1 10 1 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. 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/alice_rich_northrop_by_helen_gray_cone_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "Alice Rich Northrop" 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 1922 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Gray Cone Description An account of the resource "Alice Rich Northrop" a poem written by Helen Gray Cone. The Alumnae News (December 1922): 3. Alice Rich Northrop Helen Gray Cone Poem