Scripps College - La Semeuse Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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Har those who do not wish to waste the summer in idleness. The zealous committee members under the direction of Ruth Stelle, advised by Miss Crouch, have communicated with numberless vocational bureaus and other useful places. Their present aim is to establish Hrm connection with institutions which are inter- ested in placing college graduates in suitable positions. Thus, when business has recovered ftom its ills, people who have posi- tions to give away will know they have only to write to Scripps. FINANCIAL ACTIVITY HE Scripps student body has set as an ideal for its mem- bers an interest in afhxirs outside of the college itself As a token of this interest, this year found the student body denying itself desserts twice a week that the Hinds might be given to the relief of unemployed in Claremont. Ice cream is sold on these sweetless nights, and the Proceeds which come ftom this sale are also devoted to the unemployed fiind. Qther methods of raising money have been devised, one dormitory collects old clothes, while another indulges in food sales. The halls have collecftion boxes in the oH'ices with eager mouths slit for donations, and at the Senior vespers which were held just before Thanksgiving, conducted by Ieannie McPher- rin, a ftllld of money was contributed which went to the aid of unfiortunates. The scholarship Hind, an affair of helping our own students and college, was the incentive for a dance in March. Tickets for the evening were sold Eir and wide, and the number of guests who attended was gratifying. Elaborate plans were made for entertainment, including a skit and a dance number. Bar- bara Brown and Marge Baker, clad in very authentic costumes, gave a skit-dance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse which was 35 I 4

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POLITY CLUB HE Polity Club which was established last year has be- come one of the most important organizations in the college. It is composed of upper-classmen interested in Political and social questions, and Dr. Stephenson is its guard- ian angel. It elects its members by vote, since its aim is one in which only a limited number of students would be interested. Other members of the faculty have been chosen as honorary members and dignify the meetings with their Presence. Meni- bership is not snatched away at the moment of graduation. It is permanent, and a number of those who have passed beyond the pale of dormitory life are still as faithhil as the under- graduates. The club is Primarily a discussion group. The meetings are held at the home of Dr. Stephenson and it has been whispered by those who do not rightly understand the higher things of lik that Mrs. Stephenson's reHeshments are the chief' reason for the undying enthusiasm of the members. VOCATIONAL COMMITTEE NE of the early aims of the Student Body was the foun- dation of' a vocational committee which would be a prac- tical aid to Scripps students and graduates. The Voca- tional Committee has been in existence since the third year of the college, but this year its Progress has been dashing. As in former years, the committee has brought to the college people who could advise us about choosing our careers and landing jobs. But we have become ambitious, and now our committee is attempting Cand, we are told, succeedingj to find Positions 34

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enthusiastically received. Margaret Williams and Margaret Isenberg as tango dancers were also a special Heature. Besides the money made Hom the sale of tickets, food was sold during the evening, and cigarette girls passed through the crowd with their trays. Proceeds from the evening netted the Scholarship fund at least three hundred dollars. This sum was added to the three hundred and sixty-eight dollars raised last year by the group of Marlborough alumnae here. The Marl- borough girls turned the money over to the student body this year, on the condition that Hve hundred dollars or more be added to it. Other means of raising money for the worthy cause this year have included the concert given by Miss Doris Kenyon and the travel talk on the Orient by Mrs. Kellogg. Miss Kenyon pre- sented a dance-drama program with interesting costumes and folksongs, while Mrs. Kellogg showed her own personal mov- ing pictures of a tour of the East, giving glimpses of things not often seen in travel pictures. Added to these sums, the Alumae aided the student body by a lecture at Bridges Hall, at which they presented Dr. Millikan of Cal-Tech. Other years, Scripps has demonstrated its charitable spirit by one large carnival held in the spring, which meant a great deal of work for those in charge and their committees. It has been proved this year that smaller events, and more of' them, are as successful, and may be undertaken without the gargantuan effort of transforming the whole campus into a Eur-grounds. 36