1 10 3 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/b57e05a05e7932eaa04554056aadc95a.pdf 26926c5b0d930ee9b1de6efd0e5c6f1f PDF Text Text T'T -':;'(""1- R THE ALUMNiE NEWS Publi.hed Monthly by the Associate Alumna e of Hunter College of the City of New York Entered U lMICond clau matter, 1815, at the poet-oftlce at New Rochelle under the Act of March ., 1171. VOL. XXXVIII NEW ROCHEILE , N. Y., DECEMBER, 193:3 No. a A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNAE A Merrv Christmas to aU i-with peace on earth, good-will to men. And my heartiest ·wishes for a New Year of hope, achieve'ment, and happiness . 1933 has carried so nfany hardships ~nd disappointments, that Jhe only way to reach peace of mind is to rorlret ;-and then remember how much we still have for which to be grateful. My loving wishes to you all, and my thanks for a year of fin e cooperation, and my hope for its continuance. May 1934 see the fulfillm ent of all yo ur dreams. . IRENE BRANDON GRAFF, President. APPEAL TO THE EXECUTIVE COl}N:CIL MADE ON WED., NOV. 8. J have often wondered how many of the members of the Alumnae read the monthly issues of the A~UI<[NAE N E·WS as edited so capably by our most esteemed Mrs. Hahn. In the past three years, during which I have been Chairman of the Unemployment Committee of the Associate Alumnae, I have never missed ~riting an appeal in the ALuMNA~: NEws to the members of the Alumnae for help for our destitute graduates. Th e r(' .rpnnse has been mo-st discouraging. It is not mv intention to find fault with the members ~f the Alumnae for their lack of cooperation with the work of my committee; but I have often wondered if the members realized what my committee has accomplished with the few dollars it has had at its disposal, and I feel I might be pardoned in calling this lack of cooperation so frequently to your notice. I have hea rd it said that the Bureau of Occupation of Hunte r College takes care of our needy graduates. Thi s is not entirely correct. The Burea u had a ruling which excluded those graduates who h ad taken a pedagogical course. Consequently this large group of graduates was left strand ed during this most drastic depression. It was only after your Committee on Unemployment wa~ appointed that this group was given consid eration and help. But what a meager help! Through ollr efforts $150 a month has been allocated to this group from the t eachers' contributiom. Thi s means that five girls a month are giYcn employment three days a week at $2 a d a~" $6 a week for a C()Zl e(J1' Gradual!'! And if our Unemployment Committee has ~lIfIi('ient funds one, two, or three more g irl s are g iven employment at this starvation wagc. Ashamed of this condition, I appealed to our President. Mrs . Graff, and at her suggestion I am again appea ling to yo u, asking for your advice, as king for your cooperation, as king for your help. What are we going to do about this? Do yo u feel any sense of r esponsibility to you r classmates, to your fellow graduates in thi s hour of their need? If you do not, I need say no more. i3ut if you do-I have this suggestion to make to yo u. There ~re present at this meeting to-day r epresentatives and members of many classes of many yea rs. I suggest that each class appoint a sub-committee of our Unemployment Committee to represent their class in rai sin g funds to augment our unemployment fund. By so doing each class would be rep resen ted in this drive and would in ' fact be members of the Unemployment Committee. I have no doubt th at a sufficient fund would be raised in this wa.y upon which thi s committee (~o uld r ely to carryon its activities this winter in a more liber al and humane manner and one more fitting to the traditions and honor of Hunter College. JUI,1A YAN DERNOOT, Chairman on Unemployment 1112 Park Avenue. COLLEGE NiOTES In these troub"tons times Hunter College is fortunate in having as its president Dr. Eugene A. Colligan. In his add ress to th e staff at a meeting of the American Association of University Professors h e revealed :t fin e lInderstandin'g of the students and fa cnlty in their r elation s to each other and to the problems which face them in the present difficult and cha ngi ng state of society. His philosophY of edu ca tion as expr essed in hi s address hold s out hope. H e said: "Yon mllst as k yourselves three questions: 1. What a re we trying to do? 2. How can we do it? :3. How shall we know when we haye don e it? " In order to carry out this philosophY IlC IlTged that ,'ve strive for a better understanding of our students by cons id ering tlleir ha ckground. their trainin{!". th eir capab ilitie s. th eir t alents, and tbeir needs . We must fit them for "a progressive II ntl const antl y ch ang ing socicty" . Dr. Colli/!a n proposed th a t we mnke a ("lose study of th e existing cur riculum . When we 11 re st;tisfied tlwt it ha s heen organized to tIl e point of greatest effici ency we mllst add tG it snell ('ourses as will offer n ew opportunities for the training and development of the individual student. �BACK TO NORMAL Wh en we wer e College Students, forty yea rs ago ('~T e do not m enti on fi g ures in the outside world , oh no! ), ".ve were e arn es t~ ,ve were eage r, we ,vere brave when we began Tllilt cln ss ien l s uggesti on, th e untri ed five-y ear p lan . Vv e sharpened :)Ir p encils nnd we sh arpened ollr wit, Tackl ed Latin and letters with seholnrl y g rit; Our progr am wn s balanced, sc ience equa ll ed with art.; W e were n ever Pt'Chllltic, we were n ever too smart. After strenUOllS study and arduou s crams, A ftc ,' pond erous lectures a nd lengthy exams, ·'Vc ·t' re tri ed, we were tested, an d proclaimed 'cl1 el]uipped: Intu eneh h a nd exp ecta nt, n sh eep skin was slipp cd . To th c ru shed crowel we hurried, impatient to appear As "ppli eants with training and ca rvc a great ca reer. Tn Life's IInive rs ity, hy neeess ity', grim foree 'Ve delved in mnny probl ems not included in our cO llr~ (' . W e need ed nil Our wi sdom , all we had in mind. W e resorted to philoso phy for the daily grind. '1' (' had t o b,ke c1iclation; Ilnd in th e econom ic pl1t.h T o mak e our hud ge ts hlilan ce, we n eeded hi gher mnth . And the new veins of knowl edge m ude th e load more h a rd. Most of our p e t theo ries we' re expected to disca rd. Th e mod ern Iren er a tion ha s mncl" us a ll di sce rn As w ise tc"C'h e rs :lnd wise lTIotlH'rs, we h ad alwa ys mor e to le" rn. HilL hen' wc' re ha ck to N orm a l, we ca n b e na tural now, Brush a 11'" " (:"l·h wen ry ,vear, th a t wrinkl e from your brow. Awn.v with g ruwll lip d uti es, awa y with dignity, B e th ". '<,m e .i()~' O Il S co mrad es that wc werc in '9:1. Ren ew id e,,: , o f f ri end shi p, the views of youth r e~ tor <' . Bo und hy H1f'mtlr ies . t''e 1'111 0 I"e". 'lI" ~' we he, "Lovin g comrad es Gt:rrrHIJl II': CO I.U:.: LJ::J:lHBl1G I::R. � 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. 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Alumni Hunter College of the City University of New York Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/467d4c7b0244e37eec697be8230f3948.pdf bc58240d3db4be345130da9334bc2ec6 PDF Text Text THE Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of t he City of New York (Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the poun d rate ' of postage) VOL. XXIII. EW ROCHELLE, J UNE-J ULY, 1918 No . (j IF YOU W E N T TO T HE REUNI ON. 'You were sho wn to you r cat by a prctty girl in Reel C ro. s costume, and yo u chattcd with old college f riend s whom yo u always sec a t collcgc fe stiviti e. T hen some m ore g irls, a combinati on of members of th e I [linter Coli ge O rche ·tra a nd th e Hunte r I I igh Scho I Orchestra, played a ti lTing 1lla rch, and dow n th e ai 'Ie wept th e impress i vc pr ce . ion of officc r and gues ts. • Y uu joined in inging the S ta r pangled I :aI111cr, and omehow it secms that only at ollcge among old c1a S-111ates is th e anthem sli ng with the right fe r vor. :'liss Huebner spokc the word s of g reeting. S he reminded you that a graduate s ~) f a great democratic coll ege you werc especially I repa red to play your pa rt wo rthily in these tilTing times, and she a ll ud ed' to yo ur achievements Ove r Here a nd Over Th e r , indivi d ua lly and coll cctively. You felt that you had a right to be proud , and P resid ent Davi thri ll e I yo u st ill mo re wh en he poin ted out the ervice nag ·-th c coll ege fl ag with its stars fo r th o ' e memb r. of th e teaching staff wh o ar · in thc ervi ce of th ir country, a nd th e nag of th e la of' I with s tars fo r so ns a nd broth ers and other lea r ones. There was a touch of aclne ss. t 0, in your pri Ie . fo r all eac h bann er was a star fo r one who had fa ll en on the field f battle. President Davi . p ke f the nobl e responsc a F the tudents lo a ll appeals- Reel 'ross , Liberty Loan, Var . avings Stamps, (I"af t, census wo rk, ancl lll any oth e rs. No r a re th e m embe rs of the teaching taff Ie s enthu iasti c in th eir . erv ice. App lause g reeted th e -tate1l1ent that many of th em have vol unta ril y ded icated to th e Coll ege war e rvi ce an eq ui valent of th e income tax which, as city employec , th ey are not ca ll ed lipa n t o pay. And th e As ociate Alumnae joi ns th e rank s with its $800 for th e X-Ray la s in th e S umm e r S ss i n and its oth e r generou s contri bu tions. • elf- 'ac ri nce a nd personal re I on ib ili ty are th e distingui hing t raits of all th ose as. cia ted with n unter Coll ege, and in thc young women w ho a re goi ng o ut in J un th e· A ociate Alumnae wi ll gain valuable rec ruit . The Four M in ute ong :. ren made your hea r t beat to marti a l rh ythm with th eir You sti r ri ng rende ring o f ' pi rited song. could hav e li stcned to them all afte rn oon . T hen th e H ono rablc Gcorge G r Ion I ~a t tl e, in his turn , mad e vou feel what a i p rivilege it . s to be a soc ia-tcd with Hunter wben he t old yo u what th e ollege mean to a ll New Yorkers. No assembly is m o re impo rtant . than onc of tcacher ·. fo r on them re t th e responsibi lity o f prcpar ing the generati n wh ich ~ ha ll take the place of tho e who a re sac rific ing them. clvcs n lh e Va r it elf i: a altar of th eir countr v. grcat edu ca to r - ter ri l~ l e but efn cicnt. I t ha s bro ug ht a ll to a rca li zation o f th e v ital impo rtance of th e wo rk of womcn . F ad conse r vati n. th e admi ni strati on of th h u. eholc1 affairs of the nafi on , nursingth ese a re as im po rtant as ac tu al fig hting. Anclm . t impo rtant is tlIe du ty o f suppo rting the courage of the nation t: : r "';~' ~.( l the terrible clay, that arc befo re u ..; . Thi:; realization th a t m a n a nd woman 111U st wo rk together i bringing w ith it a greater sense of un ity, of social ju ti ce. a broadcr view of life. It i inAu encing cd ucati0n , leadi ng to a cl se r rclation hi p b ~ ween teachcr a nd pupi l a nd a gr~ a t e r ennl:asis n thc gene rous impul ses of yout] !, th c F er id eals. ill Upon th is ] i ritu al note ~Ir. Ua ttle cl osed hi s add ress. In thi s hig h and elevated mood ri::;s C race IJarke r, Na ti onal COl1lmand ant of t he .T ationa l Leagu e fo r V omen 's Se r vice, fo und you and kcp t )' LU. . ·he. t oo. madc y u glad lh at th womC1 o f the wo rl d a re looking to coli ge women . S houlder to sho ulde r with m en yo u 11l U . t nght. , hc mad e y ur eye nil with tea rs w hen she told yo u of th e simple. unc 111plain ing heroi: m of the wom en o f l... nglancl. in 1llU n iti ons facto ri es, on th e rarm. i11 thc : hipya rc!. in the h : pita !. and in ca ntee n work. In lh eir wa r-da rkened strccts, in the absence of th eir 1l1cn-folk. in t he pe ril of Zeppelill raid s, th ey a re "keepillg th e h me fire s burn ing." th eir wa tchwo rd " T h ink w hat our men a re doing I " ~ Compa red with their self -sac rifice a ll you r tr iving see111e I only a bcginni ng. Y ou had not b gun t o conse rve-you with you r sub titutes fo r wheal Hour in p ie c ru st.:.ri: ~ Parkcr wa. ve ry sco rnfu l of y ur pie l"ru s t. -l~. n gl i . h women are giving up 1110 rc than pie. Th ey a re running a hospita l.all W O ll1 n fr 11l o rdc rly to head surgeon. Th ey are giving th e 'boys, as they pa: s th rough , the wh ole 011le C01l11):l!1i Lnsh ip of g ood women in club a nd canteen. whe re a <Iu che s a nd a cockney secon d li eutena nt may q ually di scover that the lVar has leve ll ed all social c1i . tin ctions. They a re voluntec ring as moto ri sts.- but yo u are 11 t behi n'cJ til em there. as the presence upon the platfo rm . in Lill i fo rm, f Capta in liay lis proved. . " cann ot do spectacul ar wo rk, but each can d ber bit, if only as a p rivate in the ranks, All can stand squarely against • �A SPUR TO VICTO RY . On thr ough th e once depleted la nd s, W hich fairest F r an ce buil ds u p again , 'Gainst d readful odds of scourgin g band s, The All ies s hall 11 0t march in vain. On, hi gh with courage, on with so ng T o bar the din of he llis h strife, The Allies' you tb , a m illion strong, Stand firm, a shield to F r eedom's li fe. All Nature 's world strives to awa k e, B ud s fort h, but wa its-in wood a nd lea-; Man con templates w hat is at s tal(e. And h olds more dear .his libe r ty. T he storm an d stress of h ail an d r a in , '1'11e darkened sky, t he bud din g t ree Whi ch seek s to blossom fort h in vain , Ar e bu t a spur to Victory. RUT H LEW INSON, Jun e 'IG. c f I j � 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_spur_to_victory_by_ruth_lewinson_0.pdf Title A name given to the resource "A spur to Victory" 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 Ruth Lewinson Description An account of the resource A poem by Ruth Lewinson, alum of Hunter College. The Alumnae News (June-July 1918): 5. Alumni Faculty Poem Ruth Lewinson 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! 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