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Vol. 8 JUNE, 1931 No.4

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Elected Alumnae Trustee

Janet Crawford How Honored bv Alumnae•

COMMENCEMENT IS BIGGERAND BETTER THAN EVERJanet Crawford How (Mrs. Burton L.)

of Hartford has been elected AlumnaeTrustee for the years 1931-34. She willfill the place of Julia Warner '23, firstalumna to be elected Trustee, whose term.expires this June. Since Mrs. How wasserving as chairman of the nominatingcommittee, her name was not suggestedby that committee but she was nomi-nated by petition.

Mrs. How is a person of great charmand one who has always been vitally in-terested in Connecticut. During collegedays she was active in class affairs, socialand athletic, and in her senior year servedas President of Service League. As analumna she has been Treasurer of theAssoc ia tio n, Chairman of the NominatingCommittee, and is Treasurer of her class.She has two small children.

Mrs. How, being a member of the classof 1924, represents the younger group ofalumnae eligible to hold the office. Thespan of classes, therefore, is well repre-sented with the three trustees-Dr. EstherLord Batchelder '19, Mrs. Jeannette Sper-ry Slocum '22, and Mrs. How '24.

Clevelanders Hold Benefit ForAlumnae Fund

On June 24, the Cleveland Chapterheld their annual benefit for the AlumnaeFund. Two films were shown-"BeauBrummel," featuring John Barrymore andMary Astor, and 'The Cure." withCharlie Chaplin.

Virginia Eggleston Smith '24, waschairman of the affair and her aids were:Trumana Foote Denison '28, chairman ofticket sale; Mae Auwood Bernard '25,chairman of publicity, and Elizabeth Ar-thur '28, in charge of the candy sale.The ushers, in directoire coatu me ev- I;'n-c1uded Mary Jane Wilson, Mary KatherineBell, Margaret Miller, Adelaide Asa clo rie n,Anne Collins, Margery Nash, Mrs. CalvinArter, and Frances Gabriel.

Commencement-each year the sameand each year different-was ushered inon the beantiful week-end of June 13-15.The Alumnae busineaa meeting was thefirst attraction for all returning Alumnaeat which Preeidenr Marion Hendrie Milli-gan presided. Repo r ts of the year's workwere read.Miss Marion P. Whitney, a member of

the Board of Tr uatees, was a very charm-ing toastmistress at the Trustees' luncheonwhere Dr. Lawrence spoke on "Collegeversus the Business Man," and Dr. Bluntoutlined the achievements and plans ofthe college much as she has written themfor this issue of the News.Class day was a gay affair and the

garden party on the President's lawn waslovely as usual. And in the meantime, inbetween time, the returning classesreuned with vim and vigor.

1921 ReunionWell. this has been a glorious reunion

-even the weather contributing its shareto the celebration-for the sky and riverare bluer than ever and the hilltop looksso beautiful! Our campus IS alwayslovely but today it has given us a picturethat will live always in our memory.

1921 returned in goodly numbers-28out of 44. Louise Avery Favorite broughtthe class baby, Nancy, now a fine biggirl, and Eleanor Hassis won the long dis-tance record by coming up from Ten-nessee. It certainly did not seem that wehad been separated so long.At class day, we stepped forth in white

beach pajamas, trimmed with jauntystriped bands and belts and white berets,and did not feel like the "oldest livingreuning class." Florence Silver and AlPurtill were responsible for the sportycostumes. Dr. Blunt accepted most gra-ciously the sun dial which Dot Wulfpresented as the class gift to the college.

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1921 HAS TENTH REUNION

Clan of 1921 with Class Baby, Nancy Favorite

At 6:30 we had our reunion dinner atDot Henkle's Russian Rooster in Croton.The place is adorable, everything in trueRu saia n style, and what color and har-mony! Dot is a wonder at interior deco-rating (both kinds), we all agreed.Besides the house there is a barn and thatis the best surprise of a1l-a marvelousdance Roor with an orchestra in Russianblouses up in the hayloft and everyonehaving a glorious time. It is worth avisit for I could never let you in on allthe surprises. You must see it.

We were all delighted to have as ourdinner qu eats so rn e of our honorary rrre rn-ber s-e-Dr , and Mr!:I. Marshall and DeanNye. Both Dr. Marshal] and Dean Nvespoke. It was indeed a treat. LorettaRoche, our class poet, read to us thelovely poem she wrote commemoratingour l Ilth anniversary. It is to be foundon another page. Several wires werereceived and re ad-c-cone a greeting fromthe class of 1919, another one of regretfrom Evelene Taylor Peters in Miami.Mrs. Lewi Tonks (Miss Blue) wrote aletter wishing that she could be with us.

The following officers were elected:President. Louise Avery Favorite; Vice-President. Marion Lyon .lones; Secretary,Evelene Taylor Peters; Treasurer, Doro-tl-~yPryde; Chairman Entertainment, AnnaMae Chalmers

A picnic was held in Bolleswood onSunday morning and quite a few turnedout for it. Tramping through the oldfamiliar trails brought back many a happymemory of our days at C. C. We'll notforget this srloriou s week-end, our tenthreunion, and will continue to be inspiredby our hilltop, the blue water. and thegreen hilts.

1926 ReunionAs one of the forty survivors of a crew

of seventy-seven present at the fifth BIGreunion of old 1926, it is my (happy)privilege to report the event to our public.

Undoubtedly, the statistics are of firstimportance. No old settler could remem-ber a previous occasion when forty Fifthyear "graduates" had still been suffi-ciently in control of their facilities tohobble back. Neither could old eyes re-call more regal reunion-suits than ourwhite pajamas with red coats. Superla-tives were on every lip.

At the banquet, Helen Hood Diefendorfwas elected President for the next fiveyears; Hazel Osborn, Vice-President; Har-riet Stone, Secretary; Rosamond Beebe,News Correspondent; Marjorie Ebeen,Chairman of Entertainment. and MaddieSmith, Song Leader Emeritus. It was thebest banquet we ever attended, enhancedby the photographs of most of our seven-teen children, red and white shoulderbouquets, red and white programs, p la cecards with our Koine photographs onthem-all in all, it was SOMETHING.And- Tish Burt and Mildred Dornan ranaround the table.

The Senior Play, an original work inthe spirit and manner of "After Dark"--or "Neither Maid. Wife, nor Widow" wasa bill event for the girls. and most of usDROVE over to Bolleswood for an earlymorning hot-dog on Sunday.

Not many of us felt FIVE years olderand we all enjoyed ourselves-a greatdeal more than we had anticipated. May-be there will be 77 survivors in 1936.

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Vol. 8 June, 1931 No.4

Published four times a year, November,February, April and June, at 219 S. 4thSt.• Springfield, Hlino is, by the Connecti-cut College Alumnae Association. Sub-scription price $1.00 a year.Application for transfer of second class

entry from New York, N. Y, to Spring-field, Illinois. pending.

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EDITORIAL STAFFEditor-in-Chief Barbara Tracy

State Museum, Springfield, Ill.Managing Editor .•......... Jean Gillette

Assistant Editors:Miriam P. Taylor '22; Hazel Osborn '26;Louise Towne '28; Julia Rubenstein '29;Beby Page Editor. ,Julia Hatch '19

1121 Bank Se., Richmond, Ve.

Larry, Thoughts of YouthConnecticut College joins with Lafay-

ette College in paying tribute to LarryFoster, a red blooded, clean minded col-lege boy whose life was cut short in 1925on a ranch in Arizona. The le tte r s andthemes of this twenty year old boy arehaving an inRuence in America that olderand greater :men :might strive long toachieve.

The clean. youthful philosophy asfound in "La r ry, Thoughts of Youth" IS

doubly interesting to Connecticut Alum-nae for his life touched our lives on thehilltop and "f he Girl" to whom he writesso often and whose character is almost aswell depicted as his very own, is a :mem-ber of the class of "27, three times theirpresident and president of the StudentGovernment of the college.

"La r r y, Thoughts of Youth," is a bookas well worth reading as was Lar r y Fostera boy wo r th knowing. "{t is an involun-tary legacy to all youth who may doubtthat the good life is the best," says theLiterary Digest of June 6, 1931 in a two-page review.

It is unusual for a boy of that age todiscuss his problems so hankly and tothink them th ro u gh so clearly. A stainedglass window in the chapel of Lafayettecollege sy:mbolizes the feeling of the col-lege boys, his friends, toward him and in-numerable tributes f ro m the country overtell of the unusual inRuence his book ishaving on the youth of today.

We 'Wish to thank Le r ry'e father andmother and Florence Hopper Levick '27for sharing him 'With us.

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In New York This FallThose who enjoy singing, whether or

not they have been members of a choralgroup in college, will be glad to knowthat there is a group of singers in NewYork 'Which they may join. The Women'sUniversity Glee Club is composed of themusically inclined who have spent at leastone year in an accredited college. Thegroup meets weekly for rehearsal at thePanhellenic Club House, and gives twoconcerts a year at the Town Hall.

This Glee Club is unique in two ways:First, it gives young modern composers

a mediu:m of expression for their newestworks.

Second, it gives college women an op-portunity for cultural expression in agreat city where one is all too apt to lookand listen rather than create.

For information regarding membershipIn the Club, write to Miss CatherinePelton, Sharon, Connecticut.

1931 Alumnae Reading Lists AreReady for Distribution

Do you hope to do some constructivesu:mmer reading? Are you planning theprogram of your local literary club? Ifso, the Alumnae Secretary's office, withthe co-operation of President Blunt andthe faculty, has prepared book lists foryour benefit.

The list for each subject was compiledby the head of the department and eachis on a separate sheet. Notify EdithLow, the Alumnae Secretary, which sub-jects you wish to receive and she willsupply you. The subjects covered are asfollows: astronomy, botany, chemistry,classical philology, eCOnOmiCS, businessadministration and secretarial training,education, education and the library, edu-cational and vocational guidance, English(including British and American litera-ture, contemporary drama, and recentcollections of contemporary plays withbibliographies in one volume), French,history and political science, Italianstudies and recent Italian books, homeeconomics, philosophy, psychology, Span-ish, and zoology, including biology ofhuman life and natural history.

Holmes HallThe picture on the cover of this issue

is of the very aUractive off-campus dininghall which has been open for two years.It was named in honor of Dr. Mary Eliza-beth Holmes, until her death Professor ofChemistry at Connecticut. "'l

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1921 MADE C. C. A SINGING COLLEGEThe Class of 1921 is small, next to the

smallest ever to graduate from C. C .• butits history is more closely connected withConnecticut as a singing college than thatof any other class. The younger classesshould be introduced to those members of1921 whose songs they have so often sung.

Alma MaterOlive Littlehales, now Mrs. E. C. Cor-

bin. of New Britain, Conn., w t-ot e thewords to our Alma Mater. The collegeis indeed fortunate that it should havehad, through almost all of its short life,an Alma Mater asdignified as the col-lege campus and aslovely as the sur-rounding hills.

So Here's toDearC.C.Another ccll e g e

song still sung oncampus is "50 Here'sto Dear C. C:· Thewords and music ofthis peppy song werewritten by RobertaNewton, now Mrs.Willard H. Ray ofNorfolk, Ve.

By.that time comedy had assumed mam-moth proportions. We left properties tosuch capable directions as Emily Slay-maker Le ith-Ro se could and would give,and Ray and I dashed heatedly back andforth, and thus in the practice rooms,coming in from hockey or walking downto the tea house was musical comedypropounded. How we used to rack ourbrains for a rhyme for golf, or somethingfunny for the comedian to say and whata mental gymnastic it was to try and keepall the musical numbers from soundingexactly alike."

Rachel Smithwrites in a similarvein, "Judy Warnerand Tony Taylor inmagnificent lovescenes, charming Ev-elyn Ryan, and EdnaBlue coming to reohearsal and bossingthe chorus. We nevercould have done itwithout her."Distinctly do I

remember dashingover to practicerooms in Blackstonefor five minutes be-tween c1asses-Bo b-by would have a newmelody written andI'd sit in the class-room the next hourtrying to write thewords and still lookintelligent."

The loveliest andmost lasting of anyof their comedysongs has been the

well known "Pier rot and Pier r ette." Thedainty dancers of each college generationhave chosen to interpret the song in feteafter fete and during the past year one ofthe entertainments for the Freshmen wasa Pierrot Night Club. Even the secondgeneration is learning the song-RobertaNewton Roy writes, "At a charity gardenparty last summer, my Joanna and littleRobby did 'If I were Pie rot' in costumewith some of their dancing steps. Robbiewas five and Joanna four and it made mefeel like a grandmother seeing my ownchildren doing that dance!"The r:onnecticut College Song Book

was ....rin te-l in 1924 in order to keep alive-n anv of the comedy tunes. Among theh~H~r known of them are, "I Am a Roam-;n ....Rorno o .. "This Side of Paradise," and"What is <-~~ Use of Bein» Ser ions.'

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-c.\ Musical Comedies'\ It is for the grandold comedy days that•2 I is to be longestremembered. No re-union is completewithout a comedy"sing" and every un-dergraduate k now sthe catchy airs orig-inated for the musicalcomedies. RobertaNewton Ray andRachel Smith were the leading spirits ofcomecly. "Bobby" writing the tunes, andboth of them writing the words and doingmuch of the directing.This comedy team turned out three

productions. Their first attempt at C. C.,as Roberta Newton Ray explains, was"Halt Cecelia," with Mary Chioman Mor-ris as the beautiful and tuneful heroine."Who'll ever forget Miss Blue (physi-

cal education teacher) as the hero-orLoretta Higgins as the French Sailor-orCrace Fisher Weil as Rats McCarthy?"Then ca rne 'Oh, Aladdin,' with _ludy

Warner as a very convincin~ hero. HowRay Smith and I gIu ed our attention .. onstage busirreas and dance steps in currentbroadway shows to give an urban air toour com ecly efforts!"Of course Ray and I felt ·Pi~ ..r- ....f t~e

Pirate' to have been our chef-d'oeuvre.

Daughters of Roberta Newton RayDance "Pierrot and Pierrette"

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Loretta Roche '21 Is Well Known PoetThe Alumnae body is proud of Miss Loretta Roche' 21, whose poetry

has been receiving much recognition in current magazines and papers.Miss Roche has written a reunion poem for her class' tenth reunion. Thepoem is printed here together with several others.

OUf memories will holdOne lyric phraseWorthy to grave on goldThough found at lastCut on relentless stone-Something of beauty staysWhich each has made her ownFrom fragments of the past-Through hard-fought yearsIt shall remain, untouched by mirth

or tears.

ANNIVERSARY POEM1921-1931

No lovely thing is lost,The morning lightOn branches touched with frost,A cherry treeSeen against cloudless sky,A summer nightWith fragrance floating by-All these will beTransmuted, treasured, thoughThe blossom fall, the sky be thick with

snow.

Sketch. This is the symbol of your soul,The angularity of boughsSilvered by frost, and sharply cutAgainst the sky. Your spirit's house

Resists the wind on every side,And echoes with the grief of pines,It was a mordant tool that tracedYour destiny's incisive lines.

Reprinted fromKaleidoscope

----Unasked Advice

This quiet place, where neat green lawnsare hedged

By rose and boxwood, must not keep youlong,

The drip of hours will wear your glowing,strong

Eagerness into sloth; your days, onceedged

With danger and sharp zest, as by a rimOf red upon a sail, are now becomeMonotonous with peace, and all their sumIs profitless, and their wide vision dim.

Let spiders spin their webs round otherdoors

That stand unopened, year on droningyear.

Let pale weak sunlight fall on other RoarsYou have a need to fence again with fear,And taste salt spray upon your lips-

you knowLanguor and you are not companions-

go!Reprinted from

The Writer

A Rainy Afternoon Among the SlimVolumes

I quite admit I shall, next week.Regret that I was moved to speakUnkindly of the poet's toil,Concerned so largely with the soil.I'd put restrictions on the useOf good brown earth. and make a truceWith plowing and such exercise,Which poets evidently prizeIn an inverse proportion toThe actual amount they do.

Undoubtedly this peevish moodWill pass; and I' Il retract my rudeRemarks about the songs in stone-And finish several of my own.

Reprinted fromThe Conning Tower(New York World)

Lines in a NotebookYou will be forever seeking and never

finding,Your thoughts and purposes changeable

as cloudsDrifting in April air. You will be

undecidedWhether to go where sluggish streams are

winding

Down to' reverberating sea, or whetherTo climb a rugged mountain along a

pathwayHostile with rocks. You will evade

decision.To touch with hesitant gesture a floating

feather.Reprinted from

The New York Sun

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Some Educational Developments atConnecticut College

President Katharine Blunt

I am glad to write for the alumnae afew informal statements on educationalpolicies, especially by giVing items ofnews which illustrate the way we are at-tempting to work out our policies.Connecticut College believes that its

great opportunity lies in the experimentwhich it has already started-the deve lop-men t of a high class liberal arts collegewith emphasis on special interests andneeds of women. It wishes to maintainand to strengthen its courses in thehumanities, the social and ne tu ra] sci-encee, the arts including the practicalwork in music and fine arts, horne eco-rro rn ica, education and secretarial train-rng , My own observation after almosttwo years as president is that excellentprogress has been made in this experi-ment but that still more advance mustbe sought.

Most important for such growth ofcourse is the building up of the faculty.In botany, since Dr. Black's death, wehave been working on a temporary basiswith two excellent assistant professors,Misses Barrows and Hartt, carrying thedepartment. This spring a new profes-sorial appointment has been made. Dr.George S. Avery, Jr., who is spoken ofby his associates in the highest terms asteacher, botanist and man. He is asso-ciate professor at Duke University, holdsdegrees from Tulane University, Dart-mouth and the University of Wisconsin,and this year he is a National ResearchCouncil fellow at Columbia. He is verymuch an outdoor botanist and was at-tracted to us in part because of our re-markable environment and our plans fora Connecticut Arboretum. He is youngand has a wife and two small children.We are happy also in our new appoint-

ment in education, Dr. Frances Clarkefrom the State Normal School at Geneseo,New York. She has an unusual combina-tion both in experience and training inwomen's colleges (Barnard and BrynMawr), universities (Columbia and theUniversity of Rochester). secondaryschools, and normal school. and is desir-ous of establishing herself in a woman'scollege to develop the work in educationincluding the practice teaching contactsin the city. When she was here she hada very satisfactory talk with Mr. Buell,a trustee of the college and principal ofthe girls high school in New London whois greatly interested in co-operation be-

tween our courses In education and hisschool.

It is our delightful Allyn bequest ofover $100,000 for professorial salariesthat has permitted these various gains anda few much deserved p r omo tio na-c-D'r.Daghlian and Miss Stanwood to profes-sorships, Dr. Rqac h to associate profess~r,Miss Oakes to assistant professor and MISsBurdick from acting dean to dean ofstudents.

We have drawn up extensive plans forchild study with a nursery school con-nected with the college to serve as ob-servation field and laboratory for ourstudents, but so far the plans have notmaterialized. At present we have ourcourse in child psychology which nextyear will be taught by Dr. Clarke, andDr. Chaney's courses in nutrition whichhave much material on nutrition of chil-dren. Her advanced students have beenhaving practice this year in health teach-ing in a near-by public school. Wellplanned and extensive work in child de-velopment should be of peculiar value ina. wOll1an's college. It gives training of im-portance to young women who will haveresponsibility for their own or others'children, and it presents a field of remark-able interest to general students of psy-chology, nutrition, anthropology, physi-ology and family relations.

The freshman hygiene is hereafter tobe called Personal Hygiene and Nutritionand the teaching is to be shared chieflyby the departments of physical educationand home economics, and as the title im-plies is to contain much more nutritionthan formerly.

Our most striking academic change isof course the dropping of our degree ofbachelor of science. On the recom-mendation of the faculty to the trustees,all students graduating from the collegefrom 1934 on will receive the bachelorof arts degree. Latin will no longer berequired. This action is in line we believewith the more progressive colleges anduniversities over the country, includingVassar. Princeton and Yale, and gives adesirous freedom of choice to the stu-dent. We are hoping soon to offer be-ginning Latin in college as we now offerbeginning Greek. so that the students'opportunity to gain knowledge for thee.ncient languages will not be decreased.Think of the delightful advantage of tak-ing beginning Latin with Dean Nye.

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These two alumnae are still doingcreative work. Rachel Smith has been ~designer and is now a stylist at Lord andTaylor's. Mrs. Ray, with a family ofthree little children. still finds time to di-rect entertainments and compose songs.This winter she composed a group of chil-dren's pieces from the mother's point ofview. The most successful one was called"The Croup," She writes, "It was quitecrazy but captured people's imaginationand I had a very good time playing it hereand there."

The value to the student of producingher own creative 'Work is so great that thecollege might well sponsor some sort ofa wo rlcaho p for original productions, ifnot on the same scale at least in the samespirit as the comedies of ten years ago,

Seniors Burn Gym StockingsAnd lo, the seniors have started a new

tradition, One night late in May thevenerable class war whooped to the res-

ervoir and there in a sacrificial Harne,

bcrned-c-tbeir gym stockings!

1920 and 1921 Present GiftsTo College

The college received two lovely giftsfrom alumnae classes at the class day

exercises this year. The class of 1920

presented two granite benches to beplaced on the campus, and the class of

1921 gave a very lovely sun dial. The

classes should be congratulated uponchoosing these original gifts which are

both charming and useful.

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1928 ReunionJU5t imagine, Girls of the Buff & Blue,

Lover e of the Mascot High Up Among theBlue Thames Hills, we've gone and hadour Third Reunion rIt w as a good one, too. Swell \n;nc~

present, and t ho se a b sen t greath rr-iaeedand mourned. CamPU5 wa a grand to b e-hold~when you could catch a glimpseof any part of it not covered with auto-mobiles. (Remember how parents camein hu ckbo ar de and coaches-and-fours toOUR commencemenO times dochange with incredible -apiditvl )

We marched in a parade somewhere,aasernblecl at Dr. Blunt's garden party,and had ourselves a banquet in the "Eng-lish Room" at the Mohican, j ean BradleyBrooks ran it, Gal presided, Dr. and MT5.Lawrence were our very welcome guests.

1911 ReunionSixty-three members of non-reuning

classes returned to join the mythical"class of 1911." Mary Crofoot '27 had

charge of the arrangements. Many of

the class appeared in gay blue or yellowberets with matching anklets and helped

to make the class day a colorful event,

Winthrop ScholarsThe "following Winthrop scholar5 were

announced at graduation: Class of 1931-Mary Boardman. Anna Coleman, Ruth-

Emily Griswold, Elfrida Hawthorne, Eliza-

beth Rieley, Edith Schneider, Betty

Wheeler; Class of 1932-Kathryn Dru-

silla Fielding, Jane MacKenzie.

Away From the Hilltop

1919Correspond~nt: Grace Cockings82 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, Conn.

Irma Hutzler and 10 undergraduateswere entertained at supper by Mr5. Wes-sel, after which Irma told the girls a littleabout the old days.

Dr. Ruth Anderson spent a week-endat the Appalachian Club party in the

Berkshires in February. Snowshoeing,toboganning, sleighing and dancing werethe chief amuaem errt s. Ruth is workingwith Dr. Erdman in Philadelphia and hasan apartment with her sister in German-town.

Evelyn Bitgood Coulter spent a weekin Danielson, recently, and while theredrove to C. C. She saw several of thefaculty: Miss Ernst, Dr. Deder er, Mr.

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Bauer, Dean Nye. our Chippy, and MissMcKee. The latter showed Evelynthrough Fanning Hall from top to bottomand also, the changes that have beenmade in New London Hall.

Clem Jordan Goulart and Evelyn wentto Boston, April I 1, to spend the daywith Prent. In the after-noon, they sawthe play, "Qeath Takes a Holiday:'

From Louise Ansley Knapp comes thefollowing: Edith Harris. ex '19, ran acafeteria in an Alabama college until herfather died. After staying with hermother until fall, she obtained a positionwith Shrafft's restaurant organization. inNew York.

Louise often compares notes withFrances McElfresh, '29, and MarionClark, '24, who live in Williamstown. Thedaily round of housework, clubs, teas,typing for Mr. Knapp, and Girl Scoutwork keep Louise very busy.

Priscilla Ford Schenke and Sue Wilcoxhave been attending the William LyonsPhelps lectures this winter. They arealso enjoying swimming lessons in thenew Y.W.C.A. pool. Arvilla HotchkissTitterington 'Was a guest at Priscilla's,recently, and Marion Rogers Nelson 'Wasexpected for lunch on April 29.

Marion R. Nelson, Rosa Wilcox andIrma Hutzler drove to New York oneweek-end in April. They shopped andwent to the theater, 'Where they saw Wal-ter Hampden in ''The Admirable Crich-ton.' Another evening they 'Went to see"Green Pastures."

Julie Hatch is in Cleveland, for threemonths, In a temoorary organiZln~capacity. At the end of that tifile sheexpects to work in Indianapolis.

Cards have been received fromBuckley, who is traveling in Italy.reports a 'Wonderful time and 'WritesItaly is far more beautiful than shedreamed.

F rank Otten has been ill for the pasttwo months, but is gaining now. Frank,Helen Gough, a friend and Batch had din-ner and went to the theater this winter.Batch's picture adorned a late Delineator.

Margaret Maher had to resign her oosi-tio n in Paterson, N. J., because of illhealth and is at home.

1920Correspondent: Kathryn Hulbert Ha!l14 Crescent St., Wellesley Hills, Mass.

A letter from Eunice Cates Woods(whose new home in New Jersey we wroteabout last time) has just come and 'We're

quoting from it hoping you'll all read thisbefore vacation days take you too farfrom New Jersey. She says, "I am soimpressed that our new home rushed intoprint in the last issue of the News, but youmake it sound too grand and estate-y!It's an old pre-revolutionary house, partof an old mill which supposedly furnishedHou r to Washington's army when it 'Win-tered In Mo r risrown. It breathes an-tiquity, its only touch of the modern aswimming pool and-praise be-bath-rooms. We're two and a half miles outfrom Morristown on the road to Mend-ham, Chester, Hackettstown, Easton, etc,an old white farm house behind a highFrench fence the gate post pro-claims 'Gatewood." Please tell any C.C.-it e I know, passing this way, and lotsmust, it's open house for them always.If they are starved we'll give them a duckegg (ducks being our only live stock saveboys, so far). Best wishes to you all.Eunice Gates Wood."

Part of the Family of OUT AssociationPresident, Marion Hendrie Milligan

MayShethathad

Marion Hendrie Milligan, busy as sheIS 'With Alumnae Association work andset back with bronchitis 'Which traveledthrough her family just after her returnfrom the winter Week-End, finds time towrite a bit of news, "When I went toCleveland in February I stayed 'With HelenGage Carter and had such a nice visitwith her. She is now in Florida whereher mother has been spending the winterand expects to drive her back. Alice andF red Schell were here the first part ofFehruary for a week-end on their way toChicago and stayed long enough to standgod-parents to Lincoln. "I'm planning togo east in June for co mrne n ce ment andto have Ned's tonsils out, an operation Idread more than if I were going' throughit. Then later in the summer I hope tohave a cottage in Sound Beach and takeboth the children there for a few weeksin the sunshine and a glimpse of the sea:'

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This attractive silhouette was madelast Christmas of the younger membersof Marion"s family.

Alice Gardner Crawford, who wasprinted as Jane Crawford in the last News,by mistake. is' planning to forsake citylife in Boston soon and move with herhusband out into the country, where alittle home beckons to them. (Is it inWeston, Lane?)

News comes from Esther Doolittle,ex '20, who is now Mrs. Harry S. Clarkof 836 0 Ave" Coronado, California,where her husband is an attorney-at-law.Esther's chief interest is "boys" and wellit might be with three of them of her own.They are Harry Jr. ro, Monroe 7, andDonald 2. Esther received her B.A. fromthe University of California.

How many of you have found yourblue overalls in the bottom of your sum-mer trunk and been remembering our10th reunion last June ~ Can it be pos-sible another year has gone ~ Anotherclass is returning for its 10th this year.Good luck, '21, May Bolleswood look asgood to you as it did to us last year!

Your correspondent has recently beenparked in a hospital for a thyriod opera-tion, and having only just been allowedto return to my family after a ten days'rest-cure, the home-coming is so excitingthat it's hard to get down to business anddish-washing again. Suffice it to say, 1gained seven pounds in those wonderfulten days, and am looking forward to arestful summer with a visit to Mainesometime in July. We will take the chil-dren with us and live in a little cottageby the sea, near Georgetown, visitingfriends whom we bo th knew in Syria.

Betty W(JJiaITIS returned from a tripto South America and reports a fine time,with an earthquake at sea and a Neptuneparty for high lights.

Stelle wants me to tell you that a Giftcommittee was appointed this spring, andthat we presented two granite benchesfor the campus to the college at Class Day.

1921Correspondent: Anne Flaherty

120 Madison Ave., New York City

Our tenth reunion! Our thoughts turnback to the hilltop and many a long silentpen has sent in a message to make ournews column equal to the occasion.

Rose Meyrowitz Freeman, who regretsthat she cannot return, has sent us thefollowing about her work: "At the end

of the first semester in the School forSocial Work (New York City) I foundthat I was not suited for the relief ofsocial evils. My earlier scientific train-ing had evidently unfitted me for that.Since my husband gave up his generalmedicine practice to become an internein the Wilmer Eye Clinic of Johns Hop-kins Hospital, I also came to Baltimorein January. At present I am studyingMedical Art at the Johns Hopkins MedicalSchool under Max Br-oeclel, master in thisfield. I am enjoying my work immensely.Deborah Jackson is still here with D.r.Park and I had a very pleasant surprisewhen she walked into the studio one day."

Eleanor Haasis writes from Tennessee:"I know so little C. C. news-my biggestpersonal bit is that I'm coming back forReunion-my first reunion, incidentally,and I am thrilled to pieces at the prospect.My mother and sister, just back fromCalifornia, reported a wholly delightfulvisit with Kathryn Moss, '24, in Berkley.Kat's doing secretarial work at the U. ofCalifornia, sports about in white costumesand a LaSalle car and is just as muchKentucky as ever. Jane Gardner, '23,will be home in Waterford for part of thesummer and I'm looking forward to agood visit with her. It takes a good bitto drag me away from Tennessee, but Isurely intend to use my time to good ad-vantage when I do step out. And asidefrom hiking in the Great Smoky Moun-tains, and planning my Eastern 'Tour,'I've been raising a few prize roses, doingsome Girl Scout work and in betweentimes loafing most diligently. Come on'21-ers. 1 do hope that lots of you willbe back."

Ruth McCollum Basset With Her Children

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Ruth McCollum Bassett and GladysBeebe Millard both have new little sons.Ruth writes us about them: "His name-William Edward, but we call him 'BillyBoy': Date-March to, 1931: Place-Hartford Hospital; \Veight-7 pounds, 12ounces. He is a fine boy and weighs r 0 Y2pounds now at eight weeks. HarrietLouise, just two years, thinks her baby'brudde r' is about the nicest thing going."This cunning picture shows the baby gailywaving his toes at his au nties and bigsister on the lower step.

'The latest arrival to 1921 is the babyboy of Gladys Beebe Millard, born April21 in Milburn, N. J. Gladys had a prettyhard time but is getting along nicelynow.

Anne Flaherty played chief reporter atthe l Ilrh reunion and sends all this aboutvarious people who came back to au pple-ment her reunion report.

Dottie Wulf intends doing some workat N. Y. U. Camp at Lake Sebago thissummer.

Lydia Marvin amused us with storiesof her work, which she talks of with suchenthusiasm. She's secretary to a surgeonin Hartford and is doing solo work at achurch there.

Agnes Leahy appeared in her sportyPontiac coupe. Agnes is with the Na-tional Girl Scouts-Director of Personnel-and is doing much traveling throughoutthe country.

Ella McCollum Vahlteich is still doingwork at Columbia where she recentlypassed her exams for Ph.D. Our co rr-gratulations, Ella r

Esther Watrous surprised many of uswho hadn't seen her lately-very sylph-like-"a mere shadow of her former self."

Rachel Smith, back with all the charmand pep she always had. Ray's now atLord and Taylor's in their Fashion de-partment.

Dot Pryde had a wonderful trip to thecoast last summer, where she visitedCharlotte Hall Holton. We hope to printabout it in the November. There was somuch reunion new-s that we had to setaside many good letters until later.

Hattie Goldman Rosoff IS living inHamden and has two children, a boy ofeight and a girl of five. She promises tosend their pictures.

Anna Mae Chalmers has three children.The oldest one, Allen 6, goes to school.They are darling youngsters.

Anne Flaherty is teaching French atJames Madison High School, Brooklyn.She intends to spend the summer aroundNew London.

We were especially glad to have someof our ex-members celebrate with us.

Martha Houston Allen, w-ho showed us apicture of her son, a fine boy of 8, andPeg Pease Loder who is living at Mont-clair, Marion Keene Hawes, KatherineTroland Floyd, and Matilda Allyn, bothof the latter are living in New London.

Charlotte Hall Holton writes a greet-ing from California. "I can't let '21 "sreunion go by without saying hello to theold gang. It happens that Homer's re-union at Pomona College is at the self-same time as ours so that the sights andsound of his w-ill make me more homesickfor C. C. than ever. So you can be surethat I shall be thinking of you in yourvarious activities and making odious com-parisons, mostly inaudible, about how-much better things are done and howmuch dearer people are on our hilltopway back east. ,. The rest of her' letterwill have to wait till November.

Bobby New-ton Ray also sends regrets:"I w-ish I were going to be in New Londonfor reunion this year, but were in themidst of moving to the beach for thesummer and I've no kind relatives who'llcome and hold the house down while Idepart. I'm hoping to return for our15th get-together -,f IlJ21:'

And now the column is turned over toEvelene Taylor Peters who has beenelected class secretary and correspondent.Let's keep on having the pep that we'vebeen show-ing at our glorious tenth, andsend her 10t3 of news.

1922Correspondent: Dorothy Wheeler19 Shultas Place, Hartford, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. George E. Talmadge, Jr.(Evelyn Gray, '22) announce the birthof Jeremy Gray Talmadge at the Meth-odist Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.,on Friday, March 27.

Helen Tryon teases us by writing: "Ifplans for the summer materialize, i mayhave much new-s of interest by next fall."She expects to get her Master's Degree inJune. She sees Wrey Warner frequently.Wrey has taken this year off and is get-ting her M.A. at Teachers' College. MissBache is w-orking at Teachers' Collegealso-for her Ph.D. She is living at NewRochelle.

Jeannette Sperry Slocum was a C. C.Alumnae delegate III March to theA.A.V.W. Seventh National Convention inBoston. We extend much sympathy toJeannette in the death of her father inFebruary.

We are glad to hear from two of ourex-members. Anne Hastings, who gradu-

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ated from Radcliffe-cum laude, is the wifeof Professor Harry S. Clark of LafayetteCollege, Easton, Pa. They have two littlegirls. Elizabeth 6, and Katherine 3. Annwrites: "We have a summer home inHebron, Connecticut, and would be gladto see old friends there."Rose Webb is now Mrs, Malcolm Cros-

land, 82 Church St., Charleston, S. C.

1923Correspondent: Mary Langenbacher Clark215 Lorraine Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J.

A most interesting letter came to meyesterday from Marie Louise Berg whoha s been Secretary of the European Ufficeof the Payne Fund at Geneva. It is anAmerican organization interested in allthe problems of youth. Quoting from herletter: "Up to the present our activitieshave been especially directed towards thefields of reading, radio, and motion pic-tures. The Geneva office keeps in touchwith activities of the League of Nationsand of youth organizations in Europe; itmay be called upon to furnish data on avast variety of subjects. All our findingsare sent to the main office in New York."Miss Berg is amazed that she has not metany C. C. Alumnae in Geneva. If any ofyou are planning to go abroad this sum-mer, she would like very much to haveyou communicate with her at 10 AvenueJeanne, Brussels, Belgium, or, in care ofThe Payne Fund, 29 Quai du Me Blanc,Geneva, and if you are not going shewould like to hear from you, and renewacquaintances. "If there is any way inwhich I can be of service to Alumnaehom here, I hope you will not hesitate tolet me know:' but she adds, '" cannotpromise to find jobs for all the Alumnaewho would welcome a change of sur-roundings."

And in the same mail was a letter fromJudy Warner who is planning to spend thesummer teaching swimming and music atthe Fellowship Summer Travel School atGland, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland. Ibelieve that is near Lake Geneva, so Judywill be seeing Marie Louise Berg.

Lavinia Hull is most enthusiastic about.her winter cruise to the West Indies onthe "Reliance." The first eto o was Kings-ton, Jamaica, where Lavinia hoped to seeHelen Brown Elliot, but was disapoointedto find she had moved to the Philippinesand soon will be in Manila. But she didsee Katherine Barry Dench's husband whois Commander of C. G. "Tall apousa"which was then at Kingston. "And on toPanama which is a delightful country anda fascinating place to shop as the pur-chaairrg time is spent in bargaining. Thatfact alone makes the other places seem

terribly dull and tame with their fixedp rrces. Havana is beautiful, but too mod-ern to be interesting." Mugs North spentReunion week-end with Lavinia and theyenjoyed all the events. Lucille WittkeMorgan, Dick and their lovely daughter,Patricia, have also been visiting New Lon-don recently.

News comes that Elizabeth Co llocly.ex '23, was married in 1929 to Arnold S.Exell. They are now Jiving in Japan,their address being c/o Chartered Banksof India, Kobe, Japan.

And do you notice that the correspond-ent has a new name? Since June 16, shehas been Mrs. Arthur Morrow Clark.

1924Correspondent: Helen Douglas North

Maple Ave., North Haven, Conn.

Congratulations to Janet CrawfordHowe, alumnae trustee. We know shewill be a good one.

The graduate sec.retary reports thatDorothy Clawson, ex '24, who is a medi-cal missionary nurse in Nanhsu chon, An-hiver, China, has been home on leave butreturned in the early summer.

Did ever a boy look more like hismother? This youngster is Foster Conk-lin, Mad Foster's young hopeful. Sorrywe can't print all the baby pictures wehave received. Others will have to waittheir turn in the fall number.

Foster Conklin

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A mistake occurred in the last News.It was Edith Langenbacher, not EdithKirkland who entertained Miss Sherer ata tea.Kat! Holmes Brandow is still fond of

her farm out in glorious California. "Suchmountain viewa for sixty miles or more-sometimes snow-capped in winter. On ahilltop not far away Schumann Heink hasa bungalow, likewise Charles WakefieldCadman, Owen Wister. Havrah Hubbard,Carrie Jacob Bond, etc."Mac and Betty drove down in the

winter and kidnapped us off to a goldmine in a glorious wild canyon where webunked in a miner's cabin and exploredthe mines. ,.

After nearly six long intervening years,Louise Hall Spring has staged a "come-back" and it was mighty fine to see herand her two darling youngsters, Se m myand Elinor, around New Haven again.She had so little tim e to be with her folkson this flying visit that I was unable toinveigle her into going back for ClassDay, but she has consented to give ourTenth due consideration and perhaps, justperhaps, all of '24 will be able to chatwith Wee at that t irne.Margaret Shelton Bindloss arrived at

the home of Peg and John Bindloss onJune 6, and a very welcorn e little person"little Peggy" will be, and o h, such a lotof co mpa n.y for Joan. Peg and I arewondering if we can't swing a doublewedding twenty years from now betweenour boys and girls.

Look under 1921 for news of Kay Moss.

1925Correspondent: Alice Taylor DuganPalisado Green, Windsor, Conn.

Here's some real news gathered first-hand from the ca rnpus last week. JanetAldrich Hudson will attend the GenevaPeace Conference with her husband thiseumme r. Betsy Wrenshall spent the win-ter in CaUlbridge, Mass., and visited PegCourt Palmer a few days this spring onher way ho m e. Elinore Kelley Moore willbe transferred to the south this fall.Olive Hulbert has just completed a fivemonths' tour of the orient and will be inChicago the last of June. Helen Fer-guson has just completed three years ofstudying to be a doctor and will enterBelleview Hospital this fall. The mem be raof the class of '25 wish to extend theirsymoathy to Helen who recently lost hermother. Betsy Allen has been made Edi-tor of the Norcross Publications. Ger-trude Noyes plans to spend the surn rrt e r-studying at Harvard for her Doctor's

Degree Girls, you just ought to seeEllen McGrath, our fermer thin classmate.She is the very picture of health andhappiness now. Jessie jo sclowitz isExecutive Director of the Jewish FamilyWelfare Society in Providence, R. I. Jes-sie purchased her car from Betty Mc-Dougall Palmer. Dr. Leib and Mrs. Leibcame to '25's small table to welcome usback-seven in number. He told us thatAnn Albree Houston's little sister is en-tering C. C. this fall.

And did you ask about the second gen-eration? jo Perry Weston writes thatGeorge Dake Weston Znd arrived Janu-ary 7. jo was back for Commencementthis year. Janet Goodrich Dresser an-nounces the birth of Grace Alice onMay 3.

A daughter, Barbara Wright, was bornMarch 31. Crace Demarest Wright is theproud mother. Betty Arnold Haynes,ex '25, has a daughter, Carolyn Elizabeth,born in April. Jackie Albree Houstonalso has a daughter, born in May.

A very delightful letter was received byyour correspondent from Marian WalpBisbee, who describes her husband asblond and blue-eyed, 6 feet 6 Y.2 inches,and, well-the typical story-book hero ..And what is more, they ran away to bemarried. Just listen to this: "The ranchis about 20 miles southeast of San Diego.Grc.ceful pepper trees and a tall cypresshedge hide the house from the road. Wehave orange, lemon, olive and avocadotrees on the ranch as well as some chick-ens. All around us are the stony, sage-brush hills. At a distance they lookpurple but near to they are grey-green incolor. I love to watch them change fromrose to purple again as the sun sinks intothe ocean." California has another con-vert, you see.

And lastly, your class correspondentextends a hearty invitation to all who arepassing through New England this sum-mer to stop at the little brown house bythe side of the- road (on the most directcement highway between Hartford andSpring.6e-ld on the west bank of the Con-. necticut).

1926Correspondent: Elizabeth A. BlairGardner Road, Flossmoor, Illinois

Lincoln Whittier Abbott, age twentymonths, is the cherub who gazes at usthis time. There is little need to add thathe belongs to Ellie Whittier Abbott. Shesays she hates to think that he is nolonger a baby. Who can blame her?

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Lincoln Whittier Abbott

Ellie goes on to say, "Did you know thatPeg Durkee McCarthy has a five months'old son, Edward McCarthy Ill? Pegweighs twenty pounds more than whenshe was in college and looks wonderfully,everyone says. I can't imagine herweighing mo r e than I do.

"My husband was an usher at Lib Hig-gins' wedding, the groom, John Capen,being Chick's own cousin; so we were inNorwich for a few days and had a grandtime. Saw Marge Lloyd Austin and heradorable baby boy,"

At last we have from Sis Angler's ownpen an account of just what she is doing."I am the Research Dietitian at Hunting-ton Hospital, cooking diets for patientswho are about to die of cancer. It issomewhat depressing but terribly inter-esting. In fact, wouldn't it be thrillingif we did find a cure for cancer! It reallykeeps me terribly busy, though. At firstI didn't have any help and worked everyday, even Sundays, almost twelve hoursa day, too. Now I have a student fromthe Peter Bent Brigham every day whomI am supposed to teach in return for herheh. It keeps me studying as well ascooki ng so you can imagine how my daysare filled."

The first part of April brought the an-nouncement of Clarissa Lord's marriageat St. Bartholomew's Church in New Yorkon March 14 to Mr. Crinton Ingham Will.Best wishes, Chris.

Another important announcement isthat of the engagement of Dorothy Brooksto Mr. Sanford Cobb of Pasadena. Cali-fornia. He is a crr aclu ate of Yale Univer-sity, a member of Alpha Chi Rho and PhiBeta Kappa. He is now affiliated withDoubleday Doran and Co .. in Philadelphia

Larry Ferris is in Williamsbur~, Vir-ginia, doing some work in connection

with the "Rockefeller Restoration." Imust quote a typical Larry-like para-graph. 'Tm living in one of the restoredhouses and it's perfectly charming. MissEmma L., my landlady, is one of the mostinteresting characters I've ever met. She'srestored, too. I wish John D. would dosomething along that line for Ille."

A short letter from Annette Ebsen tellsme that she was West last su rnrne r butavoided me by going horne through NewOrleans instead of Chicago. I resent that.She adds that Maddie Smith has just re-turned from Santa Fe and looks like amillion.

Rosamond "Ro sk y" Beebe is our newlyelected class correspondent. She hopesfor co-operation from everyone, of course.Her home address is 198 Lorraine Ave.,Up pe r Montclair, N. J. Or you can easilyfind her in New York City at The Macmil-Ian Book Shop, 60 Fifth Avenue.

1927Correspondent: Esther C!"landler14 Worcester Street, Boston, Mass.

Two more yellow-haired, blue-eyedbabies are to be recorded. Preston, sonof Bernice Leete Smith, is over a yearold now-a cunning curly-head who isalready talking a little. Bruce, son ofLaura Drake Langmuier, was bo1-n Sept.29, 1930, and he "shows two dimpleswhen he smiles which is most of the time"writes his fond mother.

Frances Andrews Leete writes: "Yes,I am second or third COUSin-ill-law toBernice now. I never can remember whatdegree. Ed and I were rna r ried on Sept.27. Mil Dunham, Azee Clark, Sue Chit-tenden, and of course Bernice LeeteSmith were all over at the wedding. Itseemed great that they could all get there.-a real reunion."

'27 has one member fortunate enoughto trip to Bermuda, but let Azee Clarkspeak for herself: "A friend of mine andI got a week of our vacations in Marchand thought Bermuda an ideal spot tovisit at that time of year. Of course wehad a perfect time-can't wait to go back-and best of all, we can boast of perfecthealth even in the midst of the gulfstream. I'm back to earth again, but Ihave a lot of fun with my library childrenat Naugatuck. It is marvelous to have aseparate building just for them and tohave all new equipment. After the rushof a big city system, I find it most luxuri-ous and peaceful."

Bobbie Wall L.ittle and Jim have movedfrom their Beacon Hill apartment to Co-hasset, Mass., where .loan Hol""~ says theyl-ave a real establishlllent-inc'uding adog.

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Son of Lois Bridge Ellis

This young heart breaker is none otherthan Richard W. Ellis II, son of LoisBridge Ellis who says, "It is an awful jobto keep Dick quiet long enough to get apicture. As for news, I'm afraid I knowvery little. Faff, Woodie (Elainor WoodFrazer) and I get together often but noneof us seem to gather much news. Faffand Ted were away one week in April,driving to Asheville where they stayed afew days. Bill and I do little out of theordinary but enj oy ourselves a greatdeaL"B06 Tracy drove down to Kentucky to

see Paducah over Memorial Day week-end. Paducah has given up her bankposition and is enjoying a bit of leisure.It was a lovely week-end.Frannie Fletcher Learned, out in Cali-

fornia, writes one of the most cle vi nelyhappy letters that one is wont to receive.Here is some of it: "First and foremost,I'm terrifically happy (as my boys put it).I had the good fortune to find the oneand only person who truly suited myqueer disposition. We met in France thesummer I went back to live with theFrench family way out in the country.Frank is a landscape architect. I am con-stantly and continually in seventh heav-en." Frannie married into an interestingfamily. Her mother-in-law was the oldestof the Cheney family of South Manches-ter, Conn. (Cheney Silks) and her- father-in-law is a noted historian, Dr. HenryBarrett Learned of Washington, D. C.Frannie goes on: "The wedding took

place last June, then we had a most qlo r i-ous honeymoon, camping in New Hamp-

shire-then taking the Canadian Pacificto Lake Louise and Banff-Seattle andthen California. I find it a rather difficulttask to write about this country. Per-haps it is because I feel so full of itscharm, that I need to get away from it tofully comprehend its fascination. SantaBarbara is ideally situated in that it liesbetween a large range of mountains andthe sea, each hour of the day and year,these two factors are constantly changing.And every morning I wake to find thesun shining bright, a clear blue sky anda deep blue ocean.

"I am studying Spanish, and am teach-ing F re n ch, English, Geography, Math andHistory to eight little fifth-graders-bright, clever and devilish-in a countryday school for boys. I enjoy teachingimmensely and enjoy the freedom theyallow us in our methods of teaching. Wearen't required to use any text book atall, and may use au r own ideas in anyway that we want. We have a tiny house-simple but attractive to us-with alovely view of the ocean and each day Ifind myself more and more attracted toCalifornia. Perhaps it is by beau, onenever knows."

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

First, the brides:List Harmon was married to Fred Ward

Pardee j r-., in Ridgewood, N. j., April 4.Leila Stewart, Peg Tauchert Johnston andBetty Gordon wer-e bridesmaids. KarlaHeurich was maid of ho no r. The Pa r deesare now living in Wilroingron, whereWa~d (begging his pardon) is a DuPontengineer.'Dot Davenport was me r ried to Dr.

Ralph Spencer Voorhees Jr., in Rochester.N. Y. June 8. They will be at home afterSeptember 1, at Alpine Drive, Rochester.Lucy Norris has announced her engage-

ment to Lewis Pierce, Iowa State '27."Lewis is connected with the MidwestPacking Cor-p.-they can Del Monte vege-tables-in Rochelle. III.. He is much moreintelligent and better read than I, butwe're very congenial. His only short-coming is that he can't sing but I'mhying hard to teach him. We are to bemarried about the middle of October.You should see all the things I've beendoing-sewing and planning and finishin~up my last three weeks of teaching school.This will be for me a busy summer ofcanning at the Ear m-c-c-canniri o everythingthat Del Monte doesn't ... "Hettie Bruce Stephenson was married

to Francis Farrin?ton Owen on June 11,in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

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And then. the marrieds:Mr. and Mrs. John B. (Peg Merriam)

Zellers have announced the arrival ofSally B. Zellers, born May 4, at Com-munity Hospital. New York. At this writ-ing, Sally's outstanding characteristics aredark eyes, curly brown hair, and a pTO-

pensity for incessant sleeping. Peg hasassured us, and we well believe. that sheis "quite the cutest little peanut" any-body ever saw.

Louise Towne tells us that "EleanorPenny Herbst lost an appendix last Janu-ary. which was compensated for by thefact that son David acquired two teethwhile she was in the hospitaL He's about10 months old now, and is being broughtup according to the best ideas of six orseven books." A literary child

Every time we hear about Hilda Van-Horn Rickenbaugh, she has just moved.This time, according to Ginnie Hawkins,it is to Detroit-18267 Indiana Avenue.

William David Fortune, black-haired,strong-lunged, was born on June 4, inNewton Center. He is the son of RustyGates (ex '26) Fortune.

And then, the maidens:Kay Booth is working in the Cooper

Hospital in Camden, N. j. "This is atypical Quaker hospital, located in thehome town of victrolas, Campbell's soups,and other household necessities. My workincludes teaching, some clinic work,which I particularly enjoy, and specialdiets."

Mary Lou It-vine is a busy little mother'shelper in Rockford-her own mother'sbusy helper, we mean-doing Girl Re-serve work on the side. "My pals askme what I'm reserving them for, and I'llbe darned if I know. But it's a worthycause, I guess, and plenty interesting."Say Say Brown wrote us a grand letter

not long ago, 'all about the three months'Riv-trip she took to the west coast andback last summer. Sorry it's too long toquote here. She is working in a settle-ment house in East Cambridge, "perchedamidst gas tanks and soap factoriesThere's much doing there and I like ittremendously. Two of us are startingsome craft and drawing classes, and theresults are screaming. Incidentally, JoanHOj2"ewas here recently. She has a per--Iec tly grand job in the design departmentof Paine's Department Store ..

Have any of you seen the silhouettesDot Bayley has done for the Herald-Tribune Sunday Magazine} They'regrand. At this writing, she is sunning inBermuda with her father, on a briefvacation.

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We wish to apologize for the emptyspace which represented 1928 news inthe last issue of this sheet. But that noth-ing was all the news we knew. We don'tcomplain, of course, but if you would.if you only would send in a para-graph now and again, it would assist usimmeasurably. One person was niceenough to write, "What are YOU doing,Honey Lou?" We had forgotten thatthat information might fill up space, orelse we should have printed it all by itselflast issue.This is it. Left TIME last October,

came to work for Benton & Bowles, NewYork advertising agency. (The Bentonhalf of it is the husband of Helen Heming-way Benton, '23.) I'm still at it, notousted (yet), learning lots, trying to bea copy writer and a few other things thenames of which escape me.Recently we whoa-ed our hired Chev-

rolet before an attractive Montclairshoppe known as the Clairidge Bookshop;a cheerful place with book-lined walls andcomfortable window seats upon which onesits and companiably sips one's cup of aft-ernoon tea. And there, with nose inbook and feet in desk drawer, sat DelKent, looking tremendously efficient andproprietary. Which indeed she is. Delis half-owner of the shop. Business, shesays, is booming-insofar as business dothboom these days. So if you want first orlimited editions of your favorite modernauthors, regular editions of the books onemust read, or the best of the detectivetidbits, rel eoho ne or write to the ClairidaeBookshop at 23 Church St.. Montclair,and your copy or copies will be sent toyou at once. (Note: This is not an ad-vertisement. )

1929Correspondent: Muriel S. Kendrick

23 Highland Ave., East Northfield, Mass.

Class attention! Chili writes that theclass baby has arrived. She is Miss Doro-thy Ann Wood, age three months, daugh-ter of Adeline Anderson Wood. Con-gratulations, Andy, hope she will bemusical. Adeline did not know that shehad the class princess. She sends a pic-ture of the wee little lady which unfor-tunately is not clear e no u gh to print, andsays. "I had no idea I had the class baby.Of course I am tickled pink to think thatshe is. Dorothy Ann was born Friday,the thirteenth of March, has hig blue eyesbut not much hair to speak of!"You might be interested to know that

Peg Bristol, '29, was in the hospital withme. Shp- had a little boy who arrived onthe Sunday after my baby."

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Chili is full of marriages. She writesthat Mary S~attergood was married onJune 13 to Robert Fogg Norris, a medicalstudent. Muriel Whitehead and Chili wereamong the bridesmaids. Scat and Bobare going to spend this summer in Eng-land where Bob will study in London, andthen come back in time for him to startin his last year at medical school. Theyhave a very attractive apartment in Hav-erford for next winter.

Tommy Service is to be married inJune, also, and Weeny Pratt and MarianShaw are to be in the wedding party.I think I detected Muriel Ewing burst-

ing into fame with a place (and reward)in "Good Housekel';,ping's" National Sur-vey of Distinguished Women. TrustSkeets to know and pick the winners.

Betty Williams is climbing steadily up-ward in the field of social work in Chi-cago. jo Arnold's job with "t he OpenCourt Publishing Company has given wayto the plee su res of a long summer va-cation.

On June 13 Pat Hine and CarolynTerry are to be bridesmaids at the wed-ding of Waterbury friends, whom. manyof us know-Dot French and Doug Gray.

Pril Rothwell-Mrs. James Cunning~ham Gray Jr.-has a second son, bornApril 13. On June 20, Janet Rothwell,ex '32. is to be married, and Pril will bematron-of-honor.

1930Correspondent: Eleanor Tyler168 Drury Avenue, Athol, Mass.

Just a year ago we were in the processof graduating-laughing at Banquet-laughing at Prom-a little sad, singing onthe Library steps-a little serious, sittingin rows in the big tent. And now we arein the process of doing so many othertbin e-s, all widely apart.

Doris Ryder is in Glendale, California,sitting, we gather from her letters, in abower of roses. This summer she is plan-ning to start a school of expression andLittle Theatre group for children In

Glendale.Edie Allen MacDiarmid and her hus-

band are living in New London, where heis seatio ned now. Edie drove all the wayup from Florida, pushing another car thatw'"'" ..... ~ of pas through New York City.Wh:c,", w e call a Feat.

Dot Feltner is secretary to a firm ofpublishers and advertisers, located on theFIFTH floor of the Chrysler Building. Dr.Jensen might call this Irony, with acapital.

Johnny Johnson has left Mecy'e and isnow assistant to the head of the StatisticsDepartment of. Bigelow and Sanford, alarge rug concern in New York. We saythis with relief, personally having been alittle worried over the fact that she alwaysmade the Macy customers t ry on theirown shoes. There's nothing menial aboutJohnny's present job. She has twelvepeople under her. That sounds like foot-ball, but we assure you it iso·t.

We're sorry to hear that Ellie Meurer,who has been in training in the Presby-terian Hospital in New York all winter,has been very ill with rheumatic fever, orsomething terrible like that, and has beencompelled to stop training temporarily.

Three of our class are holding up thereputation of G. Fox and Company inHartford. We mentioned Norinne Augurbefore. She's now Assistant to the headof the Personnel Department. Mid Monjois a Comparative Shopper in the samestore, and Marian Wickw-ire has recentlybecome the head of the CirculatingLibrary. This sounds to us like a verysociable little gathering-or a plot to buyout G. Fox. himself.

Did we ever say-if not, we shouldhave-that Helen Oakley is head of stockin the Stationery Departm.ent of Mam-berger's in Newark and that Sunny Barryis in the Furniture Department of Wana-maker's. Philadelphia_

The last we heard, Evelyn Clarke isgoing to have the most thrilling next yearof our class. At that time she was mak-ing definite plans to work in ChateauThierry, France, In a War MemorialHome for war orphans. We hope thather plans do work out.

And we've saved until the last thenicest surprise-the engagement of HeckWei!. announced about a month ago, toAaron E. Elfenbein, of New London-known to all Heck's friends and to alldevotees of Service League dances, as"Bones." Heck, who seems to be in thatenviable state of never knowing whethershe is corning or going, says that the wed-ding will be sometime early in the Fall.I'm sure you're all with me when I offerher Best Wishes from' 930.

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