Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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4 THE CARNATION Which she shows in fulfilling the arduous and irritating duties of postmistress. It is to be hoped that LILLIAN Bl ROUARK. Miss Rouark will continue her work in the field of charity, more espe cially in the iield of Baltimore char- ity, for it is just such workers, filled with enthusiasm and sympathy, that we need. Miss Ostrander is a native of New York, and it is also to The Womanls College that we owe her advent to JEANETTE OSTRANDER. our city. Miss Ostrander has given ample evidence of her many talents in her college career, but is perhaps known especially as an eloquent and fluent speaker. It is this talent Which has helped her to gain much of her brilliant success in social Set- tlement work. Her presence at the Lawrence House is hailed With pleasure by the poor little outcasts who sit lost in delight While Miss Ostrander discourses to them in her usual breezy and fascinating style. A sketch of Miss Ostrander would be incomplete without mentioning her remarkable dramatic ability. She will always be remembered for her success as the star in Lend Me Five Shillingsf, and' as Dolly in nLondon Assurance. Miss Mary Jane Alford is now oc- cupied in a new field of charity l MARY J. ALFORD. work. After a year in the College Settlement work she decided to de- vote the efforts of the next year to nThe Fresh Air Society for Chil- dren. Her calm and sympathetic personality has made her a great success in this work. Children are at the Lawrence House was as great as her popularity at The Womanis College, where she was a former student. A wide path of charity work opens before her, and we feel coln- fident that the years will bring us record of many a noble deed done by this Christian woman. Students of Note. The people of Baltimore are at last beginning to appreciate the in- tellectual geniuses here in their own vicinity. idevoted to her, and her popularity 24 HARRIET E. EBAUG H. Miss Harriet Elizabeth Ebaugh is a resident of Reisterstown, Md. As a student of The Womants College her conscientious and faithful appli- cation to work has gained the re- spect of all her acquaintances, both in the College proper and in the city at large. Diligent and persevering in her studies, she has concealed her real worth behind a modest exterior of reserve, but those who have been able to see and know her true nature have only words of admiration and favor to offer in her behalf.

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THE CARNATION 3 abroad over the world, she bound them together in love and loyalty with a smile of confidence and the strength of friendship. The duties of that year were arduous and re- sponsible, yet she never faultered or lost courage, and stood on every occasion as the representative of the State. The public were often privileged to listen to her clever speeches, which FRANCES R. CON NOR. always carried in them a tone of gentleness and womanliness. She served her country well, lived up to the ideals set by the State, and Will go down in history With the highest attribute given to a person, ttShe saw her duty and she did it. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT H Narrow Escape of a Rising Young Scientist. Miss Ida Evans, while superin- tending some experiments in the chemical laboratory, barely escaped being blown up by an explosion. As it was she was only seriously in- jured. Had the accident proved fatal the world would have lost a brilliant scientist. IDA EVANS. Miss Evans was a student of Bi- ology, Chemistry and Physics. She spent a summer at Woodst H011, where she made researches among the marine fauna. Miss Evans is also athletic, and is fond of languages. NEW CUSTOM IN WOMANlS COLLEGE. Instituted by Miss Elizabeth George Wolf, a Clever and Talented Student. Baltimore, June 3.e1t will be of interest to all college students to know of the innovation that has been introduced into The Woman's College of Baltimore by a member of the Class of 1902. Miss Eliza- beth Wolf has done a service not only to her own class and College, but, by the example she has set, to all colleges in the country. By the simple exercise of her versatile brain she has succeeded in estab- 23 lishing a system of quizzes to the Dean, thereby saving her classmates much anxiety and real trouble. There is absolutely no phase of any psychological problem Which this brilliant young woman cannot turn to good advantage. You Will see at once that this device is not only labor-saving for the members of the class, but is calculated to be of im- mense profit to the professors in the ELIZABETH G. WOLF. cultivation of long-suffering pa- tienee. IN THE SLUMS. Good KVork Done by Misses Lillian Bride Rouark, Jean- ette Ostrander and Mary Jane Alford. Baltimore, June 3.eThe whole city is ringing with the praise of these sympathetic social-settlement workers, who are 'doing so much to' alleviate the sufferings of the poor. Miss Rouark is a native of Colo- rado, and came to Baltimore to at- l tend TheWomanls College. She is an enthusiastic student and is known among her college-mates for her un- failing sweetness of disposition,

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THE CARNATI ON Mabel Catherine La Barre, of Portland, Pa., has been pursuing a four-yearst course at The Womantst College With much satisfaction to those most interested in her wel- fare, while she has also gained thei appreciation and favor of her in- structors. Of late Miss La Barre has devoted herself to a rather un-l usual branch of research, namely,; that of Hypnotism. She has made a careful study of all the best work- ers in the science and after acquir- ing a thorough knowledge of their methods bids fair to make interest- ing discoveries herself should shel MABEL C. LA BARRE. care to continue the subject. But Miss La Barre possesses such Wide sympathies that it is doubtful if she can confine herself to one single line of work. Quiet and reserved, she has a dignity of manner that always wins respect. Prize Offered by Maryland Historical Society Award- ed to Miss Sara Smith. Baltimore, June 3.-It is a matter of pride and rejoicing to all loyal Baltimoreans that the prize offered 'by the Maryland Historical Society for the best thesis on some phase of SARA K. ShIITH. Marylandls history, has been award- ed to Miss Sara Smith, of this city. The title of Miss Smithis thesis is The Relation of the Founding 0' Baltimore to Recent Mathematica Thought, and it shows the deep in sight and careful study of a well-i It was thought for l balanced mind. awhile that Miss Smith would de- vote her energies to the study of Mathematics, but her late success in historical research Will probably lead her to follow up that line of study. Wanted. A few basketball and tennis vic- tories. Loving cups and class banners. Sixty University chairs. Large salaries and little work Companions for old maids. Somebody to interpret Ladd's italicized passages. Foreign fellowships and Univer- sity scholarships. 25 MUSICAL NOTICES. A recital Will be held Friday even- ing next at Music Hall for the bene- fit of the College Settlement. The Association is to be congratulated on having secured such a distin- guished artiste for this occasion. Ada Trippett is well known to all music lovers as a phenomenal Violin player. She is much interested in sociological and philanthropic enter- prises and has consented to play for the Association gratis. Miss Trip- pett has for some time been a stu- ADA C. TRI PPETT. dent of The Womants College, Where she has achieved great success in all her varied lines of work. But her chief interest has always been a musical one, and the violin has become to her such a friend that few can equal her in drawing forth the sweetest strains of harmony. We bespeak for the recital a large attendance and full coffers for the ' Settlement. Many years have slipped by since the Class of 1902 has heand of their classmate, Edna Fiske. After leav- ing The Woman's College, Where