The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-05
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Founders DayAt
Mount HoIyoke

After the annual Founders Day
exercises ct Mount Holyoke College
tomorrow morning, ground will be
broken for the new school recently
donated TO the college. The aca-
demic procession Of faculty mem
beers and the senior class In caps and
gowns will march into the chapel
for the regular exercises cofnIneTfi-
Grating the e0th anniversary Of tho
founding OF Mount Holyoke In 1887
BY Mary Lyon. Following the serv-
Ice they will be present In q body at
| the breaking Of the ground for the
new chapel. Seniors from this re-
gion. who will march in the process
sion are the Misses Winifred Dur.
and Of Cheshire; Lydia Hall Of Wal
| lInRford: Eveiy Kasablafl Of Meri-
den; A. Ernestine Goodyear Of West
Haven; and Helen Jones Of New
Haven.
James @. Mcdonald, Of the New
York Times editorial staff, will be
the guest speaker OF the exercises,
and will discuss "RealignmenB IN
Europe" Or. Mcdonald was form
erly connected with the Foreign
Policy Association.
Plans for the new building, made
possible through an anonymous GIT
to the college Of e260,000 for con"
struction and 100000 for inainte-
nance, have been revised to permit
the remodeling Of the present Mary
Lyon chapel.
Miss Winifred Durand OF Ches..
hire Is O member Of the student
Fund committee, which has recently
received o gift Of discarded napkin
rings, one dating as far back Oh
1875, from one Of the small resi-
dence halls. The committee, which
has already raised $1,000 toward
the swimming pool fund, VIII turn
the napkin rings In as old silver, 70
add 10 the fund. Unique designs,
initials, first names and dates reach
Ing back into Mount Holyoke'S sem
mary days adorf1 the discarded rings
most OF which ore Of sterling silver.
The committee Is now urging other
residence halls TO turn IN their Ola
napkin rings for the pool FOUND.
The Student Fund committee u
also sponsoring the concert series ~
the college, which will open this
evening In Chaplin auditorium with
concert by Richard Bonelll, leading
| American baritone Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera.
M.s. Otto M. shatas Of sunnyside
avenue was hostess at miscel-
ianeous and greenback shower, CIV
en- AZ the scovill Girls club IN
l. ,nor OF Miss Mildred Valentas
whose marriage 10 John ~. Fancy
taxed place on Thanksgiving day
Those present were: Misses Ann
dladnoy. Agatha Yoksa. Ann Fan
ming, Jane LingiS, Helen Yakima
yich, Mary Chess, Ann Yuskls, Ann
shirley, Mary Driody, Anna Demon
sky, Adele Pankstas, Peggy Lahey
Mary Lynch, Anita Grey, Cora
Montambault, Hazel Alynn, Ursule
ehopas, Edna LaBrie, Ann stasel
Margaret Flynn, Martha Morris
Eva Valaitis, Helen Karch, Sylvil
Muraskas, Mildred valentaS MIRA
Alex Dandelin, Mrs. Bertha LeClerc
MRS, Henry Terven, Mrs. FLORENCE
Byrnes, Mrs. Wilfred Montambault
Mrs. william Collins. Mrs. Jonf
DUFFY, Mrs. John Fahey, MRS
charles Lewis, Mrs. Anna Waicu'
ionis, Mrs. Daisy Peaslee. MRS. Alict
shstas, Mrs. Joseph Karch. Mrs
ROBOT Fab -, Mrs. Edward Oliver
Mr.. Mary saikus, Mrs. John
Fiaherty, Mrs. Jules IIeon. Mrs: VII
liam Aiyward. Mrs. Monica valen'
tas. MRS. Martin shatas, Mrs. ray
mond Houghton, Mrs. Louis Pell-
nitz, Mrs. william Moraskas. Mira
Andrew Wyiie, Mrs. John Pafa"
rauskas, Mrs. william SheriH MrS'
John Jasilunas, Mrs. EzauskaS' Ears
Otto M. shatas.