THE ADMINISTRATION: Woman of Distinction

Mildred McAfee Horton, at 53, is a woman of distinction: Who's Who takes 35 lines to sketch her main achievements. For 13 years she was president of Wellesley College, during World War II she was commander of the WAVES, and she is currently a member of the board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. as well as a director of the New York Life Insurance Co. and NBC. Outspoken by nature, politically liberal by inclination, she has been quick to pounce on what she regards as overzealous antiCommunism,...

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