Part 10 (1/2)

Questions ofof the rule of quiet in the dormitories, are handled by the students; not yet, it must be confessed, with complete success, as the quiet in the dormitories--especially the freshirls have a right to claim Serious misdemeanors are of course in the jurisdiction of the president of the college and the faculty One very i of exaitimate function of the Student Government association, the students the the years when the freshmen, soe because of the crowded conditions on the campus, the burden upon the Student Government association, and especially upon the vice president and her senior assistants who had charge of the village work, was, in the opinion of many alumnae and some members of the faculty, heavier than they should have been expected to shoulder; for, when all is said, students do coe primarily to pursue the intellectual life, rather than to be the raduate behavior Fortunately, with the endow of new dore problem will be eliminated The students the Student Government, and the history of the association since its establishent acceptance of responsibility on the part of the student body Fro the ultimate success of the movement has been almost unquestioned, and the association is now as stable an institution, apparently, as the Academic Council or the Board of Trustees

III

TheWellesley students into touch with the outside world are the Christian association and the College Settleue and the Equal Suffrage League--also flourishi+ng organizations--help to foster the spirit of service which has characterized the college from its earliest days

The Christian association did not come into existence until 1884, but in the very first year of the college a Missionary Society was fors in the chapel, and adopted as its college missionary, Gertrude Chandler (Wyckoff) of the class of 1879, ent out to the mission field in India in 1880 In the first decade also a Temperance Society was fore

But in 1883, in order to unify the religious work, a Christian association was proposed The initiative seems to have coroup of teachers froan--President Freeman, Professor Chapin of the Department of Greek, Professor Coman of Economics, Professor Case of Philosophy, Professor Chandler of Mathe Women's Christian association at Ann Arbor

The first e Hall Chapel, October 8, 1884, and we read that it was for Christian fellowshi+p as a , by the union of the various societies already existing, a e by officers and students, for the cause of Christ”

Those who joined the association pledged themselves to declare their belief in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and to dedicate their lives to His service They promised to abide by the laws of the association and seek its prosperity; ever to strive to live a life consistent with its character as a Christian association, and, as far as in thee in its activities; to cultivate a Christian fellowshi+p with its members, and as opportunity offered, to endeavor to lead others to a Christian life

Wellesley is rightly proud of the Christian sie

The work of the association included Bible study, devotional s, individual work, and the developned as charter members, and Professor Stratton of the Department of Rhetoric was the first president The students held most of the offices, but it was not until 1894 that a student president,--Cornelia Huntington of the class of 1895--was elected Since then, this office has always been held by a student Froreatest help and inspiration from Mrs Durant, forWomen's Christian association, which was one of the first of its kind

Early in its career, the Wellesley association adopted, besides its foreign missionary, a home missionary, and later a city missionary orked in New York An Indian coiven at the Woman's Reformatory in Sherborn and the Dedham Asylum for released prisoners

In this prison work, the college always had the fullest help and sympathy of Mrs Durant The Wellesley Student Volunteer Band was organized May 26, 1890, and in 1915 there were known to be about one hundred Wellesley girls in the foreign field, and there were probably others of who record

In 1905, after the union ofWomen's Christian associations and the fored to affiliate herself with the National association, but she was unwilling to narrow her own pledge, to meet the conditions of the National Board She felt that she better served the cause of Christian Unity by ade of Christians, so-called, than the National Board was at that time prepared to tolerate; and she was also more or less fearful of too much dictation It was not until 1913, at the Fourth Biennial Convention of the Young Woinia, that Wellesley was received into the National organization; and she cae and her own constitution

In the old days, the Christian association was the stronghold of the dying Evangelicalism, and was looked on with distaste by many of the radical students; but of late years, its tone and its irl, and it has becoe The annual report for 1913-1914 shows a total membershi+p of 1297 The association carries on Mission Study Classes; Bible Classes which the students teach, under the direction of volunteers fros of Jesus”, ”The Ideals of Israel's Leaders as Forces in Our Lives”, ”Christ in Everyday Life”; ”General Aid” work, for girls who need to earnfreshmen and new students

Of its special committees, the one on Conferences and Conventions plays an i the interest in Silver Bay, and the one on ”the College in Spain” presents the needs and claims of the International Institute for Girls at Madrid Besides its regular e of the Lenten services, and this effort to deepen the devotional life of the college has1913-1914, in Lent, the chapel was open every afternoon for meditation and prayer, and cards with selected prayers for each day were furnished to all who cared to use theanizationthan its Christian association

Four years after the foundation of the Christian association, Wellesley had opened her heart and her e Settleinated in the late '80's in America At the sa Hull House in Chicago, a group of S ere Vida D Scudder, Clara French, Helen Rand (Thayer), and Jean Fine (Spahr), was pressing for the establishment of a house in the East And the idea was understood and fostered by Wellesley about as soon as by Smith, for it was interpreted at Wellesley by Professor Scudder, who becalish Literature, in the autue Settlements, and students of the later '80's and early '90's will never forget the ardor and excite her part in starting as to be one of the important movements for social service in the nineteenth century All her early traditions and activities e swift to understand and welco, the social impulse has been inherent in Wellesley, and settle tells us that there used to be a shoe factory in Wellesley Village, about where the Eliot now stands; that the students becairl operatives, most of whoirls' club which e girls In Charles River Village, also at that tielistic services during one winter, and ”teacher specials”

used to help him, and to teach in the Sunday School

In 1890-1891, probably because of the settleoing by the Christian association A ymnasium, and classes for the maids were started

In 1891, the Wellesley Chapter of the College Settleanized It was Professor Katharine Lee Bates (Wellesley '80) who first suggested the plan for an intercollegiate organization, with chapters in the different colleges for woraduate of the class of '80, was the first president of the association Wellesley women have ever since taken a prominent part in the direction of the association's policy and in the active life of the settlement houses in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltiiven presidents, secretaries, and many electors to the association itself, and head-workers and a continuous stream of efficient and devoted residents, not only to the four College Settlements, but to Social Settlee Chapter keeps a special interest in the work of the Boston Settleive entertainhbors, and help in many ways at Christraduates is not the ideal nor the desire of the College Settle of syence on social questions, and the ive its representatives out in the world

Such by-products of the settleroup of undergraduates and teachers which met for several years to study social questions, are worth raduates in directing settlement clubs and classes

Already the historic perspective is sufficiently clear for us to realize that the College Settlement Moveanized contribution of the wo their first half century of existence

Through this e a part, they have exerted an influence upon social thought and conscience exceeded, in this period, by few other agencies, religious, philanthropic or industrial, if we except the Trade-union Movement and Socialism, which emanate from the workers themselves The prominent part which Wellesley has played in it will doubtless be increasingly understood and valued by her graduates