Grave in her ceremonial robes, Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton, President of Wellesley College (Wellesley, Mass.), walked between the long double ranks of white-gowned Wellesley freshmen. It was Founders Day and a great anniversary because its number was 50. Behind President Pendleton walked other college presidents almost as numerous as the years they were celebrating—43. Speeches, honorary degrees, a semicentennial address by Dr. Angell of Yale on the increased obligation of U. S. educators to rear men and women for "social progress." In Memorial Chapel, a tinted window was dedicated to "The...
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