Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Mrs. Liggett has chosen to retire at the end of this year. The whole college has heard this news with the deepest regret; but to the alumnae it sounds incredible — just as if someone said that Barnard itself was going to close; for Barnard without Mrs. Liggett is almost inconceivable. Herself a graduate of Vassar, she came to our infant college as Secretary in June, 1890, when it was less than one year old, and the student body numbered thirty-six. When I called, in the autumn of 1894. to inquire about entering, she was sitting in the back hall bedroom in the little old house at 343 Madison Avenue, enthusiastically running the whole institution, performing the duties, apparently, of Dean, Registrar, Bursar, Secretary, and every other administrative job. Not until 1897 did she confine herself to the position of Bursar alone. In all these early years she contributed immensely to the creation of Barnard. This is not the place for an appreciation of the business side of her work. Few bursars ' offices have ever been so well run ; practically every dollar owing t he college has been collected. However, this does not interest the average alumna or student. On the more human side, hundreds of us, in all these years, have learned to know and to love her. She has exhorted and admonished us, discussed our clothes, our manners, our matrimonial ventures. Her intense interest in Barnard, her devotion to it, her gallant spirit, her fearlessness, her humor, her ever youthful enthusiasm, all these have been most precious to us. Without her vivid personality college will seem dull and flat. She has brought us all up. And though she may retire from her active professional work she cannot lose interest in her children. She will still watch us closely, we hope; and will think we do her credit, we trust. In any event, she will carry with her always our gratitude and our very warm affection. Virginia C Gildersleeve, ' 99. [ Twenty-two ]

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Officers of Administration N. W. Liggett, A.B : Bursar Anna E. H. Meyer, A.B sjj Registrar Katharine S. Doty, A.M Secretary Bertha L. Rockwell Librarian of Barnard College Henry A. Griffin, M.D Comptroller of Barnard College Mabel Foote Weeks, A.B. . . .Assistant to the Dean in Charge of Social Activities Helen Page Abbott, A.B Assistant to the Dean in Charge of Residence Halls Gulielma F. Alsop, M.D College Physician Harriet Jameson -Director of the House and Commons Margaret Harrison. . • Secretary to the Dean Julia R. Clark • Assistant Secretary to the Dean Mary V. Libby, A.B Assistant to the Dean Elizabeth Boddington Assistant to Miss Libby Ann C. Phelps Secretary to the Faculty Edna Wetterer, A.B Assistant to the Secretary Emily G. Lambert, A.B Assistant to the Bursar Helen M. Bishop, A.B Assistant to the Registrar Alice M. Brett, A.B Secretary to the Registrar Evelyn B. Dudley Secretary to the Comptroller Harriet Chamberlain, A.B. . Secretary to the Department of Physical Education Ruth B. Manser, A.B Assistant to Miss Abbott Alsie French Assistant to Miss Abbott William H. Carpenter, Pii.D Acting Librarian of the University Frederick A. Goetze, M.Sc Comptroller of the University Rev. Raymond C. Knox, S.T.I ) Chaplain of the University William H. McCastline, M.D Universitv Medical Officer [ Twenty-one ]

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