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CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

VOLUME XLII

NUMBER 2 MARCH 1965 Executive Board of the Alumnae Association 4 Doubleheader / by Marcia Hildreth Pond President: ELIZABETH J, DUTfON '47 9 Steady Pitching / by Rosemary Wilson [encees '62 First Vice President: ELIZABETH ROCKWELL CESARE '52 12 Tinker to Evers to Chance 16 CC in the Peace Corps / by Mary Elizabeth Second V ice President: Frandin Gehrig '42 ELIZABETH GORDON VAN LAw '28 18 In Memoriam Secretary: ROLDAH NORTHUP CAMERON '51 20 Items of interest Treasurer: E, ELIZABETH SPEIRS '29 22 Alumnae Wzitets / by Rhoda Meltzer Directors: JANET BOOMER BARNARD '29 Gilinsky '49 EDITH PATTON CRANSHAW '41 25 Books ELIZABETH PARCELLS ARMS '39 26 Letters JANE MUDDLE FUNKHOUSER '53 27 Class Notes Trustees: Cover by Helen Reynolds Smyth '29 CAROL 1. CHAPPELL '41 Photos by Philip Biscuti WINIFRED NIES NORTHCOTT '38 SARAH PITHOUSE BECKER '27 Published by the Connecticut College Alumnae As- sociation at Sykes Alumnae Center, Connecticut Chairman of Alumnae Fund: College, New London, Conn., four times a year in December, March, May and August. Subscription PATRICIA WERTHEIM ABRAMS '(,0 price $2 per year. Second-class postage paid at Princeton, New Jersey. Send Form 3579 to Sykes Chairman of Nominating Committee: Alumnae Center, Connecticut College, New London, JANET FLETCHER ELLRODT '41 Connecticut 06320. AAe Member. Chairman of Finance Committee: Statement of ownership, management and circulation required by Act of October 23. 1962; Section 4369. Title 39, United States PRISCILLA PASCO '39 Code. 1. Date of filing: Sept. 3D, 1964. 2. Title of publication:~on. Chairman of Scholarship Committee: necticut College Alumnae News. 3. Frequency of issue: 4 umes WINIFRED NIES NORTHCOTT '38 a year, December, March. May, and August. 4. Location of known office of publication: Princeton Printing Co., 176 Alexander Sr., Executive Director: Princeton, Mercer ce., N. J. 08540. 5. Location of headquarters of the publishers: Sykes Alumnae Center, Connecticut Co!lege, CHARLOTTE BECKWITH CRANE '25 New London, Conn. 06320. 6. Names and addresses of publisher, Connecticut College Editor, and Managing Editor: Publisher, Connecticut College Alumnae Association, Inc., Sykes Alumnae Center, C?nneweut Ed;to~: College, New London Conn. 06320; Editor, Eleanor Hine Kranz ELEANOR HINE KRANZ '34 (Mrs. John R.), 755' West Saddle River Rd., Ho·Ho·Kus, .N. J.; 755 West Saddle River Road He He Ku N Business Manager, Miss E. Elizabeth Speirs, P.O. Box 98, W'I~ddsor. ' - . s. ewJ ersey Conn. 7. Owner: (If owned by a corporation, its nameandau ress Editorial Boerd : must be stated and abo immediately thereunder the flamerand address of stockholders owning or holding I percent ~r more MARION VIBERT CLARK, '24, Class Note; Editor of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporaMn"the E. ELIZABETH SPEIRS. '29. Business Manager names and addresses of the individual owners must be gwen. ELIZABETH DAMEREL GONGAWARE '26 •A' sssstant Ed'aor If owned by a partnership or other un~nc~r~oratedfirm, its ~a=j ROLDAH NORTHUP CAMERON'S 1 and address, as well as that of each mdwidual must be gluJ ' RUBY ZAGOREN SILVERSTEIN '43 Membership corporation, no stock holders. 8. Known bo,ndhol ers, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holdlOg 1 per- PRISCILLA BAIRD HINCKLEY '47 cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other RHODA MELTZER GILINSKY '49 securities: None.

DOUBLEHEADER

This is the program...

BY MARCIA HILDRETH POND Financial Aid Advise1'

Mrs. Pond came to Connecticut College in Marchi 1964. A history major, she graduated cum laude from Radcliffe in 1950, and received her M.A. in Diplomatic History and Economics in 1951 from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. After teaching for a year at the Hathaway- Brown School in Cleveland, Ohio, she became a research allalyst for the United States Government from 1954-57. She is the wife of Hartley L. Pond, now a physicist at the U.S. New,! Underwater Sound Laboratory in New London, and the mother of two sons, aged seven and four. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Laague of Women Voters of New London, and chairman of its committee studying the public library service of New London and Waterford. (At right she interviews a studens}

4 • that rescues students who have everything but enough money

• that helps Connecticut enroll the students it wants

"We are determined to continue choosing students for their ability to learn rather than for their ability to pay."

ONNECTICUT COLLEGE, like others of its caliber, is an expensive school. A modest budget for a resident C student is now $3300 a year. Even families of substantial means tend to blanch at such a figure, but it should not discourage any able girk from applying for admission. We are determined to continue choosing students for their ability to learn rather than for their ability to pay, and that accounts for the increasing interest in and support for our financial aid program.

"During the past few years, financial aid has grown • • . to a matter of national urgency."

During the past few years, financial aid has grown from the concern of a few private colleges, their benefactors, and a relatively small number of students to a matter of national urgency. The long struggle for equal educational opportunity has been intensified by a belated recognition that the talents of our young people are a great natural resource that we cannot afford to leave undeveloped. Since the largest pool of hitherto underdeveloped talent exists in low and lower-middle income groups, financial aid is an essential element in making higher education possible for these young people. College admissions officers are encour- aging the "rising expectations" of able, needy students, and

5 .' har ed wirh responsibility for State funds financial aid officers are c g f' d and distributing Many states have established and most othersate COn. marshalling the available sources 0 ar sidering scholarship and guaranteed loan plans. Eleven them in the fairest possible way. freshmen at Connecticut College hold $750 Stateof Connecticut College funds Connecticut Scholarships, and a number of otherstudents E the richest colleges no longer feel that their f?rmer have been able to bring their Rhode IslandOtNewJeIsey yen f holarship funds are sufficient for their ~x. Scholarships with rhem. Many States do not allnwtheir sc sourdcedes°eed (Harvard was one of the universities which scholarships to be used outside the state; but some,mOSt an n s. .. aJ P 800 000 linlltatlOn on annu ressed for remova I0 f (he $ , important to us, New York, are reconsideringthispolicy. ~orrnents of National Defense Student Loan funds ro a . ...) Our rraditional scholarship sources, Federal aid single insnrunon. d h the Swayze Fund, the Palmer, and Shea Funds, an t e The National Defense Education Act of 1958is Ire- many others listed in the Catalogue, supplemented by ge~- quently compared with the Morrill Act and the G.l.billin erous gifts from the Gordon Foundation, t~e ~laustelO discussions of its impact on American education.TheNa. Fund, the Rosensriel Foundation (for Negro girls) and the tional Student Loan program which it establishedhas al- Parents' (formerly Dads') Fund have done much to relieve ready grown from $30 million authorized in 1958·59to, the pressure at Connecticut College. Alumnae gifts are the projected $195 million for 1968-69. Collegesapplyforthe backbone of scholarship funds in many colleges, and amount of NDEA money they wish and provideone-ninth Connecticut College has been fortunate in the interest and of rhe total out of rheir own funds. The collegesarecharged generosity displayed by its alumnae. Our alumnae clubs in with the responsibility of administering and collecting the New London, Hartford, Fairfield County, New York, loans, under regulations set up by the Department of Westchester County, Washington, Cleveland, and Chicago Health, Educarion and Welfate. These loans (up to $1000 have given regular support to students from their areas. a year) are awarded on the basis of need and theirunero- Nevertheless, like most other schools, we are reaching our- nomic interest rate (3% beginning a year aftergradllll' side our restricted scholarship endowment income to un- tion), long repayment period (ten years, with postpone- restricted endowment funds and even current budget funds men ts for rnijirary or peace corps duty), and cancellation to support our financial aid program. provisions (up to 50% for private or public elementary, secondary, or college teachers) make them a formoffinan- Outside sources ci al aid. The last Congress passed more legislationccn. College resources are now being supplemented by a be- cerned with education than any previous Congressin wildering array of outside financial aid programs. In some history, but its record is almost certain to be outdoneby areas of the country, citizen groups have organized to pro- the new Congress. vide grassroots support for local students. An outstanding example is the Fall River, Massachusetts, program, which is " .•• who should be aided, in what amount,and in spreading to many other communities under the leadership what way." of the National Scholarship Foundation. Service clubs and After a college decides that it should have a financial other local organizations often offer aid in the form of aid program and determines the resources it wishes to scholarships or loans. The New London branches of the devote ro this purpose, it must decide who shouldbe aided, AAU.W. and B'nai B'rirh present annual scholarship gifts in what amount, and in what way. During the 40'sand to Connecticut College. Corporations, some acting alone early 50's many of 'our leading colleges competedforable and some working through the National Merit Scholarship students to a degree that was wasteful of collegefundsand Corporation, support a large number of outstanding, needy no doubt often resulted in studenrs' choosing a college 00 studenrs. Many foundation grants have aid to students as the basis of its financial rather than its academic offerings. a primary goal or secondary result. And individual donors To relieve the problem, the College ScholarshipService are still an important source of student aid. Banks are mak- was founded in 1954. Its members (now grownfrom95to ing millions of dollars available to students in the form of about 550 schools and colleges) have adopted a set ~f long term loans at reasonable interest rates. Outside the principles upon which their financial aid programsw~ financial aid .category, but sometimes impinging on it, are be based, and crucial among these is the statementthat fi- the commercia] time-payment plans. These plans are often nancial aid to a student should not exceed the amounthe extremely expensive in terms of true interest rates and needs to attend that college. This is a most important~n· should be vety carefully stu di re d by a fami amI1y considering " them. cept because some people persist in regarding stholarships as prizes. While it is certainly true that scholarshipsare 6 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS The following table will give an indication of the con- given to able and prormsmg students, the amount of an award is determined solely by the difference between the tribution from family income expected by the CSS analysis family's ability to pay and college costs. Colleges, therefore, for a family without unusual complications or problems. do not announce the amount of their scholarship awards, (Allowances are made for families supporting parents, and they urge students and secondary schools to follow their those with other children in coliege, and those with un- usually heavy medical expenses.) example.

To determine the need of a financial aid applicant, Normal Expected Yearly Supporr for College Expenses the College Scholarship Service created the Parents' Confi- from Family Income: dential Statement, a searching inquiry into a family's fi- Family income Number of dependenr children in family nancial position. Completion of this form is required of all before taxes 1 2 3 4 5 aid applicants at CS5 member colleges. The Educational ------$ 4,000 -375 $ 275 $ 200 $ 175 $ 150 Testing Service in Princeton machine processes the PCS s 325 forms and computes an estimate of need. The computation 6,000 750' 575 450 375 is sent to each C55 college to which the student has applied; 8,000 1200 950 775 675 600 and another CSS principle, that member colleges should 10,000 1750 1400 1200 1050 950 consult on the amount of aid they will offer to common Families are also expected to use a portion of their assets candidates, becomes immeasurably easier to apply. Ideally. to pay college fees. In computing assets, equity in a home the only difference between the aid offers of two colleges and loan value of life insurance are figured at half value, to a common candidate should be the difference in the and savings and investments at full value. cost of attending them. In practice, college financial aid officers often differ with the College Scholarship Service Normal Expected Yearly Supporr for College Expenses conclusions about the resources of a particular applicant; but the advantages of central processing are undoubted and, from Family Assets: as the procedures of analysis become more sophisticated, Amount of Number of dependenr children in family there should be fewer occasions for questioning the assets 1 2 3 4 5 computations. --- - s 6,000 $ 25 $ $ $ $ 30 15 When the Admissions Committee has accepted the 8,000 125 85 55 strongest possible freshman class from the ever increasing 10,000 225 165 125 95 70 number of applicants it becomes the duty of the financial 12,000 325 250 200 155 125 aid office to supply the necessary amount of aid to those 20,000 870 725 615 535 475 who need and have applied for it. Since the CSS computa- 30,000 1715 1480 1310 1180 1075 tion of need assumes, in assessing a student's need, that she will spend her savings during her college career, will The "package" work every summer and contribute an annually increasing amount from her summer earnings toward her fees, and Financial aid can take many forms. Scholarships, Grants- that her family will contribute a substantial portion of in-Aid, Loans from college or government funds, co-opera- their income and assets to their child's education, many tive housing, and student employment; Connecticut College colleges (including Connecticut) feeL that financial aid offers all these, singly and in combination. In fact, some should cover the gap between expected family contribution combination of types of aid, or a "financial aid package" and college fees plus an allowance for books, supplies, mis- has become the norm here and at most other colleges. cellaneous expenses, and two round trip coach fares home. Scholarsbips are gifts, awarded for past performance and To offer substantially less than the determined need figure furore promise. The minimum academic level for scholar- seems an empty, even cruel, gesture. Unfortunately, most ship renewal at Connecticut is 2.50. Some colleges, Yale is schools, again including Connecticut, find that their avail- one, require only that the scholarship holder proceed norm- able resources cannot be stretched to cover all the admitted ally toward graduation. This stipulation removes a source financial aid candidates. Every year a group of these girls, of anxiety for many students and hopefully allows the determined to come to Connecticut College, will manage scholarship holder to feel free to try his wings in some to enroll even without aid, in hopes that if they do well new field of interest without inordinate fear of a low academically they wilL be given help after the freshman grade wbich may endanger his scholarship. Grants-In-Aid year. are non-renewable gifts made to a promising student

MARCH 1965 7 , , htl below scholarship level. The whose record IS sldg Y di of a Granr-in-Aid e d . the awar 109 hope express In f d ill enable the recipient . ther semester 0 stu y w . IS that ano h I hip For the academic year Iif f regular sc 0 ars ' to qua, y or a , d d irs students 178 scholarships 1964-65 Connectlcut awar e 1 , 0 , '$194845' and 25 Grants-in-Aid rocaling $11,80 , totaling h ' 'GeneraL Morors scholar, three Proctor We also ave one . f . & Gamble scholars, five Merit scholars, and SIX oreign students with large College awards, f) Study now, pay later

It used to be said that women would not borrow to pay for their educations but times have certainly cha~ged. Our studenrs quickly borrowed all $65,000 of our Narional D~- fense Student Loan funds, and we had. to spend an addi- r- , al $14700 of other college funds to make up our total non , ""1 of 231 loans for the first semester. In addition, our grr s have borrowed $14,400 from New York State and $7,500 from United Student Aid Funds,

Co-operative housing and student employment

Assignment to a cooperative house represents a s.chol~r~ ship of about $640, To the requirements of academic ability and need which apply to all scholarship candidates, the cooperative house applicants must add willingness to share the household duties, The addition of Lazrus House to Emily Abbey and Vinal Cottage gives us room for 67 girls, The three Cooperative houses add $42,887 to our financial aid resources, (An article on these houses follows) , As student employmenr will be discussed elsewhere in rhis issue, I will just mention that approximately $52,000 is budgeted for this purpose, of which a significant portion will be earned by needy students. We do not have a financial aid package which includes a job, but the offices of Financial Aid and Student Employment work closely to- Ranges of aid gether to find jobs for those who need them, OUf financial aid awards for this year,and herewe are including loans, fall into the following ranges: JO lessthan Percentage of students on scholarship $600, 119 berween $600 and $1200, 58 between$l2oo The percentage of students on scholarship and the aver- and $1800, 39 between $1800 and $2200, and 17 aver age amount of awards are always interesting figures. 22 % $2200, of the seniors, 18% of the juniors, 13% of the sophomores, and 14% of the freshmen have scholarships, Such percent- Broad purpose ages vary widely from school to school; and in colleges The primary purpose of our financial aid programisto with large endowments, Bryn Mawr, for example, about help individuals, to make it possible fat gitls whow~uld 35% have scholarships. Dartmouth was able to grant its otherwise be financially unable, to come to Connecticut; incoming freshmen financial aid (of all types) which but we should recognize,that fmancra I arid aIsoserves the tocaled 25% of the:entire Freshman tuition income. Under- educational purposes of the College by providingour standably, development of new sources of student support is campus WIth, a group af' late II ecru all y superior srudents,f ;egarded as a function of Financial Aid Officers equalled and serves our SOCIetyby' helping,to f'll1 1 'r S demand or I~ Importance only by the responsibility for wise distribu- tion of funds alteady available, intelligent, higWy educated adults,

8 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAIl NEWS STEADY

PITCHING

Campus jobs

Above, Martha Ann Wagner '67, daughter of Dorothy Newell Wagner '40 works at the campus post office. ITH 90 APPLICATIONS for campus work on my desk still unfilled, there is little time to be com- W placent over the 460 students who have been placed this fall. Initiative is the primary qualification for many of the jobs, although marketable skills are necessary for others. Traditionally, duties such as modeling for art classes, assist- ing in the dining rooms. and campus guiding, made up the bulk of campus jobs. Now the program includes new re- sponsibilities, such as those of substitute housefellow and student receptionist. Preference is given to scholarship students who need further help; however, there is rarely a familry that does nor feel a financial pinch when college bills fall due, so there are many girls who wish to work rather than ask for more money from home. Often, there is necessity to compromise between the financial need of one student and the job qualifications of another .. Earnings are based on a rate of $1.15 per hour, so funds

9 MARCH 1965 acrumulate slowly. Freshmen are urged not to work during their first semester," though perseverance and good sense will budget rime and effort to amazing advantage. Earn- . gs this fall (October I-December 15) ranged from a 10 b . l' mere $1.00 to an extraordinary $376.22, ur gIr spay generally amounted to slightly less than $100. Many jobs offer oppottuniry for the student to exerci~ skills related to her major field. A hisrory-of-arr major IS employed as a slide librarian for her department. She has "The Self -Help Work Program been trained [0 file and process transparencies according to the system in the slide library. The Thames Science is for those bright-eyed eomps. Center on WiIJiams Street has a botany major on call to "Center sit" during several afternoons. She explains exhibits tent girls who can find time and co guests, acrs as a sales girl, and supplies information while the director is off the premises. There are several energy to spare from their aea- child-development students who share the satisfaction of working directly with the Nursery Schoon classes as assist- demie obligations." anr teachers.

College payrolls are not the only source of student income. Girls earn money baby sitting for faculty children, tutoring fellow students, and reading for the blind. Pro- fessors working under special grants employ students as translators, secretaries, and subjects for experiments.

The Self-Help Work Program is for those bright-eyed, competent girls who can find time and energy to spare from their academic obligations. Its success and growth are a constantly exciring challenge to all of us in the Personnel Bureau.

BY ROSEMARY WILSON ]ENCKES '62 Assistant to the Personnel Director

• In estimating hours available for study and work, it is important to o?te ?ere that each an,d everv student, whether or not 00 schol- dS~IP, dS expected to grve orne in the Student Work Pronram ed"gdo~. to help meet. the high COStof operation of dorml~orie~ an mmg rooms This amoun per week of service on bell du ts .t~ not more than three hours coffee dury There . ty, dining room duty, or after-dinner appoints a ~tudent v.,IS kO ho~erall ,campus work chairman who sisrs of answering t~~r ~ airman In each house Bell duty coo- room duty consists of wairina or door ~uflng weekdays; 'dining reria (breakfast and lunch) g tdbl~ at ~tnner or serving at cafe- dinner coffee is served twi or rymg SI.ver afterward; and after- hours and duties are hunglC~ a wheek ·SIgn-upsheers designating '. In eac ouse:h swap . venrenrs IS prevalent' any I' " pIng to SUl( con- Prances Brett, Associ~te in ~: 1~11ters are "spoken to." Miss Vises the program says "Th d ce of the Dean, who super- rurally, there are' flaw's bu~ stu enrs are very cooperative. Na- srudenrs can hardly expe,', p fany program dealing with 1400 er ecnon.

10 Right, assistsng in the nursery school

Left, working in Harris Refectory

11 TINI(ER

to Evers

Teamwork

1 makes the difference

to Chance in co-operative living

HE BULLETIN BOARD is the nerve center of eachof T three co-operative houses presently being run by 68 students. On it are thumb-racked the weeklyme-nu, the work sheet indicating job assignments, the sign-out slip for meal absentees, the job-exchange sheer to be filled in when duties conflict with temporary, personal emerg- encies, and the running list of supp1ies needed. Emily Abbey and Vinal Cottage, which function as , unit, and Lazrus House, the handsome new co-opdormitory illustrated on the cover of this issue, each havea rotating weekly hostess who is in complete charge of housekeeping activities, and the planning and production of meals.Being hostess is a challenge to a girl's imagination and efficiency. She has the privilege of choosing the foods she likes,pro· vided they can be bought within the budget. One hoste~ planned a menu of foreign dishes, even includingsome ~f Mexican and Oriental origin, with rather mixed success;,It was interesting, but more difficult to prepare than "plaID American." A Korean student, whose week rurns up soon, is planning a few Korean dishes during her sdnras hostess,

1 The difference is about $640 per student per year. 12 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS

and has engaged her mother, who I,ves nearby: to ~uy the necessary exotic ingredients, - again within financial limits. Recipes are scaled to proportion for the numbers involved. (Emily Abbey and Vinal total 40; Lazrus ac- commodares 28.) Naturally, there is rivalry for the praise of one's fellow boarders! Other jobs, assigned by the hostess, and also rotating week by week, are those of receptionist, breakfast cook, lunch cook, dinner cook, dessert cook,' breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishwasher, waitress, server; and those house- cleaning duties of dusting, vacuuming, washing and waxing floors, and SO on. (Heavy work, such as window cleaning, is done by the college maintenance sraff.) Scouring pots and pans rates in popularity at the bottom of the list, but coming infrequenrby as it does, is not considered too onerous. Each girl's daily stint requires approximately one hour, an hour described as "one I would waste anyway." Personal laundry is done in an automatic washer and dryer. Linens are sent our. The electric bill is included in the budget. Ambition, energy, and an out-going personality charac- terize co-operative dwellers. First of all, they must qualify for aid under the scholarship program; second, they must be efficient in budgeting time, because most of them have campus jobs in addition to their house chores, not to mention academic duties; and finally, they must have warm and friendly personalities, a willingness to share, to help, and to tolerate." Freshmen are assigned to work alongside upperclassmen at the beginning of the year, in order to learn the proper methods. Remarkably, some of the stu- the almighty budget). The prerogative, particularto co-op dents with the heaviest work loads are also earning high academic honors. students, of using a key for designated arrivalsaftereleven and before midnight, comes as a result of servingastheir The desire to live in a co-operative is based on a number own receptionists. (This is carefully worked out, andthe of real or seeming advantages. There is a homelike warmth rules are strictly adhered to, for fear of losingthis adult a ~ee1ing of companionable give-and-take, in these houses: privilege.) Now and then a student asks transfercoa Girls working side by side in the kitchen get acquainted regular dormitory, citing a desire for more privacy,perhaps faste~. They.claim the food is better, the menu more varied not so much "togetherness", or the need for moretimeto and l~terestlng. There are ice-box-raiding privileges (one study, but such a request is extremely rare. Mostco-op shelf l~ reserved for left-overs, to be consumed on a firstco.me-flIst-serve basis). Guests may be invited any time dwellers are happy and say they would hate to change. withour extra COSt (still, however, within the confines of Miss Rachel Seaward, Director of Co-operativeDormi- tories, is the only administration member chargedwith ~Weight.minded alumnae will '1 I . overseeing these houses." She works in a quiet, hands·off orire dessert is raspberry 11 recor at earning that one fav- wafers, marshmallow w~~ ow,-adconcoetion. of crushed vanilla way, leaving all the actual work to the girls themselves. cream. ,canne raspberries, and whipped She does the buying and keeps an eye on the budget,but Most cakes are made "from sc h" House likes instant mashed ratcn", no~ from mixes. Lazrus stoutly maintains that even this small amount ofsupervision not,hing to do with them. An~o:to.es; Eml.ly Abbey will have is) in fact, unnecessary, - that the students "reallydoit all casional failures which w brni s 10 all kitchens, there are oc- education.' e su nut are a valuable part of anyone's themselves.'

JWe asked what happens if a k . makes a poor job of it. Th war er fails to do her stint, or ,4Miss Seaward lives in Lazrus, but supervises all threehouses, [goof offl," and (2), "Sh~ answeths we,re (1), "People just don't Vinal housefellow is Linda Viner '63, a former co-op student not so silent." get,!, t e Silent treatment, sometimes who teaches in the New london schools. Emily Abbeyhouse- (Apparently the present grou fellow is Sue Rafferty '65, sister of Peg Rafferty Sedfield '~3, and question evoked genuine sutprise.5' is well-chosen because the daughrer of Helena lenks Rafferty '39, who lived in the firstco- operative dormitory. 14 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS There is time /0' fun, too (Emily Abbey and Vinal) cc

in the Peace Corps

BY MARY ELIZABETH FRANKLIN GEHRIG '42

rhey are located. A large order, indeed! Since all the volunteers are overwhelmingly busy, we were delighted A mong the many unusual occupations into which Con- with their generous response to our request. Their letters necricut College graduates enter. perhaps the most were, in faa, so lengthy and so fascinating, the task of fascinating one is that of the Peace Corps Volunteer. The compiling their information into one short article became growing worth of the Peace Corps, since its establishment impossible. It was therefore decided to print the lettersin in 1961, has been clearly recognized. Designed to promote succeeding issues, deleting as little as possible, one or world peace and friendship by making available ro in- two at a time, as space allows. terested. countries Americans who will help these countries meet their needs for trained manpower and help promote • Our first letter came from '64. Hoping better understanding between the people of the world, Laura Hopper '0 become a Peace Corps volunteer, she is at SyracuseUniver- the Peace Corps has done a remarkable job. Going only to sity rraining to teach Social Studies to Upper Primary countries where they are invited, Americans of all ages School (7th and 8th grade level) in Tanzania. She says (over 18) and walks of life, with and without college of her training, "The further I go in training the moreI degrees, are volunteering two years of their time to this cause. admire the Peace Corps system. The major part of my training involves three hours per day Monday through Thinking that alumnae might be interested to know Saturday of Swahili instruction, as well as sevenweeksof where and how their classmates are serving their country practice teaching four mornings a week. Comparedto in this capacity, the News editors planned an ankle to most training programs we have very little physical tell the story of our own CC volunteers. Letters and education." questionnaires were sent to fifteen alumnae: of these, one • is still a Peace Corps trainee, two are ex-volunteers who have completed their two years of service and returned Next we heard from Jeanette Cannon, '63, Lusacan, home, and the remaining eleven are scattered throughout Thong, Quezon Province, Philippines. She says: th~ world in ten different countries. Through the question- "There have been so far rhirreen groups here in narre, we asked them: 1) their reasons for volunteering; the Philippines-righ; now th;re are four groups,oursthe 2) for a description of their training program by the oldest. Groups are trained for different areas, althoug~all Peace Corps; 3) for a portrayal of their jobs and living except one has had something to do with teaching,e1th~ con~l~lOn~; and 4) for an evaluation of their personal at the elementary, secondary or college level,-ours 15 gratification and their contribution to the country where elementary education. We're working in three areas- 16 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS English, Science and Mathematics-my main area is permanent. In fact, of the four teachers I worked with last English. English is the medium of instruction in all year, I think one of them is carrying over with the oral schools in the Philippines after grade II. But this does approach this year. The others, since I'm not working with nor mean that English is spoken and understood through- them this year, have gone back to rate learning-it's easier out the country. Outside of school, children and teachers for them. They feel embarrassed about their own command use the dialect; here in my area it's Tagalog. I can never of oral English and would rather teach the children through remember how many dialects there are in the Philippines, rules. But I feel that the rwo teachers this year are good something like 87, So, for all students English is a 'second enough and interested enough to use some new ideas. And language' which must be learned in order to get through also I understand much more thoroughly the problems school. The school system in the Philippines is centralized they're up against and the system they're teaching in, and wirh headquarters ar rhe Bureau of Public Schools (BPS) therefore 'co-teaching' has been much more effective, in Manila. Three years ago rhe BPS decided to bring in certainly more satisfying at least. a new approach to teaching English, the method known as 'reaching English as a Second Language' (TESL), and "As long as the Philippines uses a second language as a they asked the Peace Corps, which was new at the time, means of educating their future thinkers and citizens to help introduce the new approach. they're in a very difficult situation. And no matter what approach they use, as long as the teachers are weak in "There is a surplus of teachers in the Philippines, so the English, so will be their students. The TESL method is an Peace Corps and BPS set up, and is still in the process improvement, an immense improvement over the old, but of setting up, a co-teaching program wherein a Peace as far as I can see it does not solve the main problem, Corps volunteer works closely with a Filipino teacher in although it does give strength to the present effectiveness a classroom situation, training the teacher in TESL and at of English teaching. Last week the wife of my principal, the same time planning and participating in the teaching a grade V teacher who has been chosen to write up a of the class. How the co-teaching plan is worked out is report on teaching English, took about a haltf hour to show up to the individual volunteer-and, believe me, 'come her scholarly essay on problems in Grade V pupils' teaching' is a very nebulous term, confusing and difficult English. She mentioned that students use the wrong verb to carry Out because of undefined and indefinite lines tense, do not make verbs agree with the noun, and that which one as a 'foreigner' is uncertain whether to cross their teachers often provide a poor model. She told me or nor. There is such a wide gulf in the meaning of that teachers really ought to be more conscientious. After 'education,' in the 'spirit' of education. It is hard to find we had finished discussing the dilemma, she settled back teachers, especially in the barrios where our group is, who in her chair, obviously ready for a little chat and said, are interested in teaching. Teaching does not have the 'And how is you?' So much for second language com- excitement that it has in America or in other Western munications and job effectiveness in the Philippines. countries. And it is nor up to us to provide the Filipino with new values in education which are Western, but to "I'm living with an old couple who speak no English. work within the system that is theirs, introducing only Their house is quite large for a barrio house, with twO the new approach to English, if that is your field, or stories, but with no electricity and no running water. I'm science, or math. surrounded by coconut trees, since Quezon Province, and especially Tiaong where I am, is the heart of the coconut "This year I'm working in Grades II and III in English, country. The physical surroundings couldn't possibly be and Grade VI in science. Both of the teachers in English more tropical or beautiful. Roosters crow regularly at 4: 30 are young and interested in teaching. In both classes I every morning, pigs squee1, carabaos bellow, dogs bark teach part of the lesson and my co-teacher teaches part of continually, and transistor radios blast at top volume. Often the lesson. Afterwards we plan together for the next day. one radio suffices for the entire barrio. And my lola (old Planning takes anywhere from ten minutes to an hour. woman) and 1010 (old man) provide me with an oppor~ We use English Guides put out by the BPS which give runity of insight into the old Tagalog culture which could suggestions of material and ways of presentation working never be equalled in any other situation. Their grandson in oral English and using a lot of devices. Since the teachers Enting who is just my age, a grade VI graduate with about are used to teaching the children English through reading as much English as I have Tagalog, has been the in- and memorizing grammar rules, my part in the planning is terpreter. A finer person cannot be found. So between to steer them away from the old way, and to give sug- Enring, the lola and 1010, 1 have absorbed. 1 bave had gestions for an oral presentation. Not until my co-teacher is giving me suggestions am I doing anything that's at all (Continued on page 24)

MARCH 1965 17 Dr. Rosamond Tuve

Miss Tuoe, Henry B. Plant Professor of English at Con- Rosemond Tuve taught at Connecticut Collegefrom necticut College from 1934.1963, died in December, 1964. 1934 to 1963, and in those twenty-nine years she madea She was a truly distinguished scholar in English Renaissance mark as distinctive as her dress, her signature, or herex. literature, and author of Elizabethan and Metaphysical plosive way of beginning a class. The mark was that of her Imagery (1947), A Reading of George Herbert (1952), absorbing devotion to learning. Above all things shecared and Images and Themes in Five Poems by Milton (1957). about finding out the Truth-she spelled it with a capital She received world-wide recognition for her achievements, -about literature or art or whatever she was investigating. as well as honorary degrees from Augustana, Wheaton, Mt. Her devotion was given unstintedly to scholarshipandto Holyoke, and Carleton Colleges, and from Syracuse Uni- teaching, and she did not neglect the latter for the former. versity. In fact, for her the texture of Truth's garment was woven by both teacher and student, for, as she used commonly to wail, if there are no progeny, no second generationto care about learning, all culture will die. What made Ros a heroic colleagne was that this devotion expressed itself in unwavering support of high stand- ards, whether in the curriculum, method, or attitudeto- ward students. Generous in her appreciation of the workof others where she thought their aim was pure, she could be acerb where she thought it was not. She embracedthe role of one crying in the wilderness, and ConneaicutCol- lege is much the richer for it. Students who could take "the Tuve treatment"remember her as one who showed them uniquely the usesof the mind, and on them her mark is indelible. DOROTHY BETHURUM loOMIS • ''. . . By such honors as these the academic world is able to express appreciation of brilliance of mind and of tirelessness in the pursuit of truth. ' . Her Nordic ener- gies overflowed into her teaching and her sociallife. She implanted in her students her own eager curiosity and set them running to the library by a kind of affeaionare raillery. To her contemporaries she was a gay and exuberant companion on excursions or in badinage, and in times of stress a sympathetic and wise counsellor." EXCERPT FROM FACULTY MINUTE OF FEBRUARY 10, .1965

18 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Dr. florence Mary Warner

In 1938 Florence M. Warner, a native of Canada, came to Connecticut College as professor of economics and chairman of the department. She brought to her teaching here rich experience gained as a public servant of her adopted country; during the first Wodd War she had served on the U.S. Supreme Economic Council; following the war, Miss If/arne', Professor of Economics at Connecticut she acted as Executive Secretary of the Public Health College from 1938-1952, died in her home in New London, Center of Alameda County, and during the 'thirties she also in December, 1964. From 19.52 until her death she was Emergency Relief Administrator for the State of was Projessor Emeritus of Economics. Arizona. She also served as educator and social worker in Americanization projects in Michigan and Ohio. Immed- iately prior to her coming to Connecticut, she had held administrative and faculty positions at the University of Chicago, the university from which she had received her PhD. In the thirteen years after her retirement from Connecticut College, she continued affectionate membership in the college community as well as participating in a wide range of civic affairs in New London. As an active member of the Farnley, her greeting to student or colleague was always a friendly, cheery "hello, how are you." Hers was a wondrous assortment-hearty laughter, warm feelings, and a lively enjoyment of the world around her. Quick of mind, modest of spirit, persevering of heart, concerned about all that was going on, she was devoted to the College and the srudents, and to the teaching of economics. Under her vigorous leadership the Department of Economics grew rapidly and weLl; yet always she built it within the perspective of the whole college curriculum. We shall not forget her interest in what people were doing and her interest in things outside her own field of specialization, sometimes in things of the intellect, whether it be narural science or classical literature, sometimes in other lands, as evidenced by her travels throughout the world. She leaves to the faculty and alumnae of Connecticut College a heritage of curiosity about the world in which we are living and a sense of social awareness and respon- sibiliry. FACUL1Y MINUTE OF FEBRUARY 10, 1965

19 MARCH 1965 items of interest.. As generations of Connecticut College gitls will attest, the campus's proximiry to the U.S. Coast Guard Academ Plans for rwo new buildings on campus will be dis- is a definite asset. Generations of Coast Guard cadetshav~ cussed by the Trustees at their meeting in late. February: felt the same way about it. In fact, feelings about this . and Art Center and an extension of the a new MUSIC , subject have frequently led to matrimony, so the latest Library. . evidence of cooperation between these two institutions The Music Department is handicapped by the o~f- should occasion no surprise. campus location and space limitations of H0.nes H~ll•.ItS A CC alumna, Helen Hingsburg Young '42 nowthewife . 1936 The Art Department IS also made- quarrers Since. . of Captain Richard W. Young, USCG, Stationedat quarely housed in converted and widely separated quarters. Portsmouth, Va., has established The Coast Guard.Con. Some of its classrooms, studios, and offices are on the necticut College Scholarship Fund. MtS. Younghopes fourth floor of Bill Hall, others in Thames, Winthrop, that her first contribution to this fund, which she calls"only and Hale. The location of the new Music and Art Center a plop in the pool of possibility," will attract other gifts will be determined in accordance with the new campus from alumni/ ae of both institutions. Income from this Master Plan, now being prepared by the firm of Shreve, permanently endowed scholarship fund will be awarded Lamb & Harmon. Funds for its construction will be sought to the daughters of Coast Guard commissioned officers as soon as an architect has been chosen to prepare pre- who are admitted to Connecticut College and who qualify liminary plans for it. for scholarship assistance. The Library will be enlarged to provide additional srack, To spread the word, Mrs. Young wrote notes about reading room, and work room space. Class and seminar the new fund on many of her Christmas cards, and ad. rooms, and faculty offices, can be located initially in the dirional gifts have already begun to come in. She has also new wings, with this space being "recaptured" for the submitted a lisr of fourteen Coast Guard officers, most of Library's use as it is needed in future years. Dr. Keyes whom are married to CC alumnae, and thus wildingto Metcalf, Harvard's Librarian Emeritus and generally con- help publicize the fund. She notes that Rear AdmitalW. J sidered this country's outstanding consultant in library Smith, Superintendent of the Academy, is the father of a planning, has already completed. a study of our Library and present junior at the College, Lary Smith. will serve as a consultant in its expansion. Funds for this construction may be partly met through the grant and • loan provisions of the new Federal Higher Education Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Bernstein of Newton Centre, Facilities Aer. Massachusetts have given $50,000 to Connecticut College • to endow a variety of public affairs activities within the Alumnae will be delighted to learn that Wellesley's College's department of government, President Shainre- Class of 1915 knows irs own talent. Miss Catherine Oakes, cently announced. long-beloved member of CCs faculty, who retired in 1958 Presented in honor of their daughter, Carol BernJlein after 25 years of service to the College, and who then went Horowitz '54 of Brockton Mass., the gift will permir the on to WMI (Williams Memorial Institute) as Headmis- extension of numerous programs within the government tress (1%0-1%3), will be toastmistress at her Fiftieth Re- department, as need and opportunity arise. union this June, at Wellesley. We wish we could be there "We hope to be able to use the Fund to bring to the -it's bound to be a sparkling occasion. campus distinguished men and women practitioners of • politics, for more than just brief visits, and to arrange One of our alumnae trustees, W inif1"ed Nies North. for them to meet with a variety of student groups,"Mr. cott '38, is among the 100 outstanding Minnesota citizens Shain said. who have been honored by that state's Republican parry. Other uses envisioned by President Shain for the Fund's She received the "I Care" award, in recognition of her income include the acquisition of additional politicaLp~b- dedication to the betterment of humanity. licarions for the Library and the suppOrt of researchin- While nursery school director for the Minneapolis terests of the government department faculty. Hearing Society, she established the pre-school program From time to time, a portion of the Fund's inco~e may for the city's deaf children. She is also a member of the also be used to help support the existing summer inrern- Minnesota state advisory committee for speech and hear- ship program. Designed to provide the practical uncle:" ing defects, and serves on the school board in St. Louis graduate experience in the processes of government, this . . govem Park. a Minneapolis suburb, as well as serving on the program each summer places four able seniors rn . board of trustees of the Children's Hospital of Minne- ment agencies and offices in Washington. apolis. • 20 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS The Special Committee appointed by President Shain to choose a permanent memorial to the late Professor George Haines IV, has recommended the creation of a special room in the enlarged Library, to be known as the George Haines Room. Mr. Shain and the Trustees have pledged their support, and the Committee is now initiating a drive for funds. The Committee thinks of the proposed George Haines Room as a place for reading, for thoughtful leisure, and for wide-ranging explorations in the world of the mind; it hopes that here the noise of the academic machinery at" required assignments and of term papers will: be, if not entirely absent, at least much muted. It is not planned to use the room to house any large permanent collection of books; there should rather be a small number of selected items or exhibits to help set its tone. These will include some memorabilia of Mr. Haines, such as his own publications and perhaps some few of the books he had himself collected. There might be other first editions or special editions of books which particularly interested him. There should of course be paintings, and here the Committee counts itself extraordinarily fortunate that Mr. McCloy has expressed his willingness to do for the Room a "var- iation" of the portrait of Mr. Haines now in the possession of Mrs. Haines (see reproduction). They hope to create a room which by its location, its furnishings, and its spirit might help to perpetuate at the College the enthusiastic delight in the varied. creations of the human mind and spirit which was so characteristic of Mr. Haines and which he so generously shared with others.

Alumnae please note: assistant professor of sociology; Mr. Philip H. Jordan, Jr., Contributions from alumnae may be designated for any assistant professor of history; and Mr. Richard C. Wiles, Jpeci!ic purpoJe. Cbeces Jhould be made payahle to Con- instructor in economics. necticut College, for income tax purposes, and marked "[or In making his announcement, Dr. Shain declared, "I the George Haines Room", "for the Rosemond Tuoe believe that Connecticut College, like many colleges, has Fund," "for the Florence Warner Fund", "for the Coast an embarrassment of good. teachers to nominate. I am Guard-Connecticnt College Scholarship Fund"} etc. All also sure that good teaching comes in many varieties and such gifts will be credited to the donor's name and class finds a variety of appreciators among the mixture of hu- in the AAGP records. man beings who make up a typical college classroom. Good teachers, like good parents, don't fit stereotypes that • are easily agreed upon."

At a time when incentives are often used to divert The Foundation asserted, "We are endeavoring to make college faculty members from actual teaching to research a modest contribution to a vital area of educational con- and writing, the Salgo-Noren Foundation of New York has cern-superior teaching. We are fearful that the academic countered the trend by awarding Connecticut College a evaluation pendulum has swung tOOfar in the direction of grant of $1,500 for teaching excellence. research and governmental service to the impairment of President Shain, in announcing the gift, said that it creative, exciting teaching. All three deserve equal billing will be shared by three faculty members in recognition in the academic theater." of their performances as teachers: Miss B. June Macklin,

21 MARCH 1965 worked for nearly three years as a reporter for the Hartford CDurant, and in addition to her other writing, workedfor Alumnae 15 years as a fearure writer for the Hartford Tim", HOI work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, SaturdayEve, ning Post, Christian Science Monitor, New York Time! Writers and New York Herald Tribune, among dozens of othets: In addition to the work that is always in progress on her desk, she has been teaching a course in creative writing in Torringron under their adulr education program. In 1962, BY RHODA MELTZER GILlNSKY '49 she was the recipient of the "Woman of Valor" awardfor community service, some of which had to do with writing plays for Scouts, Sunday School and other groups. About her own feelings rowards her work, Mrs.Silver, "Success in writing is a matter of patience and persist- stein has this to say: "I'm not happy when not writing. It is ence in addition to ability." So writes Ruby Zagoren Silver- a day wasted. Writing ,gives me a sense of accomplishment, !tein J 43, one of Connecticut's most successful alumnae so even when my children were tiny, somehow therehadto free lance writers. Other Connecticut alumnae who pursue be an hour to write in." writing as a career share this attitude completely. They also share other qualities: rhe ability to run homes and • tend families, raise children and enjoy grandchildren, hold From Hawaii, Phyllis Hoge Thompson '48, who writes down jobs in addition to their writing, maintain a number under the name Phyllis Rose, informed us that she has of strong interests, work within their communities, and published some thirty poems in Harper's, Good Housekeep, show satisfaction with, but never complacency about, their ing, Kansas City Review, Poetry NorthweJt, and Beloit achievements. Poetry Journal, to name a few of the twenty publications in which her work has appeared. With all their general similarities, they are a delighrfully diverse group of women-different in the kinds of inter- Mrs. Thompson, the mother of four children.ranging ests they have, the forms their lives have taken, the type of from six to twelve years old received an M.A. in English work they do. from Duke University in 1949 and a Ph.D. in Englishfrom the University of Wisconsin in 1957. Currends an Assistant Mrs. Silverstein, who writes under her maiden name of Professor of English at the University of Hawaii, Mrs. Ruby Zagoren, is the mother of two children, an active Thompson has also held the positions of Professor of participant in her community (Torrington, Conn.) and English at Milton College in Wisconsin and of Special the author of articles, poetry and children's stories that Instructor at the University of Wisconsin Extension Di- have appeared in over 120 magazines and newspapers. In vision in Madison, Wisconsin. 1960, she rook her family to Europe for nine weeks on Most recently, Mrs. Thompson had a poem publishedin earnings from her writing. As a result of this trip, she the first issue of a new poetry magazine, tbing), which wrote an article enritled: "We Took Our Childten To she calls her "latest, biggest splurge" along with people Europe" which appeared in the July '64 issue of House like Denise Leverrov and Babette Deutsch. Of her work Beautiful. (Presumably, the earnings from this will help in progress, she writes: "I'm trying to write a novel. I contribute to another trip, which in turn might inspire other articles. ) think I have rhe hang of it. I'm not sure. If I can believe that it's the same sort of problem as writing a poem, and Mrs. Silverstein applies all of her knowledge, experience behave as if I believe it, it'll be OK." and resources to her work. "Going to Connecticut College," she writes, "was the best rhing thar happened to me, I find • myself referring to various knowledge gained in the courses With several CC alumnae, writing has been combined time and again. For instance, my freshman course in the with another major interest: art, photography, cooking, Bible continually gives me background and understanding social work, botany. Along these lines we find a cookbook and perspective. Even starring French in CC and sticking it by Ethel Hulbert Renwick ex '31, entitled A World of Good out for four years was great ... did some research JUSt a Cooking (Simon and Schuster, 1963) and a BrooklynBo- couple of weeks ago in French, putting a rusty knowledge tanic Handbook: Wild Plants in the Terrarium by Em,he to work." Koehler Hammond '27. Mrs. Hammond, a resident of Boonton, N. ]., has also lectured extensively on terraria After graduation from Connecticut, Mrs. Silverstein and wild flowers, lichens and ferns, and was the creator 22 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWi ot a wild flower trail in a nearby park for the Morris Art and writing have also been combined in the work County Park Commission. of Mrs. Harold Hooper Blanchard, the former Roberta Page Newton '21. The mother of three daughters and Since her graduation in 1927, Mrs. L. Bartlett Gatchell, grandmother of twelve children, Mrs. Blanchard received the former Constance Noble! has caken courses in writing her M.A. ar Tufts University in 1962. She has also taken at both NYU and Columbia and has also followed up her courses in the History of Fine Arts at Tufts, Harvard, the interest in photography with courses in that field. With Fogg Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. this background, Mrs. Gatchell has done picrure stories for Mrs. Blanchard's interest in the decorative arts led to a the Sunday Magazine sections of various newspapers, as number of magazine articles and to the writing and pub- well as Stories and pictorial articles in national magazines lishing of two books in that field: How To Paint Tray, including Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, American published by Branford and Co., Boston, and How To Re- Home, Nature Magazine and others. Most recently, Mrs. store and Decorate Chairs published by M. Barrows and Gatchell had an article in the Christian Science Monitor, Co., New York. At the present rime, Mrs. Blanchard holds titled "More Gold in rhe Golden Years." For fun, she the position of Director of Publications at the School of enters jingle COntestsand wins: a trip to Europe, a portable the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is working, too, rotisserie, a floor waxer, etc. On the more serious side, on a study of the life and works of the Norwegian artist, Mrs. Gatchell has done a translation of Le CUi from French Eduard Munch. Mrs. Blanchard does admit to "an overfull to English for use in rhe N ew York public schools. schedule which allows me little time to lecture this current year." In the past, she has spoken on Bronze Stencilling Techniques, Early American Decorative Arts, and The History of the American Painted Chairs . • Anne Oppenheim Freed '38, after graduation from CC, received her M.S.S.W. from Smith College School of Social Work and studied also at the Geneva Schook of Interna- rional Studies, Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work, and the Philadelphia Psychiatric Cenrer. Now a member of the Boston University School of Social Work faculty, Mrs. Freed feels that her work has gone in twO major direc- rions: 1) pyschiarric social work and 2) political and gov- Mrs. M. Donald Lane, Jr. of Salt Poinr, N. Y, the ernmental interests as expressed through her work in the former Carolyn Blocker '48, has also found rhat nurturing League of Women Vorers. In Massachusetts, as a member more than one interest has helped her writing career. Mrs. of the State Board of rhe League, Mrs. Freed helped write a Lane writes: "Although writing is my chief interest~ I w~s book on Massachusetts state government, authoring the sec- an art major, and seem to be able actually to sell things m tion on State Taxation and State Fiscal Policies. Her interest that field. So at the moment, art is ahead. Have just been in social work and in government merged when she became taken on as a children's book illustrator by rwo book pub- active in child welfare reforms in Montgomery County, lishers ... " Mrs. Lane describes her own writing as "entire- Pennsylvania, where she wrote the recommendations to- ly humorous-nor at all scholarly." She has published sev- ward reforming the practices in placing children outside eral short Stories and articles in various magazines, and has their homes. In addition, Mrs. Freed has written several written a children's play which received the 12th Annual articles on social work and has done pamphlets on taxation Merit Award of the Community Children's Theatre of for the Massachusetts League of Women Voters. She is Kansas City, Mo. The play, Turnabout Nigbt at the Zoo, now working on case material from the child guidance will be presented in the fall by rhe Children's Theatre of field (in which she has extensive working experience) for Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Mrs. Lane will do the sets (stage use in teaching. design being another major interest). A book version of • the play is now doing the rounds of publishers, and 10 Alice Record Hooper /33 is another alumna who has progress on Mrs. Lane's desk are a novel, an adult play, a found combining interests helpful in the writing field. children's play, several short stories and a children's book. After graduation from Connecticut, Mrs. Hooper worked Mrs. Lane also works in the office of her architect husband, as Assistant Society Editor on the New Haven Journal does serigraphs, posters and greeting cards (has her own Courier in 1933 and 1934. She and her husband wenr to shop) and last year gave her first one man show of seri- South Africa to live in 1935 and remained there until 1%1. graphs in the Poughkeepsie area. 23 MARCH 1965 (PEACE CORPS, continued from page 17) (Professor Hooper taught at the University of Witwatc:rs. rand and then at the University of Stell.enbosch). During numerous candle light discussions in the evening about her years in South Africa, Mrs. Hooper wrote free ?ance ghosts and spirits. Baring and the lola have given specific articles and stories, gave radio talks, and worked as assrstanr and serious instructions about how to avoid the various to the head of a correspondence course in journalism in ghosts, and I have learned to maintain a straight facedur- Johannesburg. She also did work for rhe Deparrmenr of ing these sessions. The lola is a chief herbalario, whomthe Inland fisheries in Srellenbosch. children of the barrio visit to have spirits drawn from their "At CC", Mrs. Hooper writes, "I majored in English and heads or stomachs. And for herself the lola makesmagic minored in zoology with the idea of writing scientific water which is strained pump water put in a round iron articles. I am still interested in writing and nature study pot, rhen poured into bottles and 'blessed'-this is usually and hope to combine the rwo perhaps in writing for chil- done by candle-light. The 1010is a farmer with rice field dren." In 1958, Mrs. Hooper wrote and had published by banana crop and some coconut trees. Twice a yearhe works the Oxford University Press, a sort of dietary manual and in his rice fields and the rest of the time pads aroundthe cookbook, entitled Fat-Free Cookery. house with bare feet, blue jean shorts, undershirt and Now residing in Montreal, she works as News Bulletin hat, and bolo knife hanging at his side. I'm sure both the Editor for the Montreal Council of Women and is a vol- 1010and lola are thoroughly confused as to exactlywhat the unteer worker in a children's library, "in order to get in American is doing here. So many American faces have touch with small children again and in order to find out wandered in and out of their little house. They're so re- what they want to read here in North America, in the moved from a modern Western way of life that they put hope of being able to write for them. Life in South Africa no restrictions on me, although they don't allow 'serenaders' and in North America is very different, almost worlds to come at night, for which I have been very grateful.The apart, but fortunately young children still like many of the lola who is extremely conscientious about praying or same subjects in their stories." 'gossiping with God' as the Tagalog is translated, has been A number of alumnae are engaged in writing books for forced into extra long prayer sessions with the arrival of children and young adults} and we hope to write about the Americans. She includes us in her prayers, and since them at another time. If any alumnae writers have been the Peace Corps girl who was with me last year went home overlooked, it is because we did not hear from you and to get married, the lola has had to include Mary K.'s were unable to obtain the information requested in previous husband, too, in the prayers. I can hear her praying long in- issaes of the News. We would still like to hear from yo/to to the night. Often in the middle of a conversation with To those who did respond, our grateful thanks. me the lola will mutter 'salamar sa Dios' (Thanks to God). I have a feeling that she looks upon the Americans as some sort of white aswang (ghost) sent by some God because Furnishings Anyone? she has been so good about praying . . . College dormitory living rooms, like our own, oc- "As with any people, acquaintance with an American casional1y need refurnishing. It has been suggested doesn't always promote understanding. For instance, the that alumnae might happily donate articles they no lola and lola have their own notions of what Americans longer wish to use themselves, if they knew what in are. They're white skinned, blue-eyed girls who cook water particular is needed. The Director of Residence has all the time, walk rather quickly, aren't affected by as- compiled the following list of things she would be wangs, and leave their families 'all alone' in the States.My delighted to receive: teachers do know me as an American, and the rwo I'm Pianos (either upright or grand); working with this year I think have an understanding of oriental rugs (large); coffee serv- some of the values I bold. And, of course, I'm learning ices; hassocks; candleholders (large, from them. They're a completely different segment of the for mantelpieces); pool tables (pool Filipino population than the segment the 1010and lola is the new rage for date-entertain. represent. iog); containers for large flower "This letter seems inadequate. It's hard to express the arrangements. combination of excitement and routine, satisfaction and Anyone wishing to give any of these articles (or frustration that one experiences in a different culture. And others by prior consultation) should get in touch it's difficult to know haw much understanding results, and with: it's impossible to judge effectiveness. But the faa which Miu Eleanor Voorhees, Director of Residence is indisputable is that I now know of 'another world' in which exist lolas, lolos and aswangs."

24 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Nina Upstairs. Beverley Gasner, Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. An English major at Connecticut, she has this to say about her fott'r years there: "I loved Connecticut for man" Mrs. Gasner (Beverley Benenson Gasner '51) has ably reasons, but I must give it credit specifically for what bas captured the world of the young, rising careerisrs of the turned 01',t to be most important in my own work: an New York advertising world. Her focus is on Nina, a acceptance of discipline. Oddly enough! this turns out to young woman who works upstairs in the advertising de- be a by-product of what I liked least at school: long term- papers on "narrow" subjects, with the certainty of severe partment of a large New York department store and who heartless criticism at the end! Such endless effort! Such has a penchanr for falling in love with the wrong man. grudging praise! All very useful." Nina's love affair with Julien Dennis, an older man (35!) who is already married, would be a slight story were it not The Inner Room. Vera Randal, Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. for Mrs. Gasner's fresh and funny teLling of it. The author has a superb ear for the quick, easy patter of the young This is a powerful work of fiction and a deeply moving girls-abom-town and she writes about them with delightful one. Mrs. Randal (Vera Bluestone Randal '43) writes of five women who have had or are in the midst of emotional wit and humor. While she pokes fun (gently and without breakdowns--each one a poignant episode which explores severity) at certain foibles and idiosyncrasies in the lives the anxiety, loneliness and fear of human beings moving of her young sophisticates, she also perceives their charm in and Out of the worlds of the mentally ill and the men- and freshness, and their often ridiculous-but no less real to them-vulnerability where their emotions are concerned. tally well. In Nina, we are given a portrait of girl- into-woman brought Her stories a.Ie told with such strength and honesty, such about by the bittersweet experience of a requited, but im- compelling vividness that one must search far in current possible love. fiction to find a comparable adeptness in creating mood. This is a first novel by Mrs. Gasner and we shall look The five women-Katherine, Alice, Binnie, Carol and forward to further examples of her obvious talent. Janet-are distinctly individual creations, whose lives, • either from circumstances within and/or tragedy without, Mrs, Gasner, now a resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, have fallen out of step with the great "normal" majority. with her httSband and two children} /:Jasbeen writing in one Inside the walls of Woodlands Hospital, the women come form or another since the age of seven. At that time, her to terms with their personal disasters, or do not. Their work consisted of "poems on national holidays and pet struggle to gain, and above all, maintain perspective is goldfish," She would still rather be a poet than any other kind of writer. with them, even as they are preparing to leave the hospital. After graduation from Connecticut and her marriage, In style, polished; in tone, compassionate; the subject Mrs. Gasner took evening courses in art and art history at matter of The Inner Room is hardly fare for anyone who the Metropolitan Museum for about three years, while working during the day in a variety of jobs: typist-clerk- seeks Light entertaining reading. For the serious reader, translator for an Italian news service, editorial assistant 01~ however, The Inner Room is to be highly and heartily a trade paper, and stenographer for a cosmetics firm. She recommended. never wrote-or even wanted to write-a word of [ictio» • until about the age of 27. rrWhen my children were born," Mrs, Randal -u/asborn and educated in New York City she writes, "l bought a typewriter and began to write short before attending Connecticut College. A biographical note stories, none of which was published. One was the basis ab0t:"t her in the Best American Short Stories of 1964, in for Nina Upstairs, which I started in 1959! finished i1Z ·whtch she bas an excellent story! tells us that she still lwes 1962 and sold in 1963 to Alfred A. Knopf. In tbe summer in Manhattan with "ber husband, four children and three of '63 we moved to San Juan, We love it here, have a house Siamese cats," A section of her novel first appeMed in The right on the beach! enjoy blue-and-gold summer all year New Yorker under the title of "Alice Blaine." long, I'm currently working on a play! another novel, and RHODA MELTZER GILINSKY '49 the newly started Provisional League of Women Voters."

MARCH 1965 25 About Montessori LETTERS To To the Editor: THE. After reading the recent article on Child Development, EDITOR = I wondered if perhaps someone at the college would be interested in commenting on Maria Montessori and the .. Montessori Schools in the United States ... Perhaps Other .~ alumnae would be interested in comment on the recent book by Glenn Doman, How to Teach Your Baby to Read, as I would. RUTH PARKER SEE '55

To the Editor: . . . I still prefer the ordinary good American nursery school to a Montessori school. I stilh respect some of Dr. High praise Montessori's early formulations and, as suggested in the To the Editor: article, some of the materials have decided appeal in cer- While 31,000 feet in the air on the way to Mexico, I tain of their aspects. However, for most of roday's children read, relished, noted and enjoyed so very much the it seems to me that a school which is strictly Montessori (December) issue. I'm vastly excited about the reports on offers an exceedingly limited educational experience. I the changes and excitement and reactions in the field of think that the public must guard against being misled by religion andlor the ultimate questions of life. Congrat- the pictorial stories about Montessori schools. The expres- ulations! sions of wonder, delight and concentration on the faces of JOSEPHINE LINCOLN MORRIS '31 the children can be and have been captured on the faces of children in any good nursery school, or even at certain To the Editor: moments in schools which might be considered to be poor ones. The exclusion of a generous amount of time for dra- . The December issue is particularly appealing in matic play, the Lack of attention to the children's interper- text and pictures, and all in keeping from the church sonal relationships-c-excepr for teaching stereotyped forms spire on the cover through the Life of the Spirit on campus. of behavior such as learning to wait and remembering to The very vitality of religion is seen and read and felt by apologize-the failure to recognize the possible unfortunate every alumna . . . effects of prolonged separation from the mother at an CONSTANCE NOBLE GATCHELL '27 early age, combined with a lack of evidence which shows that the children who attend Montessori schools are To the Editor: better equipped to cope with affairs of childhood in gen· Congratulations to the staff for the December News eral than children who go to other types of nursery schools, item on our beloved Dean Irene N yeo Those of us who all suggest debatable issues in regard to the current interest were privileged to know her during the early years of the in Montessori. So far as the publicity about Montessori College feel blessed indeed. schools is concerned, anything that I have seen stressesthe . . . I remember her friendliness, her sunny nature, her intellectual development primarily. I should like to know charm. She was a dedicated, inspiring teacher ... I will more about the toral development and behavior of these never forget her great kindness to my sister and me, then children in settings other than the Montessori classrooms. freshmen, during the 1918 midyears. Informed by Mother As for Dr. Glenn Doman and How To Teach Your that Dad was critically ill, she consoled us and arranged Baby To Read, I would prefer to deal with that at for us to take the Latin test early, in her Blackstone apart- a later time. As you can surmise, I would be likely ment, where she was Fellow. to think that a baby had more important things to do than .Indeed, on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday, along learn to read; and his mother would have more important WIth hundreds of other loyal alumnae, I bring greetings things to do with and for him than to teach him to read (though belated) to a great teacher, a great friend, a in any formal fashion. great lady. EVELYN OMWAKE, Chairm"" RUTH MCCOLLUM BASSETT '21 Departmenr of Child Development

26 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Edito« of Class Notes: Mrs. Huber Clark (Marioo Vibert '24) CLASS NOTES Ease Maio Street, Stockbridge, Mass.

1919 College Alumni Medal for excellence in 1962. His community activities are num- CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Enos B. Comstock IN MEMORIAM erous. Fanchon is as busy as anyone pos- (Juline Warner), 176 Highwood Ave., sibly could be, looking after members of MARGUERITE MAGRAw '21 Leonia, N. J. her family; her many community activities ESTHER WATROUS HENDRICKS '21 and 1920 duties; arrending Girl Scout Another original poem came with Alison Regional conferences. Emma Wipperl LEONTINE OAKES ROGERS '26 HISS/ings Thomson's holiday card, evidence Peale enclosed a picture of Samuel Title of her continuing pleasure in the creative FANNIE BIXLER MURPHY' 31 who 'Wasactive in the Hartford Community writing group of the AAUW at Melbourne CATHERINE HOWORTH WRIGHT '38 Chest- Red Cross drive and as a director Beach, Fla. After a summer at Twin Lakes of the Hartford Jewish Federation and and in West Hartford, she and her bus- CHERIE NOBLE PARROTT '44 Home for the Aged. Agnes Mae Bar/lell bane returned to their winter home which NANCY Moss FINE '51 Clark. fell while 'Walkingto the post box was undamaged by the hurricanes. Florence on her own front lawn and broke her Lennon Romaine's Christmas was saddened SYLVIA KURSMAN COUSINS '54 arm above the wrist. She is having a slow by the death of her cousin Rosalie whom but sure recovery. Dorothy Stelle Stone she had brought up. Florence is still teach- met Sue Wilcox '19, recently retired from ing three morning English classes. She had teaching, at a meeting of the New Haven heard from Helen Madden White who had library, and to live alone in the lovely West End Club. She bumped into Betty recently entertained Helen Cannon Cronin, home she and John built. Lillian Shadd Rumney Poteat at a Massachusetts' Howard now living with her daughter in Virginia. Elliott was held up by a gunman in the Johnson's. Betty and John, up north for Florence adds that Winona Young has department store where she has been work- Christmas with daughter Sally and her been honored by many special tributes in ing (California) as personnel cashier on family, had spent five months in travel recognition of her coming retirement and a part-time basis. The bandit got away last year, moving constantly until the last that Dorothea Peck has been thoroughly en- with the money but no one was harmed. month. They started in Portugal; travelled joying her new leisure. No retirement for Before and after this episode, she and her through Spain, Italy, Greece. Switzerland, Dr, Ruth Anderson, however, who has housemate had made a trip to Victoria, West Germany and Holland; and spent found time for camping trips in the sum- Lake Louise and Banff, and then to the a month in England. After driving 6000 mer and skiing in the winter, and was desert. As for us, we spent nearly three miles, they returned with 1250 slides that recently photographed for the Boston months in Connecticut this summer, as record fascinating places and exciting ex- Globe selling osteopathic seals to the Gov- my only surviving brother was critically periences. The Dorothy Stelle Stone family ernor of Massachusetts. Ruth writes that ill. He has recovered." After returning had a fine reunion in the fall to celebrate Dorothy Gray Manion with her four home, Marion had another siege with the Wadsworth's birthday. Mary Liz came grandchildren survived a severe auto ac- staphococcic infection that kept her from from her Stanford University position; cident last summer and are now recovered. reunion last year. She concludes, "We Cynthia, Bob and Andy were there from Dorothy has put in almost 1000 hours shall be spending a month this winter at Louisiana; and Wadsworth Jr. and his of volunteer work at the local hospital. the Univ. of Illinois. Frank has been in- family from Wellesley Hills. It was the Ruth Trail McClellan's plans for her 21- vited to be a visiting lecturer at their first time they had all been together in member family Christmas were somewhat Institute of Labor Relations, a graduate seven years. curtailed,not by the tragic floods of Oregon school, from Jan. l5 to Feb. 15." Margery Carlsson Lees, since her hus- ("we were warm and dry with electricity The sympathy of the class goes to Amy and phone most of the time") but by band's retirement, has been travelling con- Kugler Wadsworth upon the sudden death siderably. Their favorite ports of call are Cliff's bronchial trouble which they hope of her husband Milton, retired engineer will not prevent their anticipated holiday Cambridge, Mass.; Kensington, Md.; and and reacher, at home in Providence in Madison, Wise. where their daughters and in Hawaii for two 'or three months this November. He is survived by their deugh- winter. Ruth says Hamet Rogers Van grandchildren live. Margery has been inter Barbara CC '45, son David and six terested in and active in CC's Northern Wagner is recovering nicely from a serious grandchildren. operation. Florence Carns has enjoyed New Jersey Alumnae Group. Mildred Howard had lunch with Frances Barlow the Meriden CC chapter, a trip to the 1920 World's Fair, and the extensive exhibition ]opson in England. Frankie lives in an of campaign souvenirs at Travelers' Insur- CO_CORRESPONDENTS;Mrs.Philip M. Luce apartment in a 15th century manor house ance, Hartford. The Fair attracted Edith (Jessie Menzies), 2930 Rolyart Road, which is lovely. Big houses are being Harris Ward and husband Luke, who could Petersburg, Va. turned into cooperatives by an organize- take daily trips to New York and to Strat- Mrs. Reginald C. Massonneau (Eleanor cion made up of retired persons and ford Theater while their house in New Seaver), 45 Degnan Blvd., Bay Shore, Frankie has her apartment in what was Milford was being extensively renovated. L. I., N. Y. a stable. Her windows look out onto 1920 welcomes new grandchildren. On a beautiful garden. Ray Parker Porter The severe drought of last summer did spoke of the Yale reunion in June. Max- not prevent Ruth Avery French from rais- Dec. 2 in Sacramento, Calif. Amy McKib- bon was born, granddaughter of Dave well Porter and Fred Schell. husband of ing a gardenful of beautiful flowers in Alice Horrex Schell were classmates. The Grantham, N. H., "by dint of constant (Marg.zret Davies) and Bennett Cooper. Douglas Wilson Bell arrived in Lafayette, Porters spend summers between New lugging of water from the river." She also Britain and their summer place on Fisher's managed several family and social visits Ia. on Dec. 3. He is the son of "Cindy" and the grandson of Dorothy Stelle and Island. They were visited last year in July to N. Y. state and Connecticut. Early in by their son Eliot, his wife and three September Father Avery died, a month Wadsworth Stone. Betty Lynn Title makes nine grandchildren for Fanchon Hartman children and in August by their daughter before his 95th birthday. Sadie Cois .Ben- Maxine, her husband, three sons and a jamin and husband Howard have moved and Mel Title. Fanchon's daughter Elaine has been teaching Ancient History at the daughter, Two dogs and a cat were also to Norwich. Marion Kolsky Harris of in residence. The children carried off Washington, D. C. wrote. just too late for Chaffee School, in spite of six children of her own. Mel broke his ankle and is prizes in sailing, tennis. swimming and the last deadline, "I still hear from Mdd in a huge cast. He is an insurance broker golf. Proud grandparents were Ray and Rowe Blue, who continues to enjoy her Max. La Fetra Perley Reiche is better part-time work at the East Liverpool, Ohio, in West Hartford, who won the Trinity 27 MARCH 1965 holidays and enjoyed having the children Tkomson Shepard and her daughter Nellie after having had pneumonia again this here for a real family Christmas. We. a~e enJOY and work for Communicy Concens winter. Her son Frank was i~ Norfolk for back again at our jobs at the New .BntalO and Nellie plays in two orchestras. They hav~ his annual Naval Reserve active. duty. He General Hospital and I am starting re- a .new ~ambler and a new puppy. Min- spent an evening with my children, the hearsals for another play which will keep mala MtUer has .taken up painting again. Herb Buders. They had not been to- me out of mischief until March. She plans to be In Connecticut next sum. gether since both "boys" were stationed Sympathy of 1921 is extended to the mer. 117rey Warner Barber plans to be in Newport, R. I. Frank, although. he family of Esther Watrous Hendf'ic.ks who in Connecticut in October and attend our has been in Princeton a comparatively died on Dec. 11 at her home 10 New "reunionette" on Oct. 9. Helen Merritt's short rime, has been honored by being Haven, Conn. and to Ethel Mason Demp- trip last summer was to Ecuador. Marjorie made a member of his law firm there. Fe~ s sey whose husband, Charles, died on Dec. Wells Lyholt spent her vacation at her other son, Karl jr., is the Scout Executive 9 after a long illness. country place in Fairfax, Cal.; took her in Plymouth County, Mass. He and his three cats with her and picked persimmons family live in Brockton. 1922 from her tree to make persimmon pudding We are sincerely sorry to learn of the CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. David H. (like fruit cake). Gertrude Avery Krout death of C. Scott Lansing, husband of Yale (Amy Peck), 579 Yale Ave., Meri- and Ralph have moved co a new parish Gladys Hood Lansing. Gladys will con- and are now in Lowell, Ohio. Her father den, Conn. 06452 tinue to live in Miami. The class extends Miss Marjorie E. Smith, 181 Irving Ave., died last September and she and her sincere sympathy to her. brother Ralph came to Connecricur then. Providence 6, R. I. Her son David is a freshman in Michigan Ten members of the class of '22 met 1921 State University and daughter June is in for lunch in New Haven in October: Dot Florida (she has two children, "Willie" CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Emory C. Corbin lFheelel Pietrailo, Mollie Kenig SiI1Jef'- and Mary May. Marje Smith does volun- (Olive Liedeheles) , 9 Brady Ave., New smith, Gladys Smith Packard, Ruth Bacon teer work at [he V·A hospital library and Britain, Conn. 06052 Wickwire. Helen Mef'f'itt, Marjorie Smith, attends a Friday morning meeting at Dorothy W uti Weatherhead was off Augusta O'Sullivan, Blanche Finley, Amy church where they have very interesting and our hostess Trau- again on a trip during the holidays, spend- Peck Yale Gef'trude speakers. Her sister, Edna Smith Thistle cold of the interesting Christmas at Yosemite "at a big old rig. Blanche Finley '26 was with her at Christmas when they ing work she does with the United States English dinner celebration." Next May she had dinner for seven. plans to go to Africa via Ceylon, Singa- Committee for the United Nations. Ruth pore and Australia. Another classmate Bacon lI:7ickwif'e and Grant have come 1923 back to live in Connecticut in Old Say- who lives in California, Charlotte Hall CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Rufus A. Wheeler had a 5000 mile trip to Yellow- brook. Beatrice Clark wrote that she would Holton, (Olive Holcombe), 208 First Sr., Scotia, stone, the Terons and Glacier Park. She be in Florida finishing her vacation and N. Y. 12302 wrote that there was an early snow there so could not be with us; she went to and the mountains were especially beauti- the Gand Tetons, Yellowstone Park, Salt Ethel Kane Fielding and Walker had ful. Charlotte had a call last spring from Lake City (where she rook a "Boac" in lunch with Lavinnia Hull Smith this fall. Gertrude Foster Howe who lives in Seattle. the Great Salt Lake), Zion, Bryce and the Lavinnia was at college on Alumnae Day. Dorothy Pryde's trip to Spain and Portugal north rim of the Grand Canyon in August. Others back were Marjorie BackeJTerrell, last summer was with a camera group Polly Harwood felt that it was tOO far Helen Barkerding Neuberg and Mary and she has added many pictures to her co drive to New Haven and cold of baby- Birch Timberman. Marion Page French collection. Anna Mae Brazos Chalmers sitting with her l l-month-old granddaugh- has one daughter and two sons, all mar- and husband Al did not come north this ter Jennifer. On New Year's day my ried, and ten grandchildren. Her husband Christmas, as her daughter Joyce and daughter Harriet and I stopped, on our expects to retire in 1966 and they hope family have moved to North Carolina. way to New Hampshire, to see Elizabeth to travel. She is busy with church and Her other children, Joan and Alan, flew Merrill Blake and she shared some Christ- club activities, including DAR. Helen down to be with them. Anna Mae sees mas cards with me. Mildred Duncan had Hemingway Benton and husband were in Dave Cooper (Margaret Davies '20) and a rrip into the Ozarks in the fall, camping Paris in the fall for the UNESCO General Agnes Mae Barden Clark frequently. Last in a State park on the way. Alice Hagar Conference. In March they attended the fall Jessie Menzies Luce and Eleanor Schoffstall's aunt, whom she had been first conference of the Ministers of Educa- Seaver Massonneau visited Dave and they caring for, died in October, and Alice's tion of the African Stares in Abidjan, the had a small reunion. Roberta Newton son Peter presented her with a new grand- Gale Coast. Their son John, who is Blanchard visited the Whice House with son in April. Claudine Smith Hane was doing graduate work at Cambridge, was a Colonial Dames group in October and on District court jury duty as of Nov. 30; able to join them in London and accom- found Mr. Johnson to be very warm. and she and Elmer spent Thanksgiving in pany them to Africa. Lydia Haywardhas engaging. Bobbie also went to a beauti- Fargo, N. D., with Melicent and family. not worked full time since 1958 because ful parey given by her nieces and nephews She tutors remedial reading and teaches she is needed at home. She is keeping house for One Sherer on her 80th birthday. "released time" church school. Liz's for a 94-year-ole. father and is on call f~r Bobbie says, "Orie never looked prettier daughter Sally Ann, now a Iieutenant the New I Haven Travelers' Aid. She 1S or seemed more peppy and attractive as j.g. in che Waves, is stationed in Bain- active in church and the Ass'n for Recarded she held her bouquet of flowers which bridge, Md. Liz's son's family was in- Children. Isabel Barnum Wingate is now sparkled with cen-dollar bills crumpled creased by the birth of a boy in April. " full professor ac NYU in the Institute to represent leaves." Ruth McCollum .Anne Gf'aham visited in Tolland, Conn. of Retail Management. She waited ~ill Bassett visited her sister Ella McCollum thIS summer anc. in Georgia with her both their son and daughter were marned Vahlteich and their mother in Engle- br?t~e~ and his family at reunion time. before she began work on her doctor's wood, N. J .. over Thanksgiving. Their Vtrgtma Lampf'e')' Stoddard had a nice degree. She compleced ic in 1961 and mocher, now to her 100th year, is alert trip into the Berkshires where her older chig year revisions of two of her boo~s and well. She has two granddaughters daughter lives; another daughter lives in were published, "Textile Fabrics and ~el,~ who are gra,duates of ce, Harriet Bassett Vermont. Jessie 1'(/illiams Buck and Bill Selenion" and "Know Your MerchandIse. M~reB:or 51 and Beverly Vahlteich went co North Carolina to visit their She and John have four grandchildren. Da1gle 57. Gladys Beebe Millard and her youngest daughter and her family who had Helen Higginr Bunyan has moved .co husbanc Fred drove from New Canaan recently returned from Hawaii-four of Libson, Conn. Abigail Hollister "lAmphter for a get-to-gecher with Ruth and Ella while her. five children had been born since has moved to Washington, Conn. Ruth was in New Jersey. The Corbins JeSSIe had seen her. Jessie and Bill both were home this Christmas. Sue, Gene and keep busy with church work: he is treas- 1924 P~m, pl~s doggie, came up from Hyacts- urer and she is on the Altar Guile. and CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. David North Ville, Md., and Albert came from NYc. d~s Red Cross blood-mobile work. (Helen Douglass), 242 Orange St., Box Emory and I were on vacation over the Eltzabeth Pendleton lives in Florida. Mary 1718 New Haven, Conn. 28 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS She visited friends and cousins she had Having spent some time in Spain, she 1925 never met before. Now she is back at visited the Spanish Pavilion at the Worlc's CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Edmund ]. Bernard the adoption section of the Child Wel- Fair, "and it was JUSt like being in that (Mary Auwood), P.O. Box 615. Wicken. fare Division in Washington. Frances country again. Spain is my great love." burg, Arizona 85358 Green spent a fabulous week in October Sue Chittenden Cuningham has moved From Marian lValp Bisbee, "We are liv- when she attendee. the Food Editor's Con- to Seattle. Her husband is now editor-in- ing in a kind of trailer pack ~ear ~ew ference held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel chief of the University of Washington Port Richey, Fla. We spend our time swrrn- in NYC. She was entertained in some Press. Lillian Dauby Gries is living in miog, reading, working around the place, of New York's most glamorous restaurants Akron, Ohio. Peg Graham Reichenbach visiting with friends or just loafmg. It and says that the menus were "out of this has been confined to her new home in is a relaxing life. My husband needed a world." Barbara Belt Crouch and her hus- Rochester, N. Y. with phlebitis in her good long rest, so we took advantage of band took a trip this fall through the left ankle. She broke her right leg in the opportunity to move to Florida. Week- West and South. They particularly en- December '62 and is still having trouble. ends there is usually some activity here joyed Natchez, Vicksburg, and New Or- "Try getting about with rwo bum legs!" but during the week it is quiet. It is leans. Barbara is rejoicing over the arrival Peg hopes to teach again when her legs a beautiful place with many pine and oak of Christine Marie Johnson born to her are well. Her older son Graham was trees and a lake with white sand beach." daughter judy. Other proud grandmothers married last July. Richard is at U. Conn, Catherine Calhoun didn't go to New Lon- are Larry Ferris Ayres whose first grand- The two sons of Dot i\fcDonald Johnson don for Alumnae Day: there seemed to be child, Payson Bryan 111, arrived in Oc- are studying for their masters' at Syracuse too many things which complicated the eober: Kay Dauchy Bronson whose first Univ. Bob Tracy Coogan.'s son Peter Jr., weekend. Virginia Lutzenkirchen retired 12- granddaughter, Heidi Ann Steiner, was in his sophomore year at Harvard, made 25.64 after more than 31 years with the born to her daughter Carol: Harriet Stone the Dean's list; Matt received an "A" BIR. She is now occupied cleating out {Varner whose first grandson was born to rating there, and Tisser successfully "de- nearly 25 years' accumulation in her her daughter Nancy. Amy lFakefield fenced her thesis" before the physiology apartment, looking for another one, mov- spent a weekend this fall with Betty Lee faculty at Yale Medical School. jack is ing and getting settled. janet Goodrich who is now living in her old home in making a record for himself in the Med Dresser reports all is well and the grand- Canaan. School's Dept. of Pharmacology. Bob made children growing up fast. Her daughter Leontine Oakes Ragen, who spent two a recent trip to the West Coast with Grace Billings and husband Edward are years at CC, died in Hartford on Dec. 1. Peter. Your correspondent is the author now living in East Thetford, Vt. They For 35 years she wrote the "Onlooker" of "More Gold in the Golden Years" which have jonathan 7, Peter 5 and Ethan Allen column of the "Hartford Times." She was appeared in the Christian Science Monitor 8 mos. They are now able to spend the a member of the CC Club of Hartford this winter on the editorial page, She holidays together and visit in between. and always returned to campus for '26 received letters, relayed via the Monitor, Janet says Marie Barker Williams keeps reunions. The class extends its sympathy from people in many states, including a very busy with square dancing, church to her husband and her mother. 27-ite from the Over 5S Club, Florida. and baby caring for a friend's family of 5 children. Mullie has 17 grandchildren. 1927 1928 lsebel Std!i! Montague is still in Sunder- CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. 1.. B. Gatchell CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. Homer E. McNutt land, teaches music and helps her husband (Constance Noble), 6 The Fairway, Upper (Catherine Page), 1029 Foulkrod St., Guilford with a maple products stand in Montclair, N. J. 07043 Philadelphia, Penna. 19124 the sugaring season-serves "sugar on Winnie Maynard Wright has joined a Our reguarly elected class correspon- snow" etc. to many customers. They new Woman's Club in Boca Raton, Fla. dent, Leila Stewart, asked to be relieved planned to go to their daughter's in Vir- "Since it is designed for women over of her duties for very valid reasons of ginia for the Christmas holidays. All 55," she said, "I should be in my element health. She is at home recuperating from seemedto be well with Ethel Smith Brown there, but somehow I don't feel in that major surgery performed in November, at Chirstmas time. From Thelma Burnham, category-yet." Winnie's daughter Judith her second operation in less than a year. "Last spring I was able to take a trip to was married last June: her son is single. Grace Bigelow Churchill's letter asking me Italy, Sicily and North Africa. It was nice Peg Rich Raley joined the same dub the to take over Leila's duties for the rest of being back in Italy and this time I saw same week as Winnie. Peg's ex.tra-dub the year dosed with, "Hope you are look- the Leaning Tower of Pisa for the first activities include golf, tennis and swim- ing forward to reunion. We are up to time. Had never been in Sicily or Africa, ming. Her son was married last Christmas 5 grandchild ten now. Ned had a third so all was new to me. Very interesting. time. She and Bill flew to the wedding, in July." Emma Jean McDonald wrote, A good trip. My only other junkets were then spear the holidays with their daugh- "I'm a poor one to ask for news as I to the NSA convention in Washington ter and son-in-lew in Pennsylvania. Bill have been more or less out of circulation and a weekend in the Poconos. Eleanor was the representative from U. Conn. at for the past few years with rheumatic Tracy Adam enjoyed her trip to Hawaii rhe dedication ceremonies of the Florida heart disease. All that is behind me now last fall. Adele Knecht Sullivan took an Atlantic U. in Boca Raton. Winnie wrote, as I recuperate from heart surgery I had extended automobile trip to the Middle "Representatives from almost every col- last winter." Ruth Stevens Thornton '27 West for her vacation. Jane Nevers and lege were rhere and Peg and I were real and I had a CC reunion for two at the Ellie McGrath spent a little time on Cape let down that nobody asked either of us Wesleyan-Trinity football game this fall. Cod last summer. I will try to get Dot to represent Cc. We would have flipped Ruth and Elmo Ashton Decherd now hap- Kilbourn to send you a story about her a coin for it!': Margaret Knight Casey pily share a granddaughter. Ruth also told 'rip to Europe." lives in the house she and Harry built in me that Cordelia Kilbourne Iobnson and Kent, Conn. in 1932. She has been Judge her family went to Estes Park, Colo. for 1926 of Probate in that town for the past 10 a son's wedding. Elmo writes of her CORRESPONDENT:Katherine L. Colgrove, years. "This keeps me busy," she wrote, nominating committee business and of her mother's 90th birthday parry which en- 38 Crescent Sr., Waterbury 10, Conn. "but attending plays, concerts, adult education courses and committee meetings takes tailed a large open house and two weeks SetJy Linsley Hollis and her husband, of house guests. Each time we are at who live in Bermuda, were in the United care of my spare time." Margaret now has 4 grandsons. One son-in-law is study- Wesleyan I stop at the library to chat for States in May and June. They saw their a while with Reba Coe Ehlers. Rebe's older son, who graduated from the Epis- ing for his doctorate in oceanography; one is a master at Kent School. Her son older daughter Janice (Mrs. David New- copal seminary in Baltimore, installed as ton) lives in Champaign, Ill. Her hus- deacon in a church in Frostburg, Md. They is doing graduate work. Henrietta Kanehl Kobm's daughter Parry-Key is a freshman band is working for his doctorate at the also visited their younger son, his wife Univ. of Illinois. They have two deugh- and baby daughter in New Mexico. Imogen at Duke University. Sally Carslake is still at Brearley and enjoying it. She said, "We ters, CarolS and Gail 3. Brenda, Rebe's Hostetler Thompson had a short but de- other daughter, is a junior at Goucher, lightful vacation in England and Wales. have the biggest school ever this year." 29 MARCH 1965 majoring in biology. Abbie [

32 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Lesley Guyton, daughter of Debbie Boies,' recently married and is in the State Dept. with her teen-age daughter, "who, inci- and Charlotte Meyer, daughter of Mary as a vice-consul in Manila. Betty Gehrig dentally, is a very good clarinetist". Claire Ann Lemon. There are also five girls who St,eater is beginning to feel very old, with Haines Fairley's husband Al had free time between retiring from the presidency of are upperclassmen. Betsy Young, Boots one child a sophomore in college, another Hingsburg's daughter and a sophomore, a junior in high school, and the youngest one Canadian company and assuming command of another, so the Fairleys travelled invited to dinner in Knowlton the eight in junior high. She keeps busy reaching other girls and Sis Powers, who, on behalf jnd grade and playing golf. Harry and extensively abroad and in this country. They are back in Montreal with their of the Class of 1942, delivered plants to Billie Bindloss Sim spent their weekends all the girls at the opening of college. All last summer seeing Maine, Vermont and "family't-c-two l l-year-old cats and a S- year-old Golden retriever. "One fun thing but one of the girls were there and they New Hampshire; made three nips to the about growing older is meeting sam seemed to enjoy meeting each other. In World's Fair; and vacationed at Nan- fact, Lesley Guyton, in her thank-you note tucket. Ginger Clark Bininger announced and daughters of college friends as they to Sis, wrote (hat after she knew the other the engagement of daughter Susan, with head this way for school or college," writes Betty Burford Graham from Hart- girls whose mothers were classmates, she the wedding set for June. "realized the fun of being the daughter Elise Haldeman Jacobi's son Ed grad- ford. She sees Dot Bosche-n Holbein often because her son Bruce attends Loomis of an alumna". Ray and Ellie King Miller uaced with highest honors last June from School. Burt's daughter Courtney is a call Baltimore home, although Ray, a cap- Lehigh and entered Harvard Law School sophomore at Wellesley. Her son is 5'10" rain in the Coast Guard, is stationed at the in the fall. The highlight of '64 for them CG Supply Depoe in Brooklyn. Their old- was a jaunt to the Grand Terons and at age 13. He is a third former at Kingswood Day School in West Hartford. est son, David, will graduate from North Yellowstone. Ginnie Bell Winter;' husband Carolina State College in June. Ellie's twin, Harold is president of the National Capitol The Grahams spent their 15th summer on the Maine coast. Wilma Swissler Bartholo- Pat, and her husband Baird Helfrich, are Orchid Society. The Winterses vacationed may is now in Scottsdale, Ariz. and Lee still in Burma. Their daughter Paula lives last summer by antiquing in the Pennsyl- Barry Wilderotter has moved to Minne- with Pat and Ellie's mother, works in a vania Dutch country and bathing at Ocean travel agency in Chicago, and takes courses City, Md. Harvey and Natalie Klivans apolis. She writes, "We've thoroughly enjoyed our year in Michigan (Grand at Northwestern night school. Peter Burr, Dworken enjoyed an exciting autumnal Rapids). We have a daughter, a senior in Adele Rosebrock Burr's IS-year-old, 6' tall cruise from Norway to the USSR and son, spent five weeks last summer in back via the northern capitals to England, college in Pennsylvania; a son, a sophomore in Iowa; and another daughter in Europe on a YMCA camper exchange pro- where they toured the Cotswolds and then Ann Arbor as a freshman. The six at home gram. He spent half the time in a camp reseed in London for a week. Teddy Test- have acquired mid-western accents, sports in Hanover, Germany, rhe rest touring wuide Knauf's son Eddie was married in trophies, scholastic honors, big appetites Europe. Next year his brother Dick 14 August after graduating from the Univ. and many friends. Bob and I have ulcers will join him at Concordia Prep. Also tour- of Wisconsin. He is now at the Institute of and flat wallets. But no one can say Miss ing Europe were Loy and Doris Kaske Foreign Trade in Phoenix. Son Steve it at Hanson didn't drive her lesson home to Renshaw, who visited 11 countries in Notre Dame. Daughter Barbara is in her this Art major-we are creative!" September. A year ago they vacationed in first year of high school and Carl in 8th Sue Fleisher travelled far and wide this San Juan and St. Thomas, making it a grade and busy with sports. Harry and year. She went to France on a French travelling year for the Renshews. Their Fun Rockwell Bostick are living in Kind- government grant to visit universities in daughter Nancy is a sophomore at Wilson erhook, Ill., where Harry is a superintend- June and July, then on to numerous other College and lives in a Spanish house with ent of schools. Their home is on a 71h spots in Europe for a vacation. She had a 14 orher girls. Loy is another Coast Guard acre farm with the Mississippi River bluffs special treat visiting a family she "adoored" captain, stationed in Baltimore. Boots backing the house. Daughter Karen is mar- in Brittany. From Marge Griese Hickox, Hiogsborg Young, our class president, has ried and Fran is a grandmother. Kay "I haven't had any news for years and started a scholarship fund at the College Wheele, Hastings' daughter Caroline fin- now it all comes at once. Eldest daughter for daughters of Coast Guard officers. Gifts ishes high school this year. Her son laur- Judy graduates from Wellesley in June and to this fund will be o-uored in Alumnae ence is away at college. Polly Frank will be married the same month. Middle Giving Program and credited to both the Shank's Christmas card showed her and daughter Linda graduates from Hathaway donors and their classes. Boots says that Jack in front of their airplane. Older son Brown School in June and has been ac- gifts to the fund will accumulate unci11970, John is Yale '6; and Larry is Washington cepted at CC on the early decision plan, when it is hoped the income will be large State Univ. '68. Bob and Irene Kennel so perhaps I'll have an excuse to get back enough to provide an annual award of a Pekoe's daughter Joan is a freshman at CC there occasionally. Youngest daughter reasonable she. If the fund, and consequent this year, living in Jane Addams House. Wendy is a high school sophomore." income, are not sufficient by rhar time, the Shirley Devereaux Kendall's daughter Pat Margaret Kerr Miller had many World's principal will be added to the other graduated from CC in June, spent the sum- Fair houseguests this summer. After driving scholarship endowment to be usee without mer abroad and was looking forward to a restriction. So we have until 1970 to get daughrer Janet back to college at Raeford, job at Harvard Med. School. Buck and ir on its feet. \'X7hen you send in your con- Va., she took time for a rest at Myrtle Betty Lamprecht Slobey's son Jay is now tribution to the Alumnae Annual Giving Beach. Kerry keeps busy with many family a freshman at Lawrence College in Wis- Program, please indicate that it is to go to and suburban activities. Betty Holmes consin and their daughter DeeDee is in 9th Nichol. now residing in Washington, D. C. he CG.-CC Scholarship Fund. grade. writes, "In this exploding nation's capital, Marjorie Mitchell Rose's daughter Tina It is time now to make plans for attend- two topics of interest from rapidly grow- is on her way to becoming a professional ing reunion, so do arrange your schedules ing suburbia-water resources and cultur- ballet dancer. She has been studying in and have the suitcases ready. See you in ally deprived children. The former I'm New York. Marjorie's son Ricky is a stu- New Lancon! studying for the LWV, the latter on the dent at Westminster; her husband Dick, 1941 board of a new pre-school .. also learn- a forester at Rutland, Vt. Mary Stevenson Stow is as busy in Republican politics as CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. William I. Mc- ing to be a 'young mother' all over again she was during our college days in the Clelland (Sara Ann Kiskadden ) , 3860 with our 21f2 year ald." Willkie campaign. Ted is a chemist at Adams Road, Box 184, RFD #2 Roches- Hercules Powder Company in Wilmington. ter, Mich. 1942 Their daughter Susie has a Public Health Ruth De Yoe Barrett and her family are CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Paul R. Peak (Jane Service scholarship to study cytology at with the Ford Foundation in Santiago, Worley), 1746 A Mikahala Way, Hono- Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She Chile, "for a couple of years, more or less." lulu, Hawaii. lives with Steve's mother in Wynnewooc., Their older son is at Cranbrook School going home to Wilmington on weekends. in Michigan. They find Chile delightful. The class of 1942 has four daughters in the freshman class at CC: Fredricka Chap- She may be the first of our daughters to Jane Holbrook Jewell keeps busy as a be married. Susie's brother Fred is a substitute teacher in the Weymouth ele- man, daughter of Cecil Johnson; Margaret (Susie) Gehrig, daughter of Pete Franklin; sophomore at the Univ. of Delaware, ma- mentary schools and is crying to keep up 33 MARCH 1965 in high school. Grant is an "A" student joring in physics, and playing in three for Paragon, and the Steeles are now in and plays the trombone. Alicia Hend81'son different insrrumenra l groups. Ricky Delmar, N. Y. Donald is in charge of the 16 Speaker and family have just arrived in belongs to an Explorer Post that specializes Albany district which includes half of Tokyo (Fuchu) for three years and find in skin diving. The Post earned enough New York, part of Massachusetts and Ver~ it as fascinating as on their visit seven money to cake a three-week trip down the mont. The children have adjusted well to years ago. Jack is Commander Far East Florida keys to dive. Stevie's youngest, the changes of the past year. Marion, the ~oast Guard Stat~ons. Alicia is helping Martha 15, has rwo hobbies-surfing and oldest, after two years at CC, is in her 10 a class of English conversation for the Boys (with a capital B). Beth Tobias first semester of nursing at Hartford Hos- ladies of Fuchu City and "Spanish I & 2 Williams and her daughter Tena toured pital and loves it. She was a biology major classmates". She is ~orking on Japanese Canada last summer. Beth is a social work at Connecticut but did not aspire to teach- ~onversatlOn and writing. Back in Wa ..b. consultant to the Bureau of Community ing or research. From Montgomery, Ala. mgron, D. C. the Speakers lived across the Mental Health Services, Commonwealth of June Wood Beers writes that they are much ~treer from Brooks for Pennsylvania. "My husband's ship, USCGC enjoying a second year there, especially Johnstone Saltsman tour wonderful years. Their daughters rare \VINNEBAGO, has just returnee. after Sue who is into everything after moving the same age and lifelong friends. The rescuing 108 people, stranded on tiny each year for the past four. But she is a Speakers took two trips to Europe and Washington Island, a thousand miles south National Merit Scholar and # 1 in her one to the Middle East, then moved to the of Honolulu, when their ship went aground class of 850 and has been accepted at Hood on the coral reef and broke uo. Their College which is close to Annapolis so she Pacific Northwest for a couple of "perfect arrival in Honolulu was an exciting oc- can be near her brother. Skip still loves the climate years" before this move. Alicia's casion, with press conferences, newsreel and USNA but enjoyed the summer cruise to children are John 17, Alicia 13 and Nancy TV appearances, a special luncheon and a Europe more than the school books. The Melia 8. She wishes CC graduates would dinner for the officers and their wives Beerses expect orders in June, as Chuck interest themselves in overseas teaching ca- of both ships." goes back to sea for a major command. reers-a wonderful way to see [he world Kay Hadley Inskeep in Richmond says their and help American children at the same 1943 vacations consisted of a week at the World's time. My own C~ristmas holiday was spent CORRESPONDENT: Barbara Hellmann, 52 Fair and environs. In August the Inskeeps most enjoyably w.uh P~ggy Suppes Yingling Woodruff Rd., West Hartford, Conn. spent a week with another couple in a and family outside PIttsburgh. First time 06107 cottage in Vermont not far from Middle- I:v~ had a stocking in many years! Peggy bury, but Fran Yeames Prickitt and Hank finishes semmary 10 the spring and has a Mary Jane Dole Morton and son Stephen were out west then. They expected to play post as an assistant minister nearby. spent a week with me in Ocrober. They had a wonderful ~sian and European trip, golf their last week at Hot Springs, but it rained every day, so they played bridge, 1944 g010g by boat, which stopped at Singapore. Sally is awav at school this year and they They spent three weeks in India visiting CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Neil Joseph- friends and Daley went into the hill coun- miss her dreadfully but she needed the change and motivation. Son Chris is in 8th son (Elise Abrahams), 83 Forest St. New try with Indians she had met in Tokyo. Britain, Conn. ' Husband John met them in Tel Aviv grade and a delight. Harry King, brother of Ginny King Stevens, was at Middlebury Mrs. Orin C. Witter (Marion Kane), which Daley and Stephen had reached by 7 Ledyard Road, West Hartford 17, Conn. crossing the Arab-Israeli border on foot. in the summer when he took his daughter They all loved the climate in Israel as well to visit colleges. Priscilla Barley is still Ann Hoag Peirce writes, "With Holly surrounded by West Highland White Ter- ~s in Greece, their next stop. They arrived 10 and Leonard 14, we seem to be in the riers. The most recent crop of puppies is to Denmark in time to see the wedding on usual home-school-church-community work TV,. They spent some time in England and about ready to go to their new homes and orbit." A year ago they camped for 7 SpalO: Stephen had his first day in an are really lots of fun. Pris had an operation weeks from Maine to California and found American school when he visited with my in August but is fine now. Jean Forman it a marvelous experience. Frannie Smith nephew. We all went to the shore for Harrington's older daughter Patty has given Minshall was in Hanford for a brief visit the weekend and Ooley and I visited the up the cold Vermont winters in favor of with her son at Westminster School and college, as she hadn't been there in six the University of Tamoa, plus a little solf. for an hour's chat with Marion Kane years. She foun~ ~he new dorm complex Cathy's bad leg break last winter troubled 1I7itter. She had had an exciting time at the and al!'l~na~ building very startling, being ~er until November but she can now ski GOP convention with her congressman a rradirionalisr at heart. We lunched with If she is careful. Husband Bill is still busy husband and found time while on -rhe Trat!l Arnold Kenesy in Orange. After with junior racing both on the Vermont coast to see Jane Bridgwater Hewes and leaving here, the Mortons went to Portland and eastern level, as a director at Mr. Sue Balderston Searl. Elise Abrahams Oreg~n, and ate now settled in the Sad Mansfield and of the Eastern Ski Ass'n Josephson "unpacked the family cap and Francisco area. John has resignee. in favor Jean is in her second year as president of gown last June and received an MAT of the west. coast c:r. another Japanese assiqn- the Vermont Women's Golf Ass'n. degree from Wesleyan." Her daughter Gail merit. While warring for Daley's overdue . Ruby Zagoren Silverstein lost her father is a "busy, happy sophomore at Wellesley". plane, I had lunch with Nan Christensen In July. The year was a hard one for the Russell is active in the United Synagogue Carmon and husband Frank. The Cermons ?ilversteins. The family spent all summer Youth and plays the flute in his high and their four children spend much of the In Haddam helping out. Sam was in rhe school band, which has played by invitation summer at the shore and many winter hospital. Ruby's kidney acted up and she for. President Johnson and also at a pro- weekends at a hunting cabin. Nan is active was confined to the house for three weeks. fessional football game at Yankee Stadium. 10 !D~ny civic affairs and the alumnae as- Grant got a concussion walking downstairs. Miriam is busy with her piano and art les- SOCIatlOn at Chaffee. Kitty McKee Mac- Zona had mumps. Even the two cats had to sons and "keeps up her prodigious rate Vickar in Darien is practice-reaching in 1st ~e treated for abscesses. But Ruby's article, of book-swallowing-c-one a day". Matt is grade and has 8 ctedits to go for her MS We TC?ok our Children to Eurnpe," ap- beginning guitat lessons and participating 10. elementarv education at the Univ. of peared lO the July House Beautiful. An tn a full program of swimming an-d soccer. Bndgeport. She wished more of us hac e~say~ "The Countess and I" about inter- Ellie and Neil's vacations have included a ~ee,n advised to consider teaching way back v.lewlO,~ Countess Tolstoy was in the Chris- week at Tanglewood. anothet at Miami 10 She says she never worked so hard 39. tian SCIence Monitor which also publisher! Beach and "ten thrilling days in Puerto a';ld .the house looks as if World War III he~ poem. "Redwings". Sam's work with R ien, which we absolutely loved." Suzee ~lt It; doubts she will ever catch up but chJ\dr~n IS receiving wide attention. An Harbert Bf)ice is "rocking along hannily IS fortunately not a fussy housekeeper. Sons Ameflcan and an English magaz.ine have and enjoying the Frankly 40 era. Smokey, Bruce and Tom ate almost 16 and 14. accepted his articles, and a New York 19 and a traitor, is a soohomote at Wel- Jean Nelson Steele lived btiefly in author, Sue Sm~th, is including in her lesley. My greatest oreoccupations in oreer Wethersfield and I talked to her but didn't boo~ some of hIs observations as "a per- of importance and time soent: N.R.B. get to see her. l-fusband Dona_ld received a ceptive teacher". Zona has received several new house, tennis, and a cu~riculum com- transfer and promotion to district manager honors in Girl Scouts and as a freshman mittee studying our counry schools." Ted;' 34 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Pierce Gould and Phil have bought a gor- college and Christy follows next year. from California of her three children: geous house overlooking the Conn~cticut Marion Jones Eddy writes, "We are a Laurie a freshman in high school, Paul River in Essex. Jane Howarth Hz.bbard widely separated family this year. Dick in 7th grade, and Peter in 4th. Lil keeps and George Yost are planning a spr.ing has been transferred to Huntsville, Ala. busy with PFA board, church board an~ wedding. Volunt~er work and a par~-tLme Sue and I will be joining him soon. Rick Assistance League. From Dallas, Meem:e job are also keeping her busy. Her children is at Mercersburg Academy and Lynne is Flagg Moss tells of a visit from Judy are Jack 15, Ann 12, and Sally 8. Dorothy at the University of Bonn until the end Booth Fowler and her husband. Boothie Doan Arbury has a married daughter of March. Jean Patton Crawford and Hank was a member of our class for rwo years Carole in her junior year at Michigan State did a great deal of work with the church but graduated with another. She and Herb and a son Brad in the 5th form at Fountain last year. They also managed a lot of live in Arkansas with their two children. Valley School, Colorado Springs. In Bristol, traveling and on one trip visired Betsy Do Cogswell Deland's rwo oldest boys are R. I., Lois Webster Ricklin is Guardian for Dale Welles in Riverside, Calif. One trip away at school, leaving two home. Rawle a Camp Fire Girls group which includes East was to attend Hank's 20th reunion is still recovering from an arm injury. her own 13-year-old daughter. Her 6 ft. of his Coast Guard class. In addition to They all hope to be back on skis next 2 in. son spent his summer doing odd jobs the three boys, they now have a foster winter. Sue White Frank and family spent at home and sailing his boat in the bay. daughter under their wings. New Year's with us. Gretchen 16, Carl Lois is still a Red Cross volunteer and Election year brought a return to the 14 am! Jana 13 are all skiers so we were her husband is directing research and de- Vermont Senate for Elaine Parsons Ruggles' on the slopes every day. It was a disap- velopment for Dixon Corp., traveling a husband Dan. They were planning a trip pointment to us that there wasn't more lot in this country. Ginnie Iobmon Coni!f to Nassau before the Senate opened. Elaine snow over the holidays. We had hopes of is the mother of a boy 7, a girl 16 and does Red Cross work, is president of the seeing Sue Bates Heath and Dar at Okemo. a newly-married daughter. "Keating works Friends of the Library, and chairman of It is with regret that I report the death at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, and we Community Concerts. They summer in of Bryna Samuels Lamer on Nov. 24, 1963 all love living in Connecticut." Wolfeboro, N.H. and off-election yeats and we send our deepest sympathy to her Cynthia MU1'ray Jack and her family: cruise to South America, Central America, family. Nancy 10, Tim 6 and Rob 2, moved recent- the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. Bunny 1947 ly to the North shore of Chicago, Kenil- Riemer Levene writes, "Our brood of two worth. Husband Tom has been made vice- is growing madly. Susie 11 is now old CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. John A. Walsh president of industrial relations for the enough for those revolting night braces. (Martha Stevens) , 6 Holliday Drive, Packaging Corp. of America. "It was She looks like a creature from outer space. Whitesboro, N.Y. rather nice to leave a Girl Scout troop, Beyond that, her life is the typical ball: Priscilla Gardner Rhodes writes from a PTA board and a hospital board behind school is great, modern dance is great, soc- Sherman, Conn., "Sandy 14 is away at Kent in Grand Rapids, and as I have just gone ial dancing is greae-c-excepr you have to School. Glen 12 worked all summer on a sustaining in the Jr. League, I think I will have partners, piano is great, and they farm and Donna 11 is found mostly on just take a year off and enjoy the family," have a Friday Club of eleven l l-vear-olds horseback Our Angus 'herd' has grown to writes Cvmie. "Moving is a most interesting who bake cookies for UNICEF, whip up a 30 with three in the freezer. We now experience, and although it was difficult monthly paper whose proceeds go to local have three horses, with Sandy's registered leaving out family and life-long friends, charities etc-and life is, generally, a great Quarter Horse mare to foal in the spring. we have found it is a small world and ball! At 14 Ricky doesn't like school, has Joe is still making church pews-have enjoy our new home and town tremendous- discovered girls and the wrestling team al- done two churches in Gloversville, N. Y." ly. Politics is the main topic here with most simultaneously and the coincidence, I Phil and Janet Pinks Welti are in Fort Chuck Percy living a block and a half think, is laughable. He wishes winter were Wayne, Ind. Pinky writes, "Craig has be- away.We still manage to visit our cabin in one big snowstorm, and can't understand come a serious student at last-willing to northern Michigan regularly and get our why I won't let him have another unhouse- spend almost as much time with the books trout fishing in." Looking terribly swish, broken dog for Christmas. Larry is stilt and the piano as with the sports. Gail is Rusty Grosvenor English was in West on his typically hectic schedule, but he wearing braces on her teeth and Ward Hartford recently and plans to get down just invented a new kind of machine whose continues to lose his with amazing regu- more frequently now that her son Allen developing pains keep him even more larity. Church work, PTA, and Woman's is at nearby Loomis School. harried. With all this, I was so pleased Club----a little fifth grade fractions, and you when he came up with a very exciting know how I spend my days!" Dick and Alumnae Chapter Program brochure for Jean Vogel Scanlan moved two days before 1945 us." Christmas into a new home in New Hart- CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs. Allen Kirk- The class wishes to exrend its sincerest ford, N. Y. Dick is with General Electric patrick (Susette Silvester), 5019 Sedg- svmparhv to Ruth Blanchard Walker on in Utica. Their four children are Ricky 15, wick Sr., N.W. Washington, D. C. 20016 rhe sudden death of her husband in Mary Alice 13, Billy 12 and 2-year-old Mrs. William Leavitt (Eleanore Strohm), December. Jimmy. jerry and I moved to Whitesboro 5206 Portsmouth Rd., Washington, D. C. from Buffalo five years ago. Jerry is man- 20016. 1946 aging the Utica office of Automobile Mu- tual Insurance Co. Andy 10, David 7, Joan Magnus Turner writes, "Bud and I CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. William T. Ashton have just built the house! We have been Susan 5 and Sarah 3 keep me busy, as (Jane Fullerton), Elm Knoll Farm, R.D. well as the usual school and church croups. planning it for yeats and truly it seems a #4, Ballston Spa, N.Y. dream come true. We have two boys 13 and during the past two years, I've become and 9 who have kept me busy. Have also MARRIED: Marion Thompson to Edward a terrible duplicate bridge addict. cone the usual-hospital work, drives etc. W. Plaisted in September. I hope everyone is making plans for life is most pleasant and full." Sally A severe ice storm which kept us out our June reunion! Rapelye Cowberd- and her mother stopped of our home for a week seems to have in to see the Barlows in the fall. Norm is pur me a little behind. Frannie Wagner 1948 taking electronics courses and Nat (Natalie Elder and her husband spent a couple of CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. Merritt W. Olson Bigelow) is teaching in the Wellesley Col- weeks this summer at Crystal Lake, Mich. (Shirley Reese), 5 Goscold Place, New- lege Elementary School. Betty Trimble with Daisy Wilson Wheeler and Larry. After that they went to the American Bar port News, Va. 23606 Crosmanspent the summer in Maine due to BORN: to Charles and Joan Wilmarth slight housing difficulties. They sold a convention in NY. and to the Fair. While here Frannie had lunch with Janet Weiss Cresap a fourth child, third daughter, Joan house, bought one in Connecticut and Dor Marshall, (called Marshall) in July. was transferred back to New Jersey before Smith. She also had a delightful visit with Aileen Moody Bainton and Jack who were ADOPTED: by Fletcher and Annis Gil- any moves were made. They are finally lo- more Williams a second daughter, Martha, cated in Glen Ridge. Ann Heese Broase here on vacation from their winter home in Nassau. Aileen's children are 8 and 4. born in October. The WiHiam.~es live in and family did the World's Fair arid hope Omaha, Neb. and big sister Sara is 2%. to go to Florida in the spring. Ted is in Lillian Teioel Scboenlaab sent pictures

MARCH 1965 35 November v.:eather wa~ almost balmy, CALLING CLASS OF '48! COME ONE Leslie Hahn moved to Orange (Conn.) in Betty teaches 10 Storrs this year while John AND ALL! SEVENTEENTH REUNION the fall and love 3 acres of woods. Curt is continuing his studies toward a Ph.D. JUNE 11-13 following Alumnae College is a sophomore at Phillips Exeter. Eric 11 loves to ski. Betty is finishing 6th year in romance languages at the Univ. of on June 10-11. Class Reunion Chairman Connecticut. Nan Vail Wilson and Len and vice-president is work in education and English, teaches Bobby Gantz Gray have a new home in Sherborn, Mass. In making plans already. See you there! junior high and likes it. Don and Maggie Farnsworth Kemp bought an SO-year-old the fall Len. went to Venezuela where he Nancy Morrow Nee received her M.S. in house in Bayside, complete with parquet was an advisor to the U.S. delegation at "librarianship" at Cal. Berkeley and has floors, porch, three floors. They are con- a conference sponsored by the FAD for been working for the San Francisco Public verting it back to one family from two and ~entral an? South American banana grow- Library, literature department, ever since. have been "slaving" redecorating it. Mag- mg countries. He also teaches a course in Nancy says it only took 16 years, but she's gie says they love Bayside and "What did predicting market at Northeastern Uni- found her proper "milieu" at last and I do for 7 years in an apartment?" Gale versity's suburban campus. Claire Gold- loves it. She is also an interviewer on a Craigie Chidlaw has been keeping busy as schmidt Katz was in the political whirl weekly library-sponsored PM radio pro- the Boulder representative to the Denver last November as local chairman of Refer- gram, an author-interview type program. CC Club, and as the CC representative endum #5 (to repeal the statutory powers She rather suspecrs their audience to be to the 14 Eastern Women's Colleges group of the Mass. Executive Council) for LWV small, but they have fun talking to local that was recently formed in Boulder. Sue This time-consuming job had its rewards and visiting literary lights. Toro and Nance Nankervis Clippert and John made a Sep- as they had a "stunning victory aU across have become camping addicts (along with rember trip to Norway, Denmark and the state, due borh to our efforts and ex- 9 million other Californians) and spent Sweden. Ruth Hauser Potdevin and Bob cellent support of The Boston Globe and last August tenting through most of Ore- made a 'round-the-world business trip in other influential news media". Allie Haines gon, Washington and British Columbia. the fall. They started in England, then to Bates is working toward certification and Polly Amrein is completing her second Paris, Milan, Lugaro, Lichtenstein, Zurich, her MA in elementary education at the year teaching prospective teachers at the Bologna, Rome, Athens, Beirut, Hong Univ. of. Bridgeport. She is enjoying even Women's Training College, Kabba, North- Kong, Tokyo, Honolulu. Ruth says they ~he reql;llred ~ourses (the teaching of read- ern Nigeria. She likes it so well that she didn't get to too many of the sights but mg, arithmetic, and educational psychol- has signed up for another two years. Polly she is an expert on paper bag machinery ogy), as they are so helpful with her own toured the African conrinenr last summer and bag converting machinery all over the children. Leda Treskunoff Hirsch com- and had some pretty wild adventures. She world. IHinette Goldsmith Hoffheimer and mutes two days a week between New is due home on leave this summer. Bud made it to Spain, Yugoslavia, Iran London and NYC where she is working on John and Mary Lou Flanagan Coffin are and Egypt in the fall. Now that Minette's her Ph.D. at NYu. This, coupled with both teaching: Wee the 5th grade in New children (four boys) are all in school, her job in the music department at CC Milford, Conn. and John math as well as Min is chairman of a group that does makes her life rather full and her famil; coaching hoc~ey and soccer at Canterbury large print typing of children's textbooks hours few. She even phones husband Den School. Jed IS a 5th grader and Chris in from Grand Central station so that they junior high. Helen Crumrine Ehler is in- for visually handicapped children in the can talk, because at home she only sees him volved in the usual Brownies, Scours and public schools. jane Broman Brown and at bedtime and breakfast. dancing lessons in Wallingford, Conn. Jim had a nice European holiday which in- Marilyn and Carol are 10 and 7. The eluded Easter in Shields, England, his Donna Schmidt Daley and Dan have Ehlers are new converts to boating. Barrie home town. Their tour starred in Germany moved to New Canaan, Conn. from Derby, Hobson is at the Brown University Library and went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Glas- N. Y. with their two sons, Chipper 7 and and is corresponding secretary for the R.I. gow, Newcastle, Liverpool (lunch with Andrew 4. Dan's new job with General Simmons College Club. Shirl Cortbell the Lord Mayor), and London. They re- Foods in White Plains, N. Y. forced the Littlefield played her oboe in an old fash- rumed on the Queen Elizabeth on April 13. move. They were sad at leaving the home ioned park band last summer, while the Barry and Gale Holman Marks are back in that they built four years ago and the three children were learning to ride horse- Barrington after a one-year stay in Paris. town where they both grew up. Mary jane back. She began to work mornings last Th~y spent last Christmas in England, Jobson Dubilier is enjoying the suburbs fall in the research lab at the Portland sprmg In Italy, and 10 days in Spain in of San Francisco and their lovely pool. Hospital. Some of the work connected with June. In addition, Barry made a speaking M. ]:'S children: Michael 9, Patricia 7 open heart surgery is fascinating. Nat tour of the Ivory Coast of Africa under and Billy 5, are all in school now and are Shattuck Harper is teaching 6th grace in the auspices of the USIS. Barry is now happy to see the sunshine again after living the school Ronnie Littlefield attends. Dick acting chairman of the American Studies in Belgium. Carol 1Vedum Conklin and and Helen Beardsley Nickelsen are riding Dept. at Brown this year. Foster now live in Englewood, N. ]. on a cloud. Dick, he~d of the Geology Foster has completed his long surgical Dept. at Bucknell Univ., has received a 1950 residency and is now an attending physic- ian in cardia-vascular surgery at St. NA'!'O Fellowship to work in the Nor- CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Ross Stalder wegian mountams. They plan to sail June Vincent's Hospital in NYC. Elizabeth Shade (Mary Clark), 53 Beach Drive, San Babbott is still in Nigeria and reports 4. for Oslo with Abby 10, Bruce 8 and Rafael, Cal. Jill almost 1. Cincy says she'll believe it that it is boiling hot there, but that both when they get off the boat. Mrs. Frank L Adamson (Susan Little), she and Nigeria seem to be prospering. 40 Corte Toluca, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Cal. Barbara Leach Beutel and Larry came East from Illinois last summer to New York 1949 1951 and New England, and while here they CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Harold K. Douthit CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Robert F. Sullivan spent an evening with Phyll Hoffmant~ Jr. (Mary Stecher), 2930 Valley Lane (Barbara Nash), 52 Arrowhead Way, Driscoll and Frank and Chloe Bissell Jones Sandusky, Ohio 44871 ' Darien, Conn. 06820 and Les. The Beutels went to Florida in October for the Banker's Convention. ~ORN: to Jim and Barbara Norton Flem- MARRIED: Betty May Gardner to John Louise Stevens Wheatley and family now tug a fourth child, first daughter, Kathleen, Wyeth on Nov. 27. live in East Haddam, Conn. Jim teaches on OCt. 12. Claire Goldschmidt Katz and Bob Lois at Wesleyan. Louise is doing some sub- Art and Jean Carter Bradley moved to Banks and Marilyn W hittum Gehrig and stitute teaching in the local high school. N~~ Haven last fall where Art is senior Frank were among the guests at Betty Lois Allen Salleir and Harvey journeyed mirusrer at. The Church of the Redeemer Gardner's wedding. Betty's sister, Ruth from Wallingford, Pa. with their two chil- (Congregational) on Whitney Ave. Jean Gardner Hag '52 was matron of honor dren ro spend Christmas in Vermont with sees quite a few CC graduates or their and her other sister, Carol Gardner Ertman the huge Allen dan. RaMah Northup parents. The Bradleys love New Haven '5~ played. a flute solo preceding the Cameron and Norman and jeanne Tucker and WIsh there was eoough time to do all bridal mUSK. The reception was held at Zenker and Dave got togethet on New they want to do there. Phil and Betty Betty's home in Middletown, Conn. and the Year's day at loenie Andrew White's home,

36 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS where they watched the TV football games Ilene, on Apr. 13: to Neil and Ann old are bound to help! Fairfield and Art and had a gab fest. Sugar Sessions Spratley Foster Lombardi a third son, Matthew, on are involved in community board work, went to Bermuda last April and visited July 17: to Earl and Sue Fifield NauJJ a PTA, and hospital volunteer activities. Ronnie \Villiams lflatlington. At home in fourth child, second daughrer, Amy, on They are also enthusiastic tennis players Newport News, Va., Sugar has seen Phyl Nov. 28. and manage to use the new indoor courts two or three times a week. Fairfield sees McCarthy Crosby, Jane Keltie and Anne In Brockton, Mass., William Edward W'iebenson Holmes and her two boys. lI1o11y Hunt Heizer and Margot Wilson (Billy) 4% and Joel David 3, along with Eddy fairly often. Rosemary Dunne Carson Jane Kelrie, reponing a trip to San Fran- their new sister, keep Nat Comen Rubin cisco in June, describes it as a "swinging and Richard love San Clemente, Calif. Dick "hopping". Both boys are in nursery school, is a district supervisor for Provident Life town." Sue Askin Wolman has retired from one in the morning and the other in the community work for the time being be- and Accident of Chattanooga (Western afternoon. Nat is very active with the Region). He travels a great deal teaching cause of the demands of In-monrh-old Sisterhood of their synagogue. At the Ann Margot plus her two boys Paul 9% and insurance, etc. which he enjoys. Rosie's Foster Lombardi household little Matthew parents live nearby in Dana Point and are Peter 4th, but she still finds time for PTA, arrived just ten days after Ann, Neil, Chris Garden Club, and a little political activity happy to be close to their grandchildren. R and Gregg 4 moved into a new "old" Ricky is 11th, Sherry 8 and Jim 5l.h. last fall which was fun and most education- house in Kansas City, Mo. They had spent al. Mary Cardle Lowe and. Justy have re- Church, Brownies (as leader), PTA and the previous month remodeling the kitchen Little League are among Rosie's "extra- cently moved their family from Minne- and redecorating. Ann says she is inspired apolis to Wellesley Hills, Mass. where curricular" activities. Hooie Brook! Mery· to culinary heights in her new workshop. man is working at the profession of print- justy works for Control Data in Burling- She also loves having plenty of room for ton Mass. Nancy Libby Peterson writes that maker (woodcuts). She also does water- her men. Four children help fill the 12- color, represented by Carns Gallery in hubby "Pete had a promotion, so that room Victorian home of Earl and Sue means we'll be staying in Newport, R.I. Fit-ieId NauJJ in Newton Highlands, Mass. NYC, and illustrates books. Richard is for a while. Besides the usual civic en- head of the Human Affairs Dept. at Life Besides baby Amy are Ben 10, Sarah 8 and Magazine and is its Religion and Educa- deavors, I decided to do something for my David 1%. Earl has his own law office in own delight-so it is piano lessons which tion Editor. Last winter, when he traveled Boston and works long, irregular hours. to England to do a story on Laurence I am enjoying and really plugging at." When her first two children started school, The annual fall get-together of Viv Olivier, Hopie went along. Sue had two years for activities outside Kitty Fischer La Perriere and family Johnson Harries and Brent, Phyll Hoff- the home. She was in a couple of church mann Driscoll and Frank, and Chloe Bis- moved into the middle of NYC in May. groups and served as co-chairman of the While her husband travels to places like sell Jones and Les for a Princeton football school library. Now she is pretty much at game became an evening parry because of Chile and northwest Alaska, Kitty keeps home again for a spell. She and Earl and busy at home with a 4-year-old daughter pouring rain. Chloe has gone into the an- the twO oldest children rook a vacation to tique business with a friend, and they and an active red cat, and at work with New York for the Fair. They went by babies and adolescents. She is a research have been going to Flea Markets with boat and stayed at the Marina, which was their wares. Jane Lent Baldau and Bill and clinical psychologist. Active in politics an extra treat. Another family which in- is Nancy Eldredge Kellogg who, in addi- and their three children have moved to a cludes four children is that of Warren house in the hills of Malibu, Calif. Lenny tion to a temporary paid position with the and Florence Dubin Sinsbeimer. Linda is Connecticut Republican Citizens Commit- writes that they have deer walking down 12, Ralph 10, Alan 9 and Michael 5. Liv- the street in mid-day and plenty of coyotes, tee, was elected to the Farmington Repub- ing in Scarsdale, N. Y., Flo is working lican Town Committee. She assisted this foxes, rattlesnakes, and unusual wild life coward a master's degree in library service handy. Although they took a summer trip fall in the operation of the local Repub- at Columbia. She is also recuperating from lican headquarters and did some volunteer to Boston and Michigan, they are still a year in which Warren started the national Californians by choice-you can't beat work for the state campaign headquarters. Scranton for President commitee. They At home she and Charles enjoy work- sailing in December in 75(} weather! attendee. the convention in San Francisco. Lenny is doing much volunteer work and is ing with their two-acre orchard of apple, A household of men in Maplewood, peach and pear trees and their dog, who "Queen of the Hot Dog Sales" at school. brings woodchucks to their door and Betty Beck Barrett and Jack left their four N.Y. keeps Jan Engler Miller busy. She is "chief cook and bottle washer" for her chases fox. Charles is assistant to the daughters in capable hands in Colorado vice-president of (he International Division Springs and came East in January to attend husband Norm, their sons Albert 9, Steve 6 and Jeff 3, and her father-in-law. Even of Scoville Mfg. Co. in Waterbury, which the Orthopedic Convention in NYC. Betty he finds ve-y interesting. It was a pleasant and Bar Nash Sullivan met for lunch one the newest member of this "YMCA" is male; he is a Weimaraner named Smokey surprise to receive a telephone call from day, and while shopping afterwards ran Jan Weil Libman who lives in Glenview, into Naomi Salit Birnbach. Naomi was who thinks he is a champion eater and cross country racer. PTA, church meetings Ill. She very effectively expressed her con- planning to take her children sleigh-riding cern for greater financial support of the in Central Park, and when we asked her etc. give Jan her chance to "gab". Carolyn where she would keep a sled in a city Fried Cohn and Stanley live in Youngs- College. town, Ohio, with their two boys, Steven 9 apartment, her answer was, "Behind the We regret that space limitations stove, of course". The Barrens' evenings and Brian 7. Carolyn is active in such organizations as PTA and Cub Scouts. This make it necessary to postpone news at the theater included "Ready When You of '53, '54, '55, and '56 to the May Are, C.B:' with CCs own Estelle Parsons fall she began taking correspondence Gehman '49 in it. Betty and Jack ended courses in accounting. In June she and issue. - Ed. their trip with a weekend in Cleveland Stan took their boys to the World's Fair before returning home. Beverley Benenson and had a great reunion with Lynn Tresen- 1957 Gasner had a condensation of her first feId Singer and Hopie Brooks Meryman. novel, "Nina Upstairs", published in the More frequently they are able to see Nanc'} CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs. Edmund A. January issue of McCall's. The novel itself Saltz Hyams and Norm who live in Cleve- LeFevre (Nancy Keith), 13 Vining Lane, is being published by Alfred A. Knopf. land, have their pilar's license,. and fly Wilmington, Del. 19807 (More about Beverly and a review-see their plane to such places as Plorlda. Also Mrs. Richard W. Purdy (Nancy Stevens), 260 Glen Road, Weston, Mass. 02193 Books. Ed.) in Cleveland, Barbara Charnas Arsham's family includes Michael 10 and Joy 7. Busy MARRIED: Helene Zimmer to Robert B. and happy with family and house in Loew on Dec. 23: Anne Hildreth to Wil- 1952 Winnetka, Ill. are Arthur and Fairfield liam Russell on Oct. 31 BORN: to Bob and Judy Crouch Johnson a CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Virgil Grace Frank Dubois. They are knee deep in plans for adding a bedroom to their colonial daughter, Christine Marie, on Sept. 24: to (Margarer Ohl), 201 West Lally St., Des At and Judy Hartt Acker a son, Bruce, on Moines, Iowa 50315 home. Although great "do-it-yourselfers", they have never tried construction before. Ocr. 17 in Fairfield, Conn.: to Lawrence BORN: to Herman and Natalie Comen and Meredith Prince Morris a daughter, Rubin a third child, first daughter, Lori Their 3rd grader, l.st grader, and 2-year- 37 MARCH 1965 band Dick has opened his own law prac- 1958 Meredith Ann, on Nov. 3 in Wilmington, . . Miami Marcte Kelly Peterson and Del.: to Dick and Nancy Stevens Purdy a nce un uvnauu. d i h CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Edson Beck- Sabra Grant Kennington bumpe IOta eac second son, Lincoln Stevens, on Nov. 1.8 with (Jane Houseman), 215 West 92nd other in Charleston, S. C. when they were in Boston, Mass.: to Jerry ~nd JacJi!~e St., New York, N. Y. 10025 each enrolling a child in sch?ol. Norman, Markun Weisenberg of Bloomfield, Conn. Mrs. Richard Parke (Carol Reeves), 309 an Air Force Pilot, and Marcie have 3: s~n a third child, first son, Marc Jay,. on West 104th St. Apt., 4-C New York, N. Y. Eric in addition to Linly Ann who 1S. 10 Nov. 20: to Dick and Joan Heller 1p-1n?- 10025 kindergarten. On acco~nt of the hOUSIng kur a third child, second son, Jamie, In shortage in disaster sttlcke.n Mr. Clemens, MARRIED: Beth Biery to Lt. John A. June in Miami, Ela.: to John ao:d Mardy Mich., Pat and Sandy Jellmgh~us McClel- Neidel on June 20. Wallace Glass a daughter, Caroline Wal- lan live in a mobile home while ~at con- BORN: to Bob and Bonnie Steger Ellis a lace on Dec. 7. tinues his preparation in the field ~f second son, William Lee, on Sept. 29: During last summer before she was osteopathy. They occasionally l~aYe their to David and Ann Carnahan \YIallace a married, Helene Zimmer Loew to?k ~n rwo German Shepherds to ski. on . the second child, first son, David Wright, 00 exciting trip around the world. She IS still Oct. 27: Ted and Jane Houseman Beck- nearby slopes. Sandy works pan rrme 10 a eo teaching in Cold Spring Harbor and a hospital but does .not find this work as with a second child, first daughter, Amy trip to South America is scheduled for the Speece, on Nov. 12: to Alan and Judy summer of 1965. Ellen Smith and SflllY stimulating as the Job she had when they were in Des Moines. Peck Krupp a third child, first daughter, Bloomer, who is still teaching at Bucking- Susan Natalie, on Oct. 26: to Sandy and ham School in Cambridge, Mass. attended Alan and Dorie May Fer~e ~~fJha.u Hannah Scboensgen li7 ebb a daughter, Anne Hildreth Russell's wedding. An~e and their two daughters are still ltVl~g In Hilary Fonda, on Oct. 17: to Fran and and Bill are living in Boston where he IS Birmingham, Mich. although Alan IS as- Lynn Leach Cassidy a third daughter on a banker. Dunster Pettit has abandoned sociated with a new f1r~, Fellows & Oct. 9: to John and Peg Morss Stokes a Boston's secretarial field to work as a re- Brewster, who sell advert1s~ng space for second child, first daughter, Sarah Kinne search assistant for a small" consulting com- "Sunset", the monthly magazlI~e o,f weste!"n ("Sally"), on Dec. 21. pany in downtown Boston. Diana lflither- living, and for House ~eauttful s .sp~CJal Pat Harrington McAvey bridesmaided in spoon Mann and Miss McKeon fro~ publications in the Ohio and Michigan Beth Biery Neidel's June wedding to It. Connecticut's chemistry department were m areas. Lynn Post Northrop is busy tak~ng a John Neidel, Supply Corps, U.S. Navy. Cambridge last fall to attend a science course in British civilization at Ripon, Turning about, Beth returned the favor at program at MIT. Dotty Egan has bought Wise. where Doug teaches at the college. Pat's wedding in October. Beth and Johnny a duplex in New london, N. H. where she Rachel Adams Lloyd has been busy on knew each other in elementary school but still teaches at Colby Junior College. SCOtt Colgate's campus acting in and doing lost track of each other until Christmas am! Monica Hyde Peyton own a home in choreography fat several productions. She time 1961. They are living in Mechanics- Englewood, N.J. Sherm and Pat Daley also is president of a local nursery school burg, Pa. in an apartment which is part of Gmmman have built their dream house, cooperative. Carol Dana Lan~am is working a 250 year old stone house high on a hill an eight room Dutch colonial, in Willi- half-time in the mathematics department with a beautiful view of the Blue Moun- mantic, Conn. Her sons, Scott and Steven, at Dartmouth College. She is also raking tains. Beth is taking painting lessons and are in l sr and 2nd grades respectively, Greek on the campus to begin acquiring in January began a new career as a Wel- while Sharon 2 % is still at home with an undergraduate classics degree. Last sum- Pat. Allan and Anne Detarando Hartman come Wagon Hostess in Carlisle, Pa. Her mer Carol saw Barbara Dixon Biller for master's thesis, "The Blind Child in the announced their "first leap" with a novel the first time in four years. Barb works West Hartford Public Schools" will be Christmas letter in the shape of a house. part time at Connecticut's infirmary while Living in their three-bedroom, frame ranch used by the Sumter, S. C. School District her husband teaches at the CGA. Carol as orientation material for classroom teach- in Camp Hill, Pa. is very convenient for visited Barbie Boylan Millar in Wavnes- Allan who works out of Harrisburg as the ers working with blind pupils. Ann Cama- boro, Va. Megan, the oldest of Barbie's han Wallace is raising two children and newly promoted Director of the Ford pre- four children, was to start school the next school program. Anne finds time to teach a Siberian husky named Kikiakorak (i.e. day. Nonhern New Jersey's CC benefit was Kiki) , who has eaten six pairs of Diana's piano privately and to take part in local a performance of "Camelot." Our class was club activities. socks so far. He doesn't like dog food. represented by Ann Richardson Smith, Em Tate is now working for Holt. Rein- J John and Barb Humble Hill have moved ct el1'1l Caliendo MOH, Pat Treat Howey, hart & Winston, publishers, in N. Y. Her into Walpole, Mass. from their farmhouse. Judy Pearce Bennett and Lynne Twinem work is mostly concerned with the proc.uc· The former owners of their home attachee Go;man plus their husbands. Lynne and tion of elementary and high school text- an enormous greenhouse to the house for Paul had dinner for these couples after- books. She finds N. Y. quite a change the purpose of raising orchids and John ward. Lynne successfully talked the same from Boston and likes being able to get to and Barb have decided to try their luck group into helping her run the tea the know both cities. She's been helping out at this hobby. Their Kathy and Jackie local alumnae club gave for prosoective with the CC Alumnae fund drive this are in kindergarten and nursery school smdents. 47 schools were contacted a'ld year. Our uostate N. Y. crowd has gotten while rwo-year-old Jeff keeps Barb hop- Dr. Cobbledick spoke and showed slides together. Edie Reddig Creighton, Judy Peck ping at home. Last summer they all had to about 80 people. Three-year-old Bobby Krupp and Evelyn Evatt Salinger ate all a wonderful time at the beach. Not too accom!Janies Lynne when she works as a in that vicinity, near Troy and Albany, far from them are Nancy Stevens PurJy volunteet at a Morristown nursery school and have been able to visit back and forth and Dick. Their Weston home needed end- one day a week. Joan Wood Stebhenson with broods in tow. Hannah Schoentgen less repairs before they welcomee Lincoln has been taking the Power Squadron Navi- tv ebb gave up nursery school tea~hing into their midst. Nancy saw to it that Ricky gation course according to Toni Garland with the arrival of Hilary but CODtlOUeS was well acquainted wih his neighbors be- Marsh. Toni and Barry are fairly well her volunteer wotk with the Pasadena fore his brother's arrival by venturing into settled in their new hQrne in Lutherville, Retarced Children's Foundation, workin.g a neighborhood cooperative play school ar- Md. Fred and Boo Garlock Hinckle'Y have on folk guitar and singing with a ma~rigal rangement a few times aftet they first moved from Longmeadow, Mass. to· Utica, group of l6 women who entertal~ at moved in. Jose and Ann ChambliH La- N.¥. where he is working for IBM. benefits and hospitals. The Webbs, H1J~ry CamJ,ra are living in Durham, N. C. where Jack and Donna Mackenzie Renard are notwithstanding, have continued to .enJoy he is finishing his doctoral work at Duke. in Honolulu where he is statio nee on the rheir favorite sport-skiing. Lee Scrwener He is also working on citizenship papers USS Tecumseh. Bob and Elaine ManasetJit Sznyter is full of news about Ed's orom~: so that they and their two children, John Friedman le~t their daughters, Dorian and tion (to Lt. Cmdr.), Christmas in Hawan 3 and laura I, can stay on in this country. Amanda, with their grandmother last fall (not like New England), children ("with Joan Heller Winokur finds time to take an while they traveled in Europe for ten 3 children under 4 I'm kept rather busy art course and pursue her hobby of sewing shoft but glorious days. Last Oerober .. fortunately our eldest, Edward, is i,n in addition ta Brownie and PTA activities Marilynn Crau·ford spent nine days with a marvelous nursery school where h~ s which come as a result of her daughter Justin and Sally Luchars McCarthv while learning under the Unifiee PhoOlcs Dale's enrolment in 2nd grade. Her hus- job-hunting in the Washington, D.·C. area. method") . 38 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS The Andersons (Tina Van Tauel) con- choral society in Albany, which does 4 she planned a. journey south to Monte tinue to enjoy Arizona. Mark 2 takes after major concerts a year . . . we did a Carlo to visit her uncle. Olga looks for- his daddy (an instructor in electrical engi- reputable job on the 'Messiah'. I am also ward to returning to Boston to teach some neering at Arizona State University) in leading a girl scout troop . . . and oc- time this year. Touring the East and Can- things mechanical, even to including the casionally I still sing and play guitar with ada his fall, their VW piled. high with word "stethoscope" in verbal descriptions Brazilian songs and explain life in Brazil baggage, baby paraphernalia and baby ot his visits to the doctor. Peggotsy Namm- to ladies' groups etc. .. David 3% is in Cynthia, were Chuck and L~cy Allen is living in New Haven, working in a nursery school, while Peter 1% tries to Separk. They had a wonderful time. department store, ice skating and playing keep right behind him." Roswitha Rabl Gail Glidden Goodell is very busy as indoor tennis. Sue Hirth and Rae Lunnie Classen writes from Germany of her rwo secretary of the Meriden-Wallingford recently visited her there. Bee Rittenberg boys 4% and 2, ."lively and energetic and Alumnae Club which keeps her abreast of spent a month's vacation last July in Rio it is a full time job to keep them quiet the college's work. She has JUStbecome a de Janeiro (vmarvelous"). She is still busy while my husband is working at home member of he Iaycee-ettes, the female gathering information, translating and (he is a lecturer in classics at the Univ. of half of the Jr. Chamber of Commerce. In helping write a textbook on glaucoma. Goningen ) ... I get letters from Nancy addition Gail is working for Phelps Dodge Granny rakes care of Rebecca 4 and Scott Dorian and others every now and then. Electronics in sales research. She saw Bobi- almost 2 while Flo Potter Wallace teaches A few months ago Miss Holborn visited us l o Fisher Frankenberg in New Jersey just music full time in Gardiner, Me. ("I love here in Goningen, so I keep in touch after her daughter was born. Bobl-]o was it!"). Flo enjoys seeing the Robert Srriders with CC:' awaiting her husband's return from a (President of Colby College) quite often. cruise. At a later date Bobi-Jo drove up The WaUaces are also starting to raise 1959 from Virginia, where she arid her family another family-Labrador retrievers-and are situated now, to see Anne Earnshaw CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs. Robert N. Roche. Anne was making her first trip in now have two named Duke and Duchess. Thompson (Joan Peterson), 3483 Wood- Anne Richardson Iobnson sees Cassie Clark four years to America from New Zealand. side Lane, San Jose 21, Calif. She and her j g-monrh-old son David stayed Westerman a bit. Anne reports that three Mrs. Nathan W. Oakes Jr. (Carolyn daughters, Jr. League and CC Club keep about rwo months. On her trip back Anne Keefe), 3267 Ingleside Road, Shaker stopped in Cleveland where she was the her busy. Ted is now an officer of Hartford Heights 22, Ohio. National Bank and Trust. Europe-an-bus- guest of her former roommate, Jean Alex- iness called Sue Hirth for a month last BORN: to Tom and Margaret Sebring ander Gilcrest. One night Jean and Carolyn fall. She worked in Paris for the Reader's Southerland a second daughter, Milbrey Keefe Oakes had a CC get-together which Digest European Editorial Office (vmosr Mason ("Mibs"), on Sept. 18: to John included: Lolly Espy Parkhurst, Alice Ran- delightful I managed this time to en- and Janet Blackwell Bent a second son, dall Campbell, JfJdy Petreqein Rice, Hope joy a far more elegant side of Paris than David Blackwell, on Sept. 18: to Preston GibJon Dempsey, Marcia Fortin Sherman, when 1 had been there on my own:') and Linda Hess Schiwitz a third child, Paddy Chambers Moore and Liz Hood Getting settled in a rented Victorian man- first daughter, Weney Elizabeth, on Oct. Wilson '60 who is residing in Cleveland sion in Philadelphia, where Charles is 17: to Barrie and Betsy Regan Montague a for tWO years while her husband interns practicing pediatrics, has occupied Adele daughter, Christina Reed, on Oct. 1: to jer- at lakeside Hospital. Anne had beautiful Stern Hertz. They're hoping to buy a ry and Conde Spaulding Sears a daughter, slides of the hilly verdant countryside of house and Adele will be looking for a Elizabeth Conde, on Oct. 15: to Ernie and New Zealand and commented that life is part-time job soon. She reports that Betsy Bobi-Io Fisher Frankenberg a second child, not so rushed there as here. Anne talked Glaser Hurley had a son last spring. Al first daughter, Andrea Margaret, in Oc- with Marf!e Brash Crisp, the mother of two and Judy Peck Krupp spent last summer tober: to John and Carol Bayfield Garbutt girls, Marjory and Catherine. Nancy Rich- in Washington, D. c.: this winter is AI's a second child, first daughter, Jolyn Hah- ards. living in Wilmington, Del. is taking second year of residency in medicine at man, on Dec. 3: to Ted and Betsy Peck an intensive training program at the Du- Albany Medical Center. From Peg Morss Foot a second child, first daughter, Eliza- Pont Winterthur Museum, which has a Stokes: "the vacation house in Vermont is beth Sellers, on Dec. 16. collection of Early Americana. Nancy is complete in the essential form. Nothing Handmade Christmas card/birth an- also taking courses roward her master's in is very polished interiorly as yet . . . nouncements were sent out this year by early American culture. Congratulations Charlie and Mollie (Fluty Roraback's) Carol Bayfield Garbutt. Also in the mood to Jan Blackwell Bent, our new class nom- house, which is nexr door, should be for creativity was Joan Peterson Thompson inating chairman and to Marion Friedman completed shortly and we all look for- who painted scenes in oil on her windows Adler, our new class agent chairman. Ann- ward to many fun weekends up there:' at Christmas. It took all of January to get Mary (Speck) Potter covers the Senate Sandy Sturman Bright works in NYC for off the paint! Herb and Gay Hellstedt floor and committee action for the Navy. an opthalmologist, spends winter ski week- T eu-s vacationed in the East this faU. They This fall she escorted four senators to a ends in Manchester, Vr. where she and visited CC, anended the Dartmouth-Princ.e- conference in Jamaica. Richard have rented a house. Syd Wright- ton game, and stopped in to see Charlie and 1960 Peggy Goodman Huchet in New Canaan, JOn Tibbetts tells the usual tale, "Meredith CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.W. Jerome Kier- Conn. Doug and Ginger Reed Levick and wasvery excited about Christmas this year, nan (Maureen Mehls), 122 Country Club and Jennifer knocked down decorations as Hoyt and Sally Kellogg Goodrich got together for the Yale-Princeton football Road, Cheshire, Conn. fast as I put them up." Svd saw Dief MARRIED: Harriet Kaufman to Jerome (Gretchen Diefendorf Smith) and Ann weekend. The Levicks and the Goodriches now are off to Vermont for some skiing if W. Breslow on Nov. 1. McCoy Morrison in November, each armed BORN: to lim and Bavla Solomon lVeis- with a 6 month old baby. the snow holds. A wonderful family of rwo boys and tWOgirls keeps Sally Flan- bart a daughter, Cynthia Ruth, on June 6: to David and Pam Van Nostrand Newton Boie Wood! Dahlin will call Austin, nery Hardo» busy, bur she volunteers as an art gallery guide at Carnegie Interna- their second and third children, twin boys, Tex. home for a couple of years until Michael Abbott and Christopher William, Roland finishes Univ. of Texas Law tional. Recently she took a trip to Ireland and London. Joy Johnson Nevin appeared on July 19: to Bill and Gail Turner Slover School. Evie is secretary to the Director a daughter, Cheryl Nordbeck. on Aug. 10: of the Humanities Research Center, "the on "Password" and won some money. Connie Snelling McCreery is teaching 8th to Dave and Kathy Cable Sandell a son, arm of the University concerned with the Scott David, on Sept. 3: to Steve and acquisition of rare books and manuscripts, grade English. Judy Eichelberger Gruner will be living next in Lima, Peru. Gil [amte Singletary Snvder a son, Barron of which the University has an ourstand- Frederick, on Sept. 21: to Jack and Polly ing collection ... We have found time to Radin Stem spent ten days in the Florida Keys in November. Linda Hess Schiwitz Kurtz Baynum a son, John Ellis Jr. on go to the home football games and to see Sept. 24: to Dick and Judy Annis Kiscl a little of Austin, which is a most attractive moves to Charleston, S. C. in February. Lynn Graves Mitchell is moving to the a second child, first daughter, Laura Ruth, and livable city, despite the over-abundance on Sept. 26: to Eli and Jane Silverstein of dead-end streets and the dearth of big California Bay area early this year. OIf! continues her work in the Hounds. She occasionally hears from Debbie Brown Pillorze spent a year at the Lynne Crocker Wolfe and Ann Siwek Radioactivity Center at MIT. Andy, her University of North Carolina. Debbie stud- husband, is a graduate at Harvard study- Dery. Sue Bernstein Mercy '63 was matron ied toward a M.A. in psychology and of honor at Judy Macpherson and Bill Her- George was an assistant professor in City ing radiation biophysics. rman's wedding. Bill graduated from and Regional Planning. Now they are in 1963 ~rown a.nd Wharton. They are both work- Baltimore where George works with an lI~gfor investment firms, Judy as associate archirectu ral and city planning firm. Deb- CORRESPONDENT:Anne S. Ryan, 626 director of research at Stroud & Co. and bie has a counselling position with the East 14[h St. Apt., 18, New York, N.Y. Bill with Halle & Steiglitz. Sue Miller is Rosewood State Training School foe Re· 10009 studying in the physics department at the tarded Children. MARRIED: Nancy D. Steftke to Bradley American University of Beitut. John ane Mellen Freedman and Tony Dingman Hoffman in June, '63: Anne Brown to Nancy Melnick Livingston are in Denver Paut A. Dunn on Aug. 19: Elizabeth where John is teaching American History were married in the Wheawn College chapel. Judy Kar" was a bridesmaid. After Nebolsine to Timothy P. Bodman on Dec. at Colorado Women's College while he 26. works on the last semester of his Ph.D. the summer in Dorse[, Vt., where Tony was 41 MARCH 1965 was home for the interval between her Phyllis Winslow, a programmer with BORN: to David and Teed McConnell training in Oregon and her departure for Home Life Insurance. Phyllis takesCourses NeboiJine to Timothy P. ~odman,. Dec. 26. Turkey where since geprernber she has in physics and history at ColumbiaUni- AWbrey Wallin is ASSIstant Direcror ~f been teaching English to nu~sJOgand me~- versity in the evenings. Zoe Tricebock Admissions at Bradford Jr. College.. This ical students at the. medical ce.nter. 10 Moore is a research assistant in the psy- winrer she spent six weeks rravelling to Ankara. Hope was being rrained I~ HIla, chiatric research division at Ohio State high schools throughout the country to Leilani's home town, for her reaching as- University while husband John (Wesleyan interview prospective freshmen. Anne. Part- signment in Thailand when a l

Alumnae Laurels is a success story about the Alumnae Association's reactivated special gifts program. This program is designed to recognize and honor those alumnae who lead the way in supporting Connecticut College. + Alumnae Laurels was launched on November 12, 1964 with a lerter senr by Ethel Kane Fielding '23 to 101 alumnae who had given $1,000 or more to rhe College in the last ten years. Mrs. Fielding, volunteer chairman of this special gifts committee, asked each person to extend her generosity again, to become a charter member.

"Because this year's Alumnae Annual Giving Program sets an ambitious yet absolutely necessary $125,000 goal:' Mrs. Fielding wrote, "it seems a proper time for the alumnae to give to the very best of rheir ability." She explained that all alumnae who give $1,000 or more during the 1964-65 fiscal year will become members of Alumnae Laurels. There is no obligation to give that much every year-"although many may wish to do so." If an alumna or her husband works for a company with a matching gift program, she may "win her Laurels" by giving $500 if it is matched before July 1, 1965. Alumnae Laurel gifts wild be credited to the donor's class in the AAGP and reported to her Class Agent Chairman. Mrs. Fielding even tried to reach most of these persons by phone.

The response has been wonderful! Before the end of January, 38 alumnae had given a total of $64,000 ro the College, including some contributions designated for Scholar- ships, Class Reunion Gifts and other special purposes. With this impetus from those who are able to give the most, AAGP totals passed the $97,000 mark in January.

Although our Alumnae Laurels story sounds like a fairy tale from "once upon a time" . . . it is happening now. Following is our honor roll of charter members as of January 30th:

Gertrude K. Espenscheid '19 Constance Green Freeman '30 Natalie R. Maas '40 Lucy Marsh Haskell '19 Ruth Hodgkins Hodgkins '30 Ruth L. Hankins '42 Dororhy M. Pryde '21 Katharine Bailey Hoyt '30 Louise Rosenstiel Frank '44 Helen Clarke Mackintosh '22 Elizabeth Rieley Armington '31 Elaine Cohen Balkan '48 Ethel Kane Fielding '23 Josephine Lincoln Morris '31 Henriette N ew/ield Savin '48 Madeleine Foster Conklin '24 Mildred Solomon Savin '32 Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Helen Hood Diefendorf '26 Virginia Deuel, '37 Patricia Roth Loeb '51 Mary Hammerly Perkins '51 Anonymous '26 Margarer Jane Abell '39 Sarah Pithouse Becker '27 Muriel Harrison Castle '39 Gertrude Perkins Oliva '52 Helen Lehman Burrenweiser '27 Madeleine King Congdon '39 Tabitha Andrews Huber '5) Gertrude Johnson Harris '27 (posthumously) Barbara Gordon Landau '55 Karla Heurich Harrison '28 Evelyn McGill Aldrich '40 Mary Roth Benioff '56 Dorothy Davenport Voorhees '28 Miriam Brooks Butterworth '40 Anonymous '60

This honor roll will remain open until June 30, 1965. Any alumnae gifts ro the College, in the amount of $1000 within a fiscal year, including those designated for special purposes, will earn the distinction of membership- in Alumnae Laurels .

• (with a bow to Sweet Briar's successful "Boxwood Circle") An invitation for all alumnae and their husbands ALUMNAE COLLEGE 1965 1HURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNE 10 AND 11

"The Loss of Faith, Love and Value in the Contemporary Commnnity"

Basic Reading List: Nietzsche. The Portable Nietzsche, edited by Walter Kaufmann, Thus Spake Zarathustra, First and Second Parts (Viking P62 $1.65) Tbe Book of Ecclesiastes ("Koheler") from The Old Tesramenr Kafka, Franz. The Castle (Knopf $4.95) Josephson, Eric and Mary, Edirors. Man Alone-Alienation in Modern Society (Dell 5182 95c) Auchincloss, Louis. The Rector of Justin (Houghron Mifflin $4.95) Brace, Gerald Warner. The Wind's Will (Narron $4.50)

Speakers: Konrad Bieber, Professor of French James D. Purvis, Assistant Professor of Religion Lester J. Reiss, Instructor in Philosophy

Texts may be ordered from rhe Connecricut College Bookshop, Connecticue College, New London, Connecticut. For mailing add 35c for one book and lOc for each additional. REUNION 1965 FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 12 AND 13

'28, '29, '30, '31, '40, '47, '48, '49, '50

The program will include: ......

Friday-Buffet supper (alumnae and faculty will be guests of rhe College) Saturday-Annual Meeting of the Alumnae Association Class Picnics Class Cocktail parties All-Alumnae Banquer Sunday-e-Concerr by Roberta Hitgood '28, an organist of national repute, Harkness Chapel Classes not having official reunions are warmly invited to retur« with the Class of 1911.