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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1943-1944 Student Newspapers 10-28-1943 Connecticut College News Vol. 29 No. 4 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1943_1944 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "Connecticut College News Vol. 29 No. 4" (1943). 1943-1944. Paper 6. http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1943_1944/6 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1943-1944 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. P.II( ItR a o J'., Et"TIeOT COI.L O • • 1'" LOSDO ..•• ('nH ONNECTICUT OLLEGE EWS Z86 Vol. 29 No.4 lew London, 5 per copy Dorothy Schaffter Is Inaugurated as President; Katharine Blunt Given Honorary Degree of LL.D. Highest Degree of Dr. Katharine Blunt Dignitarie From College Conferred Dr. Seymour Says Man College Are By New President College Prepares Pre ent at Event Miss Katharine Blunt, Presi- Visiting dignitaries rrom col- dent Emeritus of Connecticut col- Leaders of World leges all over New England gath- lege, was awarded the honorary ered at Connecticut college tor Dr. Charles seymour, President the Inauguration 01 Dr. Dorothy degree of Doctor of Laws from at Yale university, expressed the Schal'fter as president ot the col- Connecticut college at the inaugu- ideals of a liberal arts college in lege. The program of events be- ration ceremonies in Palmer audi- his inaugural address in Palmer gan at 12:00 with a buffet lunch- torium this afternoon. President auditorium this afternoon. He eon at Jane Addams house. The Dorothy Schaffter bestowed the praised President Blunt for hav- luncheon, preceding the inaugura- ing maintained the ideals a lib- degree upon Miss Blunt, who was ot tion ceremony, was necessarily a eral college "against the voctrer- small affair which was arranged presented by Dr. Irene Nye, Dean ous demands of a utilitarian vo- Emeritus and Professor Emeritus primarily for the convenience of cationalism." the representatives of the worn- of Latin and Greek. "We are conscious that in the en's colleges in ew England and The Citation preservation or these ideals there the colleges and universities In is a further and an enduring sym- Connecticut. The trustees, their Miss Schaffter's citation was as pathy with Yale," pointed out Dr. follows: Iamlltes, and full professors of Seymour. "Ours Is a mission de- the college were also Invited. to Katharine Blunt, my deeply y signed to pruvlde tor the young the luncheon. honored predecessor in office. As Receives Honorary Degree or an intellectual experience, to en- worn In us Prestd nt the first act in my official capac- Doctor of Laws from Connecticut force an intellectual attitude to- at Inaugural Ceremony Dr. Park Delivers Invocation ity as President of the college ward life that will enable them to The inauguration ceremonies which you love so well, it gives use fruitfully the lreedom they began at 2:00 p.rn. in Frank me the greatest pleasure to be- Loomis Palmer auditorium with stow upon you the highest honor- President's Topic the academic procession made up ary degree which Connecticut Inaugural Service 01 trustees, college representa- college is empowered to confer. Dr. Charles Seymour uves, and laculty members. This This is indeed slight recogni- Attended by Gov. Concerns Changing was followed by the singJng at tion for your gifts to t.he college. the National Anthem, arter which You have been called a great ad- Educational Views 01"_ J. Edgar Parx, president of ministrator and an outstanding Raymond Baldwin Wheaton college, delivered. the in- educator. Vassar college and the vocation. University of Chicago claim with Visiting Dignitaries Fu ion of Practical The address was then given by pride that you are their alumna. Dr. Charles Seymour, president Mount Holyoke College and Wes· Include Presidents And Liberal Art Is of Yale university. Following this address a metrical version of the leyan University have been proud Of E C II Advocated in peech to grant you honorary degrees. 'astern o. eges First Psalm, from which the mot- to ot the college is taken, was But these honors, fine as they President Dorothy SchafIter, sung. are, have not been offered to you Connecticut college had as its newly inaugurated head 01 Con- in any case with the depth of guests for the inauguration of its William H. Putnam, Chairman nectlcut college. summarized in emotion which accompanies this fourth president, Dr. Dorothy of the Board of Trustees ot Con- her induction address this after- necticut college, inducted Miss degree from your college. For Schaffter, on Thursday, October noon the nature of Connecticut fourteen years her life has been 28, the following trustees, college Schemer as president of the col- college as it appeared to her. The lege. Presiden t SchatIter then your life, and you have given delegates, professors, and others. college had been described to her yourself with no thought of per- Miss Schaffter's guests were: made her inaugural address after upon her arrival as "a liberal arts which the hymn, St. Anne, was sonal repayment. There is no con. Mrs. Hattie Schaff tel', Mrs. Cam- college with a vocational slant." ventlonal means of recognizing illa McComber, Mr. Charles 0 sung. "My reason for wanting to such a gift, because the gift is so Anderson, Mrs. Gladys Beckett Dean Irene Nye then presented rare. Jones, Miss Margaret G. Myers, spend time this afternoon in clari- President Katharine Blunt to Mr. Aaron Rabinowitz, and Mr. fying this description 01 the col- President Schafner, who con- Highest Honorary Degree Harry E. Wilson. Trustees and Yale President Makes lege is that, alter a month at the ferred upon Miss Blunt the hon- Inaugural Address The award of the highest hon- friends of the college included college, I believe we are on the orary degree 01 Doctor 01 Laws orary degree can seldom mean Miss Katharine Blunt, Miss Irene right track at the present time." from Connecticut college. A cita- See "Presentatton't-r-Page 6 -Nye, Mr. William Reeves, Miss stated Miss Schaffter. She added tion was made by President Elizabeth Wright, Judge and Mrs. will enjoy as citizens. We must that the description of the college SchafIter. Christopher Avery, Miss Esther also provide tor them in their Ute which was given her should be See "Inaugurafton't-r-Pege 8 L. J3atachelder, Miss Mary B~k- as studen ts a moral experience changed to bring it into line with Trustee Chairman ley, Mr. and Mrs. F. Valentine which will teach them that effect- existing facts. .Chappell, Hen. Wilbur L. Cross, ive freedom is obtained only "I think that, whether we ad- College Delegates Inducts President Mayor and Mrs. Lewis B', Doane, through a process of self-disci- mit it or not, we have really pline." stopped arguing about two things Are in Proce ion Mr. William H. Putnam, Chair- Mrs. Burton L. Howe, Miss Lou- s Dr. seymour explained that which we debated so long," ex- man of the Board of Trustees of ise C. Howe, Mrs. S. H. Willian: , The academic procession lor Miss Charlotte Anne Keefe, Miss there is much debate about the plained Misa Schaffter. "I do not Connecticut college, inducted Dr. value of a college education, and the inaugural ceremonies was Katherine Ludington, Mrs. James think that we are trying any Schaffter with these words: "Dor- that students are apt to empha- made up of trustees. college rep- W. Morrison, Mr. Bernhard Knol- more to differentiate between lib- othy Schaff tel'. We the Trustees size the benefits which they re- resentatives, and faculty mem- len berg, Mr. and Mrs. William H. eral arts and vocational training, bers Of Connecticut college. The do hereby appoint and confirm ceive in college such as "personal as we used to do, nor do I think you President of Connecticut Col- Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. Ear!e W. associations," "preparation for college delegates with the excep- Stamm, Miss Marion P. Whitney, we believe any more that the col- lege for Women. In so doing we llfe in the world," or extra-curr'ic- tion of the speakers, Dr. J. Edgar and 1\1rs. Parker McColJester. lege years are mere preliminaries commit to your charge its gov- ular experiences. He stated that Park and Dr. Charles Seymour. College delegates were Mr. Ar- to ·life·... ernance and direction, with all contusion of opinion as to the marched in the orde.r of the 10 Wilson Prof. Arthur Adams, the authority pertaining to this value of a cortege education dis- Fusion or Aims founding of the college to which Pres. and' Mrs. Robbins Barstow, office. In witness whereof I pre- turbs a good many people who The president illustrated this they are affiliated. The order was Pres. Henry Noble MacCracken, sent to you the charter, keys, rec- See "Seymourv-e-Page 8 point with a history of the strug- as follows: ords and seal of this College." Pres. and Mrs. Victor Butterfi«:ld, gle which coUege students went Professor Arthur Adams, Trin- Dean Bernice Brown CronkhIte, The response of the President through In order to acquire "us' ity; President Victor Butterfield, Pres. Herbert J. Davis. Pres. Ros- able educations." She showed how \Vesleyanj Sister M. Rosa, Dean, was "Mr. Chairman. I accept well G. Ham, Dean Margaret .S. rgan Recital To Be from you the authority and the the colleges had graduaUy con- St. Josepha; President Robbins Morriss, Pres. J. Edgar Park, SIS- Given by Mr.