THE ALUMNlE NEWS Publi hed Monthly f rom October to June, inclusive, at 12-14 Lawton Street, N ew Rochelle, N . Y.,

by the Associa te A lumnae of Hunter College of the Ci ty of New York E ntered as second class matter. 1895, a t the post-office a t New Rochell e under the Act of March 3, 1879.

VOL. XLII NEW ROCH E LLE, N . Y., MAR CH, ] 937 No.3

TH E ALUMNAE BREAKFAST ~ews of provision in the city's capital out­

lay budget wh ich will pe rmit th c begi nning of work on the s ite at Park Avenue and Sixty-eig ll th Street was indeed a birthd ay g ift to Hunte r College a lld her daughters ga th e red a t the Hotel Asto r . on F ebruary twelfth fo r th e a nnual Breakfast.

1\Irs. L esli e G raff, Pres ident of the Assu­cia te Alumnae, char:1cteri zed th e f eelings of the Alumnae cOllcerning the College as those

·o f joy in its bei ng, SOlTOW in its loss of weH­loved home, a nd hope which sceks f ulfillment ill a new dwell ing.

Pres ident Eugene A. Colliga n, in hi s ad­dress, reminded the A lu mnae th at th eir ca ·­r ee l'S of se rvi ce in every fi eld of endeavo r build more fir mly t he fOLlndation s on which Hunte r College must res t ill public es tecm.

The College is> he asse rtcd, a li be ral a r ts college in t Il e p ropel' sense of the term, since it 1I0t only presents the culture of th e ages, but attends to t he vocati onal as pects and values of th e cult u ral studies . " We tr y t o rela te our g irls," he sa id, " to the life of which they are ;J part .. . _ Ou r p rograUl of educa tional, " ocation al, a nd soc ial g uid­a li ce, ca refully integra t cd, is wo 'k:ng toward vocation al placemeut." The capac iti cs a ll o capabiliti es of the individual gi rl mllst be carefully unde" stood, Dr . Colliga n declared, if we are to cil'cum,-ent soc ial, economic, and educat ional waste a nd t o enab le the g irl s to lead useful a ll d happy l ives. " We try t o ac­complish th is," he went on, " by a dynamic and fl exible cllrri culum ."

" You alumnae," continued D r . Colligan , . "are products of a college wh ich r ep resents ~olllething of real worth .... PerhajJs we may some day achi eve a home worth y of the ty pe of woma nh ood it represents." W e look forwa rd to the r ea lizat ion of thi s d ream, the Pres ident cOllclud(,:d , beca use " wc beHcve ill the vision, the e nterpri sc, and t he publi c sp irit of th osc who lead th e gO \'ern ment of thi s c ity."

Mrs. ' \Talte r S. M ack, Jr. , C ha irma n of the Hunte r Coll ege Administrati" e Commit .. t ee of the Boa rd of H ighe r Education , as­sured the Alumnae th at tIl e needs of t he College were consid ered th e most important needs now befo!'e til e Boa rd of Hig he r Edu­ca ti on. She asse!·ted that the a im of thosc wo rking on th e matte r was to secure t he best b uildings obta inabl c.

A warm welpoJJ1 c was ex tended to t he members of th e Citizens' Committee bv Mrs. G raff. Membel's of the comm ittee l; resent included Miss Fa nn ie Hur t, who said th at she felt that "Hu nter College is too ill1por­tant and integ ra l a forcc in t he l ifc of :\i cw Yo rk C ity" to be without a proper home ; Miss M illi cent B a um, E du ca tional Secre-

tary to tIl e l\Iayor, who brought us word' of the capital ontlay budget item; M iss R osa lie Ma nning; Mr. Michae l Schaap; Hon . Wil­liam H. F ri edman, Commiss ioner of th e Queens-Midtown Tunnel Authority; Mrs. Bernard S. D eutsch ; Dr. Mi lla rd Robinson, P res ident of the Bible Society of New York; and Dr. Tristram W . M etcalfe, D ean of Long I sland U ni ve rsity.

T elegrams were r ece ived . from R ebecca Ko hut ; Justi ce Charles C. Lockwood; R ev. Dr. Robert Ga nnon, S.J. , Pres ident of F ord­ha ll1 Uni versity; Dr . Roge rs, Pres ident of B ro oklyn Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Duval, Pres ident of th e Park Avenue Asso­cia tion ; Congressman William I. Si rovich; Colonel Theodore R oosevelt ; and Bishop William T. Manning.

Other g ues ts of honor were :Mr. Meyer Bloomfi eld, Prof. A. Broderi ck Coben, Mrs. E uge ne A. Colliga n, Dean H a nnah M. Egan, M rs. Du nl ap H opkins, Miss Anna M. Hunt­er, Miss J enn y Hunter, Dea n Emeritu s Allni e H . Mi lls, M rs. Emanuel Van D ernoot, [lIId t he fo llowing undergradu ates: Miss Jan et M cars, President of the Student Self Gove rn me nt Assoc ia tion; Miss Ali ce Wren, P res id ent of t he e b ss of June 1937; Miss A nna Schmidt, Pres ident of th e Class of J an­li a r), 1938; and Miss Claire Glassburg, Edi­t or of the Bnllel;in.

The mus ica l prog ram included two g roups of songs , R ac hma ni noff's " When ~ ight D e­scends in S ilence" and " 0 Lieb so L a ng D u L iebcn Kannst" by Liszt, follow ed by " Awa ke-It I s th e Day" and " I Know \Vhere I 'U) Go in''', sun g beautifully by Miss Agnes H ennessey . MI'. John Clis hing was her accompa nist . The Hunter Co llege 01'­c h e~ tra a nd t he Hunter College Trio play ed orchestra l a nd chamber music and a.ccom­pan ied tIl e Alumnae in the college songs, " Hunte r" a nd "Fame" .

No annual brea kfas t would be complete without H elen G ray Cone's " Valentine" ; it wa s g iven to liS by 'Pl'ofessol' Marguerite E. Joncs . Mrs . Prisc illa N . F enner read the g reet ing for the s ilve r anniversa ry Class of 19]2, a nd ~1i ss Em il y Fr ies brought thc golden anni,-e rsa ry greeting of th e Class of ] 887.

M iss E llen M. l\ugent was cha irman of th e committee for this , another delightful a nd successful breakfas t . J ULIA D UFFY.

On Monday, F ebruary ] 5, from 3 :1 5 to 3 :45, Hunte r broadcas t over WMCA . Pres i­dent Co lliga n spoke on th e history, the pres­en t statu s, a nd th e hopes for th e futu re of Hunter College; 1Irs. G raff told of the ac hi evements a nd a im s of th e Assoc iate Alu mnae ; and a g roup of students sang " Hunter" and "Fame".

2 THE ALUMNAE NEWS COLLEGE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION rectly, that we must choose fascism or com-

On Wednesday, February 17~ a large gath- munism. 'The choice is not fascism, on the ering of Faculty, Students, and Alumnae cel- one hand, nor communism, on the other. ebrated the sixty-seve~h birthday of our Both of these in essence and effect are the College. The Assembly was held in the same enslavement of the individual to the Central Synagogue at 55th Street and Lex- state. ington Avenue because of the lack of any "The correct choice," Dr. Colligan (fe­large auditorium in the College buildings. elared, "is Americanism. Americans are citi­Among those present were Professor Gray, zens sovereign, not subjects supine. They Professor L ehn, Professor T emple, Profes- are creators and masters of government, not sor Simons, Professor Prentiss, Professor creatures of the state. Hahn, and Professor Fordrung from the "The real choice is to hold fast to thc college staff, and Mrs. Bitterman, Mrs . Crot- philosophy and framework of government ty, Mrs. Draddy, Mrs. Curtin, and Mrs. which has preserved for more than one hun­Gibson, members of the Alumnae Associa- dred millions of human beings those sacred tion. D ean Egan acted as hostess. rights and liberties of · the individual with-

President Colligan, after opening the pro- out which there can never be the 'abundant -gram with a reading from the Scriptures, life' so eagerly sought." made an address on "Some T 'ruths Too Fre- In conclusion, paraphrasing Daniel Web­quently Ignored" which was received with ster, the President said, "When my eyes shall enthusiastic applause by the student body be turned for the last time to behold the and alumnae guests. glorious sun in Heaven, may they not see

"Straight thinking and right doing are him sh ining on the broken and dishonored still, as in all times, the greatest needs of fragments of a once glorious democracy; up­the day," said Dr. Colligan. "Sounding on citizens sovereign become subjects supine; shibboleths and sonorous slogans should not upon a people rent by class strife and a land be substituted for calm judgment and cold drenched, it may be, by fraternal blood or reason. Emotional instability must not be trod beneath a tyrant's heel. Rather may mistaken for humane interest in our fellow they behold the glorious ensign of our re­human beings. public, full high advanced, leading millions

"Liberty is not license. It is the power out of the morass of selfishness and human of action under the law. Free speech is not greed into that promised land where each the right to libel, to slander, to vituperate, finds his greatest happiness in the common to calumniate, to disregard the truth." good of all. God save America!"

The President stressed the need for indi- Mrs. Graff brought a gracious greeting vidual improvement as the means of creating from the Alumnae and the best birthday gift a better socie£y. possible, the assurance of Mayor La Guardia

"That government is most democratic that we shall have a new building for Hunter which protects the rights of the great major- College on the Sixty-eighth Street site in the ity without encroaclling unduly on the rights near future. Mrs. Graff had a second gift of any individual. The essence, not the to announce, for the Associate Alumnae had form, counts most." very kindly decided to give the students a

Dr. Colligan emphasized the need in these piano for the 2 Park Avenue Building-to troubled times for thorough understanding fill a long-felt need. of our American governmental philosophy Miss Dorothy Gillam, one of our graduates and structure. interested primarily in dramatics, spoke of

"The individual came before the state. the change in viewpoint that must necessarily Individuals grouped as families formed the come to the student after graduation. She state or government to protect themselves in urged that the students strive for self-de­the enjoyment of natural and God-given velopment for its own sake rather than for rights to life, to liberty, to the pursuit of the more practical end of seeking employ­happiness, and to the acquired right to prop- ment. She also stressed the debt of grati­erty so necessary to the enj oyment and pro- tude we all owe our College and the need motion of life and happiness. These rights for more free colleges like Hunter through­are not the gifts of any government rightly out the country. conceived. They belong to the individual Miss J anet Mears, President of .the Stu­not because of the kindness of any ruler or dent Self-Government Association, announced group of rulers, but because as a human be- that the students' birthday gift to College ing the individual is entitled to these rights." would be a r adio. Since the chapel was be-

After quoting Thomas Jefferson, the Pres-- ing held under the auspices of the Tradi­ident explained the basic structure of our tions Committee, Miss Nlives Hoffman, Chair­form of government with its system of checks man of that Committee, took charge of the and balances. program from this time on and announced

"In our present ferment," Dr. Colligan the musical numbers, which included, as un­continued, "there are those who demand radi- dergraduate contributions, a selection from cal change, apparently forgetful of the slow "Aida" sung by Miss Vivienne Simon, so­but steady development of human liberty, prano, and "Hejre Kati" played by Miss and absolutely unmiqdful of the trend abroad Grace Hendler, violinist. Miss Lillian Hil­to the totalitarian state. We are told, incor- snm, a graduate, sang a soprano solo from

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" 1 Capuletti e i Monticch ". An unusual COLLEGE NOTES bit of ente rtainment followed wh en a " read-ing chorus", directed by Miss Hicks of thc Speec h De partment, offered P'sa lm XLVI, " The Sleig h", and " Invitation to Spring" .

Professor Prentiss, H ead of the D epart­ment of Speech, made a ve ry wel come a n­nouncement of a prize of twenty-five dol ­lars to be awarded annua lly by the Speedl Department to the January or June gradu­ating senior who is considered the best ac­tress or who has done the most constructive work for the Make-Up Box. The donor is a form er President of the Make-Up Box who wishes to remain anonymous.

Lillian Busch Milyko, a well known alum­lJa, and he r two daughters, Ca rol and Flor­ence, combined their musical talents to give Rubenste in 's "Romance", "The GoJJiwog's Cake W alk" by D ebussy, and "The End of a P e rfect Day", the song chosen by Mrs. Milyko beca use she had sung- it at he r own class day.

Mrs. Hahn, Editor of the ALUMNAE' NE WS, was called upo n for a word of g reeting, and she res ponded with such a humorous and charming little sp eech that the occasion was qu ite complete .

The program ended in the traditional man­ne r with the "Birthday Song", the "Ivy L eaf", a nd "Fame", and the sing ing re­fl ected the enthus ias m that everyone felt for thi s very fin e chapel.

DORO'rHY S. C RO SH.

RIESS SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT The Class ical D epartment of Hunter Col­

lege is sponso ring a n evening of magic in the Auditorium of City Collep;e, 23 rd Street and L exington Avenue, on Friday, March 5th, at 8 :30. The performer is the famous magician, John Mulholland, who 11as won wide acclaim by devising the transformation of Faustus from old age to youth before th e eyes of the a udi ence in the W .P.A. produc­tion of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus".

Tickets are priced at 35c, 50c, 75c, $ 1.00, and $ 1.50. A special rate of 15 cents a seat is available for high school students whose t eachers send in orders for blocks of ten seats or more . Orde rs should be sent to Mrs. Vi­ola Schmid Chworowsky, Hunte r College, 68th Street and L exington Avenue.

The proceeds will go to swell the Riess Scholarsl1ip Fund. E. A. H.

BARGY SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT Under the auspices of the Alumnae French

Club, a thea ter party for the benefit of the H enry Bargy M emorial Scholarship will he held on Saturday, March 6, at the French Theater of [ ew York, Hotel Barbizon-Plaza, 58th Street and Sixth Avenue. The play is the Paris comedy hit, Christian, by Yvan Noe. Ticket s ( price $ .99) may be had from Miss Doris J. Zack, 910 River side Drive, t elephone Wadsworth 7-0673.

RO SE-MARIE DAELE, Pres ident, Alumnae French Cluh.

"Who Shall Go to College and Why ?" was the topi c of a round t able di scus sion on a broadcast from station WNYC on W ednes­day, F ebruary 17, from 5 :30 to 5 :45 P.M. Faculty members who took part in the d~~­cussion were Mrs. Mary B elden James L ehn , R egistrar; P~ofessor Philip R. V. Curoe, Professor of Education; and Professor Mar ie K. GaJJagher , Chairman of the Bu­reau of Educational Gu idance.

The se ries of broadcasts continue in the following order:

F eb. 24 : Choral R eadings by students un­de r direction of Miss Helen Hicks of the D cp artmeJlt of Speech and Dramatics.

Mar. 3: Round T able . Discussion topic: Youth' s Inte rest in the Arts. Participating will be : Professor J ose ph Cummings Ch:1se, H ead of the D epa rtment of A I't; Professor Louis L. Lambert, H ead of the Department of Music; Professor Augusta N eidha rdt, Acting H ead of the D epartment of Physi­('al Education.

Mar. 10: Program of Songs in French , Italian, and Spanish, by students of the D e­partment of Romance Languages.

Mar. 17: Round T 'able. Discussion topic: Science and Everyday Life.. Those partici­pating will be: Professor Elsie V . Steedma n of the Biology D epartment; Dr. H enry D . Thompson of the Geology D epartmen t; Dr. H erbe rt Newell Otis of the Phys ics D epart­ment.

Mar. 24: Poetry R eadings by students of the D epartment of Speech and Drama tics under the direction of Mrs. H enning.

Among the Hunte r st aff members of the G erman Department who attended the Mod­ern L anguage Associ ation meeting in Rich­mond during Christmas W eek were Profes­so rs Busse, Jacobson, Hathaway, and Keil.

Dr. Gunther Keil was r eelect ed Business Manager of the German Quarterl?1 and Treasurer of the American Association of T eachers of German, which held its meeting concurrently with the Modern L ang uage As­sociation in Richmond.

Professor Arpad Steine r is preparing a n annotated edition of Vincent de B eauvais' " De Eruditione Filiorum Nobilium". The publication of this very interesting and im­portant t ext on medi eval p edagogy was made possible hy the joint assistance of the Me­diaeval Academy of America and the Council of L ea rned Societies. The book will appea r in June.

Professo r Adolf Busse l ectured befo re the Andiron Club on F ebruary 17 on H auptm.ann and Hamlet.

Professor Bla nche Colton Williams, H ead of the English D epartment, spoke on "Mod­ern Southe rn Literature" at the Southern Authors Lunc11eon given on Monday, F eb­I'uary 22 , at th e Waldorf Astoria, by the Southern Women's National D emocratic Or­ganization in N ew York. K. M . LAVELL.