Word: hortons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Retiring President Mildred McAfee Horton thought Dr. Clapp was "ideal." Wellesley's 1,600 girls would probably agree. They would find in their new president a lively first lady who scorns bridge and refuses to take up knitting. But she can read Scott by the hour ("no problems, no psychoses"), plays the violin, and can make students sit up and take notice when she lectures on American history...
...half that stayed home ought to make the trip while it still can. Astaire and Rogers assure any musical of success. When you add to them the comic talents of Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Helen Broderick and the music of Irving Berlin ("top Hat," "Isn't This a Lovely Day to Be Caught In the Rain," and "Dancing Cheek to Cheek") it's like insuring the Rock of Gilbraltar against erosion...
...England Committee for the United Nations Economic, Social, and Cultural Organization sponsored speeches by Luther Evans, Librarian of Congress; Mildred McAfee Horton, retiring president of Wellesley College; Bart. J. Bok, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Aplied Astronomy and associate director of the Observatory; and Robert S. Smith 2G, member of the executive board of the United States delegation to UNESCO...
General consultants from New England participating in the panels include Cyril G. Sargent, John B. Langmuir, Joseph E. Bear, Fred B. Pitkin, Howard Stone, J. P. Howard, John E. Marshall, Elmer S. Horton, Carl J. Batchelder, Paul E. Farnum, William O. Bailey, and James H. Bruffee...
After the physical trial the whole College roped into the Welesley Chapel to hear President Mildred McAfee Horton speak on "woman's role in this revolution." Mrs. Horton is on the bard of directors of Kobe College, located in strategic Japan...