A Chronology of Goucher College 1881-1996_Page005

In the Baltimore Prohibition Parade, sixty undergraduates and ten faculty marched in cap and gown and were awarded a prize for appearance.

"Interpretive dancing" was the first official dance class.

The Goucher College chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League was formed.

First full-time librarian was appointed; Harriet Blogg was promoted from assistant.

The students began The Goucher College Weekly.

1917

Sessrymner, Gimle and Vanaheim Halls were opened.

Among the wartime activities were non-credit courses in "preparedness," the formation of a Goucher War Council, the suspension of many extracurricular activities, but the Junior-Senior banquet was kept with the juniors acting as cooks.

A department of Home Economics was created.

Italian and Spanish were added to French and German as acceptable for the foreign language requirement.

There was a mass meeting for suffrage in Catherine Hooper Hall.

The freshman class received faculty advisers for the first time.

Alumnae Council was created.

"Wireless" for the exchange of messages was instituted by the College Council at the suggestion of Dean Lord.

1918

The Goucher Red Cross Unit was at work in France.

Goucher students worked on farms in the summer as "farmerettes."

The first "Army-Navy hockey game" was held on Thanksgiving morning.

The Alumnae Lodge was presented to the Alumnae Association.

The college was closed for four weeks by the Spanish influenza epidemic.

Eleanor Lord resigned as dean.

1919

Eugene Curtis was named acting dean; Ola E. Winslow made assistant dean; Elizabeth C. Mason first student counselor (position later became "dean of students").

Eleanor W. Falley, first professional librarian appointed.

The Department of Home Economics was terminated and the courses distributed among the Departments of Sociology and Economics, Physiology and Hygiene, and Education.

Political Science was separated as a department from the Department of History.

The Faculty Club was organized.

The first all-college Thanksgiving dinner given.