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VOLUME
1.— No.
32.
CONTENTS.
Leader,
Poem,
447
Tiie Wee]<.
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—Vanishings, Lillian Corbett Barnes,
College Notes,
Inter-Collegiate
Leland Stanford Juinor University,
-
-
Strictly Narrative, Florence Converse, '92,
Catastrophy, Junior,
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456
456
448
'9h
A
454
Auld Acquaintance
.
.
.
Foreign Letter, Annie Sybil Montague,
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.
'79,
449
449
Waban
-
Ripples,
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.
.
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.
457
.
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4J7
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4^8
Magazine Reviews,
Book Reviews,
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459
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449
4^8
452
452
Wellesley, Mass.,
Beows
Our Outlook,
News,
-
Our Exchanges
May
31,
1890.
BEOS., Publishers, 43 Lincoln Street, Boston.
...
—
ADVERTiSEMENTS.
ARTISTS'
STONES
GEMS AND PRECIOUS
—— AT
"ARr PARUORS,"
55
VINrER
I
St.
keep a complete
SUPPLIES.
line of
Brushes, Paints^ Placques
Canvas, Etc, Etc.
Manufacturers of Jewelry in Special Designs.
CLASS BADGES, PINS and KINSS,
"With
Diamond
We recognize the
op Plain Mountings.
A
Specialty in
GEORGE
A.
Watch
I make it a specialty, keeping the latest styles of Moulding and
guaranteeing satisfactory work.
For Convenience
Repairing. •»•
PERRY.
G.
For
first-class
Wearer.
to
it is
only
the
same
five
it would stand as 5 to 1 in favor of Natick, as
minutes ride by the S. C. and the fare would be in about
DeWITT,
ratio.
E.
J.
FRIEND.
C.
Limited Tickets.
J.
0.
BAILEY & CO,
R£I>TJC1:B.
YORK ^j FARES
mVEK, L.INE.
FA.3L.3L.
Express trains connecting with steamer at Fall River in 80
minutes, leave Boston from Old Colony Station week days at 6
Sundays
P. M.
at 7 p.
m
Steamers JPukitan and Pilgrim in commission. Steam heat
in staterooms. An orchestra on each steamer throughout tlie year.
Ticliets. staterooms, &c., secured at the line omce, No. 3, Old
State House, and Old Colony Station, Kneeland Street.
J. R. KENDRICK, Gen. Man. GEO. L.CONNOR, Gen. Pas. Agt.
L. H. PAL.MER, Agent, 3 Old State House.
Artists'
\M
507 Washington
iiirniFi^
Columbus Avenue and Holyoko Street,
will be run as a
and transcient hotel.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN.
The
I
LAWRENCE.
37
first-
ciass family
Etching Materials, Etc.
FROST,
Boston.
Jewelry Repairing.
Under the new management,
Mathematical Instruments,
H. A.
Mi j™i[y,
St.,
Watch Repairing.
ivtaterials
•••
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
F. S.
ruled and unruled, light
more appreciated than
Eye Glasses extremely becvmmg
NEW
Plain and Linen Papere,
and heavy weight, by the quire and by the pound.
Quality and prices of Goods to compare with Boston's.
fact that original designs are
goods purchased from a stock witliout personal association.
-^«'FiNE
carry the
I
PLOKAL SOUVENIR SPOONS,
HEIRLOOMS MODERNIZED,
Moonstone, Turquoise, Topaz, Chalcedony Hearts
CORNHILL, BOSTON.
finest
TURKISH BATHS
every morning until noon and
(
all
in the country.
Ladies
day Thursdays.
PKIVATE DINING BOOMS.
This hotel is elegantly furnished throughout and ladies
visiting Boston will find every convenience.
Opposite Railroad Station,
Wellesley.
-
varieties constantly
Floral designs for all occasions arranged at shortest notice.
Cut Flowers and Plants of the choicest
Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to.
Flowers carefully packed and forwarded to all parts of the United
States or Can?da.
'
NEW DRUG
To
DOWNS' BLOCK,
Recently
fitted up,
SO.
All
would most
MAIN
where may be found a
DRUQGISTS'
With
The Archtvay Boolcstore,
361
a
365
SHREVE,
ST,,
Washington
Fopabr and Staidasd Books
Boston.
St.,
at
Lowest Prices.
CRUMP & LOW
CO.,
full line of
SUFRLIES.
&.
CO.,
PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS,
All the ITev,
tweraty-five years experience, and a careful attention to business, I
bopt; to merit a fair share of your patronage.
Prescriptions will be Carefully
DeWOLFE, FISK &
STORE.
the Citizens of Natick and Vicinity, the undersigned
respectfully call your attention to his store in
GEO. W. CROCKER, Manager.
2S-19
on hand.
Accurately
Diamonds, Watclies, Jewelry,
SIVERWARE.
CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY GOODS.
Compounded,
5^~ Engravers of Calling Cards, Invitations, &c.
Stationery in great variety.
Agent, Registered Pharmacist.
Opp: Tvlorae
*
Instlti_ite,
j^rti5ti(;
Naticlc,
pi^otot^rapl^y.
Fine
HO ME aga in"!
^»^as<s.
*
COLLEGE CLASS WORK A SPECIALTY.
Desires to call the attention of the Wellesley College
young ladies to the fact that he is aciain at
45
WEST STREET,
BOSTON, MASS.
Lovers of Bailey's Fine Candles can find them there Only,
:
ADVERTISEMENTS.
SWITZERLAND. A
cafe
&ROVE Fai[m
OjiK
Christian family
receives about 6 young ladies desirous
practising French
5 of studying and
AND German. Remarkable opportunities for gaining
proficiency in drawing, painting and music. Excellent references. Prospectus sent post-free.
BASLE,
WASHINGTON STREET.
413
EHBHARDT,
A.
Aeschengraben
3i-tf.
Tl^e
Fas]:\ioriable
Parlors
Diriing
W.
ir|
28,
Basle
CLELAND,
F.
Bostori,
Elegantly appoirited. perfect atteridarice, arid silperior Cuisirie.
line of Wash Goods, Ginghams,
Percales, Victoria Cloths, Surahs,
Fine
Etc.
TiredBtram
Plushes, Ribbons, Small
Wares, Trimmings.
Largest and Most Complete Stock in
town.
9 Clark's Block, Main
A
increases the capacity
for mental labor, and acts as a general
It rests the tired brain and imtonic.
parts thereto new life and energy.
brain food.
established
It
Dr. F. W. Lythe, Lebanon, 111., says
" I have personally used it with marked advantage when overworked, and the nervous system
much depressed."
:
Dr. O. C. Stout, Syracuse, N. Y., says
" I gave it to one patient who was unable to
transact the most ordinary business, because his
tired and confused upon the least
brain was
mental exertion. Immediate relief and ultimate
recovery followed."
'
St., Natick.
1880.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
On
account of the intended destruction of this building,
31 East 17th Street, {between 4th Ave. and Broadway),
where I have been established for many years, my address
after May ist, will be
E.
MIRIAM
COYRIERE,
Teachers'
150 iifth Ave., Cor. 20th
JOHN
F.
St.,
New
DOWSLEY,
Agency,
York.
D. D.S,
MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
fioom 19, Evans House, 175 Tremont Street,
'
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
10, Clark's Block, Natick, Mass.
Room
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I.
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sure the word *' Horsford's"
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
11
AND
PIANOS
The MASON
& HAMLIN
ORGANS
100 different Styles of Organs,
im-
proved method of Slringing. pro-
822 to $1200.
duces remarkable refinement of
&
Mason
have received
stand in tune.
at all great world's
at
These Pianos are consequently
Organs
Haniliu
tone and phenomenal capacity to
Highest Awards
Exhibitions
which they have been exhibited
since 1867.
excellent for Eentinsr.
Sold for Cash or Easy Pay-
Organs Rented
ments.
Rent pays
till
for them.
CATALOGUES
MASON
FREE.
HAMLIN ORGAN
&
PIANO
and
CO.,
BOSTON, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Mason
&
Hamlin
Hall,
CLASS DAI and
One
Will be here soon.
TREMONT STREET, BOSTON.
154 rnd 155
DAIS
RED LETTER
other
of the most important needs for such occasion
is
that of
A* SUITABLE *FAN.
As
the Largest Importers of
ment.
This
is
now
Fancy Goods
U.
S.,
we have always
where a new stock
with covered Stick at
JAPANESE FANS
GAUZE FANS,
suitable for
$1.00,
In
kept up a Retail
is
just offered.
many
Wood
Sticks at
occasions, perhaps,
which we are
of these
we have an
many
$1.25.
are the
selling very largely to graduating classes.
every Style and Color at from
Ladies will find in our Stock
$1.25 to $5.00.
excellent assortment, both plain and painted at
Novelties in Fans besides
tlie
regular lines.
HORACE PARTRIDGE &
CO.,
early inspection.
59
Fan Depart-
"We have
^^a-ns,
X^ea-tltier
Black and Grey with Ebony or Olive
More
an
in tlie
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in
at
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Street,
Boston.
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invito
:
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WELLESLEY COLLEGE, MAY
Vol.
The Wellesley
Those members of
Prelude.
should
EDITORS
MaryD.
E.
Mary Barrows,
Emily
I.
Header,
'go.
'91.
Theodora Kyle,
'gi.
Mary W.
Edith
S.
Tufts,
Bates,
'92
with
classmates entering next Fall.
All literary communications from the students of the
college should be sent to Miss Lauderburn, through the
" Prelude " box in the general office.
Literary communications from outside the college should be directed to the
Alumna Editor, Miss Edith S. Tufts, Dana Hall, Welles-
it
ton,
has not.
Mass.
tfie
opening
and
sale of the
instructive
most
is
to witness
tiie
useful, entertaining
volume brought before the public
since Jevon's Logic
tertaining)
1890,
6,
(useful),
'89's
Legenda
and Puckle's Conic Sections
pure of
nothing in
is
Rhetoric
Its
it
and the subject matter of
have, from time to time,
been held out through the Prelude
will, it is trusted,
for
Legenda
be
to the students
forth orders
sufficient to call
rapidly,
and hence
for
those wishing
(en-
(instructive)
On June
May
31st, in the
second floor centre.
the Editors will be in their elegant
6,
office
on the
after
the
first
floor near the centre
new
immediately
Tree Day exercises to distribute the
results of their labors
interest for the
to all
who have waited with
appearance of
Legenda.
'90's
appeared to lay claim to the student's attention.
It
has been rumored that this valuable work which
bear the title of " Legenda for 1890 " will be
VANISHINGS.
will
made
it
a text book for the coming year and hence
behooves each student
copy.
It
it
is
this
the
is
only a
explained that Legenda
to contain both the elements of fancy
tion, the Senior of
and imagina-
next year will understand that
rumor may be based on probability. Juniors
Legenda useful for the much debatamatter it contains. Sophomores likewise will
require
in the
it
both in their intellectual researches and
humorous courses which
demands of them.
their college
rank
cloud came floating o'er the sky
"Wait, little Cloud, nor fly so fast,
Thy
violet heart holds visions high
"
!
But the cloud, unheeding, drifted past.
is
will find the
ble
A
to provide herself with a
must be understood that
rumor, but when
to
the
is
ialists.
day begining
June
quaUties
strictly
to order in advance, office hours will be held every
Wellesley Post Office as second-class matter.
TREE-DAY,
many
each department has been in the charge of Spec-
The inducments which
Etttered at
the
for
There
the most fastidious.
laid
as to the Faculty,
warranted
It is
result of years of study,
Mass.
Subscriptions should be sent, in cUl cases, to Mary Barrows, Wellesley, Mass.
Advertisements and other business communications
should be addressed to Brown Bros., 43 Lincoln St., Bos-
stumbling in the
which have heretofore annually
which
copy
a
for their
be of great
It will
preventing them from
Freshmen low. To the Specials
Legenda may be commended
offend
ley,
provide
pernicious adulterations.
'84.
are already in Col-
book
ruts
'90.
who
of Legenda to be used as a guide
value in
Lauderburn, '90.
Sarah M. Bock,
'94
themselves
lege
Edited by the Students of Wellesley College and published
Price, $2.60 a
weekly during the college year.
year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
No. 32
1890.
31,
A
song came whispering through the trees
Wait, little Song, till I catch thy rhyme,
And send it afar on the laughing breeze.
With its scent of roses and sweet, wild thyme "
:
'•
!
But the careless music fled apace,
And though I sought it and followed
In vain
The
I
mourn
for the
it
vanished grace.
love-tuned note of that
little
song
long.
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
448
The
violet cloud
was
lost in mist,
foot hills
In a cold, gt^y mist with raindrops fraught;
The wand'ring,
Far more
is
rose-leaved song,
lost
—
I
wist,
ready nearing completion.
mist of thought.
in a
and the coast range
view, the central
in
quadrangular group of twelve class buildings
This
is al-
built of yellow
is
sand-stone taken from near San Jose, a distance of
Lillian Corbett Barnes, 'gi.
about eight miles.
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY.
Boston Journal April 12, l8go.
The roof
York
;
ture,
one story high,
is
from
tiles
New
This struc-
by 246
feet long
586
is
of red
Romanesque.
the style Spanish
feet
wide, and on the inside has a continuous corridor
with beautiful open arches, while the outside
Menlo Parkjin Santa Clara Vaney,thirty-five miles
from SanFrancisco,on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
is
reheved from a monotonous
A
drive of
little less
than a mile brings
you to the entrance, and a shaded avenue leads
quickly to Senator Stanford's house, which
is
sur-
rounded by some of the lovehest landscape gardening in CaUfornia.
The grounds are beautifully and
regularly laid out, trees in great variety adorn the
landscape, and flowers and fruit are in abundance.
Avenues radiate
from a circle which
in all directions
A
second row of buildings around
begun,
feet, upon which is to be sculptured
some design symbolizing Power. This building is
to be used for library, museum, laboratories, and
whatever else is needed. Through the main archway will be seen the University Church, with a
Already some work-shops are
spire of 130 feet.
arch of 47
completed
and ground
in the rear,
for a girl's dormitory, while
the only child of Senator and Mrs. Stanford, for
will
whom
stories high; the
is
named.
The tomb
is
of
gray granite and Parthenon in architecture. There
upon the grounds,which
by vines, fruit and ornamental
made
beautiful
trees.
continuous stretch of beauty.
the foot
hills in
is
a
summer time
In
the distance, the mountains beyond,
the fields lying between, spread out to view the
loveliest shades of
brown
that ever greeted the eye
of the traveler.
The spreading
oak
asserts
its
supremacy
down toward
the coast
found the Monterey cypress, old and weather-
beaten trees giving evidence of a long, hard and
victorious
struggle
university buildings
with
elements.
the
and the plans
for
But the
this
grand
educational enterprise for the Pacific slope claim
first
a scale,
give
already up.
are ig^feet
attention.
it
is
They
are,
however, on so large
impossible in so limited a paper to
an adequate description.
deeded
Senator Stanford
to the trustees eighty-five
thousand acres
of land, comprising some of the finest estates
California, while in the
home ranch
in
or university
grounds there are eighty-five hundred acres.
Near
the centre of the grounds, with the graceful
by
Space
reserved at the right and
is
central group of buildings for a second
This
is
four
19, includ-
of the
left
and third
the distance be-
first,
tween the two extremes being one-half mile. These
are in the plan
will
be
and purpose of the founders and
built as the
need
Professor's houses
arises.
away are for
homes by those who may
are to be near by, and lots not far
sale for the building of
wish
live
here and there, and further
our
is
quadrangle, similiar to the
Santa Clara Valley, of unrivaled climate,
is
accommodate 200,
rooms
being broken
is
one for the boys, which
ing an alcove.
are eighteen miles of drive
are
not yet
this,
be two stories high, with a memorial
will
contains the burial place of Leland Stanford, Junior,
the university
is
by the appear-
ance of twelve different buildings.*
the nearest station to Palo Alto, the university
grounds.
effect
to
settle
children.
this great
to
there for
Indeed
it
is
educational centre will prove attractive
many, the
Golden Gate being within
city of the
about a half hour's ride.
for a botanical garden,
grounds.
the education of their
confidently expected that
Liberal provision
is
made
an arboretum and athletic
The vacant land
will
be used
cultural purposes in connection with
for agri-
an agricultural
college.
It
has been hoped that the work upon the build-
ings would so far progress as to admit of dedicatory
exercises on
May
fourteenth, the twenty-first anni-
versary of the birth of Leland Stanford, Junior.
But so vast
is
the undertaking
the work done
probable.
that the
and
opening
so
this
carefully
year
is
is
not
;
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
The plan and scope of
here be
university cannot
the
young men
be broad and practical, to
fit
for "
In time
complete
Palo Alto
living."
to
women
antl
highest universities.
work
graduate
the
to
Industrial training
given a prominent position here
the
in
;
The
the needs of the individual.
have prominence
literature, the
;
mathematics, and indeed
to be
is
But
this university will
men and women
education,
for
The
life.
without
The
lies his
and
strength,
to prepare himself for the
he
is
The
adapted.
country
will
the
and
Mr.
wealth seems
his
it is
to
are to
devoted to the Students' Aid
be a place where
God
is
recog-
its
expense
different
talent the world
will
be spared to
fill
the
departments with the best
The people
affords.
are looking
wit^ great interest to the opening of this munificent
centre of learning, where
all
whether rich or poor
ous training which will best
its
That
is
California
is
the youth of the Pacific
may
fit
get that harmoni-
them
for successful
already taking high rank in
educational methods.
Within the
last
lo years
"
!
what the frogs were saying,
sat
as I
the steps of the house in Frog Hollow.
That
on
is
what they said every quiet Summer night, over
and over again
It
when
was
" Patrick, Patrick, Patrick
:
restful
and pleasant
to listen
everything was so dark and
still,
"
!
to
them
and the lake
was lapping, lapping on the beach, and there was
only a
to
little silver tint
down low
the black sky,
in
show where the moon was coming.
" Patrick, Patrick"
frogs,
But
I always forgot about
because the thoughts used to beat such loud
tattooes
on the drums of
my
hear any outside noises.
about them that evening,
nized.
effort or
also to
;
STRICTLY NARRATIVE.
not be
will
The expenses
and the Senator has now in his possession
most rare and precious things for the museum.
While this university is not to be sectarian in
chairs of
seen in room
to develop, here
Society,
living.
Austin, their
alike
Stanford's jewels, which are very
valuable, are to be
X
courtesies received.
which
for
be merely norninal, board and tuition being very
Even Mr.
Currier.
due Messrs. Shepley, Routan and
are
be encouraged
that funds
practically unlimited, so
slope,
*Thanks
suc-
all
work
a gift of twenty millions to
start,
lacking for any good thing.
No
humanity throughout
Coolidge, the Architects, for photographs of the
be spared and no instniction
made
this university at
character,
bless
" Patrick, Patrick, Patrick
Senator Stanford
low.
and
Mary Adams
it.
expense
and begin
wills,
representative in California, for
be withheld from any earnest seeker after truth.
will
own
their
while here some beneficent work that shall continue
there be a genius in this
who wants an opportunity
he win find
No
if
make
in their lifetime
may be
powers, and
and the artisan
artist
have a chance, and
will
will
special
who
University, which
college studies, to see what are his
wherein
to those
who execute
wealth,
stu-
be led, as he goes on into the higher
will
honor
all
and
limitations
men and women who
rich
the world the recipient of their wisdom and their
ceeding ages.
considering
many
State has
to uplift
college
Menlo Park and one
at
two nearest stations to Palo Alto,
generously planning for her future welfare
craze
adaptations, will here be held in check.
dent
The
emphatically train
for
has had a won-
are under her direct care and supervision.
but
make up
gifts,
of several of these schools are met
at Mayfield, the
classics are to
a rounded education will be offered to the earnest
student.
The expenses
are
natural sciences,
by private
by Mrs. Stanford, while one
to
that goes to
all
entirely supported
derful growth.
natural tenden-
be studied and directed according
cies are to
the free Kindergarten for the Poor in San Francisco,
expected that
it is
opportunity for training from
will aflbrd
the kindergarten
way
but they are in every
fully stated,
449
ears that I never could
And
so
till
the
I
had forgotten
gate slammed,
and three pairs of seaside shoes came clattering
up the walk, and three gasping, laughing creatures
came flying out of the darkness, and dashed themselves down on the steps beside me.
" Say
you want to tell us a
pokey down on the beach nobody's
there but Mr. Phillips and Aunt Clara, and they're
!
Florence, don't
story? Its so
;
such spoons."
" Yes, please
tell
us a story. Cousin Florence, and
;;
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
450
make
don't
too ghosty
it
" Yes, and we'll
And
sit
;
" But, Edwy,
ghosty enough."
just
hammock."
in the
the last speaker illustrated
remarks by
his
hopping up and casting himself recklessly into the
hammock, which hung behind
on the
us
Everyone of those busy thoughts
utes before, had been
drumming
white
and put on
cell,
its
gown, and there wasn't a
so merrily in
They were always
those
serving
me
little
own
I
kind,
me
so basely.
much more emphasis
with
than
under the circumstances, that
So
mock
I
would
tell
convenient distance from the restless
at a
" Edna's going to
boy
sit
by me," announced the
hammock, whacking
in the
his feet against the
" No, she's not either, Edna always
Edna?
don't you,
" Yes
I'll sit
do
I
;
sits
by me,
"
but
I
in the middle,
small cousin
it
'
:
dreamed
"
"Sh-h-h!"
sit
"
" If you
and be
all
quiet,
not
just before
What time
can
sit
by Edwy, too, because
you know
;
" sweetly
remarked
under discussion, forming two
had long since learned that my five years
only made the boys more anxious to carry
I
own plans, when in any case our opinions
The three indistinct objects in the hama final vviggle to settle themselves, and
began.
"
Once upon
a time
always told stories about
there was a
little
boy,"
I
boys, for even Edna's
little
enthusiasm was apt to languish
if
the hero were
a heroine.
"
his
Once upon
name was "
a time there was a
" Patrick, Patrick, Patrick
"
And
" No,
Edwy.
his
it
name was
wasn't
sit
"Don't you
where you
just
there was a
boy determined
one night,
thoughtfully.
another bit of
tell
Once upon a time
this little
used to
that he
little
are,
my
story.
boy.
Now
would dream, so
he went to bed "
did he go to bed? " asked Edna's
champion.
" At eight o'clock.
For my part, I doubted the wisdom of this
method of settling the difficulty, but I did not in-
I
at all,"
;
said Charlie,
three don't
I'll
" Just before he went to bed
!
little
boy, and
" said the frogs.
Patrick."
either,"
promptly responded
he ate a whole
mince-pie, because he had heard that mince-pie
made people dream."
He
mock gave
our
Edwy.
"Sh-h-h! yourself,"
by him Edna."
fact.
differed.
name
so last night,' he
— began Edna
said
Wh-where was
out their
its
felt."
it
dreamed
I
and
so
"
seniority
;
to suit us."
;
I
"
;
Patrick
isn't
up
then, he'll not have any
sparks of jealousy in one breath, and aware of the
terfere
it
and
little boy
boy never dreamed. He didn't know
was to dream and when he heard people
wonder how
"
gallery floor.
the
say
"
range themselves comfortably.
name
and you're making
little
what
a story.
sea-side shoes, and the children proceeded to ar-
and Patrick Henry?
" Once upon a time there was a
this
was necessary
drew a rocking-chair up before the ham-
I
telling
reply with asperity.
rose with an air of determination, and said,
I
St. Patrick,
don't care, his
I
I'm
was; and besides, don't you
it
a very nice name."
is
"Very well
I
grey monk's
would make them
Patrick
story,
my
little
story anywhere.
speak, and do penance for deserting
So
its
tricks of this
now
thoughts, and
silly
own
bit of a
"
two min-
how do you know?
say
I
remember about
And
gallery.
that,
had suddenly withdrawn, each into
ears,
and
this story,
his
mother?
hadn't any mother,"
and then hearing a pitying
I
" inquired
Edna.
answered abruptly,
little
"
Oh
!"
added the
general statement, " She was abroad."
Another "
tinued
"
!
" of relief this time,
and
I
con-
to bed,
and
;
He
went
Oh
ate that pie
to sleep.
and then he went
Now
he began to dream
in the
middle of the night
and the queer part of the
dream was that he knew he was dreaming. He
dreamed that he awoke, and there at the foot of
the bed hung a seal-skin coat and cap, and mittens
and leggings, and he arose and put them on. And
then in that way that dreams have, he suddenly
found himself standing amid millions and millions
of icebergs, and looking out on a clear blue sea
and he knew, in that way that people always know,
when
;
they are dreaming, that he was standing on
the edge of the open sea around the north pole
and
it
was dreadfully cold, and the sea was blue.
;
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
and
sky was blue, and the icebergs were cohl
tlie
and he shivered and as he did so,
the iceberg on which he was standing detached
itself from the shore, and he and the iceberg went
blue-white
sailing out
into 'the cold
boy moved
" Bed-springs
it
!
And
blue sea.
berg was such a queer iceberg
little
the ice-
every time the
;
gave a squeak."
"
observed
Charlie,
and the
boy looked back and saw the
little
white icebergs standing grim and silent and
tall,
ghost-like near the shore
and saw the
and he looked down,
;
clear blue water,
reaching up to him, with
arms
and the white coral
its
long, prickly white
and he heard a panting sound, and a polar
bear went swimming by, and it flashed its fiery
eyes, and closed its .sharp white teeth together with
;
And
a snap.
then one of the
tall
icebergs
became
loosened from the others and came sailing slo-o-o-whim, and then
after
ly
and
it
was so white, and
tall,
and it sailed slo-o-o-wly after"
" Edna, do keep your feet down and stop wigthin,
" But Edwy,
hammock, going
to grab
was
my feet,
and Cousin Florence keeps seeing such dreadful
things behind
my
head."
ghosty enough," and reluctantly abandoned
my too
successful
my
attempt
at
artistic description.
" Say
"
;
you know the tropics are
in the tropics,
I
read the other day that
and
I
wondered."
general information, but this time I was prepared,
triumphantly rephed that this was a dream.
" After the
little
boy had
sailed quite a long
way, the iceberg suddenly struck something and
stood
The
stUl.
but he
knew
and that
is
it
little
that he
was
No
it
it's
at
end he almost
to the
And when
all.
he
over the top, be-
fell
cause he couldn't see where
But he
stopped.
it
found that there was a hole in the pole
and
;
it
gave him such a queer sensation to see a hole in
the
first
legs,
air
a great black hole
air,
and
;
and he chmbed
;
went out of
his feet
in
and then
sight,
his
and there was only half a boy, way up in the
and then only his head was left, like a cherub
without
the
wings, and
And he
nothing.
then
and then
his cap,
down
slid, slid, slid,
the inside
of the pole."
observed Edwy.
" .^nd he slid, and
slid,
and
and
slid,
slid, till
he came through the very centre of the earth, in
little
round place with a hole
and another hole
went round so
little
'
you couldn't
man
in his
which
and he looked
;
at
:
Centre of Gravity, and
the
is
tell
middle of the
with a crown on his
hand
boy and said solemnly
This
and the earth
right in the
round place was a
head and a sceptre
"
that
And
north pole,
for the
for the south pole
fast
hole was which.
I
am
Henry of England who " Never smiled again "
so when I died they sent my spirit here to stay
could smile, and
seem
to succeed
for the
"
And
king
how
;
couldn't
;
some time
imaginary," from Charlie, of
tell
me
is
have been
I
earnestly, but I don't
this the
proper curve
'
the king proceeded to contort his face so
horribly that the
had struck the north
pole,
;
do assure you
most
comers of the mouth ?
the
you know the north pole
I
trying to smile, trying
Then
invisible
isn't,
if
pole melts
boy climbed up the pole, hand
anybody could have seen him it
be climbing up nothing
to
came
boy couldn't see anything,
realty imisible."
"
over hand, and
till it
Charlie always had a most inconvenient fund of
I
little
;
" I only asked because
so
the
would have looked very queer, because he seemed
the
around the equator."
grew
And
little
Florence, was that a tropic, up near the
!
north pole?
" No, of course not
coral
doesn't block up the sea, because the
a
sighed as I realized that the story was " just
thin white berg, and
ahead."
little
" Must have been nice for his sealskin coat,"
I can't, I feel just as if there
a hand under the
Go
!
a thing that's imagin-
if
"
boy thought he would climb up
the pole, and he put out his hand and touched it
and it was warm that is the true reason the ice
You'll upset us in a minute."
gling.
I
" Oh, ye-es
" So the
it.
" So they sailed on and on, in the blue-gray
;
know
" Well, I'd like to
ary isn't invisible, too?
;
from the
depths of the hammock.
light
course.
;
;
451
;
but
so
in
the situation.
little
boy
little
boy begged him to stop.
to smile, and show the
tried
somehow he
felt
so
solemn he
they both gazed at each other for
silence,
oppressed by the gravity of
Suddenly the king asked
:
;
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
452
"
"
How
'
And
did you get here
'
that has
?
—
no music
boy after gazing stupidly at the
north pjle hole and thinking it was the south pole
nity
south pole hole and thinking it
" ' I am not
was the north pole hole, faltered
sonometer
and
hole,
the
little
at the
:
sure, but I think
"And
The
King Henry's sense of the
ridic-
and
not
he, yes, he
laughed, laughed
aloud
himself cast into space
;
he
only smiled, but
and the
little
boy
felt
and he forgot that he was
;
for
in his soul
my hand
!
Quick,
He
deep
Or an opportu-
The tympanum
hear again
!
action.
was in
of
my
Never
!
ear
falling
;
!
!
a piano-tuner again
!
— Junior.
FOREIGN LETTER.
falling,
Cambridge, England, April
!
!
to Charlie to wait for her.
" Patrick, Patrick, Patrick
out
of the
lake,
"
!
and the
And
the
moon
on the beach
fire
" Patrick, Patrick
blazed up into the sky.
"
!
Florence Converse, 'g2.
My
Was
I ever rash enough to promise to send you a
from Greece?
I
little knfew then what that
promise meant or how impossible it would be to fill it.
There was something in the very air of Hellas, filled as
it was with echoes from the far distant past, which
letter
modern innovation of the
when all the books you
have read about Greece, and the pictures you have seen
seem dull and lifeless, as you stand face to face with
the reality, is not one to move you to attempt another
made one
post.
rebel against the
And
besides, a time
If I could only convey to you who have
not yet seen, " the city of the violet crown," a tithe of
the pleasure which
Without, overhanging clouds,
was a dull day.
and a warm, sleepy wind creeping through the
trees.
Within,
work.
Why
piano-tuner perseveringly at
the
must
I
needs think of what
I
had
heard, not long since, of the desirability and suitability of his vocation for a
so disposed?
awaiting
me
woman, should she be
Shuddering to think of the
(for
I
was sure
my
fate
life-work was
either to be piano-tuning or taking boarders),
humbly resolved
to take
opportunity, and thus,
Pedagogics
my
at
I
earliest
if
avert the im-
possible, to
to
for
sit
their pic-
and consequently mine did not come
aid in the production of a sublime
to
my
and systematic
work on " the advancement of the principles of
Christian Socialism a natural step in the progress
of the history of civilization."
trical
Oh,
for
translation
four week's visit brought me,
I
We went by way of Marseilles and our four days
voyage was most delightful, for the Mediterraneanshowed only a smiling face. Each day brought some
new place of interest in sight, and our ship's company
made up as it was
was exceptionally pleasant,
of enthusiastic Greek professors students all filled
with common interests and a common purpose. You
can imagine the excitement of those of us to whom this
was a first visit, when we came on deck early on the
fourth
morning and found ourselves actually
at the
and and Hymettus
above the busy port
as we drove on
towards Athens and Lycabettus, and finally the Acropolis with its wonderful temples came into clearer view
and suddenly we found ourselves passing the Theseum
teculus
before us.
The muses had gone down
pathetic.
my
should be well content.
Piraeus, with Salamis and Psythaleia behind us, Pen-
pending calamity.
tures,
29, 1890.
dear Philhellenes
description.
A CATASTROPHE.
It
!
"
"Hi Look there They're building a bonfire
down the beach. I'm going, come on Charlie."
The two boys were off, and Edna stayed to gaze
at me a moment with mouth and eyes wide open
and then she, too, was flying down the path calling,
rose
test
!
to hear
to be a piano-tuner
is
and the laughter
and he was
his ears all the time,
soul
number of vibrations
The wind fairly howls
is shattered
Never to
dreaming, forgot everything except that he had
destroyed the center of gravity
My
!
There, with a
what a pretty experiment, to
bass note for
has snapped a string
Not
."
inventing an instru-
cannot wait
I
not often thus stirred to
that
—
at
observing musical vibrations, an improved
siren at hand,
then a dreadful thing happened.
reply appealed to
ulous,
was the mince-pie.'
it
ment
yes, to try
The
tuner waxed
one more chance to try a meof Alcestis
even
!
"
The man
rising
The excitement grew
then skirting the Acropolis on the side where are the
Odeon and Dionysius Theatre, and drawing up
directly
opposite Hadrian's Arch and the temple of Olympian
Zeus.
And
then that
first
afternoon on the Acropolis,
when we wandered here and
there not attempting to
study, but simply drinking in the spirit of the place
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
453
and
tlie beauty of the view and of the immediate surroundings, everything else we feared would seem stale,
Fortunately our fears
flat and unprofitable after that.
" the rosy-blossomed."
Later we drove down the
long strtch of the plain to Argos, where we stopped to
see the remains of the old theatre, and to Siryus, which
proved groundless, for each fresh visit to this enchanted spot only brought fresh interest and fresh
delight, while the other relics of classic Athens, Kolomos and the Academy, Eleusis, Marathon, Salaniis
and Sunium, had each a suggestiveness and charm all
in
its
Mycenae
day
had a long drive over the hills to the sanctuary of Asklepios and Epidauros.
This must have been a very
where the famous
one of the largest and best preserved in all
Prosaically enough the first thing we did on
reaching the spot was to have lunch. I summoned my
scanty modern Greek to my aid and bade the driver
carry our basket under the shade of some olive trees
cliff,
modern
village at
some
little
distance from
baths,
which
we
is
near, but that evidently did not agree with his instruc-
Our landlord
tions.
Our guide had
not yet picked up any English, and his Greek was
hardly that of Agamemnon, though that famous chiefStill we could
tain's name was constantly on his lips.
understand him fairly well, as our ears had become
accustomed during those few weeks to some of the
The Treasury of
peculiarities of the modern Greek.
Athens and the famous Gate of Lions seemed strangely
familiar and yet strangely unfamiliar, for no picture
had conveyed an adequate idea of their truely Cyclopean architecture. Men must indeed have been giants
in the land in those days to have handled these huge
blocks and fitted them together without aid of mortar.
bility for
ceed on foot for the rest of the way.
passed under the massive
lintel of the
gate into the
whose magic circle Dr. Schlieman
found five tombs, whose rich treasures led him to
think them royal sepulchres, and thence up to the top
tiny agora, within
of the Acropolis, where are the ruins of
Agamemnon's
pictured the faithful watcher on the pal-
ace roof, and though the height, on which blazed the
last of the
beacon
lights
which
told
him of the
fall
of
Troy, was shut from our sight by nearer hills, we could
feast our eyes on the scene on which he must have oft-
en looked during those long years of his lord's ab,
sence.
Mycenae is indeed " in a recess of the horsefeeding Argos," and from this little nook among the
mountains, one sees the whole fertile plain, •• hill-girt"
except at the south, where the blue waters of the Gulf
of Argolis were visible, with the citadels of Nemphia
and Argos as their tw^in guardians. The valley had
the peculiar beauty of the early spring,
brown of
when
the rich
the newly ploughed ground alternates with
the fresh green of the young grain.
myriads of wild-flowers,
liant, scarlet
anemones, bearing
appropriaetness of
At our
among them some
feet
were
of the bril-
their testimony to the
Pindar's epithet for this season,
find the remains of other temples, of a curi-
Greece.
the ruins, and under the guidance of the keeper pro-
We
the invahds of ancient times, for
ously constrcted tholos, the stadion, and the theatre,
from his attacks, to Corinth, Nemea, and finally to
Phichtia, where a carriage was in waiting to take us
to Mycenae.
We had to leave the carriage at Charvati, a small
among
through Eleusis and Megara,
station,
Skiron had his haunt until Theseus freed travellers
palace.
has not the same associations
spent the night at Nauplia and the next
besides the ruins of the temple of Asklepios and the
along the side of the steep
We
was even more interesting than Mycenae,
we made two excursions into the
The first of these took us by rail to
to all this
Peloponnesus.
the
We
it
popular resort
own.
Added
Itself
though
at Nauplia felt a deep responsiour welfare, since we two ladies had courage-
ously stayed
to
make
on
after the rest .of the party left, in order
this excursion.
The
result of this sense of
on his part was that instead of our lunching under the olive trees, a table was placed in the
orchestra of the theatre, and we sat down in that historic spot, where once the stately choruses moved in
the dance, and ate a most substantial meal. We had
our scruples about it, especially when hens and dogs
responsibility
came
to share the feast, but
we consoled
ourselves with
the thought that the Greeks ate sweetmeats, at least
between the plays, and that the cock was sacred to Asklepios. Afterwards we studied the arrangement ot
the theatre, which has some unique features, and explored the other ruins a-nd the treasures of the small
museum, Then came our pleasant ride back, when
we met groups oi shepherds in their picturesque sheepskin coats, returning from market with their flocks greatly reduced in numbers since the morning.
For it was
the Good Friday of the Greek Church and every family
which could afford it, had purchased a lamb to be
roasted whole for Easter Sunday.
Many of these
shepherds were carrying a sheep across their shoulders
with the legs grasped in the hands in front in precisely
the manner represented in an Archaic statue of a Moschophoros, which is in the Acropolis Museum at
Athens.
Of our other trip to Megara for the Easter Tuesday
dances, to Corinth and along the shores of the Gulf of
Corinth, with the snow crowned Helion and Parnassus
in view for hours, and on to Olympia whose famous
games called forth so much that was beautiful both in
art and literature, 1 have not to repeat.
All too soon
our stay in Greece was over, but it is pleasant to be in
Cambridge again and these sunny days with their
flowers and songs of nightingales make me glad to have
realized Browning's wish.
"Oh,
Now
to be in England
that April's there."
— A7inie Sybil Montague,
'79.
:
:
THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
454
THE WEEK.
hours as
men
May
of the length of the working day
spread and shows united
effort.
made
is
to the eight hour law
is
for
first
This
more work he makes
else.
sitions
were true,
thropic
men
it
for
is,
man
however,
works, the
If the
would be the duty of
propophilan-
all
to reduce the hours of labor to the lowest
Gen.
remarks by saying that in
his opinion the reduction of the number of working
hours should be made very gradually and by the direct
efforts of the working class, e.xcept in cases of really
objection
is
This may be met by pointing to
For the last seventy years the English
hour a day for example.
his
cruel arbitrary restrictions.
always prejudicial.
past conditions.
more
somebody
a
Walker then concluded
a reduction
that state interference
that the reduction of hours will
evidently fallacious, for the
point possible, one
at present wide-
The
is
bring work to the unemployed.
;
The movement
employments would do in a long
argument adduced in support
favorite
of the eight hour law
Gen. Francis A. Walker
upon the Eight Hour Movement. He introduced the subject by saying that the question as to the
number of hours that a man should work each day does
not involve an economic principle, but depends upon
physiological facts, economic conditions and meteorohence it may be viewed from
logical environment
24, at four o'clock,
lectured
various standpoints.
in other
A
day's work.
nation has legislated on the labor problem, and no
been repealed and none have been found
on the contrary the result has been very
These facts do not
satisfactory to all concerned.
statute has
injurious
On Monday
May 26th, the Beethoven Soby Miss Estelle T. Andrews, in their
second concert of this season, furnished a most delightThe programme was as
ful evening's entertainment.
;
prove that state interference is justifiable in all cases,
but shows the possible expediency of such a course.
The second
objection to be met
is
follows
the assertion that a
Piano Solo,
man
can not earn pay for ten hours by eight hours of
This is claimed to be beyond dispute, being a
labor.
simple problem in arithmetic.
But a brief glance
actual occurences will reveal a deeper meaning.
Brilliant,
— Andante Spianato e Polonaise
at
Arr. by C. N. Anderson.
Ritter.
Valse Caprice in
and that of
his work
exposed to the severity of the weather the work is of
such a nature that a man's will can directly control the
rate of action and hence, if it is to his own advantage
to crowd a ten hours' job into eight hours, he can do
On the other hand in the weaver's trade the work
so.
duty of the weaver to
it is the
is done by machine
watch the machine and the rate of the machine's motion is fixed by a power outside of himself; therefore
he can do only eight hours' work in eight hours, whatIt is evidently
ever his skill and energy may be.
unjust to say that the same rules should govern such
Here Gen. Walker expressed it as his own
cases.
first
case a
Miss Andrews.
Summer Sunshine,
Words by L. N. Kay, Arr. by O.
The Fisher Maidens.
;
twenty-four, and yet from the great responsibility of
much nervous force in those few
his position uses up as
Hall.
Hall.
Strauss.
B. Brown.
Cantata by Henry Smart.
Characters
Alice, Soprano,
Miss Emma S. Pleasants.
Miss Lydia S. McCague.
Miss E. Blanche Marot.
'
Elsie, Soprano,
Agnes, Contralto,
A, Sea Maiden,
Chorus of Sea Maidens
;
duction should vary as to amount according to the
nature of the work. He cited the example of the
engineer, who is on the road but six hours out of the
King
King
April,
man must do
personal conviction that there should be a reduction of
the hours of libor in all occupations, but that the re-
Rubinstein.
E flat
Winter,
that of the carpenter
;
F minor
Barcarolle in
Piano Solos,
is more, the less the time
This has been shown in England. It is,
however, not true to make the statement in a sweeping manner, as is done by many of the advocates of the
movement. The speaker then made a comparison
amount produced
In the
Hall.
Sullivan.
Constancy,
occupied.
the weaver.
King
The Daffodils,
The Lost Chord,
A man
;
between two trades
Chopin.
Op.
Miss Andrews.
can do more when he is in good physical condition in
a given amount of time than when weary he can do
more under favorable surroundings also. In some
cases the
evening,
ciety, assisted
;
Miss Carrie S. Frost.
Chorus of Fisher Maidens.
and
King Hall being
" The Lost Chord "
particularly dainty and graceful.
"
and " Summer Sunshine received the most applause,
although several other numbers were equally well sung.
The
part songs were rendered with great taste
accuracy, the English compositions by
'
The onlv encore was given
to
"
Summer Sunshine,"
a
which has been arranged especially for
" The
this society and has never been sung before.
Fisher Maidens," by the composer of the cantata,
"King Rene's Daughter," which was given by the Beethoven Society two years ago, was sung with much spirit
set of waltzes
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and an exactness of time and finish which betoken long
practise and great care and patience on the part both
of the chorus and of the director.
All the soloists sang
very well and their performance reflects credit also upon
their vocal instructors, who aided in training them for
these parts.
It is but courtesy to speak in this connection of the efficient and hearty assistance which has
been an important factor in the success of the concerts
of the Beethoven Society, the excellent piano-accompaniment by i\Iiss Edith James, who has served in the
capacity of accompanist for three years.
We
but voice the sentiment of both the society and the
students of the College in expressing
and gratitude
to
warm
appreciation
her for her untiring efforts in this
direction.
The piano solos were rendered by Miss
Andrews with exquisite grace and delicacy as well as
spirit, the Chopin number deserving especial mention
for finish
and
brilliancy of execution.
Miss Andrews'
manner and charm of appearance add
greatly to the pleasure afforded by her playing, which
is characterized by fine technique and breadth of conception.
She was most enthusiastically received and
rare simplicity of
was recalled
after each performance.
the trials and tribulations of two maiden
It illustrates
ladies,
455
"penniless," but
'•
lang pedigree," in
a
wi'
renting the old homestead with the heirlooms of generations.
Young Mr.
whom
Pritchard, to
aunts give their consent, for Edith
respect for the antiquities.
The "
and a hearty round of applause
the
on Saturday evening. May 24, when
was welcomed by '93 at her second class social.
The room was prettily decorated, and divans and
cushions were strewn invitingly about in every available
nook and corner. The curtained stage at one end lent
an air of mystery to the room, and many conjectures
were whispered about as to its purpose. At the other
end the girls were received by Miss M. E. B. Roberts,
,Miss Kellogg, '93, and Miss Miller, '94. The souvenirs
were extremely original, being nothing more or less
than baggage tags, with a conundrum or its answer
written on each. By means of these the girls were to
find their companions for the evening, and many gay
searches resulted. After this excitement had quieted
a little, conversation was suddenly hushed by the sound
of a violin delightfully played by Miss Emily Stewart.
Miss Roberts then sang several charming songs, and on
being encored gave a clever little rhyme of her own
composition with not a few good hits on '93. Now
the curtains were drawn aside, and the following cast
acted the bright farce, " Young Mr. Pritchard," in a
very amusing and skillful manner
The
Treasurer,
Miss Bettie Keith.
Aunt Betty,
Miss Edith White.
Aunt Hetty,
Miss Julia
Tifft.
Organiza-
Miss Anna Thorpe
Miss Anna Klingenhagen
Miss Minna Phelps
f
Miss Susie Lum
Miss Mabel Jenkins
Miss Clara Helm er
Miss Anna Connover
I
Executive Committee,
<;
I
^_
On
Thursday evening. May 22, in place of the usual
Lyman Abbott preached from the
" Quench not the spirit. Des19-21
I Thes. 5
prayer-meeting, Dr.
text,
:
;
pise not prophesyings.
that which
is
Prove
all
things;
hold fast
good.
Sunday, May 25, Dr. Charles S. Robinson of New
York, preached from the text, John 6 28, 29 " Then
said they unto him, What shall we do that we might
work the works of God?' Jesus answered and said
unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe
:
'
'
Edith,
the successful
Miss Maud Mason
Miss Mabel Stone
Miss Minna Phelps
Miss Edith Ames
Second Vice-President,
Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Miss Mary Barker.
for
:
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Pritchard,
between the
officers of the Special
newly elected
college festivities
Young Mr.
increase his
evening.
First Vice-President,
in
will
Tiffs "
two good ladies and their various manoeovres were
acted with a great deal of spirit, and Edith and Mr.
Between the
Pritchard sentimentalized deliciously.
acts the wearied gymnasium piano seemed to receive new
soul under the skillful touch of Miss Marion Mitchell.
But silent time was fast— too fast— approaching, and
the affair closed with another song from Miss Roberts
tion are as follows
in again for its share
it,
put out but for the interceding of the pretty niece.
Then the hero suggests a remedy and reluctantly the
President,
The gymnasium came
they let
found to be lacking in due sense of honor for the
ancestral teacups, and would have been ignominiously
is
on him
whom
he hath sent.'"
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AULD ACQUAINTANCE.
The members
be present
to
BORN.
At
Newton, May
lo,
a second son to Mrs. Grace
June 23,
is
Charles H. Mattern.
The wedding of Helen Augusta, daughter of President Alvah Hovey of Newton Theological Seminary,
to Rev. W. B. Parshley, is announced to occur May 21
at Newton Centre.
Immediately following the wedding, Mr. Parshley, with his bride, will visit Florida,
till
the following
June
II, of the
Thursday morning.
Each
date of her arrival and the length
their
class.
COLLEGE NOTES.
Emma
Miss
will stay until
Miss Hovey was a student at Wellesley in the year,
'88, is
now
Teller, '89, has
come
to Wellesley
and
commencement.
The initiates of Zeta Alpha have enhanced the beauty
and comfort of Society Hall by the addition of a graceful
'83-'84.
facts promptly, together with her
Arrangements can be made for any
to come earlier than Monday, or to e.xtend
stay beyond the period specified.
name and
who wish
— Boston Trans-
cript.
above
to register the
Nemuro, Hakodadi,
later will leave for
Japan, were they go as missionraies.
Mrs. Edith Hall Lufkin,
be entertained as
of her proposed visit also, on reaching College Hall,
M.\TTERN-DewooDY. At Franklin, Penn., May 14,
Mary E. DeWoody, student at Wellesley, 'S4-'85, to
home
will
requested to notify the Secretary of the College, be-
fore
MARRIED.
home, and
Alumnae Association intending
guests of the College from the afternoon of Monday,
Peloubet Farquhar, student at Wellesley, '84-'S6.
his
of the
Commencement
at
willow couch.
On
at her father's
Friday,
May 30,
the
New England
Intercollegiate
Press Association held a meeting in Providence under
in Boston.
This is the first year
have been received as delegates.
The WellesleyPRELUDE was represented by Miss Sarah
Bock and Mrs. Paul.
the auspices of the Brnnonian.
Mrs. Helen Dunlap Dick
Minn.
is
is
visiting at Chatfield,
Miss Annie H. Scoville, student at Wellesley '85-87,
the companion of Miss Bates in her year abroad.
that college
women
Last Sunday evening was more musical even than
After chapel services. Dr. Robinson held what
usual.
Mrs. Mary Marston Walmsley, formerly of the
Wellesley Faculty, has spent some time in Los Angeles this
The
spring.
he called a singing school. He selected songs which
he thought we ought to learn, gave us interesting little
facts from their history, and then set us to practicing
in
private school at East Orange, N. Y., hereto-
conducted by Mr. Roberts, has been purchased by
Miss Helen L. Underbill, student at Wellesley, '84-'85
and her two sisters. These ladies will assume the
fore
management
in the
fall.
Mr. George Kennan
lectures
in
Philadelphia,
recently
which
gave a course of
were of unusual
good
sang
earnest.
Later in the evening. Miss Roberts
to the Seniors.
Art Society held its regular meeting. May 24,
Art Library. The first paper on the programme
was presented by Miss Warren. It was an interesting
account of tapestries, ancient and modern. This was
followed by an interesting paper on Rossetti as an
Both papers
artist, which was read by Miss Jordan.
The
in the
courtesy of Maj. Pond, Mr. Kennan's manager, the
were illustrated. The members of the society also
enjoyed examining the fine collection of engravings,
" The Art Treasures of America," lately presented to
the society by its honorary member, Mr. A. W. Stetson
Alumnae
issued a program
of Boston.
lectures,
from which they made something over six
interest to the Wellesley girls of that city, not only
on
account of the eloquence of the lecturer and the high
character of the lectures,
hundred dollars
for the
through the
but because
book
for a souvenir of the
'91 certainly
Norumbega Fund.
visit.
Mrs. Annie Saunders Baldwin, student
'8o-'8i,
who has been
travelling with her
Calfornia for the past three months,
have
mnde
at
is
the
Wellesley,
husband
first
in
lady to
the ascent of Glacier Point in the Yosemite
Valley this season, but two gentlemeu having preceded
The first 6100 feet of the ascent to Union Point
was made on mule back, the remaining 1200 on foot
over snow from ten to thirty feet deep.
her.
On
made
the
most of Dr. Robinson's brief
Saturday afternoon.
May
24, the class held
an informal reception in his honor at Wood Cottage.
The parlors were literally strewn with lilacs and violets
and the weather was as sunny as Dr. Robinson himThe '91 Glee Club sang several times for the
self.
entertainment of the little company, and strawberries
were served. College pins were presented to Dr.
Robinson and Miss Shafer as honorary members of
and both responded with pretty speeches.
'91
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THE WELLESLEY PRELUDE.
OUR OUTLOOK.
INTER-COLLEGIATE NEWS.
Union College has
the honor of graduating
Edward
A
BRONZE statute of the Ex-Pres. VVoolsey
erected on the Yale Campus.
Allegheny College
will
be
has organized a young ladies'
miles distant from the University buildings.
A movement is
on foot to raise $150,000, as a gift
Johns Hopkins University, on condition that women
be admitted to the medical department.
to
The Northwestern University has sustained a serious
loss in the death of its President, Dr.
Cummings, who
was well known throughout the country as a devoted
worker in the cause of education.
number of The Brown Magazine has been
The University is to
received and read with pleasure.
be congratulated upon having two such excellent papers
The Boston Magazine and The Brunonian.
as
Life in a modern college has incidents, work and
recreation, never dreamed of by the institution of a
century ago.
The average age of a college graduate
years, now it is from twenty-one to
The best assignable cause is this a boy
was then eighteen
twenty-three.
:
of from fourteen to eighteen years cannot do the work
required of a
modern youth. Colleges have ceased to
and have become, for better
intellectual hot-houses
be
or worse, a miniature
life.
The Pulse.
last,
Mr.
W.
C.
McDonald, of Montreal, announced his attention to endow the faculty of law with the sum of $150,000, the
to be applied in the first instance to the foundation of two chairs, one of which will be held by the
income
dean of the faculty for the time being. The remainder
is to be.used in promoting the interests of the faculty
in general.
At the same meeting it was announced
that Mr. McDonald would erect a new building for the
faculty of applied science and one for class rooms and
laboratories in experimental physics.
He
also pre-
sented to the board $50,000 for the endowment of a
chair of experimental physics. The benefactions thus
announced by Mr. McDonald place him
rank of educational benefactors, not only
of
rvIcGill,
in the front
in the history
but in that of the Dominion of Canada.
The
two buildings with their equipments will cost nearly or
quite $150,000 each,
Mr. McDonald's
gift
30 to 40 drachmai a month for rent, making a total of
about $25. a month. The second grade receive $20. a
month, and the third and lowest about $16. a month.
The government
also has a system
by which retired
teachers receive a pension proportionate to the amount
of salary received during the period of service.
has
made teaching a
The men
vocation.
This
teachers
receive salaries larger by at least one fourth.
At Constantinople and Smyrna
there are normal
schools for ladies, and the Arsakeion, at Athens, stands
at the
head of the
finest girl's
list in
importance.
school in Greece.
It is
by
far the
The property to-day
consists of nearly a whole square in the best part of
Athens, and the buildings accommodate 1,500
daily attendance, 90
of
whom
are
residents
girls in
in
the
boarding department. This school is the legitimate
outcome of the American school for girls at Athens,
which for so many years was cared for by Dr. and Mrs.
Hill.
The government
especially interested in the
diplomas, gives teachers cerin return, contributes 20,000 drachmai annually
Arsakeion, recognizes
tificates
is
its
The institution is graded careits expenses.
from the kindergarten to the normal department,
taking a girl from the age of four or five up to eighteen
toward
or twenty,
a meeting of the Board of Governors of McGill
University in Montreal, on Saturday
teachers in elementary schools receive a salary
of 140 drachmai per month, with an allowance of from
fully
ANOTHER COLLEGE BENEFACTOR.
At
woman
was almost wholly neglected. But to-day womanhood
The highest class of
is coming to the front in Greece.
women
Athletic grounds of Johns Hopkins are three
first
is
centuries of Turkish oppression the education of
base ball club.
The
" Taking Greece as a whole, more than half the
women, and this
the more remarkable from the fact that through the
teachers in the elementary schools are
Bellamy.
The
457
making the aggregate value of
Ex.
about half a million dollars.
and
will
compare favorably with the same
kind of schools in Germany, England, and America.
Rich and poor are found together. There is a matriculaand after this payment the pupil can
stay at pleasure at an expense of about $16.50 a month.
It is a custom for far-away villages to select their brighttion fee of $75,
est girls, collect money for their expenses, and send
them to the Arsakeion, so that they may have efficient
teachers for their village girls. The modern Greeks are
in earnest in their ambition for a higher culture. Since
its start, this school has scattered over Greece and
Greek-speaking lands over 2, coo graduates, a very large
whom have engaged in teaching, more or
less." This selection is made from an interest! ng article
in the A?idover Review for May, entitled " Education
in Greece."
In conclusion the writer savs, " With this
proportion of
topic of the education of woman our subject finds the
proper climax in importance and interest. The Greek
home is being elevated, and that speaks volumes for
the future of the nation.
Many
trials are
before the
ambitious little kingdom, and hot-headed leaders may
involve her in many a catastrophe, but with her present
educational system we believe she will come out in the
end to be a mighty civilizing power in three continents."
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WABAN
MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS.
RIPPLES.
What Mr. Grant Allen, in the Forum for May,
"Woman's Intuition" can scarcely fail to
A SMALL grandson of iMrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
was one day swinging on the gate, an amusement in
which he had frequently been told that he must not
indulge himself. At last his mother found him, and,
after reproving him sharply, said, "Don't you know,
my dear, who said, 'Children, obey your parents?'"
" Oh, Grandmother Stowe, I suppose," returned the
thinks of
interest Wellesleys
:
who have
on the
theg-z'rls in?
Bridget (fresh from
Why
the old country):
Dreamy Senior
(
gazing at a very small crescent
ten days before the thirtieth
)
Why,
:
full moon for the Prom.
Sophomore (who rooms with a Junior)
I
thought
there would be a
:
Why,
of
course there will be.
Senior: But how can there? Doesn't it take four
weeks for the moon to become full?
Enthusiastic Freshman (as a lofty Senior sweeps
by) Oh, doestCt she look pretty— I didn't know her.
:
A
Editor See
:
LITTLE mistake.
here, Mr. Penn, this won't do.
I
vigorously attacked his
Woman
Question."
own "
— "Jury
women"
Plain
Words
Ma-
Verdicts by
Vote,"
is
inconsistencies
sir,
I'm the cook, but the housemaid and waitress are out.
some
this
an able statement of the difficulties and
which attend our present regulations
concerning the unanimity of Juries.
The author,
Sigmund Zeisler, would recommend a two-thirds ma-
jority
Are
considers
exception being, possibly, those "advanced
child sulkily.
Caller
as he
daughters,
which he says is the one most characteristic of
geniuses, to be found in all womanly women, the only
quality,
can't
jority as necessary for
verdict, with
acquittal
in the
number of "guilty" votes, and the
requirement of a unanimous opinion upon capital cases.
" Government by Rumsellers " is a fearless criticism
by Dr. Howard Crosby of the present government of
case of a small
—
the city and state of
in Colleges " is a
New
York.
— "Bible
broadminded treatment
Instruction
of the ques-
by the recent appointment of Prof. W. R.
Harper to the chair of Biblical Science at Yale.
" Literary Criticism " by Archdeacon Farrar is largely
a criticism of critics with many racy illustrations, and
tion raised
The other
accept a verse rhyming " walk' with "cork."
Poet: Excuse me, but I have made a mistake, and
a few personal allusions.
handed you the wrong poem. The one ycu have there
Terre Haide Express.
is intended for a Boston paper.
As is fitting, "The Development of the Labor
Movement " leads the list of articles for the May
number of the Ninteenth Centtiry. It is by Mr. Mann,
A GOOD AUTHOR.
"Do
you account him one of your good authors?"
" Morally, yes; from a literary standpoint he is not
in
cal in subject
circumstance the views set forth
its
A MAIDEN EFFORT.
Scene,
Member
who is an.\ious
honorary member elected)
p. d. r.
of '92,
(
to have a candidate for
Well, we know that he must be a
known man,
for "93
:
prominent and wellhas spoken of having him.
A FACT.
He stood upon the college porch
And rang the bell with awful din.
— Miss X —
x, is
will
you
"
please give a definition of the term animal
Miss W.: " An animal is an object with ah-er the
'
'
necessary qualifications."
a reasonable assumption.
He.
may
does not
is
easily be imfail
to receive
treated in four articles
" The Good Time Coming" by Lord Wolmer, M. P.
" Retiring the Land Lord Garrison" by Michael Davitt,
" The Government Plan for Congested Districts" by
O'Conner Power, and " Ireland's Ultimate Guaran-
J.
—
tee" by Lord Ebrington, M. P. A forgotten page of
Irish history is reopened in " The story of a conspiraIt
deals with
Wolf Tone's share
in a conspiracy
"I herr that Patti has sailed for Europe."
She. "Yes. I suppose she has all the high C's she
wants by this time.
—
"The Newspaper Press"
by Frederick Greenwood considers the influence of the
press as on the decline, and prophesies its eclipse by
the platform.— Art circles will welcome the attempt of
the President of the Royal Society of Painter-etchers
to set forth the object and position of that association.
" The possessions of England and Germany in
Africa " elucidated by a map is contributed by Sir
Francis de Winton. An interesting biography of
"Charles the Twelfth" of Sweden is begun by the
present King of Sweden and Norway to be continued
cipation of the Catholics.
she in? "
Rhetoric Class Teakher: "Miss W.,
Irish question
against the government in connection with the eman-
The maid looked up somewhat perple.xed
" B^ pardon, but whom do you mean?"
He blushed and stammered, much confused
yes,
— The
usual share of attention. It
tor."
Then asked the maid who ope'd the door
" Tell me, please, is M-r-n in?
" Oh
articles are politi-
quality.
the President of the Docker's Union, and from this
magined.
My—Life.
and of moderate
—
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in the
next issue.
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BOOK REVIEWS.
OUR EXCHANGES.
"
love the maids, the
I
My
heart
But yet
Who
!
pearls
little
Edward Burton.
;
and
very kind.
is
459
draw the line at girls
wind the wynd."
call the
SJiepard.
already
Ex.
By Henry Wood.
In this
$1.25.
known as
World
the author of
Bnsiitess
as
well
as
Boston:
Lee
Henry Wood,
Natural Law in the
novel,
of various ethical and
economical essays, endeavors to combine instruction
Dance ye merrily on
trines find
the green
Gaily dance 'neath the broad elm tree
Wreath your buttercups yellow sheen,
And
Fair
is
rival the nightingale's
the time
Happy
when
is
of institutions"
show
young,
music in pleasure born.
THE DIFFERENCE.
my
I
as the
the
his story with this
outcome and influence of
different
systems of
There is a strong
optimistic element in the book, and its whole influence
The main thought seems
is helpful and encouraging.
to be an earnest plea for the more perfect growth and
development of the spiritual life, and its teachings in
this matter are full of comfort and inspiration.
ethics.
asks.
NEW BOOKS
seedy student days.
drive a dashing pair,
THE COLLEGE LIBRARY.
IN
By J. K. Hosmer.
Gems of North America. By George F. Kunz.
Helen of Troy. By Andrew Lang.
By Andrew Lang.
Letters to Dead Aidhors.
My Story of the War. By Mary A. Livermore.
Pleasures of Life, 2 vols. By John Lubbock.
Samuel Adains By J. K. Hosmer.
By Theodore Roosevelt.
Thos. A. Benton.
Story of the Jews
Whene'er I had a letter,
'Twas sure to be a bill addressed.
To "Jonas Snelling, Dr."
But now
and
outcome
character,
In his characters he endeavors to
theology, sociology and
—Ex.
For, in
in
and he has written
principle in view.
youth as a May day morn
Sweeter than song that lips have sung
What's in a name ? The poet
I'd add in this relation
There's penury and affluence,
In one abbreviation.
e.xpression
may be regarded
;
is
Is the heart's bright
their only
distinctive personality
melody.
the year
beheves that " systems and doc-
He
with pleasure.
MAY.
^
.
own
handsome dwelling,
And letters come with checks addressed
To "Dr. Jonas Snelling." T/m ^gis.
I
a
Beiijamin Franklin.
Patrick Henry.
John
By M.
J.
Morse,
Jr.
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Henry Clay, 2 vols. By Carl Schurz.
John Jay. By George Pellew.
Life of Richard Steele, 2 vols. By George A. Aitkin.
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Asolando. By Robert Browning.
Emerson in Concord. By Edward W. Emerson.
Plain Marl's Talk on the Labor Qicestion. By Simon
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Letters to Sir Wjn. Temple. By Dorothy Osborne.
History of Ancient Art. By Frauzvon Reber.
By John C. Shairp.
Portraits of Friends
Untrodden Peaks in the Dolomites. By Amelia B.
Gouvnernezir Morris.
DRINKING TEA.
Claude and Mabel drinking
And
the cat, too! that
Van Bur en.
tea.
made
three.
In the twilight pensively.
"Claude," said Mabel, half in
"Which
of us
is
jest,
happiest?"
"Faith," said Claude," you know
I am happy being here."
" You Bra happy,
I
my
dear,
construe.
Simply because you are you."
So they smiled, well pleased
Let the problem rest at that.
But they quite forgot the cat.
"S.WE
.ME FRO.M
MY FRIENDS
you think that the background's
!
"
thereat,
.
Yale Courant.
— Artist —
"Oh, SO
beastly, do you? Perhaps the cattle are beastly too, though I flatter myself
" "Oh, no, my dear fellow! That's just what
they should be !"
Ex.
Edwards.
History of Greece. By Evelyn Abbott.
English Gram7nar as Bearing upon Composition.
By Alexander
Bain.
Treatise on Linear Differential
Equations.
Thos. Craig.
Gudrun.
Tr. by
Mary Pickering Nicho
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Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, 2 vols.
By Richard S. Storrs.
Life of Harriet B. Stowe. By Chas. E. Stowe.
Our Native Terms. By L. M. Underwood.
Poetry of Tennyson. By Henry Van Dyke.
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SHOES
SKIN
For Street and Country Wear,
in all Colors.
SENSIBLE and SERVICEABLE
Every description
and Society
REASONABLE
!
Work done
PRICES.
k
^'
College
of
ARTISTICALLY,
REASONABLY,
PROMPTLY.
A7 Temple Place,
BOSTON.
29-4
BROWN BROTHERS,
BOOK
BII]DERg,
YOUR ORDERS ARE SOLICirED.
43 LINCOLN STREET,
BOSTON.
Do
yoit trade there?
CHARLES W. PERRY,
9 West Central
Physicians' Prescriptions Accurately
pounded.
and
St.,
Natick.
Honestly Com-
A-r LINCOLN
4o
ST.
T^{
—
OOSTON.
ADVERTISEMEINTS.
Banks &
Bailey,
Biddle.
SPRINGER BROTHERS,
im:i>orte!rs.
Wholesale
Jeweleps
and
Retail
Cloak
Manufacturers.
©faliorjeps.
0:r)a
t-S^ MAKERS
OFi:s^^
^RYitatioas, Class T?ias, Etc.,
For Wellesley
ar\d ot]\et Leadirig
Colleges for Yourig Ladies.
CHESTNUT AND
12th
STREETS,
500 Washington Street, Cornor Bedford
Carriage Entrance.
PHILADELPHIA.
FULLY
10 and
12
BEDFORD STREET,
BosrroaiT.
3oy
WAI^I^ANHTBD.
159 Ti^/EIMIOiTT STI?/E1ET.
B. F.
T.
E.
469
MOSELEY k
WASHINGTON
ST.,
BRADBURY,
CO,
BOSTON.
443
WASHINGTON
BOOTS
.AJISTID
SSOES.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT FOR
YOUNG
LADIES.
Discount to all Students of Wellesley College.
30-4
Cor.
WINTER
ST.
— DEALER IN —
DEALERS IN
Fine
Drugs,
Chemicals and
Family IVIedicines.
SELECT FANCY GOODS AND TOILET ARTICLES,
of evei-y Description.
Especial Attention given to Physician's Prescriptions.
Prompt Attention to Customers.
L. P.
High
HOLLANDER &
Novelties
Class
FINE DRESS
Department.
Every
in
CO.
PARASOLS,
TRIMMED HATS, BLACK and WHITE TARPAULIN
and STRAW SAILOR HATS.
Ready-Made
GOODS,
Outside
Garments for
Ladies
Ready-Made
;
Sl^irts
with
Materials for Waists; Tennis and Neglige Coats and Blouses.
EXCLUSIVE
82
and.
•
GOODS
•
REASONABLE
K\
PRICES.
•
S3 Boylston Street and Park: Square,
IBOSTOItTEXERCISE AND HEALTH
You
!
Office
are cordially
of the
to
SCHOOL
And
ST.,
Room
inspect their
43,
new and
visit
the
COMPANY,
EXERCISING MACHINE
ELECTI[1C
13
invited
BOSTON,
novel
ELECTRIC CHEST WEIGHTS,
or send your address and we will send a machine to you
for your inspection. Can be used with or without electricity, are an ornament to any room, and are endorsed by our most prominent physicians for diseases caused by poor circulation of the blood.
ITS
CLAIMS AND MERITS.
cure rheumatism, neuralgia, headache, paralysis,
gout, or any disease caused by improper circulation of the
blood.
It is the only scientific combination of electricity with
physical exercise.
It is the only electrical machine that can be used for general and family use without danger of hurtful currents.
It will
It has no battery, and lasts a life-time.
It imitates Nature.
It cannot get out of repair and is always ready.
Its first cost is its only cost, price within the means of all.
chemicals used. Its electricity is permanent, and you
No
avoid all poisonous chemicals that are dangerous to handle.
Latest discovery and best method of remedial art known.
Price
We
$10
net, with foot
and sponge
electrodes.
these machines in Polished Antique Oak, Light
Oak, Cherry and Ash, with nickel plated parts. Size 13
28-12
inches by S inches.
make