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_ Page Eight _ AMRA T0. SPONSO | MODEL COUNCIL e 6 Dr, Gilbert and Janet White | Select Discussion Subjects Plans are already under way for“ The Model Council of the League President of the council, and Janet White, Secretary-General. The fol- lowing committee chairmen have been chosen: . Social Chairman Marjorie McCausland Registration ................ Mary Copley Local Arrangements Doris Hubbard. Publicity ..........__........ Peggy Gorrell Dr. Amy Gilbert, and Secrtary- General Janet White have selected the following agenda of subjects to be discussed at the Council: 1. Italian-Ethiopian Dispute. 2. Min- critics—question of the application | of Article 5, paragraph 2 of the Al- P banian Declaration of October 2, 1921 to the Catholic schools of min- orities. 3. Mandates-report on constitutional powers of the Syrian chamber; report on the Union of South Africa and the Union of South-West Africa; report on rights of non-members of the League in mandated territories. 4. - Trea proposed by U. S. S. R. to define \exporter\ and \importer.\ 5. Free City of Danzig-report concerning the violation of the constitution by the Senate in its laws concernin religious groups. 6. Report of the International Commission on Intel- lectual Cooperation. 7. Report on the redistribution of the raw ma- terials of the world; methods such as strengthening and extending the mandates system. 8. Amendment . to Article 19 of the Covenant of the League of Nations to read: \The Council or the Assembly may from time to time advise the reconsidera- tion by members of the League treaties--.\ 9. Request for an ad- visory opinion of the World Court by a majority instead of a unanimous vote of the Council. 10. Election of two new judges for the World Court. The following colleges will attend | the meeting of the Model Council and will represent the different countries now sitting at the Coun- cil table. Wells College-Spain, Portugal. University of Rochester-Austra- lia, United Kingdom. . Union College-France, Ruman- ia. Colgate University-Turkey. Hamilton College-U. S. S. R. University of BuffaloO-Denmark. Syracuse University-Italy, Ecua- dor, Chile. Elmira College-Poland, , Argen- tina. Elmira will be represented by: Mary Copley, Lucille Clunk, Hilda Fletcher, Coralee Hicks, Mary Mar- garet McCall, Helen Nolan, Mary Reddick and Margaret Strain. Sarah Gold, Marjorie Thelma Lee, Mathes, *- Smith. second rank are: Helen Louise But- line M. Mezur, Jean Northup, l Class of '36; Marian Jane Clifton, Elizabeth | Helene Marie Graiger, Helen Jos- 8] Riebel, Jeanne L. Righter, Haz | ca. The Oxford debaters will meet teams in midwestern colleges, and| comockton - RECEIVE HONORS AT ON 65 Girls Are Exempted From Cut Regulations The following students received] Convocation Honors by an average rogel - , of ninety or above; Class of '35; of Nations to be held here Decem- Dorothy» Barcus, Ellen Louise Car- ber 6 and 7. Helen Nolan is to be| L.; ' y dy roll, Laura Helen Chapel, Gladys; Adria Fiske, Nicoletta Marketos,| Claire Richardson, Roberta D. Tetor,,| Ruth Van Duzen; Class of 36; | | Louise Benning, Ann Catherine: '\Clifton, Kathleen A. Easling, Doris E. Hubbard, Dorothy Kahn, Mary Margaret McCall; Class of f37'; Jean Fleet Manning, Enid M. Elizabeth Madeleine The Convocation Students of the ler, Francesca E. Goodell, Mary Og- den Hadlock, Mitiam Bertha Ham- le, Marjorie C. Hurley, Helen E. Linder, Mary Alice Maloney, Ade- Kathryn D. Poss, Marjorie R. Shank, Evelyne R. Yons, Class of '35; Dorothy Denison, Barbara Funk, Shirley Garey, Deborah Ham- ple, Marguerite E. Harkness, Mar Mann Page Kirk, Leona F. Malick, Helen Jean Nolan, Janet F. White, Lucille E. Clunk, Mary Fellows, Elizabeth Irene Fisher, lin, Fay Mitchell, Mildred View? Fern Royall, Octavia Scalera, Celia Marie Teahan, Helen Elizabeth Turner, Louise Eleanor Tyrrell, Class of '37; Phyllis Edith Barber, Virginia Betty Beshirian, Helen Elizabeth Brunner, Alberta Esther Dytman, Ethel M. Fiero, Doris J.|. Friant, Coralee Hicks, Florence Eleanor Lundgren, Josephine Eliza- beth Mitchell, and Jean M. Spen- cer, Class of '38. These students will be free from all \cut\ regulations, excepting those having reference to Chapel attend- ance and to Physical Education. ENGLISH DEBATERS ARRIVE FOR NSFA TOURS New York (NSFA) - Debate teams representing Oxford and Cambridge Universities have' ar- rived for a five week tour of col- leges under the auspices of the Na- tional Student Federation of Ameri- the Cambridge men will tour in the New England and Middle Atlantic} states. Richard U. P. Kay-Shuttleworth and A. W. J. Greenwood are of-| ficers of the Oxford Union Societ students and active in English poli- tics. Oxford's first contest will be{ with Duluth Junior College, Duluth, Minn., and Cambridge's first will} *) is ngcctcd that he will arrive in El- '] Mrs. Purrington Y Ruth Pritchard. { and have been active in the Labor Youth Movement, C. J. M. Al- | port and John Royle, ate both law: JUNIOR WEEX-END INCLUDES; Founder of Elmira College ___ | _| __Little Acclaimed by Public | -| : FRESHMEN Teh DANCE - SATURDAY AFTERNOON Solo Dance mud f'Sidng‘s Feature | ‘ _| Tompkins Lounge Occasion Junior Weekend. The occasion will be held in Tompkins Lounge from three to: five o'clock with music furnished by Red O'Donnell and his orchestra. During the afternoon, Jogene Hick- ey will give a solo dance and Sue Fairchild will sing. ‘ The committee in charge con- sists of: Ruth Smith, chairman, Dorothy Gleim, Jane Gordon, Jane Gill, 'Marjorie Hewitt, and Ellen Sayles. Injured Son Will Return | To Ehira Residence Recent reports state that Richard Paul, son 02m Mrs, William Pott, is recovering rapidly from the football injury he received October 24. , It mira in about two weeks and remain at the Pott home until he is able to return to the Loomis School, Wind- sor, Conn. ' Mrs. Pott wishes to express her appreciation for the sympathy and: interest in her son's condition shown by the student body. Senior Week-end Continued from Page 1, Col. 1 The cast includes: Princess Dellatorre Ruberta Ticknor Phil Lennox .. Constance Attwood Milton D'Arcy ...... Lucille Pratt Mrs. Boyd .................... Betty Bush Ruby Boyd ...... Helen McCausland Hazel Boyd ........ Mary Mann Kirk Joe Boyd ............ Florence Elberson Mary Margaret McCall | Mrs. Seaver ................ Helen Nolan Aunt Meta Trimble .. Janet White The Old Princess .... Margaret Hill Signor Moroni Mary Elizabeth Baldwin: Jennie ...... Dorothy Darling Add Marice Cooklin Josephine, a French maid, Jessie Downs. Those in charge 'of the organiza- tion are: Diréctor-Miss Geraldine Mor- row. Stage Manager-Lois Johnson. Settings - Margaret Harkness, Lights-Anne Clifton. Costumes-Mary English, Jessie Downs. . Properties - Kathleen Easling, Margaret Furman. . Make-up - Marjorie - McCaus- | ville, Pa. be at Allegheny Co lege, Mead- I gleston. land, Shirley Gatey, Priscilla Eg- The first social a pearance of the | Freshman Class will be made in the| . form of a tea dance, which they are | sponsoring Saturday afternoon of | [ hundred and thirty homes and one _ Within six | months he had purchased fifteen| J By Dorothy Graeves Few EpcoPlc realize who the found- er of Elmira College was. It was through the tireless efforts of Sime- on Benjamin that this college was launched upon her career in 1855. It seems rather peculiar that so lit- tle recognition is given the bifth and life of this progressive man. Descended from an old English 'family who immigrated to Long Is- land during the seventeenth cen- tury, Simeon Benjamin seems to have carried out the motto of the coat-of-arms which his ancestors had been granted by Henty IV. The motto read, \Poussez En Avant\- Push Forward. The founder of El- mira college was born at Upper Aquebogue, Riverhead, L. I., May 29, 1792. His parents were success- ful farmers and devout church mem- bers. Having a very delicate and frail body, Simeon received his schooling at home. At sixteen he started out on his own by clerking in a store on low- er Broadway, New York City. Soon he gained enough confidence to go into business for himself and opened a general store in Riverhead. Although the second war with Eng- land was disastrous for New York merchants because of British Dock- ades, it brought success to this man, for he had chosen a favorable loca- tion on Long Island. As a result he soon had enough capital to open a 'dry goods store at 371 Pearl Street, New York City, where he did a prosperous business for twenty years.\ Pearl Street, now full of outgrown his physical fraility in country. His choice was Elmira, | practiCally a frontiee town of two thousand inhabitants. Church, president of the Chémungi} Railroad Camdpany, president of the warehouses, was at that time the| | leading retail district. Since Mr. Benjamin had never| 11835 he decided to move to the| pieces of real estate on Water, Lake and Baldwin Streets, and soon Mr.{ L022 c | | Berijamin became one of Elmira's| Sends INA Delegates [| most prominent citizens. Among! ~- PARMA A (T * gere the positions he held were: elder| { and trustee of the First Presbyterian SIMEON BENJAMIN HOME, CORNER LAKE AND BEAST THIRD STREETS The house has been altered and modernized but the main part is as originally built.. and trustee of Hamilton College. The Benjamin Block still stands at 323-327 East Water Street. His residence, which is still standing al- though altered and modernized, was at the corner of Lake and East Third Street. Mr. Benjamin was a pioneer in hoping to give women an equal chance with men in attaining higher education. His first attempt to es- 1853 was regarded as an idea too progressive for most people. How- ever, with the aid of a few loyal friends and wealthy contributors a \female college\ was started in. the city of Elmira. Mr. Benjamin con- sented to be both Chairman and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. He also contributed generously to- wards the promotion of the enter- prise and secured many necessary donations and endowments. In October, 1855 Elmira College to thirty-seven collegiate student? and two hundred and five academic students. Six of the thirty-seven college girls were entered in the preparatory courses offered were many scholars. Simeon Benjamin, who died in 1868, lived to see the first woman's college well on its way, In his will he bequeathed. to Elmira Col- lege twenty-five thousand dollars for a perpetual endowment fund, the expended. A very interesting pamphlet was compiled about Mr. Benjamin by Mr. Boyd McDowell in 1930 in connection with the seventy-fifth an- 'niversaty at Elmira College, Mr. beth McDowell, secretary to Miss Ernestine French. Many requests have come in at Miss French's of 'is available to students in the col- lege library. Octagon representatives at. the Chemung and First National Banks, tablish a girls' college at Auburn in - opened the doors of Cowles Hall - sophomore class. The academic or | continued for several years and drew principal of which shall never be . McDowell is father to Miss Eliza- | C fice for copics of this booklet, One | >| fall INA convention at the Univer: > sity of Pittsburgh, Nov. 15-16, will 'be Esther Jenkner, Dorothy Flem- ing, Fay Mitchell, and Janice Trost. >. [ TH bers idea home their Th home . Dr. ens, A Whitt Maria Dr. H Richm aldine Knigh Elmer dore, : pursue ter H; Edith at the Miss vacatic will m her attend at Alb; lege E Pott is the M leges a City. Amo! college Agnes Wright Harriet Miss Misses York -: Barker Miss York, v tators : ball gar _ Abroad, Other of town Rochest Doroth; George Mary B IRC 1 J L, Ch Mee Doris Mary R attending Relation Universi _ Sever held, wh Sanction erican A - and their of raw 0 meetings . urday ni; Last w Clunk w. represent tinuation bly of th at Vassa it was de sent Grea ~ and Hele the comt sources,
