New Britain herald., 1930-04-19
INDUCTION GUESTS WILL VIEW SCHOOL
Women's College at New London
 to Be Host On May IS

New London, April 19-Guests at the inaugural ceremonies at Connec- ticut College for Women on Friday,
 May 16, when President Katherine Blunt will be formally inducted into
 office, will have an opportunity
 while there of becoming better ac-
 ouainted with the work which is carried on in several of the lmpor- ? tant departments of the college. To
 further interest the delegates and a friends, several special eNhlbltlons
 have been arranged.
 The fine arts department is haN- ling . student exhibition which will open with tea Thursday afternoon T preceding the inauguration, when , the visiting scholastic delegates are
 expected to arrive. Paintings, draw : ings, designs and sculpture will be shown. Such a show is an annual ', spring event at the college, and t always draws a large attendance 4 from New London and the nearby counties.
 l, Botanic Garden of Interest
 " The Caroline Black Botanic gar " den will be one of the special points , of interest which the students who " are to act as guides will point out
 to visitors. The garden was project [, ed a few years ago by Professor n Caroline A. Black, who, with neces- " sarily a small allotment of funds
 +, ci cl ITor, hIIt t with large enthusiasm and the de- " voted support of the students in her
 department, succeeded in launching q the undertaking. Her purpose was to make of it a garden which should VI be completely representative of the :, flora of the state of Connecticut, and p which should contain also large " variety of other special and rare !. specimens. Since the death of Pro- @ lessor Black last winter it has been :, decided to name the gardcn in her :, honor. Miss Black won the enthusi- p astic interest of such organizations : as the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and 4 of the Garden clubs all over Con- necucut. Located as, it is on q slop- " ing hillside just back of Ninal House, : overlooking the Thames river. it is " adapted by the variety Of it's natural s conditions to develop along several q lines. Great beulders provide a per " feet frame for the pool and bird i. fountain; rocky ledge is the nat ' ,lraI layout for the rock garden
 which has begun to take form,
 ., while nearer Ninal House the level r plateau adapts itself well to the r more conventional planting. The :. garden will be at it's springs best q. in May.
 " In the botanic laboratory the ,, Graves herbarium will be on dis r play. This is a recent gift 10 the
 collection Of pressed and mounted
 specimens. The collection repre- d, sents a life-time's work Of one Of
 those rare men, Dr. Charles E. a Graves, who has been able 10 carry u on in addition to his vocation of " medicine, this botanic avocation 7 which has given him a definite place e among botanists in America. Several " plants. which Dr. Graves discovered " and which were named in his hon. ,. or. are contained in the collection. n To Open Memorial Library
 In the library. the Palmer Memo " rial room will be open. To this the ., public has rarely been admitted. It -s contains many rare first editions as " well as many illust rated, spc-
 cially bound volumes. representing |, the best of the book makers are ill " Europe and America. Owing 10 the " fact that the collection has never .. been completely cataIogucd, it has r. been of necessity remained closed since it came to the college through , the gift Of Mrs. Ncva r. Palmer !. and George s. Palmer A special . librarian has this year been dcvot : ' ing her entire time to the study and , arrangement Of these books. and |. when this work is done il is hoped ' that the room will be permanently
 open to the public. Meanwhile, the