Alumnae Recorder . that through these meetings wedo receive some incentive to progress, and our enthusiasm for alma materis stimulated ; further, that would we reap the full harvest we must exertourselves. To those who labor most earnestly and longest in the interestof these, our gatherings, are the advantages most apparent. De Toqueville says, The American people are destined to becomethe most generally educated of any people in the world, and it is throughsuch institutions as this one, of which we are disciples, that this is to beaccomplished, and we can have a part in this work of educating
Alumnae Recorder . that through these meetings wedo receive some incentive to progress, and our enthusiasm for alma materis stimulated ; further, that would we reap the full harvest we must exertourselves. To those who labor most earnestly and longest in the interestof these, our gatherings, are the advantages most apparent. De Toqueville says, The American people are destined to becomethe most generally educated of any people in the world, and it is throughsuch institutions as this one, of which we are disciples, that this is to beaccomplished, and we can have a part in this work of educating thepeople by simply doing all that we can for the College. Why are we here ? As an investigating committee to learn the wantsof our College, and then the ways to supply them, and to revive ourinterest in things educational; in too many cases, alas, to try and unearthour buried intellect, and because we do enjoy for a time the reading ofour life-book backwards, and it is good to be here together. Mrs. W. A. ALUMNJ? RECORDER. 63 Qperaonaf. The unveiling of the Memorial Window will be one of the featuresof Alumnae Day. We regret that, owing to the delay by Tiffany in finish-ing the window, we could not procure an engraving, as was intended, ofit for publication. We also regret, for the sake of the absent alumnae,that the order of exercises at the unveiling of the window had not beenfully decided upon at the time of the Recorders going to press, andconsequently could not be given in this years number. The class of 85 ought to be proud of one of its members, MattieTaylor—Mrs. Hemenway. She exemplified the fact that a woman, whenshe has determined upon it, can do anything she is allowed to do. Mattieshusband, the Rev. Miles Hemenway, of Presque Isle, Me., being ill, she,nothing discouraged at the fact of the Dominies position, and undauntedby the fact that no supply could be obtained to fill the pulpit, rather thansuffer the good people of Presque Isle to lose their Sabba
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