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Connecticut College Alumnae News Vol. 8 No. 2 Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Alumni News Archives 2-1931 Connecticut College Alumnae News Vol. 8 No. 2 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "Connecticut College Alumnae News Vol. 8 No. 2" (1931). Alumni News. 26. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews/26 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni News by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. Qlounrrtirut i\lumnttr illnllrgr NrlUa Vol. 8 FEBRUARY, 1931 No.2 ____ --'e- ~~~ NORTHWEST CORNER OF CAMPUS c X++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++~ ...... ... ... ... 1 Connecticut College Alumnae News i ... ... ... + .,++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" VoL 8 FEBRUARY, 1931 No.2 GLORIA HOLLISTER LECTURES AT C. C. TELLS OF DIVING IN BATHYSPHERE Gloria Hollister '24 has appeared on the descent in the Bathysphere when she lecture platform several times during the made the world's diving record for women winter. Her newest lecture, "With Beebe -400 feet. in Bermuda," tells of her experiences off Margaret Elliott '27 was Miss Hollis- Nonsuch Island where the Bermuda ter's assistant for six weeks at Nonauch Oceanographic Expedition of the New Island last spring and shared in many of York Zoological Society bas been study- the experiences of this great adventure. ing deep sea life. Dr. William Beehe is -0-0-0- the director of the expedition. Miss Hollister returned to Connecticut 1919 PRESENTS FIRE SET TO HONOR College early in the winter to deliver this DR. SYKES lecture. The gym was packed and Dean At the 10th reunion, 1919 voted to buy Nye is said to have reported that a Tee- a fire-set for the President's new office in ord number of automobiles were parked Fanning Hall. The set was to be pre- on campus. sented in memory of the many happy fire- Miss Hollister is the technical assistant side hours with Dr. Sykes. Katharine of Dr. Beebe. She has charge of examiu- Holway, who is in the antique business, ing the fish that are brought daily from was designated to collect the set and has the nets. In this connection she dlscov- secured a very fine one which is already ered a method of clearing the tissues of in use in Dr. Blunt's office. It is to have a plate attached in a suitable place, with the fish so that the flesh becomes trans" the following inscription: parent and the skeleton is fully visible. By this "fish magic" the skeletons may "By the Class of 1919, at its Tenth Re- be studied without dissecting the fish and union, this Fire-set is presented in mem- spoiling the specimen. She also studies ory of many happy fire-side hours with Dr. Fredertck H. Sykes, the First Prest- the live fish in the tanks, observing their dent of Connecticut College." methods of swimming and other interest- ing details. ~o-o-o- The most spectacular part of the Ex- pedition's work is observing the deep sea CAROLINE FRANCKE'S PLAY life from the newly invented Bathysphere. PRODUCED AT N. J, C. In his steel ball Dr. Beebe and an as- The Little Theatre Worship ClOUP sistant descend for almost two miles and of the New Jersey College for Women view through the quartz window the won- chose "Exceeding Small" for presentation ders of the fairyland of the deep. Gloria's at the intercollegiate conference held job while the men are down observing is November 13. "Exceeding Small" is "telephone girl." She takes down all the the play written by Caroline Francke observations telephoned up to her and C~)llnecticut College '23. Professor lnge: transmits to them all messages of im- director of the Group, picked the play portance. On another page of this issue from among 233 possibilities. "It is not you will find her own story of "Telephon- one of the great plays," Professor luge said, "but it is a big one." This play ing to Davy Jones' Locker," and in the was the first production at the Dramatic April issue will be her story of her Arts BUilding this year.-C. C.News. 2------ CONNECTICUTCOLLEGEALUMNAENEWS------- CHAPTERS HEAR C. C. FACULTY; DAUGHTERS OF PROMINENT MEN FRESHMAN FROM AUSTRIA SPEAKS ARE FRESHMEN AT CONNECTICUT Among the freshmen at Connecticut Several of the Faculty, an Alumna, College this year there are several who and an undergraduate of Connecticut have are daughters of men unusually interest- all had their share in making meetings of ing for the posts they hold in the 'world of various Alumnae Chapters interesting. education and executive responsibility. Judging from the amount of comment They are: received by the editor, Dr. Jensen must Mildred Felt, prepared in the Pekin have greatly amused and entertained the American School, who is the daughter of Hartford Chapter with his droll and Dr. Carl A. Felt, a missionary in China. humorous account of college today. Helen Annette Laycock, whose father is Craven Laycock; dean of Dartmouth. Dr. Lawrence spoke at the December Helen Miles, daughter of Professor meeting of the New Haven Chapter. His Miles, exchange professor of psychology topic was "Internationalism." He gave a at Yale from Leland Stanford University review of textbooks used in many of the in California. European countries illustrating his state- Camile Sa.ms, a daughter of Walter R. ment that "patriotism as taught in most Sarris, president of the J. C. Penny organi- nations, includes not only love of and zation of New York. pride towards one's own country, but also Margaret AusLin, who has just spent hatred and suspicion towards foreign the summer in Russia where her father, countries." This "critical patriotism," Wilbert Austin, is building the first com- Professor Lawrence said, "makes war munistic city in Russia, called Auet!n- perennially imminent." grad, in honor of its builder. Dr. Lawrence brought with him Miss Martha Wilhelmina Bray, daughter of Mathilde Metzger, an Austrian student, Frank Chapin Bray, widely known editor who is enjoying a year's scholarship at of the Literary Digest and other publi- Connecticut made possible through the cations. generosity of the undergraduates at C. C. Mary Knight Seabury, daughter of Miss Metzger is a girl of charming per- George T. Seabury, president of the sonality, a brilliant student, and one who, American Society of Civil Engineers. Mathilde Metzger, born in Trieste, Dr. Lawrence admitted, is keeping every- one on the campus, including the faculty, daughter of an industrial counselor of on his toes. She compared the young commerce, and his wife, the Baroness of people of Austria and America and con- Sternentels. With the general emphasis of the fore- boasted the two school systems. most American colleges on the impor- Miss Rosamond Beebe '26 of the Mac- tance of contact between students of millan Book Co., spoke to the New Jersey widely differing background, it may be Chapter, in December, upon the making expected that this group will add its of books. Quota to the broad educational values found at Connecticut. The New York Chapter heard Dr. Law- -Kew London Do}'. rence late in the fall, and Mile. Ernst -0-0-0- spoke to them on Contemporary Litera- NEW YORK CHAPTER HAS ture in January. They plan to have other CLUB ROOM college friends at their meetings during the year in their new club room. The New York Chapter has at last attained the enviable position of having -0-0-0- a central meeting place. It is at 18 Gramercy Park South, in the Gramercy MR. LAMBDIN HONORED BY Park HoteL The room is very small but GOVERNOR CROSS it gives the members the privilege of the Mr. Allen B. Lambdin, business man- club rooms throughout the hotel. Pic-- ager of the College, has been chosen by tures of Dr. Marshall, Dr. Blunt, and sev- the newly elected Governor of Connecti- eral other friends of Connecticut hang cut. Wilbur L. Cross, as one of his offi- on the walls. cial staff. Pictures in the rotogravure Any C. C. girl at any time may use the section of the Hartford Courant of Janu- room to freshen up in, and visitors to ary 25th show the Governor and staff at New York may secure a room in the luncheon preceding the inauguration hotel at greatly reduced price. The where-with-all for this venture has ceremonies. Major Gene Tunney is all- been raised in various ways. Last spring other member of the group. a block of seats was bought for a per- Governor Cross was formerly Dean of formance of "Rebound" and resold, and Yale University and a member of the a series of bridges followed. Board of Trustees of Connecticut College. _______ CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS ·----3 Connecticut College Alumnae News Vol. 8 February, 1931 NO.2 IN MEMORIAM VERA LEAR GRANN COPELAND '24 Published four times a year, November, With the passing of Vera Grann Cope- February, April and June, at 219 South land, the Class of 1924 loses a third mem- Fourth St., Springfield, Illinois, by the ber, and the College loses one of its Connecticut College Alumnae Associa- most loyal and interested Alumnae. Mrs. tion. Subscription price $1.00 a year. Copeland died on January the- eighth of Entered as second class matter at the pneumonia, which followed close upon post office, Springfield, lll., under the Act several months of illness. of August 24, 1912.
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