11 10 373 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/32148a757bd7c76e923892260beadca5.pdf a26b9a016bdb2578b053c1b2d2905527 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNLE NEWS Published Monthly by the Associate Alumna e of Hunter College of the City of New York; Entered as second class matter, 1895, at the post-office at New Rochelle under the Act ot, March 8, 1879. VOL. XXXIV NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1929 No. '8: ALUMNAE DAY All Hunter graduates are cordially invited to come back to Hunter, to the dear old Chapel, for the Alumnae Day festivities on Saturday afternoon, November 16, at halfpast two o'clock sharp. All Hunter undergraduates are joyously combining to make them glad they have come. - The Main Building will entertain with a gay one-act play, performed by members of the college dramatic organization, the MakeUp Box. T.he Brooklyn Branch will contribpte a dance number. Thirty-second Street and Twenty-ninth Street Annexes will combine in the performance of a hilario.us skit which promises to be the hit of the occasion, a Hunter fantasy written and directed by our inimitable and irresistible Alumna, Professor Clara Byrnes. Miss Helaine N ewstead of the staff of Eighty-fifth Street Annex, with the assistance of faculty and student members from various departments and various buildings, will prepare an interesting feature presenting the music of many nations. Eighty-fifth Street Annex will offer Latin, German, and English songs; Twenty-ninth and Thirtysecond Street&., French and Italian songs; Brooklyn, Spanish songs, and instrumental selections representing the three Scandinavian nations. All participants will wear suitable costumes. Of course, the audience, too, will have a chance to sing-to join in the dear old college songs. And, equally of course, good friends from the College and Alumnae will be on hand to tell them, in special greetings, how very welcome they are. W e trust they scarcely need to be told! And we also trust that they won't fail to be on hand to see and hear for themselves! E. ADELAIDE HAHN, Chairman, Alumnae Day BUREAU: OF OCCUPATIONS The month of October marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Huuter College Bureau of Occupations'. To consecrate this service anew and to broaden the scope of the work, a special committee called the J enth Anniversary Fund Committee was formed last March to raise funds for the Bureau of Occupations. Through the untiring efforts of this loyal group, almost $1500 was raised, which was presented to the Bureau as a birthday gift. (Mrs.) HARRIET L. LOWENSTEIN, Director MRS. HANNAH OTTENBERG, Chairman COLLEGE NOTES While sessions began on September 19, the academic year may be said to have been officially opened with the formal assembly, on Octobe r 2, when President Kieran and Mrs. Elliott were the speakers. Subsequent Chapel gatherings have been in the hands of the studeRts, who have arranged a number of interesting programs, including an address by Daniel Frohman on October 23. On the afternoon of October 23, the College had the privilege of entertaining Mayor Boess of B erlin, Dr. Jons Nlydahl, B erlin Commissioner of Education, and Mrs. N ydahl. A reception in their honor was held in the F ac ulty Room, and ther e followed in the Auditorium, with Professor Busse pre~ siding, a greeting from the Mayor, and an illustrated talk by the Commissioner on the work of the Berlin schools. The Auditorium was filled to overflowing by members of the staff and the student body. Staff and students are acting jointly in two important groups: the Judicial Board, which administers the Honor System, and has provided for the election of a representative in each class section; and the Curriculum Committee, which serves as an inte rmediary between students and faculty concerning the introduction of new courses desired by suffi~ ciently large groups of students. In other ways, too, the undergraduates are showing their ability to carryon important enterprises. The Student Council Vi~e­ President was in charge of the successful College Boat-Ride to West Point, held, as usual, on .Columbus Day. Secondary activities of all sorts are flourishing. The Athletic Association sponsors a variety of sports) including basketball, hockey, tennis, fencing, horse-back riding, and swimming. TJle Make-Up Box has invited the College to a series of one-act plays. Prep a rations are also under way fot the production of Patience, this year's Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ' The Classical Club, which claims the distinction of b eing the oldest of the College clubs, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a dinner on November 24. Those interested should apply to Miss V. 1. Schmid at the College. It is hoped that many of the old Classical IDepartment girls will attend, including a goodly number of those who were present at the Club's Tenth Anniversary Luncheon on October 2, 1914, when Dr. WhiCher was Toastmaster and Dr. Hunter himself one of the speakers. E, A. H. �FOR THE FIRST GRADUATE OF THE NORMAL COLLEGE When a bird-flock flies southward, as Aug ust d ays wea r, It follows a leader through highways of air; And when in the springtime its course is r eversed, Again the flock follows: one has to be first. When the sta rs look throug h evening' s in effable blue, The soft veil of twilight one star pierces through; Before th e full splendors of starlig ht outburst, Comes a s ingle faint sparkle : 'one has to be first . I n those old da ys of Fourth Street, whose memories abide, When the earli est diploma s ' we re handed with prid e, In that pageant of Youth , so demurely reh ea rsed, Moved a t all graceful ma iden-she had fa be first! Now the sky's full of stars and th e air's full of wings, And most marvelou s cha nges each passin~ yea r brings; And our College shows l a rger through Tim e's magi c lens, And co unts her ten-thousands inst ead of he r tens. But still th at dea r Friend whose successors we a.r e, As brisk as a bird and as brig ht as a star, If some praiseworth y project requires to be nursed, Presses forw a rd to help, and is sure to be first! H E LEN GRAY C ONE � 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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(Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate of postage.) V oOl. XIV. NE'W ROCHELLE, APRIL, I 90<). NO·3· heen "in re's idence" the last year before the degree is granted. Again, no course It i·s now ·u nderstood that the Normal completed elsewhere 'm'a y ,r'e'c eive a c College grants 'but one kind of A. B. greater I re,dit in "hours" !by the Normal ·degree. This is obtained by the comple- Colleg,e than would 'be gi'Ven by the instition of 60 "hours" of college work, in not tution where the ,course was taken. Tlhus less than three years and preferably in an amount of work which might occupy four. It is ' registered thy the State De- an und,ergraduate stndent four or five partment of Ed1;lcation, and, in virtue of "hours," ',could receive only :the two or that fact, is theoreti'cally the equal of any three "hours" ,credit which is assigned to A. B . degree granted ,b y any college. If it in a post-gra..duate s:cheme. Such a I am correctly informed, it is the only method wcrediting work done would NOl"'mal , college -degree now re·cognized as pDstpone the atcquirement O'f the new de. a basis for pos't-gradu,ate, work at Col um- gree so 'many years t!hat .few or none would undertake the task. 'b ia and New York Universities. FoOr r,ea!sons of this kind, then, it seems For some time pa's t i<t has ,b een the ,d eimpossible for the Col,l ege wi:th its existsire of the Fa'c ulty to. perfect a plan by which alumnae who hold other kinds of ing machinery toO be of any assistance to degrees from the Normal College might the gradu.ates from short ·courses in obbe enable/d, without too great a sa'c ri'fice, taining a !better degree. Those w'ho h;lVe to 'p rocur,e this degree whose value is not been interested in this subject will thus likely to be questioned. Many of .the understand why their applications and gr,a,duates 'froOm the !former five-year or testimonials are returned to them from six-year ,courses haNe pursued advan,ced the files of the Commit'tee, whi'ch is now G. M. Whi'c her. s'tudies in 'c onne'ction with' their work as dissolved. teachers; some of the'll have been notAT HOME. a1 bly su'c cessful in ,post-graduateoourses to which they have 'b een until recently ad, miUed. It did not seem unrea's onable un- , As the second Friday in April, the /~ 'these ,circumstances to think that the ninth, is Good Friday, it has seeme·d best '"allege, on the 'basi,s of such work, might to postpone our At Home until. Friday, in some 'c ases grant an A. B. degree the twenty-third. The special featuTe of which would put t,h e holder's. ac,ademic this At Home will be our invitation to the status beyoOnd question. A! 'is knoOwn to graduating das's of the College. It is s sa me of the Alumnae, ,considerable time therefore, to 'b e .desired that a larger numand work have been expended by various ber of Alumnae. be present. If we expect members of the F<lJC'tlHy in the endeavor DO indu'ce -successive dasses to join the tQ esta1blish a system by ,w hich !:'his result Association, we of t'hat Association migHt be legally atta'ined':' The Exe/cutive 'shO'uld show ,s ome interest in it. Please CommiHee of the Trustees, 'a fter ,c areful keep the slJOteen<th ,f,ree .for the At Home. 'Considera'tion, finally authorized the plan Owing to the fad that the March News submitted to t 'h em. But unex'p ected dif- was late, Alumnae were not informed of fi'C'lllties have been encounlered in corn~s­ the fact that the portrait of Prof. Gillet pondence with the Regents' office, and as would be on exhibition Dn the day of the ·c'hairman of the oommi·t:tee lately in Mar;ch At Home. We hope to' have it ,charge of this matter, I am compelled to hung 1n ,the Musi,c Room en the sixteenth ann ounce (to my great regret) that the of April. plan seems for the .present impractl'c able. It is not necess,a ry to go into all the de- "DR. FAUSTUS" TO BE PLAYED AT tai,ls of the su'bject to make this clear. NORMAL COLLEGE. One oOr two statements will 'suffi.'ce. For instance, the Regents' rules .forbid grantThe attention oQf the Alumnae is 'c alled ing a degree 'to a 'c andidate who has not to' t'he fir's t 'JYublic performance of the Nor- REGISTERED DEGREES. �2 THE ALUMNAE NEWS mal College Dramati<c 'Club on the evening of April 2:2nd, at 8.15, -in the College Chapel, when the club will present Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. As it is our wish to make :this 'Club a ,eoll.ege organization in the broadest ·s ense, we earnestly desire the sfmpathetic understanding and support of the Alumnae as well as that of the undergraduates. A word of explanation, therefore, 'a s to the work and the aim ()if the dub will pel'ha.ps be of intere's t to you. The 'c riticism of amateur drama'ti'cs, whether ·collegiateor no:t, havetalways been ,vhat they offer their au-diences at 'b est, only an ·inferi'Or presentation of plays which 'have already been ably 'Produced by 'Professio na·ls. Recognizing the justi,ce of ~his 'criti'Cism, Princeto n and vVilliams have a-lready met it by the presentation of plays which could not be seen on the 'pro.fession·al 'Stage, 'p lays which were written ·f or the stage and ha.ve been ,for so long a time relegated to the closet. This revival of E.J.izabet'han non-Shakes'pearean drama was begun .at Prin,ceton with the production of Dr. Faustus under the 'a,b le management of Mr. George L. Sargent, a Prin'c eton ·g raduate. It was so enthusiasti'c ally received ,t'here, both by alumni and stndents, that it was reproduced at Williams, where it agairr aroused the greates t enH1ll'siasm . Tlle experiment was, indeed, so suocessful, that this sp ring Mr. Sargent will produce "The Knight of ,the Durning PeS'tle" at Princeton and "The J ew of Malta," at Willi ams. It has seemed wise t'O 'the coull'cil of our Club, 'to join in this mo veme nt and to prese nt ea·ch year, at ·l east one of these older plays whi·ch have b eer so ,l ong neglected on the modern 'P!'ofessio nal stage. Mr. Sargent has generously offered his invaluable assistance fo r our initial ' 'p erforman,ce, and we hope to thow that the Normal College presentatiiQn of Dr. Faustus is bchind t'hose already given, in point of ti·me only. We are also h oping that o ur effo!'t to do s-omet'hing worth while for t'he college al-ong dramatic lines, will mcet wit'h as keen appreciati'On and as liQya l sUp'port from our A.lumnae as similar eff-o!'ts have, elsewhere. T i'c kets jor fhe perfoTma'nce will be pJaoced 'o r ale during the first week in Apri l, ai;u may be olb tained fr-o m Mis'S Mary G. · Doyle or Miss Kathryn T. Reid , o'n eithe r M-onday or Wednesday afternoons 'b etween 4 and 5.30 at ,the entrance to t·h e college library. The tickets will 'b e so I,d this year at 50 cents 'a piece and there will be no resel'ved seats. The proceeds will be divided between the Dramati'C Club and the tScholarship Fl111d. M~rjorie Burr, Director. TIRE WISTARION FOR 1909. The Normal College year book, The Wistarion, is now being prepared. It-is to be larger and improved in every way. A notable innovation, in the form of an A lumn ae secti-o.n, will be introduced. There ·w ill 'b e ,a new faculty group-picture, besides new pidtures of the separate members of the ,f aculty. Other attra.ctive changes are being prophesied whi'c h will make The Wistarion a most desirable possession. The editors .feel justified in expecting 'a large ·sale among the A,lumnae. The 'oos't is very lo w 'c onsidering ,the quality - $1.25. Subscription blanks may be had from the editors at the C'Ollege. Send f-or them at once and so be sure ,for a 'c opy before the edition is sold out. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NOTES. A regular meeting of the Executive Committee was held on M'a rch 8th, in the Music Room. A brief and in teresting report was 'p resented by ,the Building Committee of which Mi-ss Hester A. Roberts is chairman. Miss Roberts invites suggestions ·con·cerning the new building. President Davis, in the interview whi·ch he gave the Committee, said wonld -listen with pleasure to any suggestions f!'Om Alumnae which came through its Committee. The Executive Committee voted to discontinue the work .of the Un-iversity Exten·s ion Committee f-or a year, 'a s there seems to be niQ great desire among Alumnae for these courses. Of t11e three courses given this past wi nter, two ,h ave been 'pretty well atten·ded though not largely by Alumnae. The report of the Gillet Memorial Committee was read and a'd opted after a little discussion o n fhe latter half. The first part of the report 'd ealt with the purchase of a 'por·trait of Professor Gill et, which the College and A lumn ae Memorial Committee 11ad selected fmm am ong those submitted. Tihe Executive Committee voted to purchase thi's portrait. 'fihe se.con.cJ part 'c oncerned the decision of the joint .committees, as to t'he nature he � 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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Dramatic Productions Normal College Dramatic Club 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. 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The Alumnae News (December 1933): 3. Alumni Hunter College of the City University of New York Poem https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/d84a40a4832943c29bdacc9c6fe69421.pdf 36415035bda7fe8584ddd012b0f20da8 PDF Text Text THE ALUMNiE NEWS Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunte r College of the City of New York Entered as second class matter. 1815. at the pOlt-ofllee at New Rochelle under the Act of March S. len. VOL. XXXIII NE W ROCHELLE, N . Y., MARCH, 1928 N o. 3 A VALENTINE TO THE ALMA MATER Oh, bring me brushes fairy-fine, And bring me vellum smooth as cream, For I would fashion a valentine To fit the Lady of my dream! Oh, bring the thin bright beaten gold To make the singing letters shine, And bring vermilion bright and bold For a gallant glorious valentine! I'll twine the text with Arab arts, And all around my Lady's name I'll make a ring of red, r ed hearts, And on each heart a golden flame. And all about them and between, With leaves and tendrils many a score, I'll make a wreath of the ivy green, To bind them fast forevermore. Oh, I have loved my Lady long, With single faith, with simple truth, And I have sung to her many a song, For I b ega~ in the days of youth. And I will love my L ady still And sing to her with all my might, The whole way down the slope of the hill, Till I shall journey out of sight. W e deemed she dwelt in one dear place, Because 'twas there it chanced to be W e h ad the vision of her face When as our eyes were young to see. But she abides above, afar, Aloof from all the dust and din , Unsoiled as some white lovely star, And never walls could hold her in. When we h ave journeyed out of sight. Past the turn at the foot of the hill, Oh , many and many a new-made knight Shall serve our sweet liege Lady still. Out of th e gates of the unknown years I n brave procession I see them ride, With th e ivy p;arlands about their spears, Loving and loyal, side by side. Fresh from the accolade they start, Carolling loud their Lady's name; On every shield is a red, red heart, And on every heart a golden flame. THE ALUM NAE BREAKFAST On February 13-anticipating th e good St. Valentine by a matter of hours only- the Associate Alumnae, over 600 strong, gathered in the Grand Ball Room of the Hotel Astor in honor of our Alma Mater's fifty-ninth birthday, and in honor, too, of th e golden anniversary of the Class of 1878. The t ables wer e d ecorat ed in r ed- red flowers, red lamps, red hea rts, which i.n themselves expresse~ the spirit of the gathering. Mrs . Maxwell Hall Elliott, as President of the Associate Alumnae, fittingly and charmingly as ever, presided over the fes tivities. In her inspiring word of greeting, she urged us to have always "an impulse g reater than ourselves" spurring us on. It was no doubt such a fine and eager impulse that impelled Mrs. Elliott to such great achievement in the proj ect for a new building. Touching on the n ew Hunter College of the now immediate future, our President confided that in addition to " a little theater, bells, and an organ", an entire floor of tIl e building which is designed with a Gothi c tower, will b e reserved for the exclusive use of the Alumnae. In closing, Mrs. Elliott expressed the belief that "It is in proportion to the true g reatness of her children that Hunter College will be erected." W e wer e very h appy to h ave with us among other distinguished guest s (who included Professor A. Broderick Cohen, Mrs . John B. Golden, Dean Annie E . Hickinbottom , Mrs. James M. Kieran, Miss Ruth L ewinson, and Mrs. Michael J. Mulqueen ) Dr. Frederick B . Robinson , Presiden t of the College of th e City of New York. Dr. R obinson was h appy to bear greetings from our " older broth er" College-older by twenty-thrce yea rs. since it was founded in 1847 . With a gallantr y seldom met with in brothers City College, we were assured, is deeply interested in "its charming, promising, viva cious younger sister." In addition, Dr. Robinson thought that it was superfluous to ll ave th e "bells" mentioned by Mrs. Elliott, since we h ad already so many " bell es" among us; but he wished our Alma Ma ter " g ods p eed and good fortun e in all that she ma y undertake." Dr. James M. Kier an tll en made wh at M rs. Elliott r eferred to as " hi s first publ ic appearance as Acting President of Hunter Coll e/!e." Dr. Kieran sketched briefl y a history of th e growth of the College, tou ching parti cularly on the stirring crisis in h er existence during the years from 1901 to ] 904 when I?he was � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Alma Mater Helen Gray Cone 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/. 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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. 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Faculty Helen Gray Cone Poem 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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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/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/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