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Connecticut College Alumnae News

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

Executive Board of the VOLUME XLI Alumnae Association NUMBER 2 MARCH 1964 President: ELIZABETH J. DUTTON '47

First Vice President: 4 CC's Four Resident Artists / by Marcia Bernstein ELIZABETH ROCKWELL CESARE '52 Siegel '54 Second Vice President: ELEANOR HINE KRANZ '34 10 A Brief History of the Art Department / by

Secretary: ROLDAH NORTHUP CAMERON '51 William A. McCloy

T1'e4SUrer: MARJORIE LAWRENCE WEIDIG '45 13 Studio Work Directors: JANET BOOMER BARNARD '29 EDITH PATTON CRANSHAW '41 16 How to Run a Museum / by Jane Hayward WINIFRED FRANK HAVELL '38 MARY ANN WOODARD THOMP- 20 English Baroque as seen in the works of Sir James SON '50 Thornhill / by Edgar deN. Mayhew Trustees: JANET M. PAINE '27 CAROL 1. CHAPPELL '41 23 Letters to the Editor WINIFRED NIES NORTHCOTT '38 27 Class Notes Chairma1J, of Alum'nae Fund: PATRICIA WERTHEIM ABRAMS '60

Chairman of Nomi124ting Committee: Cover Print JANET FLETCHER ELLRODT '41 "The WaH III" 1964

Chairman of Finance Committee: color intaglio PRISCILLA PASCO '39 by WILLIAM ASHBY McCLOY Chairman Chairman, of Scholarship Committee: Department of Art WINIFRED NIES NORTHCOTT '38

Executive Secretary: Editor: CHARLOTTE BECKWITH CRANE '25 Connecticut College CORINNE MANNING BLACK '47, 182 Western Way, Princeton, N. ].

Published by the Connecticut College Alumnae As- sociarion at Sykes Alumnae Center, Connecticut Editorial Board: College. New London, Conn., four times a year in December, March, May and August. Subscription MARION VIBERT CLARK '24, Class Notes Editor prrce $2 per year. Second-cjas- postage paid at MARJORIE LAWRENCE WEIDIG '45, Business lHIZ11ager Princeton, New Jersey. Send Form 3579 to Sykes ROLDAH NORTHUP CAMERON '51 Alumnae Center, Connecticut College New london Connecticut. AAC Member. ' , RUBY ZA<50REN SILVERSTEIN '43 RHODA MELTZER GILlNSKY '49 INTRODUCING THE ART DEPARTMENT "Each of these artists has a highly individual approach to his own work; each ... is a distinct artistic personality."

CC's Four Resident Artists

By MARCIA BERNSTEIN SIEGEL '54

FOUR resident artists on ?ne relatively. s:nall. liberal humanitarianism and conflict. Other recent themes have arts campus is somethmg of a distinction. It been Climax and Death. When developing one of these is a distinction claimed by Connecticut College. Stu- themes, Mr. McCloy works our a series of symbols that dents in the art department have an opportunity to study mayor may not be obvious to the viewer of the paintings. painting, drawing, sculpture and print making with four "1 paint to clarify my own feelings," he says, "not to professionals who are recognized practitioners of modern communicate ideas. People usually can't identify the sym- art. Each of these artists has a highly individual approach bols in my paintings. If they do, something's wrong; (Q his own work; each of them is a distinct artistic per- they're looking for something. A painting's reason for sonality. Yet there are many points of similarity among being is in a sense irrelevant for other people. If you them with respect co their approach to teaching. look too hard for specific symbols, you can't see the paint- Chairman William Ashby McCloy's thoughtful analyses ing for what it is. The ultimate communication has cocome of art and education seem to pervade the department from the nature or form of the whole work of art." without diminishing the visionary climate that is associ. Except for two brief, accidental excursions into psy- aced with the rrue artist. His reserved, scholarly looks chology, William McCloy has been an artist-and an art belie a creative drive and excitement which find their teacher-all his life. The first of these diversions, he outlet in his paintings. explained recently, began when he was offered a graduare For several years he has been doing collages, which he assistantship in psychology at the University of Iowa. After prefers to call paintings, since he uses fabrics and textures receiving a master's degree, with a thesis on the psy- as one would use a brush, to create the picture, nor to chology of creativity in children, he returned to his embellish it. Many of his collages are on display in original field. During World War II he found himself college offices and faculty homes, as are the more repre- doing psychiatric counselling for the Army. "1 learned sentational, brilliantly colored murals and portraits of a a great deal about what goes on in the American mind," few years ago. His affectionate and provocative portrait he says of this experience. of Miss Park hangs in the upper lobby of Crozier-Wil- liams. In the last several months Mr. McCloy has been Art Among the Liberal Arts working with sculpture in steel, and he currently teaches a class in sculpture. What place has the creative artist in a liberal artS Mr. McCloy calls himself an expressionistic painter. college? Mr. McCloy feels that with the increasing tendency He works in series, sometimes spending months on a of professional art education to move up to the graduate single theme which fascinates him. His current preoccupa- level, the undergraduate liberal arts colleges have had tion is with what he calls The Wall, referring to the to accept the responsibility for the bulk of the art train- Berlin Wall, with its complex interrelated ideas of ing that young people receive. "The colleges have accepted 4 CONNECfICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Photos by Pert'y Studio!

CHAIRMAN WILLIAM ASHBY McCLOY's thoughtful analyses of art and education seem to pervade the De- partment without diminishing the visionary climate that is associated with the true artist. His reserved, scholarly looks belie a creative drive and excitement which find their outlet in his paintings.

this responsibility," he commented recently, "but changes Cloy feels, is not to produce the professional sculptor or are still needed. We need more time with the students. painter. "We are aiming for a hard, skeptical criticism," Art departments in colleges are forced to substitute ideas he said. "An art department in a liberal arts college for direct experience. We're inclined to shift to projects does not exist to provide audiences-in the sense of peo- which illustrate experience because the students have no ple with a veneration for tradition. Its real function is rime to work out the experience for themselves. We get to focus more attention on the individual, on her responsi- a lot of idea paintings that are nor fully realized." bility for herself, on the quality of auto-criticism, in art What the department needs most, its chairman feels, and in other fields. We try to bring into focus the sru- is a place of its own, where students can see the faculty dent's thinking about many issues, especially the in- working. "I had a srudio over in Thames," he explained, dividual's need to be creative, imaginative and responsible. "bur when they took over the fifth Boor here [a telescope "We have most in common with the sciences, in that was installed on the top floor of Bill Hall last year] we see the traditional as being of use-as any other we had to move the sculpture classes to Thames." A new experience is useful-but we think our real responsibility art building, which has high priority in the College's is to the present. We assume we can't find all the answers plans for furore development, should have a studio for in the past." Accordingly, students at Connecticut are each member of rhe faculry, Mr. McCloy thinks, as well urged to concentrate on style and the quality of line as space to exhibit faculty and srudenr work. rather than accuracy. It is more important for the student The purpose of the art major at Connecticut, Mr. M(~ to arrive at her own truth than to copy the verities of

MARCH 1964 5 MARGUERITE HANSON. Her prints and water colors range from the abstract to the more realistic styles ... The overall impact of her paintings is strongly romantic.

some other artist. "We never say, 'the ear is too high or realistic styles. She says she has no idea in advance what :"00 low'-buc why," Mr. McCloy said. she will make when she starts a painting. An abstraction in somber colors was hanging on the wall of her office. Majors More Serious How did that painting come about, for instance? "Well, 1 can't really talk about that Doe because it isn't finished." Art majors at Connecticut in recent years have been She looked at the picture critically. "But it's been there getting more serious about their studies. This was the a year, so I guess I consider it a failure." opinion of Prof. Marguerite Hanson, who will retire from Not all her paintings have been "failures." Her work the College this summer after 30 years with the depart- has been shown extensively throughout New England, ment. Miss Hanson said in a recent interview that the and has won prizes at the Essex and Mystic Art Associa- difficulty of getting into college today produces a more tions and the Wadsworrh Athenaeum in Hartford. Her serious student, and one who has an increasing interest prize-winning Interactions was purchased as a class gitt in having a career, even if she also plans to marry to the College by the Class of 1963, and now hangs in after college. Rosemary Park House. The overall impact of her paint- Miss Hanson felt that the students planning careers ings is strongly romantic. Her color modulations run in art are no different from girls interested in other from delicate tints to powerful, dense darks, with a fields: they need a good background in the liberal arts. tendency for the latter to dominate. Then, if further training is needed, they can continue Speaking about the extent to which a painting should their professional studies in graduate school communicate with its audience, Miss Hanson thought, Miss Hanson is apparently a painter who works almost "A great painting is one which says many things to many entirely from the inspiration of the moment. Her prints people. The person looking at a painting brings his own and water colors range from the abstract to the more experience to it." She felt the more a person knows

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS about art the better he can understand and appreciate any which is sparingly furnished, glowing with natural tex- painting. tures and a few beautiful possessions. and, whenever possible, open to a quiet garden. Intuition and Feeling Though his paintings are based on some sensory im- pression or object. some of his work is highly abstract. "It doesn't matter if people understand my paintings making use of strong contrasting colors and sweeping or not," said Assistant Prof. Richard Lukosius. "I must line. At times rocks, trees. the sun become more recogniz- express myself through the medium of paint for reasons able, but his paintings are always dominated by their other than obvious communication." mood rather than their subject matter. His desire to paint began in childhood, and he even- Mr. Lukosius feels that art has a definite place in a tually received a thorough training at the Yale School of liberal arts education because "it is after all one of man's Art and Architecture where he received BFA and MFA great cultural accomplishments." Studio practice in the degrees. He also held a year's fellowship for work in curriculum creates a balance to the over-intellectualizing graphic design at the same institution. His interest in tendency, allowing the student to develop the feeling side graphic work led to the purchase of printing equipment of his personality and to explore the wellsprings of being. and the operation of a private press until this activity Art expresses what cannot be expressed verbally." He too proved. too time-consuming. drew parallels between art, science, philosophy, as he Mr. Lukosius finds inspiration for his painting in na- observed, "They all deal with contemporary problems rure, the visual world. "A painter shouldn't be too intel- and ideas bur obviously with differing intentions and lectually oriented; to me intuition, the feeling-sense, is modes. A painter must be interested and aware of the more significant." He feels a close identification with significance of his times if only as a point of departure.' nature rather than a detached. objective attitude about it. This approach is somewhat similar to that of the Chinese The Rewards of Teaching Art painters of the landscape tradition, though Mr. Lukosius pointed out that this idea has been reformulated by many Mr. lukosius says teaching is a rewarding experience Western painters in terms suitable to their needs. This for the instructor because it gives him a chance to observe sympathy for Oriental concepts is reflected in his home, a student mature. gain insight, control and mastery of

RICHARD LUKOSIUS: "A painter shouldn't be too intellectually oriented; to me intuition. the feeling- sense, is more significant."

7 MARCH 1964 MR. McCLOY: " We are aiming for a hard, skeptical criticism. An art department ... does not exist to provide audiences-in the sense of ~eop.lewith a

veneration for tradition: Its real [unction LS to focus more attention on the individual, on her responsibility for herself, on the quality of auto-criticism, in art and in other fields."

means and ends. He says that it always seemed natural a career in arc to get married and make a home, the study to help students work Out their creative and technical of art is an advantage. It can help her to be emotionally problems. He applauded the growing commitment of open, to have a sense of taste." many colleges to the fine arts. "It's only quite recently It is important, Mr. Ingle thinks, to give students cer- that painters and sculptors have had a more widespread tain fundamentals of all aspects of the visual arcs. They opportunity to hold full-time positions on a liberal arts should have some idea of what a painting is, and an faculty," he said. awareness of the nature of the visual arcs as compared to Visiting Lecturer Tom Ingle feels even more strongly the literary or aural arts. He believes in liberal educa- about the importance of this patronage. "The artist's tion for all students, followed by professional arc schools salvation ls to occupy himself with teaching and stay away for those who are talented. from commercialism," he said nor long ago. Mr. Ingle believes it is all-important to look at ail types Mr. Ingle is an advocate of the aesthetic theories of of painting, to "keep having the experience." One of Prof. Emeritus Susanne Langer, philosopher, who has the biggest problems at the College, he felt, was getting written many important works on the meaning of art. the students to see enough original material. "Our cul- "The function of art is to awaken sensibility," Mr. Ingle ture is wrong in rhinking you know the whole thing said, quoting Mrs. Langer. "Even jf the student bypasses when you've seen the reproductions in books or caken 8 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEW'S TOM INGLE: "Complexity is the one area in which modern art can continue developing. The levels of meaning, of appearance, of interrelatedness of concepts, are practically inexhaustible."

an art history course. I try to bring as much real art into one. The Pre-Columbian and related arts of the South- the classroom as possible." Students are encouraged to west Indians give me a lot to go on. Their arts are not visit galleries, and last year the art department sponsored primitive, bur very sophisticated in the use of abstraction, a very successful trip to New York to see the re-created of pure form and color. I find these traditions extremely relevant to one's experience of this continent." Armory Show exhibition. Although he is originally a mid-westerner, and has An enlightened, interesting conversationalist, Mr. Ingle lived in New England for 15 years, Mr. Ingle shares a keeps in rouch with the latest developments in all the summer home in Santa Fe with Bob Palmer of the Palmer arts. At one time or another he has been involved in Library staff, and it is there that he finds the material many of them, though he has always had an interest in which he will use and develop throughout the year in his painting. His first ambition was to be a composer, and he studied music and did some composing. Later he paintings. Mr. Ingle's work is highly intellectualized. He makes wrote poetry-and still does. He has done semi-profes- extensive use of symbols as motifs, breaking them down sional theatre work, and during World War II he acted into ever more complex patterns. "Complexity is the one with the usa troupes. area in which modern art can continue developing," he says. "The levels of meaning, of appearance, of interrelatedness of concepts, are practically inexhaustible." A Truly American Art Working simply and directly in oil, Mr. Ingle tries to His painting for the past 10 years has been centered keep showy effects of texture and medium out of his around finding a means of expression that is truly Amer- paintings. His aim is to produce something absorbing ican, and this expression he believes is most clearly ern- and beautiful that people will understand. "The interest bodied in the arts and traditions of the Indians of the in symbolic forms is really a fascination with human Southwest. "In modern art," he explained, "we have no forms," he says. "The art form is an image of human really American style. The Southwest is the only place feeling. It is impossible for any work of art to be any- where there is a living Indian culture, and a productive thing but a symbol."

9 MARCH 1964 n part because of the, relatively late date. of its found- Iiog, in part because rt was concerned with the education of women. Connecticut College from the very beginning placed an unusual emphasis on the arts and gave an unexpected direction to their development, which is almost unique among colleges in this area. The particular character of the Department of Art was determined, in part at least, by the decision of the founders to include "the arts;' along with the "the fields of education, applied A brief history science, [and] commerce," among the "various branches of technical training ro provide for the professional training of women . . ." This has meant that, instead of the of building on a foundation of courses of art history or arc appreciation, as most schools in the east have done, the focus has been at all times primarily on creative Department of Art work (or on what has been somewhat euphemistically called "practical" or "applied"), and rhe study of rhe history of art has had a hard time coming into its own. 1915-1964 The practical emphasis desired by the first administration is evident from the nature of the preliminary an- nouncements and from the courses offered. at the opening of the College: only one, of a total of five, was "fine arts" in its character; three of the remainder, Ceramics, Photog- By WILLIAM ASHBY McCLOY raphy, and Mechanical Drawing, were clearly of a tech- CHAIRMAN nical nature. The man selected co direct the development DEPARTMENT OF ART of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts was Henry Bill Selden, Chairman until his death in 1934. It is evident from rhe quality of his own work (Ill. 1) and from the evolution of the Department that the practical emphasis was not entirely of his own choosing: his training had been in the fine arts, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Srudenes League, and he had studied with such men as Howard Pyle, Kenyon Cox, Birge Har- " ... CC from the very beginning rison, and other well-known academicians. Even so, the placed an unusual emphasis on the arts major focus for a number of years was on practical courses or with practical concerns: for example, although Photog- and gave an unexpected direction raphy was dropped as early as 1919, Ceramics remained to their development, which is almost unique a major program until 1926, and the basic course in Principles of Design included not only the traditional among colleges in this area." studies of conventional ornament, but also "Simple problems in design; printing, posters, book covers, and book plates; panels, doors, doorways, windows, simple textile design for needle and stencil; tile and pottery design ... Open to all students."

Gradual shift to fine arts

The shift to what might be termed a fine arts approach was gradual. A course in Art Appreciation was added. in 1917, and additional courses in the History of Arc, usually taught only one hour a week, were added from time to time. The name of the Department was changed

10 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS to "Fine Arts" in 1918, reflecting the change of emphasis. By 1926 the design course had turned to an intensive study of ornament, perhaps the least practical course ever devised, and the course in drawing was essentially a preparation for painting. The practical emphasis continued to some extent in the study of textiles, a study which included weaving, dyeing, embroidery and block printing, but even this course disappeared in 1934, after surviving for several years in a drastically altered form. Throughout most of these early years there were three instructors in the Department, offering as many as thirteen different courses. In 1928 the shift to a fine arts emphasis became dear, with the addition to the staff of the well-known American impressionist, \Villiam S. Robinson, to teach, among Otherthings, Perspective (replacing the course once called Mechanical Drawing, subsequently changed to Architec- tural Drawing) and Landscape Painting and Composition. The old ornament study was replaced by a concern with Interior and Architectural Design, given a new theoretical and historical emphasis by Miss Marguerite Hanson, who 1. "The Bille Pool" by Henry Bill Seldon, first chairman joined the staff in 1930. The new approach seems to of the Department of Art. The Charles Noel Flagg Prize. have increased the general interest in art on the campus; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. the course in Art Appreciation, still only taught once a week, had 98 srudenrs enrolled in it in 1932. lecturers-and usually still on a once-a-week basis. The Developments in studio 1.l.mrk influence of the depression is seen most directly in the introduction of a strong concentration on techniques and After the death of Mr. Selden in 1934, Robert Fulton processes, both in painting and printmaking. This was Logan, an internationally known etcher (Ill. 2), was partly because of the special skill and interest of Mr. appointed Chairman of the Fine Arts Department. He was Logan, who was an expert on materials and methods; on the campus for twenty years, perhaps the most difficult more fundamentally it was a reflection of the universal twenty years in recent American history, certainly for the rebirth of interest in this field, forced on artists by development of American art and art education. These economic circumstances." The ambivalence about the years include the worst of the depression, the crisis of narure of art, which was also widespread at the time, is the war and post-war years, all of which influenced col- seen, first, in the introduction of a course in Modern lege curricula fundamentally. In addition, the academic Painting, perhaps more fundamentally in the reorganiza- tradition, which had dominated American art and art tion of the first twO studio courses to focus more directly education rather comfortably, was suddenly challenged both on the abstract elements of the work of art such as line by the incursion of authoritative European styles and by form, and color, and less on principles of representation. ' a militant anti-academic American movement, which The trial and error fumbling in the art history offerings forced radical reappraisals of purpose and character on all came to an end in 1946, after Edgar Mayhew took departments dealing with the study of the arts. over as the first full-time art historian on the staff. Most The adjustment to this situation was not a simple one, of the courses in the history of art (totalling 14 semesters since this was a period of great differences of opinion; in all) were changed from one or twO hours a week to however, the many changes in program and orientation full three-hour courses, and a real concentration in this which took place during the most critical years, from field became possible for the first time. 1935 to 1945, have, in retrospect, a pattern to them. Most Since 1932, when the Lyman Allyn Museum had first obvious is the emergence of art history as a separate dis- cipline: in 1935 we find for the first time the division 1. Unable to afford commercial products, such as paint and of the Department into Studio courses (7 in number) canvas, many artists had turned to making their own grounds and History of Art courses (4 in number), although up and grinding their own paints, and in so doing had turned to 1946 most of the courses were taught by part-time to earlier traditions for guidance.

11 MARCH 1964 in part a reflection of the changed artistic ~limate and maturity of American art as a whole, and In .parr the result of a different philosophy of arc education. For

those who worry about the loss of what is construed 3S a more traditional approach there is the compensation of the concomitant growth in art history; where at one time all majors in the department were majors in "art," now we have both "studio" majors and "art history" majors, often with quite contrasting differences in training and interests. And the arc history program has been enriched in the last few years by a more intimate and useful relationship with the Lyman Allyn Museum, which has made direct work with art objects possible. The Department of Art (it received this tide in 1944) has been in existence now almost fifty years and has had on its staff a total of 29 instructors, many with strong and conflicring points of view, so that any attempt at summary clearly results in oversimplification. There seems to have been common acceptance of a proposition of the founders of Connecticut College: that the training of imagination and the encouragement of creativity have a proper place in the curriculum of a liberal arts college, that in fact these are normal endowments of intelligent women. In a way the fact that Connecticut College has 2. Chartres Cathedral, an etching by Robert Fulton Logan, never gotten around to building its Arcs Building (one second chairmen of the Department of Art. Lyman appears in the first plans of the College) may be an indio Allyn Muse"m. cation of the healthy status of the situation here: we have avoided enshrining or "entombing" art in a building of its own, which tends to underscore the feeling that art is a peculiar activity which should be held apart. As a matter been opened to the public, the study of Art History had of fact, if such a building had been constructed at an been helped considerably by the staff and facilities of earlier time the arts might have had difficulty adjusting the Museum. In 1950 the administration of the Museum to the changing concepts in the arts almost as much was taken over by the College, and, while a high percentage as to the growth of the student body. of the time and energy of the staff of the Art Department, particularly Mr. Logan and Mr. Mayhew, had to be spent y on the activities of the Museum, the benefit to the Col- TJda , however, the situation is somewhat different; lege and to the Department of Art was a direct one. the problem is Jess one of enshrining or entombing, but one of integrating the arts, primarily in a physical IIA neur brand of modernism" sense, with the rest of the campus. Music suffers more in this respect than the visual arts, but the awkward In 1954, with the retirement of Mr. Logan, there was division of Our quarrers-from the top floor of BilI Hall another change in staff and administration-and certain to the basement of Thames~has tended to isolate the changes in direction and points of view. The most obvious Department of Art. change (one that is still not accepted by many with much What the future holds is of course difficult to say. enthusiasm, to judge by Letters to the Editor in the American art is clearly in a state of crisis and change, Alumnae News) was away from focus on traditional comparable to the' situation of the thirties and the early methods and on problems of representation to what has fifties, and adjustments and shifts are not only inevitable been described elsewhere as "a new brand of modernism." but desirable. It would be unwise in any case to expect The basis for this change is not, as some might think, a field such as the study of art to remain unchanged just a shift in manner superimposed from above. It is for more than ten years at a time. A new Arcs Building might hurry along the process constructively. 12 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Photos by Perry Studios

STUDIO WORK. An art student who majors in studio work rather than the history of art begins with two fundamental courses - line & form and color. She moves on into a wide range of offerings: oil painting, watercolor painting, sculpture (in clay, wood, stone and, beginning last fall, metal), print making (by relief, planagraphic, intalgio, and stencil processes), composition, and figure drawing. These activities are housed in sections of Bill Hall and Thames. Studio majors engaged in individual study do their work in tiny studios in Win· throp and Thames. A new Arts Building would bring all studio work together under one roof and include, it is hoped, individual studios for resident artists as well as room for faculty and student exhibits. This important development would open up unlimited possibilities for an extraordinarily talented and stimulating department.

Welding a small statue

STUDIO WORI{ focus on the creative ...

An art major prepares her senior exhibition in the sculpture studio. 13 ;-,1UUJU WUHK continued------...... ,,...-;:~

Figure drawing class: sketching from the model .

. . . to develop the feeling side of a personality

Terra cotta [igure

Brealcing a waste mold: last step in casting a bust. ·.. to explore the wellsprings of being

Left. Building lip a terra cotta statue.

Right. Building an armature for direct plaster.

At the lithographic press.

Quick sketching from the [igure. In a unique course - a "first" for CC - art majors learn how to administer a museum

How to Run a Museum

By JANE HAYWARD DEPARTMENT OF ART

Recenrly a new course in the Art Department has Department and the Lyman Allyn Museum, the members attracted considerable publicity as a "first" for Con- of the faculty and staff had to decide jointly how these necticut College. It is our undergraduate seminar in studies were to be administered. We recognized that Museum Training. It is, as far as we know, a unique a directed program of training was necessary. Untrained experiment on the undergraduate level. students could not be permitted to handle works of art The Museum Training program began as an offering or to participate in the professional work of the Museum. in connection with individual study in the Arc Depart- The program would have to involve the staffs of both ment. Under this arrangement, qualified senior art institutions. The Museum staff would conduct training majors were permitted to take six hours of work in in museum methods, while the Art Department would problems of Museum Administration at the Lyman Allyn be responsible for instruction in theory. Museum. This program was first offered in 1961 without The Lyman Allyn Museum, though a separate institu- seeming to arouse student interest. In 1962, however, tion, is presently administered by the College and partially three members of the senior class registered. for work staffed by members of the Art Department. The srudenr at the Museum. Two students elected to pursue general program therefore could be closely integrated. Moreover, museum problems and one to concentrate in the special- we were aware of the need in museums for trained people ized area of Conservation. to fill positions not, requiring professional degrees. Since this was a new experiment both for the Art We began by incorporating a seminar into the program • in which the students, through selected readings and discussion, were introduced to the basic problems con- The Lyman Allyn Museum, administered by the College fronting all museums. In our seminar we considered since 1950, is a catalyst in the community. Over 100 adults such questions as the purpose of the museum, its historical attend art lectures there, there are five studio courses, development, its contributions to cultural and educational guided tours for school children, special classes and ex- growth, and its future possibilities. In addition to the hibits, and even an annual ball for members. It is partly staffed by the Art Department-Edgar Mayhew, author of seminar, working sessions were conducted at the Museum. the article on page 20, is Associate Director, and Jane Hay- Students were shown how museum objects should be ward, autho-r of this article, is Curator. The course on handled, stored and displayed; they learned the methods Museum Training, which Miss Hayward teaches, developed used in keeping museum records and accessioning new as a cooperative venture between College and Museum. acquisitions. They also attended special lectures on the Since. 1950. t~ere have been thousands of acquisitions, the entwe butldtng has been repaired and the galleries re- conservation of works of art, collecting, museum admin- hung. The Museum has fine collections of Old Master istration, and the art market. Field trips were made to !?rawin?sJ. American furniture, 18th century silver, Amer- other museums in the area to introduce the students to 1-ca:z.~amttngs (e.spectally Connecti~ut painters)J European particular problems confronting different types of insriru- f!amtmgs (espectally school of Pam) and Oriental paint- mgs. tions. (continued on page 19) 16 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Stedents in individttal study in Museum Administration check the condition of costumes from the collection of Jane Hayward, Curator of the Lyman Allyn Museum.

Monday evening seminar at the Museum

Mr. Roger Dennis explains the technique of restoration of paintings to the class.

17 MARCH 1964 A student checks the registration numbers on objects from the collection.

A Museum Trainee conducts New London school children through the Medieval gallery.

Students arrange ceramics from the Museum collection.

18 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Students from the Musettm Class welcome President Shain to the opening of their exhibition of Victorian art.

tempted previously only on the graduate level, but we As part of their training, the students also participated felt confident that our experiment would work. in the actual work of various departments in the Lyman The efforts of our first group, consisting of only rwc Allyn Museum. In the Educational Department they students, were modest but successful, judging by our own conducted gallery tours for school children. They helped standards and by the interest this show aroused among edit catalogs for special exhibitions and write research Museum members. Certainly this modest beginning was papers on objects in the permanent collections. In the greeted with enthusiasm by the art majors at the College. Curatorial Department they assisted in the storage and Six members of the Class of '63 registered the fol1owing care of the collections and in the display of these objects. year for Individual Study at the Museum, and it was They worked with the Registrar, recording new accessions decided to give the program a more official designation and expanding the Museum records. in the College Catalog. Thus, last year, Individual Study To help determine the effectiveness of our training at the Lyman Allyn Museum became the Seminar in program and its value to the students, we required them Museum Practice, open to senior art majors exclusively. to have a complete exhibition of their own. The subject This year there are eight students enrolled in the course, for the student showing was assigned at the beginning and we have reached capacity if the effectiveness of the of the semester, but all details of the exhibition, such as program with its necessarily derailed instruction is to the selection of objects to be included from the permanent continue. collections of the Museum or borrowed from other sources, We believe that our program has been successful. as well as the arrangement of the show, were left entirely Several of our Museum Training graduates are presently to the discretion of the students. In addition, they were employed in major museums throughout the country. required to produce a critical catalog of the exhibition. Perhaps the underlying reason for the success of the Thus the enormous amount of detailed work involved program is that our students know they have been placed in a professional situation, that they are doing more than in a project of this kind rested solely upon the students merely taking a course, that they are, in effect, becoming themselves. associates of the staff of the Lyman Allyn Museum. We knew that this type of exhibition had been ar- 19 MARCH 1964 -#} I..: :p .;.\ ~-~1·{;,"'.... //;....,. l,*~

English Baroque

as seen 10 the works of Sir James Thornhill

By EDGAR MAYHEW DEPARTMENT OF ART IN the instance of Sit James Thornhill, we have the example of an English baroque painter who has been neglected and overshadowed by the French and Italian fresco painters working in England in the early eighreerh century. Thornhill, a prolific worker, has left a vast number of drawings, sketches, and notebooks in- dicative of his fertile imagination. In most cases his finished works have been destroyed or lost. We do know the houses and buildings on which he worked, but it is impossible to ascertain which drawings are the ones ultimately selected for the final paintings. Thornhill was born in 1675/76 in Woodland in Dorset. He was apprenticed to Thomas Highmore, the King's Serjeant-Painter on May 9, 1689, and he continued to work with him until Match 1, 1703. He apparently did no independent commissions during his apprenticeship but was acquiring a facility of style and knowledge of allegory which would later stand him in good stead. In 1705 we find him doing stage scenery for "Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus," an opera after the Italian manner which was performed at the Theater Royal in Drury Lane. Plate 1 shows his flair for the dramatic, his fascination with perspective, and a tentative interest in architecrure. In 1707 Thornhill started his most important commission which was not to be completed until 1726, namely, the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Many sketches 20 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS for this teeming allegory exist and his inspiration is certainlyfrom Pozzo's vault of S. Ignazio in Rome, the epitome of seventeenth century baroque illusionism. An oil modello (Plate 2) for the ceiling of the lower hall demonstrates his richness of invention. Queen Anne andPrince George of Denmark are surrounded by allegoric figures,virtues and emblems of empire. This whole complex obviously bewildered many, and, in 1730, we find Thornhill as author of "An Explanation of the Painting in the Royal Hospital at Greenwich." He produced the richestpainted room in England with its fusion of fanci- ful and historic realism. The yeatS 1710 to 1720 are his most productive. We find him still engaged in the work at Greenwich and also employed at Hampton Court, All Souls" College, Oxford, Easton Nesron, Hanbury Hall, and Blenheim. His largest commission during this period was the cupola and lantern of St. Paul's, which Thornhill worked on from 1714 to 172l. Many drawings exist for Blenheim, the palace of the Duke of Marlborough. The general scheme for the ceiling in the Great Hall reminds us of Veronese' 5 work in the Doge's Palace and presages T iepolo' s work in the Gesueri Church, both in Venice. In a large ova! (Plate 3), Thornhill depicts an allegory of the success of Marl- borough, who, as Mars, approaches Britannia as mistress of the world. Fame floats above with trumpets in her hands and angels sing the praises of the Duke. A further drawing is typical of the tentative sketches made by Thornhill, many of which were never executed. In Plate 4 we see allegorical figures recessed in niches above matching doorways. The clouds and figures of the ceiling spill out of their architectural confines and one can identify Bacchus, Mercury, and Venus within the group. This lack of containment is again reminiscent of Roman baroque painters whose work certainly must have been know to Thornhill through engravings, for Thornhill never traveled in Italy and took only twa brief trips to the continent, one to Flanders and a later one to France. Thornhill was engaged in many decorations for private houses, both in London and throughout the countryside.

Plate 1. Arsieoe. A room of State, with statuary and bcstoes (1706). Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Plate 2. Madella for ceiling of Greenwich Hospital lower hall (1708-27). Victoria and Albert Museum. Plate 3. Design for Great Hall at Blenheim (1716). Victoria and Albert Museum. Plate 4. Wall decoration for Saloon at Blenheim (1716). Victoria and Albert MNseum. 21 MARCH 1964 Plate 6

A clear idea of his work is seen from an oil sketch of Aeneas before Dido. (Plare 5) Here again nor only the wall but the ceiling scheme is also shown. This was a projected scheme for the staircase and saloon for Canons, Middlesex, and was done berween 1715 and 1725. All of the frescoes were destroyed about 1750. Thornhill (Plate 6) was constantly rising in importance, for we know that in 1718 he was appointed History Painter in Ordinary to the King and in 1720 became Serjeant-Painter, Master of the Painter Stainers' Company and a knight. As his professional reputation rose, he was eager to found a national school of art. He worked first in Kneller's Academy in Lincoln's Inn Fields and later had his own school in Covent Garden. He received little encouragement in this endeavor, and the equipment of his school was later used by his son-in-law, William Hogarth, in St. Martin's Lane. During the 1720's we find Thornhill professing to

Plate 5. Madella for wall and ceiling at Canons (1715·25). PIaU' Aeneas before Dido. Victoria and Albert Museum. Plate 6. Sir James Thornhill, 1675-1734, by Jonathan Richard· son. Reproduced by permission of The National Portrait Gtlllery, London.

architectural pretent ions. In 1722 he submitted schemes for Kensington Palace but the surveyors, generally anti- baroque in feeling, passed over his work in preference ro that of William Kent, who had the backing of Lord Burlington. Afrer complering work ar Moor Park, 1720-28, Thorn- hill received no further commissions and, in order to retain his dexterity, he produced three different sets of detailed drawings of the Raphael Cartoons. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds one hundred and sixty-two of these drawings of details which are somewhat pedantic and unimaginative. Thornhill was occupied on the Raphael project from 1729-1731, after which he turned out no further work. He resigned as Serjeant-Painter in favor of his natural son, John. Sir James died on May 4, 1734, at Thornhill Park and was buried in the churchyard at Stalbridge. Wirh rhe dearh of Thornhill a whole period of baroque decoration Comes to an end. It was a style which had been intrcxluced into England by Italian and French artists, notably Verda and Laguerre. Thornhill, a prolific draftsman with a wealth of ideas, willingly submitted alternative schemes to his clients, though the final fresco was never quite as fresh and vibrant as the preliminary drawing or oil sketch. He is of great importance as the first and last native baroque decorator who lived long enough to see his style superceded by the more classical Palladian taste of Lord Burlington and his group.

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS .lETTERS which will do something good. for the country. It is TO a sociological truism that this country is upwardly mobile THE. Historically, education has been the great path to up- i. ·EDITOR ward mobility. This seems to be especially true today of the Negro ..... I think that a grearer effort should ~ II .~ be made to find worthy Negro high school girls and to encourage them to think about applying . . . both for their good and for the school's ... MARION FRlEDMAN ADLER '59 New York, N. Y. Mrs. Adler's remarks about the higher motivation of Negro students is confirmed in other studies. That CC does not get-or keep-more Negro students is due to many complex factors. One of them is tha: More mystique the presen« Colfege atmosphere stifleJ the highly Here are alumnae comments on Peter Song's provocative motivated student, white or colored. When SItch article, "Men" Women and The Feminine Mystique" (CC a student discovers that the majority of students Alumnae News, December, 1963). Mr. Seng responds m have "social success" as their highest value, she turn to each letter. transfers elsewhere, or conforms, or is miserable. -Author . To the Editor: . . . Two items in the last . . . Alumnae News . . . To the Editor: I believe are related. I refer to a letter by Jill Reale '60 .. That college girls value their social successes more questioning the apparent lack of Negro students at the than their academic achievements appears to be a fact. College and the review and comments on Betty Frieden's But, really, what can we expect? Not only are the outer pressures and influences stronger than an inner pang of book, The Feminine MyJtique. conscience, but most women are not primarily intellectual . In regard to the ... fallacious "either/or" dichotomy . . . even the best college cannot change the work of We are biological, we are emotional, and the potentially seventeen years exposure to a society which says that fruitful mind will succumb nine times out of ten to the fruitful womb, or the maybe not-50-fruitful emotional no one will marry the woman who has brains and shows life. . . . . them and . . . that the only decent career for a woman I do not suppose for a minute that the granting of is being a full-time . . . housewife and mother. Instead "women's rights" changed anything, in a real sense, for of attempting a frontal attack on this nonsense ... Con- women. The right of a woman to work out her own necricur College might consider an oblique approach. destiny is inherent, and does not depend in the least I refer to the question of motivation. The more highly on the right to vote, or the right to go to college. morivared a student is to get a good education . . . the ELIZABETH MIDDLETON BROWN '43 more likely it is that that student will benefit from four years at Connecticut College. Therefore it is the job Little Falls, N. Y. Men are biological and emotional, too; but the male of the College not only to choose prospective students student who spent four years at college trying to who have good grades and who score higWy on college fulfill bis emotional and biological needs, meanwhile board examinations, but to pick students who are highly relegating everything else to second place.. would cer- motivated. This brings me to the second item ... tainly be wasting both his and the college's time. A recent article in the New York Times cited a study -Author of integrated colleges and universities. In each case, To the Editor: the number of Negro drop-outs was lower than the ... So long as no one (particularly MEN, including average of all drop-outs, and lower than the number you) truly believes in the equality of women, then females of white students who dropped out. College board scores will not find equality in their world either to enjoy or and high school grades were not found to be the primary deplore. Legislation of rights does nothing to change factors . . . . The most important factor seemed to be ethnic ideas that have been part of the fabric of human motivation. Here, it seems to me, is an instance where life for more generations than I can count. . .. As ... the College can perform a service which will not only to securing equal rights for women . . . the battle is do itself good in reducing the number of students who a continuing one. I think your article confirms this do not complete four years at Connecticut College but 23 MARCH 1964 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR continued thesis-as does the daily life of most women whether they recognize it or not. EVELYN WHITTEMORE WOODS '31 Bethlehem, Conn. True. Most men don't think women are equal; neither do most women. But some, on both sides, do, and may their tribe increase. And may I be found in the ranks REUNION of the iust on the last day.-Author. To the Editor: As Doe of the women who suffers intensely at having to fill in "occupation: housewife" on application blanks, I . . . would like to add a disheartening observation of FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY my own. It is remarkable to me how very few college educated housewives are as frustrated as you say they JUNE 12, 13, 14 are--or, for that matter, frustrated at all. Among my friends and acquaintances in various suburban communities, I have yet to :find a single housewife who has any goals beyond exactly what she is doing right now . The women you are discussing are the exceptions . Husbands of alumnae are warmly the creative women . . . who have a specific field of invited to join their wives interest. Our women's colleges are full of highly intelligent girls; who get A in everything, but who do not feel a dedicated interest in anyone specific field. . . . It is only recently that the creative girl with a special talent has become something more than an academic second-class citizen. The creative girl rarely gets A in everything. . . . Perhaps it is time to give the creative student more of a boost. '32 '33 '34 CAROLYN BLOCKER LANE '48 Salt Point, N. Y. The truly creative penon, 1 believe, makes her way on her own, heedless of 'knocks or boosts. She has an inner direction that probably shottld not-perhaps '35 '36 '39 can't-be tampered with.-Author. To the Editor: . - . Cleaning and cooking are not enough for personal fulfillment. Yet... the birth of a child brings with it a commitment on the part of the parents to the child '51 '52 '53 '54 as well as to themselves. This responsibility extends well beyond caring for purely physical needs, into the realm of morals, attitudes, and values. . . . At the same time, the home should be a source of security for the child.... Because of woman's biologic and traditional role as home- maker, the burden of caring for the child descends largely Classes not having official reunions on her. It is not a simple task. . .. Seriousness of purpose will retum with the Class of 1911 is just as meaningful within the home as it is outside it. ALICE DREIFUSS' GOLDSTEIN '53 Warwick, R: I. The woman who finds personal f,dfillment in this enormously dilJiatlt and delicate task needs no advice from Frieden, Seng, or even Dr, Spock: It is the woman whose pers01ial fulfillment lies in other directions, and 24 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS who can't reconcile her personal and biological aims, long associated with the College would be the best. that we are concerned about.-Author. One could extend the name of Palmer Library to the To the Editor: entire College. Our Library is both an academic and . . . I worked for six years between graduation and geographic center. It is also symbolic. marriage. It was very interesting: dealing with other Fanning College? Where else on campus does one adults,seeing the results of effort more or less immediately, feel more keenly the freedom and democracy so vital livingeach day in two different environments. Definitely to the spirit of Connecticut College than on the steps a woman should work before she has a family. Definitely of Fanning looking over the windswept campus toward she should stay home and care for her children or she the ocean and distant horizon? should not have them. . . . Blackstone College? Now as for the other parr of your article .... Do you Winthrop College, perhaps? believe that parents would spend 2600 dollars a year Branford College? If we grant a change is desirable, to what would we to send a daughter to a women's college with instruc- change? Quoting Dr. Lawrence, "If so, why so, and if tions to find a husband? . , , Name Withheld upon Request not so, why not so, also?" GRETA ANDERSON SCHULTZ '38 (1) Doer a toomen need the same kind of a college Princeton, N. J. education as is given to a man if she definitely plans Do most alumnae agree? To the suggestion that the Col- to make a career of looking after her children? lege give itself a more distinctive and possibly less con- (2) Yes; or my students are deceiving me! or their fusing name one alumna answered: If Why not work harder parents are deceiving them.-Author. to make the College better known as it is?'! Opinions of To the Editor: alumnae in the South and the West, two areas which to- I have good news for you and Mrs. Friedan. The gether produced only 4.6% of the freshmen class, would "feminine mystique" has been dead for years, ' , , be of particular interest.-Ed. Do you really believe the college educated female has been brainwashed into choosing the triple role over all What is tradition? the fascinating careers open to her? . . . that the career To the Editor: ladies feel they are leading a fuller life than rhe triple Connecticut College has a unique beauty all its own. role ladies? ... I strongly suspect that those in fascinar- I always look forward with pride to its Alumnae News ing careerswould jump at the chance at the triple role .... covers representing its photographic beauty. Bur alas The rripIe role is by far the mosr challenging .. ' rhe no more! Stimulating imagination is fine with individual most rewarding . . . the most stimulating mentally (try abstract painting or the Theatre of the Absurd-bur bring explaininggravity to a six year old) .... Of course "the back our Traditional News Covers-Please! highest personal fulfillment is to be found in the triple FRANCES BROOKS FOSTER '30 role." We're the ship's captain from eight to five in West Newton, Mass. spiceof occasional mutinies. . .. To the Ediror: Maturity, a strong sense of values, maintaining varied Congrarnlations. The "New Look" of the News is interests, and a wee bit of outside activity will help an exciting step. You should be most pleased that you steer even the most seething malcontent back on the have created l'Tradition of Today"! track. . . . I say make the best of it; it may bring out We all expect the best in medicine, the newest styling the best in you. There is plenty of time after one's in automobiles, the latest household equipment. Bur when children have grown up to follow one's own desires and it comes to the ArtS, some still want traditional styles express oneself. of the past. If we don't develop in the Arts, our era will CLARA TRACY UPSON '45 have nothing for the archives. For what is tradition but Shaker Heights, Ohio today? The ufeminine mystique'! is dead?-Author. PRISCILLA PASCO '39 West Hartford, Conn. Suggestions for a new name To the Editor: • Fresh ideas! heartfelt complaints, original suggestions, Most alumnae probably agree that changing the name strong opinions, and friendly comments are all welcome. of the College would end the confusion be~een Letters should be addressed to: Editor, CC Alumnae News, Connecticut College and the University of Connecncut- Sykes Alumnae Center, Conneciiaa College, New London, What would one change the name to? COn1zecticut. Pethaps a name not of a specific individual but one 25 MARCH 1964 An Invitation for All Alumnae Husbands, too

ALUMNAE COLLEGE

THURSDAY - FRIDAY JUNE 11 AND 12

"FEAST OR FAMINE: Some Changes in American Destiny from 1934 to 1964"

Participants: President Charles E. Shain

Professor Majorie Dilley Chairman, Government Department $ (P Professor Richard Goodwin 1941 . .><{ Chairman, Botany Department -~ Professor William McCloy $ Chairman, Art Department 1939

$ Further details and reading list i~31 will appear in the May issue. Drawing by Priscilla Baird Hinckley '47 26 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Editor of Class Notes: Mrs. Huber Clark (Mariou Viberr '24) CLASS NOTES East Main Street, Stockbridge, Mass. 1919 I-~~~~~~- 1920 CO~RESPONDENT: Mrs. Enos B. Comstock, IN MEMORIAM CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs.Philip Luce juline Warner), 176 Highwood Ave (Jessie Menzies), 2930 Rolyart Road Leonia, N. ]. 'J JESSIEWELLSLA'W'RENCE'19 Petersburg, Va. ' Aliwn Thomson and her hubsand re- Mrs. R. C. Massonneau (Eleanor Seaver) turned ~o Melbourne Beach, Ela., from FLORENCEM. EDWARDS'20 't1. ~egnon Boulevard, Bay Shore, L. 1.: ~o~neet1cut,Labor Day. She is again en- Joymgthe AAUW w.riting group. Dorothea CATHERINEP. DODD'23 FranchotJ Hartman Title is again a Peck, now retired fcom Phoenix Life In- HELEN C. BOYDESTUS'3D grandmother. Elaine has a sixth child a s~rance Company, where she had been son Jeremiah born Oct. 19. Fanchon ~nd sinceCollege, spent several weeks touring KATHERINEWElL WELLS '33 her husband spent some time in Chicago Europe wirh her sister-in-law in the fall. this fall. While Mel attended to conven- Florence Lennon Romaine again teaches MARYRANDOLPHMOUNTAIN'38 tion duties, Fanchon spent her time with part-time-three morning classes. Lucy Leah Pick Silber, who took her to a local MADELAINEKINGCONGDON'39 Ma~Jh Haskell and her husband have sold CC meeting where Dr. Shain was the their summer home in Maine but still JANE BELLACKWRAY'44 speaker. She also saw Peggy Gf'eenebaum reside.in Sand Lake, N. Y. Lucy was at Straus, .her daughter and three lovely CC WIth fnends the Friday of Reunion MARYJ. TAIT '48 grandchildren. My husband, Phil Luce, weekend but had to leave before our and I spent Thanksgiving in Dover, Mass. meeting. Betty Hannon Corliss and hus- ELIZABETHANN FELTONPORTER'53 We spent two days with PetraPerley Reiche band have sold their winter home and en route. We three drove to Woodbridge bought another in West Palm Beach PIa for Sunday dinner with Dorotbv Stelle ~lid ~hite planned on a holiday 'vaca: Stone and Wadsworth. We were delighted non m New York and vicinity. Ruth to find young Waddy and Sally Howe Anderson had a summer trip to the children-active in church women's guild Stone '49 and their three children there Gaspe,New Brunswick and Lake Geneva and Bethany Home, with time for garden- from Wellesley Hills. Suki (she must and in the fall took a P.G. course i~ ing and painting 00 the side; Cora have another name) is a replica of her Chicago,returning to her Boston office Neilan Henrici (New London)-two aunt, Mary Elizabeth Stone '49' and there via a family visit in Philadelphia. children, seven grandchildren' Glad"/s ~a~ Cindy and Robby. MarY Elizabeth 1963 brought Ruth Ave1"j' Prencb her Stanton, still teaching English i~Milfo~d IS 10 the dept. of cardiology at the Univ. fift~ grandchild and the Big Drought, High School. of Stanford. Cindy, their other daughter which nearly ruined her extensive garden Bstber Wimovsky Levin has returned to is living in Louisiana and has a new son: rn Grantham, N. H. Ruth spent some of her Gramercy Park apartment after a I talked to Kay Hulbert Hall, who had the summer visiting her family in parts summer travelling in new (to her) parts just returned from Thanksgiving with of New England, and her 94-year-old of Mexico and Yucatan. In her forty years their Michigan children. father in Waltham, N. Y. Her husband of married life, she and her husband, who Eunice Gates Collier and her husband Hollishas now taken full retirement from died four years ago in Cuba, lived from sailed for England on the SS Carinthia on his ministerial duties. Miss Nye, "still in Canada to South America and Mexico. Dec. 20. This meant Christmas at sea. ~er own home in Oklahoma City, and Her married daughter, who with her It is their 5th (tip to Dough's native land In, reasonably good health," enclosed the husband works in TV, lives in Brookvn. and Eunice's 27th crossing on a Cunarder. obituaryof Dr. George Hendrickson '98, Doris Blaisdell Crossley writes from her Arvilla Hotchkiss Titterington received an formerly.of the Yale Classical Dept. An Laurelton, L. I., home, "I am a widow M.A. from NYU in special education and outstandingAmerican classicist, Dr. Hend- with four grown children, three of whom has been working for the past 23% years ricksoncame to CC on a part-time basis are married, and seven grandchildren. Be- at Southbury Training School. It is her during the first years. Those of us who fore 1 married I was with the YWCA duty to test the young people there, plan werefortunate enough to be in his classes and NYC Public Library for a number a program and place each one in his ~everforgot the inspiration of his courses of years." Ruth Trail McClellan and proper . class. There are presently 207 In Horace. Harries Rogel'S Van Wagnef' enjoyed a pupils 10 her department, ranging in age Reunion questionnaires of last spring private reunion in September at Harriet's from 17-30, and preparing to return to broughtnews of: Dorosbv Abbott Gregory home on Whidbey Island, Puget Sound, their respective communities as contribut- (Fairfield)--one son, three grand- when Ruth and husband Cliff took a trip ing citizens. She has represented all the daughters-a-who helps with American to Washington. Mary Robinson, who also Conn. State colleges and institutions at Legion activities and at the polls; lives on Whidbey, was in the East and the Conn. Education Ass'n. Her picture, Beatrice Ashe Mahef' (New London)- missed the visit. Edith Harris Ward and taken at the First International Awards two sons, seven gtandchildren-whose husband Luke have enjoyed their Feather- dinner is to be found in the book "Re- music major led to oratorio and other craft aluminum boat this summer on tarded ~hildren Can Be Helped:" by vocalwork in various churches, now chair- the local lakes near New Milford. Virginia Maya Pines. Her only new office since man of the Shaw Mansion House and Rose attended the New England Library reunion is that of handling public rela- Grounds Conservation and chairman of Conference in New Hampshire in Oerober tions for her chapter of the Conn. State the DAR and USN Women's Garden but sent the names of the five '1gers who Employees Ass'n. Arvilla has been asked ~lubs; Dorosbv Dart, in her 12th year were back for Alumnae Day last fall: to rewrite part of the Boy Scout Manual In the Library of Congress, D. c., with Luna Ackley Colver, Polly Christie, Maf'ion in language suirable for mentally retarded bronze and silver medals for dancing, Rogers Nelson, Essber Barnes Cottrell, boys and then try it out in her classes Arthur Murray Studio' Katherine Holway and Sadie Coit Benjamin. Dorothy Peck to see if it would be advisable to have it done by a professional writer on a Goodwin (Augusta, Me.), with hobbies had an extensive European tour in the ?f gardening, antiques and reading; active fall, taking in the major points of in- national basis. She and her husband In hospital, church and other community Raymond visited the west coast last sum- rrest on the continent and in England. mer on their first real vacation in years. programs; Ethel Isbell Hubbard (New The sympathy of 1919 goes to the H~ven)-two sons, two grandchildren- family of Dr. Frank Morris, whom most Ellen Carroll Wilcox from Torrington gardens and collects antique plates. She ~Ith hobbies and community work rang- of us knew as a teacher and who was Ingfrom choral singing to hospital, chutch closely linked to our class. His presence has a daughrer, a son, and three grand- and DAR activities; Amy Kugler wads- on campus at Reunions was always re- children. It is with regret that we tell of the 1;V0rth(Providence)-mother of Barbara assuring and heartwatming. 4S and David (Wesleyan '49), five grand- 27 MARCH 1964 death of R. C. (Bill) Massonneau, husband "The President will be there and it should time of lovely foliage. At her instigation of Eleanor Seaver Massonneau. Florf!nce be quite gala. We had a grand Christmas I called Helen Cla1'ke MacIntosh at a hotel Edwards died on Nov. 25. She received with seven of the 12 grandchildren present in Willimantic. She came back to the her M.A. from Columbia University and and active. Two rocking horses man~ed U. S. because of the death of her. aunt was a member of the New Haven school by three-year-old jockeys were wheeling in May, plans to go back to J:'rancethis fall system for 23 years. Prior to .her illness. around underfoot and drums and ~ but hopes to come to rhis country to she taught biology at the WIlbur Cross xylophone made music all the .day. live later. High School. Marion Keene Hawes is in the practice of A card from Mollie Kenig Silversmith Christian Science. Anna Mae Brazos from Switzerland said she was going from 1921 Chalmers wrote her Christmas cards fr?m there to Italy. Amy Yale's goings this CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. Emory C. Corbin Florida, where she and Al were. spending summer were mostly to visit some of (Olive Lirrleheles) , 9 Brady Ave., New three weeks swimming and sunning. Th.ey the state parks in Connecticut, to visit Britain, Conn. 06052 went to New Hampshire where the family her son's family in Massachusetts, and Dorothy Wulf wrote from Inglewood, gathers at Christmas. Anna Mae and AI short trips in her new Rambler. Her Calif. "Off for ten days at Christmas spent September in New England and s!iw daughter, Amy Yarrow '48 and family again: We do enjoy Mexico." Dorothy "Harry" Lyon and learned that Marton were in Connecticut in June before start- Pryde sent news of her latest rnp down Lyon Jones and husband. We.sley will ?e ing for a four-month camping triP. in the west coast of South America and up in Daytona Beach, Fla., this wmrer. WhIle Europe, where they visited 12 counmes. the east coast, stopping at Panama, in New England Anna Mae. and Al ~ent Guatemala and Mexico City. Since Christ- 1923 over their honeymoon route 10 the Adiron- CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Rufus A. Wheeler mas Dot has been in Newfield, Me. Ethel dacks, having fun trying to find the Mason has broken her right arm and is (Olive Holcombe), 208 First Sr., Scotia, places they visited 40 years ago. Your N. Y. 12302 in a cast and a sling. Helen Rich Baldwin correspondent and husband Emory had a celebrated her 41st wedding anniversary Helen Av8'1'YBailey and husband Harold splendid Christmas. We loaded t~e car, are spending January and Feb~ry .in with her husband at Pompano Beach. stopped in New York to gather rn son Tucson, Ariz. We spent an evening ~lth Ruth McCollum Bassett had a birthday Albert and sped on to our daughter's home in October and was given a family party them at Christmas time. Ethel Kane F,eld· in Hyattsville, Md. We were with Susan, ing and her husband, now they are re- with her children, grandchildren, sister Gene and four-year-old Pamela for a Ella her husband, their children and her tired flit about like blithe souls-not far week and had a real family Xmas. but ·often. Harriet Woodford Merriman 99-;ear-old mother present. Ruth lives Then back we came to New Britain to still enjoys her work at the Hillstead with her daughter, has her own apartment, our jobs at the New Britain General and enjoys the four grandchildren. Ella Hospital and the daily rounds. Museum in Farmington, Conn., although McCollum Valteich left the birthday party it gets strenuous at times. She had di~ner for a trip to Canada, through Iowa, Wis- 1922 recently with Helen and Harold Ba,ley. consin Nebraska, Wyoming, Nevada and CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs. David H. A week after Rufus and I were at College Oakla~d, Calif., where they visited their Yale (Amy Peck). 579 Yale Ave., Meriden, in October he had a mild heart atrack daughter Beverly '57 and their grand- Conn. 06452 and was out of work until after Christmas child. Marjorie E. Smith, 181 Irving Ave., Prov- vacation. He is back in school on a Laura Dickinson Swift writes, "Now idence 6, R. 1. curtailed schedule. Life has slowed down that so many of our friends are retired. '23's correspondent says Eleanor Thielen considerably for both of us. we have informal meetings at any hour U7unch and her husband Ted still live Our sympathy goes to the family of of the day. Ray is always busy with in Dearborn, Mich. Ted is not retired but Catherine Dodd, who died from a heart gardening fishing, hunting and in his they take many vacations. Feb. 1 they arrack in November. wood wo;king shop. I still like to sew. leave by car for Arizona to visit son Bill 1924 The AAUW is very active here and I and his wife. Bill is doing rocket re- CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. David North often work at the reception desk at the search. John is with Michigan Bell and hospital as well as doing church work." (Helen Douglass), 242 Orange St., New Phil, a third son, is with GE on moon Haven, Conn. 06507 The Swift's spend a great deal of time research. They had a glorious month in in the summer at their cottage in Dan- Mac Mehaffey Lowe and Jack decided Hawaii, a trip up the St. Lawrence and to head for Sarasota in January. They bury, N. H. and since Ray's retirement down to Jamaica one year. have had a six weeks trip to the west spent all summer on an extensive motor Several members of our class who live trip through the Canadian Rockies and coast, Vancouver and Hawaii. Laura was nearby are gathering at Helen Tryon's looking forward to Christmas when her along the West Coast. Agnes Jones Rainbow Hill in Rowe, Mass., for a Staebner's daughter Patty expects he~ entire family, a son, a married daughter, luncheon meeting. Class agent chairman. a grandson and a granddaughter would fourth child by the end of January. Agn7s Amy Peck Yale attended the Class Agents' husband has not been too well. LOlme be together for the first time in 12 years. meeting at college on Oct. 19. Jeannette Marion Bedell Kelsey has retired from Hall Spring's son Peter was married ?n Sperry Thompson has seen Ann Slade Prey Dec. 20 to Jeanne Haver and is. to live teaching and is enjoying her leisure. She this summer and reports Ann busy and and her husband spend six months in in Toledo. Wee's son Sam has Just had well. Eliz4beth Merrill Blake, on her his 5th son, David William, whom Louise Old Lyme and six months at Mama's vacation from the library in Amesbury, Vineyard. Marion sings in the choir at expected to see at Christmas when all ~7 went to Brunswick, Me., to Easton, Pa., of her family would be with her. Louise St. Ann's Episcopal church in Old Lyme, to a wedding, and to Ithaca, N. Y. has joined a new art group and is doing and Ernie took several trips this summer Dorothy Wheeler Pietrallo is running for the around Michigan and to Mackinaw Island. water color painting. Lase fall Charlotte school board in Hartford, Conn. Toni TaylQ'f' Hall Holton and her husband made a will be on a speech-making trip in the Aura Kepler last year had a tou.gh tl~e healthwise with a virulent staph infection 6500-mile trip to see their son and family West in October. Blanche Finley works newly settled in Knoxville, Tenn. She at the U. S. mission to the UN. Polly but "some of the old pep is returning" wrote, "We shall be alone for Christmas and she is thankful. Peg Dunham Corn- Harwood sent an announcement of her well's mother, 91, died on Aug. 21. We and probably will go down on the desert son Brian's daughter in June, Polly's first for a day or two. The lemon business grandchild. A recent letter from Marje extend our sympathy to Peg and to her looks better for 1964." "Dorothy Gregson lVells Lybolt tells of a phone call from sister, Laurie Sremschuss. Peg's daughter Slocum now lives in New Canaan and Minniold Mille1' from Washington, D. C. Susan is working at Yale University. f;his Bobby Newton Blanchard reports, "Het where Minniola· has an apartment and year. On Jan. 1 David and I are dnvlOg new house is awfully attractive and just is working for women's legal rights. to Florida where I shall be spending the right for Dot." Bobby and her husband month at my sister's home at Pompano Helen Merritt and her brother went to Beach. Harold will attend the opening of the Labrador this summer, one of their best new Smithsonian Building on Constitution trips. Helen Peale Sumn8'1' was in the Virginia Hays FiJher is very active in Ave. in Washington, D. C. on Jan. 22. White Mouneains this fall during the the New Haven Garden Club. She has twin granddaughters, children of Lt. 28 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS George Fisher, who also has a three-year- son of missionaries. The wedding took church guild, publicity chairman for the old daughter. George and his family live place in Chikore, Southern Rhodesia, and Bronxville Colony of New England in San Pedro, Calif., where he is with the the couple spent a honeymoon ar Victoria Women, and an executive in the public U. S. Army. He received his Ph.D. in Falls. l essie Williams Kohl is head of relations dept. of Puller-Smith-Ross, N. Y. geology from Johns Hopkins. Lola Marin the Technical Information Branch of the Early this month your correspondent gave Matthews writes, "We bought a place Navy's Medical Research Laboratory located an illustrated talk to the Montclair Colony (1780 farmhouse on 22 acres of land) at the Submarine Base in Groton. In of New England Women on "Out Fifth in Newtown, Conn. about five years ago January she attended a group meeting of National Seashore." and have been spending weekends there the East Coast Navy Inter-laboratory The class extends sympathy to Helen winter and summer ever since. Starting Committee on Editing and Publishing Lehman Beeemoieser on the death of her this past July we hope to be there much which was held in Panama City, Fla. famous uncle, Herbert Lehman. more often, as Bill now has an associate Jessie is a member of the Hartford Society 1928 with him in pediatrics." Lola's daughter of Women Painters and the Mystic Art Ann '54 lives in Summit, N. J. and has Ass'n., and has had her paintings exhibited CORRESPONDENT:Leila C. Stewart, 517 three children. Son Bill lives in Wilton, by both groups. She is also secretary Adams Sr., S.E., Huntsville, Ala. 35801 Conn., is an engineer with Perkin-Elmer, of the Groton Public Library Board and Abbie Kelsey Baker had a wonderful and has two children. Helen Douglass does volunteer work at Lawrence Hospital. Christmas with all of her family together. North opened her home at Vineyard Pt., Both her daughters are married. Patty '53 Older daughter, Janet and her husband Sachem's Head, Guilford, on June 12 to lives in West Hartford and has two came home with their y-monrh-cld son, members of the Conn. College Club of daughters, Patricia and Jessica. Judy lives the Bakers' first grandchild. Younger New Haven and their husbands for cock- near Philadelphia and teaches at the Bald- daughter, Doris, is at Univ. of Pennsyl- tails and buffet supper. There were forty win School. Frances Green is now writing, vania graduate school, where she is study- at the party which has become an annual in addition to feature articles for various ing group social work. All plans are made event of the Club. Doug and David and newspapers, a cooking column which ap- for her wedding in June. In the meantime, friends took their cruiser up the Hudson pears several times a week in the "Wor- Abbie and her husband are looking for- River this summer and had quite a lot cester Gazette." ward to a trip to Florida in January. of fun going tbru the locks into Lake Adeline (Att) Muirhead Kimbalt and Roberta Bitgood WienmaJ' Christmas Champlain to St. Albans, Vr. Other cruises her husband returned home in September letter covered the rich lives she and her this summer were to the Yale-Harvard from a trip to England, Scotland and Ire- husband live. In the late fall an organ boat race at New London and to Martha's land. They flew both ways and drove recital given here in Huntsville featured Vineyard. Doug has a new grandson, through the three countries. On their re- the American composer, Roberta Bitgood. Richard Alden North, born on Sept. 25 turn they visited in Boston for a week Dorothy Bayley MOrJe's husband Harry to Richard and Barbara. Marion V ibert and then departed for Jacksonville where has been made head of the watch dept., Clark' J oldest son and his wife had a they were greeted by their rwo daughters of Cartier's Inc., in New York. Peg BriggJ son July 24 in Denver. and four grandchildren. Noble wrote of a new children's book, 1925 1927 "A Summer's Duckling" by Daniel Lang, CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. 1. B. Gatchell which is illustrated by Dot Morse. Peg CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Edmund J. Bernard (Constance Noble), 6 The Fairway, Upper received a letter from Scotland from Mary (Mary Auwood), 508 So. Orange Ave., Montclair, N. J. 07043 DunniTJg McConnell. It was written in the Scottsdale, Ariz. 85251 Ruth Battey Siloer and Bill had luncheon summer while Mary and her husband were Thelma Burnham tells us that Gertrude in Maine with Faff WiltiamJ Wood, who enjoying an "exchange" with a minister Locke and her sister are still selling to "looks fine and is as jolly as ever:' Faff who was living in their home in Wyo- gift shops in the New England area. Adele went to Haverford for a month this winter. ming ... Elmo Ashton Decherd and Evelyn Davis Knecht Sullivan's daughter Sheila, now Frannie Andrews Leete was in the ski Fernald both stopped for a visit married, lives nearby so they get together area at Killington Basin, Vt. The Leetes with Peg last spring. Evvie loves her at Christmas time. Eleanor Tracy Adam have 4 grandchildren, all in school ex- home on the coast of Maine. In the had her two married sons and her daughter cept a 2-year.old. Mig Addis Wooding summer Peg took a course at a writer- home for the holidays. Marian Walp does secretarial work in the office of the reader conference in Suffield and there Bisbee and her husband plan to retire president of a chemical company, a division met a sister of Caroline Whittemore before long and think they may go South of the Upjohn Co., "interesting and quite Leone, who said that Caroline's husband to live. Jane Neoers is still in Boston. strenuous at times but I do enjoy being has retired from the army and they are "Now that Ellen McGrath, Dorothy Kil- part of the business world again." Alice living in New York state. In November bourn and I are all retired, we are having Cronbach Uchitelte recovered from "an Peg attended a National Board Meeting a ball." Ellie spent a week with Jane almost detached retina" in time to greet of the YWCA in New York and she her youngest grandchild, the first child of plans to go to the convention in Cleveland recently. in the spring. During the summer Peg The Class sends sincere sympathy to the her youngest daughter. had all her family wirh her. Helen and Bssber Hunt Peacock has started a new family of !dell Godard Redway, who died her husband and little Brian came east on Oct. 30th. Her husband had retired job at Friends School Nursery, Baltimore, a Red Feather agency doing highly spec- from California and Debbie, CC '61, and as superintendent of the State Receiving Roger came too. They are at the Univer- and Study Home at Warehouse Pt., where ialized work with youngsters who have sity of Connecticut while Roger gets his from 1930-1950 Idell was the secretary. behavior problems. During the holidays Esther and Larry flew to Puerto Vallana master's and Debbie teaches high school She is survived by a daughter, and a son, French. and two grandchildren. on the Pacific coast of Mexico for two weeks of swimming, hiking and, relaxing. Adelaide King Quebman' J son Jack, in 1926 the Air Force, left for Germany in De- Henrietta Kanehl Kohms is college shop- cember. Kinky hopes she and her husband ping with daughter, Patty Kay, who wants CORRESPONDENT:Katherine 1. Colgrove, can visit him there. Elizabeth Gallup Rid- to major in nursing. Parry was elected 38 Crescent Sr., Waterbury 10, Conn. ley and Walter ate happy and proud to Harriet Stone Warne1" and Oscar left to the National Honor Society. Bob Tracy be added to the grandparents' list. Coogan is busy as chairman of the Christ- the last of January, flew' to Greece, then Rebecca, a granddaughter, was ~rn Sept. to Cairo and on to central Africa, where ian Social Relations committee of the United Church Women of Newton. Said 27 in Worcester, Mass. Gal ran IOta Kinky they went on a camera safari and spent while Christmas shopping. Betty Gordon Bob, "In all fields, especially human rights, a night at a tree-top "hotel" near a water- Van LAw bad a fabulous trip to South there is so much to do!" Sally Pitboese hole. Their final destination was Mt. America in February, 1963. Alter seeing Silinde, Southern Rhodesia, where their Becker and Betty Cede Simons have planned a luncheon date in New York this Caracas, they flew to Rio to take in. the daughter Anne is a missionary nurse. spectacular Carnival, then on to Lima, spr-ing to catch up on each other and Anne was married, on Dec. 14 to David Peru, their "old home town." She and D. Webb, a mathematics teacher and the College news. Beery is' secretary of her 29 MARCH 1964 her husband were treated like royalty. by 1932 land and friends in Copenhagen. My hus- old friends there and spent two glorious band Chris, daughter Pat and I we.reto~r- weeks marvelling at the improvements of CORRESPONDENT;Mrs. Susan Comfort ing Europe and had spent a week.m SWIt- the last 24 years. Edna Kelley has retired Masland, Apr., B-3, 371 Lancasrer Ave., zerland with our elder daughter Linda and from. all formal business ventures and Haverford, Pa. husband Dick. Elsa's path and ours came enjoys her leisure. Kell.ey seldom sees Marion Nicbols Arnold is teaching 22 close enough for one day so that we could Debbie Lippincott Carrier but learned second graders. Son Robert will complete spend it together in lucerne. that her daughter Sally and her husban,d electrical engineering at. Ro.chester. Tech. Betty Kunkle Palmer accompanied had moved from Italy to N,Y.C. Debbie next year. Twin. Cookie IS a .. ltcen~ed husband George on a business trip .to is pleased to have them so much nearer beaurician-c-t'very nrce for mother. Manon California where she lunched wI~h Washington. unfortunately cannot come to Ju~e Re- Eleanor Husted Hendry and Joan?fdEa.k111 union because of school commitments. Despres. Betty's. son Par, having ruse Hilda Van Horn Rickenbaugh and Mary Colton Houghton reports an AFS Rick went to visit their daughter Ann in finished a course to radio and electronics student from Iran as their guest this year, with the Navy, has been sent to Iceland. Damascus, where Ann's husband is a a classmate for high school daughter secretary at the Embassy. They had. a His 24th birthday provided an exerting Molly, who plans on ~t. Holyoke in '65. day for the whole family when they caught wonderful time with 2lh-year-old Kira, Son Larry has 2 children; Pete has 3. whom they had not seen for two years. a 443 lb., 14lh ft., shark off. Adan~lc Mary is active in 1.WV and Garden Club. Highlands in sight of Amb~ose~Ight Ship. They returned to the U.S.A., in early Husband Line is Budget Supervisor for December. Christmas was sad, however, Son Pete is a sophomore to high school. the New York Port Authority. Pat Peuer- Dot Hamilton Algire became a grand- as their son Kent and his wife lost their ron Treois has 3 grandsons and all 4-month-old baby girl just .twO days ~e- mother for the second time shortly.before families in Cleveland area. Daughter Xmas. Daughter Anne. is living ~lth Dot fore Christmas. In June Hilda and Rick Nan goes to college this aurumIl:' Rat~y will be east where Rick will receive a while Anne's husband ISon duty to Korea. Rathbone has been househunring 10 Dartmouth award. Harriet Kistler Brown writes that, be- Georgetown, D. C. and likes an abode cause of her husband's illness last summer, which has Soapy Williams and Mrs. Auch- 1929 Iceless as neighbors. they have rented their Virgin Islandshome CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Alanson D. Murch Mercia May RichardJ and Furm are for the season and are temporarily back (Grace Houston), 720 Luckystone Ave., enjoying night courses in art and real in Swarthmore, Pa., with her mother. !hey Glendale 22, Missouri. estate. They also decorate houses for their came north by cruise ship to Miami, builder whose business is prospering. "Hard visited son Geoff at Florida Presbyterian 1930 work but fun," says Mersh. From Dottie College in Clearwater and son Rich who teaches high school English in New Jersey, CORRESPONDENT:MissMarjorie L. Ritchie, Belt Miller another handsome Xmas 95 Myrtle Street, Shelton, Conn. family group of three sons and three Bssber White Cornisb reports a happy grandchildren. Btlie Sherman Vincent's son reunion last March at Jerry Wertheimer 1931 Reg has a college graduation which will Morgenthau's in N.Y.C. with Eleanor prevent her attendance at Reunion. Cairney Gilbert, Betty Kunkle Palmer, CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs.Herbert C. Mary W"eth Osher reports a superlative Evelyn Carlough Higgins, Gay Stephens, Schoof (Dorothy Clurhe) , 2730 Picardy time on their Political Science Ass'n. and Esther Tyler. Red and husband Je:an PI., Charlorre 9, N. C. 28209 worldwide trip last fall. She talked with took a trip last summer through the mid- Mrs, Arthur G. Lange (Rosemary Brewer) Connie Bennett Crail, who has a new job, west where she visited Alice McConnon Somerville Rd., R.R. #1, Box 361, new house and two grandchildren. Hale. Red's son Danny is now living.at Basking Ridge, N. J. Daughter Pamela is proofreading an art home, working in a bank, and, making Evelyn Watt Roberss and her husband encyclopedia in Rome and Benjie is a marriage plans for April. Bill a~d Howard had a week of N. Y. theatres Ranger en roure to Vier Nam. Mary Marjorie Fleming Brown's daughter Kathie in October. Her daughter Barbara "grad- Elizabeth is president of the Milwaukee was married in June to Douglas Buchs, uated from college in June, went to Wash- Radio Television Council and says, "Our who is in the Air Force. They are sta- ington, D. C, to work, fell in love, and Look Listen Poll resulted in over 6400 tioned at Great Falls, Montana. I sp~nt was married in October." Ginny Yancey expressions of opinion and our meetings a most pleasant October weeke~d With Stephenr is still living in Rochester, N. Y., are attended by an ever-increasing throng:' Bill and Marjorie in Atlanta. He ISa rare and had a happy family reunion for the We shall miss her at Reunion; medical husband as much interested in the rehash holidays with daughter Salley, husband, meetings interfere. Your correspondent of CC ;imes as we are. and 2 baby boys, and Carol and her enjoyed running into Gerrie Butler at the The class extends sympathy to Eleanor husband. "Mockie" Fitzmaurice Colloty Williamsburg Lodge in November. Hasted Hendry on the death of her had a gorgeous Christmas card designed Reunion is June 12-14. Will hope to father in November. by her daughter Susan who is being see as many on the bright hilltop as pos- married in February. "I am up to my sible_ Those who haven't returned for a 1934 ears," says Mackie. while will be so proud of Cc. CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.George W. Ho!tz- Connie Ganoe joner' daughter Judy, Our sympathies go to Ratty Rathbone man (Marion Bogart), 7400 Lake View the youngest, is now a freshman at Bouve, upon the death of her father in September. Drive, Apt. 407, Bethesda, Md. . Boston, Mass., learning to be a physio. 1933 Martha Prendergast is now the ~xecut1ve therapist. Debbie, the eldest, is a Camp director of the Girl Scout Councd of the Fire execurive. This summer Connie and CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Lyle A. Chris~ Nation's Capito1. It is only a year old tensen (Helen Wallis), 9619 High Drive, Dick had a trip to North Carolina, Wil- Leawood, Kanas 66206 and includes 5 counties of Maryland ~nd liamsburg and New York. Rick, who was 5 counties of Virginia as well as.Wa~hl~g· Helen Peasley Comber has resigned as married in March, is now in the Air Force. ton, D. c., itself. In spite of thiS big Job Jerry Smith Cook writes, "Our middle son class correspondenr after five yeats of she still has time to raise dachshunds, faithful reporring. My first deadline could is taking a leave of absence from Col~ both long and short hair, Elizabeth Keep gate to rake a trip around the world." not have been met without news referred Wilkimon, who lives in Poromac! Md:, Herb and I (Dorothy Cluthe) will by her. Helen is in the midst of house. selling. Son Jim is a srudenr at the tells me that Marge Bishop lived to th celebrate our 30th by a trip to Europe, area for some time but has recent,lymov.dhe going over via the Medirerranean-13 Univ. of Michigan and daughter Nancy at the Univ. of Iowa. Among news items to Chicago, Ill., and is workmg WIt glorious days on the Samrnia- and then a new organization in rehabilitation. will travel on the Continent, spending forwarded. by Peasley was a card sent to most of the month of May in Italy but her by ElIa Waldecker Berg and myself from Switzerland, Elsa and niece Anne, 1935 also visiting in Geneva, Stockholm and CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs.John B. For- London, daughter of Lena Waldecker Gilmore '34, were en route to visit relatives in Switzer. rest (Betty Lou Bozell), 198 Larchmonr Ave., Larchmont, N. Y. 30 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Mrs. H. Neal Karr (Dorothy Boomer) 50 Barbar~ has five children, three boys and Eur~pe last summer via their "Camper." Lafayette Place, Greenwich, Conn. ' ~wo gals. "This past fall Bob was very Their older. boy Skip is in his third year Nancy Walker Collins' husband Bill Ill, so Grandma was out there for six at Annapolis, the younger boy Paul is in is an exhibitor of a "poetic landscape" weeks taking care of the household. It lath grade, and daughter Tina is in 8th. Wave Sunset, in .the Whitney Annual f~r wa.s fun to get really acquainted with the Betty gOt her M.S. from Columbia in new American arttsrs. Nancy and Bill were chIldret;J-. But I must hasten to add it was library science and now works at the in N.Y.C. .for the opening. Peg Bristol something .of a relief to get back to my Ridge St. School in Rye, N. Y. She still McKenneyIS busy doing community work vacation' Job." finds time for skating, tennis, dancing, and playing golf with her husband. Son Phone Pratt Lumb, who lives in Pough- bridge, and skiing. Jock. has graduated from Ohio State, is ~eepsie, .wrote Edie. In July her eldest Dia1!a Dotv Cummings has a daughter married, has a daughter and a fine posi- IS marrymg Barbara Grubb, a junior at who IS a freshman at Connecricur. In tio~ wi~h 7-UP Products; son Pat, an CC, whose mother was Class of '37. Steve January Diana and her husband leave for amsr with North American had a new graduated from Williams and is now at Innsbruck and the Winter Olympics, son in. October; daughter' Jane is 14. Harvard Business School. Her daughter where they WIth friends have a chalet. MartHtckam Fink is doing lots of welfare Bar~ara is a senior at Skidmore. She has ~frer the games they will tour Europe for ~'ork as chairman for the King's Daughters received a grant from the Public Health SIX weeks. Helen Whiting Miller has three In a cosmopolitan Mississippi village of Dept. of New York and will work as a married daughters, one son in the Marines 6,000.. "It's interesting, satisfying, exas- Public. Health Nurse for a year after and another in high school. She has a perating and saddening-and sometimes gra.duatlon. Peter is a junior at Loomis. grandson born in September. The only it's funny." Rudy is selling real estate Phine and her husband are looking for- baby at ~ome is an English serrer puppy. playing duplicate and working hard fa; ward to another trip to Europe. Ruth What WIth a furniture refinishing class the Republican Party. G.tenn Degling's younger son is going to and a choral club Helen keeps busy. Sally Stearns Grennan writes, "My hus- Pittsburgh Dental School next year. Erv Prances IVallis Sandford also has a new band and I are working at the U. S. and she had a Mediterranean cruise in September grandchild, her second. Frances Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort October. She received her master's in and her husband had an extended Bermuda Huachuca, Ariz.-beautiful mountain and psychology . last June and is still working holiday to recover from the excitement. grassland ranching area. Our eldest half time 10 the State Hospital. They have become real curling fans. daugh~et liv~s on a ranch nearby and has Betsy Beals Steyaart's husband was 1938 tWO.Ilttle. girls. Our middle daughter is recenrly given a presidential citation of the CORRESPONDENT; Mrs. William B. Dolan working In Fort Collins, Colo., where her New York State Medical Society. Their husband is in Veterinary School at Colo. (M. C. Jenks), 755 Great Plain Ave., daughter was an American Abroad Ex- Needham, Mass. 02192 State. The youngest daughter is a TWA change student to Edinburgh, Scotland, If you neglected to contribute to the hostess based in Chicago." Mary Savage last summer. Kate Morgan Williams and Annual Giving Program, you will be Collinl and Bob have bought a home for Paul cared for grandson Kip from last hearing from your Class Agent, the future in Deep River, Conn. but still Easter until Nov. 1 while his father wrote Gus Straus Goodman (Mrs. Robert C.), who has go to Madison in the summer. Tara is his master's and his mother worked. Now taken over the job held by attending the International School of she is busy with preparations for Sally Kingsdale for so many years. America on a 14-nation around-the-world daughter Ann's wedding in June. Caroline Lewenberg Nance Dar- now has two pilots in college term. Tom is a sophomore at Stewart Eaton's daughter attends Endicott ling Hwoschinsky the family. Daughter Liz is active in air Western Reserve Academy. Bill is an 8th Junior College. Ry (Lois) Ryman Areson rescue work, as is son Pete when he can grader. claims that life with six children is hectic get time away from his studies at MIT. ~eg Baylis Hrones and Johnny celebrated and seems to get worse as all get older. While her husband is jetting around the the~r 25th anniversary in Bermuda; took Nevertheless she manages to do everything country, Nancy took on the tame job of their two college children along. Alice in the world, plays golf regularly and sails painting the house, with time out to go Dyal Kugler works as sales clerk in the all summer. local pharmacy and is twice a grandmother; hedge-hopping with the various members Bobbie Cairns McCutcheon's daughter h.er older son and her daughter are mar- of the family. Linda is a senior at Colby Junior College, ried, each with one child. Younger son Billie Falter Reynold's daughter Kathie where she is vice-president of Honor Court. IS a~ Rutgers in 3rd year electrical engi- entered CC last September and loves it. She adores it as does our daughter. neenng. "Glad my children are degree- Her younger daughter Sue is in 9th grade Frannie Garvin Pillsbury's daughter was getters. Sorry I didn't but my marriage at Springdale School in Chestnut Hill. graduated from there last June. Bobbie's has kept me busy, happy and thankful." Billie is busy at the Germantown, Pa., older boy is a junior at Bowdoin and the Jan and Lou play a lot YMCA, where she is chairman of the Paulson Kissling younger one is in Sth grade. Janet golf. She spent May in Europe, works Personnel Committee. On one of her ?f Reinheimer Barton's older boy is running 10 the North Shore Hospital, and collects many and varied tours of this country of a car rental business in Ridgewood, N. J., ours, Liz was made an Honorary for fund drives. Barb 20 is at Monmouth and Jan is kept busy with the secretarial Fielding College and Lee 15 at Williston Academy. Citizen of Johnson City, Tenn., and of work. The j-lammerstens are busy curling. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Louisville, Ky. Back in Vienna, Va., and Betty Paul, our 16 year old, skipped a rink to whose son, Parke Rich- "glad to be home." Helen Swan Stanley Gerhart Richards, second place in a teenage bonspie! in has completed her course in education ards, III, 22, a student at San Francisco Winchestet, Mess., in January. Fottunately and taken her first teaching position. She Theological Seminary, died after a very Dad and Mother came in second place that teaches government to seniors and geog· shan Illness in October. same weekend in an intraclub bonspiel raphy to freshmen of Raben E. Lee High at Brae Burn. School. Her husband Dave's book, Pro- 1936 Let's make plans now that include our fessional Personnel for the City of New CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. Vincent N. Ham- husbands for our 30th this June. metsten (Shirley Durr) , 150 Benvenue York, was published by Brookings In- St., Wellesley, Mass. 02181 1937 stitution last fall. Louise Chappell's artistic arrangements Doris Lippincott Brink moved from CORRESPONDENT: Dorothy E. Baldwin, won a couple of ribbons in a Christmas Hawaii to Alexandria, Va., last spring. Her 109 Christopher St., Montclair, N. J. greens show. Winnie Frank Havell's #2 husband is head of the personnel branch Louise Langdon Hasselback, back in son Bruce entered Yale last fall. Like many of the Navy Chaplains Corps. Fred J r. Washington, D. c., finds it peaceful after of us in this era, she finds the days longer graduated from Middlebury College last the bustle of Germany for three years. with older children in college or away June and is now studying at the Rhode Her husband is with the Joint Chiefs of at school or married with children of Island School of Design. Daughter Judy Staff at the Pentagon and Louise is busy their own. Evelyn Falter Sisk made a ~s t~~ mother of three, ages 1, 2, 3, and with the Wives' Club. She now has found jet trip to California last August to visit IS. lIVIng dose by Doris. Edith Thornton, rime to pick up painting again. Elizabeth her oldest daughter and newest grand- duector of the Berkeley Residence Club, Adams Lane and her husband Mack roured Boston YWCA, writes that her daughter 31 MARCH 1964 daughter. Her family returned the visit 14 is a sophomore in high school; David Altschul Aaron, her husband and three by coming east just before Christmas. 9, our Swiss born. is in 5th grade; and children. had a holiday in Switzerland Carman Palmer von Bremen's daughter is Peter 17 mos., our Liverpudlian, stays last summer. majoring in retailing at Green Mountain home to give me thar wonderful feeling Peg LaFore Moltzen has moved to College in Vermont. Sherry Clark Bryant's of a 'young mother.' We had a glorious Menlo Park, Calif., an arduous job after son, Lt. Alan Bryant Jr., USA, was married five years in Geneva and may rerum there. 14 years in the same place. Peg is active in December. Sherry's home address is Four years in Liverpool was another gay in the CC Alumnae Club there. Mary New Canaan, Conn. Jane Hutchinson adventure when we learned rhat the north- Louise Cutts missed Reunion last year be- Caulfield's husband recovered nicely from ern Englanders are the most congenial cause she and her sister spent six months a nasty equestrian fall which injured his people on earth. It's very hard to learn in Europe. She has a new job in Danbury back. Her son John is an Army medical to live U. S. style but we're making it. doing statistical work for Sperry Rail lab-technician at the recruiting station in I loved being a foreigner and even man- Service. B. Q. Hollingshead Seelye, who Pittsburgh. Her other son Jim is a cadet aged to parfez francais so Miss Sparks has also been abroad, writes, "We had at Culver. Cathie, whom you met at Re- would have approved. I'll try to seek out a whirl wind tour of the fashion capitals, union, still has her goal set on our be- the alumnae group here. Paris and Rome; glimpsed some 'collec- loved college on the hill. Edie Looker Mitchell is in Alexandria tions; also the Duke and Duchess of 1939 doing a magnificent job of bringing up Windsor, who were in Paris for the Dior her three handsome children after being CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. F. Eugene Diehl showing. Bud is in the fashion end of (Janet Jones), 67 Jordan Sr. Skaneateles, widowed three years ago. Natalie Sher- his business, consequently our interest is N. Y. 13152 man Kleinkau/'s daughter attends Colby in fibres and fabrics." Janet Graham Bul- Here is a report on answers to the Junior College. The Kleinkaufs enjoyed a lock's oldest daughter, Marcy, is a junior question, "What specific part or instance parents' weekend there. Nan saw Barbara at Univ. of Vermont, #2 daughter, Ann, in your life at Connecticut College do Berman Levy, whose oldest daughter Lisa a student in the Univ. of the Seven Seas, you feel has had the most influence in is a freshman at CC, and Priscilla Duxbu1" a new study and travel idea. Janet's son your life today?" 'Today' is 25 years later. Wescott, whose family is enjoying an AFS is a junior in high school and youngest Your correspondent has had a 750/0 re- student from Norway. The Wheelocks child (gid) is an 8th grader. Jan is on sponse to this question. Although our had a Pakistani student a year ago. Nan the board of the Planned Parenthood lives have varied from raising a family says she has graduated from Scouts and League. Lucille Horan has been employed to running a business, the most fruitful PTA and is doing community work with for the last three years as secretary to the seeds sown in us by CC fall into three emphasis on conservation. treasurer of the Auto Club of Hartford, categories, Education itself has played The Moseleys (Margaret Stoecker) went She is planning a trip to Puerto Rico and the greatest role. English, Spanish, Italian. to the Princeron-Yajs game with Tony St. Thomas in November. American History, Current Events, Busi- and Janet Fletcher Bltrodt. Janet now owns Phyl Grove Slocum moved to a new ness, Psychology and Fine Arts were a horse. The Moseleys bumped inca Lee home, still in Milwaukee. Her daughter specifically mentioned. Dottie Leu Loomis, Harrison Mayer while visiting the rare Sandy was married to a Navy ensign. Her now teaching 3rd grade and studying for book library after the Harvard-Yale game other daughters, Karen 15% and Barb a master's degree, recommends that we had been cancelled because of President 12%. are at Milwaukee Downer Seminary let our education continue to be useful. Kennedy's death. Last May Sroeckie was and her son Tom 10 is at Milwaukee With our experience at CC, plus our other JO charge of a reception for Pres. and Country Day SchooL Edie Patton Cran· experiences since then, we have a good Mrs. Shain. She comments, "He charmed sbmo has been renewing old CC con- foundation fat going into the teaching all the ladies and impressed all the hus- tacts and making new ones through ~e profession. bands. Mrs. Shain had, unbeknownst to Boston Club. She and Nan MarVin A close second to educational influence her, broken her toe before she came and Wheelock both took up golf. She writes, are the friendships made while at Cc. The was an unbeleivably good SPOrt in the "Our husbands discovered a common love meaning of working together, learning to reception line." Besides taking up dupli- of sailing, so Nan's Frank crewed with live and get along with each other has c~te bridge and playing on the River- my John in the Halifax Race this summer. shown its value through these 25 years. SIde Yacht Club .bridge team, Stoeckie Nan has a freshman daughter at Colby Still having its effect on many is the in- has been made chairman of volunteers for Jr. College and a son at Williston Academy fluence of teachers, or as put by Helene Re? Cross, and has developed a needle. Feldman Jacobson, "exposure to the POInt belt business. plus one daughter at home, I have a dedicated and inquiring minds of teachers junior daughter at Skidmore and a son Donna Ed Reynolds is a grandmother at Vermont Academy." who disciplined yet encouraged freedom for th~ second tirn;e. Barbara Hickey for intellectual development." Some refer. Dr. Estelle Fasolino Ingenito is doing J son Dav.e WIll graduate this June Metzler research in congenital malformations at red to specific teachers: Dr. Wells, Dr, from Colgate, while Dale Ann is a sopho- Henry Phipps Institute, Univ. of, Penn- Jensen, President Blunt, Miss Park, Mr. ~ore at Wells College and Donna is a sylvania, and working on a project ,10 Logan, Miss Wood, Miss Tuve, Grace high school junior. Betty Schwab Fuld's lead poisoning of children in the City, Leslie. daughter Suzi, who graduated from CC Her husband is now associated with the las.t June, was married on Sept. 22 to 1940 Phipps Institute as a statistician, They Michael S. Buchsbaum, who graduated CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. Howard M. Tuttle have a son in the 3rd grade at St. Aloysi~s 10 June from Brown University. Henrietta (Annette Osborne), 2290 North St., James Academy at Bryn Mawr. Last June Hamet D~arborn, WatJOn's husband Joe is now Parkway, Cleveland Heights 6, Ohio Stricker Lazarus attended her son's gradua- W.Ith Unired Engraving and Foundry in tion, magna cum laude, from Harvard, 1941 PIttsburgh and their oldest son Bob is a He is now at Yale Law School. Daughter CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. William McClel- freshman at the Univ. of Pittsburgh Martha is a sophomore at Smith. She land (Sarah Ann Kiskadden) , 3860 Adams Betty If.ohr Gregory and Frank in TUls~ Road, R.F.D, 2, Rochester, Mich. has two other daughters 15 and ~O, entertained J~anne Turner Creed's husband writes, "Now we Harriet is active in Cincinnati commuorrv Betty Holmes Nichol ~Icky for dinner. Jeanne and Micky live have settled in a home of our own and In Dallas. In September Betty and F k affairs including CC Club. From Rich- mond wntes have retired from the Foreign Service. It attended .the Air Force Ass'n. conve:~~n Mary Anne Smab Schmidt was a reluctant choice, but after overseas that son Jeff 17 is a senior at Woodberry In "?7ashJ09!on, D. C. Betty keeps bus duty for eleven years, we decided a bit as vice-presidem .iu charge of membershi y Forest and daughter Susan 14 a freshm~n of America would be good for us all. for the Tulsa Phtlharmonic and also w If at Collegiate School for Girls, both ,m Henry, my husband, has taken a job in for the Tulsa Opera guild Sh . or s Virginia. Mary Anne keeps busy With the Dept. of Agriculture on a new ' . e IS cor- respon d 109, secretary for the Tulsa Garden golf and activities for the Virginia Museum project of recreational development in Club, preSIdent of her Sunday school cIa of Fine Arts. She worked with BOkby rural areas. Susan 18 is a sophomore at and a member of the Oklahoma Girls sd Twomey during the CC Annual Givmg College of Wooster in Ohio; Elisabeth Oklahoma Gold water in '64 Club Lan. Program. Dot Boschen Holbein sends, a . Ote message about Miss Tuve, "When she [MISS 32 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Tuve]was given an honorary degree by atmosphere that CC had when we were daughter, Cathy, was winner in the second SyracuseUniversity last June, our CC there. Doris saw Ceci Ma1'tin Utke-Ram- flight in the state championship and groupin the area sent her flowers and I smg a year ago. Ceci's husband arranges was northern winner this fall in the wrotethe accompanying note, trembling world tours. She has a son in a small girl high school golf scholastic. Jean's aboutmy syntax and what-not." college in N. Y. state. Doris recently husband Bill is a director of the ~alked t? Eleanor King Miller, now living Mt. Mansfield Ski Club and a di- FromRock Hill, S. C, Carolyn Seeley rector in the U. S. Eastern Ski Ass'n. Scott writes that she and her husband, In Baltimore, and saw a news write-up about Frances Homer, who was host to a Betsy Hodgson Yeager writes from Para- Dr. H. A. Scott Jr., have five children. dise (that's Louisiana) that she is still Michael and Elisabeth have completed group of hockey players. Doris' husband Loy is a Coast Guard captain stationed an investment broker for a New Orleans their freshman year at Duke. Sally 12, firm and is now giving a series of five Dave9 and John 3 are the others. Lyn in Washington. Sue Sp1'ague Morse has a part time job working for a New Bed- lectures on stocks and bonds at the "Y." has been librarian at Rock Hill High Her son Hill graduates from high school Schoolfor the past four years and is ford lawyer and also handles summer real estate at Nonquirr, Mass., on the Cape. this year and is a National Merit semi- lookingforward to moving into a new finalist. He participated in a National homein September. Her mother, Emetta Her husband designs and sells boats. Last summer Sue and C L. took their 17 footer Science Foundations course at Louisiana WeedSeeley '19, attended her Class Re- Tech last summer. Daughter Betsy Ellen union in June. Helen Stellwagon Sadler to the Thousand Islands for seven days of cruising. is an amateur photographer. The Yeagers and husband Bill spent the summer at all went sailing, swimming and fishing FresnoState College, Calif., where he was Marjorie Mitchell Rose's son Ricky is at Westminster College in Pennsylvania and last summer at Pensacola Beach. The intheMath Institute and she took graduate Barneses (Mardi Claverie) joined them coursesin Phys. Ed. Their son Bill took daughter Tina is a sophomore in high school. Beth Tobias Williams' daughter with their three children, Charlie, Mardi collegeart and Bob attended a band work- and Jimmy. The four teen-agers gor shop. From Princeton, Jane Merritt Tena 15 is a musical prodigy: she is preparing a violin concerto which she expects along beautifully, "one of those things Bentleywrites that her husband Dick had you hope for but never expect to happen." a heart attack last winter but is now re- to play at her own recital in two years. From Cleveland comes news of Sue Park· Betsy's second son, Dan, is in the junior coveredand back at work as assistant vice- high band. Third son, Bruce, is in -lrh presidentofMcGraw Hill Book Co. Their hurst Crane and her family. Peg, the eldest daughter, is a junior at lawrence grade and all three of the boys still love son Rich is a senior at Berkshire, where the woods. "These are the same woods he is a classmate of Fred Finley, son of College in Appleton, Wis., majoring in art. She sold a number of prints and in which their father, grandfather, and Nan Butler Finley. Margaret Jane Kerr great-grandfather hunted, fished, and Miller's daughter Janet goes to Virginia two paintings that were on display at an art show last June. Suki is a freshman camped. In this day of mobility and jet PolytechnicInsrirure this fall. Her son at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. travel that's sort of a minor record." Garyis an 8th grader. Kerrie is executive Rennie and Dave are in Shaker Senior Fran Yeames Prickitt, husband Hank, secretaryofthe local United Fund. High School. Debbie 12 is in junior Sally, a sophomore, and Chris, now in 7th Cathy Elias Moore has been put on the high. Sue is studying Spanish one night grade, spent last Christmas in Austria by board of directors of the Professional a week. Her husband is a partner in the way of Germany, and New Year's in Numismatist's Guild where she will be Dept. of Anaesthesiology at St. Luke's Switzerland, then went back to Oxford. "We got to the Continent on three dif- membershipchairman. She attended the Hospital in Cleveland. National American Numismatist Conven- Lil Weseloh Maxwell went to the School ferent occasions-always camping OUt in tion in Denver last August. Mary Farrell of the Dance at CC last summer and our Microbus and tent:' Mary Surgenor Morsespent a week at New London this "never loved anything so much in all my Baker writes from Atlanta that her oldest summerwhile husband Rims attended the life. Just the presence of such a teacher boy, Sandy, is a high school senior look- GordonConference. Mary is chairman of as Jose Limon was a privilege. I felt like ing forward to college next year. Mollie the Rutgers Prep. Parents Assoc. The a mother to the general student body, but and Susan, 11th and 10th graders, play McClellands had a visit from Leann I danced as hard as they." Lil's seven- varsity basketball. The three young ones, DonahueRayburn, husband Jim and sons year-old daughter Martha attended one Flora, Paul and Robert, work out with Jimmy 15 and Andy 8. They drove over a swim team. Ruby Zagoren Silverstein class a week. Her son Wes is at U. Conn. calls it "The Year of the 'Music Man'." from Cleveland in August for a gala taking engineering. Adele Rosebrock Burr weekend. We all attended a clambake The children, Grant and Zona, put on their is treasurer of her 600-member hospital second annual lawn show with this musical. given by Kingsbury School, where our auxiliary, and buyer for the gift shop the son Bill is an 8th grader, and afterward They found other actors, rehearsed them, auxiliary runs. She and Jack expect to acted themselves and gave several per- drove to Birmingham to call on Ethel visit San Francisco this year during the formances, the proceeds going to charities. Moore \'(Iills and husband Ted. We en- American Dental Ass'n. meetings. Their joyed a "little" CC reunion while the Ruby's husband Sam is at the new junior son Peter goes to Concordia Preparatory high school in Torrington, Conn. He children, including the Wills' two School, while Dick is ir.. juni.or high school. specializes in science and has 180 students daughters, Carol and Jennifer, frolicked Adele and Jack gave a big open house every day. He continues as Sunday school III the pool. on the occasion of Jack's parents' fiftieth teacher and is publicity chairman for The Class sends its deepest sympathy anniversary. the Audubon Society. Zona is in 8th grade, to Ann Rubinstein Husch and her husband 1943 an accelerated class, and recently became Peter, whose twin son, David 15, was a Bas Mitzvah on her Bth birthday. Be- hlled in a bike accident last summer. CORRESPONDENT:Barbara Hellmann, 52 Woodruff Road, West Hartford 7, Conn. sides reading from the original Hebrew, The Husches' daughter Peggy is a senior she conducted the entire service and gave at Washington University in St. Louis, 06107 a sermon the night before. Ruby will andson Tony is a senior at Harvard. Their Jean Nelson Steele's oldest dauehrer. Marion a CC sophomore, is in Win,lham have a piece in "Jack and Jill" about the second daughter Joan is a high school tiny squirrel friends of the Sequoias. sophomore,while the youngest, Sally, is this year. Biology is her major. Jean's other children are Ellen, a sophomore at "Christian Science Monitor" is now her III 3rd grade. MacDuffie in Springfield, Cindy in junior best customer and buys one to two pieces The Class also sends sympathy to Phyl a month. Other publications in Which her Grove Slocum, whose mother died in high, and Bill, who started school in work appeared in the past year were "The September. September. Janet Corey Hampton has been Instructor" (a national teachers' magazine), taking some library courses-twO last year "Oregonian," Denver "Post," Chicago 1942 and another in progress now. The Har- "Tribune" and Calcutta, India, "Review." ringto (Jean Forman) need a trophy CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Paul R. Peak (Jane ns In October I visited Ginny King Stevens room. Older daughter, Patty 18, was golf in Dryden, N. Y. The -venses and Mrs. Worley), 2825 Otis Dr., Alameda, Calif. medalist in the Vermont state tournament . Doris Kaske Renshaw's daughter Nancy and went on to be state champion, the King spent Thanksgivin, with us. Ginny's oldest son, Gerry, is at cuffield Academy IS a freshman at Wilson College in 3rd youngest to win the tide. Younger Pennsylvania. It has the nice small 33 MARCH 1964 10 his junior year. The two younger boys, and 1 had a delightful visit with .Ali~e MoJS wrote that she is recovering from John 11 and King 9, both ski and fish. Carey lV elier and part of her family 10 a heart attack which she had last April My brother is busy making them and my Norfolk." Ethel's oldest dau~hter. Barbara and that her daughter Cyndy is now 13. sister's two children an 11' outboard boat. will enter Earlham College 10 RlChmon~:l, Ditto Grime! Wise wrote from Mary- We all look forward to a good fishing Ind. Pauy Pauavant Hender!on. and ~ld land. Ditto and Rog are involved in Cub and bearing year. were looking forward to a reunion ~1th Scouts, Brownies, PTA, bowling, Wash- Puck Pilling Tifft, Gi-rmy IV" eber Marzan, ington Junior League and the North ~hevy 1944 and Jeanne Estes Sweeny. Mac .Cox Chase Swimming Pool Ass'n. Scott IS 11, CO-CORRESPONDENTS; Mrs. Neil D. Jos- Walker was planning an "at-home wmter Andy, 9, Cindy 7, and. Brook is 4%. ephson (Elise Abrahams), 83 Forest St., after a tOO busy one last year." Rufus Mary Carpenter McCann Just had her 6th New Britain, Conn. Jr. 16 is now an Eagle Scout,. Sally .a child and named her after Mary Lee Mrs. Orin C. Witter (Marion Kane), 7 freshman at Milton Academy, Bingle 10 Minter Goode. Bobby Miller Gusta/!on Ledyard Road, West Hartford 17, Conn. 7th grade and Bradley in Brd. Arkie Ken- is now in Washington, where her husband Jeanne Butler Rice from Bennington, nard Dear is enjoying Cooperstown, N. Y., Bob is with the submarine service. Vt. loves living in "the foothills of the where her husband is an instructor at Jane j\:fontague Wood is college hUD.t- skiing world, spending all our winters A_T. & T. Computer and Data Transmis- ing with her daughter, Penn~. :inn I17tl- on the slopes, summers in the Adiron- sion School. Her five children (girls 10, liamJOn Miller'! daughter Chris IS a fresh- dacks." They have three children, a 9 and 7, and boys 4 and 6 months) are man at Cc. Eleanor Tobias Gardner and daughter JUSt accepted ar Smith, a son loving "rhe country life of our small Bob have a lovely new home i~ State 15 at Berkshire, and another daughter 11 community." College, Pa. Toby is involved 10 Cub ar home. Pat Bennett Hoffman has been A sad note from her mather reports Scouts, making candy and Mex.lCan to Europe again and writes from Lafayette, rhat Jane Bellack Wray died of cancer Pinatas, and playing lo~s. of duplicate lnd., that she's had a reunion wirh Marge July 15, "shortly after a week's trip to bridge. Ditto and Rag visired the Gard- Get/pel Murray and may be East soon. Bermuda with her husband." The class ners for a football weekend. Lee Carr Harbert Boice has a new address in Sezee sends our deep sympathy to her family. Freeman and John still Ii,,: in Te~as. Lee Maitland, Fla., which means, "At long is going to college and doing special w?tk last the new house-am enjoying rhe long 1945 for Protestant charities. Sue IS ~ hl~h pull of putting on the finishing touches." CO-CORRESFONDENTS: Mrs. Allen Kirk- school senior, Jim in 8th grade, Cindy lIT Their daughter Smoky is a freshman at patrick (Susette Silvester), 5019 Sedgwick 5th, and Dave Ph. Ginger N1(e! D~Lon:g Wellesley, "a tough decision," since she St., N.W., Washington 16, D. C. lives in Hingham, Mass. and IS.aC~lveIn was accepted at Connecricur too. Jane Mrs. William Leavitt (Eleanor Strohm), real estate. Her husband Bill IS 10 the Howarth Hibbard is busy working for 5206 Portsmouth Rd., Washington 16, insurance business. David 12 attends a real esrare firm and managing her house D. C. Derlsy Academy and Betsy 10 the Srh and three children: Jack 15, Ann 12 and MARRIED; Lois Penton to Walter M. Sally 8. grade. Mary Ellen O'Brien Purkrabek. IS Pickett. back in New London with her famll.y. lane Bridgwater Hewes has a new son, Aleen Brisley Kress is in Sweetwater, David is a junior, Kristin a freshman, ]111 Thomas Quigley, which means Marion Texas, now that Les has returned from Kane Witter steps down from the place an 8th grader, Peter a 4th grader, and Vier Nam. With an interim move to Lisa 3 remains at home. She and Mary of honor as rhe oldest mother of the Louisiana, Bris hopes to stay put for youngest baby of the class of '44. The Ellen are flying to San Juan for thre.e a while. Their eldest girl is starring in at Witters, after a year and half, are almost weeks in January to join Paul, who .IS Mary Washington College. Mel and settled in their house, enjoying the space stationed there with submarines. Girl Charlotte Tomlin!on Taft have three Sons, that allows them to have people like Scours, PTA, Navy activities, skiing, golf 12, 9 and 7, and a daughter 4. Mel is Frannie Smith Min!hall as guests. Fran and housework make a full schedule: vice president and director of Milton was in Hartford between trips to New Kate Niedecken Pieper is in the midst Bradley Co. They built a garrison colonial England schools with rwo of her sons, of building a new year-round house at house on top of a hill in East Long- and as a Congressman's wife, gave an Pine Lake Wise. into which they hope meadow and periodically "add on," mak- amusing and enlightening slant on the to move 'next s~mmer. Jim is now a ing it the "Taft Hotel." Their travels Washingwn scene. Nancy Hotchkin, 6' freshman and Candy is in 7th grat~· include two weeks in St. Croix and a now Mrs. Murray Marshall, is busy Vital statistics still the same writes E t! week in California. Jean Patton Crawford helping her husband in their popular Kitchell su», who wa;s gla? of a ch~,~e and Hank made two trips east, one to West Hartford shop, Sports Ltd. Betty to meet President Sham thIS fall. Shtr y Rabinowitz Sheffer is secretary of the CC Greenwich and the other to their island lFilJon Keller is about to take off f?r home in Maine. Nance Fun!ton ll:7ing group in Fairfield County, on the high a week in Florida. Chips has been l~ and her family had a marvelous trip to school PTA board, a hospital volunteer in charge of guides who take gro.ups thf.0U~. the West and spent the rest of the sum- Norwalk, secretary of the religious school the Jr. League's House of SClence. C . mer ar their house on the Jersey shore. committee at the Temple, and studies piano necdctlt is JUSt toO far away," says Con~!e Scott 15 is a sophomore in high school' and Ftench. Their children are Ann 15, Hopkin! Hyslop so her daughter Sue as Tom 11 is in 6th grade. I17ilda (BiUie)' who had a recent European trip, Doug applied to Stan'ford and Scripps College Peck Bennet and Ed are looking forward 13 and Jon 9. for Women. Jay is in his fits~ ye~r ~,t to a trip to Mexico very soon. Billie does From Weston, Mass., Jean MacNeil The Webb School and at 15 IS 6. 2 . volunteer work for the Democratic Na- Berry wtites, "1 realized that I was push- Sally is 13 and Stevie 9. Day .1fItl~n tional Committee and plays a great deal ing my teen-agers into international friend- Wheeler has JUSt finished remodel 109 er ship travel groups because I really wanted of tennis. Her eldest son Marty is one of the shining lights of the basketball team parents: 100-year-old home and says ~ofd to go myself, so five children and 1 spent and president of the student council. Nat 109 With a teen-ager and a .2-year? k August in France, joined by Dick for simultaneously is mighty interestlOg. DIC Bigelow Barlow received. her Master's in the last two weeks. We loved it, the is 14 Kathy 11 May 9 and Bob 2. Day first time abroad for any of us." Gigi Education and is teaching at the Page School at Wellesley_ finds 'her outlet in LWV and on the ten.ms Hawke! lVat!on is Still teaching 5th grade, court. "After 20 long years, I'm returning directing a school chorus and planning 1946 to college," writes Gingor Talmon Rap~d to be an art supervisor next year. Her CORRESPONDENT; Mrs. William T. Ashton Her son Buck is a freshman at Duke a. Janet 18, won a full scholarship at Scripps (Jane Fullerton), Elm Knoll Farm R D both girls are honor students in junIOr College in Claremont as well as the Bank #4, Ballston Spa, N. Y. '.. high. h'j of America Ourstanding Smdent of South- Alice WiUgoos FergftJon and husband Marjorie Bolton Orr has moved to P I ad ern California award. Her other children delphia, where Bob has joined the Standar ate Doug, a high school junior, Judi in John went 10 miles back in the wilder_ ness nea.r Aspen via dog sled; the huskies Pressed Steel Co. \'V'e had a pl~s~nt 7th grade, Bruce in 5th. From Ethel dinner with them when we were VISltIDg Spro1~1 Felt! in Miami, "Son Stephen 14 and W Idge were both shown on their Xmas card. From Dallas Meemie Flagg Sue 117hite Frank this fall. Sue broke hel leg on a ski lift and has had to cance 34 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS herski trip to Austria. The Ashrons had doing "nothing" (i.e. no "good" work) ing at Mr. Holyoke, vocal and insrrumental a busy holiday, with Liz 17 home from but she did manage to help build three accompanying, one-day-a-week kindergarten The MacDuffie School for Girls and Bill additional rooms on their house while music at the College nursery school, and 15 practicingfor the high school ski team. caring for four boys, 4%, 3"%, and 2- a music session at Northampton State Barbieand Bob are both in junior high. year-old twins (not identical). Jan Hospital. Elmer and Liz McConoughey Simmons Eblen has moved to Wilton, Barker live in a lovely 45-year-old home 1947 Conn., where Bill is now Science Co- on Elizabeth Lake near Pontiac, Mich., CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.R. Leonard Kemler ordinator of the Wilton public school where Norman 10, Jenny 8, Jacqueline (Joan Rosen), 65 Norwood Rd., West system. They live in quite rural surround- 6 and Travis 2 can enjoy swimming, boat- Hartford17, Conn. ings and Jan likes it. Marion Lace Butler ing, skating and Ice-fishing. Liz is involved in PTA, Scours, church women's SusannahJohnson Walte1's writes from is teaching kindergarten and attending the Univ. of Virginia Graduate School activities and the Republican Club. Bill San Jose, Calif., that she was divorced in and Peggy Miller Newport have moved 1957, went to Hastings Law School that now that her twO oldest are in school and Skipper is in nursery school. Herb to a log cabin on Secret Lake in Avon, fall,graduated with an L.L.B. in 1960, took Conn. Lloyd and Ann Conner Newbegin the bar exam, worked as a research at- is a commander in the Navy and also has several Master Points in Bridge. Both had a marvelous vacation trip to the torney for a California Supreme Court Bahamas aboard their home, The Sea Ann, judgeand in April '62 assumed her present Butlers are raking French lessons. Since Bobby has been stationed at the CGA accompanied by their Siamese cats, Port title, Deputy District Attorney for the Phyllis Hammer Duin has been auditing and Starboard. city of Santa Clara in San Jose. Her posi- Jan Surgenor Hill writes of her family's tion keeps her in court wirh trial work courses at CC-genetics the first semester and cell biology second. busy ex-urban life in Granby, Conn. There a largepart of the time and she loves it. Bud and Minnette Goldsmith Hoff· is a large vegetable garden with sections Sue'schildren are David 16, a junior in heimer had a fall trip to Mexico City and for Elissa 9, Jamie 7, Robbie 6 and Susan high school, Kathy 14, a freshman, and points south. Clay and Kay VanSant 3, who sell their products at their own Susie 12, in 7th grade. Sue and the Spalding had a lovely summer at the roadside stand. Bob is working as a childrenwere in Connecticut this summer, Cape, where they were able to get in a landscaper, specializing in building walls wherethey saw Jeanne Herold Oler and reunion with Harlow and Joyce Silhavy and patios. He finds time to take the family. Vera Jezek DeMarco and John Ellis and Norm and Marilyn Shepherd family to Long Island Sound frequently. havebeen back in Washington, D. c., for Prentice. Clarke and Sally Whitehead Jan serves on the education committee for two years after having spent two years Murphy and their three children met Bob a private kindergarten and enjoys trying eachin Japan and Europe with a Wash- and Polly Lisbon Cowan while they both to resolve the opposing theories of pre· ington interval in between. John is a were cruising in the waters of Cape Cod school education. It was great fun seeing psychologist,working for the government. last summer. Gale Holman Marks has Nan Lou Parliament H$wkes and AI out Their love of travel took them to Mexico moved her family to Paris for the our wayan a business-vacation trip. for their vacation this summer. The academic year. Barry got a Fulbright Nolv Mercanton D'Aulnay and Jean, DeMarcoshave two children, a daughter award to lecture on American literature a graduate of Univ. of Paris Law School, in 2nd grade and a son in kindergarten. at the University of Lille in northern are living in Paris, where he is with a Vera spends her spare time after PTA, France. Dana goes across the street to the management consultants firm. The New ~WV, etc. studying languages and bowl- United Nations Nursery School every after- Yotk Times wedding portrait was lovely. mg. noon and Steve is attending the Ecole Penny Jones Grob has moved from Lynch- Joanna Swain Olsen of Renton, Wash., Bilangue, where he und~r:",:nt intensive burg, Va., to Cincinnati. Penny, John, reports that the Olsen family is deeply drilling in French before jommg the other Roger 7 and Helen 4 are now settled. involved in scouring. They enjoy racing French-speaking students 10. a wh~l1y Barbie Phelpl Shepard's husband Bruce on Lake Washington year round and con- French curriculum. Gale IS pursuing received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of tinue to frequent some of the former French calmly in a conversation class and Connecticut and is now educational admin- attractions of the Seattle Fair Grounds catastrophically in the markets. (for a istrator for the Ellington schools. The whichhave now become permanent Seattle while the smallest French weight she arrival of a third child eighteen months acquisitions. Jean Witman Gilpatrick had knew was a kilo). All of them are ago pur a temporary Stop to some of a reunion at her home this fall with Lois enjoying spending more time together now Anita Manasevit Perlman'! civic under- Johnson Filley, Ann McBride Tbolisen, that they find themselves away from takings. She continues handling publicity 9 children and husbands. Our three class- family, friends, TV, and commrrtees. for a children's theater series at the New mateshave known each other from kinder- Haven Jewish Community Center. Her garten through CC graduation and all 1950 family consists of husband Elliott, a three are married to college professors, CO_CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Frank L. dentist, Lissa 7, Andrew 5lh and Julia "happy choices all." Adamson (Susan Little), ~O Corte Toluca, Isadora. They are planning to build a Greenbrae, Kentfield, Calif. new home soon. Cathy Baldulin Simons 1948 Mrs. Ross S. Shade (Mary .Clark), 53 works in the Longmeadow Science Museum CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Merritt W. Olson Beach Drive, San Rafael, Calif. once a week, tutors high school students (Shirley Reese), 3716 Frazier Road, End- MARRIED: Noelle Mercanton. to Jean- in Spanish, and sits on local Jr. league well, N. Y. Louis d' Aulnay on Sept. 28 i!1Pans, France. board. Daughters Elizabeth and Victoria are 11 and 9. Husband Dick is president 1949 BORN' to Eugene and Blaise Hunt Metz- ger a 'fourth child, third daughter, A~n of family insurance agency. CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Harold K. Douthit Harrison, on May 6; to ~enry ~nd Chris- 1951 ]e. (Mary Stecher), 2930 Valley Lane, tine Holt Kurtz a fifth child, third daugh- Sandusky,Ohio CORRESPONDENT:Mrs. Robert P. Katz BORN: to Jarvis and Alice Fletcher Frey- ter, Virginia Alexander, on May 12.; to (Claire B. Goldschmidt), 10 Massapoug Thomas and Shirley Hossack Van Wmkle Ave., Sharon, Mass. mann a third child, second son, Jeffery a third child, second son, Thomas, on Kitchell, on Sept. 23. BORN: to Maks and Naomi Salit Birn- June 15; to Donee and Beth Youm~n bach a third child, second son, Norman ADOPTED: on Nov. 13 by Bill and Gieick a third child, first daughter, Eliz- Nancy Noyes Copeland a first son, Mat- Daniel, on Apr., 14, 1963; to Neil and abeth, on July 3; to Ri~hard and Joann Helen Pavlovich Twomey a fourth child, thew Noyes, born on Aug. 13. Cohan Robin a first chtld, DaVId Seth, Jan Crapo Harvey and Bob will ~e second son, Matthew Bryce, on July 27; on July 20; to Charles and Kathy Buck to Francis and Marilyn Whittum Gehrig, moving back to Wellesley Hills, Mass., m Larkin a fifth child, fourth son, Dale June, as he has been made general man- a daughter, Catherine Ann, on Dec. 2. Buck on Aug. 16. . k d ager of the Boston plant of jos. F. R~er- ADOPTED: by Julian and Elaine Fen- Jo~y Cohan Robin's little robin crac e terwald Perlman, a son Tom on Nov. 29. son & Son. The whole family, includmg h· gg on the day of the echpse. Joey 4 girls and two sets of boy-girl twins, is 1S Frank and Phyll Hoffman Driscoll are is e~chanted just being. a mo.mmy after thoroughly settled in Trenton, N. J., where looking forward to renewing old frien~- a busy spring of part-tUDe plano teach- ships in the east. Pat Manning Muller IS 35 MARCH 1964 they built a two-story colonial home just ride for Mona's children, Douglas 5lh move right after Karen's birth but enjoys the way they wanted it, when Frank was and Lisa 4. Mona was appointed assistant being in a house again with plenty of moved into the home office of the insurance professor in the psychology dept. at So. playmates nearby for older daughter company. They did keep their home in Conn. State College this year. She is now Julie. Doug and Kay Nelles McClure have Sea Girt for vacations, and last summer completing requirements for a Ph.D. at moved to Valley Cottage, N. Y., where had a small CC reunion there with Karl Bosron University. Roldah was hostess Doug is the new headmaster of the and Nancy Libby Peterson and their to the central N. J. CC Alumnae Club Rockland County Day School. Julie Clark daughter Patricia, Don and Ellie Tuttle for its fall dinner meeting and among has been made ass'r. secretary of the lfIade, Les and Chloe Bissell l ones and the 28 present, our Class was well repre- Wilmington Trust Co., where she has Brent and Viv lobnson Harries. In the sented by J eanne Tucker Zenker, Joan worked as a security analyst since gradua- fall for several years now this group (ex- Andrew J!7hite, Ginny Callaghan Miller tion. In September she took a two-week cept the Rhode Island Perersons) have (who has recently moved to a new house), vacation in Hawaii to visit her sister whose met to attend a football game at Princeton Mary Pennywitt Lester, Jt'S Shepherd husband is there with the Navy. Back and then have dinner together. Phyll has Freud, Jane Neely Scherer and Viv John- in Wilmington she is an enthusiastic kept busy with PTA, Conn. College Club son Harries. duplicate bridge player. Don and Libby of Princeton and the Jr. League. June Jaffee Bergin's family now num. Myers ltse spent the summer painting Karl and Nancy Libby Peterson have their new house inside and out. Their a new home in Newport, snuggled on bers four: Lester and Lynn in school, Cindy going on 4, and Serh 2 in March. Mill Valley, Calif., neighbors, Rolf and property of one of the famous Newport Harriet Hamilton Glas/eld, are simmer- "cottages:' Nancy's chief outside activity Len and June celebrated their 10th anniversary last spring with a trip to Nassau. ing down after a period of re-education last year was being personnel chairman following the arrival of their live-wire for the Board of Directors of Newport Naomi Salit Birnbach's baby is named after her late father whom some of us second son last spring. Ned and Zan Children's Home; Nancy is also on the Mink Bleecker are getting settled in Phila- board of the AAUW. In the fall the remember as one of our chapel speakers. The Birnbachs summered in Westport and delphia. Zan and Louise Durfee hope to Twomevs had a grand reunion with John be at Reunion. Betty Zorn Afettler writes and who were visit. visited campus, where Naomi noted the lo Willard NeJteruk, of tangled domestic politics from Hamden, ing in New Jersey. Pavy is busily in. need for an "ivy growing crash program" Conn., "I've been active in Republican valved with a Great Books discussion group, for some of the new buildings. In the politics, charter changes, etc. but my CC Alumnae Club, PTA and a planned small world department, Naomi has Democratic husband makes progress very return ~oon to part-time work in her field, r~cently bumped into Bunny Bowen, who difficult in this field." The oldest of occupational therapy. Bob and Bar Nasb Iives JUSt "an inch" away from her in Betty's three daughters is now in junior SfJllivan are settled in their new home in N.Y.C. Jane Keltie gave a luncheon for Darien. Bar has joined a singing group Sugar Sessions Spratley, who had accom- high school, while her son is just starring which travels all over Connecticut to places panied her husband on a business trip to kindergarten. My father's death this fall like old people's homes and hospitals New York in November. The guests were prevented my making rhe deadline for the performing blues, show tunes, spirituals Mary Pennywitt Lester, lo Appleyard last issue. After a semester of taking 11 and other lighr music. Sc~elpert, Ellie Holterrnana Rehman, Marge credits of teacher certification, I'm look- Betty Beck Barrett seems to have found Erickson Albertson, Nancy Clapp Miller ing forward to beginning my practice a settling-down place, since she Writes thar and. Roldah Northup Cameron. Jim and teaching in the new school just around jack is now the head of the dept. of Louue Stevens Wheatley will be coming the corner, which my two children attend. orthopedic surgery at the U. S. Air Force East at long last when Jim assumes a I hope to see you all at Reunion this Academy in Colorado Springs. Marilyn teaching post at Wesleyan in September. June! IVhittum Gehrig entertained Betty Gardner Before moving ro Puerto Rico last August, for a weekend in November. Lois Banks Beo Benenson Gasner sold a novel to AL- 1953 joined them one afternoon for lunch and fred Knopf which is expected to come CORRESPONDENT; Nancy Camp, 25 - 12~/2 the moon show at the Hayden Planetarium. OUt th~s sp~ing. Bobby Thompson Stabile East Place, N.W., Washington, D. C. Sue G,.ody Broumstein: is busy wirh a re- now lives In Pasadena, Texas. Pbyi Mc- Jerry and Joan Fluegelman Wexler have rum to school---eurrenrly taking a course Carthy Crosby has returned from Hawaii. been living in Leominster, Mass., for the in modern art and novel. For the first Ann Hotz lVaterhouse has moved to West past two years. jerry is with Selig Mfg. time Sue took a fling at skiing with her Vancouver, B. C. Carol Burnell Raney has Co., manufacturers of contemporary fur- boys, jeffrey.8% and Miles 7, during the a .new home in Alexandria, Va. Ethel Man- nitu re. Their children are Laurie 8, Winter vacanon. As Joan Gesner Bailey's vt~le Handy has left Connecticut for Far Debbie 7 and Billy 5. Joan is president family!s quite grown up now (Bruce 11% !'fIlls, .N. ]. LOt! Allen Saffeir is relocating of a private nursery school-kindergarten and rwms Brownell. and Conrad 10), Joan In PhIladelphia. .... in town, and a Brownie leader. Two years began to do substirure teaching last year ago they skied in Aspen, Colo., where On behalf of the class, we extend sincere at Milton (Mass.,') High School in joan saw Connie Duane Donahue, who sympathy to Pris Meyer Tucker on the loss English, French and Latin. She loves the of her mother. lives in Denver and is mother of four. wo~k and rep~:ms that house and family This past November jerry and joan joined thnve on partIal neglect. Helping to run 1952 her parents for a 9-day trip to Rome and a book fair for the elementary schools Paris. Judy Whitla Clinger and Bill and added to her busy schedule. CORRESPONDENT: Mrs. George M. Covert family are in Charlottesville, where Bil! (Norma Ned), 49 Blueberry Lane Avon !Juring the New York newspaper strike, Conn. ', has entered law school. Frarernizing with P,.JS Meyer Tucker'J Herald Tribune rhe "young 22-year-old college students" col~mn appeared on TV. Later, when her BORN: to Alan an Janice Weil Libman agrees with Judy. advlC.e on wearing a bikini broughr strong a second daughter, Karen, on july 22; N'f1~CY Camp, who lives in a most at- reaction from all over, Pris became to James and Jean Lattner Palmer a third tractIve Georgetown apartment, is teach- something of a celebrity and was a guest daughter, Suzanne Elwell on Sept 28' t ing her fifth year at the Potomac School on "To Tell the Truth." She looked every Herbert and ~lizabeth Lahm Helier ~i~ in Virginia. Roger and Bonnie MacGre- inch a fashion experr, slender as ever and daughters, Allee Lahm and Nina El'- gor Britt and their four children are very hair swept up in a French twist. Justine abem. on Oct. 15. 12 enthusiastic about rheir life in Minneapolis. Shepherd Freud, our Reunion chairman daughter Karen 4 jerry and Suzy Bloome,. Collins ha~e moved to Poughkeepsie the week befor~ Liz Lahm Heller's attends the Sarah Lawrence Nursery School. recently moved inca a new house JD Christmas. In October both jus and Jean Lattner Palmer moved this fall into a Bethesda, Md. They have three children RoMah Northup Cameron were among rutn-of-the-century house with gables and and Jerry is a trial lawyer in Washington. those invited to a luncheon for Mona a.mple room for her growing group of D. C. Sam and C. ]. Hirsch Ginder have Gfuta/son A[finito, given by her sister, rwo girls and live in Silver Spring, Md. ~1tt~~ women. Her archirect husband is Thelma Wyland '43. This trip to New Sam has recently completed his Master's Jersey was the occasion of the firsr train ~~c 109 to get at the necessary remodel 109. Jan 1Veil Libman made a hecti~ so with more time to themselves they hope to go to Our Reunion in June. 36 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ALUMNAE NEWS Al and Pat Chase Herbage and their Pacific. The Rogerses had a marvelous time CORRESPONDENT:Mrs.Richard E. Catron (Cynthia Rippey), 3163 So. Gaylord Sr., three boys have moved from Florida to en route to Japan. In Japan they have Annapolis,Md., and are delighted with done a lot of sightseeing and, quoting Englewood, Colo. 80110 their new location. Ann Hutchison, still Lyn, "I love poking around the little BORN: to Dirck and MufJy l'(1illiamson in N. Y. C, loves her job with the shops and I've survived the bad roads, Barhydt a third child, second daughter, Saturday Evening Post. John and Jane driving 00 the left, and the crowds of Jane Whitney, in February, 1963; to Muddle Ftmkhouser, now living in Weston, people." Daughter Janice is in 2nd grade Dick and Jane Grosield Smith a third Mess., happily announced the adoption and Brownie Scouts, and Richard is 2. child, first son, James Andrew, on June of a little girl in December. Their two lew and Barbara Pooiolee Hayes have 5 in Derby, England; to Bill and Polly boys are as thrilled as they. Dick and bought a small avocado grove five miles Haebler Van Dyke a third daughter, Ellen Anne Becker Egbert still enjoy the excit- outside Fallbrook, Calif., and with their Haebler, on Sept. 6; to Ray and Dorothy ing life of N. Y. C. Their first son, three children have enjoyed "country liv- Beek Kinzie a second"daughter, Dorothy third child, was born in October. Betty ing" since last April. Lew still travels Donley (to be known as Dee Dee), on A-nn Schneider Ottinger and family live a great deal on his job with American Oct. 31; to Dick and Cynthia Rippey in Washington, D. C. Richard is with Cyanamid, while Barbie enthusiastically Catron a daughter, Andrea Reid, on Nov. the Peace Corps. Beverly (Jinx) Church cares for avocados. 26; to Arne and Henny Jackson Schoeller Geblmever is as artistic as ever from the Mar Robertson Jennings and Bob spent a fourth child, third son, Arne Landmark looks of her Christmas card-a darling six exciting weeks in Europe last spring, Jr. on Dec. 3; to Howard and Betsy Kassel drawingof her three child ten. Mal and having been in Rome at the time of the Brown a second daughter, Sarah Murray, Jeannie Noyes Groves had a wonderful Pope's funeral and in London at the break on Dec. 6. nip to Europe last summer. They have of the Christine Keeler scandal. They Jane Grosield Smith and family have five children and live in Darien, Conn. covered a great deal of ground, including spent much of the past year travelling Christine Rinehart Basham is with NBC- Germany, Greece, the French provinces. after Dick was awarded a fellowship in TV in Washington and her husband Bob is doing free-lance writing and Mat hand surgery. After six months in Los writes for the Evening Star. They live does volunteer work for the blind via the Angeles, they braved the first part of in Alexandria, Va. Los Angeles Children's Bureau. Dona 1963 without central heating in Derby, Mimi McCorison M01/-rkas (115 May- Mclntosh Buchan and Pete returned to England. During April, prior to James' fair Drive, Pittsburgh, Penn.) is a busy Denver for the holidays but expect to arrival, the four Smiths toured the Con- mother of four and our busy Vice Pres- spend another year in Germany. Marcia tinent. With the family now back in ident. As head of our Class Reunion com- Ber-nstein Siegel is enjoying her apart- White Plains, Dick is practicing in Man- mittee she is doing a marvelous job, but ment in Brooklyn Heights and finds her hattan, where he has been appointed Chief she needs the support of all of you. job as registrar at Clark Center for the of Hand Surgery at the Hospital for Joint Please send her information on family, Performing Arts most interesting. She Diseases. The baby's sisters are Lisa 7 jobs, activities for our class booklet. often enjoys going to dance concerts and and Tracey 5. Polly Haebler Van Dyke Judy MOrJe Littlefield, now working at Broadway plays. Nan Evans Guthrie and works hard still as vice-president of Bell laboratories in the Computer Depr., her boys spent a great deal of 1963 at Planned Parenthood in Milwaukee. Her is our Treasurer. Please answer her re- home in Reading, Pa., due to her mother's tWO older girls are Kathryn Ann 6 and quest for dues promptly so we can make illness. Husband John, Nan and their Helen Deborah 37'2. Minneapolis dwellers our Reunion the best one ever. Don't four boys returned to spend Xmas with Arne and Renny Jackson Schoeller have forgetJune 12-14 and do plan to attend! her father in Reading. A chance meeting been transforming their elderly cellar into last summer between Ann Dygert B.,ady a playroom; in addition Arne is active 1954 and Nancy Maddi Avallone at the fresh on the school board and in politics and CO-CORRESPONDENTS:Mrs.Raymond E. produce section of the Ac.m.e~n Annapolis Heney continues to work with puppets and Engle (Claire Wallach), Box 35, Penni- resulted in some fun rermrnscmg for both. Children's Hospital. The Christmas mail cott Road, Quaker Hill, Conn. Cinny Linton Evans' husband Bill is rak- brought a photograph of Ned, Molly and Mrs.William S. Burlem (Elizabeth Sager), ing a civilian residency. in . Aerospace David, children of Houghton and Mary 1700Miguel, Coronado, Calif. Medicine at Ohio State University and the Davis Ca" of Cazenovia, N. Y. Ned, to BORN: to Dick and Sally Stecher Hol- Bvanses enjoy life in Columbus. Son Bill whom Mary has taught braille, is learn- lington a third child, first son, in October. 5% is in kindergarten and Carolyn is 2¥.!. ing fast enough to keep up with his Christmas cards brought not only cheer Cinny often sees Jan Gross Jones. regular 2nd grade classmates. Molly is a but also great enthusiasm for our Ter/an- While in San Francisco for a few days klndergartener and David is 2lh. Tremulous Tenth coming up in June. We last fall, your West Coast corres~ondent Carol Hilton Reynolds missed Reunion hope you too will be heading for New got in touch with Pam Ken~ l...d4~ III Palo because Marvin's military reserve schooling London to renew old friendships and get Alto and Nina Lane Payne 10 Mill Valley. coincided. David and Ma.,ilyn (Skip) acquainted with our "new" campus. Re- The Laaks' children include Bruce 6lJ2 Smith Hall are involved in multi-faceted union plans are outstanding-now its and in 1st grade, Kristin 47'2, Kent 3 church youth and mission work in Con- successdepends on YOU. and Colin born on Nov. ], 1962. Nina necticut. Skip, mother of 3rd grader Courageous Cindy Fenning Rehm and and son Eric enjoy bicycling around the Elizabeth and Ist grader Davy, participated Jack chose Dec. 23 to move to the "giant countryside and three mornings a week in the March on Washington, and will old house" they bought in Scarsdale, N. Y. she teaches at the nursery school that graduate in June from the University of Daughter Lisbeth is enrolled at the Child Eric attends. Jan Smith Post has a Hartford. Sue McCone has had a lengthy Study Center at the College of New lovely new home in Middlebury, Conn., session of recuperating from surgery per- Rochelle. In spite of household chores, which the four members of the POSt formed during the summer. Hal and caring for husband and three little ladies, family are enjoying no end . .Jan rook the Dona Bernard Jensen and their three girls Cindy still finds time to work with the provisional Jr. League course 10 Waterbury have a new home in Austin, Texas, and blind at the Lighthouse and to write in the fall. Hsrriets Callaway Cook, John, are beginning to feel less like recent trans- for the Junior League newspaper. The daughters Marion and K~ren and so~ plants and more like residents. From Rehms spent a delightful week vacation- John took their annual trip to Pauley s Florida Shirley Smith Earle tells of teaching in Southampton last August, and dur- Island, S. C, this summer. Casey says, ing four ballet classes in addition to ing the summer had dinner with Bob and "The rest of our summer was spent on raking lessons herself. .In July .she and Mary Lee Matheson Larsen, who were the lake enjoying----of all things----our Skip, Cynthia 3 and Alison .1 WIP move visiting in Connecticut. In July a gay houseboat. Never knew anything could to Weston, Mass., where Skip WIll prac- reunion was held by Cindy, Lasca Hese be such fun." tice pediatrics part time while working Lilly and Sally Stecher Hollington. The Class extends its deepest sympathy on a fellowship at Boston Children's Lyn johnson Ragen and Dick have to Nan Evans Guthrie on the loss of her Hospital. Peripatetic Dick and Necia been living in Yokohama, Japan, since mother on Sept. 7th. Byerly Doyle and baby Jim are in Tokyo last July. Dick is the staff legal officer 1955 with IBM; the traveling they do reads for the Commander, Fleet Air Western 37 MARCH 1964 like the World Atlas. Betsy Kassel Brown, second daughter, Elizabeth, on Oct. 5; to College Club of Rochester. Tap, Tappy whose husband is publisher of the Keno- Seymour and Joan Schwartz Beehler a 3 rd 5, Andrew 3 and Joan nrood Stephen- sha, Wis., News, lists among her interests son, Robert, on Oct. 28; to Stew and son are settled in an English Tudor-type the Junior Woman's Club, hospital Emily Graham Wright a third child, Peter house in Swampscott, Mass. Joan has library volunteer work, and the Kenosha Graham, in October; to We and Judy seen JrJdy Allen Summersby and little Symphony League board. Clark Smultea a daughter, Mary Ann, in David. Lynn Post Northrop's husband December. Doug has been promoted to assistant pro- 1956 fessor at Ripon College. Lynn stretches CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. D. Graham After a summer of travelling from Amsterdam to Amman, Helene Zimmer rhe hours our between Christopher 3, McCabe (Jacqueline Jenks), 4810 Grayton, Jennifer 1, French courses, basketball with Detroit 24, Mich. of Oakdale, Conn., returned to the Half Hollow Hills School to teach German and the faculty women's team and rhe Ripon Mrs. Norris (Elearnor Erickson), W. Ford Spanish. She further busies herself being Women's Club for which she furthers Box 243, RFD 1, Mount Kisco, N. Y. department chairman of foreign languages, her college mathematical endeavors and acts as treasurer. BORN: to Leroy and Barbara Jenkinson recording secretary of the Teachers Ass'n, Greenspan a second child, first son, David treasurer of the regional German Teach- Rachel Adams Lloyd of Hamilton, Andrew, on Oct. 12; to Al and Joan ers Ass'n, and active in the local Conn. N. Y, acts in plays at Colgate University, Mikkelsen Etzel a third child, second son, College Club. Also busy in alumnae affairs is where Jim, Ph.D. from Cornell in Janu- James Adman, on Feb. 8, 1963; to Martin Sandy l'V'eldon Johnson of Park Ridge, ary 1963, is assistant professor of physics; and Skip Rosenhirsch Oppenheimer a Ill., second vice-president for the Chicago helps to manage a cooperative nursery daughter, Marcy, on Feb. 23, 1963; to Bill Connecticut group. She and her husband school in which her daughter Becky 3 and Sally l'V'hittemore Elliott a son, David Ken, parents of a peppy z-vear-old son is enrolled; and sews for herself, Becky Whittemore, on Jan. 23, 1963; to Walter Mark, devoted their extra time to re- and Erica 1. From Rio de Janeiro Ann and Sally Dawes Hanser a third child, first modelling the interior of their house. Stoddard Saunders writes that Caroline 4 daughter, on June 4; to Kenneth and Katie Lindsay of St. Charles, Il1., is Master and Hank 1 have limited her and Wes' Ellen Wineman Jacohs a second child, first of the Du Page Hunt Club, youngest travelling bur they have managed a few son, Thomas Wineman, on Jan. 7, 1963; master of a hunt in the country. Joan short trips around Brazil and found it to Ronald and Joy Shechtman MankofJ a Stevens Bingham moved in 1962 fcom fascinating. Wes soon finishes his assign- second son; Douglas Frank, on June 12; Washington, D. c., to Louisville, Ky., ment as exchange officer at the Brazilian to Ted and Betty Ann Smith Tylaska where her husband Worth works for the Naval Academy where he reaches English a second son, Timothy Thomas, on Oct. Looisoille Coerier-Ioarnel. Mother of and then back to New London for sea 29; to Phil and Ellie Burman Herman Clara 1, Joan is planning ahead and teying duty. Since 1962 Ernie and Nancy Gron- a second child, first son, Andrew Michael, to start a Montessori nursery school in her dona Richards have been in Niirnberg on Nov. 15. area. In addition she's chairman of a Germany, where Ernie, a docror, is serv- Elise Hofheimer l'V'right is currently group at the museum concerned with ing his term with the Army. In Novem- interested in the historic preservation of getting more contemporary art to Louis. ber Richard and Lainie Diamond Bermea Richmond, Va., and went to Washington ville. John and Meg Weller Harkins have of Fort Lee, Va., flew to Spain for a two last October for the National Trust for returned from a year in Lugano, Switzer- weeks' vacation via a free Air Force Historic Preservation annual meeting. She land, where John taught English at The flight. occasionally sees Mary McNamara Goggin, American School. Following a summer who is a lawyer in Washington, D. C. ~ program directors at a children's camp 1958 Cynthia Korper Porter is living with her 10 New Jersey, they bought a house in CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Richard Parke son John 2:1;2 in West Hartford for a ~orwalk, Conn., and John went back to (Carol Reeves), Apt., 4-C, 309 West 104rh year while her husband Jack is in Vietnam his post at Darien High Schoo1. Meg, s-, New York, N. Y. 10025 advising an Engineer Battalion and work. whose children are Kate 4 and Andrew Mrs. Edson Beckwith (Jane Houseman), ing on road and airstrip construction. 2, devotes much time to LWV. Also a 215 West 92nd Sr., New York, N. Y. Janet Torpey is still working as supervisor leag~e member,. on the Board, is Linda 10025 of records and research in the personnel Roh~tJ:son Harr~s of Riverside, Conn. department of the American Broadcast- MARRIED: Ann McCoy to William Mor- Robbi and her husband Chris have two rison on Sept. 14. ing Co. in New York and has been kept children, Kim 6 and Stephen 5. Chris BORN: to AI and busy with her job as president of the commutes to a job with the Viking Syd lt7rightson Tib- N. Y. Connecticut College Alumnae Club. Press in N.Y.C. betts a second daughter, jennifer Anne, Joyce Bagley Rheingold moved to Rye, on June 8; to Gordon and Ann Frank N. Y., last fall. Her husband Paul is Nini ..Cuyler Worman's h u s b and Potts a son, David Andrew, on July 24; associated with a law firm in N. Y. C. Thanel is associated with the town news. co Alan and Sue Ecker lt7oxenberg a son, Joyce Schlacht Scher's husband Marrin paper in Franklin, Vr., where they live Scott Steven, on June 13; to Ger and has just been made a partner in a law with daughters Miranda and Nancy Evelyn Evatt Salinger a second son, Peter firm in Mineola, 1. 1., which engages Sally Hargrove is with the Yale Press i~ Evatt, on July 14 in Brazil. in the practice of labor Jaw and labor ~ew Haven. In December Dunster Pettit BORN: to Brad and Pat Ashbaugh Huhert relations. They have a son David 2. brought her teacup and toothbrush" to a second daughter, Jennifer Christine .on B?ston from Washington, D. C. In August Nov. 29. Ilie and Judy Clark Smultea moved north 1957 other daughter, linda, fr?m Berkeley to Trinidad, Calif., 17 Pat Hubert's CO-CORRESPONDENTS: Mrs. Edmund A. is 3. Pat is the only '58er in rhe Birm- ill!les from Humboldt. State College, where leFevre (Nancy Keith), 1500 North ingham, Mich., CC Club. Evelyn Evatt Broom St., Wilmington 6, Del. 19806 Ilie teaches. Now m Lutherville Md are Toni Garland Marsh and Barry. wh" Salinger, soon to return to the U.S.A., Mrs. Richard W. Purdy (Nancy Stevens), tells of their last months in Brazil as 16 Acron Road, Brookl ine 46, Mass. has taken a new job there. In the' earl~ su~mer Charles and Jane Buxton Brown Ger finishes his work in the low·tem- BORN: to Worth and Joan Stevens SWItched from Brookline, Mass., to Balti. perature lab he set up there, of visits to Bingham a daughter, Clara, on Jan. 26, more, Md., where he's a pathologist Iguaco Falls (Iarger than Niagara), the 1963; to Doug and Lynn Post Northrop Come July they'll pack again and trek t~ Amazon and the new capitol, Brasilia. a daughter, Jennifer Lynn, on Feb_ 15, Atlanta, Ga. Jane, mother of Peter 5 She adds, "The death of President Ken- 1963; to Alan and DONe Ferae Marshall an~ 3, plans t

Done Vour Part in tlte 1963-.r64 Alumnae Annual (jiving Program

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No. Alumnae Amount % Class No. Alumnae Amount % Class

152 $ 843.00 25.6 1919 58 $1,958.09 32.5 1941 158 2,245.63 18.3 1920 58 165.00 17.2 1942 135 685.00 24.4 1921 35 1,175.00 31.4 1943 120 823.00 23.3 1922 35 346.00 31.4 1944 1945 149 1,179.40 26.1 1923 76 515.00 28.9 169 1,095.00 17.7 1924 79 394.00 18.9 1946 153 660.00 15.0 1925 62 317.00 35.4 1947 179 2,555.00 15.0 1926 70 842.00 27.1 1948 179 804.00 21.2 1927 100 682.00 25.0 1949 188 595.00 18.0 1928 122 1,651.00 25.4 1950 149 1,908.50 28.8 1929 96 460.00 20.8 1951 1952 183 2,158.00 22.1 1930 100 5,454.00 22.0 152 761.00 24.3 1931 124 1,675.00 16.9 1953 155 542.00 25.1 1932 105 567.00 21.8 1954 140 1,172.00 25.7 1933 107 275.00 16.8 1955 167 656.00 23.3 1934 110 297.00 18.1 1956 161 454.50 18.0 1935 110 725.56 23.6 1957 1958 139 197.00 13.6 1936 126 372.00 15.8 175 278.00 16.5 1937 130 502.00 23-8 1959 156 3,365.20 21.1 1938 128 505.00 19.5 1960 1961 153 271.00 13.0 1939 124 964.75 21.7 203 352.80 21.9 1940 146 540.00 19.8 1962 1963 238 253.00 13.4

FIgures as of January 16, 1964