The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
WOMAN'S COLLEGE, WORLD.
Efforts at wellesley TO Raise an Endowment
Fund -Lhnnges In the Collcge.

Wellesley is still bending il hest energies
toward freezing itsnlf from d"ht and securing
the endowment fund. The trustees hav" adj
v.snd the a~brrdgment of expenses for next
year. President Hazard saws 81" Is not will ~
10 ask the departments 10 econouI'2c unless she
herself sets the example, and in addition 10 her
own work. She ~ planning to take upon her
self noyt fall the duties OF dean. which Prof.
Katharine Conan has been performing this
year. Prot. Conan will thus be able 10 give
all her time 10 her own department. partic,i-
larry to the development Of economies.
The students are rs much Interested in rais-
inc money as the faculty. and their methods ara
entertaining a. well as profitable. One NJ the
latest attempts in behalf Of tho endowment
fund was a dramatic entertainment al Dana
Hall School. Wellesley, given by graduates of
the class ~ %, who showed their histriOnic
ability in The Mouse Trap" and The Baron's
Wager" The actors NJ well ~ the audience
enjoyed the performance. College theatre
Gals ara always good fun, and even the girls
who have been out for four years find them
selves rubbing in rouge with the old fervor. ad-
ju-ting mustaches with the anxiety which pre-
vious failures have eHgendered. strutting onto
the stage, in cavalier costume, sweeping of
q borrowed hat, gorgeous in worStnd feathers,
and making n stately bow 10 the heroine. with
all the leSt and eniuS ment Ci UNDERGRADUATE
day~. lh1 performance Of The Mouse Trap"
and The Baron'S Wager. besides giving the
Hcturs n chance To renew pleasant sensations,
was successful financially, and rs n result the
actors were able Ia hand over a substantial
sum 10 the treasurer of the endowment fund
Wellesley Al this season of the year IL u very
attractive piac" to he In. Tn" "lt-oi- door
glrl tUds the temptations so manN and Diverse
that only tn" vlyor of the intellectual routine
keep, her from srendmg all her tim. in the
open A boat drluns along the cool banks Of
the lake is an deal place a. dream in on n warm
afternoon the hours OF idling are all the swectCr
II they are stolen, and the experience the pleas
anter If a crew of girls conscientIoIsly practising
for the honor Of the class row vigorously into
sight and out again
The basketball field has erea, attractions at
all t.Ines FOR the enthusiastic lovers Of Ia" aaInr,
who would rather 90 without their dinner than
miss llaVing. Tennis has always lis dcvOtars
Wheeling parties find the roads about Wellesley
dbl ghtfnl. walking clubs can cover long DIS
tanc'S % beautiful country in an after No"i- AID
n few inlornia, attempts at polo give the PLAYERS
u hint Of IN" pl"a>lr', Of horseback rIdlng
The athletic RIrl has many Joys. but the student
who lretrr- her anuS"m"rtS within foIr walls
tina> hrr-rI' confronted win y, man, trn.ptl-
tiol- a. the nthlntc grl
IN the Wellesley society world spring term
brings each wear an evident" of rlav-. tons,
dances and every kind Of Iartv that the fpr'lr
brain Of a college glrl can devise Ever group
ol girl has liz rh aracteristic PLEASURE, ard TIE
dHy~ are 50 inIl NJ uos~Ibl" crLagrmeuts hat
il'lf' klIHt v ll'N' AllN~'fN wiz ll1l Ihf -IFlNIk
I oint. coutdrd tO he oommatc that she thought
college would b." II pcr 'cctly lovely Place if Won
didn't have 10 do any studying MANY other
s'"i-thiVE h"~Gnr thing during 'hc long srriug
DAYS, but Ncli'-l"v = rlHu Is NOT 10 Charge
tuition 20 teach girls tu have y good i'up. and
10. N.ih"-lay student Who writes b. l. aIrr
her nam" x Uut through her PAGES beforehand
until sh, knows enough for three gTHulmuthnT.
of a former generation mere IL scarcely any
branch Of snow ledge in the universe that Tho
docs not got u taste Of, and vet every fail new
courses nrp offered her.
Next year the glrl~ with a vivid interest in
classical arrhUplpg are 10 have the chance
of revealing IN two new courses. introduced under
the combined direction of the departments Of
Crock and Latin. 10 n" carried on hv Or. Walton.
These course. will he specially designed to on
able advanced students 10 prepare yps
for Intelligent work AZ the schools for classical
study NJ Athens aud a. Rome. When the stu
dents finish with these courses they will know
Hl about the rpu'Hins cf the M%yCcupan uoriod.
small hron2eS and gems, and the special fnn-
turcs Of Roman archaeology. Including nor
~trnitUrc and PnUruelan decorations, Tho Boston
museum Of FINE WITS viii h"a great convenience
for the students.
The latin department Offers a new course for
the students who are planning To work in the
American School for Classical Studies in Rome
The student Of this course will be- expected 10
nave an intimate know ledge Of such subjects
ne the Roman name. the constitution ~ the
family, Roman home life. children, education.
social liis, travel and religion. A course In
Latin literature will also be offered to the stu
dents who are to make their name and lame
In Rome after college Is over.