraid 1902, its features consisted of On April 13 Mr. Beales will speak Night" and "1939." The actual Investigating the other side of their jobs. But as one Sigilluw Collegii Wellesleiani, the of losing "The Influence of the spoke to at 8:30 on covers will be 3% by 5% inches, the story, your reporter clerk said, "You can see these figures 1875, and the Latin motto Industrial Revolution of the Nine- for compe- the Manager of the Wellesley Star racketeers; but the designs offered Ministrare these guys are just on Non Ministrari Scd teenth Century in England drawn to a larger Market, who claimed that the driv- hours are better tition must be concentric circles, in our wages and Education De- placed within Education" for the are due on April 14. ers had very easy hours. "They ones, so we like our cale, and were the Greek than Union following after- the centre of which the morning partment. The Copies of "Alice in Wonder- come in at eight in jobs and want to keep them." initial letters Chi and Rho in mon- will speak for the college six-thirty with noon he are on reserve at the lib- and work through While it was difficult to get exact land" ogram. British Labor Movement" and all of on "The wish ideas for an hour off for lunch, estimates of wages and laws, Mr. rary for those who The lack of beauty and imagina- at 4:40 p.m. Mr. Beale is the au- Wednesday afternoon free." Mr. estimated that the clerks designs. The Chairmen will glad- Mugar English Socialists thor of 'Early on page 7, col. J) Mugar, head of the Star Markets, ly answer any further questions. (Cont'd. on page 4, col. 1.) and the Industrial Revolution. characterized the strike as "a very (Cont'd, —

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the responsibility to shape CAPS AND FROWNS Ahead of C. G. lies Cairo Conflict College News Grey Book legislation to provide late permissions Wellesley "You are wise, G. B. S.," the of the Recreation Building. Barn- for the use Egyptians cried, IMS MembCT 1939 swallows, although making constant concessions "But we feel it is politic GoiIe6iate Press "To reveal we students are all Auockiecl crowded social schedule and other dramatic to a of one side, Distributor of organizations, has been bold enough to give Wel- "We find you a heretic."

CblIe6iafeDi6est lesley worthwhile drama, experimental drama, "How odd," quoth the deans, as of yore, »Y range, we told you HKPRIIIHTID FO« NATIONAL ABVMTWNa and has chosen plays within its production "Pray, why be so uncommon Service, Inc. National Advertising refusing to adjust its selections to dance-tempo. thick? Riprtstntstivt Collif Publisbtrs "It's nigh impossible for you to N. Y. Barn lies the chance to stimulate play- 420MAOI80N Ave. new York. Ahead of ignore r»»nci«o • Lo» AIIIUI • S*« Chic.oo Boitoh ^^^^ writing on campus by presenting the best of local "That he's deeply catholic' RESULTS OF FAME 1939 creative efforts. NEWS has made constant effort "You are wrong, you are WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, Wellesley girls have learned that WELLESLEY, MASS., wrong," said Shaw sage to bring fresh news instead of a diary to the stu- and sly, getting one's picture in the paper a MARTHA PABKHURST, 1939 dents. A change of press has made possible "I'll tell you what I am may produce strange results. One Editor it be Make-upST^Fa^L "Hereafter, hereafter, let the 7:40 Club LOUISE AHRENS, 1939 later deadline and an earlier delivery of the member of blush- •*«" " known / ingly ELIZABETH GOLDEN, 1939 of running confessed that her picture *J paper. If, occasionally, our policy "Am a vegetarian." A.RIENKE THORN. 1939 • in a photograph of that worthy Editor on world or national affairs 1939 ^Exchange/^ ^ weekly one editorial L0UW SARGEANT, organization aroused tender feel- KAZANJIAN 1940. it been done that we might VIRGINIA HOTCHNER, 1940; HeLENE has been altered, has ings in the breast of a 34 year old 1940; JANE STRAHAN. 19*^ before MARTHA SCHWANKE. offer comment on Wellesley 's problems FREE PRESS COLUMN bachelor from Portland, Maine. tackling those of the outside world. Our sugges- He wrote her stating that he was 1940; BA-A^Wj^O^gU All contributions for this CONSTANCE ST. ONGE. a bachelor and giving his views tions for reading periods before exams, a longer column must be signed with concerning matrimony. He even COMMING. 1940; MARILYN EVANS, 1940; General Examination, the author. I8ABEL reading period before the the full name of conceded 1940; that he would run around LEWIS, 1940; SUSAN SWARTZ, numerals will be CAROL for changes in the election system of Bam and Initials or the Quadrangle Green, 1941; in the dreary Doris Bry. 1941; Elisabeth used the writer so desires. Rcp Legenda, stand on the shelf in small tins marked if hours of the morning "with such The Editors do not hold 1940; Elizabeth Potterton, 1940; unused." Perhaps the spring house- a charming companion to accom- Dorothy Blum, "As yet themselves responsible for pany him." Another member of Ann Blackmar, 1941; cleaners will dust, them off, spruce them up, and 1941; opinio7i8 and statements in the 7:40 Club wants Josephine Bonomo. 1941; Nancy Siverd, to know if set them in circulation again. this column. Wright. 1941; Beverly Andrews, 1942; he hata a brother, 54 years old, Margaret in Much has been done, yet there is much to do. Contributions should be who would Jean Pinanski, 1942; Joan Pinanski, 1942; be an appropriate Assistant Reporters the hands of the 'Editors by And this is as it should be. blind date. Critic Louise Stewart. 1939 Drama 11 A. M. on Monday. Elizabeth Davis, 1939; Mary Dougherty, 1939; Consideration of Reform WELLESLEY WINS AGAIN Assistant Drama Critics Elizabeth Kruskal, 1939 AH Critic Millville Sends Thanks Evidently there must be some ..Music Critie Without reflecting upon the college's choice Ruth Ostermann. 1939 truth to those stories about Wel- Representative Ann Winship, 1940 C. A. of this year's incoming or retiring officers of Representative To the Wellesley College News: lesley Seniors going to Exeter Willye White, 1941 A. A. Barnswallows, NEWS, proposes a possible At Christmas time Wellesley proms. In a recent popularity Business Manager change of election methods. Many Barn officers, Mary Pearson, 1939 girls filled boxes, distributed by contest, the Senior Class of Ex- Edwards. 1940 Advertising Manager Katherinb including Susan Barrett '39 and Elizabeth Van that were sent to the eter chose Hedy Lamarr as their Associate Advertising Manager Service Fund, Barbara Cohen, 1940. not Wie '40, agree that the present system does children of Millville. The children favorite actress, Donald Duck as Janet Chase, 1940; Anne Cohen, 1941; foster maximum efficiency in the choice of offi- wrote back letters, but as they their favorite actor, Life as their Ruth Ludlam, 1941; Barbara Prentice, 1941; Business Editors cers who have the ability essential to the effi- were addressed to "The Girls, favorite magazine, and Wellesley as their favorite woman's Courtney Prettyman, 1940; Adelaide de Beer, 1941; cient administration of such a large body. Wellesley, Mass.," they were only college. We bow. Ada Clark, 1941; Caryl Hadsell, 1942; In spite of the fact that the nominating com- recently received. Here are two Gloria Bosetti, 1942; Cicely Church, 1941; mittee of Barn, like that of other all-college of them: Virginia Reid, 1942; STUDENTS OR ADULTS? Katherine Kingston, 1941; organizations, selects each of its three candi- "Dear Girls, 1942; Elizabeth Titus, 1942; Margaret Schloss, dates for offices with careful deliberation, there I am very thankful for the gifts We can't help wondering about Tomasello, 1942. Associate Business Editors Anne is naturally one girl best suited to her position. I received from you at Christmas. the mental qualifications of the 1939 Staff Photographer Alice Jantzen, The rest oi 'he College, however, in electing offi- I enjoyed all of the gifts I received students at the University of cers for a dramatic organization, tends to think in my box you must have known Washington. The announcement Published weekly, September to June, except during ex- aminations and school vacation periods, by n hoard of stu- immediately of the girls they have seen most what to buy for a girl like me. I in their paper of a lecture by dents of Wellesley College. Subscriptions, two dollars oer an- All frequently beyond the footlights This tendency wish you had put your name on my Thomas Mann contained the fol- num In advance. Single copies, six cents each. contnou- office 11:00 A. M Monday at lowing tions should be in the News by was illustrated during the recent all-college box so I would know who my San- information: "Tickets on latest, and should be addressed to Martha Parkhurst. All the sale. Fifty cents advertising matter should be In the business office by 2 :00 major election? when a Junior, not selected 'as ta's helper was I hope you had a for adults, Monday. All alumnae news should be sent to The P. M. Merry Christmas and I wish you a twenty-five cents for students." Alumnae Office. Wellesley, Mass. All business communica- a candidate for the Barn presidency, was nomi- tions and subscriptions should be sent to the Wellesley Col- happy new year with love. I will lege News, Wellesley, Mass. nated, unknown to herself, by the petition of close SWING IT Entered as second-class matter, October 10, 1919. at the my letter to you from your's Post office at Wellesley Branch, Boston, Mass., under the act a group of girls aware only of her superior act- truly Mary Bradley." Harvard University has of March S. 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of estab- ing ability. 3, 1917. The petitioners did not realize that "Dear Wellesley girls, postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October lished a collection of popular rec- authorized 30, 1919. October the girl who spends her time rehearsing on the I wish to thank you for the very ords in the Widener Library. A set is rarely backstage and cannot fine possibly presents I received in school few days ago five undergraduates, realize the intricate Unfinished Business administrative planning at Christmas time. I am satisfied members of a student band known which is as necessary very to a fine production as is much with them, and I think as the Crimsonians, invaded the Even as the March winds blow the old major good acting. The College has no way of know- it was very nice of you to think of precincts of the library and held officers out of office there are signs of .spring us the did. ing which girl literally "knows the ropes" most way you We were all a "jam session" on the top floor. surprised glad houseoleaning in the air. In the background thoroughly and is the most efficient organizer and when we open- Benny Goodman, "King of Swing," ed our 1940's leaders seem to be rolling up their sweater behind the scenes. presents. I have always has sent his personal congratula- wanted a jack knife. I want to tions to President sleeves, reaching for the feather dusters, and Our motion has been seconded by Miss Conant and of- Barrett who says thank you again for what I re- fered to lend his own collection of murmuring something about reform. "That the possibility of an un- ceived. American songs for fortunate choice of officers exists is not the fault student re- Yours truly, search. Benny Alto- a year in office, the desire to progress still of the voters, but of the system." The recog- Goodman believes Thomas Sweeney. that swing music is an expression electrifies the conversations between the major nition of this deficiencv has led, therefore, to the Service Fund. of the musical and cultural life officers. But even while we stroke our gray hairs consideration of a method similar to that of NEWS, of America and that it is the and mumble. ''Would that whereby only the number of Barn's we had known," we North field Conference "modern outgrowth of the sorrow organized force, numbering about 200, should linger to survey the past twelve months. Forum songs—the spirituals—of the Ne- elect their officers rather than the entire student To the has played an increasingly active role in bringing Wellesley 'College News: gro, being today's version of the body. During the first week-end in songs of protest, the work songs outstanding speakers on current affairs to the March, seven Wellesley delegates and religious hymnals of the campu> and. through a revitalized International Sophie Chantal Hart represented C. A. at the North- South." Relations Group, in leasing students' minds to In the visit of Margaret Ayer Barnes this field conference of the Student thought on political and economic issues of the week as Sophie Chantal Hart lecturer for 1938- Christian Movement. What was MODERN CHIVALRY? day. Forum has made students conscious of said there made such a deep im- 39, alumnae of Wellesley call the attention of a A modern interpretation of these issues. A. S. U. now has the opportunity pression on us that we wanted to knightly changing community to the special interests of rivalry ocurred in Cam- tell others about it. The i" martial student opinion and to interpret to the leader of bridge recently when two sons of a person who, until recently, was one of its ac- outside world whether the conference, Dr. Richard Rob- John Harvard sought to escort the or not Wellesley may go tive members. Miss Hart, a faculty member erts, set the theme when he quoted same girl to the same on record dance. The as supporting such proposals as an em- for 45 years Chairman of the Department of Eng- Middleton Murray, who has said more ingenious of the two suc- bargo on Japanese goods, or an increased arma- lish Composition for 31 years, retired from that Christianity is "communion ceeded in handcuffing his opponent ment program. The Athletic Association has and community with Christ." The and throwing the key under the teaching in 1937. At present she is lecturing at taken important steps to muke students community to which he referred is wheels of a subway train. Then realize the University of Arizona. while he enjoyed the exciting possibilities not the church organization or any the company of of the new pool and Rec- To Mi-> Hart belongs credit for having or- formal bond, but the "fair lady" at the dance, the reation Building the sense of fel- and has stressed the importance ganized the Department of English Composition lowship which exists between other spent the evening seeking of physical education in college training. The it the aid of as exists today, and more especially for hav- Christians everywhere. locksmiths. future brings promise that A. A. representatives ing formulated and Dr. Van Dusen of Union Theo- taught with distinctive abil- SENSE OR SENTIMENT will be of functional rather than nominal value. logical Seminary came ity the courses in Criticism and the Novel. to us al- The lea-talks sponsored by most directly from his trip around In his new novel, Wickford C. A. have at- At Miss Hart's request, the person who deliv- Point, tracted the largest audiences the world, during which he at- John Marquand, Harvard in four years, and ers the annual lecture in her honor will he the '15, lie tended the great church council at condemns Harvard's ten mil- • Sunday nighl musical vespers have proved ; , author of works of purely creative rather than of Madras, India. From his travel lion dollar building plan and longs welcome innovation. In the C. G. ranks an ex- for research type, and, preferably, a woman. he has gained three distinct im- the "ugly frame houses" of perimental The reorganization of the court plan has latter pressions of world qualification is consistent with Miss conditions: been set in motion, THEY ALSO SWIM a Curriculum Committee hae Hart's first, that there is everywhere an position among the outstanding group of Bprung appalling The University of Washington to new life, and the importance of the need for the barest phy- feminists to whose work as pioneers in the has field sical necessities; secondly also just opened a new pavilion House President's post has been recognized that the by of women's education Wellesley swimming pool, complete with College owes international situation is extremely placing her election before that of minor officei it- present Btatus. glass brick, indirect lighting, and (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) seats for 1,500. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939 "HOME AGAIN" TowerToHearTalk T. Z. E. WILL PRESENT FRENCH ART AND MUSIC THE PEREGRINATING On French Homes PRESS ^^ Society Members Will Offer At a gathering of students from Living Pictures and Musical her own house, Mrs. J. L. R. de Pieces at Semi-Open Morinni, Head of Tower Court, will jjjERRY sighs with relief at the The The Bowdoin Orient described a speak on French Chateaux and comparative development of thought of vacation: he machine which the >|f»J has inventor claims Gardens in the Great Hall of Tower French art and music of the nine- begun to weaken under the uses the most painless method bom- of Court. An American and a Welles- teenth and twentieth centuries will learning yet discovered. It bardment of puns. Recently after is a ley graduate, Mrs. de Morinni has be the machine theme of the Tau Zeta Ep- dissertation which enables the student lived for a lengthy on the part many years in France and silon to Society semi-open, to be held of his Zoo instructor memorize while he sleeps. The has had much successful concerning activity in April 14 "subconscious and 15 at 8:00 p. m. in hormones as the origin of all emo- educator" consists of introducing the famous homes and the T. Z. E. society a pair of house. The tions, someone uttered: "Ain't love earphones, a phonograph, gardens of that country to the pub- and Society has planned the program gland?" recordings of the material to lic. She is the official representative so that living * be pictures, posed by * * learned. The theory is that the in the United States of "Les Amis members of the society, alternate Never again will Perry try to student goes to sleep wearing the CHOIR WILL RECITE des Demeures Historiques et les with musical compositions of mod- instill culture into his crude co- ear phones and wakes up next WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS Sites." ern composers who are horts. He had high hopes when he morning with his lesson memorized. The talk will be illustrated by either French or under French lured one friend into accompanying * * * Verse Speaking Group Joins colored slides from private photo- influence. graphs. Mrs. de Morinni The program will show the logical him to Tristan und Isolde but his Perry was much amused to Pine Manor and Dana Hall will de- scribe privately trend of art and music together hopes were shattered when his watch the expression of a timid In Return Program owned chateaux. and the concurrence of trends in friend turned to him and whispered Wellesleyite who, tremulously seat- Illustrating the lecture of Miss both fields. dolefully, "I haven't caught one ing herself at the piano to play '40 Will Dance Cecile T. Z. E. members word so far. It sounds almost like for some honored dinner guests, de Banke of the Wellesley will model for each picture, while one a foreign language." saw before her instead of her care- Department of Speech, the Welles- To Hallet's Band of their fully number acts as critic. The first * * * arranged music, a hymn en- ley Verse Speaking Choir will join titled "Let Not Thy Hands Be The orchestra for the coming presentation will be David's Mme. Freshmen still have then- with those of Pine Manor Junior eVEN Slack." Junior Prom will be that of Mai de Seriziat, followed by Mme. Ri- tumbles. "I hope can College and Dana Hall in a recital you * * Hallett, Barbara Hutton announced viere, a picture by Ingres. The still get around," said Perry in Bardwell Auditorium, Wellesley, in a Junior class sym- JUGGED in a mental sort of meeting Thurs- program will continue with Mo- day, pathetically to the unfortunate April 14 and 15, at 8:00 p. m. Be- March 23. net's L'Infant Jl\ way is the individualist from aux Cerises, Card student who had just fallen off Elizabeth Darlington, Junior Players by Harvard Business School whom cause of the already overcrowded Cezanne and V Ab- Song Leader, urged the her bicycle. "Oh, yes," she re- class to be- sinthe, the work of Perry saw the other day. This social schedule, it was found im- Degas. Two plied as she picked herself up, gin, over vacation, to think about young man discovered works by Picasso will be modeled, upon try- possible for the Choir to present the Junior marching song. "It didn't incapitate me." From L'Attente and ing to start his car that it was Absinthe Drinker out another program at Wellesley this all the songs submitted, a com- of gas. So he trudged half a mile while Femmes de Tahiti will rep- year, and thus this opportunity was mittee will select the four best, and, to the nearest station, resent Gauguin's painting. Apparently the last word will returned from these, the class as whole taken to return the visit of the a and put a gallon in the tank only Models for the evening include never be said on the gold-fish will make its choice. to discover that it was not his car. Pine Manor and Dana Hall choirs, Hope Barnefield '40, Betty Bierer swallowing situation. Latest re- Dorothy Voss '39 described the * * * who performed with the Wellesley '40, Jean Kelley '40, Margaret position of assistantship ports come from Franklin and in the Castles and palaces are words choir in their program of April Horton '39, Margaret Anderson 29, Bryn Mawr summer school which Marshall, where a Junior swal- that connote similar images, Perry '39, Nancy Jackson '39. Virginia 1938. she held last year, urged the admits, lowed three of the species to beat but he was shocked any- Plumb '39, Carolyn Couch '40 and Miss de Banke's lecture on the Juniors to try out for it. The only way when one imaginative girl E. Byrd Boorse '39. the "Harvard sissy" who only prerequisite Among the "Values of Poetry" will consist of for this position is a remarked, "In the snow Billings critics who will explain the pic- swallowed one. certain knowledge of Economics. looks like a great medieval cal- four sections, the first, on "Rhyth- tures are: The job itself, said, Virginia Tuttle '39, Vir- * * * she may be any- lous." mic Values," to be illustrated by thing from delivering ginia Coville '39, Helen Nerney * * * mail to teach- ^r> ECENT events in Central '40, Virginia Donk '40. Eliz- the work of the Dana Hall Verse ing tennis and swimming to the Mary groans of Perry felt rather abeth '39, ^ll\ Europe brought JrxESTERDAY Speaking Choir. The Wellesley students, who are all industrial Glines Dorcas Cameron of Perry's ghostly about it all when he workers sent from '39, Joan McKee '39, and Nancy despair from one C^ Choir will give examples of the their districts by science Waite '40. friends. "I don't know why Hit- was sitting in the value of "Sound," while Pine Manor scholarship. Applications may be at the library and three peo- made ler can't think of something new room group will illustrate "Form." In with Miss A. I. P. Wood at In between the living pictures ple came up to ask if he had A the Personnel Bureau. '39 to do," she complained. "Why we the fourth and last section of the M. Elizabeth Wunderle will Human Skeleton. The last business of the had that all figured out in Geog- program, "Objective Values," the meeting play a Chopin composition, Mar- was the nomination of raphy 208 last semester." Perry The Pressman three choirs will unite in present- several can- garet Wyckoff '39 will give Debus- ing several selections. Among didates for the Baccalaureate sy's impressionistic Claire de Lune speaker and these will be portions of Archi- Commencement speak- and Jane Shugg '40 will play Jeux er of June, 1940. ALUMNAE WILL LAUNCH Mr. Holmes Will Lead bald MacLeish's choral poem, Air d'Eaux, also by Debussy. A group '39 DRIVE AT DINNER Combined Orchestras Raid, which he himself read at of singers will present composi- Wellesley last fall, and which was LUDWIG HARDT READS tions by Franck and Manziarly, The campaign for membership later performed over the radio. FROM POETRY '39 Under the leadership of Mr. Mal- GERMAN while M. Elizabeth Wunderle Senior class in the Welles- The first performance of this and Virginia Plumb '39 will com- of the colm H. Holmes of the Music De- program, Friday evening, April 14, Association Herr Ludwig Hardt read selec- plete the program by playing Stra- ley College Alumnae partment, the Wellesley College Or- will be exclusively for the students tions from German poetry to Ger- vinsky's Danse Russe from Pet- will be launched April 12 by a chestra will combine with the Har- of Ten Acre, Dana Hall, and Pine man students, Thursday afternoon, rouchka. dinner at the Wellesley Country vard University Orchestra in a Manor. The Saturday evening per- March 23, under the auspices of formance will be open to the pub- Club at which the Student Interests joint concert Wednesday, April 26, the German Department. "Der lic, with tickets priced at $.60, and Tot und das Madchen" was one of Committee of the Association will in Alumnae Hall at 8.15 p. m. Mr. a special rate of $.25 for students. the poems, and there were also a be hostess. To this dinner are David Bamett, instructor of Piano VIL FRESHMAN Tickets may be obtained from few by Goethe. Herr Hardt, con- invited '39 major officers, class hotc about an evening snack at Wellesley, will appear as solo- Miss de Banke in her office, 435 fronted in the poems by a whole officers, House Presidents, twelve ist for the evening in the Beethoven Green, or at the box office the night range of emotions, from joy to fruit crackers jam of the pei-formance. Team Captains, Dean Dorothy M. Concerto No. 4 in G major for hate and fear, delighted his lis- teners with the excellent inter- GLENVIEW FARM MARKET Robathan and Miss Seal Thomp- piano and orchestra. pretive quality of his reading. son, Honorary Member of 1939. The program will include two Mrs. Marion Harbison Thayer '18, Hungarian Dances by Brahms,

Chairman of the Alumnae Fund Numbers 5 and 6, the Haydn New Symphony in D minor, and Inter- Committee, is coming from FARMER CAA/D/ES York for the dinner. ludium in Modo Antiquo by Glaz- "M/My The following alumnae will be ounov. This composition has been ARE7HEMOST POPULAR hostesses: Marie Rahr Haffenreff- arranged for orchestra by Mr. er '11, alumnae trustee; Florence Holmes. The brass sections of the OFAU EASTER WF7S/ Secretary, Risley '05, Executive combined orchestras will join in Alumnae Association; Anna Hale playing Sonata 'Piane Forte' by '34, Student Easter Greeting Bowditch Chairman, Gabrielli. There can be no Interest Committee; Helen L. more acceptable than the fresh Fanny Farmer Candies, made from Mansfield '18, Alumnae Fund Sec- thefinest foods theworldprovides. retary; Luna French Niles '05, FOR ANYONE to whom you owe a Ethel Mitchell Hale '10, Helen the one name you GIBBS is debt of gratitude, a box of the oiloa among college women Field Sides '15, Mary Crane Cam- Wellesley Inn hear most who realize (ho importance oi sound fresh Fanny Farmer Candies eron '19, Katherine Holt Morrison secretarial training lor a roally desir- makes the perfect gift. You will WELLESLEY, MASS. able businoss position. The Place- taste. '23, Dorothy Tower Harvey '22, ment Doparlmont receives more call:; find candies to suit every nies are sure to be appreciated. for Gibbs-lrained secretaries with col- and Chocolate Eggsinchinaeggcups and Cynthia Dudley Post '34. lege background than there aro candi- FOR SHUT-INS, for friends novel- dates available. If you aro looking children, Fanny Farmer Easter and other Fanny Farmer The duty of every Team Cap- ' business career, "it's Gibbsl toward a Eggs or chocolate Easter Bun- ties will be sure of a welcome. tain is to canvass her team for • Ask College Course Secretary for of placemen! Candy Shop today orlomornwaud /mh tour Easieryjjt Captain All Rooms with Private Bath "RESULTS." a booklet STOP IN .// tourFanny Parmer membership, and each information^ and illustrated catalog. /"•/»"> Farmer Candies to am address ron wist list. IT* will bt pleatedlo send Ih*fresh succeeding in getting every mem- • Spocial Course for College Women APRIL 9th or Running Water your Eoiter Candle* Today • EASTER SUNDAY IS opons in Now York and Boston, Septem- Order ber of her team to join the Asso- ber 26. 1939. ciation will receive a Wellesley in • AT NEW YORK SCHOOL ONLY- samo course may be storied July 10. preparing for early placement. Also One and Two Year Courses for BREAKFAST preparatory and high school graduates. BOSTON ... 90 Marlborough Street Carry Spring on your Lapel . . . LUNCHEON NEW YORK 230 Park Avonuo A Rice Corsage is just the thing! DINNER SHOPS RICE FLORIST SHOP KATHARINE GIBBS CANDY OK Central AFTERNOON TEA 569 Washington St. Wollosloy, Mass. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939 Visiting Champions Comment on Mr. Seeley Speaks Dreams and Recreation Building and New Pool THE INDEX|| Theories OnKingdoin ofGod By Josephine Bonomo and Adrienne Thorn

Program that I've used your famous games, hurried downstairs from Deutscher Verein Mr. Paul Stark Seeley, C.S.B., "Come-and-See" "Now the badminton courts to see the Oregon, contrasted board courts, I can hardly of Portland, "Come-and-See" program, battle The last meeting of the year of The squash exhibitions. Although ten- the earthly kingdom with the king- swim in your gorgeous 5, is a three-day wait for a Deutscher Verein will be April April 3, 4, and his is her favorite recreation, she the dom of God, in a lecture on Chris- will be elected bird's eye view of the field of So- pool!" exclaimed petite Mrs. Sarah 19. The officers, who Sunday afternoon, is also accomplished at squash, tian Science, dark eyes the previous week, will be cial Work, giving a chance to see Palfrey Fabyan, her ping-pong and during March 26. Whereas the earthly badminton, — even such as announced. At present tentative different types of work dancing with enthusiasm. Never- bridge! In her short, white tennis kingdom is material, said Mr. See- Inter- plans for the entertainment include settlements, hospitals, the believe ley, the kingdom of God is the theless, at the request of Boston dress, it was hard to her a travelogue, with lantern slides national Institute, Family Welfare, realm of Mind, of intelligence. It photographers, she stopped gra- smiling confession that she never lecture. will be opportunity for of Germany, and a within the in- etc. There diets and likes "everything fatten- is found, therefore, her battle attendance at staff meetings to ciously to pose with dividual. ing—pie, cake, and especially choc- History Department Dinner hear case discussions, and an ex- board partners, Miss Mary K. To enter this kingdom of God, olate nut sundaes!" She thinks ceptional chance is offered to meet ended Mr. Seeley, it is necessary Browne, Miss Virginia Hitt, and the indoor tennis and battle board History, Economics and So- The leaders in the field and discuss born again" spiritually. It '41. give a to "be — Patricia Cumming Perched facilities are a boon to the Welles- ciology Departments will problems with them personally at is necessary to think differently, to ley girl who aspires to a B. A. and dinner in the Tower Court ban- on the banister of the main stair- believe that matter is opposed to luncheon and tea. which Mr. Cecil H. a tennis championship as well. The quet room, at Students make their own ar- way of the New Recreation Build- Mind and can be conquered by it. scientific lighting and the up-to- Driver, formerly of Kings College rangements for overnight accomo- ing, the famous tennis player, with University of London and the-minute "springy" floor of the in the included .75 dations. Expenses her slender tan legs and long wa- Chairman of the Department DR. TIBBETTS TALKS recreation room particularly won now for each luncheon meeting, and in- Government at Yale, will speak ON JESUS' INTENTION vy bob, could easily have been tak- her praise. of cidental car fares, usually about of Theory?" "What feature of the new build- on "What is the Use en for a student. 25, .40 a day. of Cheow in the three In Chapel Sunday, March ing do we like best? Why, the bad- Students pool she Hyde It is necessary to register at On her way to the departments are invited to attend. Dr. Norris Tibbetts of the minton courts, of course!" laughed Baptist Church, Chicago, 111., once with the Personnel Bureau chatted informally, saying, "I Park Mrs. T. B. Mallory, the "better described the contributions of if you wish to attend. The program La Term Ha think you girls are so lucky to half" of the formidable Mallory Christianity as a sense of contin- for the three days is posted on the have green walls for your tennis badminton mixed doubles team. Dr. uity with the past, a chance for Personnel Bureau bulletin board. Senoritz Sosia Navoa of Bar- and badminton! I'm used to them Mallory added with a twinkle, creative action and for community nard College will do Spanish at Longwood and know how much "Now we can practice our favorite with others. A. A. U. W. Internship Plan dances, and Mr. David Barnett of better they are than the old-style game on campus, instead of in the The real contribution of Jesus the Music Department will play All Seniors interested in learning white ones." In regard to herself gym of our young daughter's and the one transmissable element Spanish music on the piano at the more about the Interneship Plan she admitted that she doesn't train school!" The Mallory's are most Christianity is intention. His Friday, in meeting of La Tertulia sponsored by the New York City rigorously doesn't even give up enthusiastic about badminton intention was to bring about hu- — be- p.m. in Agora. April 14, at 4:30 Branch of the American Associa- Although cause they find it man relationships "in the form any favorite dishes! "unquestionably The meeting is open to all students tion of University Women and un- the best of a tremendous urge" that would Boston-bred, she plays tennis all game for mixed doubles, of Spanish. der the direction of Miss Alice Rice be good for man and in keeping winter, usually in Bermuda, al- since it puts the woman on a more Cook are invited to attend a with the will of God." This urge ways "just for the fun of it." Af- nearly equal basis with the man Mathematics Club Round-Table Discussion on April comes down through history like a ter a tour of the building, Mrs. than do most sports." 4, at 8 p. m., at the club rooms thread and gives us a con- Fabyan ended her visit with a There will be an important meet- golden of the A. A. U. W, 22 East 38th Robert Minerley tinuity not only with the past but quick dip in a size 14 Wellesley ing of the Mathematics Club, April Street, New York City. The discus- with the future. blue suit. On his way to a pressing "en- 21, when representatives from sion will cover the fields of adver- Northeastern, Tufts, Boston Uni- Action is the only reality. Un- gagement" which kept him from tising, research, publicity, mer- Mary K. Browne versity, Boston College, Regis Col- like Jesus we are apt to let our attending the A. A. tea with the chandising, personnel, publishing, intentions is lege, Western College and Har- evaporate. This Reminiscing, and comparing ten- other celebrities, Robert Minerley, in which interneships in the 1939 vard University will be present. shown, said Dr. Tibbetts, by the nis grips with Mrs. Fabyan, was Springfield College Senior chosen summer group of internes must be Mr. A. Harry Wheeler from Wor- peace movement which has re- her friend and fellow-sportswo- to dive for the dedication festivi- completed by April 15, thus allow- cester will give a lecture on poly- mained in the realm of theory man, Miss Mary K. Browne, the ties, stopped by the check-room ing time for a personal interview is therefore powerless against hedrons. and inventor of battle board tennis. Be- just long enough to say during the spring vacation. a few the very real action for war. More cause of her outspoken admiration words about himself. Evidently Christianity's third contribution detailed information may be ob- Circolo Italiano for the recreation center which she an all-round tained at the Personnel Bureau. sportsman, he will is the experience of the commun- had just helped to dedicate, she teach swimming and canoeing this Bemice Levine '39 spoke at a ity. The modern miracle of human Business School Scholarship could not be induced to talk about summer, and looks forward to meeting of the Circolo Italiano in love of neighbor is to be seen in herself. She did, however, speak coaching football next year. He A. K. X., Monday, March 27, at 7:30 the Federal Council of Churches The Fisher Business School in willingly about the place of her "plays at" tennis too, but he .de- p.m. She talked on the Junior year in America. Groups which could Boston has announced that it will "brain-child" in a college sports clared, "I would certainly be an in Italy. Italian exchange students never be brought together on award a small scholarship for the program. "Although I'm sure bat- expert if I could live in this smooth in Boston were present at the theological grounds are acting to- coming year, on a competitive ba- tle board will never take the place meeting and gave their impressions gether in the face of the great building!" His vote for the best sis, to a Wellesley College Senior. of regular tennis," she said mod- of American student life. human need of China. features of the building went to the Written applications must be re- estly, "it is the ideal companion pool's comfortable temperature ceived at either the Somerville or sport for the girl who doesn't want of Club C. A. Offers Movies Newman water and unusual diving Of Summer Work Camps the Boston school by April 5, and her tennis game to deteriorate dur- depth, a general aptitude test will be giv- ing the winter." She was keenly and he thought the The Wellesley College Newman famous sub- Christian en to all applicants on April 15. interested to hear that the retir- Club was the college sponsor of Association will begin marine window was "just swell." Results of the examinations will be ing President of Wellesley's Athle- a retreat for young women held its spring term activities Thurs- announced May 2. Further in- tic Association has also been at the Convent of the Sacred day, April 13, at 4 o'clock tea fol- formation elected Tree Day mistress, for it Heart in Newton last week-end. may be obtained from TEL. lowed by a special talk and movies WELLESLEY 1544 Several members of the local club the Personnel Bureau. supports her pet theory that athle- on the summer work camps con- tics help increase a girl's physical VILLAGE HAIRDRESSING attended. ducted by the American Friends Library attractiveness and social popular- SHOP Service Committee of Philadelphia, Scholarship News Investigates ity. Pa. These camps "provide oppor- The EIGHT CHURCH STREET Massachusetts Library As- Miss Virginia Hitt, who came Star Market Strike tunities for selected groups of WELLESLEY sociation is offering a scholarship with Miss Browne from Lake college and university students and Erie (Cont'd from page 1, col. '.) to students who need financial aid College where she is battle board young professional and labor peo- in training for the library profes- champion, was especially inter- got from 18 to 40 dollars a week, ple to live, work, study for sion. Applications for this and schol- ested in the lounges and and worked from 48 to 61 hours. kitchen- arship may be made until eight weeks of the summer in six May 1. ette of the One ardent supporter of Mr. new building. She Further details may be obtained of America's problem areas facing agrees with Miss Browne that Mugar was his Secretary, Miss from the Personnel Bureau. Lee, well known to Wellesleyites, major economic readjustments. girls who are ardent summer ten- nis players will find themselves who cheerfully replied to the re- Each camp participates in some Typically English and squelch- at &Zt<»ufP*4yteA* porter who telephoned, "Mr. Mu- ing least two months ahead of the new experiment in community re- was the casual remark of one gar is always very nice to me. British game after a winter of battle board construction." visitor who was being practicing. Why sometimes he comes in at 5 shown the sights of Wellesley. The talk will be given by one o'clock and says, 'You go home According to the report that reach- Mrs. George Wightman now,' even though it's early." who has himself been a member of ed Perry, the distinguished gentle- The clerks of the First National one of these camps. A booklet with Mrs. George Wightman, nation- man, after a brief glimpse of the and the Economy Grocery stores pictures and detailed information ally famous expert in all racket in Wellesley are both organized. elegance of Senior Prom dinner at about the camps is now on the Mr. Mahon, who is also anxious Tower Court, commented laconical- Christian Association bulletin to bring in the independents, said ly, "How nice. Do they do this "that this might be Wellesley's board. every Saturday night?" first strike, but it wouldn't be the last. This will be a fight to the flicting evidence finish." some of the truth of the matter will be ironed THIS YEAR see the Soviet A. F. of L. headquarters, when out VERA CHASE Union—every mile of when representatives of the A. F. questioned about the matter, re- BEAUTY SALON your way a fresh, broader marked, "Oh is there a strike out of L. and the Star Markets meet horizon! Here is vivid color, dynamic progress, the inspir- at Wellesley ? We're glad to know before the State Board of Concilia- Body Massage ation or a great travel experience. about it." tion and Arbitration today, March Complete tour-transportation in the Perhaps out of the mass of con- 574 Washington St. Wei. 2184 USSR, hotels, meals, sightseeing, 29. TAKE ALONG A BOOK guide-interpreter service, ALL for only 55 a day, $8 tourist, $15 first Enjoy it yourself class. Many group and independent Give it to your hostess itineraries: write for illustrated ELIZABETH DWIGHT R. CLEMENT booklet ,aE - Leave it behind for a gift DENTIST DR. STANLEY E. HALL SEE INTOURIST OR YOUR TRAVEL AGENT HAMMOND to your family Room No. 8 Morton Block DENTIST Suits New Spring 572 Washington Street Woban Blk. Wellesley Square HATHAWAY HOUSE (over Sailer's) Into' Inc. Church St. Tel. Wei. 0566-W Wellesley Sq. Wei. 1018 BOOKSHOP 545 Fifth Avanua, Ntw York 140 No. Michigan Avanue, Chicago 756 So. Broadway, Loi Angelai a

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939

Barbara Oliver Talks On Edna St. V. Millay

Barbara Oliver '40 spoke in- formally about Edna St. Vincent Millay, at a meeting of the Poetry Easter Vespers Society Friday evening, March 24. She described the young red-head- ed poetess, Mile. Nadia Boulanger led the whom the town of Cam- Wellesley College Choir and the den knew and considered a little "too fast"; Bowdoin Glee Club in an Easter she told of Miss Millay, as When East Meets East Vesper concert Sunday evening, a poet-dramatist in Greenwich Village, March 26, in the Houghton Me- just out of Vassal' in 1917; Patriot by Pearl Buck. The S. The morial Chapel. These two groups she characterized Miss Millay, now 1939. 372 John Day Company, were assisted by Noemie Perugia, famous and successful, at the top pages. $2.50. of the ladder. soprano, Nathalie Kedroff, con- In her recent novel, The Patriot, She described tralto, Hughes Cuenod, tenor, Doda how Vincent's Pearl once Buck more employs her Conrad, bass, and Carl Weinrich, poetry showed, through this artistry in producing a moving plot organist. A string quartet, con- period, gradual change from a sin- against the realistic yet mystical sisting of Malcolm Holmes, Flor- cere, refreshing love of life to a setting of the East. With the char- ence Chapman '37, Margaret Clark more artificial, cynical attitude, acters so real the plot made and '36, and Jesse Ehrlich, provided as shown in Conversation at Mid- so dramatically intense, the story further accompaniment. n igh t. becomes more than an account of The program was of much larger Barbara Oliver read then Miss endless struggle between China the and maturer proportions than has Millay's La, Joie De Vivre, which and Japan. The two countries, their Katherine Buchanan '40 ever been presented before. Three as the was printed in her high school people and their standards, are Janet Matter '39, Jean Paradis '39 Fool and Christine Hunter '39 as things comprised its entirety magazine of 1909; display- '36 — the Wise Man in Phi Sigma's pre- a poem contrasted with artistic effect. and Bernice Libman in Alpha Kappa Chi's production, "Electra." Bach Cantata, Pie Jesu by Lili sentation of "The Hour Glass." ing the author's early "joy of liv- I-wan Wu, the son of a wealthy Boulanger, and Jephte by Caris- ing" banker, is a university stu- Yeats Phi Chinese Sophocles" "Electra' simi, and arrangement which be- and Sigma Then Elinor Hayes '40 and Bar- dent having every advantage. Un- spoke great artistry in unity and bara Oliver '40 read together the peculiar circumstances he meets A keen sense of dramatic con- der Alpha Kappa Chi's production of contrast. satirical play Aria Da Capo. En-lan, a radical Communist who Sophocl ..mcz.jpAf x SSS The mood of the evening was one trast distinguished the choice, the Before the meeting adjourned, is a leader of the plotting Revolu- in several respects, not the least of profound religious faith. Bach's acting, and directing of the two Helen Thompson '39 announced tionists in Shanghai. I-wan, be- one-act plays of William Butler of which was the manner in which Cantata No. 150, Nach dir, Herr, Barbara Oliver her successor as cause of his admiration for the Verlanget Mich received an ear- Yeats presented by Phi Sigma So- the new Head of the Poetry So- older student, discards his former it was adapted for presentation nest interpretation of conviction, ciety at its semi-open meetings ciety. beliefs and adopts the principle of before a modem audience, while conveyed by a clear enunciation of March 24 and 25, and coached by social equality for all, thus oppos- preserving the spirit and outward Miss Jeannette B. Lane of the the sonorous German text, a pre- Disney's Ferdinand in Boston ing the standards of his own fam- form of old Greek drama. Sopho- cision and facility of vocalise, and Department of Speech. ily. The author handles these The blindness of the skeptic, un- cles made many changes in the a fine use of tonal shading. The Spring is officially here and, ap- stormy days in Shanghai with outstand- til too late, to the wisdom of the drama, for not only did he intro- choral pianissimos were propriately dramatic skill, and her story enough, Ferdinand the ingly good. The superimposing of child-like faith of the "fool" was reaches a high level in suspense duce for the first time three ac- clearly portrayed in The Hour- Bull is in town. Paintings on parts made the final chorus, start- and action. But suddenly, because tors on the stage simultaneous- Glass. Tenderness and simplicity celluloid and pencil drawings used ing with a serenely beautiful mel- of the danger in China for all Rev- ly but also he more inter- in voice pantomime were the was ody, become a triumph of joy and and in making the famous film are on olutionists, I-wan takes a boat for keynotes of moving interpreta- ested in character development hope. a exhibition at Doll and Richards, Japan. In this country we find the tion of the Fool Teigue, by Kath- and reality than any previous The soloists performed their and will continue there through direct antithesis of China, with all erine Buchanan '40. Christine arias in this cantata with the taste Greek dramatist. the middle of April. This is its strife and bloodshed. Every- Hunter '39 conveyed the anguish of the understanding that we have and best news we have heard in a long thing is peaceful, formal, and tra- The story is familiar to most the doomed agnostic with vehem- seen in them before. If, especially to the time. Ferdinand's native buoy- ditional. We object slightly of us, and concerns Clytemnestra, ence and as much variation as the in the case of the tenor and so- ease with which I-wan accepts the ancy is a sure antidote for sea- Queen of Argos, who with her part permitted. prano, their voices did not seem sonal gloom. If Snow White was Japanese customs. His former fa- Relief from the principle strug- lover Aegisthos killed her husband ideally suited to the performance enchanting, Ferdinand is natical love for liberty and social gle as well as emphasis of the even more of this fact was forgotten in atti- Agamemnon upon his return from Bach, so; and quite apart from Ferdi- equality both disappear. His irony of it was provided by the their absorption in the music. nond's appealing character, the tude, not even resigned, suggests Troy because he had sacrified vivacious group of young pupils. Lili Boulanger's Pie Jesu was gay colors of the Disney master- pure contentment. In the years that their daughter to release his be- Clad in red smocks, the group another expression of faith a re- piece are as spring-like as daffo- loses contact with his — follow, I-wan calmed fleet. The play begins with contrasted brightly with the pale quiem, or prayer for peace. Modal dils, and appear to affect most peo- land, and his devotion to China is blue background of the set with the return of Orestes, the young sounding, with a melody for solo ple even more strongly than a replaced by love for Tama, his which the purple robe of the Wise son of Agamemnon who was sent voice moving independently of fluc- whole greenhouse of spring flowers. Japanese wife. It is not until the Man blended. Isabel Perry '39, as tuating blocks of strange, rich All of the very best moments outbreak of a war with China that away by his sister Electra to be Bridget, up to her elbows in flour, chords, it created for the most part of the film are represented by the real patriot in I-wan emerges, reared until he was old enough to was a charmingly prosaic wife. reap- an atmosphere of reverie, and, in these studies, and we can enjoy and his latent love for China restore order, and continues One whole side of the actual liv- his its purity, had about it a quality them at our leisure. There is pears. He returns to fight for through the murder of Clytem- ing room of Phi Sigma, lighted of suspended revelation. M. Doda Ferdinand conversing with his country. nestra and Aegisthos by the only by candles, provided a lovely forced Conrad interpreted this with full- Mother ("who was a cow"); later In spite of the somewhat brother and sister. setting for the headquarters of a the book, ness and beauty, ringing forth the Ferdinand has attained his full plot action at the end of The chorus, led by Dorothea contemporary spiritualist gather- addi- highest notes of his range, weaving growth and is glowing with the story is very readable. In '39, was particularly good, ing in the home of Stella, vis- Baker charm; then our hero, on a his part steadily and subtly over modesty and tion to keeping the action the blending of the light and dark ited by Swift. The title of the Madrid; his ad- the book, and under the accompaniment. riding in state to high level throughout voices creating a mood essentially second play The Words Upon the Carissimi's setting of the story venture in the bull-ring, with the Miss Buck has created an atmos- the illness of Window-pane is associated with mournful. Owing to matador the mood of Jephthah's daughter brought the hysterically disappointed phere highly suitable to Anne Hendricks '40, who was to this visit. with the beautiful teeth, S. 'hi program back to the seventeenth (the one and theme of the book. N. have played Electra, Bernice Lib- What started as a humorous century period of polyphonic move- man '36, who directed the play, situation, with the singing of a (Cont'd, on pag 6, col. 5.) String Quartet stepped into her place. Through ment, with early Italian grace of hymn exaggerated by the boom- Miss line and feeling for melocy. Jephte ing voice of Katherine Hack '39, pleas- voice, body, and expression Claflin Hall had the great Stella and Van- despair and had the depth of meaning of the a hardboiled clergyman, quickly quited loves, quartet of Libman portrayed the ure of hearing a string essa, lived again. The skillful of Electra in a re- Bach, but not its tremendous vi- changed to a situation of dramatic dinner on intense passion Wellesley students after case of all the able manner. tality and greatness of music. It power with the amazingly compre- make-up in the partici- markably Sunday afternoon. The the characters enhanced the distinc- In the argon, the long scene in was a lengthy story, moving all hensive portrayal of the trance of '39, Elea- pants, Esther Parshley of the tion of the types. each side sets forth its case, way through, but not interesting Mrs. Henderson, the leader '41, which Rogers '40, Marion Gibby "39. McLaughlin did not con- nor Libman and Elise Man- musically every minute. It was well seance, by Mary McLaughlin If Mary have both Miss and Mary Louise Barrett '42, a vert her audience to spiritualism, son '39, gave dramatic portrayals performed, however, both chorus In a monologue which sustained un- been together as an ensemble interest for fifteen she nevertheless left with them a of very different characters. Miss and soloists speaking eloquently of high pitch of direction of Malcolm H. clear impression of the shallow- der the Manson evidenced a clear under- the sorrow of Jephthah's promise minutes, and displayed unusual only since the beginning of very dif- ness of smug disbelief, the point Holmes standing of the difficult role of to the Lord. Carissimi's florid vocal versatility, Swift and the but already they play two which Yeats makes in two other- the semester, Clytemnestra, especially when she style and clear sense of tonality ferent characters of his amazing authority and and unre- wise very different dramas. L.A. '39 with an received word of her son's death. were splendidly brought out. The strangely persistent Playing first a Clar- confidence. We could feel a moment of real chorus singing "Fugite, Cedite, Mozart, they were inet Quintet of sorrow before she recovered her- Impii" evidenced remarkable pre- assisted by Joan Pinanski of the self. Jean Paradis '39 as Orestes, cision and clarity, and outdid itself STAGE their lead Class of '42. Taking Wheeler '40 as Crysothemis, in the final chorus "Plorate Filii Ann The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, with Estelle Gibby, their very from Marion June Mason '40 as Paidagogos, Israel," where the detachment of Winwood, Hope Williams, Clifton Webb WILBUR Con- competent first violinist, also and Janet Matter '39 as Aegisthos syllables one from another created cert-mistress of the Wellesley Or- vari- were all satisfactory in their a moving impression of marching Ruth Diaper in her character sketches PLYMOUTH this de- chestra, they performed ous parts and the play as a whole mourners. Very effective was the One week. astonishing lightful work with an was very enjoyable. Cont'd, page S, col. 1.) ( on accuracy of rhythm and tempo as L. S. '39. In prospect well as with tastefully varying dy- ensemble was as Candida with Cornelia Otis Skinner and company. namics, and their and Fun instrumental tone. Glamour clearcut as their Comzkeneaiulqet "Slj Summer's Sun wf Under Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire be- Performing also a quartet by D'Oylv ICxclusivo summer ginning April 17 for four weeks. TICKETS NOW. Haydn of a slightly earlier date, school on No. Shore. Fashion modeling, IV, part I." Opening capable of conditioning, Maurice Evans in Hamlet and King Henry they showed themselves Parker Pen 11 g u r e W. for the 5 grooming, fencing, April 10 for two weeks. TICKETS NOW. difficult passages as well as of ex- W) $1,000 College Scholarship dancing. - linrollnient - References. evenings only. pressive simplicity. R- O- 39 limited. King Henry IV Wednesday and Saturday \SlL Contests / Cat. C. Hamlet alfother performances. ^§\v Nothing to Buy to Win ilk ANN'S BEAUTY SHOP ' WELLESLEY THEATRE TICKET AGENCY 40 CENTRAL STREET eademTe Church Street, Wellesley WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS Wellesley Thrift Shop. 34 Boston plays and concerts 25c a ticket 2511 moderne Service agency for all Telephone Wellesley Telephone Wei. 0916 Campus Pharmacy 35 COMMONWEALTH AVE. Open Daily 9 To 5:30 Shampoo and Finger Wave BOSTON $1.25 CENTRAL ST. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939 Disney's Ferdinand in Boston '42 Breaks Tradition Talks col. Brown Professor, Talks Sheean (Cont'd, from page 5, 5) Mr. Killough, To Hold Class Dance remember ? ) ; the rapturous but Conference On Situation undignified exit from the ring; At Forum Intercollegiate The class of '42 broke tradition and, of course, his ultimate bliss Saturday evening, March 25, as Europe amid the flowers. In addition to trialism." Mr. Killough made In conference, March 26, first all-class In a small it inaugurated the studies of the bull- for satisfying these, there are students of clear the necessity based on papers by held by Welles- promoters, and of the mata- with grievances regard- dance ever to be Chamberlain; fight colleges who are do- countries Condemns New England the custom dors and picadors and heaven ing their place in world trade. ley Freshmen. Though seminar work or work of ad- Complications ing for Believes knows what else. The pencil He advanced three theories was as new as the class, the dance vanced caliber, Forum considered preliminary drawings dissatisfac- Result in War sketches are the solution of present showed previous experience on the Will timely question of "Colonies celluloids, interesting both the dis- for the tion, the first two of which he part of committee members. In Materials." The confer- individual drawings and as an and Raw In accordance with his view that as carded as impractical: (1) Grant- Hall, made festive by entirely at Severance, Alumnae in production. As ence, held "recent past holds the key to important stage ing colonies to all countries; (2) shades of colored lights the first of its kind at Wel- changing they are spirited, and was the present time," Vincent Sheean drawings self-sufficiency, for which Germany Alden Porter's music, the the and a definite experiment and executed with masterly sureness. lesley, would summarized the events of the past is now striving, and which Freshmen enjoyed every minute on the part of Forum. The color of the finished painting the year in Europe in his lecture on necessitate a re-division of first major social event. Morning Session of their is merely indicated in the draw- increased inter- "Personal Opinion" of the situa- address of wel- world; (3) free, For once, conditions were re- by colored outline, which hap- Following an Alumnae Hall ings national trade, permitting each upperclassmen tion abroad, at come by Anne Paulsen '39, Presi- versed, and it was pens to be extremely effective. what she wanted. Thursday, March 23. He con- Forum, Sherley Heiden- country to get who peered through French win- Since Ferdinand has become a dent of ominous note that The third solution, in Mr. Kill- dancers as cluded with the further '40, Chairman of the Inter- dows, watching the matinee idol, he has no berge is the ough's opinion, can be realized "the Fascist will to conquer have seen national Relations Club, summar- they swayed or shagged. In lieu need of eulogy. If you proposes to divide only if a strong nation or group dances reality which will enjoy the ex- ized "Current Colonial Demands." of the prom maids found at the film, you of nations exercises the preroga- the world." that reason. If you She attributed to two causes the held by their big sisters, many hibition for that the tive maintaining a balance of Mr. Sheean maintained made the acquaintance present demands for colonies by of Freshmen earned their own tickets haven't yet was during power. United States, France, and duties. time to stop Hitler of Ferdinand, you shouldn't miss Italy, Japan, and Germany: (1) by performing prom maid the three na- the "great crisis" beginning Sep- opportunity. E. K. '39 Have-not powers need certain raw Great Britain are During the intermission came this capable of this role. tember 12, 1938, with Hitler's Nu- materials and markets for their tions the long-awaited floor show, di- program for this remberg speech stating that the rages against the Jews to the manufactured goods; (2) the na- Mr. Killough's rected by Lorna Cooke. Nancy the which is to maintain the Sudetenland question had to be Munich agreement; German tions are seeking strategic posi- country, Garlick, Susanna Floyd, Elizabeth balance of power, contains two settled, if not in an orderly fash- press at that time cried, "Let the tions to guard their means of ac- Blood and Mary Louise Wright parts: strong rearmament as a ion, by force. The position of the democracies protest! We know cess to raw materials. opened the entertainment with a of force and deflation as a democracies was then psychologi- what we can do!" The attack on George Kahen of Harvard, in a threat tap dance performed in white clearing up of internal economy. politically weak because the Jews is the psychological cen- paper on "Raw Materials and the sweaters and shorts with big '42 cally and In the afternoon session of the yielded in the occupation ter for Hitler's thought that every- Far East," stated that Japan numerals. In the best sophisticat- they had conference, Rosemary Danes of the Rhineland in March, 1936, German is good, and since hopes to get coal and iron from ed style Ann MacKnight sang of thing Mount Holyoke spoke on "The limitation of arma- responsible for China. He pointed to the superfic- a popular piece, followed by the and in the someone must be of Colonies as a Market for the iality of Japan's economic pene- Value rich voice of Ann Burnham in ments, thereby invalidating the bad things, the Jews have tration in China. On the other the Goods of the Powers." She Cole Porter's Night and Day. Mur- treaty of Versailles. Mr. Sheean turned scapegoat. hand, China, being weak, will be cited the cases of Great Britain rayl Groh continued with a spir- said he believed that a statement Today Hitler has entered Me- countries with pro- open to domination by western and France as ited version of the St. Louis Blues, by France, England, and Russia mel ; Hungary is entering Czecho- powers. fitable markets within their em- and, as a grand finale, Barbara that they would maintain the slovakia. Vincent Sheean fore- Miss Margaret Ball of the Po- pires, owing to the elimination of Beury joined Lorna Cooke in a standing treaties would have made sees that the turbulent Hunga- litical Science Department, in the trade barriers. four-handed piano arrangement of Hitler back down. His condemna- rians will not be absorbed by the talk which followed, reviewed the Case for Free Trade Deep Pin-pie. tion of Chamberlain was strong: German Reich, but will become al- important problems facing central The final talk, by Michael Le- Upon reaching the Hall, the "Chamberlain not only failed to lies. Mussolini's part in the drama Europe today. The problem of jeune of Yale on "Colonies and girls presented their escorts to a save peace, but condemned us to of European events has been held the economic integration of cen- the Tariff Question," took the form receiving line formed by Dean war on less favorable terms." With back for two years by the unfore- of strong plea for free trade. tral Europe was thrown open to a Frances L. Knapp, Dean Mary C. the termination of the Munich seen resistance of the Loyalists in Mr. Lejeune's discussion. main argument was Ewing, Nancy Wiltbank, Chair- agreement, ceding to Hitler's de- Spain, but now that Franco has the increased advantage free Mr. Killough's Solution of man of the dance, and Mary Lou- mands, the whole post-war system but eight interior blockaded pro- the trade in the long run to the con- After the luncheon, leading ise "Taffy" Stafford, Freshman was destroyed, leaving a treaty vinces in Spain to subdue, II Duce's conference, Mr. sumer, in the case either of an speaker of the Class President. "dependent on the whim or power aims in the Mediterranean will professor of Eco- empire or a single political unit. Hugh Killough, The dance was under the direc- of the Fascist dictators to destroy take precedence over the part of dealt briefly The conference closed at four- nomics at Brown, tion of an able executive commit- it." the Italian troops in the Spanish with the subject "World Trade as thirty with a summary, an ad- tee which included Ann Dumstrey, Mr. Sheean attributes the out- war. ' a Vehicle for the Spread of Indus- journment, and a tea. Business Manager, Alice Ann Moore, Chairman of Refreshments, Norlhfield Conference Kaltenborn Predicts and Betty Faye Smith who was FLORIDA (^ (Continued from page 2 col. J,) On Situation Abroad in charge of selecting the orches- AND THE SOUTH grave; thirdly that "the worst is tra. Martha Jane Harshaw, Deco- (Ed. Note: In a special dispatch yet to come." In the light of these ration Chairman, showed real taste to the Wellesley College News, H. . observations, the conference lead- . . and a Healthful, New Lower Fares V. Kaltenborn, world famous com- in choosing balloon clusters which ers discussed the future of the ...one way in coaches mentator, sent the following:) proved a cross between Wellesley Springtime Sun-Tan Christian community. from Boston To the Wellesley College News: blue '42 Miami. Fla $30.22 From all evidence the indica- and purple. There should be no major Euro- on Your Easter Vacation Savannah, Ga $22.12 tions are very hopeful. At Mad- pean War this year. For the mo- Jacksonville, Ha. . . $24.72 ras, Dr. Van Dusen saw Chinese Orchestra Designates Palm Beach, Fla.. $29.22 No faster rail service to Florida. W. ment Hitler has swallowed all he Seaboard's and Japanese delegates walking Tampa, Fla $27.92 Six Future Offices most modern fleet offers you more than speed. can digest and Mussolini is about St. Petersburg. Fla. . $28.47 hand in hand on the campus. Not All cars are to get a mouthful from France. completely air-conditioned and Sarasota. Fla. $28.52 even the horror and hatred of the cooled in Florida. Excellent Atlanta, Ga. $21.82 The Spanish War, with its constant Eleanor Rodgers '40 will serve meal service at war could abrogate their Christian low Birmingham, Ala. . . $23.72 as President of the Wellesley Col- cost. And, ride in luxury and comfort at threat of expanding in the Euro- Memphis, Tenn. . . . $26.27 brotherhood. In Germany, Chris- lege Orchestra, new lower coach fares. You'll sleep restfully pean conflict, is over and the the college instru- New Orleans. La. . . $29.02 tian ministers of De- the Confessional —soft, upholstered, individual seats— adjust- St. Augustine .... $25.32 mocracies are groping their way mentalists learned at their re- movement are preaching what they able to sleeping position. Daytona Beach .... $26.37 to some sort of union against hearsal Friday, March 24. Miss for- ,r consider to be true Christianity in The*e f . . ria Hell Gale Bridge. eign aggression. Rodgers, who plays the viola, will Fife* via Grand Central 90< leu. defiance of persecution from Hit- AUo low fare* in Pullir British policies cannot have an able executive staff, work- ler at the head of the state church. be vig- orous or constructive until there ing under her. Marion Gibby '41 Educated young men are attend- is a change in the Cabinet. Neville will continue in her present posi- ing "bootleg" theological schools Chamberlain's appeasement policy tion as Concert Mistress while and ministering to their parishes has failed and must continue to Alice Willard '41 was elected Busi- without salary, rather than submit fail in the face of ruthless and ness Manager, Priscilla Pattison to the Nazis, and compromise with determined dictator powers. Under '41, Treasurer, Mary Louise Bar- their religious beliefs. On Sun- the leadership of a stronger Prime rett '42, days, more moderate Secretary, and Joan Pin- German Minister THE SILVER whose absence cannot be anski '42, Librarian. METEOR Christian ministers preach against longer delayed, the British STAINLESS STEEL, STREAMLINED COACH TRAIN Em- Margaret '39, the totalitarian state in Horton retiring ambiguous pire will consolidate Fastest, finest coach service. No extra fare. Reclining seats. Observation- its strength President, presented the language which is understood per- new of- lounge, tavern-lounge-radio, magazines. Low cost meals. Stewardess-nurse. (Continued on ficers with corsages. Departures fectly and heartily sympathized Page 7, Col. 1) every third day—alternating to the East Coast and West Coast. Reservations with and tickets mu6t be secured in advance. Lv. Penna. Sta., by large congregations. If New York, 3 :30 PM. Connecting train leaves Boston 9 :00 AM. a break-down of our society should ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL come, said Dr. Van Dusen, the (East Coast) Through sleeping (West Coast) Through sleeping community of Christ will be the cars from Boston to W. Palm cars from Boston to Jacksonville, last CHEERING! group to dissolve. Through- Beach, Miami, other East Coast re- Tampa, Clearwater, Si. Petersburg, out the world sorts and Central Florida. the men and women • It is CHEERING to know that secretarial position can be All Pull- Sarasota and other West Coast re- who look depression man—no extru fare. World's largest sorts, leave Boston to Jesus of Nazareth as days are on the obtained now at the Fairfield 8:30 AM. Fast- Diesel-electric their wane. locomotives. Club- est service in this train's history. leader cannot be separated. School. recreation, library-lounge feature Reclining-seat coaches. • Lv. Penna. "Omnes unum sunt," is the It is CHEERING to know the • It is CHEERING to cars motto know that from Pennsylvania Station Sta. at 1 :30 PM. for above Florida of demand for college graduates the Student Christian Move- college graduates can start from New York daily at 1:25 PM. points. with secretarial training ex- either in July, Sleeping cars leave Boston 8 :30 ment "We are all one." finishing in Feb- AM. Connecting train with coaches ceeds the supply. Arrive Miomi Jane ruary; or start in September, 3:40 PM. next day. leaves Boston 8:30 ajn. M. MacMaster, 1940. • It is CHEERING to know that finishing in June. Four other Seaboard trains from New York daily to Corolina, Georgia, the kind ol training Morula resorts, necessary • It is CHEERING to find that and to Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, to secure southwest. a desirable executive the expense is reasonable. Ask your local Ticket Agent for DR. PAUL E. EVERETT Address ALAN M. information, reservations via Seaboard- FUHBER. Diroclor. lor Catalog or consult OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN J. A. BLASER, N.E.P.A., 310 Old South Bldg., Boston Tel. Liberty 2634 Wobon Block Wellesley Square FAIRFIELD SCHOOL 245 Tel. Welletiey MARLBOROUGH STREET • BOSTON. 0300-W MASSACHUSETTS GO MODERN! GO SEABOARD! — — —

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939

ed him to God 'IneipU vita ivova' Wellesley Owes Its Distinctive tory. The work of the first gen- (Here beginneth the new life). eration" of economic history. The Will you work of the first generation con- Heraldry to George H. Davenport not write sisted mostly of the formation of that in- a "table of contents" to the vast scription in amount of material that lay before (Cont'd, from page 1, col. 5) tains." Wellesley blue, the prin- all its nob- before it. Their work, said Pro- tion of this seal came to no one's cipal colour of the design, repre- lest mean- fessor Heaton, was "institutional, attention until the supervising sents the blue of Lake Waban, on ing at the C. G. Comment constitutional, sensational, and architect the days of good weather. The at the time of the build- begin- emotional." weekend of April 14-15, The the ing of the library wing inquired book is the traditional charge on ing of your Valuable though their contribu- annual Five College Conference is coat of arms of Oxford and Cam- whether or not Wellesley had a course i n tion was to the second being held at Vassar College. Rep- bridge in England, and generation coat of arms which might be in this Wellesley College, thus making it of economic historians, the main resentatives from the five large, carved in stone country Harvard, Yale, Brown, over the entrance. also the beginning of the beauti- work eastern women's colleges, Welles- of these men was to exercise It was then that Mr. Davenport Princeton, and many others, rep- ful ideal life." What more endur- Vassar, Smith, Mount Holyoke the function of criticism upon the ley, felt that Wellesley, as one of the resenting the Bible, or the founda- ing words could the of founder material Mawr, gather at one of which had been left to and Bryn country's largest women's colleges, tion of the College, the Book of Wellesley have chosen for future them. main the colleges in the spring of every The differences in the should have a Coat embodied in a Knowledge, or of life. In its up- generations of students, as Mr. to compare notes on student first and second generations of year new, distinctive seal of per part the cross crosslet alludes Davenport himself said in appropri- an arti- economists governments and to discuss what are the tools and mate- ate heraldic significance. to the Christian idea in the found- cle in The Alumnae Quarterly. rials they have, and their methods seem to be outstanding student ing of the college, in addition to In 1917 the coat of arms pre- of using them. Of these tools the problems. As is customary, the occuring Durant pared in the family's by William T. Aldrich and Clio Dons Overalls In main one is statistics. The econ- outgoing President of C. G. will arms. At its two sides are the two approved by Ralph Adams Cram omists must always realize attend with the new President and fountains of Truth and Knowledge, Professor Heaton' s Talk that was unanimously accepted by the his material is not infallible, and the new Chief Justice. also referring to the Wellesley and Board of Trustees for the College, may easily be disproved by a more Groups Welles association with the col- Professor Heaton of the Univer- Relation of C. G. and has been retained ever since. recent discovery of documents. lege, Welles being one of the Many students do not know of At the same time a new seal was sity of Minnesota spoke in Pendle- founder's' names. Perhaps most The new fact we must now realize adopted, including both of this annual meeting. Many do not the coat ton Hall, March 21, on "Clio In is that the important of all are the words valuable documents are realize the extent to which there arms and the college motto. "Incipit Vita Nova" the Latin quo- Overalls," that is to say, the muse not the political state papers, but, is a relation between the college Motto, a Dante Quotation tation first used by Dante, and la- of history, when she had written for the historian, the small, seem- government groups of the five col- The Heraldic reading of our coat ter by Durant her Ph.D. Henry in his ad- thesis on epic history. ingly unimportant, leges, a feeling of cooperation routine records of arms is "Azure on an open an- dress "The Spirit of Wellesley", This great event did not truly which is expressed in the willing- of how small businesses were con- cient book, the words 'Incipit Vita which closed as follows: "Dante occur until about 1870, so that we ness of representatives from indi- ducted, the wages paid, other Nova' on a chief or a cross cross- wrote at the beginning of his rec- are now at the beginning of the and vidual colleges to explain methods let of the field between two foun- ord of that sacred love which guid- third "generation" of economic his- commercial transactions. in which they meet particular prob- lems and which is followed up throughout the year by corre- spondence among the colleges ask- K^j ing and receiving specific informa- tion on particular points of or- ganization.

Discussion of Campus Problems

Last year, the delegates dis- cussed such problems as the over- crowded social schedule, the meth- od of election of house presidents, and the position of the A. S. U. on the campus. Incidental informa- tion gained by the representatives concerned the fact that the college governments of all five colleges strikingly similar in theory as are <>ch6*/ well as in organization, and that Stun the Wellesley system of late per- ME. missions is the most liberal of all the colleges. Almost every one who has attended these confer- ences has felt that the stimulation FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF looking at under- & received from L graduate problems > 1 t* V„*'7f TO EUROPE and BACK Kaltenborn Preclicls PLUS (Continued from Page 6, Col. 2) and reassert its traditional leader- 3 WEEKS HIKING ond ship in World affairs. France for the next six months will remain BIKING IN GERMANY unified under Prime Minister Da- ladier, whose decree powers will to ex- strengthen French resistance FOR AS LITTLE AS $240 cessive dictator demand. Time is on the side of the de- mocracies. Germany, Italy and Jao- an are in such desperate economic straits that they cannot expand armaments much further. Britain, No— There Are No Mirrors! We'll Map Your Tour France, Soviet Russia and the about It is done simply and enjoyably by Let us know, on the coupon, United States through their con- in Third Class on sail you trol of gold, credit and raw mate- crossing both ways when you can and when rials, can continue to increase and with your Hapag or Lloyd steamers wish to be back in New York. Then consolidate their land, air and sea bike in tow. (Better add a few dol- forces. Already their combined name a few cities you especially as strength is more than twice that lars for tips.) In Germany — to see. Mail us the coupon powers. want of the aggressor shown in the above figures — you The United States, under the AN IDEA today and we'll send you a sug- can hike and bike it for as little as leadership of President Roosevelt Tear out this ad gested day by day bicycle tour. Secretary of State Hull, has $1.25 a day putting up over night and discuss it with your taken a strong stand against ag- family over Easter! t Germany's popular Youth Hostels. Fair Enough? gression. As President Roosevelt pointed out to Congress in Janu- ary, "There are many methods short of war" by which document NORTH GERMAN LLOYD economic power can defeat the aims of economically weaker states. The spontaneous boycott of goods countries, our 25 LLOYD from aggressor HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE . NORTH GERMAN Ger- per cent penalty tariff against Educational Service Department, 752 Boylston St., Boston. Mass. our decision to supply man goods, Germany together with Hess* send me an outline of a bicycle tour in war materials to our friends and approximate cost. to deny them to our prospective Date I can sail (Approx. enemies—are constructive Ameri- be back in New York (Approx. Date). can contributions to an ordered I wish to include (Cities) . world. The dictators always look If time permits— good up to the last five minutes. The day of their displacement may be nearer than most of us sup- pose. The eclipse of the Doctrine of Collective security is only tem- not lose faith that .STATE- porary. Let us "JA-- ours is what William James used to call "Amelioristic Universe." Sincerely yours, H. V. KALTENBORN ! !

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 29, 1939 8 Will "The "Pinocchio" Succeed most of modern advantages. COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO Historian Discusses "Macbeth" at the Copley easier things are made for us the Woman's Duty The Back To The Farm Modern less we' do," she observed. AMPUS Club at Wellesley received A novelty Federal Theatre pro- And yet Miss Gallagher does By Carol Lewis the great encouragement several Pinocchio, the tale of an RIER not believe for a moment that duction "Special privileges in society are days ago at the accidental details of household man- puppet who becomes a real C other intricate Italian paid for by some hatching in the Zoology always with which Renaissance Miss agement boy, will come to the Copley Thea- Lloyd's case. member of society," declared Building incubator of a LOST: Glasses in black women perforce filled their lives Please notify Jean Barkin, 149 Katherine Gallagher, commenting sturdy black chicken. The tre April 11, following the engage- Tower West. should be the aim of modern wo- lesson we may learn from feel particularly Dramatic on the opinion, we could and members ment of Macbeth. inter- LOST: Will the girl who borrowed my men. In her of Italian Renaissance optimistic at his appearance; Gemmell and Blodgett Economics a study contribute intensity of est mingled with vaudeville, pan- please return should book in the Llbe it to mark the Keyser, 30S civilization. world prob- they expect It:! Ducuihy Jane thought and action on tonine, and circus, promises to of- of relaxation, stur- trial) in. Even in moments leisure possible beginning of a lems as recompense for the fer an interesting entertainment with red Miss Gallagher's thoughts are not dier race in incubator fowl, LOST—A gold link bracelet we have been given. stones. Sentimental value. subject, for those who go to Pinocchio. and green far from her favorite since he hatched out minus if returned to Graham JacK- to make Reward such "You owe it to society son. Washington House. which che chose "Because it's the usual requirement of good in it," Miss Gallagher urged. fun." One interesting history turning the egg three times H A as to what g^t "bhnd date with General interest so Divining our question I'vf a chapter aroused her daily, the club members hav- Bot. she continued, "I'll go good we could do, Secretary to Playwright. The 101 notes I haven t got that she said to herself, ing been a little lax in tend- it will be hot as well as On June the 2nd article." "Cultivated mothers, sp°«- • Italy and write an Can't someone get me oft the over to ing the egg. Typing and ability take get stuck with the scholars, do their bit. Mothers who I don't want ot That single article has grown into General. conver- the cultivate the habit of real initiative research re- a whole book on women of idea rates home 1 don't know how my in Italy, Ecco sations and discussions at quired. Knowledge Span- ought to come with Renaissance period ILLUSION, VOT- That orchids tremendous contribution." LA GRANDE he Donne, in English, Behold make a ish (colloquial Mexican) learn their various traits But^a'n fates in the ED BEST FOREIGN FILM OF someone's notes "ill foil the the Women, which will be pub- Information about women ff with the helpful but not requisite. —I don't want to get stuck lished in the near future. home Miss Gallagher found in THE YEAR, WILL BE SHOWN non-resident. Mail qualifications and Mao" Lou Moore '39. she clearly does not Although trials for criminal evasions of the AT THE COMMUNITY PLAY- found picture to Box 157 this believe that women had tax COLLEGE NOTES sumptuary laws of the day, in IN WELLESLEY HILLS their place in this period, Miss HOUSE paper. records, and in notary registra- Engaged Gallagher is equally certain that THE WEEK OF APRIL 9-16. women today have not made the tions of marriage dowries. Robert Dorothy C. Voss '39 to '39. C. Casselman, M. I. T. Virginia Bell '39 to Frederick B. '39. Grant, M. I. T. ALUMNAE NOTES

Engaged

Helen Payne '37 to William F. '35. Ray. University of Cincinnati Marjorie Sargent '37 to Thomas Col- L. Beital, William and Mary lege. Connie Talcott '37 to David C. Whitehouse, Bates College '36.

Betty Lou Robinson '37 to Syd- ney C. Stanley of Harvard.

Married

Katherine Tweedy ex-'37 to Theodore Reed, Cornell University. Helen Haft ex-'39 to Arnold Krakauer, New York University '38. '34, Harvard Law School Emily Blau "38 to Albert Bern- ard. Adrienne Lande '38 to Herbert Warren Rubin, Harvard '35. Helen Wigglesworth '38 to Cy- rus Leland MacKinnan, Dartmouth *38.

Sylvia Callender ex-'38 to James B. Bragaw. Dorothy Devoe ex-'38 to Robert Roy Eindeler, Rutgers '38. FOR A Barbara Vail '32 to Harlan Page Cristy II, University of Michigan and Harvard Law.

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