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: been -&tcu^ College EcLtom Vol I No 35 WELLESLEY MASS FIUDAY MAY 3 Prce Fve Cents conduct nfluence relgous belef qualty and not quantty of bele whch gves to t veal and eterna even smallest ray whch s < perseverng thought whch s born Ol lloucst doubt comes to ts seekers far more rchly fraught than y creeds placdly accepted Honestly seek truth as heartly feel t be reby sanctfed The musc of Gounods "Nazareth" after rmon rounded out fulness of a memorable servce The subject of fve oclock prayer-meetng was "Assurance" Secton prayer-meetngs were held at half-past seven as usual The Indan Before Law No one who attended lecture Thursday evenng could fal to be nterested n Mr Shcl tons clear treatment of queston of Indan before Law We have thought for last hundred years that ^ ng Amercan Indan before law but n realty Indan has been consdered Our dea of Indan h magnary one but lately we have been gven a correc We fnd that Indan n New England bears lttle rel Indan whle Indan n Washngton bears no rek former or latter ; and thus t s that laws made often appled not at all to actual Indan The orgnal Indan was dealt wth by U treaty as f he were a foregn power n our own doman ; but a tme ca when ths was too humlatng for Unted States Then y went or extreme and refused to admt that le had any power whatever our naton and consdered hm scarcely as a human beng He had chance to use law for hs own protecton or advancement At frst we dealt wth Indan on prncple that he dd not know when he dd wrong ; but we have learned that he has power of thought He remembers (le treates how when and where- y were broken An attempt was made to open a reservaton n a legal way and for tl advantage of Indan but 500000 acres of land Indans and y were advsed by ms cl untl ths wrong le rghted But up l An v s of of mselves to he duped by long-lved meut always gong to he gven to each f; gven They are not so stupd as w carefully The former treates wth m have not been kept e have been studyverythng but ; been chefly an pcture of hm n past have Government by (ved to tn n fnally beng persuaded cr brghtness by not allowng cow" of Amercan Go lly on reservaton but thnk ; y thnk and thnk But now or latons wth m are changed and we are keepng treates Up few years ago no Indan could go nto any court of Unted States only man on whole globe who could not use courts and obta The Dawes Severalty Bll was practcally emancpaton of Indan 00 acres were gven to each Indan famly and he was to beco a ctzen Ths law however depends n a consderable degree upon commssoner of allotments; f honest Indan s well ol; f not last chance of Indan s lost By Judcary Bll now pendng a syste on every Indan reservaton We must not have but must get hm nto poston of a ctzen may apply to hm The Indan Bureau s fast dsappearng; t that t s becomng worthless nsttuton As to future of Indans from a legal ndpont : He must beamount of educaton and n men and no longer a pauper must shft for hmself as a man am Heretofore educaton of ngent rules use of vemacu t to nearest school be t nfdel Catholc But present admnstraton does away wth ths and whle t of courts s establshed ew laws for Indan that present laws so ntrenched n poltcs dan has been subject to most was forbdden a chld must be keeps educaton compulsory leaves choce of schools optonal wth parents Anor dea s also pendng ; a scres of resolutons callng upon Government to provde adequate faclte- for educaton of every Indan chld ; also not to start a Government school where re s a good msson Hrto Indan has not been a man except as he takes land and settles By new bll he wll become one and Indan queston wll soon be settled and Indan Bureau banshed Our nfluence should be used that no step be taken except n rght drecton honest treatment Mr Clapps Lecture The lecture of last Saturday evenng was delvered to a large audence n Mr Clapps usual pleasng and easy style and opened a new channel of thought to many of hs hearers Hamlet s most melancholy and most popular of Shakespearetragedes It s probable that at ths perod G02 Shakespeare had h frst real experence wth gref and sn er comng from hmself or vsted upon hm ; re are ndcatons of both But as an out-come of ths btte knowledge Hamlet was created Its sombre tnge of pathos has held a charm over late generatons and no play s more successful! nary standpont than ths If n quantty of boo! The ores are v and noble pleas ha (ts strong hold upon people also crtcsms and arguments wrtten!cd and numerous n regard to made n hs behalf ls own ory whch he deems only rewords of Shakespeare was well sustaned though curtaled because of so lttle tme Hamlet was a man of nacton 00 many men hs vces were not too strong but hs vrtues too From openng of play wth sharp cry of sngle sen- "Whos re?" to end we feel constant presence of a horrme whch urges on to acton For f re be crme re must be justce and f justce punshment and revenge In dstnct and mpressve words of hs fars ghost poet leaves no doubt as to how Hamlet s to act Explct and unrelentng arc hs commands for vengeance upon foul murderer Many would excuse Hamlets delay n nfllng se commands on ground that opportunty was not -pe some even clamng that not untl thrd act was he able to utter reproaches to hs mor but length of tme whch had elapsed from begnnng of tn- play and Hamlet- poston at court arc ugh to dscountenance ths belef One can not say that he was slow n executon because of hts dstaste for nature of deed ; that he dreaded to commt a murder ; for when n act of prayer Kng s completely at hs mercy Hamlet s tempted to blow n changes hs mtclton n order that "when about some act that hath no relsh of sahfeton nt" le may be revenged "Then trp hm that hs heels may kck at Heaven Hs unconcern at death of Polouus hs lttle hestancy to slay Laertes also prove that he was restraned by no such scruples To remove all queston n rcgnd to Hamlets faulty polcy Shakespeare gves a sad pcture of Hamlets dsgust of hmself n solloquy begnnng "What a rogue and peasant slave am I" Nothng but a ptful conscousness of hs own weakness and weak wll could brng forth such hopeless words Hamlet was a great and superor beng wthout tn to perfect what he planly saw to he hs duly It needed element of self-wounded prde aroused by thrust of dyng Laertes to fulfl hs purpose and n t was no longer vengeance The Students ^oeert The sprng concert gven by students of School of Musc Monday evenng was a great success and Prof Hll and hs assocates were recpents of sncere thanks of all for a most entertanng program The pano-forte selectons were vers enjoyable and r renderng showed excellent technque and depth of expresson Attractve vocal numbers were presented and rendered n a thoroughly delghtful manner Consderng that wth excepton of Mss Cable performers were all students of but one years standng we are to be congratulated on havng among u> voces so pleasng and of such promse The graduates takng part were Mss May Cook Mss Jesse Cable and Mss Mary Wheeler Mss Cook opened concert wth a dffcult concerto of Mendelssohns played wth much delcacy and expresson and a wonderful elastcty of touch Though excellence of performance as a whole was assured andante movement was especally easy and graceful The flexblty purty and clearness of Mss Cables voce never appeared to better advantage than n runs and trlls of brllant "Casta Dva" from Norma Her voce excels n sympathy and sweetness and we who have so often enjoyed her sngng look forward to her departure wth much regret Mss Wheeler brought out beauty and power of number from Chopn n a masterly way The clearness and delcacy of touch brllancy of executon and above all sympathy of comprehenson wth whch Andante and olonase were rendered made whole a wonderfully fnshed presentaton The program was as follows: I Op-: Iklln Cavat na from Norma "Casta Dv The Educatonal Congress at Pars nr Edmond Dreyfus Brsac author of "I Educaton No: and lately dlgent and mo -ral branches of le: M Dreyfus Brsn apponted ḻ speculatons of beautful buldng- ts well-apponted laboratores; he assures US that readers and edtors of Revue wll be gratfed for any furr nformaton sent from Wellesley College The annual report of Presdent II Shafer danty and estc "Whte Lady" just publshed by Prof Morgan toger wth a number of atonal productons by members of our Faculty and above all a colon of Courants were mmedate!) forwarded by us The members of "Educatonal Congress" nclude emnent men women of two worlds Presdent Shafer s nvted and Mle R See ntends to be present n order to report to Prelude The followng questons are selected by "Comted Organsaton" for dscusson: dploma) and Sancton of Secondary Theores ( Baccalaureat and 2 Internatonal equvalence of -Indes and degrees 3 Dverse forms of secondary educaton What part should be gven to ancent and modern languages ; also to scences? 4 What methods ought to he followed n secondary educaton of women n partcular as to modern language- and scences? n 5 What place to be assgned to socal and economcal scences programs of hgher educaton? The Congress take- place n Surbonuc and lasts from eghth to twelfth of August Membershp may he obtaned by sendng names and a fee often fr to Monseur Crca rd presdent of Congress vce presdent of Academc de Pars Pars Fance Papers on chosen subjects may be read n any European language but a resume n French should be handed secretary before end of sesson as t wll ap report dstrbuted at Attendant! elcted for - Mo up Wellesley May 20 IS begnnng of chers of all classes of [ear r lately - t naugur mg Jdn Report of Collegate Alumnae Meetng The regular quarterly meetng of Assocaton of Collegate mnse held u Brooklyn N Y drew toger a large number of Cole women representng all leadng colleges of Assocaton On Frdn evenng memle- v-ted >\ nvtaton Pratt Inst- Ths h has been opened but a year now receves fourteen hundred pupls At busness meetng held n Packer Insttute Mrs Helen Hscock Backus read a paper on "Recent Phases n Development of Amercan Colleges" Mrs Backus sad: "The only leaves whch May sunshne dcs not transfuse wth lght are leaves of college catalogues" Among le most marked phase- of college lfe s sense of co-operaton a growg tendency towards assmlaton and establshment of an deal college r and of Amercan people The wdespread foregn nfluence whch extended range of rendng and travel and post-graduate studes wth r kn beyond sea has ntroduced nto our colleges s a factor not to be overlooked The old tme model of Amercan college would cornll wth sold and well-equpped unversty abroad Teachers have studed abroad ntroduce a savour of unversty methods nto preparatory schools and unconscously re s a growng competton between German gymnasum and our academc schools In all lnes of esearch German nfluence s constantly actng and reactng on Amercan colleges The recent development n physcal socal relgous and ntellect- lfe of our colleges wa- touched upon and gauntlet thrown down on subject of "electves" The readng of paper was followed by a report from Commttee on a Bass of Admsson of Colleges to Assocaton After anmated dscusson acton on that report was deferred untl next meetng On Saturday afternoon New York Branch cordally receved members n parlors of Packer Insttute The poneer alumna; of 00 and 0 were an nspraton to newly-fledged graduate Apprecatng value of a ocaton we would earnestly advse all graduates to connect m-elves wth organzaton a- one of best means of nantanng an ntellgent nte est n collegate allars Always loyal our Alma Mater t s good for us neverless to re; ze that re or colleges besdes our own The Kngs Daughters EVANGELINE HATHAWAY 90 The work of Kngs Daughters s branchng out u all drectons We cannot estmate amount of work accomplshed by m each year but a band of ffty or sxty thousand earnest women can do a wonderful amount of good "In Hs Name" Among knd deeds of Kngs Daughters s foundng and supportng of Rosemary cottage Rosemary cottage has been founded at Elot Mane for beneft of poor cty chldren These chldren are sent re durng summer months by funds contrbuted by Kngs Daughters For seven dollars a chld can he boarded two weeks u that delghtful country retreat On Tuesday evenng May 4th an entertanment was gven at rooms of Y W C A n Boston for beneft of ths cottage Dl E Hale read closng chaptersof "In Hs Name" that book to whch socety of Kngs Daughters owes ts exstence A pleasng calsnc drll of eght young lades was conducted by Mss Hope Narey Vocal and nstrumental musc on both pano and voln and rectatons completed program Especal notce must he made of young volnst Mss Hoyt The hall was flled to overflowng and net proceeds were one hundred and nnety dollars The > jsful Tree Day on College annals Full report;

observe by be ; you s for long CJn I n : A BIRD CALENDAR "Sweet sweet to meet you" savs : rapd eager lttle voce as enters woods ; now from rght BOW from left now overhead "so near and yet so far" He mas suddenly du almost nto your face you may hunt half an hour n van When found he proves to be I chestnut-sded warbler Hs back s strped wth blush gray and whte crown yellow breast whte wth a streak on each sde of reddsh color more or less brght The gold r wag-tal (called also oven-brd from hs roofed nest) te-chp" uttered wth has some po acceler lately but brd s scarcely where he walks not bops w Macdonalds express a of nterest Hs monotonous "te-c/a :ng crescendo s almost constantly heard ver seen He s best seen on ground a danty ar whch remnds one of Gcorg Rut le a genune song meant for hs mate no doubt but we may " rob her ea of hs sweet talk" almost any day Often he pours t forth on wn and every nght se warm nghts I hear hm at any tme from nl oclock tll mdnght Does he wake or s he dreamng? The chppn; sparrow too may often be heard twtterng sleeply n nght Tl Besdes some unknowns my lst ncludes : The or brds are sung to sleep by thrushes But re are more warblers "than arc dreamed of n your phlosophy ycllow-rumped or myrtlebrd Maryland yellow-throat pretty black and orange red-start black and whte creepng warbler and pne creeper mentot month It s tme that we lstened to more brllant songsters On mornng of nnth of ths month I was summoned doors by unmstakable "clup-ehcr-r-r" of scarlet tanager Some brds one can be contented to hear merely but tanager needs t seen to be apprecated The frst one seemed to me a pecularly bea one for hs color nstead of beng a fery scarlet was a rch velvety c nal-red heghtened by black of wngs and tal He shows to bes vantage aganst dark green of a pn- remndng one of a bcaconfrom some sunner land than ours He has a song besdes note mentoned brght and cheery but not elaborate It s lke v ords "cheer up" repeated three or four tmes n a fallng nflecton On same mornng arrved Baltmor knows for hs rch orange body wth black head a mezzo voce and closng for hs curous hangng nest These two top ropcal vstants brought tropcs wth m for rmometer was o elated that t rose to nnety n shade of north porch The oroh color of hs breast and re s a sort role hs notes are clear loud flute-lke whstles sometmes brght wth whom everybody ngs and tal as well as s voce s as warm and rch as of royal magnfcence about everythng he says and does He has seve :d dfferent strans but sngs only one at a tme Wth excepton of "w/r-r-r" when he fles whte below and on hs breast wear a brght pnk rose d joyous olv nspectng every leaf and The same delcate color lnes a part of hs wngs Hs song s a brllant rollckng stran longer than tanagers more contnuous than oroles and gven wth more vvacty It s sometmes mstaken for that of purple fnch Of Tyranudae or Flycatchers we have three or four representatves: The lhoebc-brd already nu nloucd ; Kng-brd a lght and dark-gray crested busy-body ; gct crested flycatcher a blusterng nosy fellow who has not yet arrved on grounds; and wood-pewee who seems strangely out of place n ths famly of "tyrants" He has of course famly trat of takng a swft and graceful turn nto ar to catch an nsect relumng lghtly to perch from wnch he started But hs voce and manners are gentle and melancholy Iar some reason he chooses for hs "pont of departure- dy twg AvmI branch from whch! tpla Ib C I calls study of grateful to frends who have so readly assumed (he rsk It s well l s necessary to have money But money can only set free power t cannot create power The desre anl renln lo personal servce must le at foundaton of work At frst names of May s especally month of thrushes rblere The latter are would-be resdent came n slowly The thought was new to many; a not such fne sngers as r nght seem to ndcate; but r aln small part of sounds of summer They serous decs >wftlj n chetl Bu - enthusasm began to spread and canddates to offer at frst one h nd one re later most nsect-lke notes form r are tny but vvacous creatu es rar plan n color as a rule but generaln breast or head The woods seem full of wth ncreasng numbers At present on ls resdents re are ly wth more or less yellow thrty-fve names n number so much larger than be receved at m yet y are dffcult b because of r swft movcm how dnrng wule tha choke uf those best adapted to \ ork be- One of prettest s black -throated green Hs prevalng color olve and a rch yellow but velvety black of hs throat and breast make As soon as plan of starlng n October was justfed tl hm look lke a pansy on wngs Hs note s slender and sblant but for a bouse was begun Almost by accdent as sweet It has been varously nterpreted s Trees trees murmurng cularly adapted to our need umt at once to M trees" or " Hear me St Theresa /tear" was hred for a year from frst of May as all begn n spng The house No )5 Rvngt Ludlow St and not far from Forsyth St The stu; An alley-way at sde gves extra wndows a at back and allows ar such as t s drculate freely Ths s a rare advantage n that regon The house spacous and soldlyths bult as t ktes fro when good buldngs were put up part ot cty It matron a lttle mad and a man ll basen ;nt The santary condtons are good The rent s $)00 a year and h uumlly healthful break n house; for seven people besdes >usc s to be put n thorough desrable that work should be as broadly representatve ; possble; t should enlst sympathy of all our colleges and t bds fa to do so The Governng Commttee s composed of graduates fro Smth Vassal Wellesley Cornell and Mchgan Unversty On l of resdents are women from all se nsttutons and also from Boston Unversty Bryn Mnwr and Annex One mportant crtcsm often accompanes hearty npprobato gven our scheme by practcal workers It s sad and wth reason that work tarred on by a number of nexperenced young women constant! comng and gong must lack that unty- whch s necessary condton of success Ths crtcsm gans new force as we consder hstory of Englsh Settlement at Southwark Here resdents have apparently b lowed to come for any perod however short and a glance at report shows that greater number have remaned only or ous dffcultes should have attended ths method s nevtable ; heavy obstacles fath of workers has not faled that n spte of that genune result have been attaned and that Settlement s to reman open speal much for ntrnsc value of work Our own method wll at lent render our work more consecutve than work n England epton; a months Ofs resdents who call m tn durng wnter As whole number majorty s fxed It would nly permanent workng force suffc new resdents who come n from tme to tme wll brng a fresh enlhus and power and even though y accomplsh few defnte results w least test r own apttude for work and gan nsght nto new ca lons Any fresh canddates who may thnk of applyng and more always welcome despte our crowded lst are urged to send r na as soon as possble to Mss Helen C Rand Westfeld Mass The autt months are n great demand but re s stll some dffculty n ll Aprl May and June Subscrptons may be sent to Mss Vda D S dcr 250 Newbury St Boston Mass The queston s constantly asked : "What answer we may use favorte** response of c gong to lve" The appearance of a chartable what we most deprecate Many of resdent and real occupaton apart from Settlement people our neghbo happy dub r v ocalsts ors conservatve n convcton know for r mple mpulse to helpfulness We dffer n rolgou ve arc all agreed that regeneraton of world s ot chefly by speculaton but by practcal brorhood ; tl fe must draw joyfully close to lower before lower c nd that educated women may f y wll be a potent nst gong to do?" In endly I t bgle he uplfted purfcaton of socal evls that mnstry to ndvdual degrad wbc modern world profoundly longs Meanwhle our plans though elastc do not lack defuteness Wth :arefully-organzcd work lke Neghborhood Guld close at band nwhch we can throw our powers re s lttle fear of wasted energes The qualfcatons of each canddate for work are carefully examned of our permanent resdents s a physcan who wll have her T_ m house The advantage of her presence s obvous Among those about Ans The men seem taller wth an ar of even prouder dependence and women keep r faces muffled more closely w rgay handkerchefs above whch r dark eyes often sparkle w coquettsh effect Thes a beautful recess of mountans We leave our carrage at edge of second precncts ence but a lack of road) and walk across charmng ul val s of temples and portcoes to great atre eonspcuc The atre s by I tn " preserved structure of ts knd n G An audence of nearly he orgnal 20000 could yet seat mselves stone benches and - """ "U dance wthn perfect crcle of th and dgntares would ndeed fnd n seats o d actors would be oblged to don r robot en sky for only foundatons of stage buld Lke all Greek atres t s an exceedngly smple s prncples but a beautful pece of workmanshp as befts a buldng whch clams Pol\cletus as ts archtect The seats are only Stone Steps but wth carefully planned lnes and curve-; front half of step beng a rased band servng as a seat back half a depresson for feet of those n row above whle front edge s curved under so as to allow comfortable play for lmbs Mdway of audtorum runs broad dazotnay or passage separatng t Into what Romans called two eavcac whle narrow flght- o -teps dvde t nto wedge-shaped portons thrteen below and twenty-fve above Fo dgntares a beautful ne A broad paved passag mgent to t at open sde ce are trace* showng wn "There was none!" at least n classc tmes and as for tl nght band of -tone on lumns once stood whch permanent -Wle what was done n degenerate Roman days nobody cares The actors played where boms angn crcle of orchestra proscenum-wall wher a permanent pece of archtecture or a panted canvas formed background and behnd proscenum were d- du- vng unfolded to us A :of chonl chef upholders Ur Of course atre lke every n: by Romans who ntroduced \\\ clcvt tors restng ts front edge n proscen and became aj^oscenmm Very beautful s bs great shnng c hll-sde dark bushes and vnes mak: fleecy clouds floatng across - blue bll-tops that one could touch m by cl upper crcle of scats admrng by coverng stones and danty flower crevces It s ndeed lovely secluded pla: soft purples and brow From atre we dark shed lght gments ]>acked away v!m Ths bad to submt to remodellng logeon or stage for ac- whch was n cut down gallery of gods" wth ts wde outlook over th ts group of runed temples shut n by f upland slopes and great gray- suoull le ed erous <lrama of observaton by lght omedv of phylax as attentve spectators whle a sly lo pck up crumbs about our feet as f :rcd brd of Asclepos and hence a prvleged make our wav to lttle n enr by II ml c type of pe wl "be llatctl At le (lflc lt- Iv but Ibc Wth long-dra :nrv lvcl Evdently re s no room for thrushes ths tme but y wll contnue to sng after or brds are rearng r broods There are two or voces n twlght chorus whch deserve at least a passng menton The vesper-sparrow or grass-fnch begns wth three clear notes lke some or sparrows and n breaks nto a delcous lttle trll lke fallng The chewnk or ground robn s very abundant n low shrubbery and often s found scratchng vgorously n last years leaves He s about sze of a robn and has almost robns color on sdes of hs breast hut he s black above and has some whte fears n hs tal whch he s very fond of dsplayng He s named "cbc-wnk" from one of hs notes but he has also anor whch s stll more melodous and forms a pleasng nterlude to thrush But one can magne that or brds mght say of brown thrush that he does not gve one a chance to put a note n edgewse If any one nqures bow many knds of brds are In our grounds res authorty of at least one observer for about forty varetes So rch are we n se tny creatures whch answer so well to Platos defnton of a poet : "A lght and wnged and holy thng" A PROPITIOUS OUTLOOK It pleasure to tell many frends who have generously responded wth sympathy and practcal help to plea for a College Settlement n New York Cty that plan has taken defnte form The Settlement wll be open October S8U The swft olers of help and earnest expressons of grattude whch came n from frst gave -speedy assurance that thought of such a Settlement was founded not on Quxotc enthusasm of few but on deep desre and fath of many The necessary funds were subscrbed a I stabsooll as Bought Wc asked for $3000; amount pledged now reaches $;!f0u Of ths $764 s already receved and deposted The greater part of ths amount has not come from college women In future y may perhaps feel t r prvlege In assume support of an enterprse whch must always seem n a pecular sense r own ; Im hs n>t V ea <>l experment we must be or resdents are found several competent to teach cookng and dressmakng ors whose muscal rnd artstc abltes wll be valuable whle tn knowledge of German possessed by several wll prove of great help One esdent has receved thorough normal tranng n physcal culture and nl be able to gve grls and chldren a gymnastc drll whch wll be cry useful ; anor s a mcroscopst and has been accustomed to open le eyes of people to glory and wonder of world A number of ur resdents are experenced n work among less prvleged classes Jut on whole general qualfcatons are more mportant than any specal gfts We can only trust that all who enter ths work wll be possessed n fullest measure by sprt of self-abnegaton whch mples enlce by patence whch not expectng vsbly t modfy n a few months result of generatons of false lvng s content lo bear slent tness to a convcton and to touch here and re an ndvdual wth a ong and helpful hand OUR LETTER FROM ATHENS Thes try of Epda some twenty mles eastw Nauplfl o>ver mountans and we started on our trp thr as betmt :essty of wakng frst ourselves and n mne host and h household would allow The garrson were gong through r mornn drll n one open sq? of t drove ol M sprng of martal musc out through narrow gate of lttle town h all dusky as yet n shadow of ts ctadel nto wde breezy plan of Argca If t had been beautful nght before t seemed doubly so ths fresh nsprng mornng when sky was flushed wth rosy clouds and derful purples am grays wth a slope here and re hng sunlght and Arcad There was absolutely nothng In mar retched appearance of our horses get a forty mle; age wth lve rde out of such nag people and fed only The road soon leaves plan a endless successon of sunny mouuta /-peaks glc wanderng flocks whose bells tnkle softly from a dstal pt at I IC to r er re are fertle nooks and knots of peasant- dwellngs ben I re and we are never long wthout passng lnk _: -n o pea antgong towards Naupla Wc are struck wth freqtu Ian har seemng to ndcate a dstant and perl blood nud we decde that y are n general Rnc lookng luell y t WOllld varot s dsease n all parts ofgrc d a pla whole wth cures as marvel - as tny clamed by Catholcs Ib n sants Here s a bref example and ths s by no means one of most wonderful "Daetus Cyreanean Ths man lost use of hs knees And fallng asleep he saw a vson ; t seemed to hm that god bade hs servants rase hm and bear hm to sanctuary and lay hm down before temple and that when y had carred hm out god yokng bs horses to a charot drove n a crcle before temple and trod upon hm wth horses and reupon he straghtway stood erect And gyn Over n a dark corner I fnd to my great delght a darlng lttle dusty Id pr trcmely sensble fellow s They chose bs Iran] nl s ng toward south and made every provson for oceupv ng ng r patents and what wth rest exercse and enuln n - aded by a medcal skll as good doubtless as ^ adonlcd am a carefully stmulated relgons fath t s no wonder that hcv could boast of many cures As at Eleuss temples form closelj grouped ensemble^ precnct beng entered In a propylaeuu and bordered at rear by Ion" colonnades Nothng s now left ndeed but foundatons and scattered The lo 2mpl«fragments whlc archtect wth hs measurng-rod and vvd magnantyofsu md ar stands hard by The temples here h Peleponnesan temples tn n< lned p tn ad of steps as an approach At one sde beautful Tbolos lke lleatn a n; ut ne s [he jewel of whole group ture of Polycletus a crcular buldng surrounded by three row o m ms and adorned wtll captals and mouldng rvallng n delcate clcgaetand grace of lne Erechbrel oj presents um at Allens Ml return to NaupHt md Coml nothng

ho worthy of chronclng unless I he permtted to record helpng to clear Greek cookery of mputatons that t If ever anyone lasted any thng more delcous than Aegean fred n classc olve-nl or eve elsewhere h eatng lamb of such tender flesh and such tender age tha ofa whole leg wthout dffculty I should lke to hear or poplar-bordered road along one sde of whch was an a a broad dtch full of water frst I may say that we h m back looks nto hs face sghs heavly and boy my uncle n Psa told me re was a huhft level plan and surrounded by wall of mass- Cy One can enter as n ancent tmes by a lofty tower and massv wa 0 scramble up at one end through runed wall Wll ml well lul ued wth Dr Dbrpfclds re-constructon (from Schlc deep groove aganst whch y shut Tm rounded bv colonnades from whch anor jm> or court of mens apartments C and vestbules lead to chef room or t»c& A complexty of small- rooms surround tn You walk through se apartments fancy only ; n realty you arc Headng (he sunny open top of : mound o ergrown \v grass and shrubs and wth great stones bases ol colum s and walls mbedded here and re We sec now that norrn hll ot mom les at n lower level and as t slmwn u> trace- whak- of buldngs t s conjectured that t may have been place where Rocks and tl c stores were kept whle a small connectng mddle plateau u s resde ce of servants and retaners There have not been want ng those wh volently attacked tn- assumpton th;t remans were o n Home c " pre-homerc perod; Dr Schlcnanns npuon wmld ot have conn ed fo much as he III man both of whch he dd trumphantly So as we leave place loog flght of stepson opposte sde from ramp we can w msgvngs look hack at ngged wall of massve stones as m exn of earlest masonry n Greece The lttle staton of Ihchl -Mycenae les n mdst of open In felds I! and ctadel ofmycc broad stony channel of trouble to cross se b( n t seemed to us tha lbapplcd comes out from lttle hamlet of Cha n - ml dressed lke all r le led us frst over a ston t Wall- l lght brecca way formed of three gga great vault All know th ar layers ol stone projec fully curved nner edges I by a stone shaped lke a s top and Ol OUtSdc -Tl treasury ot Atrcus pej Wlls greater accuracy at least nudum: lnn bunal-chan vestbule \\zphylax k de olu pleasant he way whch lke below bad not a drop of -ngh nundated but ju-t thrsty" Argos was not lh delghtful pnk har cloak anl long legg ts mnor face lookng ac v ny frends to go to Otympa blue eyes t passed awa altered go A nbly ol d to le MONK OF SIENA grl wearng a hglu musln wth bmel nl n langud turned n heads to look at her ; r cheek Hushed and hs eye grew brghter as she Vrgn herself? Mor n Heaven! and s tl: moves about hs accustomed tasks wth such before he had smled ; who feels hs feet move f del Manza where Englsh lades st? A beautful ; In r daly talks had she not - he wll go to ths f England Oh! Bror done before The long brght days from one shelf to anor anl rubhl soft flannel No more blue sky wt no more evenngs under cool sta nl spectral on r lofty perches es brng any feelng of nterest -thout any c Wld asph novces of th he crcle ol H >lue aloes la before -I - I "I- n- untl m n ne- h- Vet Bror Govann had II ollercd to go to Spedalc wth not be here but you are Bror Govann has left -II It ng before y leave Sena J reform Hs pure fath deuce n man wll vansh >re sun Wll I ever Spedalc? Bah! convert e s once n Loudon thnk n agan says Wl rtly They sec hm once more before y leave Italv ; as y wander slowly through Duomo examnng many-strped columns and tle I th-! pulpt wth ts bcaoty of desgn and lnsl y see a tall lgtrc ll cvlan placng cowl hurryng towards m s new garb but hs step has -ul n II lc najo and hs soft brown eyes are tlled wth dclgll on seeng tlcn agan They queston hm eagerly Whtney drawng fou I m hs plan regardng hs probable trp to Eugau l answers r qoestons unhestatngly Hotlnr Govann t you ever come to London wll you not let me kuw you are t ^- - " : " Whtney asks Am us too?" broke n lades He opens hs eyes wde That he should not go to m at lned to hm "Thank you" le says "farewell" frst had It s o ths tme that responds "Peace to you" lo Gvan - tn relgous element of 4 v hero?" In why dd c or ngs job M S rts To Ma d- war to r real l Wht V y and sec says hs face hrgl on not let me know hs co s gone up to - Chapel Wll yo smles Where s former ncd myr who tll s We agan t tonng w you we lov r mnds nd houses t End and th ere Bror hs former fr cuds The c man he ha th joy e here "I hav Wl en never forlovcd as a dd you (oductng ps?" ercnty The heathc ::;: :;: daly stfe v recked vent walls? such llumnatons At a lttle dstance s ol "Clytemnestras tomb ; Whtney half rsng from hs Ham wellness n young mans lac rc; wth a glad cry of welcome he sta lower than Mycenae Here we fnd aga and doorway of three gre wear-whtened lme-stone stffly-wrought creatures yet "Hoy why such haste?" cres Can Then he too tly deposted on a stool h a courtly wave of hand blls A few by a loud k llecll n all probablty I reason to suppose "Can you not go v slo has obtaned lent Lttle by lttle H are depcted tall fgure stoops and a "Do you not know me Ictn-" "Mor of J Hectors room Here s wne from St you here" "las falle leoelcto bee he "By my soul! do you not know he been dead those two And Bror Antono?" "At Duomo" And Bror l-llpp?" "Ah! but he s here" " would see hm" Bror Flppo c bostlng n yawnng and rubbng hs sleepy By Blessed V tle Govann s wtl us agan! ols lftng one of lamps to a The gl [des tle r-th I shall not go forth from here" -way on north sd cture as mbs Inm n whch one can reach t truly one of " ht stll (Vended aganst / hums nu-nleed objects; tny e Img bench on whch he les; wn ove hm He thnks wth away ye of nght of hs lft- nvomge mans \ lm&* be nt > "" lc

tcacl art Ely Zounds THE COURANT COLLEGE EDITION Terms for College Year - - $50 Hatha kng Lee Bah - -> AlllE CARThl! (HJOOLld Welle -> Edtors " Alh B A STl rbhfl t Edtoral Contrbutors >F Lllkn A Mayes Maro? Publsher CllAS D BOWARD NATH K Ma r subscrptons lor llt Cult KANT m:> U»enl 0 " ss up Charles t waa mportant spots A few Edth Sour Tofts S LOUISE 8S The Vst to Norse Canals On Monday mornng somewhat more than thrty of faculty (ncludng one junor mysterously promoted) assembled n response to Prof Horsfords nvtaton U vtsl wth hm (le remans of Norse Canals recently dscovered by hm After drvng to Stony Brook party nlghted and K-gm exploratons N"<> tne person was fortunate enough to be neat Prof Horsford all tme bo as to hear full account of evdence* n lavm c" hs lscuvcy hut Uere wre Mmv strong ponts that perhaps nobody mssed A careful study of Sagas and of old maps [ed lm to (le belef tha Lef Ercson Thorfnn and ors landed a lttle way up Charles Rver establshed mselves re searched de forests fo a certan valnhc w<»«h e\crcence that grows n large knobs on Old trees floated se n narrow canals to nearest brooks stopped m by dams upon n arrval at Charles conducted m down stream loaded shps wth m and conveyed m hack to Europe If that be true t ought to be possble he thought to Imd some traces of canals clams etc So he set out to nvestgate and was rewarded by exploratons extended for ahott fty mles } more than vst sonc of most lutes walk carred more enterprsng mem- bera of party along sc ral hundred feet of a dtch protected by an old stone wall Am questo as to wher such dtches mght not be work of Purtan farmers < as slenced by nformaton that canals are mentoned n earlest deeds Alter a vst to remans of a dam and ste of a house lunch was taken at Fort Norumbega The ran n cut >A\ all unt walkng and party proceeded to Cambrdge castng regretful glances at places where stops we made stes of Norsemens dock and of hou of Lef and Thorfnn etc Perhaps greatest loss was that of terraced amphatre* of whch however pctures we Prof Horsfords bouse company was entertaned by hs dan- lter* wth that sprt of hosptalty wht h makes hs home a mrror of hs kndly sprt The excursonsts reached home at about hall past sx feelng that whatever outsde observers may thnk of wear re s a I w v* -n*lr where Im! I lurslord show* ns lace A Card To those contemplatng a vst to England tn* summer t ma\ be a matter of nterest am convenence especally f tme s lmted to know of some person well acquanted wth place who for a trflng consderaton mu b < vnle Wth such : person much more can I v accomplshed In Chester t was my good fortune to fall In wth an old man a natve of cty and an enthusast about t* hstory Hs name s Thomas Derson ; he lves at old Derby House Watergate Street In Canterbury John Dvson who keeps a shop for sellng photographs In cadral vard w ll be Ion ml a most nterestng gude Luca P Clarke College Notes Next Saturday evenng June 8 Vale Glee Club wll gve a con- Cert n Wellesley Town Hall It s years snce sung n Welle ley anl no one wll wsh to fal to he bulletn boards for nformaton as t sale of seats Followng s lull program of ou com recepton to senors June 2 bo lnrmte (unsmhs of Chcago June j:l ; open- Socotj ot "As You Lke It" and com -J: B A I) Sc of Cornell Unversty; recepton t to old at hand At week: Presdenls by Rev Frank W performance by Shakespeare June 86 The Professors to aval mselves fo 89-90 of Prof Horsfords wse and lberal gft Sabbalnal war av Mle See and M-* Wllcox The latter paned bj sster wll Bal InU 6 proposed route of travel lung through England Prance Ccnnv Itdv Ober Amnergau and Swtzerland Prof Sc< wll sal rals n lle summer wth H party of lades who varously propose to stud) musc or language Mss Fanne Mssev tor Ine years a student at Wellesley Mss Ross who has been pursung specal studes here snce fall ol"n7 two graduates from New York School of Mme A Mears Mle Sees sster Mss Belle Dc Vcny of Cleveland Mss Carolne Skc also of Cleveland and Mss Strong of Newton wll reman wth Prof See durng year Mss Whtney of "v who sals wth parly wll jon her parents n Europe Prof See ntends after a summer month In Pans to travel n Swtzerland < rcl man) and Italy untl end of October From October to Aprl she wll be n Pars studyng lterature and phlology The tme from Aprl to July wll be gven to Germany and remanng weeks to England MlS5 Carolne A W mau graduate of Vassar and Boston Insttute o] Te uoil: \ u ll ccecd to Pol" Wllcoxs responsbltes Mss Woodman has studed fo several year abroad and s a teacher of experence Mss Montague ot (reek department and Mss Pendleton of tl Mamatcal department wll spend next year n study at one of tb Englsh unverstes Mss bull ol Department of Phlosophy wll sal n fall wll an artst frend and spend wnter In e*t nd trawl <u d Mss Mddlekall leavng organ lonely wll spend greale part of next year n Berln Mss J \ N Dorr prncpal of a school n Orange N J s th gu< t of M Dan a h P u f u day s Copes ol new edton of Colerdges Ancem Marner notce la*t week haw been put <>n >ale b\ tejlest n College book-tore 89-90 Mss Darrnch ol S( hool of Art wll pursue her studes hroad I rs of our Board ol Instructon an expectng to spend comng pear n Europe but r plan are rtol yel suffcently defnte to be tnn ced Fh( Prelude hope* to hear often however from all ou truants and wll keep Wellesley world nformed of varouf wanderngs A tew ol Faculty wll reman a College ncxl yen to entertan tn student* Should Auld Acquantance Be Forgot?" MlSS Mac A I pp student at Welleslc-v 87-*87 t leachng u Pascoag R I Boston Mss Grace \ [enckes 88 Chaunt j H ll S dss Gertrude Chandler who snce graduatng from College n 79 has been n Madura a mssonary n whose work Wellesley has been especally nterested has returned to ths country and s at present n Auburndnlc Mass The Sprngfeld Unon of May 25 star who entered College wth class of 8U home n Sprngfeld \l*s Elzabeth Baker formerly of 90 for England to be gone a year n Chelsea Mass May 23 Edward Born Paget sec May J Mr I Dulce Est Despere In Loco Between scenes of "As You Lke It :" Mss S : Oh! Mr J do you sec that young man c handle of one of machnes? He s engaged to j Mr J : Engaged to 8S grls!! Allow I opera glasses please An 89 : We are all so much pleased wth Partrdg cecded remarkably well wth our photographs Harvard Sophomore : Yes? I dont wonder! chldren you know Upton He hat Umbr specalty Scene: Country school A Wellesley student presdes Brch rod les across desk Knock at door Commttee man enters Takes brch wth : "Ah! Mss S one of your Wellesley deas? I dd know y encouraged captal punshment at college!" To furr llustrate prevalng deas of our currculum: A Stone Hall student who has mastered Irsh hw»uc s dsplayng that accomplshment to a frend n laundry whle followng conversaton takes place outsde of door: Brdget? Kate: Fath! An who can that be? Are yes n laundry Brdget : Och! see me out here wth your own eyes? No! How should I be n laundry whn yes can Its only one of studnts Kate : One of studnts ndade! Begorra! Its one of ourslvcs! Jst bear that accnt wll yes? Brdget: Indade by my fath ts one of studnts Kate: Well explan how she learned brogue f ye pla/e But thn! Its no wonder afr all They teaches verythng here at Wellesley I never dd see loke of t Then: To what heghts of scholarshp must I attan order to be elgble for Shakespeare or Mcroscopcal? Now: What nducement do you oler me to become a member of your socety? Far Atbleta : Domnck I want to hre two trcycles one for a young man or for myself Domnck: I am afrad young man wll be too heavy Atbleta : Oh! No! You let a Norumbega Senor rde who weghs a hundred and seventy Domnck : Well that remark has some weght Take trcycles Mss Case to late comer: Why arc so many late to nne oclock rectatons? I -oppose because y have ffteen mnutes to get re! Though we can oler no furr lght upon ths pont we thnk perhaps all psychologcally mnded would lke to hear The lghts are bngbt wthn The stars are brght wthout But my soul s fant wth fear My mnd s vexed wth doubt The stars are y really -tar* Out re n evenng sky ; < )r just foregone conclusons All fallaces due to eye? And look at matter calmly Wth earnest persstent attenton Is my self-conscousness normal Or a psychcal state of nventon r I thnk I thnk that I thnk I am canddly honestly me But I know I know that I know Its not possble that t can be For f knew that I knew As I thnk I know that I know That I was ego myself / never could be convnced That I dd not know I w And see blaze of la And sparkle of stars ^TTE^TIOK! The Legendfl s n press ;ru! frst copes wll be receved June st These wll be sent at once to advertsers n order that recepts from advertsements may be made as soon as possble About June 5th sale of Legenda wll be opened to College The prce wll be 75 cents f purchased at College; 85 cents t" sent by mal All Alumnae who have ordered copes wll please send money mmedately to Mss Carolne L Wllamson Edtors ok Legenda J B HAMBLIN PEACTICll OPTICIAT 5 BROMFIELD STREET BOSTON mass R H STEARNS & CO Tremont Street and Temple Place BOSTON 69 Satn Surah Wasts $750 aad $950 Worth $5 and $8 The above we have just closed out from one of best mportng houses n New York The statement that we make wth regard R H STEARNS & CO D Lotbrop Company Boston publsh two thousand llustrated hooks and lve mag/nr I famly Thc\ mal a beautful llustrated Book Bulletn on applcaton to any address Retal Department Frankln Street HOT -^KTATEE BOTTLES IN VARIOUS SIZES FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES CHOICE CANDIES Etc AT J J CAWTHORNS Wellesley Art Supples and Statonery For Polte Correspondence Latest Noveltes n apeteres The Boston Bond The Boston Lnen The Boston Quadrlle Boston Bank Lnen Bunker H Lne MUSIC AND Fne Paper and Envelopes Pcture Framng wll receve prompt attenton JOS E DeWITT natck *«FLOWERS --» Popular Song Collectoe* " n Choce Sacred Solos Popular IlDoCullcctoD" n "" ""Popular Dance Collecton HeEyesght Ml lak Jll Ik Mlo[>er fttng of SPECTACLES Eye Glasses and Lenses AT REDUCED LESLSE PRICES MILLAR 34 St James Avenue Boston <&&«&* @tf qftuy