Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE ASSOCIATE ALUMNAE OF BARNARD COLLEGE. In the present year of grace on the 25th day of January, a new society came into being, an outgrowth of Barnard College, fraught with potential advantages for her. On that day the classes of ' 93 and ' 94 united their forces, — and though few in number, who shall say their united energies were to be scorned ? — with the result that the Associate Alumnae of Barnard College was organized. Rapid growth of the Association was so confidently ex- pected that the work of framing a constitution was felt to be a serious obligation. Future generations were to be legislated for and the members of the committee went to work in a true new womanly spirit, opposed in all respects to that which has recently characterized other important legislative bodies in this country. Under the constitution as finally adopted, a president, vice-president, recording secretary, and a treasurer, to hold office for two years, were elected. The constitution also provides for three com- mittees : the executive, consisting of the officers and of four members to hold office for six years ; the finance, con- sisting of the president, the treasurer and the chairmen of all committees ; and the conference committee, consisting of three members to hold office for two years. The duties of the first two committees are readily understood. The conference committee is empowered to confer with repre- sentatives of the Undergraduate Association of Barnard College upon questions of common interest, and the chair- man of the conference committee is empowered to confer with the Board of Trustees of Barnard College, subject to the approval of the executive committee. From these provisions it will be seen that the intention of those who have founded the Associate Alumnae is to keep the graduates in close touch with the college. They recognize how much pleasure and profit they have derived from their college life, and they mean to give material ex- pression to their gratitude. 15

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ALUMNAE. Officers. President, ALICE MAPLESDEN Keys, ' 93. Vice-President, MRS. CHARLES SEARS BALDWIN, ' 94. Recording Sec ' y, Eliza Jones, ' 94. Cor. Secretary, MRS. SlGMUND POLLITZER, ' 93. Treasurer, MARY STUART PULLMAN, ' 93. Class of 1893. Farrant, Lulu G. ( . . Jersey City, N. J. Garretson, Jessie B., . . Forest Hill, N. J. Keys, Alice M. t . . New York City. Knight, Clarita M., . . New York City. Levy, Laura G., . . New York City. Parker, Mrs. George H., . Cambridge, Mass Pollitzer, Mrs. Sigmund, . New York City. Pullman, Mary S., . . New York City. Class of 1894. Baldwin, Mrs. Charles S., . New York City. Bridgart, Eva R., . . Jersey City, N. J. Bryson, Mrs. F. G., . . New York City, t Crocker, Helen B., . New York City. Demarest, Estella, . . Nanuet, N. Y. Jones, Eliza, . . New York City. Landau, Laura, . . . North Tarrytown, N. Y. t Deceased.

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ft As we, the class of ' 95, sum up in our minds the result ot our four years ' life at Barnard, we ask of ourselves two ques- tions : what are we taking with us at our departure, and what are we leaving behind ? As to the first we have each one of us gained what we shall never lose, however quickly Greek verbs and mathematical formulae fade from our minds — a degree of intellectual breadth, the direct result o f our college course, and, perhaps even more valuable than this, a wider sympathy, and a capability for ap- preciating those with whom we have come in contact for what they really are. This much we owe to the atmosphere of Barnard. What we leave behind us is a question more difficult to answer. From our Freshman days we have been im- pressed with the feeling that we were making traditions, and, in a manner, determining the future tone of the col- lege ; that these traditions should embody nothing but what is truly womanly, and that a striving after the highest ideals should be the spirit of the college ; to bring this about has been our honest effort. In this our last appear- ance in the Barnard Annual, may we not call upon the classes of the future to cherish, too, that highest ideal of what Barnard should be, which, to the minds of the class of ' 95, is the true college spirit. 16