ellt6lt!l «ollcgc N ewG Vol. LI WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, MAY 21, 1944 No. 28 Miss Henderson Hear s Alumnae Omit 1898 Establishes Institute Here ILC Discuss Security, Fund Honoring Admiral Jacobs Will Consider Post-War Employment Reunions; Hold EJi;:.-Dean Ewing Addresses 1944 Students' Aid Society announces Miss Julia Henderson, College that the most significant Fund es­ 1944 Election Personnel Officer and Lecturer in Annual Meeting tablished, is the Mary Cross Ewin.,. At Graduation Political Science, attended the In­ Loan Fund in honor of the retir': Alumnae spent the commence­ "Issues of Democracy in the ternati0nal Labor Conference in ing Dean of Rochester. This was V ardoulakis, Marshall. ment weekn· Margaret Pierson, Chemistry; week. The nine evening and Sun­ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1j Miss Helen Mansfield '18, Alum­ Barbara Pollard, Spanish· Barbara .J ay meetings open to the public form with t he by-laws of th( Reese, . P!iysics, Chemi~try and will featlll'e additional visiting -~~-o-~~~ nae Fund Secretary, was intro- 4Jumnae Ass.~ a tio.n._in_rn~,..r....,· d'-l-_.;:;.M;.."'- )~m!lt1cs; M~rilx!l. ~r it~ cu:a·-e1 amvr!J,:. w l1v1 are -;11rl o --- Yen, Chinese education; Dr. Mar­ ~59 -Seni~rs Jo i~k s Luncheon followed, held in the English Literature and French. garet Mead, director of the Wel­ dining rooms of Tower Court and Choir F eatured in '44 The following girls graduaJted lesley School of Community Af­ Of Alu mnae Association with depa1·tmental honors: fairs, and David Lewis, National Severance. There were greetings Baccalaureate Vesper s Lotte Adler, Spanish; Mary Secretary, Canadian Common­ Out of the 279 students in the from the classes celebrating· their The usual musical program was wealth Federation. twenty-fifth and fiftieth year an­ Cnmdon, Chemistry; Honey Fried­ Senior class, 259 girls, or 92 % , the feature of this year's bac­ man, Political Science; Barham Conference members will live at have contributed to the Alumnae niversaries, given by Miss Mary calaureate vespers, which were Stone-Davis Hall. All the facili­ Hoskins, Botany; Elena MacKay, Fund and become members of the Herrick '94 and Mary Crane Cam­ held in the Chapel, Saturday English Literature; Mary Vardou­ ties of the college - the class Alumnae Association, givmg a eron '19. This was followed by a night, May 29 . Capt. McAfee led rooms, the lake, with boats and lackis, English Com,position; Jean total of $692. The average gift toast to Mrs. Haffenreff er, rend­ '44's last services in the chapel Werner, Botany. swimmfog dock, the tennis courts per person, about $2.70, is higher ered by Miss Elizabeth Manwar­ before commencement. The choral and neighboring golf links, as well than has been contributed for some ing for the faculty, by Miss offerings were directed by Miss Candidates for graduate honors as opportunities for hiking, mu­ years. The campaign for mem­ Harriet Cuhnan Monroe for Mrs. MacDonald, director o~ Choir. received :their degrees at Com­ sic, dancing, and dramatics-will bership in the Alumnae Associa­ Haffenreffer's class, by Judge Sara The Reverend Boynton Men-ill, mencement. They are: be offered for recreation between tion was carried on by eleven team Soffel for the trustees, and Mrs. trustee of the college, addressed sessions. captains, each representing a Mildred Hunter Brown for the the graduates at the Baccalaure­ Master of Science in Hygiene Non-residents may attend for house, with two or three in the Students' Aid Board. In closing, ate, April 20, at 11 o'clock. and Physical Education: Mary $10 a week or pay single admis­ larg·er houses. Out of these eleven Captain McAfee, as a representa­ The Rev. Merrill is Minister of June Brasted, Martha Blair Elliott, sions. $20 covers the entire cost captains, seven came through with tive of the administration, toasted the First Congregational Church Sylvia Fabricant, Betty Mary of a four day weekend, board, one-hundre

while investment. Can those who have not been fortunate enough to have her "book­ Free Press ~elleslepefollege J}etu~ larnin' " put faith in t his educated being? All contribu tions f or this column . must be signed with the full name Beyondthe Camp.;i Member ' As we look at '44 as our friend ·, we say, of the author. Initials or numer al~ "surely she can accept such a challenge ." We will be used i f the writer so by Bar bara Scott 1 J:\ssociated Colle5iate Pres\ desires. I can only hope, at the same time, that the less T he E ditors do not hold them­ Distributor of The recent death of Secretary profound and seemingly trivial exhibitions of selves r esponsible for statemen ts of t he Navy Knox leaves a very in this co lumn. important position in the Cabinet Colle 5iate Die>est education- the songs and skits and prom-plan­ Con tribu tions should be in t he REPJCtllSltNTliD FOR NAT IONAL ADVERTISI N G BY unfilled. Knox'1s death may even ning-are bu t one facet of a Wellesley product. hands of the 'Editors by noon on have a definite effect on the NoY­ National Advertising Service, Inc. S unday. Owing to space limi­ .College Publishers RePresentaJi.11e emher election. F or, it is rumor P. d tations, let ters should be limited that Commander Stassen of the 420 MADISON AVE. NEW Y.ORK, N . Y . to 200 words. CHICA•O ' B OSTON • LOS ANGEL!S • S AN f RA.H CI SC:.0 navy is bein g- considered to till -----<>-·-- the vacated post. Although t his To the E ditor : is st ill in the r umor stage, there _WELLESLEY, MASS., MAY 21 , 1944 Valuable Routine The notice sent out recently by is a gr eat possibility that it m ay the Dean of Residence has served become fact. If Stassen is ap­ Published weekly, September to J~ne . excep t during A we pack our last ·uitcase and pile up the pointed a nd accepts the a ppoint ­ examinations a nd sch ool vacation periods. b y a board of not to clarify, but to increase even students of W ellesley Colleg e. Subscriptions t wo dolla 1·s book in our storage boxes, any retrospective ment , it will remove from the Re­ per annum in advance. Single copies six cents each. further the bewilderment of most publican race another important All con t r ibu tions should be in the N ews office by 12 noon glance over the pa t year's activities and pleas­ people concerning the housmg sit­ candidate. Sta'Ssen, though his Monda y at t he latest, a nd should be a d dressed to Pat_nc1a L a uber. All advertising m a tter should be m the b us mess ure is bound to be tinged with regret. Some­ uation for next year. We know following- by no means equals that office b y 11 :00 A. M. Saturday . All Alu m nae news of Dewey, does have a fairly good shou ld be sent to t he Alumna e Office, W ellesley , Mass. how this nost algic feeling has got it elf con­ there must be r easonable an swers chance of winning the nomination Entered as second-class m a tter, Oct ober 10, 1919. a t to our questions, but we don't un­ the Post Office a t W ellesley B ranch, Boston. M as ~ .. under fo sed with even our idea on dormitory work. or at least making it a little harder the act of Ma r ch 8. 1879. Accepta ~ c e f o ~ m a tlrng a t derst and why official not ices are for Dewey. Stassen's removal special r a tes of postage provided for m sect10n 1103. Act There was a certain satisfaction, after all, in would be a definite blow to liberals of October 1, 1917. authorized October 20, 1919. so hazy, and why t hey seem so knowing that you had fu rnished sustenance to illogical. in the Republican party. E DITORIAL BOARD r.ri the first place, Pomerc-y is to Most Republican liberals do not Editor-in-Chief ...... P a tr icia _La u ber :45 two tables at breakfast, thus giving them like Dewey. Some of them had Managing Editor ...... E lea nor Gn esemer 4~ be opened next fall, and t he News Editors ...... J a ne Aufse s~er ' 4a strength to carry on through a hard day of r esidents of Beebe moved t here to placed t heir hope on Wlillkie. When Selm a L evme ' 45 a llow F reshmen t o occupy Beebe. , he withdrew from the r ace, they F eature Editor ...... Ma ry J a ne :Foster : £~ classes; it was fun for the bell-girls, those 1r!ake-U p Editor ...... J oyce R ubenstem , The grounds for this, we are in­ switched their support to Stassen. L iter a ry Editor ...... Sar ah J. Manley .\5 spreaders of light and sunshine (in the form formed, are that the othe1· Quad who seemed to be n earest thing Depa rtment Editor ...... ~ar y yogel .: houses hold 90 people, and Beebe to liberal in the party. If by any Associa te Editors ...... Lepa1 Robmson , 5 of telephone calls of course) to shout down a T er ry de Gra ce 45 only 80, and t hat the smallest pos­ chance Stassen ·Y'\ - d.1JV'..> i:.lu..:o Lh~ po:;t war pen0<1. ~m phasis ... --.LJ.!:, \..i .1 <::tn~~ . .... __ .._,...... u. 01·e t.Ji.a.o..Nil ... ~ ... ~ l.J , ~ \' v • ., .a..1...&. vuue a.1::, arn 1:1,nuLner year nas rolled by. lt College ever expect to r elieve was placed on the position of the remember the class of '44 as all other classes has been a good year in many ways, a bad the double-decker situation? The young veteran at the close of the are remembered-for the individuals in it, one in others. But the fa ct remains that if statement says, "The large size of war, and provisions which should the three upperclasses makes it be made for his reintegration into rather than for what the class stood for as a necessary to use as many double­ we are Seniors, our college undergraduate days both the college and bu1siness whole. are over, and if we are not, t hat one more year deckers as had already been world. planned for at the opening of There arP. many groups which We shall mis their cars and their clowning is safely behind us. If we look back over the College," (and the new Freshman hold conventions, then go. home -skits of janitors and maids at the job on that year there are a lot of things that we'd like class is at least as large). "When and promptly forget everything Cazenove is opened the crowding that was said. USSA has proved stay-in-bed morning; striped blazers and "tour­ to do over again, to do better. Knowing that will be relieved as far as possible." itself not to be t hat type of group. ing back in 1901." We'll keep humming I we can't go back, we look forward instead to "When Cazenove is opened the It definitely believes in action. It crowding shou ld be relieved com­ Think I'll Take a Weekend and Soldier With believes in doing rather than say­ next year and the accomplishments we hope plet ely, because then all the Col­ ing. Student _groups have always the Fifteen Shoe. Starting war bond auctions to achieve in it. lege dormitories as well as the been exceedingly important, per­ new village ones will be in use. with ensigns for sale, and proms in Tower Let us not, however, in looking ahead, forget haps not as important in this But Caz will help only slightly, be­ country as abroad. There is cer­ Court's Great Hall are '44 innovations. about the summer, which is neither a time to cause it is comparatively small. tainly a definite place for them. Even with Porn opened we find new Each individual had her own ideas. We put the academic deliberately away from us, The future of our nation depends double-deckers being installed in on the youth of today and the at­ shall miss the long talks with the seniors, their nor to think of it occasionally with the idea houses such as Munger. Why does titude which they develop while the College admit more students young. USSA is meeting the chal­ philosophies on Wellesley's educational system, that with no effort on our part, "assimilation" than it has room for? Double­ the virtues and vices of generals, and the do's --that vacation-weary word-is taking place. deckers do not make the living of lenge.offered to the youth of today, two people in a single room much and is showing the world that and don'ts of an honor system. It does not, unless we make a definite effort easier. when we take our place as citizens With '44's individualities and ideas, each to see that it does. With this in mind, the students we will be prepared to establish the kind of world in which we wish member will go out and do something different. of today see before them not the Any vacation, but especially the summer one prospect of necessary double-deck­ to live. Being out of college will be entirely foreign since it is longer, is th~ time to check up on, ers for this year, or for the dura­ fr0m being in a relatively small community tion of the war, but for many Jane Dice Carman '46 and supplement what we have studied. It is years after. Perhaps officials will where it is possible to make oneself felt and the time to think back over our lit our phil say the problems of residence are Wins Wing Poetry Prize one's ideas listened to. What part can an ' ' up to them, and are not the busi­ A '46 poet, Jane Dice Carman, our ec and soc, our history and all the other ness of the students, but the stu­ educated woman play in her community? has been awarded the Flor ence courses in whi ch it is possible to become adept dent body is certainly concerned Annette Wing Memorial Prize for Everyone knows the white-headed jacitor in at juggling words which we do not really under­ with it, and would deeply and re­ Lyric Poetry for her poem Night. spectfully appreciate enlighten ­ Jane is the second winner of this Founders. While chatting with a student, he stand. It is the time to see if the ideas which ment, especially as the actions of prize which was established by mentioned his reasons for taking a job in one we have encountered stack up favorably against the officials seem to conflict with Mabel Wing Castle '87 in memory their stated policies. of her sister. of Wellesley 's dormitories in 1917 in lieu of those conditions which really exist. It is the Sincerely yours, "NIGHT" returning t o a shoe factory that was willing to time to do away with verbalisms. It is the '46 ----0- --- It was dark; out walked the-child, pay him twice the wages Wellesley offered. time to learn from actual experience, to store The night was ghostly, the air was mild. "It's ni cer to work for educated people. They away kno ~ l e dge which will help us to under­ Alumnae Notes · understand. Now t ake .me for inst ance. If I stand what we shall study in books and class MARRIEn: Darkness s w i r 1 i n g above the .Juli.a H. Sch aefer '43, to Lt. E lliott ground, D . B lumen th a l Jr., U . S. Army Med­ had any authority given me, it would go to rooms in the years to come. ical Corns. Breathed over the earth without my head. But educated people know how to The Seniors will learn whether or not a col­ ENGAGED: a sound. E l e~ no r Ma ry :Fletcher '43, to E n­ use authority nicely. That's why I've st ayed lege education is of value, where it falls down, s ign Thom.as Sea b u ry Cra w, U .S. .R. It brushed the trees, it choked at Wellesley so long ... I 've seen a lot of stu­ and how it could have been better. It is their the moon; In the heart of the child, there dents come and go." The implication of his job to see that the same mistakes do not re­ College Notes played a tune. closing words was that the many he has seen occur in future generations. Those of us who ENGA GE D: Gloria Campbell ' 45, to L t. Lou is Of sadness, of wonder . . • The are promising "leaders" because of their being have not yet graduated must discover what we Ma rengo, U.S.A.A.F., Califor nia '42, earth was still. H a r vard B usiness School ' 43. Not even in day had he seen that formally educated. are lacking in. It is our job to return to col­ hill. The simple and direct, honest statement of lege with clearer ideas of what college should RED CROSS Lying so huge, so darkly quiet, a man who knows Wellesley well ought to serve be, and to make it that. It is our job to see -The seven Village houses - A falling star in brilliant riot. as a challenge to this year's graduating class. Washington, Little, Eliot, Webb, to it that we graduate with more than "dreams Noanett, Crofton, and Elms-have Of glory stabbed his eyes with Each one ought to look at herself squarely and theories'' in our heads. donated $15.52, money remaining light and decide whether her education was a worth- The time is now. from the fund for Village Dances, And the child ran quickly, fearing to the Red Cross. the night. WELLESLEY, MASS., MAY 21, 1944 3 Strictly Married And Engaged Seniors, 1944. MARRIED J ane Argyle to Lieut Neal Snyder, A.U.S. Scuttlebut •• Elizabeth Balch to Lieut. Henry Wise Hobson Jr., A.U.S. Elizabeth Barker to Lieut. (j.g.) Albert Vinal Jr., U.S.N. Little-used Navy muscles got Marilyn Barr to Ensign Daniel C. Hamilton, U.S.N.R. quite a workout in the Hazard Charlotte Davidson to Lieut. William. H. Dennen, U.S.M.C. Quadrangle skip fest last week. Charlotte Evans to Lieut. Pierre Boucheron, A.U.S. Skip rope master of ceremonying Rosalind Friedman to Pvt. Seymour R. Shalek, A.U.S. Joan Haldimand to Robert Seaman, M.l.T., '44. was handled by "Gramps" Grit­ Gloria Ham to Ensign Richard W'. Swanson, U .S.N.R. man, the executive of the senior Margaret Holmes to Lieut. Richard Hammel, U.S.N.R. class, ably assisted by his side­ June Holbert to Lieut. (j.g.) Herman F. Loebl, U.S.N. boys, Goff and Urquhart. These Jane Kennedy to T / S John L. Kim,mey, A.U.S. Helen King to H. L. Freyn. boys were a little bit put out Gertrude Kingdon to 2nd Lieut. Frank A. Behrle, A.A.F. when they learned that all their Betty Kolb to J . Halcombe Laning Jr. training would go for naught. Joanne Larson to Lieut. Robert Jobson, A.U.S. Rope skipping just couldn't be Mary Kathryn Leonard to A / C John B. Rosenquest Jr., A.U.S. Martha Longyear to Ensign George R. Stevenson, U.S.N.R. substituted for calisthenics. Martha Lynch to Ensign John Prescott Wiske, U.S.N. Navy men have been wondering Lila Manfield to Lieut. (j.g.) John M. Sapinsley, U.S.N. if after dinner siestas and recr ea­ Helen Mix to Frank R. Straub, U.S.C.G. tion are the approved methods for Betty Murray to Heath Wakelee Janet Nichols to Lieut. Frank C. Eaton, U.S.N.R. studying for finals or if it was Marjorie Over to Ensign Crawford Cofer, U.S.N.R. the beautiful spring weather that Charlotte Peters to Lieut. F rank Jerome, A.U .S. A. A. Notes Patty Ray Heads forced the Wellesley women out- Carolyn Roehl to Lieut. (j.g.) M. Rhodes Blish Jr., U.S.C.G.R. Joan Baragwanath '47 captured side. If the weather was the rea­ Gerda Roosen to Lieut. (j.g.) William R. Appleby, U.S.N. the Badminton Singles crown in Marjorie Shepperd to Ensign Kurt Hoffman, U .S.N. '46 Junior Show son, oh why couldn't it have been the final match with Henrietta warmer sooner? Navy scholastic Barbara Sherman to T.M. 2/ c H. Markle Hessenbruch Jr., U.S.N.R. '46's Junior Show is under way work hit a momentary low as ,a Rachel Wheat to Lieut. Harlowe White, A.U.S. Richardson '47 on Saturday, May with Patty Ray in charge. Laurie i·esult of the cementing of inter­ Jane Zehnder to Ensign John T. Camblos, U.S.N. 6, at the Rec Building, by a score Cutler is directing, Mary Sherrill scholastic relations. The boys just ENGAGED of 11-6, 11-1. The other two semi­ is Chaiiman of the Script Com­ couldn't seem to concentrate on Theodora L. Babcock to Edward L. Hoe, Harvard, '44. finalists were Gloria Levy '45 and mittee, and Sherry Mendelssohn is the books on returning to their Patricia Bell to Pfc. Robert Higgins, A.U.S., Harvard School of Medicine. head of the music committee. rooms for study hours, minds in­ Sylvia Bisguier to Ensign Elliott C. Prival, U.S.N.R. " Sazy" Carreau '46. Joan Barag­ Members of the script commit­ advertently wandered back to Reidum Bockmann to Captain Nils K. Yorstad, R.N.A.F. wanath defeated Gloria Levy 11-8, tee are Mary Jo Lamb, Joanne those "nifty numbers." Valerie Boisseau to Lieut (j.g.) W. J. Nelson, U .S.N.R. 11-3. "Henry" Richardson won Reiman, Mary Dirlam, Ann Hay­ Bashful members of the Senior Jacqueline Bor re to Pvt. Russell I. Hare Jr., U .S.A. the match with "Sazy" Carreau, mond, Kay Sears, Betty Karpeles Lora Jean Burger to Robert Young, Princeton, '43. and Scottie Campbell, consultant. class have been just a little bit 12-11, 2-11, 11-8. leery about the Tupelo legend. Jeanne Burke to Pfc. Norman Knowlton Jr., U.S.A., Harvard School of Minnie Eldredge, Mary V. Hick­ This was particularly true during Medicine. Mary Burton '45 and Gloria man, Anne Thompson, Micky Mc­ the winter months when Lake Mary Cameron to D. D. Williams Jr., Harvar d, '44. Levy '45 defeated Joan Barag­ Crea, a nd Peggy Sawyer make up Jacqueline Coogan to Lieut. (j.g.) John F. Beatty, U.S.N.R. the music committee. Waban was a skating rink, and wanath '47 and Susan Gates '47 in even the rise in t emperature didn't Jean E. Cram to Ensign Robert Falls, U.S.N. cause an increase in masculine Mary Helen Drake to Lieut. Nelson E. Moran, U .S.A. a close suspense-filled match Sat­ enthusiasm. However, last week Florence Field to Lieut. Lewis N. Sandler, U.S.A. urday afternoon, May 6, to win the $57 ,000 Total Reached · a mass meeting was held and one Helen Field to George Challenger. Badminton Doubles Tournament. The Wellesley College Alumnae Mary-Ruth Gillispie to Lieut. (j.g. )Norman Whitehead, U.S.N.R. of the brighter boys in the group The Gates-Baragwanath team Fund, channel of alumnae giving brought forth a solution to aid Shirley Gordon to Lieut. (j.g.) Seymour L. Romney, M.C., U.S.N.R. won the first game 15-9. Burton to the College, has now reached his tongue-tied shipmates. Solu­ J ean Hellens to Lieut. Richard J. Zeamer, U.S.A. $57 ,000. As the fiscal year of the tion: Since this is leap year, the Ruth Lester to Lieut. R. B. Messenger, U .S.A. and Levy turned the tables and Alumnae Association does not close men who don't receive a proposal Margery McKenney to O/C C. William Ritterhoff, U.S.A. came through in the second with until June 30 the total amount Margaret Meanor to Ensign Richard Smith, U.S.N.R. by the third trip to the famous a score of 15-9. In the third game will not be available until that point with the same girl should Marietta Meyer to Cadet William Ekberg. U.S.M.A., '45. the two teams paralleled each other time. be able to stand up for their Margaret Pierson to Lieut. Frank K. Badger, U.S.A. After operating expenses of the rights and give the close-mouthed Marian Prentiss to Pfc. Robert G. Bigelow, U.S.A. in score until 13 all, when it Association have been deducted, gals the watery heave-ho. With Pauline Presson to Gordon MacLean Jr. was agreed to set the score 5 the balance will be presented to this in mind the fellows are much Carol Purington to John F. Mann Jr., U.S.N. • points. Burton and Levy got three the College as the Alumnae Fund more at ease about heavy Tupelo Edith Remington to Richard R. Haig, University of Rochester, '43. points on their serve and then lost Gift. $5500 of this will be desig­ Traffic . . Barbara Reese to Richard Vogel. the serve to Gates and Barag­ nated for the Mary Whiton Cal­ Anne Schoonover to A / S John Packard, U.S.N.R., Harvard School of wanath who made four before they kins Visiting Professorship, which Hoop Race Medicine. returned the serve. With the score was founded by the Alumnae Fund Janet Shaw to Ensign Oliver P. LeCompte, U .S.N. standing 3-4 Burton and Levy Students of the NSCS were ex­ in 1931; approximately $2,000 is Phyllis Siebenthaler to Ensign W. H. Hopple Jr., U.S.N .R. made two points and won the game to be given to various scholar­ tremely sorry that they couldn't Elizabeth Strickland to Chief Yeoman Russel R. Kuhlman, U.S.N. 5-4. attend the nationally acclaimed ship :funds and the balance - Alyce Tl!9rnt9n to A. S...J.o.bn...Revekart, U .S.N.R. HEADS OF SPORT something over 25,0'00 at present hoop l'ace. This was particularly Anne Townsend to Lieut. Leonard Nickerson Addis, U.S.M.C. true of two ensigns who, in the A. A. announces new Heads of -will be given to the Mayling Helen Torbert to Paul Russell Coulson, M.l.T., '43. Soong Foundation. course of following their favorite Ella Viall to Charles H. Shaw, V-12, U.S.N.R. Sports for next year. ''Mickey" extra-curricular activity, helped Pauline Vining to Ensign Alan B. Van Wert, U.S.N.R. McCrea '46 will be Head of House in setting up the course. The Dorothy Waller to Lieut. Jack Arthur Stone, A.U.S. Managers; Betty Martens '46, boys couldn't quite . figure out why Head of Crew; Helene de Lone '45, Sylvia Winer to Ensign Bernard Drindis, U.S.N.R. "For a Good Meal" their assistance in the pre-race Renee Wormser to W . 0. Robert A. Hack, A.U.S. Head of Hockey; Mary Lattin '46, Head of Indoor Activities; and preparations didn't earn them a Nancy Wyeth to Cadet Henry Knox Po.rter, A.U.S. McKENNEY'S RESTAURANT single word of thanks. After all The editors apologize for any errors or omissions in these lists. Helen Marchese '45. Head of Golf. it wasn't their fault that things They were compiled hurriedly to fill the blank left by Legenda's inability Sue Carroll '46 will be Head of Central St. -:- Wellesley took an hour longer than was ex­ to run its usual list of Married and Engaged Seniors. Publicity. pected. Honestly, they were only ----•0·---- trying to be helpful. INTERF AITH HEAD Rebecca Calechman '45 has been While in the thanks and appre­ ERRATA IN FACULTY SONGS appointed head of the Interfaith ciation department, the ensign Group for the coming year. class wants to let Wellesley know Instead of "poor gentlemen Buy how much they've enjoyed the use profs": "indignant profs." of the multitude of recreational Under I, the song reads: TO 1944 facilities. Also particular· thanks " Our Hinners is a sport, War is given to the girls that worked Uharm the Pinch-hitting is his forte; CONGRATULATIONS in the Navy chow line, for their efficiency, their patter, and the And his right arm's a wonder ..." Bonds From ready smile of the "hot or cold" Under II: ,, girls. The farewell given the last "See Williams catcha a fly . GLENVIEW MARKET Stag Line Middie Class made a deep im­ pression on the students. We CONGRATULATIONS hope that some of the more gifted CONGRATULATIONS '441 I Where All the Ntne Picmr• Charm the stag line with fra­ Navy men will get together and TO 1944 Plcy grance ••. Drop a dash of dry give a vocal aloha to the gradu­ From perfume in the hem of your ating Wellesley class. Rumor has From I ST.GEORGE it that all that is needed is a _UNICORN BOOK SHOP FRAMINGHAM prom dress. That's a quick flip couple of good baritones to help WELLESLEY INN Mat. 2 - En. I .It - Laa ..... I way to make your favorite per­ kiss the girls goodbye. Sun. coo&lauoua i.- - 11 fume go farther. Select your NOW PLAYING favorite scent from the six created Wallace Beery by Roger & Gallet and fill the air Wellesley Business Service Marjorie Main with fragrance as you dance. It's 572 Washington St. In "THE OOLLEGE CUPBOARD'' captured stardust ••• it's Roger & (over Seller's) Gallet dry perfume. Rentals TYPEWRITER Repairs "Rationing" Ribbons Robert Taylor For a Snack or a Dinner Six exciting scents Wellesley I 045 Susan Peters •• • Night of Del ight In •. Fleurs d 'Amour.. BlueC11rn11tion .. "Song of Russia" J11de .. S11nd11lwood PICNIC LUNCHEONS OUR SPECIALTY 11nd Violette, priced WEEK OF MAY 21-27 at$1.25. Community Playhouse SUN. tru WED. College Restaurant and Tea Room Wellesley Hills WEL. 0047 Ida Lupino Mats. at 2: 15 Eves. at 7 :45 Paul Henried 79 Central Street 1n Sun. cont. at 5 "In Our Time" - also - 7-DAY ENGAGEMENT Ann Miller - Lary Parks The Manpower Shortage and ENDS TUESDAY, MAY 23 1n slow-moving Express make it Important to Start RITA HAYWORTH "Hey, Rookie'' and THURS. - FRI. - SAT. CRATING and PACKING John Wayne GENE KELLY Martha Scott IMMEDIATELY in 1n Ship by Freight or Express "'COVER Gl.RL" "In Old Oklahoma" - also - Ray Milland - Ruth Hussey COLLEGE TAXI CO. - Also - In ROGER & GALLET Wellesley 2200 ~ 1 'The Memphis Belle' "The Uninvited" WELLESLEY, MASS., MAY 21, 1944

Senior Memories . Faculty Show Lyrics - vance, See how the students quail at our Seniors Have One L,ast Fling As Jr. (Continued from Page 1) (Continued) glance, ing pneumonia from "sleeping in Women's Chorus See how the students quail at our Show Excerpts Adorn Class Banqt.tet the gutter" while saving a place I for her_ Big Sister. (Slow tempo) glance. by Flash Ewing '47 Junior Year Solemn and stately, full of renown, Hear us, ye students, hear and bow low was unable to attend. Junior year, '44 "was calm". Come we professors, in cap and The great Senior Banquet, on Munger Juniors visited Mrs. A's gown, Learn to obey us, wh,en we say No Friday evening, May 19, provided Then came the play. The scene was the twenty-fifth reunion of the home, had cream so thick they took See what decorum marks our ad- We are the mighty, we hold the a fitting climax to the extra aca­ it out of the bottle with a spoon. demic life of a war year. It con­ clas of 1944, at which they were rod, struggling to recreate a rehearsal Casey Spalding, after deliberation sisted of food and various forms and' momentous decision, finally We think the students should from their Junior Show of 1943. Spalding's Bible Seminar paper. of entertainment under the chair­ planned her courses for senior She couldn't find the vital book jump at our nod, manship of Joan Goodnow, the ei1- f: crobats, their ancient joints creaking in time tOl ibhe music, year. Miss Elliott called her to for footnotes. No one in the Bible '""e think the students should tertainment being of the side-split­ the recorder's office because she department had it. So Bill Pollar ting type. Mary Hemenway's Re­ struggled to perform the same jump at our nod. daring feats which had been so had two courses scheduled for the and Stef Jones on Saturday night naissance woodwork was cloaked in same hour. Casey said, "Oh, that's went into the Boston library, II a multitude of banners and flowers easy twenty-six years ago. Val . all right, Miss Elliot. I've decided (faster tempo) Boi. seau was still trying to get looked up the footnotes, copied by Elizabeth Bird, chafrman of to audit one." them out, read them over the ·what's wrong with the music, O catering· and decoration. The her ballet across. And, alas, Pat heavens above! Lord was yet without a man (it Senior Year phone on a 95 cent call. Katie aforementioned banners were Chalmers and Peg Cobey and Our . dignity's slipping, let's give f~ ~ws here) as she sang, "I'm Go.­ The senior year and two weeks relics of past Wellesley classes, after Senior Prom, '44 hung over Kay Leonard, who, dressing down, 1t a shove, dating as far back as the pre­ ing to Take a Weekend," that song We must cut a caper, we must I.hat ranked among the top three the balcony of Junior Prom and hired out as chambermaids, filled historic days of our mothers. watched their own prom dates a Boston hotel with pie-beds, and shag around Dinner was high-lighted by the in your Lucky Strike Hit Parade. This jitterbug rhythm suits us to There were continuous cracks dancing. They paraded with left. " traditional roll call of the mem­ posters, "Didn't I see you at A man said to a gowned and the ground, bers of the class, with Jean Stone, about how the members of the This jitterbug rhythm suits us to class had turned out in life, and Senior Prom?" stiff-necked Wellesley Senio1· ush­ toastmistress, presiding. Engaged Jan Hayes, saying good luck by ering in Chapel Sunday, "Do you the ground. girls ran around the table glee­ a riotous debate on who the prize baby wa . But watching the rest telegraph to Peg Pierson the night always have to wear that stuff Our pomp circumstantial has gone fully, wives stood sedately (as be­ before her oral said "Good Opera­ when you go to church?" "Oh, with the wind, comes a wife), on their chafrs, of the show was almost impossible when Aye Anderson and Jean Stone tion Over Dear. Love You. Ca­ no," answered the Senior, "Only Girls, we will forgive you, e'en and mothers (that is, if there had bled Katherine." when we wait on." though you have sinned, been any) would have risen to J;e1it interrupting proceedings at We meant to rebuke you, but why regular intervals with their Gay Char Dennon last Sunday flew Nineteen - forty - four Wellesley, iheir glory by standing on the off to see her husband, not wait­ Rah! The rest, '44 cannot tell. make a fuss ? · t.able. This tradition was followed N ineties dance, displaying a ward­ Since we discovered that you'rn i:obe of Straw Hats and wicked ing: for graduation. "We've either been good or un­ by speeches by Jean Stone, Munger Headache was Casey printable." just like us. Class President Connie Smith, canes that would have knocked Mrs. Robert Sibley, Executive men off their feet even in the davs Secretary of the Alumnae Asso­ when such things were possibie. • ciation, .Class Dean Ruth H. Most spectators would have been Lindsay, and Capt. Mildred H. glad to leave the Bedlam of the M.cAfee. Capt. McAfee is an hon­ Senior Banquet behind them and orary member of the class of 1944 withdraw to the comparative peace along with Wep.dell Willkie, who of the outside world. From Major General Miles which are related to the work she Post-War Employment · will do next year. She has received (Continued from Pa,qe 1) 'the Social Science Research Coun­ cil F'ellowship to study the prob­ ing on the reinstatmnent of free lems of an International Employ­ institutions in occupied countries. to the women of ment 1Exchange and plans to work The conference reminded Miss both at the International Labor Henderson of the U. S. Congress, Office in Montreal and, in the U. S., with delegates wandering in and. in areas where foreign labor is out, reading newspapers, and car­ imported. rying on private convel'Sations Wellesley C-ollege among themselves. To complicate matters further all debates were translated into three different Katharine Gibbs languages, English, French, and In all America, there is probably no group Spanish. Opportunities of women better qualified to help us win Well-known speakers from coun­ • A college girl with tries represented spoke, among Gibbs training is pre­ this war than you young college women. pared for a top secreta­ them Jan Masaryk, who discussed rial position. Booklet the "Post War Battle with Ger­ "Gibbs Girls at Work,,. You have studied t he origins of this war many." Among the delegates from gives pertinent informa­ the New England region were ti on about Kathanne in your classrooms; you follow its daily Henry Haniman and C. M. Mc­ Gibbs opportunities. Davitt, representing power com­ For a copy, address progress in your newspapers. You realize pany interests, and Henry De;nni-­ College Course Dean. how much is at stake, how much must be sacri­ son of the Dennison Manufactur­ ing Company of Framingham. Mr. ficed to assur e our victory. Your eager minds, Harriman headed the employers' 11.alharine {jibbs delegation from the United States. your skil lful hands, and your determined Miss Henderson did not attend ~~~Tri~~~~~ :::::::sor.i;.~~o~:~~hAs:: CHICAGO 11 •.••. 720 Nol'th Michigan Ave hearts can do much to assure our soldiers' the conference as a delegate, but PROVIDENCE 6 •..•.•.••. 155 Angell St: went to study the topics discussed victorious return. When I tell you that the Army urgently needs the contribution you can make, I am confident that you will not hesitate to accept the responsibility. Sherman Miles Major General, U. S. Army 1st Service Command, Commanding. - ~

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