THE Published Monthly by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of the City of New York

(Entered at the New Rochelle Post Office at the pound rate ' of postage)

VOL. XXIII. EW ROCHELLE, J UNE-J ULY, 1918 No. (j

IF YOU W E NT TO T HE REUNI ON. 'You were shown to you r cat by a prctty

girl in Reel Cro. s costume, and you chattcd with old college f riends whom you always sec a t collcgc fe stivitie. T hen some more g irls, a combinati on of members of the I [linter Coli ge O rche ·tra a nd th e Hunter I I igh Scho I Orchestra, played a ti lTing 1lla rch, and down the ai 'Ie wept the im­press i vc pr ce . ion of officc r and gues ts.

• Y uu joined in inging the Sta r pangled I :aI111cr, and omehow it secms that only at

ollcge among old c1a S-111ates is the anthem sling with the right fe r vor.

:'liss Huebner spokc the word s of g reet­ing. She reminded you that a graduates ~) f a great democratic college you werc especially I repa red to play your pa rt worthily in these tilTing times, and she a ll uded' to your achievements Ove r Here and Over Ther , individually and collcct­ively.

You felt that you had a right to be proud, and P resident Davi thri ll e I yo u st ill more when he poin ted out the ervice nag ·-thc college fl ag with its stars fo r tho 'e memb r. of the teaching staff who ar · in thc ervice of th ir country, and th e nag of the la of' I with s tars fo r sons and brothers and other lea r ones. There was a touch of aclness. t 0, in your pri Ie . fo r a ll each banner was a star for one who had fa ll en on the field f battle.

President Davi . p ke f the noble re­sponsc a F the tudents lo a ll appeals- Reel

' ross , Liberty Loan, \ Var . avings Stamps, (I"af t, census work, ancl lllany others. No r a re the members of the teaching taff Ie s enthu iasti c in their . erv ice. Applause g reeted the -tate1l1ent that many of them have vol unta rily ded icated to the College war ervi ce an equi valent of the income tax which, as city employec , they are not ca ll ed lipan to pay. And the As ociate Alumnae joi ns the ranks with its $800 for the X-Ray

la s in th e S ummer S ss i n and its other generou s contri bu tions. • elf- 'ac ri nce and personal re I on ib ili ty are the distingui h­ing t raits of a ll th ose as. cia ted with n un­ter College, and in thc young women w ho a re going out in J un the· A ociate Alumnae wi ll gain valuable rec ruit .

The Four M in ute ong :. ren made your hear t beat to martia l rh ythm with their sti r ring rende ring o f ' pi rited song. You could have li stcned to them all afternoon.

T hen the H ono rablc Gcorge G r Ion I ~a ttl e, in his turn , made vou feel what a p rivilege it .is to be a soc ia-tcd with Hunter wben he told you what the ollege mean to a ll New Yorkers. No assembly is more

• important . than onc of tcacher ·. fo r on them re t th e responsibi lity o f prcpar ing the generati n wh ich ~ha ll take the place of tho e who a re sac rific ing them. clvcs n lhe altar of th eir countr v. \Va r it elf i: a grcat educato r-ter ri l~ l e but efn cicnt. I t has brought a ll to a rca li zation o f the v ita l importance of the wo rk of womcn. F ad conse rvati n. th e admi ni stration of th h u. eholc1 affairs of the nafi on , nursing­these a re as im portant as ac tual fighting. Anclm . t important is tlIe du ty o f suppo rt­ing the courage of the nation t: : r "';~' ~.( l the terrible clay, that arc before u . .; . Thi:; real­ization that man a nd woman 111U st wo rk together i bringing with it a greater sense of un ity, of social ju ti ce. a broadcr view of life. It i inAuencing cducati0n , leadi ng to a cl se r rclation hip b ~ween teachcr and pupi l and a gr~ate r ennl:asis n thc gen­erous impulses of yout] !, thc Fill er id eals. Upon th is ] i ritual note ~Ir. Uattle closed hi s add ress.

In thi s high and elevated mood \ r i::;s C race IJarke r, Na tional COl1lmand ant of t he .\T ationa l League fo r \V omen 's Service, found you and kcp t )'LU. . ·he. t oo. madc y u glad lhat th womC1 o f the worl d a re looking to coli ge women . S houlder to shoulde r with men you 11l U . t nght. , hc mad e y ur eye nil with tea rs w hen she told you of the simple. unc 111plain ing heroi: m of the women o f l ... nglancl. in 1llU n i ti ons facto ri es, on the r arm. i 11 thc : hipya rc!. in the h : pita !. and in canteen work. In lheir war-da rkened strccts, in the absence of their 1l1cn-folk. in the pe ril of Zeppelill ra id s, they a re "keepillg th e h me fire s burn ing." their wa tchwo rd "T hink w hat our men a re doing I " ~

Compa red with their self -sac rifice a ll you r tr iving see111e I only a bcginni ng. Y ou had not b gun t o conse rve-you with you r sub titutes fo r wheal Hour in p ie crust.­:.ri: ~ Parkcr wa. ve ry scornfu l of y ur pie l"ru s t.-l~. ngl i . h women are giving up 111 0rc than pie. Th ey a re running a hospita l.­a ll W O ll1 n fr 11l o rdcrly to head surgeon. Th ey are giving the 'boys, as they pa: s th rough , the whole 011le C01l11):l!1i Lnsh ip of good women in club and canteen. where a <Iu che s a nd a cockney secon d li eutenant may qually di scover that the lVar has leve ll ed all social c1i . tinctions. They a re voluntec ring as moto ri sts.- but you are 11 t behi n'cJ t il em there. as the presence upon the platform . in Lill i form, f Capta in liay lis proved.

. \" cannot do spectacular work, but each can d ber bit, if only as a p r ivate in the ranks, All can stand squarely against

6 ALUM AE NEWS

BUREAU OF OCCUPATION . T he H unter College Bureau of ccupa­

tion has been in active operati n for one yea t·, with the exception of an interlud e during the latter part of Ju ly a nd the fi r t weeks in Augtist. During that time, out of nea rly sixteen hundred students on reg­ister at ·th e :College, nJj ne hund red and eighty have applied per onally for an op­portunity for earning money. These g ir ls ha ve applied fo r fu ll-time work, as in the case o f those graduating, or those obliged to leave before graduation, fo r economic reasons ; or for part-time work, a in the case of tudent who can devote a few hou l' each day to something outside of college work. Members of the A lumnae ha ve not appli ed in any great number; we would urge all th ose who have had any teaching experience connected with com­mercial work to register with the bureau.

As our work is becoming more widely known throughout the bu ine?s di st ri ct, call s are coming in for coll ege graduates o f maturity, who have had experience in particular lines other than teaching. For instance, the Pace In titute a nd the Cort­lant E lectri c Light Co. ha ve requi red ex­perienced expert accountants. B. A ltman & Co. need another teacher who ha. had com­mercial experi ence, in thei I' extension chool. T he fi rst woman we sent became so deeply engro . ed in the commercial en I of the business that they a re again in need of some one to fi 11 the place of teacher. ' 1V e have been able to place in laboratories every student recommended by r'di s F rances A. ll a llock, . M., instructor in Bacteriology. T he Lederle Laboratori e at Pea rl River a re con. tantly in need of more g irls than we can supply. T he Surgeon General at 'vVashington . ent two offi cial here last week. to look over our equipment and the deta il s of the courses, and these gent lemen expres. ed themselves a being perfectly sati sfi ed with the outline of the work given, and have promised that the U ni ted States Covernment will use as labo rato ry aides as many of our g rad uates a. ca re to apply. O ne of our graduates from that department has come back to see U ' in her uni for m. She is ta tioned at the di tributing hospita l in Washingtoll , awaiti ng her sailing orders. }\' short intensive course in lini cal Pa­thology will be g iven to th e g raduates from thi s yea r 's class to advance them f urther along thi s line of endeavor .

Over eleven hundred women have been sent out to apply fo r position ; 1110st of these are fo r pa r t-time. For instance, at Chri stmas. Easter, St. Pa tri ck's Day, and holidays that come at week-end , Loft' s Candy Manufact uring Co. have req ui red from eventy-five to one hundred g irls fo r three day ', or fo r a week at a -time. Some o f thi s number are th en engaged p -r111a­nently for part-t ime work. mo tly f r Sa t-

urday. throughout the yeat'. F or three Saturdays previou ' to Easter.

\ Va na111 aker ' , us d twenty g irl s, and paid each g irl thr e dolla r per day with hours f rom nine to five . Saks', Gimbel'.. and H earn 's a1. 0 engage our gi rl s, dur ing special sa le .

II g rad uates :from the last Jun'e and F ebruar cia es with li censes to teach, both in the elementary schools and high schools. were quickly ab orbed. and judg­ing fr m th number of schools calling each morning for substitute teachers, we could have placed at least two hundred more graduates. Besides the need of public · chools for g irls with li cen e , the Bureau of Attendan ce .and the Board of Education ha ve "needed tho e who can also do stenog­raphy and typewriting. Teacher .. for un­g raded chil dren and in . tru ctOt'S of, pan­ish a re also in demand.

A s a re. ul t of the adve rti sing letters, per­sonal call .. of members of the Committee, and the sati sfactory work done by H unter gi rl s, fi ve hund red and ninety diffe rent fi rms or pe pIe have called on us fo r assistants. Th is numbe r does not incl ude the public schools of the city.

Bes id es po. iti on. in commercial firm s, scientifi c labo ratori es . ho. pitals. insurance and rea l e. tate office, orphanages, private · chools, and settlements. we have placed · tudent. as tutors, camp councilors, and sometimes as mother's helper .. in exchange for a home.

T hi s 11urea u is a ffi li ated with the I nte r­collegiate Bureau of Occupation, and with the Federation of Non-Co1l1mercial Em­ployment Agencie .

Mi ss Anna Anthony is the delega te fr0111 I I unter to the Intercollegiate lJureau . :VI r ~. E . .I . F oignet attended the A nnua I I_unch­eon fo r the meeting of the delegat ... s from the different colleges in the U nited States. She also attend s the 1110nthly meetings <1t th ... lea ring I lo use fo r E mployment Of­fices . as well a s the weekly meetings of the specia l g roups, whi ch do specifi c fi eld worl(, as for instance. fi nding positi ons fo r part­time work, a problem whi ch confronts high · chools as we ll as Hunter College. All o f thi s acti vity is in cooperation with the M ayor's 'ommittee of ' Nomen on Nati onal Defense. T he e meeting keep us in touch with th e need s of new kind s of training as they a re indicated through the employment bureaus. and with courses p repa ratory for wa r- work.

O n the 7th an d 8th of Feb ruary , J-[untcr sent th ree delegates to the Second Annual Convention of Coll ege Employment Uu­reau . held at ' 1V heaton College, Norton. Ma . . : ~I i s Ruth Ford of the Senior CIa. s. ~Ii ss Geneva Caldwell of the Junior Class. and :Mrs. F oignet of the H unter Dureau f Occl1pati on. suggest ion wa. made at thi s convention to form a National Asso­ciati on, :1nu a commi tte norninat d to

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ca rr out thi ~ . uggCS ti OI1 . :\ (i ss E mili e I-Jutchin son. ;\I anagcr o f the

Interco ll egiate Ilureau of Occupation. gave a seri es of lectu res on Vocati ona l O ppor­tuniti es fo r \ \lomen. under th e auspices of th e Il ull te r Evening ession. T hey lVe re both instructive and enj oyable.

T he H unter Hlireau ha. access to th e ~tati s tica l record s of the Inte rcollegiate Ilureau, IVh ich i: un cle r the di rection of i\ 1 iss l '.11lma P. ITirth.

T he Bureau COl11m ittee invited a ll melll­he rs of the Associate A lu l1lnae to b~come pat ronesses o f th Hu rea u. l\ ran y ac­cepted. and th is brought about a :Jo. e r affi li at ion betlVeen the A lu111nae a,jd the ~ tudcnt body, wh ich helped fi nance the 1V0 rk. W e a re a lso greatly indebted to the .\hll11nae A socia tion a nd the S tudent Council fo r their gene rous donations and coope ra tion .

A nother yea r lVe hope to be able to present peci fi c stati stics regarding result ·. This lVill be 111 ade po sible by a retu rn­po. ta l-ca rd system introduced last :\1arch.

E li zabeth Foignet, Director . Hannah O ttenberg, Chairman.

- FROM THE REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF LENOX HILL

HOUSE. So widespread is the havoc of the

present wa r. so world-wide its effect. so disastrous its results. so compelling and fa r reaching its demands. that one must be ve ry sure of the g round taken and con­vinced of its need before asking the gene rous people .of thi s city, th e city of th e world. to stop a mom ent and conside r one co rner of it.

Two yea rs ago we spoke of our new build ing as a dream realized , la t year of its opening ; thi s year naturally follows a sequel. Sure as was our anti cipa tioll of its ' needs. g reat a. wa our knowledge of the neighborhood. neither gauged the pul. e ex­actly. We beli eved. in bu ilding , we were providing for the fu ture ; th e future is to­day. VYe believed the neighborhood would learn . lowly of it objects and benefits. It has seized it opportunities and made its object their . S itua ted a it is in a poly­g lot neighborhood. surrounded by peoples of varied race '. it has but one na tiona li ty within its wall s, it breathe but one praye r, .-\ ~\I EH ICr\ and a worll safe for Democ­racy.

1 eve r before in the hi sto ry of thi city has the need for hou es like Lenox H ill H ouse been g reate·: . never have their op­por tun iti es for se rvice been g reater. T he people of 111any tong ues are ready for a new wo rld. T hey want to I e taug ht , they a re eager for a ll thi s g reat country stand s for. and our is the tdsk. the duty, a nd the p ri vi lege. Give to us w ho believe in the future . who a re fighting, living. and loving that the world of to-morrow may be safe and free, the mean to ensure to the pre -

cnt and '0111ing gcnerati ons a glimpse of a generOll ', p n-handetl fri end , ready at all times to assist , coun el. a nd adv ise.

LJ elp us t keep our beacon lighted ! Wi sdom and experience have taught us our duty to our neig hbor . L et love provide the mcan s to keep the work a t its hig hest point of effici ency. •

T he to-morrow of this city will need the boys and g irls of to-clay . Our ' is the p ri vi) cge to he the way, yours the oppor­ll' n ity to provide t h ~ means !

WILL HUNTER HELP? .\ftcr one has read the AL U NI N .\ E NE W S

fe r last month with its ringing patrioti ~lJl. it seems well nig h imposs ib le to find place fo r another acti.." ity al110ng : tudent: or Alumnae. nevertheless T note one omission. T hi s omi . sion is the more surpri sing in v iew of our beloved Illla lVlater 's hi story in re l a~ ti on to Ii ttle children.

\ iV here are the College Ki ndergarten stu­dents and other lovers of the little . people who can pledge themselves to help take care of the chil d ren who might otherwi se spend all day on the street dl! ring vaca­tion time ?

Last year five H un ter College young women taught and played games and told B ible stories during six weeks in July and August in connection with the dfli ly vaca­ti on Bibl e chools.

R ecently the office rs of the Internation­al Association of Dai ly Vacation Bible School passed the following resolution :

J n view o f the fact that a million and a half men a re a lready mobili zed in the A rmy an I N avy, and tha t thousands of child ren are in con equence deprived of the p rotecti on of these. when public schools are closed .

RESOLVED, that we the International Boa rd of Dai ly Vacation B ible Schools appeal to all Chu rches of a ll C reeds, to ynagogues and religi ous societies . to open

thei r Qui lding and ground s daily next sum­mer for the communi ty children of all races and creeds and provide competent leadershil of programs and play free f rom all denominational propaganda. F urther we appeal to all colleges and seminary faculti e to cooperate by urging their stu­dents who a re not designated fo r di rect wa r-work to enli st in afcguarding the chi ldren from the demorali zation and di s­order that has so noti ceably developed among children of the war ring nations.

nd be it RESOLV ED, that a copy of thi s reso­

lu tion be fo rwarded to P resident W ilson and be communicated to a ll the chu rche and colleges of th e N ation.

T he In..te rna tional Association headq ua r­ters a re at 90 Bible H ouse, New York.

\ i\T ho re:ponc1 fro m Hunter ? O ne of ou r A lumnae is now uperintend­

ent of the Kinde rgartens in these schools. She i rea Iy to welcome volunteer helpers