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1930-31 PROGRAM INCLUDESNEW OFFICERS AND SEARCH

FOR LOST C. C. ALUMNAE

Edith Low '26 Returns to C. C. AsAlumnae Secretary

Edith Mott Low '26 is the new full-timesecretary of the Connecticut CollegeAlumnae Association. She was appointedthis summer by the Executive Board afterthe interviewing of a good many appli-cants.Edith came to C, C. from Bradford

Academy. She was a Psychology majorand in her senior year was President ofthe Psychology Club. After graduation,she attended Harvard Summer School. In1927 she studied at the Simmons Schoolof Social Work where she was Presidentof her class. For the past three years, shehas been medical social worker at theGraduate Hospital of the University ofPennsylvania.The new Secretary writes concerning

her work: "There are so many routinethings to clear up before a very effectiveoutside program can be arranged, muchwork in getting files in shape, the Consti-tution revised, the Alumnae Register pub-lished, locating lost alumnae and ex-

EDITH MOTT LOW

members to definitely draw them into anactive part of the association."The big aim is to broaden and

strengthen the contacts of the Alumnaewith the College, and College with theAlumnae. In order to do this we arekeeping in touch with the progress ofother leading colleges through the Alum-nae Council. We are giving a good dealof time and thought toward increasingChapter activities and adding interestingprograms to them. We plan to haveAlumnae teas for the seniors and developtheir contacts with the association beforethey graduate."Edith has just returned from the Wilo

liamstown American Alumnae Conference.

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C. C. Has New Power PlantMore surprising to the Alumnae, who

had been somewhat prepared, indeed, forthe appearance of Fanning Hall, was thesudden springing up of the new powerplant. The antique little frame powerhouse. where one went in the wee smallhours to find the watchman and his key,was torn down during the summer.In its place is a handsome structure of

gray pressed brick harmonizing with thestone buildings of the College. Five feetfrom the building is an octagonal brickstack, 125 feet high-with an ornamentaltop. As the Campus News says, "We,too, have looked upon our WashingtonMonument and found it good."

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Two sisters of Alumnae have enteredC. C. as freshmen this year. They areJean Caroline Dauby, sister of LillianDeubv Gries '27, and Eleanor Wells Hinesister of Flora Hine .29. Several mar;freshmen are sisters of undergraduates.

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FANNING HALLMelicent Wilcox, 1931

Editor-in-Chief Connecticut College News

With the first semester already an un-believable three weeks old, Fanning hasbecome so integral a part of our campusgoings and comings, of our whole class-·room, academic life. that to contemplatethat a year ago today it was nothing hutan oblong hole in the ground, eating upour old tennis courts, seems impossible.Its Georgian dignity and [oveji ne aa of

line are perhaps its first claims to distinc-tion. From the Hartford road. from waydown at Eastern Point and coming upfrom town, it is the first thing that onesees-looming up in simple impressivenessagainst the sky. At night. lighted into abeauty of light and shadow by the lampeon each side of the east and north door-ways, we cherish a secret conviction thatit is second to none but the White House.Fanning boasts the sum of four door-

ways. We all go tearing in the northdoorway, usually, for it convenientlyopens off the parking space; though oflate our headlong way has often beenblocked by crimson-hair-netted, black-stockinged Freshmen kneeling in outwardhumility, but. we fear, with inward blas-phemy to the Purple and Yellow majestyof the Sophomore banner waving over thecarved cornices of the doorway. To Sen-iors alone belongs, the privilege of thefront walk and the west door of Fanning,for so reads the Senior Proclamation,"Blessed are the underclassmen that avoidSenior Walk between New London andFanning, for they shall not be led as lambsto the slaughter" and again, "Blessed arethe underclassmen that entereth not inand goeth not out by the front door ofFanning which is sacred to the holy feetof the Senio re, for they shall not be pur-sued with the sword, the pestilence andthe famine, and among them there shallbe no wailing and ga-nashing of teeth."During these mellow fall days we oftenfind the south doorway open so that downthrough the long corridor 'We catch aglimpse of the spires and chimneys of NewLondon town and the shining harbor, alle-viating a bit the coming ordeal of aquizz or lecture.Some day, we are told, the rOOIn at the

right as you enter the north doorway isto be t re.rrsfo rrnecl into a Bookstore-PostOffice combination, which is to be a modelof efficiency where rush hours are to bea thing of the past and getting one'sneighbor' !;I mail mixed up with cne'e ownan unheard-of occurrence.Claaarooma in Fanning are not spec-

tacularly different from our old Farrrilia rrooms in New London Hall, except per-

haps for their brand-shiny newness, asyet un carved and unspattered by leakingfountain pens, and for the lamentable factthat an unknowing architect left out thelittle panes of glass in the doors throughwhich you could always so convenientlymake faces at your friends during theirhours of tribulation.Our first {rrrpresaion of Fanning was

miles and miles of stairs and countlesslittle offices-even the most cosmopolitanSenior lost her way at least once. AndFanning is indeed a heaven for Faculty,with enough offices for everyone, assuringthe blessed privacy they have craved solong. Many offices open right off theclassroom used by the professor. For theuninitiate to find the particular cubby-holefor an app'ointment with a professor re-quires a directory, the advice of severalfriends and five or ten minutes of thetrial and error method-but it's a greatsystem just the samelOn the second Roor looking towards

the gym and the quad is an immense lec-ture rOOIn possessing the dignity of aname all its own-Wyndham Hall. Herehang the portraits of President Marshalland President Sykes and here are held Dr.Well's crowded English lectures, the fa-mous four o'clock Freshman hygiene andall class meetings and get-togethers ofany size.All the administrative offices are on

the second floor-spread out in comfort-able arrangement-Dean Nye, Dr. Leib,Miss Ramsey, Miss Low, Dean Burdick andMr. Lambd in-c-call facing each other downthe hall. President Blunt's suite of rooms,at the harbor end, contains, we are told.the comfort and friendliness of a fireplace.Way up on the fourth Hoor-we are

always out of breath when we have at-tained it-is the faculty suite, a little liv-ing room, a kitchenette and a huge longroom for teas and such.And so, Alumnae, this is Fanningl-

our latest pride and joy though as is trueof all great things, "words canna do thaetrick" and only seeing is believing!

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New Treasurer is AppointedDue to the resignation of Lois Cordon

.26 as Treasurer of the Alumnae Associa-tion, Elizabeth Gallup "28 has been ap-pointed t~ fill the vacancy. Miss Callupis also President of her class.

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Connecticut College Alumnae News

Vol. 8 November, 1930 No. I

Published four times a year, November,February, April and June. at 219 SouthFourth St., Springfield, Illinois, by theConnecticut College Alumnae Associa-tion. Subscription price $1.00 a year.

Entered as second class matter at thepost office. Springfield. lll., under the Actof August 24, 1912.

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EDITORIAL STAFFEditor-In-Cb ief , ..... .Barbara Tracy '27

State Museum, Springfield. Ill.Managing Editor. ,Jean Gillette Smith '26

Assistant Editors:Loretta Roche '21; Helen Douglass North'24: Alice Taylor Dugan '25: PhyllisHeintz '29: Eleanor Tyler '3D.

Lost AlumnaeAre you a lost Alumna? If 80, why?

Our new Alumnae Secretary, Edith Low.writes that she is spending much of hertime trying to locate I05t alumnae in orderto keep her reco rds correct in the officeand to draw rheae graduates back intothe activities of the Association.

Be a part of the organization that keepsyou in contact with your college and yourcollege friends I Send in the coupon onthe back cover along with the year's duesand you will be found again, you will becontributing to the important work of thenew Secretary in making our Associationan efficient one which is working for yourbenefit, and you will receive theALUMNAE NEWS for the remainder ofthe year. In no other way can you getthe NEWS.

The dues are not high, tear off thecoupon and be found.

I SHALL REMEMBERCourtesy of the 1930 Koine

I may forget the gladness of small momentsWhen I am gone from this blue, reaching hill.I may forget the strange, cold things they taught me,And laughing faces, scattered, laughing still.But passing through a door into a silenceOr in a sudden pause that shifts and clings,

i I shall remember, with a soft, blurred clearness,Beauty-and sounds-and quiet-and homely things.i I shall remember gold lights in the river,

• The breathless sweep out to the silver sound,I Sweet, stirring dusk, round globes of yellow softness,i Long rays from casement windows on quiet ground.: The panting rush to class on frosty mornings,'II Gray stone and ivy reaching from the mist,

Old, battered boats rocking at rusty anchor,i With paintless keels that rippling seas have kissed.'I Swift, earnest hours in little rooms, dim-lighted,

Half-whispers searching love, and truth, and friends,i At games, the high, wild shrieks of people cheering,• The black bridge where the widening river ends. -II The crisp wood smell of outdoor suppers cooking, 1

Burnt ashes, and warm rocks, and creeping night. .J• The "props" and tenseness of that backstage heaven,i The stage all se.t, the blaze' of amber light. Ii Still, black-gowned shapes with glimmering white candles, i'I Passing with quick tears by the rambling wall; .'1

I shall remember these in sudden hushes,'I Hold to them tenderly, but more than all, i'I I shall remember the blue. rwnrring river, '

The throbbing deepness of this sky in spring, Ii Remember briefly-sweetly-sadly, knowing Ii Such blueness was a young and transient thing. !i -ELEANOR TYLER, '30 !; i_ ..- ..- ..- ..-.- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- .•- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..- ..-.+

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FORMER PROFESSORS SENDGREETINGS TO C. C. ALUMNAE

As the older graduates went back tocampus in June and saw the beauty ofits development, they were wont to turnback. and unlock their memories of un-finished buildings, bare grounds. mud.candle light. and the spirit of adventure.And always on that early campus will bethe faculty who met the first class there,the president who fired all our imagina-tions and aspirations, the gentle dean, thevivid. green clad professor of philosophy,the Lincolnesque biologist and the verydecorative gym teacher.

Dean Nye still b ring s serenity to thehilltop, and Dr. Sykes only lives in our"loyal memories.

All the rest have gone to other work.Dr. Osburn is head of the Department ofZoology at Ohio State University. "Dr.Barr" is leading an incredibly busy lifein California as writer, newspaper woman,and mother of a family. Miss Woodhull,now Mrs. Grant Cline, has two beautifulchildren, and is making her home inDunellen, New jersey.

Mrs. Nancy Barr Mavity writes: "I don'tknow whether to delve into the past orgive a cross section of the present-stillless how to make an account of the Mavi-ty family appear like anything but Williamjames' description of a baby's conscious-ness as 'a big, booming, buzzing con-fusion: but here goes.

"First and foremost, there is the family-Nancy, junior, eleven, and in juniorhigh school, and john, going-an-nine,whose passion for science and mathe-matics certainly does not derive from thematernal side. I'd like to tell what grandyoungsters they are, but the report mightbe considered prejudiced.

"Ever since my return from cavortingabout the Far East four and a half yearsago, I have been on the staff of the Oak-land Tribune as special writer, specializ-ing in murders, riots, cr imj na l trials andsuch. It seems a far cry from a Connecti-cut College class-room to setting up as acriminologist, but I'll admit that 1 havelurid tastes and find the detective storiesof real life a fascinating' pursuit. I couldspin hair-raising yarns a-plenty if we weregathered before the fire at Plant or Black-stone.

"Between whiles, there has been thewriting of novels. The Tule Marsh Mur-der' was published in january, 1929. 'TheBody on the Floor,' came out October,1929, and 'The Other Bullet: appeared injune, 1930. These are brought out byDoubleday Doran and Company in book

form, and serially by the Bell syndicate,so aorne of you may have run across themin serial form. Last fall 1 dashed off ata tangent and wrote a book about newe-paper work called "The Modern News-paper," which will be brought out nextseason by Henry Holt and Company. Itis a text book in journalism for collegestudents, so you see my academic leaningswere not dead but sleeping."

Mrs. Cline is also busy with her workand her family. She says, "My jean,three, and jerry, five, are full of pep andlots of fun. jerry, you may be interestedto know, loves interpretive dancing aboveall things, so he tells me. And he cer-tainly can dance.

"Besides keeping an eye on the chil-dren, I am doing some posture work withpre-school children in New York. Al-though it is a part time job, 1 commuteto the city every day except Saturday. ltis very interesting although a bit differentfrom College work I"

Dr. Osburn sends us the following newa:

"As for myself I am still heading up thework in this big university in the Depart-ment of Zoology and ,Entomology. Lastyear there were nearly 3,400 registrationsfor work in this department and of courseit takes a lot of teachers, sixteen full timeprofessors and instructors and twenty-ninepart time assistants the present year. Ourgraduate work is heavy and we send outeight or ten doctors a year, besides manymore masters.

"In the summer 1 am director of theFranz Theodore Stone Biological Labora-tory at Put-in Bay on Gibraltar Island inLake Erie and have a very choice fresh"water biological laboratory there. Thatkeeps me out of mischief in the summertime. About sixty graduate students andinvestigators are there all summer.

"Besides I have been on the advisoryboard of the State Fish and Game Divisionfor a nu.mber of years, giving some timet? pla rrrrirrg , and overseeing the investiga-tion work done in this field by the state.

"Mrs. Osburn is just about as busy as ram. She takes care of her 88-year-old":l0ther, gives vocal lessons, solos occa-eionally and directs a women's chorus.

"AI~ in all, we're very busy, very happyand f~lrly ~ell. The gray hairs are some-what In evidence. Also there are wrinklesto .be mentioned, but they're all twinklewnnkles and not a worry wrinkle in thebunch."

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By Kenueth E. Dike

ALICE TAYLOR DUGAN, '25, LIVES IN ONEOF CONNECTICUT'S OLDEST HOUSES

It was early fall and every turn in theroad brought to view Jack Frost's workalong the vine clad stone walls or on somemighty maple. Suddenly we spied a dearlittle low-brewed five gable house at thelower corner of an ancient green. Theold picket fence with its wide open gateinvited us in to use the brass knocker onthe paneled door, a door which once hadswung open to the bold knock of Tito, thefriendly Indian. when he had come towarn the first settlers that Springfield wasto be burned. Again the door had swungopen when the horn of the mail coachhad been blown, for here was the firstpost office in Windsor. Connecticut. Soit was with a great deal of surprise thatwe saw the door being swung open byAlice Taylor Dugan '25 who rents hercharming old house from the WindsorHistorical Society.Al drew us into a low-ceilinged, quaint-

ly papered room. Old brass candle sticksand kettles gleamed and reRected the lightfrom the tiny many paned windows; HolyLord and butterfly hinges were on doors

and inside window shutters; ancient pol-ished wood shone forth and called thelover's eye to come and marvel at itsgraining. The house has seen many gen-erations. A forgotten entrance to a tun-nel used for escape from Indian attacks,many fireplaces (the greatest of all withits huge oven is still to be seen on oneside of the nine foot chimney in the cel-lar), and a one hundred and fifty yearold rose bush are a few things which markthe passing of the two hundred and ninetyyears that the Eyler Homestead has beenstanding. The attic with its bark coveredbeams pinned together with long woodenpins has a charm which is difficult to re-sist. Here are the implements for sewing,cooking and in fact all things for livingin a by-gone age. It is the sliding panel,however, which starts the mind conjectur-ing, for surely sometime this lead some-where out beyond. Yes, there is all that Idescribe and a great deal more just wait-ing to be seen by any interested callerwho stops at the oldest house in the oldesttown in Connecticut.

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INDIA, THE LAND OF CONTRASTSGertrude S. Avery. 1922

(Miss Avery has just returned from five yearsas a mi ss iona ry social service worker: in Bombay,India.)

The brown barren plain and low-lyinghills, which all through the day have en-dured the scorching rays of the tropicalsun as it mercilessly beat down uponthem. slowly soften and are effused withan amethyst light as the last red rim ofthe sun sinks in the West and leaves be-hind it a sky painted with delicate pastelcolors. As the ecft hues grow fainterand the grey shadows of evening descend,a gentle cool breeze creeps over the fev-ered earth and wafts abroad the exquisitescent of jasmine and mogra. Before thecolors have entirely faded. the goldenlamp of Venus hangs low in the westernsky. With the sudden descent of darknessthe whole galaxy of stars shine forth. Itis over-another hot day-and the beautyof an Indian night has come.• • •

The sunlight sparkles on the bluewaters of the southern sea and fresh saltbreezes blow across the green terrace andgarden of bright Rowers into the openwindows of a beautiful Indian ho'rne, Richrugs from Persia. draperies from NorthIndia, carved tables from the Southpaintings from Europe, all are combinedartistically in this drawing room. Softfooted servants, dressed in immaculatewhite, pass cups of fragrant tea which thehostess, beautiful in her silk sari, is pou r-ing. Talk of music and art goes on na-turally in this judge's home. Well rna n-nered children add their contribution tothe entertainment of the guests.

In the same city stands a row of darkprison like buildings. Dingy, dirty andgruesome they look from the outside ex-cept where here and there a lover ofbeauty has suspended a green plant in itsRower pot outside the window. Inside.the walls along the steep cement stairs arereddened with the beetlenut juice and thehalls are cluttered with filth, dirty chil-dren and slovenly people. Some of thesmall one-roomed homes are neat, thebrass cooking vessels bright and shining,but in other houses there is smoke anddirt, and boarders share the small spacewith the family. •••

It is a garden party given by the Gov-ernor and His Lady. Among the guestsare many maharajahs or native rulers.They are distinguishable by their gar.geously colored silk turbans. Here is ayoung prince with ropes of pearls aroundhis neck. A large lustrous diamond shinesforth from the nose of a little ruler. He

is more modest than a large pompouswell fed king whose reputation is wellknown in the horse racing circles. Amongthe elegantly attired ladies are manyParsees who wear saris of the finest silksand earrings, necklaces, bracelets, andfinger rings which are filled with costlyjewels. There are Mohammedan ladieswith heavy brocaded skirts embroideredwith gold thread and wearing silk draper-ies and jewels. They are without veilsfor they are educated and advanced think-ers. The whole affair is a show of greatbeauty and riches. A white coated bandplays softly from its position in the centerof a magnificent garden. The guests walkleisurely across the terrace enjoying theview and partaking of the rich refresh-ments, lavishly spread on huge tables. Thered coated giants from the North whoform the Governor's Body Guard add thefinal touch to the movie setting.

Not far away in the bazaar the poormountain folk are bargaining away theirfew "pice" for supplies of rice. Some ofthem are nothing but skin and bones. Youcan count the ribs on the poor old feeblebeggars whose legs are like sticks. Halfhuman they seem as they piteously begfor help. •••

A thin. emaciated, half clothed man istalking to a group seated before him. Heis one of the world's greatest living menwho is saying that it is more love andunderstanding which is needed. His is thegospel of love and self sacrifice. With this,Mahatinaji Gandhi is stirring the wholeworld.

A gruesome sight is a so called Hinduholy man who sits on his bed of spikes onthe sidewalk. His face and naked bodyare covered with ashes so that he lookslike a clown. His hair is long and piledhigh on his head. This too, is stiff andwhite with ashes. What contrasts inaec etiscism I

• • •Poor sick women crowd into the clinic.

There are women with hard faces andharsh quarrelsome voices. The faces ofothers are dull and sullen. The dooropens and a bright faced girl in a cleanwhite uniform steps among them, Shesmiles and speaks cheerfu Ily to each.Some respond to what seems like a ray ofsunshine but others maintain stolid In-difference. This young Indian Christiandoctor with her ministry of healing islighting many dark places.

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Alumnae President Will ViaitChapters

The new President of the Alumnae As-sociation is bringing great interest, vigor.and enthusiasm into her position. She isMrs. Marion Hendrie Milligan '20 of Em-porium. Pe.

While in college. Mrs. Milligan wasPresident of the Dramatic club. Sincethen she has been Assistant, and laterManaging Editor of Good HousekeepingMagazine, teacher of English in AbbottAcademy, Ely Court School and StamfordHigh School. She was married to Fran-cis B. Milligan and has two sons, EdwardHendrie. and Lincoln Barton.Mrs. Milligan. due to the newly created

"President' 8 Fund." will be able to visitmany of the Chapters this year. She willvisit the Chicago and Cleveland Chaptersthis fall.

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E. Alverna Burdick is DeanMiss E. Alverna Burdick, who has been

an instructor in the department of Physi-cal Education since 1926. has been ap-pointed Acting Dean of Students.

Dr. Mary K. Benedict, formerly Deanof Students, is starting a medical practice.She comes to the College several times aweek as College Physician but does notwish to have full time duties as bothPhysician and Dean.

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The Meriden Chapter has elected offi-cers for the coming year 8S follows:

President, Helen Douglass North '24.

Secretary, Madelyn Clish '2 7.Treasurer, Rheta Clark '23.The Meriden and New Haven Chapters

held a joint banquet at the Pekin DuckInn Farm on the Post Road, North Haven,on October 29th. President Blunt wastheir guest, telling them more about Con-necticut today.

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Dr. Morris and Dr. Lawrence OfferExtension Courses

For the first time in its history, the Col-lege is offering extension courses in NewLondon for the benefit of teachers andothers of at least high school standing.Dr. Morris is delivering a course of lec-tures on Mental Hygiene while Dr. Law-rence is presenting Contemporary His-tory. The courses last for fifteen weeksand two points of college credit are al-lowed.

Dr. Lawrence will be busier than everfor he has offered himself this fall as anavailable lecturer and has a fairly fulldate book already. His circular an-nounces two lectures: (1) "LivelyGlimpses of American History," bearingthe subtitle "Surprises, Chuckles, now andthen a Tear, no Yawns, and no Conceal-ments." The materials for this lectureare taken from a book not yet published,which the lecturer is preparing.

(2) "Conflicting Patriotisms," subtitled"What Russia, Italy. France, Germany,and other Nations are Teaching theirSchool Children about Patriotism andWar."

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AWAY FROM THE HILL TOP1919

Correspondent: Grace Cockings336 Main Street, Bristol, Conn.

The class will be shocked to hear ofthe sudden death of Roger Nelson, son ofMarion Rogers Nelson, on October 14.1930. The boy had had several opera-tions on his larynx but was supposedly im-proving, when he suddenly died in thenight. We send our deepest sympathy tohis parents.A son, Shepard Williams Baker, was

born. August 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Glad-den W. Baker, (Billie Williams). Herlittle daughter, Janet, is two years old.Billie writes: "In June, Fetra Perley

Reiche, Margaret Davies Cooper and

Betty Rumney Poteat visited me and wehad a delightful time discussing the past,present and future."

Irma Hutzler and Marion Rogers Nelsoncalled on Polly Christie and found herlooking well. . Esther Barnes and Prentwere also visitors this summer. Polly ispainting Christmas cards again this yea1,'and if anyone in 1919 is interested, ad-dress her, Norwich, Conn., Box G.

Dorothy Gray Manion and her husbandhave bought a house in Upper Montclair.

From one of '19. I have the news thatPrent is to work part time next year andattend the Simmons College School ofSocial Work.

Margaret Maher surprised me in Juneby driving up to spend the day. EstherBarnes came to see me in August.

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Ruth Avery French has a new daugh-ter, Jean Gertrude. born July 3, 1930.Billy is now four years old.Evelyn Bitgood Coulter and family

drove to Akron, Ohio, this summer, for avisit. Earlier in the season, Ev drove Jane.Clem Jordan Goulart and her Joan downto Westport, R. I.. where they visited withAmy Kugler Wadsworth. Since arrivinghome from the West. Ev and Jane went upin the Goodyear blimp and sailed overNew Bedford for twelve minutes."Peanut" Keefe and Cora Neilan Hen-

ric i, ex • 19, conducted a fi5hing pondbooth for children at a hospital bazaar inNew London.Sue Wilcox and her sister took trips In

their car during the vacation. The firstwas over the Mohawk Trail, the nextacross the Connecticut River at Haddam,down to Saybrook and along the shore toStonington and home. The third was toGreat Barrington, into New York State,a c roas the Hudson, past the AshokanDam and home. Sue has been playinglots of tennis this summer on her newprivate court.

Lucy Marsh Haskell spent part of hervacation at Ocean Point, Maine, whereshe gc ea almost every year.

Ruth Anderson was Osteopath at BirchCrest Camp, Oakland, Maine, this sum-mer. She expects to work with Dr. Erd-man of Philadelphia, this next year. Ruthsaw and talked with Henrietta CostiganPeterson at Henrietta's graduation. Heraverage for the four years was over 900/0.Florence Carns wrote me from her

home in East Berlin, She expected to goto ~ C~a~ter m~eting at Marjorie DoyleSul,hvan s In Menden, early in September.This ~umm,er Florence visited Marguerite~aul In ~llford, attending a sale of an-tiques ~Ith her. Marguerite, who has anew BUick, took Florence over to Madisonto call on Catherine Cone Ford and hertwo children.

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1920Coer-eepondent : Kathryn Hulbert Hall14 Crescent St., Wellesley Hills, Man.

A greeting from our new PresidentD~tty Stelle Stone, comes just in time fo:thiS first number: "How I wish I had takena cO~Hse i,:, type-writing when in collegebut little did I ever think I should assumethe duties of the President of the Clasgof 19201 My warmest greetings to all ofyou, those who came to reunion and thosewho wer~ among the missing. My effortsto o r g'amze my household, which is rna ici-less, for a two days' absence were wellr~warded. It was simply corking afterten years to return to our beautiful cam-pus and meet all the old gang. Gone are

those awful goats which were the pest ofWinthropites I No longer do the heelssink into nice oozing brown mud! Thechange on the campus is simply miracu-lous, The younger classes have no ideaof what they missed, have they?"You will all be glad to know that due

to the diligent efforts of your presentclass treasurer, LaFetra Perley Reiche,the missing bankbook has been dug outof its resting place, the class funds arequite intact and the books have beenaudited and found to be correct. In aclass letter which I hope we can publisha little later on we shall endeavor to givea report of the financial status of the classto date. A great many have neglected topay the Baby Fund. Won't you pleasesend a check if possible?"To all the class of 1920 my warmest

greetings, and the hope that you will allrespond in the near future when the rollis called for our class letter."

"Stelle adds in her letter: "While inCanada this summer Mary Elizabeth and Ivisited Grace Waller Preston while myhusband and young son did Quebec andthe Saguenay River. Grace has a livelyboy and a very demure little girl, Ann, ofthree years, a strong contrast to lTly tom-boy Mary Elizabeth. It was a treat to seeGrace and her children and I enjoyedevery minute of it, Also had briefglimpses of Al Horrax and Betty Rumneyan~ her cunning little Sally. My twochildren romped through the garden inColebrook where Mrs. Horrax has alovely old home.. Son tried to park astone wall in the brook, . the stones~ade a gorgeous splash. The consump-tion of tea and cookies by the Stone fam-ily was a record one. F eta and I had arecent reunion at her rno the ra new homein Windsor, Conn., where we transactedmuch class business. F eta has two boysand we are planning to get our childrentogether soon. Wonder what the reactionwill be I"Jessie JYIenzi~s Luce, our ex-correspon-

dent" wntes In the midst of packing(you II get a golden crown in heaven forthat deed, Jessie): ·'We are moving nextweek to 290 Weaver Street, Larchmont,N. Y., where we hope our babies will gainrosy cheeks and I'll save on shoe leatherand baby carriage tires. We've decidedthat it is a lrno st impossible to bring uptwo children on the top Roor of an apart-~ent so we're packing our children anddishes 10 barrels and rolling them toWelltchester. This summer after our visitto. Ph.irs family in N. H. we rented aEr iorrd s house in Scarsdale, N. Y., andthere I saw Feta and Joan on visits ...Joan came with her lovely young sonBruce. Bruce is such a darling and sobeautifully brought up.

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Bruce, son of Joan Munro Odell

"We had lunch with Jake Wells Law-rence in Glenbrook one day. . five of usfrom C. C.-Jake, Joan. Dot Hover Drum-mond. Alberta Lynch Sylvester and my-self, and our seven children. Thereshould have been eight but Bobby Lucewas left at home in the backyard eatingacorns (he spent his summer in his penunder an oak tree r) Agnes Mae andCharlie came to see us too. w e wentover to see Evelyn Gray Talmadge, who,by the way, will be near me in Larch-mont."AI. Gardner's wedding was lovely

in the church of St. John the Evangelist,with mellow October sunlight pouringthrough the stained glass windows.Stelle, Marion Hendrie Milligan, HelenSturgis, and Kay Hulbert Hall were therehom C. C. AI's aiater Betty who recentlymarried Helen Sturgis' brother, Shelton,was the matron of honor and John's sis-ter, Helen, was a bridesmaid. Mr. and Mrs.John Denniston Crawford will be at homeon Beacon Hill after Nov. 15th.

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1921Correspondent: Anne P. Flaherty120 Madison Ave., New York CityThe College News for October 11th has

the following advertisement of interest to 2 I.THE RUSSIANROOSTERin Groton, across the bridge

'A bit of old Russia in a metamor-phosed barn"-Shelley Brackman, Art-Critic of the Boston Transcript and Chi-cago Post.

An Unusual Place at WhichTo Lunch

To TeaTo Dine

To DanceAfternoon tea from the Samovar.

Under the Management ofLoretta Murnane and Dorothy Henkle.

From our President, Dot Wulf: "Themost important thing our class has tothink of now is our TENTH REUNION inju ne l

"Now is the time for everyone in '21 toknow that they are all expected to bepresent and plan now to reserve thatweek-end for our biggest C. C. celebra-tion. All ideas and suggestions will begratefully received. Of course, the pres-entation of our sundial is one importantevent that will be scheduled."

She went to Europe again this summerand writes in part: "Of course we went toOberammergau and 1wish you could haveseen where we atayecl -way out in theedge of nowhere along a brook and up in avalley; walking home after dark with onlyan occasional light was an adventure. Theplay was all and more than 1 had ex-pee ted. It was a gorgeous day, cold andclear, and the morning sun shining on thestage made all the tableaux and otherseenee with their colorful costumes justperfect. "

Loretta Roche is still in the New HavenLibrary.

Ethel Mason Dempsey apent her vaca-tion in Nova Scotia,

Ella McCollum Vahlteich says, "Rcth'ebaby is just a darling and is beginningto be so interesting. This summer westopped in to see Dr. Jennie Hippolitusand she is enjoying her work as schoolphysician in New Haven. We often seeGladys Beebe Millard who has a lovelyhome out in Milburn, N. J., and Batch wholives near. Evelyn Utley '30 is workingwith Dr. Sherman and is living in our·house."

And now for me (Anne Flaherty). Ihad a wonderful trip thi.s summer. Leftthe day school closed on the ConteGrande,-Dot Wheeler was on the boat,She got off at Gibraltar. '1 landed atNaples and spent two and a half weeksin Italy, It certainly was all 1 had everimagined-and more. Italian being thelatest language I've tackled, I had a finepractice all along, , . Among the thou-sands at the Passion Play I met MurielAshcroft.

I spent quite a bit of time in Germanyand went up as far as Dresden and Ber-lin,-then to Paris (via Charleroi, Bel-gium-page Miss Ernst'). I met· MeddieDougherty '19 standing next to me in linefor mail at the American Expressl Spenta week in London during the worst heatwave'they had ever had. Came back onthe Bremen in 4lh days, just in time tobegin work again, and met Ethel Kaneand Florence Appel on the boat.

Alice Purtill was in Europe this sum-mer with Claire Calnen,-had a letterfrom Al in Lucerne but just got there toolate to meet her.

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Correspondent: Dorothy Wheeler19 Shulta. Place, Hartford, Conn.

A banquet for J 5 at the Norwic~ Inn-such was our reunion in June. Minne-ala. Medie, Constance, Marj Smith. MilDuncan. Claudine Elizabeth Merrill, Ger-trude Avery, Millsie, Augusta, Helen Sum-ner, Jeannette, Abby Carley, Mary Car~6Y(now a grown-up young lady) and I In-

formally caught up on the class news.

M. P. Tavlor spent the summer some-where on Cape Cod. Constance HillHathaway was in Noank most of the time,recuperating more than vacationing.

Al Hagar got out the old typewriterand tapped these bits: "Martz and I wentto Vermont the middle of July and Istayed for a month. Besides all the de-lights of fishing and swimming and nothaving to get meals, I was fortunate inseeing a lot of Polly and 'Doc' Harwood.Also Mickey Lawson Johnson '24 andlittle David. Margaret lves '20, who wason a motor trip, stopped one day to seesome friends of mine in Burlington. I hada letter from Oaty Tuthill Reid during thesummer, Her children are such adorableyoungsters,"

The Saturday before Labor Daysighted a familiar figure driving throughmy home town,-Margaret Baxter hasconfessed that it was she and writes: "1had left Seal Harbor, Maine, Friday P, M.by boat to Boston. I got home for a latelunch on Saturday and left at 3:45A.M.Sunday and arrived here (George School,Pa.) in time for dinner-21I miles fromNew London." She is head over heels inlove with her work and I am beginning toget some measure of the same fever for Iam this fall taking over some of the GirlsGuidance work in our High School of1630 pupils. Margaret plans to go to De-troit in February for the Vocational Guid.ance, Personnel and Deans' Meetings. Shehas finished Harvard's requirements andhas her Ed.M.

Gertrude Avery, home from five yearsof educational work in India, is studyingat the School of Social Work and the Un-ion Seminary in New York City, and liv-ing and helping in a settlement. She hasspared time to write a most delightfularticle on India. Don't miss reading itelsewhere in this issue.

Here we have Claudine Smith Hanesfamily, taken last Spring. Melicent Esther,who is six, just loves school and is thebrightest in her class. The Tomboy(what will you bid for him?) is all boyand no doubt about it. He is two and heclaims the name of Stephen Elmer.One day early in the fall 1 went into

Children of Claudine Smith Hane

our school office and found myself stand-ing beside Dorothy Gordon ex '22. Shewas substituting ill; our gym department.

Anne Flaherty was on the same boatgoing to Europe with me in June a;ndClaire Calnen sat at the next table to mmeon the return voyage. In Paris I metMarjorie and Edna Smith three differenttimes. Marj has written; "I loved London.It seemed almost like home in spite ofthe hundreds of years of history it iswrapped in. One day we lunched on theField of Runnymede by the river Thames.Actually seeing places like that brings hie-tory alive and the level field, in my imagi-nation, was peopled with the signers ofthe Magna Charta.

"The high points of our trip came inSwitzerland and Italy. Three of us spentan afternoon on Bergenstock, across thelake from Lucerne, and had a marvelousview of the surrounding country. Per-haps we enjoyed it more because it wasso unexpected.

"The other high point was our trip toVesuvius at night, about three weeks afterthe earthquakes. (We didn't see anysigns of the destruction, by the way).It was thrilling to watch the volcano eruptand scatter the red-hot lava down thecrater. We were almost a mile away,with no desire to go any nearer. Thelava hissed and sputtered as it cooled: Ican imagine what it must have been likeat closer range. As it was we figured ifanything happened, we could beat thelava down the mountainside and wewouldn't have bothered about paths I Tocap the climax, a full moon appeared overa far distant mountain so that the nightwas perfect. Never do I expect to seeanything more impressive than rumblingold Vesuvius, with its cap of smoke dur-ing the day and Aaming crown at night."

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1924Correspondent: Mary Langenhacher716 Old Lancaster Rd., Bryn Mawr. Pe.

The announcement of the marriage ofMarion Page to Earle Kenneth French ofBath, Maine, on June 25th has been sentto me. Their wedding trip took themthrough Maine and Canada. Now theyare living in Belmont, Massachusetts.where Mr. French is teaching. Marionhopes to become affiliated with the BostonChapter. Best wishes to them.

Carmela Anastasia Grenquist is all agogover the "grand surprise" of last Junewhen she accompanied her husband on abusiness trip to Finland. almost to theRussian border. travelling by air, landand sea. She was sea-sick and air-sick.but did not let that interfere at all withher "golden opportunity." She visitedeight countries, but was most impressedwith the Finnish lakes and islands, themidnight sun, the thick pine forests, andthe Scandinavian peasant life. Quotingfrom her letter, "1 have been visiting Mil-dred Fagan McAllen '20. She has onelittle girl, Clare, three years old and nowa new baby, Donald. four months old,-such beautiful children."

Vivienne Mader is living in Hollywoodand giving programs of interpretative huladances. She has spent several monthsliving with native Hawaiians and now isreviving the "Old Island Arts" and "giv-ing a definite knowledge of the legendsand traditions of old Hawaii, and fascinat-ing rythmic native dances." Such peopleas Ruth St. Denis. Ted Shawn and Mrs.Cecil de Mille were patrons at one of herrecitals given September 3rd at the Wom-en's Athletic Club in Los Angeles. Itseems as though Vivienne is well startedon an interesting career. Our congratula-tions go to her. Vivienne writes, "I spentfrom January to June in those paradiseIsles, visiting one island after another. liv-jng in their native homes, eating poi, rawoctupus, Iomi lomi and other native foods.I have 1600 feet of moving picture filmwhich I should like you all to see." Shevisits the Ben T urpins often and he"clowns all day from dawn till midnightand is as proud as punch of his 'cock-eye'as he terms it .. , The hula with its slowfluid curves is the spirit of the sea as wellas the 'poetry of Hawaii' and so the oceanis the parent of both those arts whichbring them closer together than onewould at first think," At the time Viviennewrote she was about to meet Mr. Behymerof the Philharmonic Auditorium who hadattended her recital and had asked for aninterview. We shall be expecting morenews from Hollywood soon.

And many cards remain unanswered.

Correapondent: Helen Douglaaa NorthMaple Ave., North Haven, Conn.

Gertrude Huff Blank'a Family

At last-word has been received fromGertrude Huff Blank who lives at 107Gordonhurst Avenue, Montclair. N. J.,and how glad we all are to have her breakher spell of long silence. She even goesto the extreme length of sending in thecunning snapshot (which she says is "mis-erable") of her three youngsters-Philip,who, at the time the picture was taken,was celebrating his fourth birthday as canbe seen from the festive clown cap; Fran-ces, who was two years old in August: andthe baby, Peter Halsted, who was sixmonths old on Philip's birthday. "Thechildren," says Gertrude, "are all quitefair in coloring and they're lively enoughto have me in a state of exhaustion bydinner time. As to that, you see, they'rejust average." Gert adds, "I think LolaMarin's little Billy Matthews didn't havehis arrival noted in the News. He's alovely baby, and though two weeksyounger than our Peter is about twice thesize. It"s worth while having a doctorfor a deddy l"

Virginia Eggleston became the bride ofJoseph Colin Smith. son of Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Richardson Smith of Brookline,Mass .. on August 16 at the Second Con-g r eg atio na l Church. New London. Jinnywore a gown of ivory satin made from thesame material which was used in the wed-ding gown of her maternal grandmother,Sarah Cromwell Tate of New London,who married Stephen Wells of Wethers-field in 1874. She was attended by hersister, Katherine. They returned fromtheir wedding trip on September 15, andare now living at 17111 Kenyon Road,Cleveland, Ohio. Since her graduationfrom Connecticut, Virginia has attendedthe Yale School of Drama. Recently shewas costume designer and dramatic coachat New London. and later stylist at Wm.

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Taylor Sons and Cc., in Cleveland. Mr.Smith attended Yale University.Another bride will live in Cleveland.

Martha "Bolles was married to Mr. CharlesFrederick Ramus, Tuesday, August 26, atSt. Christopher's~by~the-River, Gates Mills,Ohio.Bob Hamblet spent the months of June

and July traveling through northern Italy,Switzerland, and Germany, and as usualhad a grand time. She stressed per-ricu-lady her enjoyment of her swims in theSwiss lakes.

On her return to Washington, D. C.,in September from Maine where she spentthe summer at Flye Point. Peggy Callstopped in New Haven where she visitedPeg Dunham for a week. They drove toPawtucket. Rhode Island, to catch aglimpse of Minna Gardner Thompson andher family and report that Min et al aresimply fine. Minna's new address is 25Marbury Ave., Pawtucket, R. I., and shewants everyone who is ever in that vi-cinity to be sure to drop .in and see her.

Helen North, alias "Dougi e.' quite lit-erally bumped into Gladys Barnes on thepier of the Cunard-Anchor Line when theS. S. Cameronia docked in New York onSeptember first. Glad was looking simplysplendid and had come up from Philly bytrain to meet some friends, and Dougiehad driven down from New Haven to meether mother and sister.

In August, Doug attended a Denisonfamily reunion in Mystic and took thatopportunity to run over to Stonington fora chat with Peg Sheldon Bindloss. Peggy'syoungster, Joan, is very cunning, has verydark, beautiful eyes, and a headful of al-most jet black hair.

Dot Brockett Terry and small daughter,Betty, who is a darling, spent Septemberin the North visiting friends and relatives.

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1925Correspondent: Alice Taylor DuganPalisado Green, Windsor, ConnecticutAlthough a third of a year has past

since our Fifth Reunion I think it will beof interest to the majority of our class-mates to know that twenty-one of thesixty-nine that graduated returned. Itcertainly was a great little old reunionwith just so many things to go to thatone couldn't get them all into one verybrief week-end. Corsages and canes withpurple and gold ribbons were the key noteof the class day costume. A quiet classbanquet was held at the Mohican hotel.Peg Ewing Haag entertained her class-mates most delightfully, as only Peg can,in her garden with a delicious Sunday din-ner. Peg, by the way, is now living at8 Garden Road, Wellesley Hills, Mass. Car-rett is working for a law firm in Boston.

Emily Warner won the blue ribbon for

speed this month by coming through withthe first post card filled with news. Emilysaw Helen Nichols at the "Bermuda" inSeptember. Helen was on her way toBermuda on her honeymoon. Man's nameunknown. Jackie (Alb ree ) and HapHouston have moved to St. Mark's Ap.t.,Castleton Park, St. George, Staten Island.

Sue Stolzenberg Baker reported that theNew London '25ers had nothing new toreport. Sue's big news item was that sonTeddy began an important period in hislife when he started into kindergartenthis fall.

Elsa Deckelman has just been madeAdvertising Manager of S. F. Iszaed Co.in Elmira, N. Y.

Kay Boyle is still convalescing in Mainebut is expecting to be back at work beforelong. Olive Brooke is at the State HealthLaboratory and in charge of one of theDepartments for which she wrote a schol-arly and interesting article and had it ·pub-lished in a recent Health DepartmentBulletin. Modest Dorothy Kilbourn neg-lected to mention herself.

Connie Parker writes that K. MeineckeCrawford with her baby visited K.'s moth-er at Squam Lake, New Hampshire, thissummer.

Thelma Burnham and Adele Knechttook the Creat Lakes trip this summer.

Margery Field Shaw managed to findtime to write delightful jingles advertis-ing Easthampton's largest benefit enter-tainment even though she has a verylively baby daughter.Aileen Fowler Dike spent her vacation

motoring through New England with herhusband. The trip included a visit withLaura Drake Langmuir in Portland anda visit with Prue Drake who had just re-turned from the Continent. Beanie's hus-band made the original drawing of theFyler Homestead, where your correspon-dent is living-see page 5.

The members of the Class of 1925 weredelighted to note that their classmate,Gertrude Noyes, was the author of the"Report on the Inauguration of PresidentBlunt."

Winifred Smith Passmore with her sonand husband visited her mo th er at Mans-field, Connecticut, this sum mel" before sheset sail for the Pacific Ocean where herhusband, Captain Passmore. has beentransferred. I hope to have more newsfor the next issue. Win's blue eyed, lighthaired son is adorable and has a delight-ful way of taking a visitor's hand in orderto take one to the finest spots to play.

The following announcement was re-cently received: "A. Parks McCombs,M.D., Announces the Opening of HerOffice at 147'East 50th St., N. Y. c."Perkie'e Mother has come up from thesouth and is making a home for her. '25swells with pride.

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Correspondent: Elizabeth A. Blair243 Carroll St., Hammond. Indiana

A diminutive blue note from HelenHood Diefendorf announced the arrivalof her son, Bobby, on September twenty-eighth. According to his mother he has"Iots of nice dark hair, blue eyes, onelittle dimple and a pug nose. KayBailey stopped to see us on her way homefrom Europe. She plans to come backagain in about a month. Sis Angler hasstarted research work in a do ctc ra office,and is delighted."The wedding of Jean Gillette and

George Robert Smith took place in Spring-field, Illinois. on the thirteenth of Septem-ber. "Salty" is a newspaper man. Theywent up to northern Wisconsin to fish ontheir honeymoon. Harriet and her Moth-er came from California for the wedding,Harriet being Jean's only attendant.While in the middle west, Harriet visitedtheir old home in Winona, Minnesota,where she saw several C. C.ites-includ-ing Marty Lamberton Sweatt '24, andBecky Rau '29. She has gone back toCalifornia to keep house for her brothersin San Marino and have a gay time.

Early in October, Virginia Hays '24and I had luncheon with Hazel Osbornand her mother. Hazel could hardly waittill we w er e seated to show us the pic-tures of a very sweet two weeks oldnephew. Then she told us that she wasencountering some difficulties in trying tofind a good way to New York via Cali-fornia.

Dorothy Brooks spent the .eumrne r try-ing not to spend her profits on chocolatepeppermints. (A collegiate weakness shehas never outgrown). She made some ofthe aforementioned profits by having abranch shop in Burlington, Vermont. Shesays, "The shop never sees me beforeten-thirty and I am free to leave earlyoccasionalIly. So you see, I'm getting somevacation after all."

After spending a strenuous winterstudying in New York, Imogen Hostetlerwrites that she had a delightful vacation.She spent the month of July at Cape Codand visited Babs Brooks Bixby beforegoing home to Washington to take upsocial service in a big way. "I begin wo r];in a few days with the Child Welfare Di-vision of the Board of Public Welfare inWashington and I think it will prove veryinteresting .•'

By this time we all know that D. DLow is Alumnae Secretary. HoW" nice itwill be to have her there all the time.Somehow it seems to give us all closercontact with the college. Congratula-tions, D. D.

Betsy Linsley broke the silence lastJune but too late for pu blication SheIS at the Bethany Day Nursery 10 NeW"York City. Here is part of the letter:"While the superintendent of this insti-tution is on vacation I have charge of thewhole blooming establishment including100 or so kids in the daytime and 9 or10 maids. Grand fun! The cherubs areso nice and dirty after playing on sootyNew York roofs I Of course I had diph-theria like the rest of the babies:'

Pete Cogswell Harvell has a new andvery patriotic son, Paul Cogswell Harvell.He was born on the Fourth of July.

Our Hammond street number has beenchanged to 243 Carroll Street. If anyonehas any news, please don't wait to beasked for it. Our address will be changedagain soon we hope to Flossmor, lllinois.This time we trust that the change will bepermanent for we are building our ownhome,-a Cape Cod cottage.

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1927Correspondent: Margaret Woodworth515 Laurel Road, Ridgewood, N. J.Best wishes to two more brides. Fran-

ces Fletcher is now Mrs. Frank CheneyLearned. She was married on the 17th ofJune. Peg Rich has been Mrs. WilliamRaley since June 21. She was married ata quiet home wedding with her sister,Edith, as her only attendant. Marie Copp,Peggy Battles, Helen McKee and BobTracy drove up from New London for it.Peggy Briggs '28 was also there. Theyhave moved into New York from Flushingfor the winter.

Gravy, Laurie Dunham, and Cantydrove to Paducah, Ky., in the Canty Ford.They had a wonderful week reuning withPaducah. ,

Jerry Jerman has a marvelous job tour-ing New England for some Boston fancywrapping paper concern. Seems to be ajob one dreams about.

Nubs Vernon has given up a job withthe Hoffman Beverage Co .• and is study-ing more chemistry at N. Y. U.

Bob Tracy left Springfield, Illinois, onfour hours' notice and got back for com-mencement. After graduation she wentup to Burlington, Vermont, and visitedKatherine Pease Carleton, husband, andadorable little son, Nathaniel Phillips.Being a true chip off both blocks, hewas quite a linguist-having a vocabularyof over 50 words. He was then fifteenmonths old. Bob went back to New Lon-don for the races, staying over on theState Road with Mary Crofoot wherecountless reunions were held. Back atwork, she is taking tap dancing as a win-ter's entertainment.

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Honey Lou Owens writes that Alcie isstill with the League of Women Voters inWashington. She travels about speakingto League groups, having recently beenin Wellt Virginia, going by private carlShe "seems to be knocking 'em dead onwhatever parliamentary points she dis-cusses," says Honey Lou.Helen McKee is a Freshman at Cornell

Medical School where she is hard at it."absorbing new facts as fast as her mentaldigestive processes will work," She thinksit is hard but fascinating work. •2 7 willhave its doctor after all.And '27 already has its nurse. When

Harriet Eriksson came up for reunion inJune we found that she was head nursein a su r-gica] ward at Presbyterian Hos-pital. She told an exciting tale of an air-plane adventure when their plane, on theway to Boston, landed them in the soundnear Fall River instead. Luckily the tidewas low so they scrambled out, waded toshore, and called a taxi.We cannot keep from passing on one

of Dr. Jensen's class day remarks. "MissDauby," he drawled, "did you finallymarry that Bear Skin Coan"

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1928Correspondent: Henrietta L. Owens10 East 16th Se., New York City

Here are our new class officers:

President, Elizabeth Callup,; Vice-presi-dent, Peg Merriam Zellers; Secretary.Lucia Cay; Treasurer, Abbie Kelsey·Chairman Entertainment. Jeannette Brad~ley Brooks.Not overlooking those mysterious ac-

tivities of all the little mothers of 1928who are occupied these fall days withgruels and bottles and toofs and pramsand panties and so on, we lherewith claimfor Roberta Bitgood the 24-hour BusyRecord. Here are some of the things sheis and does: gold medal graduate of theGuilmont Organ School where she nowdoes po at-g radu ate work. Fellow of theAmerican Guild of Organists, graduatestudent at Columbia, accompanist at Uni-versity Settlement, organist at First Pres-byterian Church, organist at First Mor av-ian Church, organist (for noon services)and player of chimes-we suspect that"carilloneu r" is the word-at Crace Epis-copal Church, all in New York City.Dot Blair is still in the Satevepost's ad-

vertising department in Chicago.Dot Bayley and Honey Lou spent a few

grand weeks this summer scuttling aboutEngland in a Baby Austin, going to Con-~ert ~arties in Ireland, riding with poultryID third class continental trains, and danc-ing to the strains of tziganne music on theGreat Hungarian Plains. At present Dot

is pegging away at her life's work (art)in Woodhaven.Jeanette Bradley Brooks acquired a hus-

band (Richard Brooks) and a C. C. sister-in-law (Dot Brooks '26) by "ankling upthe aisle" on May I O. The RichardBrookses are living in Springfield, Mass.Barbara Chesebro is now Mrs. Charles

Herbert Cowan III of Stonington. PeggyBattles, '27 was one of her attendants.Bugs ~Cloyes is physio-theraping at the

New York State Reconstruction Hospitalin West Haverstraw.Reba Coe physically educates the gels

of Tufts College these days.Dot Davenport is leaving her new

Dodge speedboat behind, and is off toEurope again, headed for new internation-al conquests. Did you hear how an Ital-ian inamorata last year begged Mrs. Dav-enport for her daughter's hand} Dot gotout of that with a bushel of red roses. Wewonder if Italian roses bloom in wintermonths.President Gallup is giving North Adams

a big treat this winter by staying at home.She and Karla Heurich and Jerry Jermanall visited Debby Lippincott in Maine thissummer, and there are tales of a greatQuebec trip they took for pu rposee otherthan ent iq ue-Hu rrtizrg ,Grace Bigelow was married to Edward

Stark Churchill on the sixth of Septem-ber in Middletown.Mollie Scribner wall' married to George

A. Pope, in the early fall. They took amotor trip East and are now living onWillowhurst Av e., Colonial Heights,Cleveland, Ohio.Betty Gordon did stupendous things in

Arizona last summer-killed rattlesnakes,·captured and tamed foxes and mountainlions, branded calves and helped bring insome 400 wild horses (mustangs) fromthe mesas. We always knew there was apower of muscle in them little arms(which are at present engaged in helpingthe M. E:s and C. E:s and Sc. D:s ofM. J. T. get out their Alumnae Mag.).There isn't a Marnie Howard any more,

but th~re is a Mrs. James S. Ballantynewho SInce August 22 has been pie nc-playing and cake-making for a 1930 Har-vard Law graduate of that name. Theyare living in Belmont. Mass.Fran Huling did same Helen Wills-inC>"

last summer, being the winner with he~cousin, of the mixed doubles tennis charn-p io nehip of the Larchmont (N. Y.) BeachClub, also the state title-holder of thewomen's singles championship of Ver-mont. She is living in Larchmont.Oil Page was married on Sept. 6 to

Homer. E~ward McNutt (Wesleyan '28).They. live m Hopewell, Va., where Mr. Oil,who IS a chemist, is doing research work.Eleanor Penney Herbst's young son,

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born August 26, is named David ConradHerbst.

Mildred Rogoff has announced her en-gagement to David Gordon Angell. an at-torney of New York City.And here is 1928's child, Alida San-

ford Van Bronkhorst. aged six months.shouting with glee as our charter memberof C. c.'; Class of 1951.

Class Baby of 1928

Carol Van Buskirk has moved to Wash-ington, where she is a student dietitian atWalter Reed Hospital.Kay Whitely was married on June 28 to

Burnside Winslow. The Winslow! are liv-ing in New Haven.Caroline Whittemore Leone's daughter,

born May 15, is named Carmela FrancesLeone.There are 35 matrons, 5 mothers and

90 eligible maidens in 1928. Anybodywant to write an essay about it)

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1929Correspondent: Muriel KendrickMount Ida School, Newton, Mass.

Happiness to our many brides! PegBristol is married to Russell Carleton-they live in Foxbo ro, Mass. Pat Early isMrs. Logan Pierce, living in Oak Park,Illinois. On June 26 Jane Kinney andRockwell Smith were married j their homeis in Cleveland. Also in Cleveland-Mrs.Edward Schroeder (Lib McLaughlin):they were married June 28. On Septem-ber 18, Florence Moxon became Mrs.Henry Tomlinson. Kippy Ranney, onAugust 2, was married to Robert Cu sh-man; after a honeymoon in Europe theyare now living at 133 Cottage Street, NewHaven, while he attends Yale Law School.Pat Early Pierce was one of Kippy'sbridesmaids. (Will someone please lookat a certain chewing gum ad in the Octo-ber College Humor, and confirm my sus-picions?) Mrs. Stanley Young (MigsLinde) was expected back from Europein September.Reports of splendid summers are com-

ing in. Pat Hine and Mary Slayter mo-

tored to Cleveland in August, where theysaw other college friends. Liz Lanctotwas at Boulder, Colorado. studying, andafterwards experienced a bit of life on adude ranch. She is back at St. Margaret'sthis fall, presumably having the good [c r-tune to be playing hockey in this crispautumn air.

Jan Boomer took a trip to Californiathis summer. While there, she lunchedwith Jean Hamlet and Gin Shank. Ginneyis engaged to a man in Portland, Oregon.Jean drove out and was visiting her grand-father in Portownsend.

Peg Burroughs went on the North Capecruise with a group from college. SonnieSmith drove east during the summer, andexpects to winter in California. Scat hasbeen in Europe.

Others studied the summer through.Marg Anderson got her M.S.S from Smith,and Winnie Link started out in the samework which Marg just finished. Marg,Winnie, and I "reuned" at the Sweet-heart Tea Room one eventful Sunday.Becky Rau studied physiotherapy at Har-vard Summer School.

Once more at classes-Bibbo Riley is ata secretarial school in Portland, Maine.Allie Safford is at Lothrope School ofLandscape Architecture. Shew is study-ing art in Boston.

Chili says-but don't believe it a11-"At last I'm really ready to give John H.Fahey a break and have started in-offi-cially-as his secretary, but I'm 80 awfulI expect to be joining the unemployed ina few weeks," (It's due to the fact thatChili is such an excellent typist that youare getting much of this news.)

Zeke Speirs has merited a promotionand is now assistant to Mr. Crawford,head of the Personnel Bureau at Yale.Betty Kane and Pat Hine are back in theReference Department of the Life Insur-ance Sales Research Bureau in Hartford.Frankie Tillinghast is treasurer of JohnHopkins Grammar School in New Haven,while Greenie has a secretarial job in agirls' private school in New York.

Terry is teaching at the Watertown DayNursery School-as she says, "1 buttonbuttons and tie shoelaces," -but it's likelythere is more to it than that. She is livingat home. Dot Adams has a position in alawyer's office in Norwalk. Dot Thayeris with Balfour's in Attleboro-cleep in thelore of fraternity pins.

Speedrc Greer and Phil Heintz bothwork in Bloomingdale's in New York inthe training department, and are very en-thusiastic about it all. Phil and HelenRoeber have an apartment at 233 West21st street.

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Others imparting knowledge--Fish isteaching French in a girll;l' private schooloutside Philadelphia. Res Holmes teachesart in Guilford and Lyme. I (Ken) amteaching English and Psyc. at Mount Idain Newton. (Fervent thoughts of English1-2 and of Miss Leahyl)

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1930Correspondent: Eleanor Tyler

44 Morningllide Drive. Apt. 43. N. Y. C.

Well. (drawing a long breath) we'reoutl This is the freedom we've thoughtabout for four years. This is the statewe could never quite realize when welooked ahead at times like Senior Banquet.And some of us have jobs and the huntingis over-and others of us haven't andthere are tired feet still to come. Andsome of Us are playing for a while. and afew of the luckiest have joined the r a nk eof the married.

Bianca and Brad (Harry Bradbury, r ie-ing young lawyer) were married on Aug-ust 14th in West Haven, before a weepingdelegation from Winthrop, and left in anew roadster for a camp in Maine.They're now keeping house in New Mil-ford, with a dog and a cat that have tobe brought in nightly.

Dot Harner was married on the eveningof September 20th to Olin Alvin Saunders(Spike) Yale '28. It was a lovely wed-ding, with crowds of 1930 people present,and jean Burroughs. Pete Brooks, Bur-hans, and Babe as the bevy of beautifulbridesmaids. The young couple are nowresiding in Yonkers. When last heardfrom the living-room rug had just arrived.

And Peggy Litch was married on Octo-ber 4th to Theodore Redlack, whose WestPoint uniform has graced our campus formany years. Sunny and jean were in thewedding party. They have a brand newhouse with some enormous number ofrooms in Danielson.

And the sea, (to quote the prophecy)did finally get Edie Allen after all, in spiteof the false start we all remember. Shewas married on June 28th to Donald B.MacDiarmid, and they're located at theNaval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.

There are several more weddings on thehorizon. Eleanor Thayer, who refused torun around the table long ago-in june,announced her engagement to Al Toneywhen she came back from Europe in Sep-tember. Now she's at home learning do-

mestic science in preparation for keepinghouse sometime in January.

At the end of September Helen Bur-hans announced her engagement to King-don Bishop of Syracuse. King is workingin Detroit w he re they're planning to liveafter the 'Hedding, sometime next spring.

After the prophecy (dig out yourNeweee) 'Has it Fate that put Mercer intothe children's underwear department inMacey's, as the beginning of her trainingcourse ~

Johnny is in Macv'e too, training forthe financial end of it, and slaving inShoes when her help is needed, whichseems to be pretty often.

Connie Green and Fanny have jobs inLord and Taylor's waiting for them inNovember. They were so thrilled to bewanted that they forgot to ask about theirsmall remuneration· and don't know yethow much they're going to get.

Pete is "shadowing" the buyer (whichsounds very thrilling) in Crawford Ho l-Iidge'e in Boston.

Betty McCusker is with the AmericanTelephone Company in New York. Here .after we'H know who to blame when thedial won't work!

Ellie Meurer is in the Nurse's TrainingSchool of the Presbyterian Hospital inNew York., Tommy Tomlinson is in New Haven atthe Children's Community Center, andloving it. According to report, she runsaround in an old Ford that stops by itselfwhen it sees a red light!

Isabel Gilbert has gone a long way off.She's taking a medical course at McGillUniversity Medical School in Montreal.

Heck Weil is being the perfect secretaryin Altoona, in the office of the Pennsyl-vania Central Power and Light Company,using her psychology on all the officevieito r a.

Mae Gesell is teaching in WappingerFalls, New York-Flinner in Milford, Con-necticut-Virginia joseph in the NorwichFree Academy.

Benny is slaving, more or less, in theHarvard University Press, and liking it.She's quite an old hand at the game be-cause she began working in August.

I'll write about a lot more of you inthe next issue. I could keep on foreverbut space is limited. Please let me knowif anything especially interesting happensto you. This is one way 'He can keep intouch. Please do!

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