The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-03
WELLESLEY GIRLS.
Seventh Annual Reunion of Maine Asso-
citation.

The seventh annual reunion of the
Maine Wellesley Association was held
Thursday at Riverton.
The grey skies of Thursday morning
did not dishearten the band of bright col
lege girls representing their beloved
alma mater Wellesley, as they met in the
station at the head of Preble street, wait
ing for their special car to Riverton.
This was the field day of the Maine
Wellesley Association. As group after
after group of young ladies came in they
were met by a bright-faced daughter of
'97 who, with welcome greeting hand,
handed each knot of blue bachelor g
button, not that the flower was chosen
for its name, for all were not bachelor
maids; but for tho color which is that of
the college-navy blue. 1t was a
little badge 10 mark the Wellesley girl
of yesterday and the Wellesley girl of
today that each might recognize and
greet the other through the knowledge
that on Thursday of all days, only Welles-
ley's own daughters would be wearing
the navy blue.
After merry ride, which was all too
short, to Riverton Park, they met in the
Casino to renew old friendships and
make many pleasant new ones. Little
did tho graduates of '97, with their fresh
young lives, SO full of the noble things
each were to do in the broad future,
Ink what touch of real college fee l.
thou chit hu THAR
and stories to the graduates of ten, fif-
teen, seventeen years ago, whose hearts
are still young and in touch with college
life, although the steps of time may have
carried them forward to the time when
the ''grass hopper has begun to be a
burden ~
A few minutes We're devoted to college
songs, and then business meeting called
at which the following list of officers was
chosen to act for the coming year:
President-NIiss Hathaway, Deering.
Vice President-Mrs. S. w. johnson,
Waterville.
Treasurer-Miss Ethel Norton, Portland.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Arthur
Belcher, Portland.
Recording Secretary-Miss Mary Libby,
Portland.
Executive Committee-Mrs. Charles
Flagg, Miss Nan Flagg, Miss Frances
Chapman of Portland.
Toastmistress for 1S96-Miss Bonney,
Portland.
A dinner, served by Mr.. Smith of the
Casino followed, the tables being prettily
decorated for the occasion with flowers
Twenty nine members of the association
were present and following the dinner
came the toasts and responses from the
classes present. which, judging by the
frequency of the applause, were much
enjoyed. The following were some of
the toasts:
Our Association-Response by Mrs.
Jonn Hinkley, 80, Gorham.
. Wellesley Ghosts-Miss Ethel Norton,
fe9.
! Wellesley in the English Universities
Miss Hathaway. go.
| Wellesley compared most favorably with
life in a co-educational college-Miss
Gail Laughlin, '94.
A letter with greeting from 10, sent
by Mrs. Henry johnson of Brunswick,
was read by Miss Isabelle Clark of 80,
who also responded for her own class and
gave few items of interest for 81.
Mrs Hinkley of Gorham followed with
greeting from 49, Mrs. George E. Bird
for 1885, Miss Thompson of Brunswick for
| 'S7; Mrs. Arthur Belcher for go; Miss
Addie Bonney for '94 Miss Whitlock of
New Jersey, guest, for '96; Miss Chap
man for '97; Miss Hunt for '9S; Miss Wood
for '99.
! These greetings with reports oflthe sue.
cess Wellesley graduates had already met
with in the world for which they had been
fitted, filled all hearts with pride, for to
be told that the first woman to receive
Phi. d. from Yale was a Wellesley
graduate; that Gottingen had conferred
her first woman's degree on another grad
uate, was just cause for pride; and
when the association adjourned to meet
! September 1, 1898, the Wellesley cheer
was given with musical ring of genuine
pride in the dear college that had stood
and is still standing, true to her object
of training women to higher and nobler
| life