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WellesLey COLLEGE BULLETIN CATALOGUE NUMBER NOVEMBER 1938 WELLESLEY MASSACHUSETTS Wellesle COLLEGE BULLETIN CATALOGUE NUMBER NOVEMBER 1938 VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 Bulletins published seven times s yesr by Wellesley ColleRe, Wcllesley. Mass. Jsnusry. one number. April, three; May. one; November, one; December, one. Entered as second-class matter. February 12. 1912 at the Post Office at Boston. Mass.. under the Act of July. 1894 Additional entry at Concord. N. H DIRECTIONS FOR CORRESPONDENCE to In the list below are the names and addresses of persons whom inquiries of various types should be sent. The post office address is Wellesley, Massachusetts. General Policy of the College The President of Wellesley College Admission of Undergraduates The Secretary of the Board of Admission Applications for Readmission The College Recorder Admission of Graduates The Dean of Graduate Students Inquiries Concerning Houses and Notice of Withdrawal The Dean of Residence Payment of College Bills The Assistant Treasurer (Checks should be made payable to Welles- ley College) Scholarships and Cooperative Houses Candidates for Admission—The Dean of Freshmen Students in College—The Dean of the College Academic Work of Students The Dean of the College Social Regulations The Dean of Residence Requests for Transcripts of Records The College Recorder Alumnae and Undergraduate Employment The Director of the Personnel Bureau Requests for Catalogues The Information Bureau Alumnae Affairs The Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Correspondence 2 CoURSl Ca> I.NDAR .... 5 Italian 123 Board of Trustees. 6 Latin 125 Committees 7 Mathematics \2'> Officers of Instruction Music 133 Administration Philosophy and Psychology . 137 Committees 26 Physics 143 Foundation and Purpose 28 Spanish 147 Admission .... 30 Speech 150 Subjects .... 31 Zoology and Physiology . 152 Examinations . 36 I xn..\ IBS 158 To Advanced Standing 38 Scholarships, Loans and Prizes: Of Candidates for Master's For Undergraduates . 160 Degree 39 For Graduates 167 Degrees: The College Community . 171 Requirements for B.A. Degree 41 Equipment: Requirements for Honors in Academic and Community a Special Field .... 43 Buildings 173 Requirements for Master's Laboratories and Scientific Degree 46 Collection! 175 Courses of Instruction: Residences 178 Art 47 Degrees Conferred in 1938 . 180 Astronomy 53 Certificates in Hygiene and Biblical History .... 55 Botany 59 Physical Education . 183 Chemistry 64 Honors in a Special Field 183 Economics and Sociology. 68 Prizes 183 Education 73 Fellows 184 . 78 English .... Honor Scholarships . 185 French 89 Forms of Bequest .... 187 Geology and Geography . 96 Summary op Students . 188 German 101 Officers of Alumnae Associa- Greek 104 tion 189 Group Leadership .... 107 History and Political Science 108 Officers of Instruction and Hygiene and Physical Educa- Admini ["RATION . 191 tion 115 Index 200 1938 1939 1939 1940 JULY CALENDAR ACADEMIC YEAR 1938-1939 Academic year begins Monday, September 26 Thanksgiving Day, holiday November 24 IS _,, . / from 3.30 p.m Thursday, December Christmas recess ^ tQ 1QJQ pj| .Wednesday, January 4 Examinations . January 30-February 9 Second semester begins . Monday, February 13 „ . f from 3.30 p.m. Thursday, March 30 Spring recess { tQ 1QJ0 p M Mondav, April 10 Memorial Day, holiday May 30 General examination for seniors June 2 5-14 Examinations . June Commencement Monday, June 19 ACADEMIC YEAR 1939-1940 Examinations ....... September 19-22 Freshman week ...... September 19-23 19 Halls of residence open for new students, 9 a.m. Tuesday, September Registration closes for new students, 10.30 p.m. Tuesday, September 19 Halls of residence open for all other students, 2 p.m. Thursday, September 21 Registration closes for all other students, 10.30 p.m. Friday, September 22 Academic year begins Monday, September 25 Thanksgiving Day, holiday November 30 Thursday, December 21 _ . } from 3.30 p.m. Christmas recess | tQ 1Q J() p M Wednesday, January 10 29-February 8 Examinations . January Second semester begins Monday, February 12 Thursday, March 28 _ . / from 3.30 p.m. Spring recess j tQ 1QJ0 p M Mondav, April 8 ' Memorial Day, holiday . Mav 30 General examination for seniors May 31 . June 3-12 Examinations . Commencement Monday, June 17 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert Gray Dodge, M.A., LL.B., LL.D. Boston President of the Board Frederic Haines Curtiss Boston Vice President Grace Goodnow Crocker, B.A. Cambridge Secretary Louise McCoy North, M.A., Emeritus . Summit, N. J. Caroline Hazard, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D. Emeritus Peace Dale, R. I. Candace Catherine Stimson, B.S . New York City C. Belle Sherwin, B.S., LL.D. Washington, D. Walter Hunnewell, B.A. IVellesley Boynton Merrill, B.A., D.D. West Newton Kenneth Charles Morton Sills, M.A., LL.D. Brunswick, Me. Frank Gilman Allen, LL.D. Norwood William Truman Aldrich, B.S. Brookline Alice Cheney Baltzell . Wellesley F. Murray Forbes, B.A. Wellesley I. Albert Davis Mead, Ph.D., Sc.D. Providence, R. Ruth Baker Pratt, M.H.L., Litt.D. New York City Edith Jones Tower, B.A. New York City Edward Allen Whitney, M.A. Cambridge Arbor, Mich. Margaret Elliott Tracy, Ph.D. Ann Amy Hewes, Ph.D. South Hadley William Appleton Lawrence, B.A., B.D., D.D. Springfield Paul Joseph Sachs, B.A., LL.D. Cambridge Harvey Hollister Bundy, B.A., LL.B Boston Marie Rahr Haffenreffer, B.A. Brookline Mildred Helen McAfee, M.A., LL.D., L.H.D., ex officio Wellesley President of Wellesley College James Dean, B.A. ex officio ..... Brookline Treasurer of Wellesley College Trustees 7 COMMITTM S The President of the College is a member ex officio of all standing committees l\l CI Tl\ E COMMITTEE Robert Gray Dodce, Chairman Frank GlUCAM Amen Merrim. Frederic Haines Curtiss Edits Jones Tower F. Murray Forbes James Dean {ex officio) FINANCE COMMITTEE Frederic Haim Chairman Frank Oilman Allen Harvey Hollister Bundy Robert Gray Dodge James Dean (ex officio) Walter Hunnewell COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS Walter Hunnewell, Chairman William Tri'man Aldrich F. Murray Forbes Frank Oilman Allen Grace Goodnow Crocker James Dean COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS Belle Sherwin, Chairman Alice Cheney Baltzei.l, (ice Chairman Walter Hunnewell Ruth Baker Pratt COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY Mildred Helen McAfee, Chairman Amy Hewes Kenneth Charles Morton Sills Albert Davis Mead Margaret Elliott Tracy Ruth Baker Pratt Edward Allen \\ hitney LIBRARY COUNCIL Trustee Members Frederic Haines Curtiss Edward Allen Whitney Edith Jones Tower Faculty 31embers Lennie Phoebe Copeland Ruth Joiinstin Edward Ely Curtis Laura Hibbard Loomis Helen Phipps Houck Blanche Prichard McCrum (ex officio) PENSION AND INSURANCE BOARD Trustee Members Harvey Hollister Bunmy. Chairman Robert Gray Dodge u; Mat Van Leuven Decker James De\n (ex officio) (ex officio) Donald Watson Height (ex officio) Faculty Members Louise Overacker Lawrence Smith COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT Frank Oilman Ai : -an Grace Goodnow Crocker. Secretary Marie Rahr Haffenreefer |\mi> Dbam Frederic Haines Curtiss Ruth Baker Pratt OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION* Mildred Helen McAfee, m.a., ll.d., l.h.d., President Mary Alice Willcox, ph.d., Professor of Zoology, Emeritus Alice Van Vechten Brown, m.a., Professor of Art, Emeritus Ellen Louisa Burrell, b.a., Professor of Pure Mathematics, Emeritus Hamilton Crawford Macdougall, mus.d., Professor of Music, Emeritus Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, m.a., ll.b., Professor of History, Emeritus Marcaret Clay Ferguson, ph.d., d.sc, Research Professor of Botany Eliza Hall Kendrick, ph.d., Professor of Biblical History, Emeritus Elizabeth Florette Fisher, b.s., Professor of Geology and Geography, Emeritus Margaret Hastings Jackson, m.a., Professor of Italian, Emeritus Anna Jane McKeag, ph.d., ll.d., ed.d., Professor of the History and Principles of Education, Emeritus Mary Sophia Case, m.a., Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus VlDA DUTTON SCUDDER, M.A., L.H.D., Professor of English Literature, Emeritus Katharine May Edwards, ph.d., Professor of Greek and Comparative Philology, Emeritus Charlotte Almira Bracg, b.s., Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Margaret Pollock Sherwood, ph.d., l.h.d., Professor of English Literature, Emeritus Helen Abbot Merrill, ph.d., Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus listed by *The officers of instruction and administration, exclusive of the retired members, are rank in order of appointment. All professorial ranks are combined in one group. An alphabetical list of officers will be found on page 191. Faculty 9 Alice Walton, ph.d., Professor of Latin and Archaeology, Emeritus Alice Vinton Waite, m.a., Professor of English language and Literature and Dean, Emeritus I -aura Emma Lockwood, ph.d., Professor of English Language and Literature, Emeritus William Sicarstrom,