THE ALUMNiE NE\tVS
Published Monthly from October to June, inclusive, at .12-14 Lawton Street, New Rochelle, N. Y.,
by the Associate Alumnae of Hunter College of the City of New York.
Elltered as second class matter. 1895, a t the post.otllce at New Rochelle under the Act of March 8, 1879.
VOL. XLVIII
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y ., NOVEMBER, 1943
No.8
SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL HOUSE IN NEW TOGS
N ow that we can look forward to N ovem- a nd funds to build them we re giyen by the
ber 22nd as the da te 011 which the Sara National Conference of Christians and! J ews.
Delano Roosevelt Memorial House will for- The other library has been furnished through
mally open, I am sure the Alumnae will be the generosity of Mr. John S. Burke, of B.
glad to have an inside story about the inside. Altman and Company. Donations with which
For although the premises were given a year to purchase books for this library have been
ago last June by a group of friends, the task r eceived from Mrs. de Sola Pool and others .
of altering and equipping th e building was a P <1rticularly memorable also are portraits of
formid:a ble one. W e discovered fir ~ t of all President Roosevelt and his mother, which
that City regula tions insisted that before a will hang tn the libraries. That of the Presprivate dwelling could be used for quasi-publiC' ident is a copy of the famous p ainting by
purposes, any number of major operations Mr. Frank Salisbury which is the property
would have to be p erformed. Mr. Harmon, of the Metropolitan Museum. Mr. Myron
of Shreve, L am b, and Harmon, conducted Taylor, responding most generously to a reour negotiations with the Building D epart- quest from Dr. Ruth Lewinson, Ill' ranged
ment, and money was got together for the with Mr. Salisbury to duplicate this portrait,
purpose. Anonymous donors, responding to which was ther eupon loaned by the M etroan appeal from Mr. A. David B enjamin, politan and despatched to London. The poragreed to furnish lighting fixtures for the trait of the President's mother is a copy of
Houses. Then Mr. Samuel L emberg gener- the favorite p ainting by Mr. Douglas Chanously agreed to undertake supervision of the dol'. This copy has been most unselfishly
contractual work, fr ee of charge. Our debt dona ted by the a rtist.
to him is very great. W e have not succeeded
The rooms on the second floor have been
in doing everything we should have wished to t as tefully furnished by the Associate Alumdo, but on the whole the place is beautifully nae. It is impossible to enumerate the many
and serviceably repaired and painted.
eontributors, who include in particular the
The furnishing problem cansed r;s many Class of 1918, the friends of the late Proheadaches.
As will be remembered, the fessor H enrietta Prentiss, and the W estchesHouse has two floors which are devot ed to ter Alumnae. I must, however, single out a
common rooms. - In addition, three floors on gift of $ 1,500 from Professor Emeritus Marone side are occupied by the P rotest a nt garet Wilson, who has taken a deep personal
Clubs, the Newman Club, and the Hillel interest in the House. Mrs. Helen L. Simis,
Foundation, reading from top to bottom. Two President of the Alumnae, has given most
floors on the other side are the property of generously of her time a nd energy. In fact,
the House Plan Association, while a third is she has been a veritable godsend during these
reserved for the Social Secretary. In addi- months of preparations. Her able assistants,
tion, there are two first floor suites, one of Mrs. Louise Draddy, Mrs. Katherine Horwhich will be furnished by the Pan-Hellenic gan, and Dr. Ruth Lewinson, also deserve '
Association, while the other challenges th e more credit than the writer of these lines
decorative genius of the members of the Ath- can ever give. Mention should also be made
letic Association.
of the Committee on Furnishings, member s
Let us look at the common rooms first. of which include Professor Margaretha BrohThere is a beautiful salon on the third floor, mel' and Mrs. Edythe July of the Art D ethe exquisite furnishings of which we owe to partment, and the benevolent senior counsel
Mrs. J ames Picker. One lib rary has been of which is Professor Joseph C. Chase, who
equipped by President Roosevelt, who has has also painted a triptych for the House,
g~nerously added a large number of books
,memorializing Hunter girls in the services of
from the White House collection, and a num- their country. Expert interior decorators,
ber of precious mementos of his mother. especially Mr. Raymond Toucher, of B. AltBook-cases were required for this library, man and Company, and Mr. James Blauvelt,
An elaborate program has been planned for the Dedication ceremony of the
Snra Delano Roosevelt House, to be held on Monday, November 22nd, at 2 :30 P. M.,
in the Assembly Hall at Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue.
Three hundred tickets have been made available to the Alumnae. It has been
decided to distribute them to the first three hundred members of the Alumnae to
apply and enclose with their request a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Please address your request to th ~ Associate Alumnae of Hunter College, 204
West 55th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Reservations will be given in the order in
which they are r eceived.
HELEIN L. SIMIS, President.
THE ALUM ]
WAR BOND NEWS
You are all interes ted, I am sure, in learning tha t the Third W a r Loan Drive in September was a big s uccess. We the Alumnae
sold bonds totaling $81,049.50. The total
sold by College and Alumnae up to October
1st was $943,673 .75. Since then the Alumnae have added $2, 112. 50 more, bringing the
total to $945,786 .25, up to O ctober 14th . To
reach the million dollar goal we are
$54,2 13.75 short. With the grand work accomplished in the past by the members of our
Associa te Alumnae who have helped us reach
the a bove total, I feel confident it won't take
lnog now to make the grade, and hope it will
be accomplished by Alumnae Day.
To D.r. Dorothy Doob, Mrs. M a ry Louisc
'TIraddy, Miss Sibylla Mellor, and Miss Celia
.T. Nooger, members of our War Bond Com'mittee, your Chairman wishes to express her
gratitude for their splendid work.
Mrs. Miriam F. Larus, a valued member
of our War Bond Committee, has done and is
Ltill doing magnificent work, not only in the
sale of War Bonds, but in many other forms
of essential War Work. Mrs. Larus has he r
three sons in the U. S. Services a t the present time. As head of the Speakers' Bureau
(Manhattan Division) of the C.D .V.O. Mrs.
L a rus also is a member of the O. P . A., she
is a speaker for C. D. of th e Treasury D ep a rtment and O. P. A., and is also a member
of the War Stamp Staff of the Treasury Dep a rtment. In spite of her many activities,
she finds time to serve the Associate Alumnae of h er Alma Mater.
The members of the Class of 1904, of
which your Chairman happen s to be President, have shown a keen interest in helping
her r each the $1,000,000 goal. To her classmates she extends her dcep a ppreciation.
Mrs. J ane M . Augustin, Mrs. Bertha S.
Baer, Mrs. M a rion K. Epstein, Mrs . Dora B.
Hass, Mrs. Flora Rubin KotIa rsky, Mrs.
Gertrude C. Leerburger, Miss Ellen Pl1illips, Mrs. Sadye B. Sacks', Mrs .. Frieda
Sloate, and Mrs . Celia Spingarn have all
helped in this war work. We want them to
know that we appreciate their efforts .
If you, dear r eader, have not purchased
a n~' Bonds yet, please do it right now by
filling out the application below; and if you
h ave already purchased some, buy more.
You r order will receive prompt attention.
MRS. SAMUEL BITTERMAN, Chairman.
Schuyler 4-3685.
275 Central Park W est.
I am interested in purchasing War Bonds :
O E D F O G (Check Series)
Name ................................ ............................ ..
Address ............................................................. .