A Chronology of Goucher College 1881-1996_Page006

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1930

Dean Emeritus John B. Van Meter died.

Acting Presidnet Hans Froelicher died as he was about to leave the Alumnae Lodge to introduce Homer St. Gaudens as lecturer.

Dorothy Stimson became acting president.

David A. Robertson became the fifth president (1930-1948) with an inauguration ceremony at the Lyric Theatre. Honorary degrees were awarded to Lizette Woodworth Reese, Baltimore poet, D. Litt.; Dr. Florence R. Sabin, Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, LLD.; Dr. Winifred C. Cullis, University of London, LLD.; and Lou Henry Hoover, translator and wife of the President of the United States.

The list of faculty publications was issued for the first time.

The arriving freshmen were made the special care of the juniors.

The freshman skull cap was abolished.

1931

The Board of Instruction and the Board of Control were replaced by the College Faculty and the President's Council.

The president designated as additional members of the faculty the registrar, the student counselor, the librarian, the vocational secretary, and the physicians.

The Board of Trustees adopted revised bylaws on faculty organization and tenure.

The combination major was introduced.

Honors work was introduced.

The Romance Languages Department began the "Goucher College French Series."

The first fall convocation was held.

The Alumnae Fund made its first annual gift.

1932

Unclassified students were admitted.

Alfred Noyes lectured on "Poetry, Science and Religion."

Dame Rachel Crowdy of the League of Nations Secretariat lectured on "Women in International Relations."

The Goucher debate team beat the Princeton team for the fifth consecutive year.

An additional Center for City Girls was opened in Foster House.

Evening classes in economics, history and English were offered to women in industry.

The Glee Club concert included men for the first time, drawn from the Peabody Conservatory and the choir of Old St. Paul's Church.

The Alumnae Council re-established "Goucher Day" as a "time to meet and consider the well-being of the college," on or close to March 22, Mary Fisher Goucher's birthday.

Mrs. Herbert Hoover gave a garden party for seniors on the White House lawn.

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