The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
DENHOLM 6 MCKAY co.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
Brilliant Social Event on Washington's
Birthday, and Many Men Were There.

! The glee and mandolin club concert
given on the evening of Washington
! birthday was one of the most brilliant
social events of the season Next to
Float there are probably more men seen
about the grounds than on any other
| day of the year. Even in the morning
brothers and college friends begin COM
| ing, and up to IL o'clock at night a
| gala-day spirit fills the air
Informal tea was served in the col
| lege house to the students and their
! guests. The first floor centre and the
were very prettily decorated With
plants, college cushions and college
| flags. Before and after the concert,
the guests were entertained here, and
the rapidly shifting groups Of daintily-
! dressed girls about the large central
group OF palms and ferns made most
charming picture to an onlooker
The concert itself was an unusually
creditable performance and the pro-
gram was a very attractive one A
pleasant feature of the concert was a
harp solo by Miss e. c. Walker, 1900
of Arlington, Mass. The club numbers
| 49, and Of the members are freshmen
taken on this year.
During the afternoon, at the Shake
speare House tea was served to many
of the girls and their guests
Miss Ruth Putnam VIII give series
of lectures. beginning Monday Feb. q,
on the comparison of the Netherland
city with the English city. The sub
jects of the lectures are as follows:
Feb. q, Medieval Holland" March 2,
'Leyden, the typical Dutch city;
March g. Municipal housekeeping
March 4. Municipal finance" Miss
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known publisher of that name and also
the author Of william the Silent"
She has been studying for some time In
Holland, so that she is thoroughly
equipped for these lectures, which
promise to be Of unusual interest.
Miss Eleanor Conlon. 1901, Of Wor-
cester, has recently had an article
written in French in the French weekly
published in Boston. Echo de la Sc
publishes only "extraits des meilleurs
ecrivsins francais," but as the paper
has circulation among colleges and
universities. the article was published
for its significance as idiomatlc, per-
feet French, written by a student in
a second year French course at col
lege.
Saturday afternoon. Fraulein Mar
garette Muller, associate professor of
German, gave an unusually delightful
and enthusiastic lecture on THE dram
as of Gerhard Hauptmann," the great
est living dramatist in Germany, to-
day. IT is not often that one has q
chance to hear such an entertaining
and genuinely appreciative lecture by
German on a famous living author
of the same nationality
Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Julia j. Ir-
vine, president of the college gave an
'at home" to the seniors, in Norum-
bega cottage. A second reception 10
the seniors will be given on Monday
afternoon.
At the regular meeting Of the His
tory and Economics clubc last Friday
night, very interesting papers were
given on the subject OF the Philip
pines.
Miss Bertha Caude Of Smith. 50, and
one Of the secretaries of the college. is
the guest OF the college over Sunday.
She will address the senior class at its
Vesper service Sunday evening.
The Rev. II. r. Dewey Of Concord,
n. H., will preach on Sunday,
| Miss Katherine Lee Bates, professor
OF English literature, who is taking her
| sabbatical year, is Mt present IN Paris.