| Show AID SOCIETY A pleasant feature of at poughkeepsie the vassar girl is perennially interesting said a bright little woman and the most attractive species of the genus Is the composite vassar girl do not confuse her with the ideal vassar girl who originated in the brain of mrs willard of troy was developed by ezra comell and matthew vassar and as held up as a model in baccalaureate addresses she is equally remote from the typical vassar girl of the humorists long lank owlish taking no interest in anything but aad iams isms the intellectual boston girl the hew york the breezy chicagoan the baltimore the philadelphia girl who has a grandfather all these sat for the portrait of the composite vassar girl and the composite vassar girl differs from the composite wellesley girl in the absence of the wrinkle over the left eyebrow of the latter caused by too close application to biological dishes and pans and from the composite smith girl in the lack of that indescribable air of closer contact with the world in general and amherst in particular this and more in response to a toast at the luncheon of the vassar students aid society which was one of the pleasant est features of commencement week at poughkeepsie though only a year and a half old the association now numbers members has raised seven scholarships for struggling students and is hard at work on a fellowship fund its president is mrs kendrick of poughkeepsie who presided with gracious dignity over the social gathering in statuary hall on class day morning when the young augustas gazed with the air of a connoisseur at the salads and the dying gladiator sternly frowned at the ices and breaded chops over in a corner sat katharine weed bames of albany who had just been giving talks on photography in new york and brooklyn and another well known writer for photographic papers miss adelaide skeel one of the circle at tho toastmasters toast masters table was professor marcella ogrady a short fair woman with steady blue eyes looking far too girlish in her simple white gown to be taken for the learned woman who has worked up in a year or two kassars Vas sars fine biological department the dignified woman in blue at the nest table was professor leach of the greek department she is known as the opening wedge of the harvard annex being the first woman admitted maria heUs memory was a toast most lovingly given other responses were made by mrs rossiter johnson and mrs melville dewey wife of the state librarian there was an undercurrent der current of congratulation all through this composite luncheon for the year has been a very fortunate one for the college with the bequest and the promise of a new library to be built by mr frederick F thompson and a number of legacies for scholarships and other purposes new departments part ments have been added to the college and at all of these there was rejoicing but no one thing promises moie brightly for its prosperity than its for mer students interest and devotion new york recorder THE A topeka se santa fe railroad Is the moat popular line run jiing in connection with the rio grande western by ask your agent for a over thai santa te route when yon goehst go East |
