Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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Aude Sapere The Phoenix Literarum Societas deserves recognition as a pioneer society at Wells. It was founded in the infancy of the college, between 1869-73, by a group of Seniors with literary aspirations. One of their Hrst attempts was the Wells College Chronicle. This venture was a success, so great a success that it was inally given over to the college at large. The Societas has always held the ideal of writing before its members, and not without result, for some have gained mention in the world of letters. However, its requirements are higher than formerly, marked ability in writing and high scholarship being requisites for entrance in these days of raising the standards. The Societas still presents its play in December. You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw was given this fall. The subject for the year, The Drama, gives an opportunity for variety in the program. The ideal is to be practical as well as theoretical, that is, to present plays occasionally before the Societas as well as to read and criticize them. It is not as of the intellectually elite alone that the members would be known. Such social pleasures as teas, breakfasts and banquets save us from the snare of intellec- tual snobbishness. That idea of a few girls back in the seventies has grown and prospered until the standing of the Phoenix Literarum Societas as a permanent institution of Wells seems assured. 75

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W F FHCLFIIX LITER President, . Vice-President, Secretary, . Treasurer, Librarian, Helen Andrews Dorothy Badger Mae Bozard Sue Eritsch Dorothy Gilbert Nelly Hoffman Elizabeth Bowie Katherine Clngston Kate Staley Lina Michel Lois Campbell Kathleen Ainey Lois Campbell Dorothy Beach Ada Baker QBfficetss Members 1913 1914 1915 74 Ione Ryan . Rachel Martin Elizabeth Bowie Margaret Howard Katherine Clugston Rachel Martin Esther Marks Elisabeth Morss Ione Ryan Ruth Staley Helen Thomas Irene Dayton Margaret Howard Frances Works Marjorie Penny Edith .King Mignon Hartung Edith King Dorothy Hunt

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qual Suffrage league ' neu 1,53 The original purpose and enthusiasm of the Equal Suffrage League have changed Q little since its organization in 1909-Io, unless to grow stronger. Its interests, however, as a natural result of progress, have become different. Members no longer pride themselves on possessing an argument to quell each doubt and fear about woman's right to vote. Rather they prepare themselves, and the rest of the community to vote by means of straw elections and study of various ballots. For not a few must vote as soon as they leave Wells, and all follow the Suffrage Campaign from state to state with keenest interest. Dues of fifty cents a year are used to secure speakers who address the entire college on subjects con- nected with woman suffrage, and to send representatives to conferences and parades. uf 'll lwlllr QBffieer5 President, . . . Catharine Merridith Secretary and Treasurer, . Kate Staley 76