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nway Hall, esley. Mass. 0kg C0llegc ^tmB WKLLKSLEY, MASS., MAY Constructivism Theme BARN'S NEW HEADS COMING EVENTS WELLESLEY HAS PROMINENT PART IN Of Last Art Lecture s last formal chape MANAGE JUNE PLAY lectures PERMANENT STUDENT LEAGUE OF NATIONS is series of >e led by President n May 22, Professor 8:15 A.M., Friday, May 31. The faculty Lyef group in Mos- Barrie's "Kiss For Cinderella" eniors, who will march in formal Hawley Bill Changes Disarmament Cause of Debate cow. These writers and artists of the academic procession, are to assemble at practical express the strong spirit of Agreed Upon in House At First Meeting of Is Production Chosen For j'clock. Constructivism which dominates Rus- Seniors and Guests sian thought today. Tretyakov, their At 3 P.M. on Tuesday, May 28, de- Model Assembly leader, writes plays, scenarios and books ate closed in the House of Represen- PLAN TWO PERFORMANCES on scholarly subjects. His metamor- itives on the Hawley bill for revision MEET AT CAMBRIDGE f the tariff, according to the decision is of ..he change of f a Republican vist author typical i shores of Lake Waban conference held last The organization of the first perma- B swallows' new play, Kiss for r am A mood from the violent Russia of the led at 7:15, Friday eveni eek. The conference met at 10 A. M. nent Students Model League of Nations Cinderella, by J. M. Barrie, will be the revolution to the constructive spirit of 31, as the inter-class crew ra> n Thursday, and when the House met for the Eastern Bay State region and first production of the new executives. the present. Float Night, the second boat t 1 P. M. it was evident that Republi- the first meeting of the Model Assembly It has been coached by Miss Edith Lyef means literally "left front," but first, then the first crews. Al Agassiz House, in Margaret Smaill of the Department of took place at Cam- the spirit of the group is not futurist. therefore put through the House Reading and Speaking; and Theodora bridge, on Saturday, May 25. The busi- The critics affiliated with the move* will i fixing the time for a vote before the )f organization and election of of- Douglas. 1931, is Chairman of Produc- ment call for "more facts, less fiction"; Democrats should again abandon the the i The pageant, which appears their they term aestheticism a narcotic. chamber to Republican colleagues. of the meeting, was preceded by a mock Tretyokov's satirical drama, Roar, Republican leaders hoped that the il meeting, and followed by the China, followed upon a scholarly five acceptance by their party of the nine- of the Assembly which consid- portation of three small girls from meeting volume treatise of that country. Stepa- le changes proposed by the Ways Hunnewell School's Sixth disarmament. Discussions, which Grammar enes from the tale. nova, Tretyakov's wife, staged the play Means Committee would assure the pre- Grade. The program cover was de- lasted until late in the evening, with a setting which allowed two passage of the bill. The vote of tl sented ideas bringing out the stand of signed by Louise Seedenburg '32. Tree Day takes place at 3:30 P.M., on planes of action, coolies in the front of publican conference, moreover, defeat- the nations represented and gave, as The play will be presented at 8:45 Saturday, June first, weather permit- the stage, the British gunboat in the large majority the motion tha was its purpose, some realization of an P.M., June 14 and 15 in Alumnae Hall. ting. It is open to the public this rear. The gunboat, while not realisti- the House vote on separate items o: actual Assembly meeting of the League. Tickets for those undergraduates who year. The pageant, The Feast of the expressed that the Stu- will cally presented, gives the atmosphere the bill, helped to facilitate its passage Hope has been have received permission to remain Lotuses, is a gorgeous spectacle of the of the imminently threatening ma- Lat only a few days were al- dent League, in imitating the methods be sold at the El Table June 3 and 4. Orient in the time of Kublai Khan and chine. Its guns point at the audience, debate would also prevenl of the League of Nations, will in the Marco Polo, after which there is the and at moments of great tension in the disagreement, the Republican leader: future, with its important meeting at Cinderella Betty Zumbro Ceremony of the Spade. play, the entire boat moves forward Yale next year, foster as well as clarify Policeman Cast Katherine interest in international affairs. several feet. The ninety-one changes of the Haw- Old Gentleman in Shop ..Joan Piersen brief talk of welcome, Dr. Mayer Meyerhold is the most famous of the In a Mrs. Maloney Betty Hobbie Applications For ley bill proposed by the Ways anc with of Tufts College commended the stu- producers who are experimenting Means Committee succeeded in solving Marion Mabelle Street interest in League af- In 1922 he produced The Society Membership dents for their the drama. many difficulties. Concessions to Godmother Anne Belle Wickham pointed out to them that Magnificent Cuckold, as an uproarious fairs, and Virginia Queen Onderdonk their meeting would prove valuable in satire on the western "triangle" play. At a brief meeting of the classes o] Goehst ;r, onions, and potatoes were te King Emily several ways: in giving an opportunity (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Marjorie Glicksman 1930 and 1931 in Billings Hall or for this purpose. Especially wek Lord Mayor to copy League methods of procedure, a Alice Thursday afternoon, May 23, the chair- 'e cattle a Lord Times Abrahamson and duty chance for expression of spontaneous man of the Central Committee ex- Dr. Bodie Joan Piersen , valorem on hides, Professor Palmer Enriches opinion, and a way of meeting other Dorothy Richard plained the present society system anc Danny both of which we i taken off the free students with similar interests. Probationer Julilly House the society presidents Treasure Room's Collection list. The duty on Then, with the delegates as specta- Ellen Adele Wesley e removal from the tors, the council of the League of Na- Mr. Bodie Theodora Douglas The i spoke of the free list of leather boots and shoes, tions, meeting in extraordinary session, Censor Marie Foulkrod ceding systems that were given a rate of 15 per cent marked in the Treasure Room by the which considered the problem of the Bolivia- Marie Dorothy Hall Wellesley, and of the introduction of valorem. Corn-belt farmers had addition of many interesting and val- ad Paraguay dispute. Beauties the present one in 1920 through the in the rate on uable books, manuscripts and auto- also urged an increase Mr. Constantine Ladis, of M. A. C, Betty Hansen Louise Neill efforts of the Joint Intersociety Coui black strap molasses; the duty on this graph letters, for the most part pre- took the part of M. Briand as president Julilly House Edith Khoury cil. The Council did its best to mal sented by Professor George Herbert of the Council. The representatives Gretel Arndt the new system an effective compromise Palmer, who has given to Wellesley from Bolivia and Paraguay presented and Ladies between the "rushing" system of Lords College his Collection of Early and the accounts of their respective coun- Doris Sargent Ruth Wagner period before 1910, and the extremely Rare Editions of English Poetry. It is tries. The chairman of a committee to Flavilla Morey Susan Shepherd median: through his generosity that this col- investigate the situation reported her Leslie Hudson Eleanor Wheeler Under the present system a Central conclusion that the dispute should be lection is continually being enriched. The problem of sugar raits \v;.i Grace Powell Aileen Shaw Committtee. composed of a Faculty Pan-American Among the association items recently which called for keen controversy handed over to the Ruth Craig Audrey McGrath chairman without vote, and a senioi Council for settlement. This solution added are important additions to our among the Republican groups. The Emmie Reuss member from each of the six societies was unanimously accepted by the coun- Browning treasures, A first edition of farm bloc favored the 3 cent work the applications of pro- cil. John Kenyon's Poe?7is with a presenta- receives both spective members and the votes of thi Permanent organization was effected 1929 Commencement Program tion inscription: "To Miss E. B. Barrett with the author's affectionate regards' societies (the voting being done with- when the secretary-general read the out formal discussion in the societies) Covenant of the Students' League, mod- and New System of Reunion is a rare volume. It was to this cousin There is an absolute academic standard elled on the Covenant of the League at John Kenyon, that Mrs. Browning dedi- sion, but the decision of the ma for eligibility to societies, worked Geneva, which after some discussion cated Aurora Leigh and it was through was to abide in all these cases by the The following events constitute the was him that Robert Browning was pre- by a committee of Faculty, and als> was accepted by the assembly. It 1929 Commencement Program: rates determined by the Ways and Russia and the sented to her. A beautifully bound "good citizenship" standard, judged also voted that Soviet Friday, June 14 Means Committee. copy of a first edition of James Russell College Government. Failure to be Of the many changes made b; Arthur Barnhart of Har- Houses open to alumnae, 2 P.M.