Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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Departmental Clubs Acora is a purely honorary society with Dr. Clifford C. Hubbard as Faculty Advisor. There are constitutional provisions regard- ing marks and Junior or Senior standing as regards membership. The activities are neces- sarily lectures and discussions. This year Agora planned to have a more active organization and provided for month- ly instead of semiannual meetings. On Octo- ber fifth a coffee was given in Hebe after an International Relations Council. The faculty members of History, Economics, and Sociol- ogy departments were invited guests of the club. There was a formal joint-meeting with Psyche in Hebe on November thirtieth. Mr. Ralph P. Boas spoke on “‘Some Problems Connected with Research in Modern Shake- spearean Scholarship.’’ The members of both clubs and the faculty of the English, History, Economics, and Sociology departments were invited. There were monthly meetings from Febru- ary until May including two faculty speak- ers, Dr. Hubbard on ‘‘Education in a Liberal Arts College,’ and Mrs. Hidy’s speech on George Peabody. There was also a Forum for members on current problems, and a discussion of the Honors work of Natalie Johnson on ‘‘Mark Twain”’ and Lois Murphy on ‘Lynching in the South.” The members are: Doris Barber Clara Boss Mary Hubbard Natalie Johnson Rebecca Dooey Lois Murphy Natalie Fairchild Madeline Ross Ruth Warren Art Club, with its infinite possibilities of contact with near-by intellectuals and current events in the field of art, has had especially important meetings this year. At the opening tea Miss Seaver spoke on her trip through the Near East during which she studied Early Christian and Mohamme- dan art in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece. The animated cartoon suddenly reached a new high on campus when Robbin Field called Walt Disney “To-day’s Mickey Angelo’’ at a lecture sponsored by the Art Club! Government activities in contemporary American art have been well represented at Wheaton. Margaret Plumer and Ellen Berney selected pictures from the Federal Art Project for the exhibition in the library. A high point of the features sponsored by the Art Club was Mr. Charles Connick’s lecture on stained glass in both Europe and America, illustrat- ed by brilliant, jewel-like slides. The president of this organization is Margaret Plumer and the secretary-treasurer is Janice Fisher. The Classical club began its season with a housewarming at Miss Work’s new home, at 46 College Green. Mrs. Park gave a short talk about her tour to Rome. There were two annual meetings, to which the student body was invited. The first was in November, and the speaker was Dean Paul Nixon, of Bowdoin College, who ad- dressed the audience on the subject “Poets Perforce.’’ During the first week of February a showing of the cartoon film, Aristophanes’ ‘Clouds,’’ was sponsored by the club. The officers of the club are Hannah Bard- well, president, and Priscilla Howard, sec- retary. It has been a year of great activity for Der Deutsche Verein, marked by a revision of membership requirements. Membership is now open to all German-speaking people; those who have had at least three years of high school German; and those who have obtained four B’s in the language here and are continuing their studies of it. This is a welcome revision from the old rules which were more limited. First among social activities was the an- nual reception for new members. Mr. Korsch, as guest, spoke of the present German situa- tion. On November 2 the club held an open pala)

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Phi Beta Kappa Puyuuis Burkett, 39 Natatie JOHNSON, 939 Constance Newton, 7°39 SHIRLEY SHELDON, 739 JANET Smock, '39 RutH Warren, 740 VIRGINIA WHITAKER, 39 Elected in her Junior year

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meeting for the benefit of those non-members who wished to hear Miss Lois Peterson tell of the youth hostels in Germany. Mrs. Korsch served coffee for the speaker and members of the club. The high spot of the year—the Christmas Party—was held jointly with the Romance Language Club on December 12. The evening was filled with songs, games and especially prepared German food. The last speaker of the year was Dr. Kurt Lewin, who is connected with the Harvard Psychological Clinic, and was previously with Iowa State University. His subject was ‘“‘The German and the American Char- acter.’’ Coffee in Hebe Parlor gave faculty and club members opportunity to meet Dr. Lewin. President—Dorotuy My tcHRreeEst Secretary-Treasurer—DorotHy GREEN Elizabeth Andrews Millicent Aylsworth Hannah Bardwell Julia Billings Phyllis Burkett Elizabeth Crawley Lois Dyer Priscilla Howard Nancy Henry Eleanor Hagedorn Anneliese Heinen Ruth Hirschland Natalie Johnson Constance Newton Anne Pedrick Alberta Rowland Ruth Scherner Mildred Simonds Juliet Spangler Janet Smock Frances Trowt Elizabeth Russell The International Relations Club has as usual been one of the most active of this year's organizations. Notable first were the interesting speakers. Natalie Johnson told of her summer in Elsinore, Denmark’s Inter- national People’s College, as Geneva scholar of last year. Professor Sidney Fay lectured on “Germany and Europe After Munich,’’ and later Donald Grant of Scotland treated “Great Britain’s Foreign Policy.”’ As a new subdivision of the I.R.C., the Debating group held a debate on the Czecho- slovakian Crisis, and work was done by a new Discussion group. This year Jean Walther, Wheaton’s Model League chairman, was a member of the Continuations committee of the New Eng- land Model Assembly which decided to change the Model League into the New England Conference for Foreign Affairs. It was also decided to hold three regional meetings, the second of which was held here at Wheaton. Over sixty students repre- senting twelve colleges were welcomed by Dr. Park. Round Table groups discussed PRESIDENTS OF DEPARTMENTAL CLuBS [ 22 ]