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 week<end at Wellesley and initiated by a gift of $500 from a Presidential Election" is the theme Philaddphia from May 6 to May climaxed their stay with the an­ cl~ssmate of Mrs. Ewing, Anne Pollard, Freyhot, Fox for the Summer Institute for So­ 10. Forty-two nations sent dele- rrnal Association meeting. Be­ B.rxby Chamberlin, 1898, and other Get Special Honors cial P rogress which will hold its gifts have brought the Fund to gates representing workers, em­ cause of the war there were no twelfth annual conference on the the present sum of $1780. Captain McAfee awarded B.A. Wellesley College campus, June ployers, and the public to the con­ class reunions this year. Annual meeting of the Welles­ degrees to 275 seniors and Masters' BO to July 14. ferencE, which began April 20. The meeting was at 10 :15 in ley Students' Aid Society will be degrees to fifteen students at Com­ Dr. J. Stewart Burgess, chair­ Discnssions, Miss Henderson Pendleton, with Katherine Timber­ held jointly with the Alumnae As­ man of the Sociology Department sociation Meeting this year at said, C\~ ntered around the problem mencement exercises in Alumnae of Temple University; will head man Wright '18, president of the 10 :15,. May 22; in Pendleton Hall. Hall Sunqay, May 21 at 10 :45. the group of distinguished college of full employment after the war. Alumnae Association, presiding. Topics to be reported will be The principal speaker at the ex­ professors, economists and active According to Sir Walter Citrine, There were four reports given, the the special problems arising out ercises was Vice Admiral llilndall President of the International community leaders of the Insti­ first by Mrs. Carol Rhodes J oihn­ of the war, the expanding service Jacobs, U.S.N., Chief of Naval Per­ tute faculty. The Institute is open Trade Union Conference, and head the Society has been able to ren­ sonnel. to all men and women, i·egard­ of the British Labor Movement, ston, Executive Secretary fo~ the der, a,nd the close tie between Stu­ the most important action of the Association. Mrs. Marie Rahr dents' Aid and the work of the Five members of the senior less of previous schooling, who are class were awarded prizes at the interested in the preservation of International Labor Organization Haffenreffer, retiring Alumnae Colleg~ S~holarship Committee. was to secure commitments from 66th commencement ceremonies long-range democratic values in Trustee, gave her report next, A highlight of the meeting will each nation pledging full em­ be a detailed account of the sup­ Sunday, May 21. The prizes and America, and affords people of recipients include: Cervantes Prize divergent social, religious, and ra­ ployment after the waT. It was followed by Mrs. Wright's report port given by the alumnae and difficuL to come to agreement for the Alumnae Board. The cli­ friends during the past year. in Spanish, Barbara Emery Pol­ cial backgrounds an opportunity lard; John Masefield Prize in to compare views and discuss na­ with t he British delegates who max of the meeting came when " ,Reports by the officers will be: were unwilling to commit them­ '!he Year In Retrospect," Mil- Prose Writing, Mary Vardoula­ tional and international questions. Cornelia Deming Van Arn um '17, kis; Mary Wbite Peterson Prize "Issues that Transcend the Elec­ selves to such a policy. Differences ~ired Hunter Brown '15, president; were finally straightened out, gave the report of the alumnae 'Faculty Interest," Helen G. Rus­ in Zoology, Florence Nightingale tion" will be the _general theme Marshall; Lewis Atterbury Stim­ of the Fourth of July weekend. however, and the commitments fund, announcing how much had sell '22, Faculty Member of the secured. been contributed by the cla.ss of Boa-r:d; "Undergraduate Support," son Prize in Mathematics, Phyllis Such subjects will be discussed as: Ann Fox; Woodrow Wilson Prize "Patriotism and International­ Government and worker dele­ '44. Marianna G. Gallauer '44, chair­ gate.s entailed another problem in man, Stud:ent Committee. in Modern Politics, Betty Keith ism," "Winning the War on the After these reports, the meet­ Freyhof fo1• Post-War Planning Home Front," and "Winning the overcoming employer resistance "Impressions of a New Officer " to social security measures, par­ ing was taken up with the election Hope Duesbury Clark '25, secr~­ of the Federal Government at the War on the Diplomatic Front." Departmentwl Level. Last-minute news of the invasion ticularly in the medical field. Their of four people to honorary mem­ tary; "The Financial Picture" of Europe and from the Chinese opposition was outvoted and the bership. Those named were re­ Ruby Willis '09, treasurer. The The following Seniors were committees on employment and r~mainder of the meeting will con­ '.3-warded honors for individual work front, as well as farm-labor co­ tiring· members of the college staff, sist of the election of two mem­ operation are also among the dis­ Social Security agreed on liberal m a chosen field: prog-rams to be presented to. suc­ Miss Lilla Weed, Associate Li­ bers of the Nominating Commit­ cussion topics. tee, the announcements by special Honors in a special field are Morning Discussions . ceeding se..ssions. The committees brarian, Miss Fanny Ganison, As­ emphasized extension of Social sistant Recorder in Hygiene and club and class representatives and Ru~h. Bluthenthal, Economics and Among the leaders of morning Security. a question period. ' Political Science; Rosam,ond Geth­ discussions are Dr. Houston Pe­ Physical Education, Miss Bertha ro, Chemistry and Physics; Carol ters1m, Dr. Helen- D. Meikeljohn, Free Illstitutions Stearns, Professor of English Lit­ The Indianapolis W ellesle~ J o.hnson, Chemistry; Elizabeth and :Or. Clyde Miller. There will Among the r~solutions adopted be five afternoon round tables each by the Conference was one insist- erature, and Miss. Agnes Perkins, Club has changed its standin~ Nichols, Psych.ology and Sociology; Professor of Engl11th Composition. r,ules so as to make t hem c<>n· 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.