1 10 15 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/7eb7f7bb6ae448cf598b2746adc72ed0.pdf 8a23cc1fc34da7755e533fb7c7417d9b PDF Text Text The HUNTER COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS Published Mon.thly from October tQ June, inclusive, at 49 East 65th St., New YOI1k 21, N. Y., by the Alwnni AssociatiQn of Hunter College of the City of New York Entered as second·class matter, Dec. 28, 1945, at post office at New York, N. Y., und er act of Mar. 3, 1879 VOL. LX NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1955 No.7 FR'O M THE PRIES:I!DENT OF THIE A,I.JUMN'I ASSOCIATION I hope that we are all returning to our winter activities with renewed energies, despite the trying summer weather. A number of our Chairmen continued in the summer to work on plafls for the coming year_ The new President of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds, . Vic Bitterman , already has a number of projects in view for the Funds. The election of Mrs. Bitterman to the Presidency-she was one -6f the originators of the ~hole enterprise to help undergraduates-is a loss to the Executive Council, for she was for a long time Chairman of the Committee on the Council. But the Council's loss is the Funds' great gain. We are all deeply grateful for Vic Bitternlan's long-continued service to the Alumni. Our indefatigable Louise Draddy is now President of the Association of Neighbors and Friends of Roosevelt House. A full program of activity for the year is already planned. I want to express a special word of thanks to our Committee on Constitutional Revision , Anne Trinsey, Chairman, and Ethel Berl, Lillian Corrigan, Irene Graff, and Adelaide Hahn. Theirs was a stupendous task, as I learned, sitting with the Committee. So much was accomplished in six months. I think that we may all feel that we now have a good working instrument in the constitution that was adopted at the Annua~ Meeting last May. To clarify the relation of Chapters to the main organization, a meeting was held in Westchester in July, at the home of Mrs. Cano. Mrs. Winer, the President of the Westchester Chapter, various members of the Chapter's Executive Committee, Miss Corrigan, Chairman of the Committee on Chapters, Mrs. Trinsey, and I at- ( tended. There was fruitful discussion of various matters. A special word of thanks is due too to Anne Mackey, Treasurer, and Anne Loop, Assistant Treasurer, who in the summer finished the monumental job of preparing the records for the Auditor. And thanks, too, to Ray Miller, who has continued, as Chairman of the Committee on Finance, to look after our investments. Our own editor, Adelaide Hahn, continues to serve us faithfull y. I hope that with increased membership we can afford to spend more money for the NEWS and have an enlarged and illustrated monthly, as our Editor wi~hes. FROM TH,E SWF P~ES'I,D'ENT At the last annual meeting of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds of the Alumni Association, held on June 2, the Board of Directors elected me President. This project, which was started by me six years ago, is very close to my heart. Despite the great expenditure of energy, time, and effort by the Directors and our many friends since 1949, we have not yet reached the half-way mark. I pray that, with the cooperation of the Alumni Association, our twelv.e Chapters, and the anniversary classes, it will not take six more years to reach the goal set - $250,000. . We are deeply appreciative of the splendid . work of the Queens, Bronx, Washington, and ' . ,-t.!"' Westchester Chapters. The Queens Chapter has con tributed $1,000 annually since its or· ganization several years ago. We hope all the other Chapters will follow the fine example of Q9-Cens. Remember, every dollar helps a n eedy ~tudent. It is interesting to note the tremendous advance in....interest and support evinced in the past three years by members of the Alumni, especially Executive Council Representatives/ and by the Faculty and Administrative Staff of the College. I appeal to all my loyal friends to continue the int((rest and support manifested in the past, and .I- urge those who h~ overlooked us so far to help us now, for it is never too late to help a worthy cause. We shall welcome constructive suggestions, and those who make them are assured of prompt ,~ action. __ ' The Board has been most fortunate in having had Louise F. Draddy as its President for the past six years. Her charm, wit, and kindliness have endeared her to all of us. In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the Board for the honor they have conferred upon me. I promise to give the b~st that is in me to help promote the progress and success of our Scholarship and Welfare Funds. MRS. ,SAMUEL BITTERMAN 275 Central Park West, New York 24 ... f To all who have helped in the work of our organization, my heartfelt thanks. May we all continue to serve the Alumni and the College in good faith. I am looking forward to a fruitfy.l year. FRANCES ROTH ABRAMS President, Alumni Association At the Annual Meeting of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds of the Alumni Association of Hunter College, held on June 2, elections were held. The new officers are as follows: President-Mrs. Samuel M. Bitterman Vice-President-Mrs. Cornelia S. Amster Recording Secretai-y-Mrs. Anna M. Trinsey Corresponding Secretary-Miss B. Elizabeth Kallman Treasurer-Miss Laura Guggenbuhl Assistant Treasurer-Miss Ray L. Miller The following members were elected to the Board of Directors; - Mrs. Frances R. Abrams, Miss Marie K. Gallagher, Mrs. Jacob Larus, Miss Ra y L. Miller, and Mrs. Seymour R. Thaler. , �1920 creepin g, 1955 Who says tha t 'round the corner age is slowly That we . who sowed in '20 are almost done with reapin g, ThaI we who won the college sings mu st li st to other- ' singilng, s T,hat we h ave flun g our flin g and now mu st watch th e others flingin g, Tha t now is c/}me th e quiet time, the time for contemplatio n, F or lagging f eet and slippered ease and waning anima ti on? A fig for pessimism and all that kind of rot: Baby-s ittung with our knitting will not he our lot! W e' re past th e a,ge for comfort th at at forty life hegins- Or is there a ny fiv e-yea r old that Hunter's B.A_ wins?There's too mu ch fiTe in the bones that made old '20 fl ame, An d every added year but teaches how to pl ay tJl e game; F or eaoh time b rin ~s its own ri oh gi f~3 tha,t we wil h grace accelpt, And age but adds its wi sdom and mak e us more adept. Th e · threa t of f uture boredom fri g h~s us not a j ot: Baby-s-itt:i ng w i~h our knitting will not be our lot! F Oir now h as come the magi c time when hou sehold chores h ave thinn ed, And now we've earn ed a 'breat hi ng space 10 catch ou r seco nd wi nd . Yes, now at la,st vhe ni ghts are slill and 'all the ohildren grown . An d so we find that we ,ca n pau,se and call our l ives our own; We now can primp or take a trip or even ca n r etire Or engin eer a new career to set th e Th ames on fire. We know not w hat we will do ; we know whal we wil l not: BaJ)y-sitLing with o ill· knitti ng will not be ou]· 101! MOLLIE R. GOLOMB EpSTEIN � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The HUNTER COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS Published Monthly from October to June, inclusive, at 49 East 65th St., New York 21, N. Y., by the Alumni Association of Hunter College of the City of New York Entered as second·class matter, Dec. 28, 1945, at post office at New York, N. Y., under act of Mar. 3, 1879 VOL. LX NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1955 No.7 FROM THE PRIESIDENT OF THIE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION I hope that we are all returning to our winter activities with renewed energies, despite the trying summer weather. A number of our Chairmen continued in the summer to work on plans for the coming year. The new President of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds, Vic Bitterman, already has a number of projects in view for the Funds. The election of Mrs. Bitterman to the Presidency - she was one of the originators of the whole enterprise to help undergraduates - is a loss to the Executive Council, for she was for a long time Chairman of the Committee on the Council. But the Council's loss is the Funds' great gain. We are all deeply grateful for Vic Bitterman's long-continued service to the Alumni. Our indefatigable Louise Draddy is now President of the Association of Neighbors and Friends of Roosevelt House. A full program of activity for the year is already planned. I want to express a special word of thanks to our Committee on Constitutional Revision , Anne Trinsey, Chairman, and Ethel Berl, Lillian Corrigan, Irene Graff, and Adelaide Hahn. Theirs was a stupendous task, as I learned, sitting with the Committee. So much was accomplished in six months. I think that we may all feel that we now have a good working instrument in the constitution that was adopted at the Annual Meeting last May. To clarify the relation of Chapters to the main organization, a meeting was held in Westchester in July, at the home of Mrs. Cano. Mrs. Winer, the President of the Westchester Chapter, various members of the Chapter's Executive Committee, Miss Corrigan, Chairman of the Committee on Chapters, Mrs. Trinsey, and I at- ( tended. There was fruitful discussion of various matters. A special word of thanks is due too to Anne Mackey, Treasurer, and Anne Loop, Assistant Treasurer, who in the summer finished the monumental job of preparing the records for the Auditor. And thanks, too, to Ray Miller, who has continued, as Chairman of the Committee on Finance, to look after our investments. Our own editor, Adelaide Hahn, continues to serve us faithfully. I hope that with increased membership we can afford to spend more money for the NEWS and have an enlarged and illustrated monthly, as our Editor wishes. FROM TH,E SWF P~ES'I,D'ENT At the last annual meeting of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds of the Alumni Association, held on June 2, the Board of Directors elected me President. This project, which was started by me six years ago, is very close to my heart. Despite the great expenditure of energy, time, and effort by the Directors and our many friends since 1949, we have not yet reached the half-way mark. I pray that, with the cooperation of the Alumni Association, our twelve Chapters, and the anniversary classes, it will not take six more years to reach the goal set - $250,000. . We are deeply appreciative of the splendid work of the Queens, Bronx, Washington, and Westchester Chapters. The Queens Chapter has contributed $1,000 annually since its organization several years ago. We hope all the other Chapters will follow the fine example of Queens. Remember, every dollar helps a needy student. It is interesting to note the tremendous advance in....interest and support evinced in the past three years by members of the Alumni, especially Executive Council Representatives/ and by the Faculty and Administrative Staff of the College. I appeal to all my loyal friends to continue the interest and support manifested in the past, and I urge those who have overlooked us so far to help us now, for it is never too late to help a worthy cause. We shall welcome constructive suggestions, and those who make them are assured of prompt action. The Board has been most fortunate in having had Louise F. Draddy as its President for the past six years. Her charm, wit, and kindliness have endeared her to all of us. In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the Board for the honor they have conferred upon me. I promise to give the best that is in me to help promote the progress and success of our Scholarship and Welfare Funds. MRS. ,SAMUEL BITTERMAN 275 Central Park West, New York 24 ... f To all who have helped in the work of our organization, my heartfelt thanks. May we all continue to serve the Alumni and the College in good faith. I am looking forward to a fruitfy.l year. FRANCES ROTH ABRAMS President, Alumni Association At the Annual Meeting of the Scholarship and Welfare Funds of the Alumni Association of Hunter College, held on June 2, elections were held. The new officers are as follows: President-Mrs. Samuel M. Bitterman Vice-President-Mrs. Cornelia S. Amster Recording Secretai-y-Mrs. Anna M. Trinsey Corresponding Secretary-Miss B. Elizabeth Kallman Treasurer-Miss Laura Guggenbuhl Assistant Treasurer-Miss Ray L. Miller The following members were elected to the Board of Directors; - Mrs. Frances R. Abrams, Miss Marie K. Gallagher, Mrs. Jacob Larus, Miss Ra y L. Miller, and Mrs. Seymour R. Thaler. , 1920 -- 1955 Who says that 'round the corner age is slowly creeping, That we who sowed in '20 are almost done with reaping, That we who won the college sings must list to others' singing, That we have flung out fling and now must watch the others flinging, That now is come the quiet time, the time for contemplation, For lagging feet and slippered ease and waning animation? A fig for pessimism and all that kind of rot: Baby-sitting with our knitting will not be our lot! We're past the age for comfort that at forty life begins -- --Or is there any five-year old that Hunter's B.A. wins?-- There's too much fire in the bones that made old '20 flame, And every added year but teaches how to play the game; For each time brings its own rich gifts that we with grace accept, And age but adds its wisdom and make us more adept. The threat of future boredom frights us not a jot: Baby-sitting with our knitting will not be our lot! For now has come the magic time when household chores have thinned, And now we've earned a breadhing space to catch our second wind. Wes, now at last the nights are still and all the children grown. And so we find that we can pause and call our lives our own; We now can primp our take a trip or even can retire Or engineer a new career to set the Thames on fire. We know not what we <i>will</i> do; we know what we will <i>not</i>: Baby-sitting with our knitting will <i>not</i> be our lot! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Alumni Association of Hunter College Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Hunter College, CUNY Language A language of the resource English Alumni Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/327a008e849c7970208adaf670a9e94b.pdf 35f726f3319c5ecb52e85068aad4e687 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNAE NEWS Enterel'i as second· class matter, December 28, 1945, at ·the po ;t 'office at New York, N. Y .• und<r the act of ·March 3. 1879 . I , Published MOllt4ly from ()ctob'er to June, inclusive, at. 49 East 65th St., New York 21, N. Y., by th(' . Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of the City of New York . , " . VOL. LUI NEW YORK, J UNE, 1948 No.6 two examples of needy cases whose urgency was matched, he said, by many others not specifically described. . Developing the theme enunciated by Presi,d ent Shuster, Mr. George Hamilton Combs, news analyst and student of the political scene, stressed the need for a vivid and dynamic democracy, a democracy of opportunity which will identify leaders and equip them to preserve the way of life we hold dear. On the platform with Mr. Combs, President Shuster, and Mrs. Draddy were Miss THelma Vint, in charge of the Reunion, Miss McLaugi11in, Mrs. Theodore E. Simis, Dr. Ruth Lewinson, Mrs. Leslie Graff, and Deans Ann Anthony and Anna M. Trinsey. Their presence was acknowledged by the audience with applause. The report of the Nominating Committee followed this greeting with the slate as listed, which was unanimously adopted : President, Mrs. Robert E. Draddy 1st Vice-Pres., Mrs. Samuel 'Bitterman 2nd Vice-Pres., Miss B. E. Kallman 3rd Vice-Pres., Miss Marie K. Gallagher Recording Secy., Mrs. J. P. Thompson Asst. Rec. Secy., Mrs. Harry J. McCallion Corresponding Secy., Miss Lillian Corri~n Asst. Cor. Secy., Mrs. Wilbur F. Throne . Treasurer, Miss Elsie R. Kengla Asst. Treasurer, Miss Josephine Burke Mrs. Draddy then spoke of 'the series of lectures arranged by Mrs. Mari~n Kortjohn and urged the Alumnae to attend these valuable programs. Notices appear in the NEWS. Music for tr.e afternoon was provided by Miss J oan Pont at the organ and Miss SPRING REUNION Several hundred Alumnae gathered in the Dolores Michelini with severa charming College Assembly Hall on Saturday, May songs. After group singing of "The Ivy 15th, at 2:30 ,P . M., to fasten college ties a Leaf", Mrs. Draddy announced tea, which little tighter and recapture for a brief mo- was served in the North and South Lounges. ment the spirit of college days. A warm I n the Alumnae Lounge was an exhibit of spring sun after much bleakness encouraged . creative work of many Hunter Alumnae. ANNE L. HARRIS many to find their way back to what is at least the site of their girlhood, though the scene is so greatly changed. EVENING SESSION ALUMNAE After a greeting by the spirited Mrs. The Evening Session Alumnae met on Robert E. Draddy, President of the Asso- May 20 at the College and elected the folciate Alumnae, Miss Isabel C. McLaughlin lowing officers: President, Hana Hartman; reported briefly for the Membership Com- Vice-President, Henrietta Raymond (Mrs. mittee, which is still several hundred new Irving Raymond); Secretary, Adele G. names short of its announced goal of 1000 Cremona (Mrs. Chris F. Cremona) ; Treasnew members. She urged continued work urer, Clara Labenow (Mrs. Max Labenow). toward the accomplishment of this aim. The next meeting will take place on June President Shuster then informed the 17 in the Alumnae Room (302) at the Alumnae that in honor of the 80th birthday Co llege. Our guests will be the new graduof the College, a plan to aid 80 undergradu- ates of 1948; and we shall have as guest ate students a year would be undertaken. speakers Professor E. Adelaide Hahn, Miss This would require a fund of $250,000 Lily Diana Mage, and Mrs. Robert E. which the Alumnae would assist in rai!?ing. Draddy. Alumnae of all classes will be President Shuster illustrated his talk with welcome. ADELE G. CREMONA PRESIDENT'S GREETING At the end of . my fir;st term in office I should like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to all of those whose wholehearted cooperation has made mi job a pleasant one, namely, to all Officers , Directors, and Chairmen: To Professor Hahn, for her meticulous care in editing the NEWS; to Mrs. Bitterman and Miss McLaughlin, for their splendid zeal in promoting membership; to Mrs. Graff, for her inspired job at Lenox Hill; to Miss Kallman, for her continued activities with her Dutch School; to Mrs. Simis, for the outstanding annual Birthday Luncheon; to Miss Mellor, for her hard work on the Bridge; to Miss Vint, who makes all Reunions very delightful; to Miss Burke, for her fine planning for Alumnae Day; to Miss Miller, who so carefully budgets our finances; to Mrs. Kortjohn, as new Chairman of our Special Activities Program; to Mrs. Thompson, for the fine job she does as Chairman of the Alumnae Hall Committee; to Mrs. Berliner, for the splendid Forums ; to Miss Plumb, for her very keen interest in buying new books for the library ; to Mrs. Mulligan, who continues to keep our Ivy Leaf famous; and to the following whose duties are not so arduous, but always well-done-Mr~ . Newmark, Miss Lewinson, Mrs. Zanger, Mrs. Cohan, Mrs. Burger, Mrs: l'4acLean, Mrs. Grahan, Miss Goodhart, Miss Witmer, Mrs. Flouton, Miss Deis, Miss Martin, and Miss Allegri. Have a pleasant summer. (MRS. ROBERT E.) MARY LOUISE DRADDY �1928-1948 I remember, I remember the school where we were taught; The buildings "Old" and "New" that New York City taxes wrought. On Lexington and Sixty-eighth stood Hunter's building "New"; The ivy-covered Gothic tower embraced Park Avenue. I remember, I remember the day so long ago When Hunter's Fame-'~ong may she Iive"-set Freshman hearts aglow. As little Sophs! as Juniors bold, as Seniors full of glee, We Twenty-Eighters sang our way three times to victory. I remember, I remember-'tis all of twenty yearsWhen Hunter's newest graduates left teachers, friends-with tears. Though older now, and wiser, too--we've traveled far since thenOn this, our anniversary, our hearts are joined again! CECIUA A. HOTCHNEIt, '28 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Hunter College of the City University of New York Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/238b5ff6b5b1a4f5c8ff332a8a1fd3c4.pdf 85c99b6ce14fa6874cca0cebdc6ef757 PDF Text Text THE Published Monthly by the ALUMNA~ NEWS No. $' g' Associate Alumnae of Hunter ColS ege of the City of New York (Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage.) VOL. XXVII. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., DECEMBER , 1922 THE FALL REUNION November eighteenth saw the Chapel comfortably filled by the flock of the faithful who never fail to respond to the call 'Jf Alma Mater. The recent achievements of A lma Mater were summarized by Mrs. Popper in her address of welcome, in which she referred to what has been accomplished by the Summer Sessi'on, by the Senior Class, and by individual alumnae who have gained distinction. She mentioned, too, the series of ten P hilharmonic Concerts given under the auspices of City College (represented by Professor Baldwi n ) and Hunter College (rep resented by Professor Fl·eck); and finally she ref erred to the success of our High School Department, to whose 'graduates have been awarded 185 state scholarships. Neither were Alma Mater's requirements forgo tten. Mrs. Popper begged her audience to give th oughtful attention to the crying need of a new building. The High School D epartment is threatened with ev iction ; and the College, too, is in sore want of more space £-or furtber development in every line, both cultural and athleti c. President Davis, who on the previous clay had reprooented Hunter at the inaugurati on of a new chancellor at Syracuse, had been unable to get back to New York in time fo r the Alumnae meeting; but he sent a cordial letter of greetings and good wi shes, the reading of which met with hearty applause. T he musical numbers 'O n the program included seve ral delightful ongs admirably rendered by 1 r. Vernon Hughes, and th e "f " Ivy Leaf", in the singing of which, as usual, all joined. The speaker of the day was our own Professo r Whicher, whom all the Alumnae wer-e most eager to see and hear once more after hi s absence of over a year abroad. There, in hi s capacity of Profess'Or in Charge at the School for Classical Studies of the A meri can Academy in Rome, Profe so r Whicher resided in the Academy, where he lectured and arranged for lectures, and directed the band of students in th ei r researches; but he also fot)nd time to explore Latium, E truria, and H orace's Sabin e Hi ll s; to represent Hunter at tr.·e quinquecentenni al celeb rati on of the U niversity of Padua. which university conferred an honorary doctor's degree upon him ( but thi s he omitted to mention) ; and t'O amass many interesting- "Observati ons of Modern Italy." which he proceeded to summarize for u. in hi s own inimitable manner. • Italy, like our own country, is a meltingpot. In the northern portion, which in the old days was not considered Italy at all, the people look Teutonic, while the way of life rather resembles that of France. Of thes·e prosperous manufacturing centers Professor Whicher did not purpose to speak so much as 'Of the agricultural communities to the southward, where sturdy peasants seek to wrest a living from a land lacking fn iron and other metals and in coal, cov·ered with barren ridges of limestone , and "poor in water" like that pr,imitive kingdom of Daunus of which Horace tells, so that ordinary hygienic facilities are practically non-existent. But in less material things the Italian s are bless·ed. Professor Whicher says that he was particularly impressed by the per(As he exsonal beauty of the men. plained in a jocular parenthesis, he was not so li kely to be struck by the loveliness of the women, since twenty-four years at Hunter had accustomed him to pretty girls!) And more important is the intense love of beauty that pervades all classesbeauty of nature and beauty of art. V'ery touching was Professor Whicher's r.eference to the Italian immigrants 'Of the east side, who, eV'en whi le they realize that they have found more material comfort and prospe rity in this country than their own land could have offered them, still grieve that their childroen are being deprived of th at beauty which should be their birthright. For these same immigrants Professor Whicher made a most moving plea. Surely they merit our respect-these gangs of men who do the most repUlsive work of civilization, often at the ri sk of their lives, and share their scanty wage with some dependent relative in the little home-village back in Italy. Together with this love of art goes a tremendous respect for science and scholarship. To the Italian the essential thing about a university is not its buildings but its fa culti'es and their scholarly achievements. An amazing thing about Italy is the abundan ce of its artistic remains that have survived the centuries of political turmoil inevitable amid so vivacious and so individuali stic a people. Every little community has something of whi ch any community might well be proud. Every town has its own source of inspiration. And inspiring, too, is the wondrous background of lakes, and fall s, and "villages white or whitish-gray surrounding like a ' crown some little mountain peak that ri ses out of the pu rple Ca mpagna." �ALICE RICH NORTHROP May, 1922 brought g lad tidings to the sto ny st.reet. T o li ttl e, lo ng in g souls . unk ind ly pent B e tween hard wa ll s. H er qui et wav ~ h e wen t, . pread in g th e gospel o f g reen leaves, th e ~Vf'et A nd living wo rd of th e woods; and wh'! re her fe et Had passed" sp ranJ! peace. and happy wonderment j So shall th e thou!!ht of h e r he eve," bI en! lith those dear boons the seaso ns sti ll repe-a t. Year a fter year h er memory !=h al1 be wr it ~rith v iolet s in bright April 's B ook of Hours. And tende rest ferns. from the warm earth new· r i!= ~ ·l And ev e rY Autumn s hall ill umin e it vVith co lor of genti ans and of carel ina l·fl owc rs : For she brought B ea uty to the spirits in prison . : ~h e Helen :ray Cone. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Alice Rich Northrop Helen Gray Cone Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/0506bab4a86316ac2930f2faa47f23e6.pdf 6ae0717dbb689143e27b75d0ff4e0987 PDF Text Text • THE ALUMNLE NEWS Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of the City of New York (Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage) VOL. XXIII. NEW ROCHELLE, MARCH, 1918 No.3 PATRIOTIC SERVICE COMMITTEE. The Patriotic Service Commi ttee has agreed to cooperate with th e Collegiate Associate Alumnae in their work of ed ucating the ali en and foreign-born citizens of our city. The chairman of the Patriotic Service Committee, lIiss l1cElhinney, 5± East J 28th Street, appeals for volunteer who ·are willing to go where they are sent by the committee of Collegiate Associate Alumnae, to make five or ten minute speeches il schools, cluL ', churches, and community cen ters. This i work for which college women are fitted, and it is hoped that Hunter College will be well represented. Don't wait. Send your name in NOvV. The Patriotic Service Comm ittee "as upheld at th e mee ting on vVecInesday, the 20th, by an en thusiasti c Lody of loyal and patriotic a lumna e who carriec1 off their class rolls ci eterm in ed to do th eir bit. ' here, ob, where were the patriot? of th e following- classe ' : 19J.J, 1!)09, ] 908, 1 !)lHi, J !JO-l:, 1900, 1!:l95, 1!:l9±, 1893, 18n, It->HH, 1H8i, ] '81, 18Rl, I H;" INti, 1 ~~? Please hurry to the defense of your class and of you r country. T he Patriotic Service Co mmittee meets on : I onclay afternoons fl ()m ;3 to 1 :"0, in Room 2 1, Uld lJuilding. ] nformati on will be uppli ed th ere, and the treasurer will be on hand. Take your roll, lJe a captain or an aide! Each class should 1m 'e at lea t ten. So come ! Jane '. ~I cE lhinn ey, Cha irm an, 51 Ea t 128th Street. held did not' interfere with the progress of the plans for the Varsity play to be given in the spring. The play selected is "Mice and Men." Some of the tryouts have already been held and rehearsals will begin shortly. It has not yet been determined to what work the proceeds of the performance will be donated, but there is no doubt that it will be one 'well worthy of the support of the Alumnae. The teaching staff held a meeting on iVednesday, February 27th, to con. id er the question of organi zing for Var Relief "ork. This was done in cooperation with the alumnae and the stu dents, who are also considering similar plans. The re ults have n ot as yet been announced; but no doubt through the efforts and interes t of all, there will be devised some effective way of controlling and directing all r elief work. 11. K. G., '1±. COLLEGE NOTES. Up to th e time of our goi ng to press, the month of February had proved rather uneventful at College. Thi ' was due to the fact th at. ow ing to th e f uel sho rtage which necessitated th e closing of the old building, the iJeginning of th e ne' term was postponed frol11 February G to February 18. This time i to be made up la ter on by delayi ng th e closing of the ~.ess i on. The fact that regula r s·:!ssions were not BUREAU OF OCCUPATION. Yith the re-opening of the old building, the l1ureau of Occupation i ' now in permanent ql1a rters. Classes have been resumed, and the stud ent are again available for part-time pOSItIOns. The coal hortage wrought con iderable havoc with the bpsiness o[ the Bureau, as with everything else. T he heating or the old building, and the return of the tud ents from the Exemption Board "ork, started bu ines afresh. On the first day we received twelve telephone call ' f 1'0 111 employers. In order to keep prope r record s we urge all applicants s nt to positi")11 to repo rt promptly the result of th eir intervi ews with employers. A return postal card ystem is being inaugurated, by 'hich we can keep such record, with th e cooperation of the students and empl oye r. Patronesses of the Bureau, particularly, are urged to reC0'11111end our students to th ei r business friends, for part-time clerical po itions. Hunter girls always give sati sfaction! E li zabe th [I. F oign ct. �ALIGNED. Why do yo u leap in the wind so wild, o Star·Flag, 0 Sky F lag? And why do you ripple as if you smiled, Flag of my heart's delight? " I laugh because I am loosed at last, Free of the cords that bound me fast, Mute as a mummy, furled on the mast, Far from the beckoning fight! " I joy because I am alignedThe Star-Flag, the Sky-Flag!With these the noblest of my kind, Flags of the soul's desire! And wh ere the blended Crosses blaze, And where the Tricolor lifts and sways To the marching pulse of the Marse illaise, I may be tried in the fire! " Yea, not for gold and not for ease, My Star-Flag, my Sky-Flag, The Fathers launch ed yo u on the breeze, Flag of man 's best emprise! Yea, no t for power and not for greed, But to fly forever, follow or lead, For the world's hope and t h e world's need, Flower of all seas and all skies! And better you were a riddl ed r ag, My Star-Flag, my Sky-Flag, The faded ghost of a fighting-flag. Shredded, and scorched with flame, Than that you should now be satisfied Over splendid cities and waters wide To flutter and float in an idle prid e, To flaunt in a silken shame! Then well may yo u leap in the wind 0 wild, o Star-Flag, 0 Sky·Flag! And well may you ripple as if you smiled, li'lag of our h earts' de light! We j oy because you are alie;ned With these the nobl est of YOUI' kind: Vi'e are yours and theirs with a ingle mindL et us on to the beckoning fight! ll elen era), Cone. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/old/sites/default/files/pdf/archive_articles/aligned_by_helen_gray_cone_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "Aligned" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Alumnae News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Gray Cone Description An account of the resource "Aligned" a poem by Helen Gray Cone. The Alumnae News (March 1918): 3. Faculty Helen Gray Cone Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/fc98b23f22f55279c205562bb36b665a.pdf b78e90a370cb533b713c0b1b8076078e PDF Text Text THE ALUMNLE NEWS <J Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter CoHege of the City of New York (Ent ered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage.) VOL. XXVI NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1921 No.2 • THE REVEL On the eighth of J anuary, the Alumnae began the New Year and completed the Jubilee Year with a combined New Year's Revel and Jubil ee Finale. All the cla!:>ses, beginning with those fifty years young, joyously followed the Spirit of Youth into Chapel at the stroke of the gong, leav ing all cares behind with their wraps and lunch-box·es, and changing fond memories into miraculous reali zati on. . As in the olden days, all turn ed attentive faces toward the faculty places on the platform; and, 1 and behold! these , 0 were not empty, for there to receive us were ou r two Presidents, Dr. Davis and Mrs. Popper, and Professors H ickinbottom, W hicher, Cone, and Requa. The two last-named after wards joined their da ses on the floor of the Chapel ; but our first vice-president, M rs. Moffett, in her airyfairy costume of the Spirit of Youth, a fterwards mounted the platform , and there, too, sat our second vice-president, Mrs. Content, like a pers'onified Spirit of Learning in her flowing Greek garments. M rs. Popper and Dr. Davis gave us a hearty welcome home; and th en the Spirit of Youth assurOled her beneficent sway, and turned us into an enthusiastic menagerie which heartily roared, barked, mewed , hi ssed, and even crowed. It was suggest·;!d that thi s last fun cti on, owing to an accident of sex, might with more justice be performed by Professor iVhi cher; but he dedi'ned to he a rooster, with ra re presence of mind selecting the role of a crocodile instead . Fortunately, the only tears of the day we re of the variety whi ch he proceeded to shed into hi s handkerchi ef. Th'cre might have been a few tears wh en Mr . Strau s insisted on stepping to the plat form and putting ti S th rough an examination ; but appa rently th ere had been some successfu l cramming, f or merry and sati sfactory answers; were promptly forthcoming. N or.·e th e less, some rebellious soul propo ed a trike agai n t lessons on Satu rday, and tl~·~ quond am examiner went meekly back to her post as nurs·e-maid to her cha rming group of "L olly-Popper ", a lu sty set of infants who sold lollypops at the I'ema rkable rate of one for a dime, two fer a ql1a rter. T hese "Lolly-Poppers" were Lillian Bartel, Helen Deal<in, Helen F ischhofer, E. Vera Loeb, lfay j'vfcCarthy, Marga ret Meade. Helen Mehler . Cha rl-otte Sternberg, Mav T rain or, E lva iVald. T hen came our New Year's Son~"Rilig O ut vV ilc1 Bells"-and our ew Year's Resoluti ons, one given by each class in response to roll-call. The answers were varied, some individual and w me collective, including prose and verse, cheer and song. At the clos·e of these were distributed prizes-perhaps to be regarded as "etrennes" or New Year's Gifts. Mrs. Popper received the reins of office, Dr. Davis a floral crown, Dean Hickinbottom a corsage bouquet of ch rysanthemum s, M rs. Lilly a bunch of lilies, . and . Profess ?r Cone an ivy leaf. The call upon Professor Cone for a speech was so insistent that she was forced to an ticipate her place 'O n the program, and gi ve us then and there her talk on "A Right Good Willi'e-waught fo r th e Sake of Auld L ang Syne." A "good willi e-waught," we learned, should really be a "good-willi e waught," and 'assured ly the good will still remains, although some of the 'O ther ingredients are lacking now-a-days. Next we heard from some of our other poets. Amelia J osephine Burr gave us a quaint small-boy poem with her usual grace and charm; and J eannette Sewell Davis' spirited companion-piece to "The Good Ship Alm a Mate r"-"Alumnae Hall Our Hous·eboat" -was read by Elsie Haertel. Finally, th e apt lines which Gertrude C. Leerburger had written to the tune of "The Love Nest" were finely sung by Irene vVeinstein, all joining in the chorus. The audience then scattef'ed to various "love nests" in both buildings, to enjoy a love fea st of lun ch and chatter for the space of the "Merry Lun ch Hour." T he strains of the Hunter Orchestra, eli rected by Flora Rubin, recalled us to the Chapel, where we enj oyed a number which, though not printed on the program, was perhap th e most welcome of the day : namely, the presentati on of a hand sume sil ve r bag contai ning a gold pocket-piece. to Emma D. Huebner, as a slight token of the grateful appreciati on which all alumnae extend to the presid ent who . . guided ti S so peacefully and sun- shinil y through a peri od 'O f strife and storm , and through the subs'eq uent joys of the Jubil ee. Next wa. di played the Hunter College Exhibit of O ur O wn Screen Stars. J-Jow there wa s an oppo rtunity to see how varia u. fami li ar characters l oo k ~d in infancy or shortly thel"'cafter. Pouts and smile, chubby shou lder and quaint costumes, made the e nt ~ rta inm cnt one of va ried intere t. I n app roved movie fashion. 1here were fir st thro'vvn on th e screen. portraits of th e producer. Simony Fri ed berger Strauss, of th e scenari o-writer, E. Adelaide �ALUMNAE HALL-OUR HOUSEBOAT Tih!e Good Ship Alma Mater hasl a string of little 'b oats That swarm about her moorings or convoy 'her when she floats. They hoist their tiny pennants beneath her ,color'S gay. (The Scene is like the "Pathe News" 'b efore a photoplay.) The boats are numbered -'70-or '93-or '10And all are ·f ully manned and yet there is no sign of men. 'T hey whistle and they tootey·toot-and 'f:.ome have sirens too. Their 'c all means: Alma Mater, a good Ne~ Year to you! There's a Hous'e'b oat floating very near, hawser just too short To hitch to Alma Mater who would pull into port, But all the yarns the sailors make on all little boats wili lengthen out that hawser, where pleasant Hou seboat floats. the her the the Then into Alma Mater's port! And what's the Houseboat's name? Alumna.e Hall! More whistles and more sirens for that same. 'T he call means: Alma Mater, a great New Year to you With t'he staun ch Alumna·a- Houseboat as y·o ur n ear est, dearest view! Jeannette Sewell Davis. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/old/sites/default/files/pdf/archive_articles/alumnae_hall-our_houseboat_by_jeannette_s._davis_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "Alumnae Hall-Our Houseboat" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Alumnae News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jeannette S. Davis Description An account of the resource Poem by Jeannette S. Davis. The Alumnae News (February 1921): 5. Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/d98af9647073f8340396ec57f2acd9e7.pdf 73cffd2537d329525fdecd419a3e6882 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNLE NEWS <J Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter CoHege of the City of New York (Ent ered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage.) VOL. XXVI NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1921 No.2 • THE REVEL On the eighth of J anuary, the Alumnae began the New Year and completed the Jubilee Year with a combined New Year's Revel and Jubil ee Finale. All the cla!:>ses, beginning with those fifty years young, joyously followed the Spirit of Youth into Chapel at the stroke of the gong, leav ing all cares behind with their wraps and lunch-box·es, and changing fond memories into miraculous reali zati on. . As in the olden days, all turn ed attentive faces toward the faculty places on the platform; and, 1 and behold! these , 0 were not empty, for there to receive us were ou r two Presidents, Dr. Davis and Mrs. Popper, and Professors H ickinbottom, W hicher, Cone, and Requa. The two last-named after wards joined their da ses on the floor of the Chapel ; but our first vice-president, M rs. Moffett, in her airyfairy costume of the Spirit of Youth, a fterwards mounted the platform , and there, too, sat our second vice-president, Mrs. Content, like a pers'onified Spirit of Learning in her flowing Greek garments. M rs. Popper and Dr. Davis gave us a hearty welcome home; and th en the Spirit of Youth assurOled her beneficent sway, and turned us into an enthusiastic menagerie which heartily roared, barked, mewed , hi ssed, and even crowed. It was suggest·;!d that thi s last fun cti on, owing to an accident of sex, might with more justice be performed by Professor iVhi cher; but he dedi'ned to he a rooster, with ra re presence of mind selecting the role of a crocodile instead . Fortunately, the only tears of the day we re of the variety whi ch he proceeded to shed into hi s handkerchi ef. Th'cre might have been a few tears wh en Mr . Strau s insisted on stepping to the plat form and putting ti S th rough an examination ; but appa rently th ere had been some successfu l cramming, f or merry and sati sfactory answers; were promptly forthcoming. N or.·e th e less, some rebellious soul propo ed a trike agai n t lessons on Satu rday, and tl~·~ quond am examiner went meekly back to her post as nurs·e-maid to her cha rming group of "L olly-Popper ", a lu sty set of infants who sold lollypops at the I'ema rkable rate of one for a dime, two fer a ql1a rter. T hese "Lolly-Poppers" were Lillian Bartel, Helen Deal<in, Helen F ischhofer, E. Vera Loeb, lfay j'vfcCarthy, Marga ret Meade. Helen Mehler . Cha rl-otte Sternberg, Mav T rain or, E lva iVald. T hen came our New Year's Son~"Rilig O ut vV ilc1 Bells"-and our ew Year's Resoluti ons, one given by each class in response to roll-call. The answers were varied, some individual and w me collective, including prose and verse, cheer and song. At the clos·e of these were distributed prizes-perhaps to be regarded as "etrennes" or New Year's Gifts. Mrs. Popper received the reins of office, Dr. Davis a floral crown, Dean Hickinbottom a corsage bouquet of ch rysanthemum s, M rs. Lilly a bunch of lilies, . and . Profess ?r Cone an ivy leaf. The call upon Professor Cone for a speech was so insistent that she was forced to an ticipate her place 'O n the program, and gi ve us then and there her talk on "A Right Good Willi'e-waught fo r th e Sake of Auld L ang Syne." A "good willi e-waught," we learned, should really be a "good-willi e waught," and 'assured ly the good will still remains, although some of the 'O ther ingredients are lacking now-a-days. Next we heard from some of our other poets. Amelia J osephine Burr gave us a quaint small-boy poem with her usual grace and charm; and J eannette Sewell Davis' spirited companion-piece to "The Good Ship Alm a Mate r"-"Alumnae Hall Our Hous·eboat" -was read by Elsie Haertel. Finally, th e apt lines which Gertrude C. Leerburger had written to the tune of "The Love Nest" were finely sung by Irene vVeinstein, all joining in the chorus. The audience then scattef'ed to various "love nests" in both buildings, to enjoy a love fea st of lun ch and chatter for the space of the "Merry Lun ch Hour." T he strains of the Hunter Orchestra, eli rected by Flora Rubin, recalled us to the Chapel, where we enj oyed a number which, though not printed on the program, was perhap th e most welcome of the day : namely, the presentati on of a hand sume sil ve r bag contai ning a gold pocket-piece. to Emma D. Huebner, as a slight token of the grateful appreciati on which all alumnae extend to the presid ent who . . guided ti S so peacefully and sun- shinil y through a peri od 'O f strife and storm , and through the subs'eq uent joys of the Jubil ee. Next wa. di played the Hunter College Exhibit of O ur O wn Screen Stars. J-Jow there wa s an oppo rtunity to see how varia u. fami li ar characters l oo k ~d in infancy or shortly thel"'cafter. Pouts and smile, chubby shou lder and quaint costumes, made the e nt ~ rta inm cnt one of va ried intere t. I n app roved movie fashion. 1here were fir st thro'vvn on th e screen. portraits of th e producer. Simony Fri ed berger Strauss, of th e scenari o-writer, E. Adelaide �ALUMNAE HALL Tune: "The Love Nest" I Many 'b uilders there have Ibeen Since the world ,b egan; Palace, Cottage, Mansion, Inn, They have built for man; 'S ome we~e small and some were tall, ,Some with s'p lendor filled; But the ,b est one of t'hem all Hunter girls wiJI buildWe'll build for futur e days; Let millions sing its praise. CHORUS Just a love nest, Alumnae Hall; W el'c ome, true rest, a r est for all. Committee rooms wbere every board can meet, And a section for our reoords all complete. Then a smalJ room for social tea, Where 'goo'd old friends we're .sure to see; Better than a pa}.ace with a gilded .dome, Alumnae Hall, where we're at l:!ome. II I Forming ·Classes still goes on; There'·s a mighty throng; When Commencement days are done, Where do we 'b elong? NoOw we have an answer new, 'F or we hope to rear Just a home as tribute true 'ToO our Gollege dear. 'Twill be the greatest 'boon. We hope to buHd it soon. CHORUS Gertrude C. Leerburger. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/old/sites/default/files/pdf/archive_articles/alumnae_hall_by_gertrude_c._leeburger_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "Alumnae Hall" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Alumnae News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gertrude C. Leerburger Description An account of the resource "Alumnae Hall" poem by Gertrude C. Leerburger. The Alumnae News (February 1921): 5. Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/25dae8d71afd8dff150fa1cfb70c5e34.pdf 5b5494e9654a92f3a5e433833d4c9739 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNLE NEWS Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of the City of New York Entered as second cla&ll matter. 1895. at the post-olllce at New Rochelle under the Act of March t . IITI. VOL. XXXIX NEW ROCHELLE, N . Y., APRIL, 193·1. No.4 D R . J ENNY B. MERRILL A complete list of g rad uates of Hunter College from 1870 to 19H would include many- di s tin~ui shed names-non e more so in the field of education than that of Dr. J en ny B. Merrill, whose productive life and distinguished ser vice to education cam e to .'l close F ebnlarv 19 las t. In touch with Thomas Hlmter , Dr. Dou ai, Elizabeth Peabody, G . Stanley Hall, Dr. Sheldon, Frances Willard, Earl Ba rnes, and other grea t educational leade rs, J enny B. Merrill was hers 1£ one of the g reat influences in the educational world for over fifty years . She was the daughter of Benj amin B. and J ane Ann e McBride Merrill, and was born in Ne w Yori. on September 4, 18 54. After gr aduating f rom H unter (then ormal) CoUege in 187 1, she was appointed to the Training D epartment, first at St. Marks Place and lat er at 68th St. and Lexington Avenue, being named Critic T eacher in 1874, and Third As sistant in 1875. A lso in 1875 she studied with Mme. M a rie KrausBoeIte, th e first to practi ce Froebel's kindergarten methods in Ame rica, who later wrote an ap preciation of Dr. M errill in the Pedo.:gogical Digest) rejoicing in her success as student, t eacher, and supervisor of kinde" r gartens. In her allllual address as President of the Associate Alumnae, an office which she held from 1875 to 1877, Dr. Merrill urged the need of training kindergartners, foreseeing the establishment of kindergartens in the public schools long before their realization. In 1877 President Hunter, believing little children should be trained, organized the first free kindergarten in the United States and established it at the Training Department of Normal College, with Jenny B. Merrill as teacher. Recognizing the r are quality of her personality and teaching ability, he appointed her teacher of methods in tll e College proper in 1878, and here for eigllteen yea rs she influenced successive classes of app reciative and devoted student:> who, as teachers, carried her message into the schools. Three yearS before the Board of Education adopted kindergartens as part of the regular public school system, the New York Kinderga rten Association , which Dr. Merrill had helped organize, established a kindergarten in the old mission-house of the Baptist Church, on the corner of 68rd Street �AN APPRECIATION A distinguished woman; A great educator; A lover of children; Above all an awakened Soul. She ha.s gone from us. We ca.nnot do her honm; We can only seek to glean the Message of her life, BUilding upon it, Utilizing her experiences as 'Visdom with which to proceed. Dr. Jenny B. Merrill, A great Soul. Sh~ loved and serve.d unceasingly. She t enaerl" cove red the weakness of all. W e love he~ for what she is. Her favorite quotation: , "They may not need me, but they might, And so I'll keep my heart just in sight." LU,EON LOUISE CLAXTON. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/old/sites/default/files/pdf/archive_articles/an_appreciation_by_lileo_louise_claxton_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "An Appreciation" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Alumnae News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lileo Louise Claxton Description An account of the resource "An Appreciation" poem by Lileo Louise Claxton dedicated to Dr. Jenny B. Merrill. The Alumnae News (April 1934): 2. Faculty Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/a8b795ec67458c2175b9f4aa159a03ea.pdf 648cd7a238a06edc0dfb33b36d3dd14b PDF Text Text Published Monthly from October to June, inclusive, at 12-14 Lawton Street, New Rochelle, N. Y., by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College 6f the City of New York Entered all ~d THE ALUMN£ NEWS N:EW ROCHELLE, N. Y., JANUAThY, 1938 class matter, 1895, at the poo-oftlce at New Rochelle under the Act of March 8, 1879. VOL. XLIII No.1 A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE Happy New Year! Eagerly we look forward to 1938, in the hope that it will bring happiness to the world, and surcease from strife. There is no sentiment more beautiful than that contained in the words-"Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men." Let us therefore cherish that sentiment above all others so that it shall guide our every act, and bring to fruition the hope of the world?eace and Happiness. And that is my wish for you! IRENE BRANDON GRAFF, President. It is with pleasure that I announce that Mrs. Julia Van Dernoot has consented to take the chairmanship of the Legislative Committee. We are fortunate indeed that one so well equipped is willing to give us of her time and ability. 1. B. G. ALUMNAE BREAKFAST The Committee in charge of the Alumnae Breakfast, to be held on F ebruary 12th, Is most eager to interest members of the Alumnae and other gI'aduates of HunteI' College who for various reasons may have temporarily lost tb eir enthusiasm for the social side of the Alumnae Association, or who because of many interests and demands on their time have not attended the Breakfasts. To those friends of Hunter we are now appealing, and we feel certain that a large number will respond to our call for attendance at the next Breakfast. Let us all work hard and pull together to make our annual party a social and financial success. Please have checks accompany reservations and send tbem in not later than January 15, 1938. Tables seat t en p ersons. Wben r eservations of less than ten are made, please state year of graduation so that you may be congenially placed. Time of Breakfast, Feb. 12th, 12 :30 P. M . Place-Hotel Astor. Price-$2.50 per ticket. GENEVIEVE B URKE CnOTTY, Chairman, Alumnae Brcakfast Committee. Address communications' to Mrs. J ames A. Crotty, 200 West 90th Street, New York, N. Y. Telephone Schuyler 4-6274. CALEI NDAR, JANUARY-FEBRUARY Wed., Jan. 5-Officers and Directors Wed., Jan. 12-Executive Council . Wed., Jan. 26-Commencement Sat., Feb. 12-Alumnae Breakfast Wed., Feb. 16-Birthday Celebration COLLEGE NOTES The annual Alumnae Chapel of Hunter College was held on November 24th, at the Central Synagogue, 55th Street and Lexington Avenue, at 11 o'clock. President Colligan welcomed the former students to their old Alma Mater. Mrs . L eslie Graff addressed the gathering. Professor E. Adelaide Hahn, H ead of tbe J)epartment of Latin and" Greek, paid a tribute to the late Professor George Meason Whicher; and two students, Lucille Ryan and Tippins Brown, read two of Professor Whicher's poems. Joyce Gale, President of the Student Council, r ead President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Proclamation. Vocal and instrumental music by the students completed the program. The seventh semi-annual Pre-Admission Program began with two assemblies in the auditorium of the Julia Richman High School, held on Thursday evening, D ecember 2, and Monday evening, D ecember 6, for high school students applying for admission to Hunter in February, 1938. At these assemblies, which more than 1,200 students and their parents attended, the entI'ance requirements and the new curriculum of the College wer e explained and the students were advised on the election of courses . Speakers were Mrs. Mary Belden James Lehn, Chairman of 'the Committee on Admission; Professor Marie K. Gallagher, Chairman of the Bureau of Educational Guidance; and Professor Philip R. V. Curoe, Chairman of the Curriculum Study Committee. After the assemblies, departmental conferences between the prospective fr eshman and a r epresentative of the department in which she had indicat ed her first choice of a field of specialization were scheduled for tbe weeks of December 13, J anuary 3, 10, and 17. At these conferences the individual problems of each student are discussed and advice on election of courses is given by the departmental counsellors. The Pre-Admission Program, which was started in December 1934, under the direction of President Colligan, as an attempt to integrate high school and college experience, h as proved very successful. The percentage of change from one field of specialization to another during the first t erm has decreased from 8% to less than ' 2 ro of the class, investigations made by the Bureau of Educational Guidance have shown, and the work of the students bas indicated that tbey have been more judiciously and h appily placed in a program of studies than were those who in the past did not have the advantage of the Pre-Admission Program. �2 THE ALUMNAE NEWS Professor Wilbert Snow of the English Department at Wesleyan University made the Phi Beta Kappa address at the initiation of new members into the Hunter Chapter on December 8. He spoke on "American Poetry Since 1920". The thirty students inducted are as follows : Junior Members--Class of June 1938 Helen L. Escher Betty J. Pessin Anita H. Gauss Norma Rhoades Anna M. A. Holz Ruth D. Rothenberg Nettie Horowitz Rhoda T. Seretean Margaret V. Nelson Mary Van Brunt Helene E. Parnass Margaret R. Vogel Senior Members Class of September 1937 Frederika F. Hearst Class of January 1938 Dora Buchwald Helen F. Levin Shirley H. Eron Rosemary Muenich Charlotte Fich Helen B. O'Connell Eleanor Fuhrman Adell R. Paymer Pauline Gensler Rose Rosberg Mildred Gorin Evelyn Ray Safier Elizabeth G. Heinrich Estelle Siutnick Gladys Kozinn Bertha Slutzker Lillian Wolfe The traditional burning of the Yule Log in the Bronx Buildings of Hunter College took place on Thursday, December 23, with President Colligan leading the celebration. The guests of honor included President and Mrs. Colligan; Mrs . James Lyons, wife of the Bronx Borough President; Mrs. Walt er S. Mack, Jr., Chairman of the Administrative Committee; Dean Hannah M. Egan; and Acting D ean Mary M. Fay. They and the H eads oj Departments met Assistant Dean Anthony, in charge of the Bronx Buildings, in her office and formed a procession toward the lounge in Student Hall. Before the actual burning of the 'log, the Bronx orchestra played two selections and the Bronx choir sang two carols. Before lighting the Yule Log, President Colligan made his customarv address and introduced Mrs. Mack. The c~remonies were followed by the annual Christmas luncheon of the Bronx FacultyStudent Social Relations Committee in the faculty dining room. Among those attending were the guests of honor, the Heads of Department, and seventy-five Bronx students chosen by lot. Professor Blanche Colton Williams, Head of the Department of English, gave a tea to the members of her Department at the Hotel Plaza on D ecember 11. At a meeting of the Woman's Press Club held on Saturday afternoon, November 27, with Mrs. Otto Hahn, the Club's Chairman of Literature, as Chairman of the Day, Dean Hannah M. Egan was a guest of honor, and the speakers were Professor E. Adelaide Hahn, of the Department of Latin and Greek, who spoke on "The Love Poetry of the Ancients", and Professor Eleanor G. Clark, of the Department of English, 'w ho spoke on "The Practice of Fustian in Elizabethan Literature". Professor Broderick Cohen, Director of the Evening and Extension Division and the Summer Session of Hunter College, was reelected President of the New York Academy of Public Education at the meeting of the Academy held on Thursday, November , 18, 1937, at the Waldorf-Astoria. The Academy, whose members are selected for their contributions in the field of Education, has this year celebrated its silver jubilee. The basic purpose of the Academy is to consider and promote public education. Recent speakers at the College have included Mr. Henry Levy, Head of the Board of Exaqliners of New York City and Chairman of the Commercial License, a division of the board, who addressed the Art of Business Club on "The Ideal Commercial Teacher"; nil'. Paul B. Sears of Columbia University, who spoke on "Landscaping for Civilization", discussing dustbowls, irrigation, and conservation; Dr. Ralph p. Rosenberg of the German Department of the College, who spoke to the German Club on "Ludwig Borne-A Centenary Appreciation of a Literary Journalist" ; Mr. David Dressler of the N ew York Division of Parole, who addressed the Special Service Committee on "The Adjustment of the Ex-Convict to Society"; Dr. William H. Summerson of the Cornell University Medical Department, who treated the biochemistry of iron before the Chemistry Club; Dr. Ruth Sullivan ,N ovel of the Physiology and Hygiene Department, who addressed the Pasteur Physiology Club on the adrenal glands; and Mrs. Otto Hahn, President of the Home Makers Forum, who spoke at a meeting of the Home Economics Club on Children's Rights. A ChriltmlU Book, a magazine containing essays, reviews, articles, and poems by members of the English Department at Hunter College, was presented to President Colligan on Tuesday, December 7, by Professor Blanche Colton Williams, Head of the De~ partment of English and editor of the Book. It is hoped that this publication will be the first of a series by staff members of various departments. Professor Williams stated, in handing a specially bound copy to the President, to whom it was dedicated, that the contributions ' were written as offshoots of larger works, or as results of research investigation, or as essays developed in connection with courses taught at the College j and that a few are reminiscent of vacation or social work. One third of the staff is represented in this collection assembled, without pretense, to record some of the departmental interests. The title, A ChrUtmlU Book, is seasonal, with small reference to content. The frontispiece is a reproduction of Harry Farlow's portrait of Helen Gray Cone. Professor Emeritus Cone's poem, "A Chant of Love for 'England", is reprinted in the Hunter volume by special permission. �THE ALUMNAE NEWS The Table of Contents, printed for easy A HU N TER THEATER PARTY re fer en ce on the front cove r p age, includes The Hunter students a re planning a thealso: Th e English E pic, b y A ssist ant Pro- a t er-p a rty for S aturday evening, Janua r y f essor Caroline H a rris Steven s, who h as 2 9, a t 8 :45, and invite the Alumnae to join mad e a sp ecialty of Old E ng lish; A Gal- them. " The Troj a n Women" of Euripides lant Lady, a cha r ming essay on L a dy M a r y is to be presented at the Roeri ch M useu m Wortley M ontagu, b y Professor J oseph J. by a n ew dr ama ti c g roup, the American AcR eilly; Caxton's D 1lchess, by Associat e Pro- tors Theat e r, which in cludes one of our g radf essor Dorothea C. H ess, who has mad e a uates, Lncy Land. study of Caxton 's Pref aces ; New Wine in Thi s g roup is d edi cated t o the noble p uran Old Bottle, a study in Dipodic Vers e, b y pos.e of presenti)~g plays of liter a r y merit A ss ist ant Professor M arion Witt; Falstaff seldom or' never offered b y the cOlll me rcial and Cobham, by Assist ant Professor Elea.nor theat er. In this fin e enterprise, whi ch s ureGrace Cla rk, a keen a nd humorous a rticle ly merits support, they ar e making a most growing out of D r. Clark's E lizabethan in- a uspicious beg inning . Their production of vestigations ; Th e Flood Myth, r eminiscent "Tlhe Tr ~j an Women" is genuinely moving p f a course in theology, b y Mis s Babette and impressive, ,as th e under signed, who atM ay L evy ; A Cri tic Criticized, the crit.i- t ended a dress rehearsal, is happy to tes tify . cisms direct ed towa rd Lionel Johnson, by Ticket s, at th e sp ecial r a t e of 55, 70, lind Miss M a r y S almon; H ilar'ius the Man, b y 8 5 cents, may be obtained from the student Miss Eleanor Bryant Cra ig, who has b een in ch ar ge of th e theate r party , Hope Kahn e, doing resear ch in the M edieval Puy ; A Siae- Hunte r College, 2 P a rk A venue. light on R obert Frost, one of h er f ellow New E. AD ELAIDE HAH N. Engla nders, b y Miss Grace Croff; Th e Structur e of Tristram Shandy, a venture in ON THE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY unfolding the plot of the novel, b y Miss The Colleg e Birthday, F eb. 14, 1938, is Isab el L. W alke r; An I nsnlt a.nd a D isen- the d ay which has been set for the fir st p erchantment, growing from social service ac- forman ce of the oper etta on which many tivities at G ander, K entuck y, b y Miss Jos e- staff-m embe rs and students ar e now eage rly phine G ernsheimer; J esons A hatonhia, a at work . It is entitled Ca.lZing P eter, a nd piece of early Americana, by Miss Claire the musical score, ri ch in characteriz ation M cGlinchee ; Wordsworth as a Landscape and variety, is the work of Professor Ch arles Gardener, b y Miss Fred erika B eatty, who W. Hughes, who will conduct at all p erformwill shortly publish a work on Wordsworth's a nces . The production is being directed by L at er Y ear s ; a nd Some of K ing A lfred's Professor P earl C. Wilson, who wrote the Friends, by Professor M a rjorie Ander son, words. who h a s publis hed in collaboration with Dr. The scen e is la id in the future, and the Williams an Old English Handbook . plot shows, in a humorous and fanciful way, The r eviews are by Mi ss Cecilia A. Hotch- the conflict - between those who want th e ner and Miss H enrietta Tichy, who dis cuss world to be run by machines and those who The Anglo-Saxon S ections of Thomas Warton's H istor.'If of English Poetry, a nd Miss M a rgaret Grennan, who dis cusses Gedl,rge Sand and England's Athenaeum. In the poetry section a r e Miss Mary Lindsley 's T wo Sonnets and Mr. Thoma s Sulkie's Consider th e L ilies. Of special inter est to collectors of Poeana a re Professor Thomas Ollive M abbott's hitherto unpublished letter s of Mary H ewitt to Edga r Allan Poe. K. M. L. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES On November 18, Mrs. M a rga ret A. Koch, of the History D epartment, addressed the L ake M ahopac Parents and T eacher s Ass ociation on Th e Changing R ole of the Parent . The thirty-third anniversary b anquet of the Societ e d es Professeurs Fran<;ais en Ame rique, held at the Hotel Lafayette on D ecember 18, wa s a ttended b y Miss Gabrielle Goda rd and Miss Yvonne Bruye re, both of whom a re officer s of this organization. Miss H arriet Theumann, of the G erman D ep.artment, was a member of the cast of Goethe' s Urfaust , g iven r ecently under the a uspices of the Junior Auxili ar y of the American Association of T e achers of G erman at the P auline Edwa rds Th eater of City College. R.-·M. D. believe that ther e is al so n eed of imag ination. The p e rformances a re for the benefit of the Ernst Riess Scholarship Fund, and will be g iven during the week of F ebrua ry 14th, at five o'clock on the first four days, and at e ight-thirty on Friday. Afternoon tickets at 3 5 cents, 50 cents, and 7 5 cents. Evening ticket s at 50 cents, 75 cents, and one doll a r . Ticket s may be order ed now from Dr. H enrietta V. Apfel, Hunter College, 68th St. and L exington A venue. A tea in honor of the Alumnae who a ttend the first p erformance, on Feb . 14th, will be held at four o'clock in the Lounge adjoining the Little Theat er in the Bronx Buildings. P.C.W. OUR SPRING BRIDGE PARTY Please r eserve the right S aturday for our Spring Bridge ; the date is April second, in the Waldorf Roof Garden . Through a mistake (my own!) the date in l a st month's issue was incorrect. W e hope to have a F as hion Show if it can b e arranged. Save the date ! MARY LO UISE DRADDY, Chairman. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Lavell Description An account of the resource An introduction to "A Christmas Book" a magazine containing essays reviews articles and poems by the faculty of Hunter College English Department. The Alumnae News (January 1938): 2. English Department Faculty Hunter College of the City University of New York https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/37e0ae93de2fc437067364a60d19992a.pdf b274b9d4062e16711fd5fe601ae1a786 PDF Text Text Published Monthly from October to June, inclusive, at 12-14 Lawton Street, New Rochelle, N. Y., by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College 6f the City of New York Entered all ~d THE ALUMN£ NEWS N:EW ROCHELLE, N. Y., JANUAThY, 1938 class matter, 1895, at the poo-oftlce at New Rochelle under the Act of March 8, 1879. VOL. XLIII No.1 A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE Happy New Year! Eagerly we look forward to 1938, in the hope that it will bring happiness to the world, and surcease from strife. There is no sentiment more beautiful than that contained in the words-"Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men." Let us therefore cherish that sentiment above all others so that it shall guide our every act, and bring to fruition the hope of the world?eace and Happiness. And that is my wish for you! IRENE BRANDON GRAFF, President. It is with pleasure that I announce that Mrs. Julia Van Dernoot has consented to take the chairmanship of the Legislative Committee. We are fortunate indeed that one so well equipped is willing to give us of her time and ability. 1. B. G. ALUMNAE BREAKFAST The Committee in charge of the Alumnae Breakfast, to be held on F ebruary 12th, Is most eager to interest members of the Alumnae and other gI'aduates of HunteI' College who for various reasons may have temporarily lost tb eir enthusiasm for the social side of the Alumnae Association, or who because of many interests and demands on their time have not attended the Breakfasts. To those friends of Hunter we are now appealing, and we feel certain that a large number will respond to our call for attendance at the next Breakfast. Let us all work hard and pull together to make our annual party a social and financial success. Please have checks accompany reservations and send tbem in not later than January 15, 1938. Tables seat t en p ersons. Wben r eservations of less than ten are made, please state year of graduation so that you may be congenially placed. Time of Breakfast, Feb. 12th, 12 :30 P. M . Place-Hotel Astor. Price-$2.50 per ticket. GENEVIEVE B URKE CnOTTY, Chairman, Alumnae Brcakfast Committee. Address communications' to Mrs. J ames A. Crotty, 200 West 90th Street, New York, N. Y. Telephone Schuyler 4-6274. CALEI NDAR, JANUARY-FEBRUARY Wed., Jan. 5-Officers and Directors Wed., Jan. 12-Executive Council . Wed., Jan. 26-Commencement Sat., Feb. 12-Alumnae Breakfast Wed., Feb. 16-Birthday Celebration COLLEGE NOTES The annual Alumnae Chapel of Hunter College was held on November 24th, at the Central Synagogue, 55th Street and Lexington Avenue, at 11 o'clock. President Colligan welcomed the former students to their old Alma Mater. Mrs . L eslie Graff addressed the gathering. Professor E. Adelaide Hahn, H ead of tbe J)epartment of Latin and" Greek, paid a tribute to the late Professor George Meason Whicher; and two students, Lucille Ryan and Tippins Brown, read two of Professor Whicher's poems. Joyce Gale, President of the Student Council, r ead President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Proclamation. Vocal and instrumental music by the students completed the program. The seventh semi-annual Pre-Admission Program began with two assemblies in the auditorium of the Julia Richman High School, held on Thursday evening, D ecember 2, and Monday evening, D ecember 6, for high school students applying for admission to Hunter in February, 1938. At these assemblies, which more than 1,200 students and their parents attended, the entI'ance requirements and the new curriculum of the College wer e explained and the students were advised on the election of courses . Speakers were Mrs. Mary Belden James Lehn, Chairman of 'the Committee on Admission; Professor Marie K. Gallagher, Chairman of the Bureau of Educational Guidance; and Professor Philip R. V. Curoe, Chairman of the Curriculum Study Committee. After the assemblies, departmental conferences between the prospective fr eshman and a r epresentative of the department in which she had indicat ed her first choice of a field of specialization were scheduled for tbe weeks of December 13, J anuary 3, 10, and 17. At these conferences the individual problems of each student are discussed and advice on election of courses is given by the departmental counsellors. The Pre-Admission Program, which was started in December 1934, under the direction of President Colligan, as an attempt to integrate high school and college experience, h as proved very successful. The percentage of change from one field of specialization to another during the first t erm has decreased from 8% to less than ' 2 ro of the class, investigations made by the Bureau of Educational Guidance have shown, and the work of the students bas indicated that tbey have been more judiciously and h appily placed in a program of studies than were those who in the past did not have the advantage of the Pre-Admission Program. �THE ALUMNAE NEWS .5 THE ALUMN£ NEWS Published Monthly From October to June, Inclusive, at 12-140 Ln.w ton St., New Rochelle, N. Y., by THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNAE OF HUNTER COLLEGE President, MRS. LESLIE GRAFF 41 West 83rd Street, New York, N. Y. Editor, MRS. OTtO HAHN MO Riverside Drive, New York, N . Y. Telephone Edgecombe 4-8071 Price 40c a year, or 20% of the Annual Dues. THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE CLUBS OF WESTCHESTER Pl ~ns are being made for a united meeting of twelve college alumnae groups, including Hunter, to be held on January II th, at the Contemporary Club, White Plains. With the "Far Eastern Scene" as the subject, 'the speaker will' be Dr. Ch'ao-Ting Chi. Mrs. John C. H eintz, representing Hunter, invites all alumnae r esiding in Westchester to communicate with her at once at P.·O. Box 140, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Mrs. Heintz also wishes to announce that the Westchest er Hunter Alumnae plan to have at least two tables at our Breakfast on February 12th. VIOLA Y. HARTMANN. We have three opportunities of celebrating the College Birthday this year. Two days ahead of time, on Saturday, February 12, we shall gather at the Astor for our traditional Breakfast. On the day itself, Monday, February 14, we shall travel to the Bronx Buildings for a tea in our honor at four, followed by a performance of Hunter's own operetta. And two days afterwards, on Wednesday, February 16, we shall join the students of the Lexington and Park Avenue Buildings at the regular Birthday Chapel. Here's hoping we shall meet in great numbers on all three occasions. And here's to Hunter, three times three! "A SCHOLAR ANJI) A LADY" The .diploma granted by a school in New Hampshire more than eighty years ago to Lydia F. Wadleigh certified that she was "a scholar and a lady." She was also a teacher who had a unique experience and distinction as a pioneer, here in the very midst of the great city. Before there were any public high schools in Old New York (that is, Manhattan and the Bronx) this scholarly ladyteacher from New England conducted a "senior department" for girls who wished to go beyond the elementary bounds. When the Normal College fqr the Training of Teachers was organized she was made "lady superintendent" of the institution; and when the first high school for girls was established, her name was given to it in recognition of her pioneering work. Today, the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of this widely known school is being gratefully celebrated by nearly five thousand students now in attendance and by many more thousands of graduates. "Wadleigh" has approximately sixteen thousand graduates, among whom are great numbers of teachers and professional women; but she is also "mother" of all the other high schools for girls in Manhattan and the ·Bronx. The present building is overtaxed and the celebration will not only review the glorious work of the past but will also look forward to a new and adequate building before the jubilee . year is reached-ten years hence.From the New York Times, Dec. 11, 1937. A IV OF 90 That age is but a convention and can be dropped at will was demonstrated in a delightful way at the annual luncheon of A IV of '90 held on November' 17th at the Hotel Croydon. This annual gathering, never once omitted through the changing years since A IV was graduated, has been a striking testimonial to the deep roots of old associations and early school friendships. This occasion, however, was a special one, for the call was heard beyond the immediate circle of the old girls. N:ot only did it bring them together, twenty strong and as active and energetic as if they were at least twenty years younger, but - and here is where time was utterly flouted-it brought two of the teachers who had taught the c1 ass in the far-off days of Training School. There was Mrs . Tunis wearing her eighty years as jauntily as she did her bonnet; she had come by train from Boston especially to see the little girls who had .been hers in the third and fourth years of primary school. And there was Mrs. Douglas, formerly Miss Rutter, beaming on us with the old remembered smile of kindliness and affection; she had- taught these same small children when they had left Mrs. Tunis's hands. They peered into our faces to see us as we looked back of the years, they called us by our childhood names, they recalled little incidents of the class-room, they told us of their own lives, of their struggles and successes. It was strangely touching to be able through the eyes of these older women to get again glimpses of ourselves as little children, and to realize that in spite of the lapse of time we were still young to them and still loved as part of their cherished past. Are the t eachers of our children and of our ' grandchildren, we wondered, going to remember t hem with like affection, and are they in turn going to be so remembered? Or was there something peculiarly personal and close in the relati_ onships between pupils and teachers in the old, old days of Training School? INEZ C. POLLAK. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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(Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage) VOL. XX NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., MAY, 1915 No.5 The New Lenox Hill Settlement Association Building. The purpose of this article is to give the readers of the Alumnae I ew an opportunity of visualizing our new settlement hou e on East 69th Street. The exterior will be of colonial design, five storie in height, constructed of red brick with white trimming. Let us in our imagination take a trip through this building as it ,,-ill be when completed. If we enter through the vestibule on the front, we are immediately in a room 20x27 feet which will give no impression of an institution, but rather that of a private dwelling. Off this is the head worker's office; and if we "valk through the center hall we are on the level of the running track or upper part of the gymnasium, the main floor of which is below treet level and is entered from the side from a ten foot wide passageway. The gymnasium is 55 by 38 feet, and has 84 women's lockers and 118 men's lockers with shower, and there i al 0 a large work shop on this floor for classes in carpentry. The second floor contains the Bohemian Room, 20 by 3. feet, a cooking school, and a large room for the kindergarten opening on to the roof garden with 1200 square feet of space. The third floor is given up to club room and a large game room to accommodate three pool and billiard tables. The fourth floor contain the living, dining, and writing rooms and kitchen and three bed room, while the fifth floor haS accommodations for eight other residents and t'o servants. The roof, which will be entirely open and without any obstruction, will provide another large space for entertainments on summer nights and for use by the Board of Education also for l-indergarten purposes. It is our purpose to make the building as simple as possible, yet to meet not only our present requirements, bUl what we believe the situation will be at ~ome future time; for if the settlement i to become a real neighbor in our district, it mu t be ready at all time to welcome a constantly increasing population. lVhen this building is completed and equipped, it will stand as a monument to those who have generously supported it in the past and who have worked so hard for the present building and have contributed so generously to its construction. Note.-Mr. Thomas S. McLane, President of the Lenox Hill Settlement Association, at my suggestion, has kindly contributed the above article, which will be of much intere t to all the friends of our Settlement House. • EMMA D. HUEBNER, Chairman, H. C. C. College N otes. Harper & Bros. have just published "A Dealer in Empire" by one of our most distinguished graduates, Amelia Josephine Burr. On Wedne day, April seventh, at the formal assembly, Judge Thomas Crain addressed the college, having chosen as his subject "The Relation of the Individual to the Courts." In its April issues the Hunter College Bulletin is giving in a very interesting manner the history of the early mnvement for self-government which re ulted in the establishment of the Student Self-Government Association. The history is in the form of letter written by the early leaders of the movement. Those of our alumnae who were graduated before the movement began would a suredly be interested in these letters. Back numbers of the Bulletin may be secured upon application to the Circulation Manager, Lillian E. Busch, Hunter College. On Friday evening, April 16. 1915, at eight o'clock, the spring meeting of the New York Section of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in the Middle States and Maryland was held at Hunter College. On Saturday mornings at 10.30 in the College Auditorium a series of talks to the field workers of the bureau of attendance in elementary schools i being given by Ernest K. Coulter, superintendent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, under the title "Your Work from My Viewpoint." M. K. G. �4 TH,E ALUMNAE NEWS A Song of Goodwill. I The da~n we desired in the dark night of weepmg, When the flags of the world flaunt no more in the fight, But float over fields that are ripe for the reaping? Then the ship on the sea, and the sacred roof-tree, And the fire on the hearth tone, from fear shall be free: • Let the Star-Spangled Banner its high fate fulfill, And lead the glad march to the gates of Goodwill ! II Let us order our ways, let us make the path straight, Let us walk all our day in the light of the vision, That the word we await may be Love and not Hate, When the multitudes meet in the vale of decision. Our hope shall not die while the stars are on high, And this be our motto: "One blood and one sky!" And the blue arch of heaven with splendor shall thrill O'er a wo.ld that is free in the bond of Goodwill ! HELEN GRAY CONE. o say can you see, by the spirit's true sight, ited to students and alumnae of Hunter College, and those connected with the staff of the College and of any of the affiliated institutions. . The meeting closed with the singing' by the Glee Club and the entire audience of The Star Spangled Banner, framed in new worcls as given above. The next meeting of The Fellowship of Goodwill will take place in the Auditorium of Hunter College on Weclne. day, JVlay 5, at four o'clock. Several interesting speeche ",ill be delivered, at the close of which the audienc~ will have an opportunity to take part in general discus ion, All are welcome. On April twelfth an interested gathering assembled in the Auditorium of Hunter College in response to the call of the magic words Peace and Goodwill. There was a large number of students present. TlI(! faculty was well represented, as were the alumnae. The meeting was opened with a few appropriate words by Miss Isabel McLaughlin, President of the Student Council. Professor Cone, the founder of the new organization, then gave a 1110St illuminating description of the conception of the Fellowship ancl the results it aims to accomplish for humanity.-The hope was voiced that our poet-professor's entire discour e be printed, so that the beauty of the language as well as the inspiration of the lofty theme may be presented to those who did not have the good fortune to be pre ent. At the close of the meeting, many handed in their names as members of the propo ed ociety, Member hip will at fir t be lill1- Faculty Club. The Faculty Club of Hunter College held a reception in honor of President Mezes of the College of the City of New York and l Trs. Mezes. in the Dramaturgy Room on Saturday, April the seventeenth, from four until even o'clock. Dean Hickinbott0111, 1iss Deach, Miss McGuire and the three ex-Presidents of the club-Professo r Whicher, Profes or Requa, and Profes or Long-were asked to meet the guests of honor in President Davis's office. Later Profe sor Conklin, President Davis, President and Mrs. Mezes, and Mrs. Kramer received the members of the club. At the last moment Mr. Robert L. Harrison, chairman of the Board of Trustee of City College, was prevented from joining the others who received. A mong those pre ent were lf i s Constanti ni , Miss McDonough, Mi s Theodora Kramer, and Miss Hunter, as well as several members of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in the ~Vriddle States and Maryland, which had been holding its spring meeting in the College auditorium. Professor Conklin took charge of the mu ic and the decorations. The Committee on ociabi lity consisted of lliss Forchheimer, chairman, and Professors Chellborg, Keith, Long, Requa, and i'hicher, Dr. 'Williams, and Mis es Acker, Beach, Fries, Hawke ', McRae, and Raoux. Professor Hae sler was chairman of the Refreshment Comm ittee, and was assisted by Miss von nwerth and Mis Davidson. The ushers were llis e IIir chensohn, Collier, and Schwartz. Mrs. llezes bas very kindly promised to pOllr tea for the club on some a[tern on in lay. E. B. COLLIER, ecretary. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Highlights from the Hunter College Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/old/sites/default/files/pdf/archive_articles/a_song_of_goodwill_by_helen_gray_cone_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "A Song of Good Will" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Alumnae News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1915 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Gray Cone Description An account of the resource "A Song of Good Will" by Helen Gray Cone. The Alumnae News (May 1915): 4. Faculty Helen Gray Cone Poem