Word: wellesley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sponsored by a small group under the leadership of Howard P. Buehler '49, at present working through the dean's office to procure recognition for a world government group in the University, the meeting is expected to attract a number of Wellesley girls who have been the leading spokesmen for this student movement in New England...
...telephone. His face was puffy with fatigue; the corner of his left eye twitched constantly. He looked even more rumpled than usual. His own campaign for re-election had not been hard. When the State Legislature had redistricted Massachusetts six years ago it had included Wellesley in Joe's district. "A breeding place for candidates," Joe had remarked at the time, thinking of professors; and sure enough, Wellesley had produced a candidate, although not a professor. The candidate was a college woman named Martha Sharp. But she had never worried Joe. "Do you want to take your troubles...
...Last time I went to Wellesley, I met a little guy from Harvard. He lives in Eliot House and seemed like a pretty good guy, but he's pretty cocky about your football team. So I put $2.00 on the Harvard-Yale game with him, which he has indubitably lost for himself. His name is Cleo O'Donnell. You ever heard of him?" Charlie
...reasons peculiar to Cambridge, the vets at Radcliffe form a more distinct group than those at Wellesley. While the current non-veteran 'Cliffe-dwellers are not snobs, "they seem so young and sheltered," one of the old soldiers said. "They act like they're in high school, interested primarily in social life and trying to get their studies out of the way instead of attempting to find out what it's all about." The veterans generally stick together, taking most of their meals around the Square and not living in the dormitories. "I spent three days...
Finances constitute something of a problem for ex-campaigners at Radcliffe, while at Wellesley the women are quite satisfied with their lot. "After all," said Natalie Park, formerly a Wave lieutenant (j.g.) now at Wellesley, "we can't complain. $65 a month is quite a gift to be getting from the government." The girls agreed that "if someone really ants to go to college she can do it, despite the financial obstacles." At Radcliffe, however, while the griping is at a minimum, Elizabeth Fargo '50, an ex-Navy nurse, claims her monthly subsistence check doesn't go very far even...