The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-12

by Hugh Morton, the music by Gustave
Kerker, and the stage direction by
George Lederer. '"The Telephone Girl'
is not behind the others in Driiliancy
and friVolity.
When Miss Hazard assumes the pres
idency of Wellesley College, that insti-
tuition will, It is hoped be either out
Of debt or else on the high road to
that happy state. movement IS on
foot among the trustees and the alum
nae to raise the debt of $50 900 which
now rests on this popular college for
women. While Wellesley College has
been literally remembered with gifts
of money the past few years, these
gifts have often been accompanied with
conditions which have left tina trustees
not free to use them as they saw fit,
and thus, while the college has spent
money largely, it still remains III debt.
Last week Mrs. Winifrad Edgerton
Merrill of Boston, Wellesley, SO, who
was the first woman to take a degree
from Columbian University arl who is
q trustee Of Wellesley College. came
to Worcester to interest Mrs. John r.
futile in the project Of raising the
debt Mrs. Merrill came straight from
a meeting of the college trustees, at
which it had been voted, at the Sug-
gestion Of Mr.. Alpheus Hardy, the
attempt to free the college frsm its
indebtedness. At this nesting it was
decided to appoint a. committee of
four from the board of trustees TO con-
fer with committee Of four from the
alumnae as to what should be done.
Mrs. Tuttle is president Of the Welles-
ley Alumnas Association, having been
Ia1a 1xrba Tpt
| cesters turn to be the headquarters of
that body in accordance with its rotary
| policy All the officers, therefore, for
this year. are Worcester alumnae. Mrs.
George Eastman OF Millbury Is vice
president; Miss Harriet Pierce is sec
rotary; Miss Martha Goddard. record
| ing secretary, and Miss Alice Pierce
treasurer. The association is at present
engaged in getting out a register of the
college and in raising money for Miss
Howard, the first president Of the col
lege, who resides at Methuen, receiving
annually from the association an in
come Of $3.50, which the trustees in
crease to $500
| 1t rested with Mrs. futile to appoint
the other members of the committee
from the Alumnae Association, and her
choice fell upon Mrs. Merrill of Boston,
Mrs. w. Hartstein Page OF Worcester
and Mrs. Edith White Norton Of Cam
bridge, who is the wife Of the son Of
Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Har-
ward University. Tt is expected that
these four ladies' will soon be summoned
to conference with the committee
from the board of trustees. What form
their united action will assume is not,
of course, decided, but it Is expected to
form committees in every state to carry
out the plans adopted. The project has
been received enthusiastically by the
Boston alumnae, whose husbands are
said to exhibit great interest and even
to suggest that instead of satisfying
themselves with raising the $50, 900 debt,
the alumnae should endeavor to settle
an endowment upon the college. As 1900
will be the 25th anniversary of the foun-
dalton of the college, the alumnae hope
to be able to make their alma mater a
very handsome birthday present.
The German Evening Club will meet
with Miss Won Vogt 80 Chestnut
street on Friday evening.
Mrs Reed Lawton entertained the
household at the Home for Aged
Women Saturday afternoon with music
DR.. Philip S. Moxom concluded his
course of ten "Sordello" studies before
the Browning class yesterday forenoon
} but as the time has not sufficed for
pointing out the poetic beauties of the
poem, he kindly offered to come again
and give the class another Study"
OF course, the offer was gladly ac
copied 1t was voted to extend an in
vitation TO be present at this extra lee
ture, which Will be given next Saturday
forenoon at 80 o'clock to the entire
: membership Of the Woman's Club an(
to all those who have bought single OF
course tickets to the "Sardello" studies
The seasons work will conclude with
a tea for the henderson, the orisina
Woman's Club Browning class at the
house of the leader, on the afternoon
of May T. the anniversary Of Brown.
ing's birth.
In speaking of "SordeIo" yesterday
DR.. MoXom said one who had drawn
near to the personality of the hero
could never get away from it, so pow.
erfully had it been delineaLed bl
Browning. There were three elements
in the makeup of the soul: First, the
push from behind-heredity-c
ing which we know little second, the
complex Of forces called environment
third, the inscrutable something else
which constitutes the individual per.
sonality
1t was the reaching out after the idea
and at the same time the ability tC
grasp the real, that united to form the
finest types of character. DR. Moxon
nstanced Amiel as perhaps the mos
notable instance of a soul that lived Sc
exclusively in eternity and the realm
of the ideal, that it seemed paralyzeC
> when 1t came in contact with the pres
, ent and the actual. his life being OF
b. that account regarded as failure botf
l by him and by many of his friends
V TO the same class belonged Sordello
{ Concerning BrOwning's use of the spill
. infinitive, Dr. Moxom said that it was
. sometimes unnecessary, that the lines
e would frequently have been as rhyth.
z mical and more elegant without il, but
Y that Browning was reckless and didn't
j care, being concerned only in giving
S expression to his conception of life.
= Faulty as the poem might be. poems
/ like it were not written often by boys
v of "a, and he did not suppose such a
= performance could be paralloled in his
= tory For his part, although he had
- studied "Sordello' until he really knew
:. it pretty well, he was never so much
i interested in it as now.