NEWS ITEMS
Carroll County Alumnae Dinner
Twenty-seven of the Carroll County Alumnae had dinner in the Shimer dining hall on May 10, 1946. The following alumnae were present:
- Vivian Mercer Ackerman
- Harriet Owen Bickelhaupt
- Helen Campbell
- Dorothy Johnson Colliflower
- Virginia Gsell Croffoot
- Rose Demmon
- Jeannette Hostetter Ford
- Iona Bicklehaupt Francke
- Violet Spealman Frank
- Helen Hurley Harry
- Mary Dell Halderman
- Alice Hamilton Heltzel
- Suzetta Petty Holman
- A. Beth Hostetter
- Florence Englebrecht Hostetter
- Ellen Francke Irwin
- Vernette White Kearneghan
- Marion Lister
- Ruth Kingery Noble
- Grace Harvey Penfield
- Ethel Kenyon Pierce
- Aurel Spuehler Ploshay
- Evelyn Spealman Senneff
- Dorothea Schreiner Smith
- Melva Mercer Sparboe
- Grace Reynolds Squires
- Jean Schreiner Unzicher
- Grace Reynolds Watson
- Marjorie Phillips Weidman
One of the important items of business at the meeting which followed the dinner was the matter of a revision of the constitution of the county chapter. A reading of the old constitution revealed the fact that this group had originally considered itself the National Alumnae Association. For this reason, there are many points in the constitution which have not been followed during recent years. A committee was appointed to consider the constitution and bring suggestions for changes at the next meeting of the group. The officers were elected for 1946-1947.
Dean Lane Accepts Position in the East
Mrs. Estella H. Lane, who has served as Dean of Students for the past three years at Frances Shimer College, has resigned her position, effective July 1, to accept the position as Dean of Women at Green Mountain Junior College, Poultney, Vermont. Green Mountain College has a student body numbering 300. In the past it has been a junior college for women. Beginning in September, 1946, it will be co-educational.
We are happy to learn that Mrs. Lane's daughter, Mary, plans to return to Frances Shimer and complete the twelfth grade next year.
Mrs. Lane has made a splendid contribution to the life of Frances Shimer College during the three years she has served as Dean of Students. Our best wishes go with her in her new position.
Shimer Alumnae of recent years will be especially interested in knowing that Miss Virginia Weigel, instructor in Biological Science at Shimer since 1936, will assume the position of Dean of Students.
The North Shore Newspaper Bulletin will have no issue for the months of July and August. It will be published again in September under a new name yet to be chosen.
