Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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' i i . T LLAMABA. at Administrative Office l'lLORliNCli P URINGTON, B.S., Dean B. S., Mount Holyoke, University of Michigan, Harvard University Summer School. - South Hadley, Massachusetts. CAROLINE BOARDMAN Gaizrmis, Rngisfrnr Mount Holyoke, Member of New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools and of New England Coll ' ' Board. ege Entrance Certificate South Hadley. Massachusetts. l'lLI.A SILL DICKINSON, l3.A., A.fJ'l..ff!I71fR0gIlJfffl7 B. A., Mount Holyoke: Registrar, National Cathedral School, Washing- ton, D. C. Rockville, Connecticut. IS Z.-5 MISS PURINGTON N1 t 1 P' I Pg. t'Y'.,fN ,- . HELEN PECK YOUNG, Alillifllllf fn 1,ft'.fl.Ilt'!1f,.i' Office 1.4 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair, New jersey. NIARY BROWN l'lUN'I'lER, l3.A., f4.r.r1'.rfant in Dfllilil Ojfre B. A., Mount Holyoke. S ANNIE Iluzan ETH SCOTT, B.A., ffsxixtafit in Rz'g1'.rIrar'.f Offre B . A., Mount Holyoke. zlo Maple Street, 35 1 MISS GREENE outh Hadlev, Massachusetts. New Britain, Connecticut.

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Y A-A, v x.. A,- f ef THE LLAMARAD X at . ra The Library A library and reading room was provided in the first year, 1837. The room Was twenty feet square. In 1855 a larger room was Htted up, and in 1870 an attractive fireproof building was erected. This met the condition imposed by Mrs. Henry F. Durant with l1er gift of 510,000 for books. In 1887 a stack room was added. With the increasing enrollment after the fire and the larger demands of students, the library became entirely inade- 1904., toward a new building, was made good in June through 1, the special efiorts of President Woolley and the response from trustees, alumnre, students, Faculty, and other friends with ,85o,0oo. 257' In September, 1905, the beautiful Tudor Gothic Library, designed after Westminster Hall, by Mr. George F. Newton, Architect, MISS BLAKELY was opened with seats for 380 readers and an ultimate book capacity of I60,000 volumes. After Miss Nutting, the first librarian, was appointed in 1870, the 4,000 volumes were increased to 8,000 in three years, then there was slow, constant growth until 1899, since when larger appropriations have brought the numbers to 42,000 in 1909. MARY O1.1v1A NU'l FING, Librarian, 1870-1901. Mount Holyoke. N South Hadley, Massachusetts. BERTHA ELIZA l3l.AKI5LY, B.A., Ll-bfllflillfl B.A., Mount Holyoke, New York State Library Schoolg Member of American Library Association, of the Massachusetts Library Club, and of Western Massachusetts Library Club. Laconia, New Hampshire. FRANCES E. HAYNES, B.L., 14.v.r1'.ttz1ntL1'brar1'11n B. L., Mount Holyoke, New York State Library School, Member of American Library Association, of the Massachusetts Library Club, and of thc Western Massachusetts Library Club. South Hadley, Massachusetts. BERTHA Hoivrewsiz GAULT, B.L., Cataloguer B. L., Oberling Member of American Library Association. Savanah, Ohio. STELLA S. BEAL, B.S., flsristant B. S., Simmons College, Member of the Western Massachusetts Library Club. Brockton, Massachusetts. 34 quate. Mr. Carnegie's conditional pledge of 850,000 in January,

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GRACE ELVINA HADLEY SARAH EFFIE SMITH HARRIET RICE CONGDON AEEY I'l0WE TURNER SARAH WHITE DAVIS, B.A. GERTRUDE EDGERTON KNOX, B.A. MARGO LEE LEWIS, B.A. MARY B. LYON, B.A. JESSIE LORAINE MCAUSLAN, B.A. MARY CLARISSA McKEE, M.A. BER'rHA EDITH MARTIN, B,A. if N EA ll E LELAUQCBA Fellows . Holder of the Bardwell M6m0Tl.Ul Fellorurlzip Holder ofthe '86 Fellowrhijz . Holder of the Mary E. Woollfy Fells-w.vh1'p . . Holzler of the Cornclfa M, Clapp Fellowrhip Graduate Students Honor Scholars Mary Lyon Scholars ADA ANSTIS MURIKAY FOSTER . . . CLARA BODMAN 'HAWKS . MARGRETTA MARTIN . . BERTHA MAY NEWCOME . MARION CLAIRE JOHNSON DOROTHY CHASE ROWELL . CHARLO'l'TlE WOODS FLORENCE BARTLETI' LAD .l'lI.0RENCli MA'l'ILDA READ . MAlilil. LEA l'lliDGE MARGUERITE CARTER MARJORIE WESTON COOK MAIQY REDINGTON ELY FRANCES WILLARD I'lADI.lEY I'lAT'I'IE LOUISE HAWLEY EMILY ADAMS HOLT Sarah Williston Scholars ALICE AYR NOYES, B.A. YAE MASE, B.L. EDITH ADELAIDE ROBERTS, B.A. LUCY GEORGE ROBERTS, B.A. HARRIET B. SEVERANCE, B.A. RUTH LILLIAN WHITMAN, B.A. LUCY WILSON, B.A. . . Biology English Literature English Literature English Literature . Chemistry, lVl2lIl'l6lTlilIlCS . Mathematics . Chemistry German . History . Zoology EDITH MAY KNOWI.'l'ON MARY ELSIE NEWTON LAVERNE SIIERWOOD PI-IILLIRS HELEN HAELETT SMILEY IRENE WATERS SYLVESTER FRANCES LESTER WAIKNER ANNA ISABEL WOOIJBURY 36