Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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MISS MARION E. STARK Mathematics MR. MICHAEL J. ZIGLER Psychology MISS ALICE H. ARMSTRONG Physics In the modern world, increasing emphasis is being laid on an understanding of man in his physical environment. That the fulfilling of this prerequisite leads to better comprehension of man in the social, economic, and political fields is shown clearly in the broad courses the various science departments have planned. Occasions like the 1949 Science Conference, appealing to the specialist and the layman alike, stimulate the entire campus to an awareness of the vast extent of the scientific field and its steady expansion in our times. MISS E. ELIZABETH JONES Zoology Page seventeen

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SCIENCE MR. JOHN C. DUNCAN Afti ' ononiv MISS HELEN T. JONES Cheinistrv MISS LOUISE KINGSLEY Geology and Geography The award for most conspicuous departments on campus goes to the sciences. Their students are repeatedly bringing home twigs from the woods, bottled souvenirs from the zoo lah, and fragrant odors from the chem lah. Or they are heading for the greenhouses, the aquarium, the vivarium, or the Hunnewell 01)servatory at odd hours; or pacing up for geology field trips, or sharpening tools for cartology or gem-cutting — anything to make the non-science students look, by contrast, book- wormish. We know, however, that their work is not all experiments and no books. The medical terms, the psychological phrases, the words like thermodynamics , atomic physics , and nuclear fission that arise in conversation outside class show a genuine theoretical and practical knowledge of the modern world. MISS HARRIET B. CREIGHTON Botany Paye sixteen

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Our learning begins with syllabus and te cU but It Is pleasurably enriched through Informal groups bringing together those of us with special mutual Interests, The Classical Club includes not only Greek and Latin students but also all those interested in the history, art, and philosophy of classical antiquity. It is best known on campus for its polished productions of Greek plays, which have in the past included such works as The Frogs and Agamemnon. These dramas have given Wellesley students an opportunity of witnessing the beauty and power of plays which are seldom performed beyond the college campus. Other activities this year included a lecture by Edith Hamilton, author of the authoritative work on Greek mythology, readings of student papers, and a film on archeological operations in modern Greece. CLASSICAL CLUB Left to right: Carolyn Racusin, Sophomore Representa- tive; Elizabeth Whittaker, Secretary-Treasurer; Helen Bradner, President; Miss Barbara P. McCarthy, Faculty Adviser; Georgiana Reynolds, Vice-President. Left to right: Ildiko E. de Papp, Nancy Osterholt, Presi- dent; Alice Macpherson, Secretary Absent: Renate Pflaum, Vice-President; Nadja Alexe- jewa, Treasurer COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Within Wellesley ' s ivory tower exists a little One World in the form of the Coz Clul). Built around the foreign students here as well as any interested American students, the club provides opportunity for the reciprocal exchange of ideas and the further understanding of countries rep- resented ])y the memljcrs. One meeting this year was a ])anel discussion on Latin America; an- other, a Back lo Wellesley report by some of the girls who spent thcii ' junior year al road. Coz Chib is affiliated willi the Intcrnalional Students Association of Greater Boston and through this grouiJ has met many other young cosmopolitans. Page eighteen