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The reception for Miss Edith Bell, held June 8, 1946, in Dickerson Art Gallery, was largely attended by people from Mount Carroll and neighboring towns. About twenty-five of Miss Bell's watercolors were on exhibit and many of them were sold over the week end. Among the visitors were Dr. and Mrs. Bardwell, Dr. and Mrs. Matill, and Dr. and Mrs. Kuhl from the University of Iowa.

Miss Bell, because of poor health, has resigned her position on Shimer's staff after eight years with the college. Her works have been exhibited widely in Illinois and Iowa, and her water colors are well known nationally. Miss Bell plans to live in Phoenix, Arizona, near her father's home.

We have received a letter from Mrs. W. H. Ramsey, our Minneapolis counselor, reporting a lovely alumnae tea held in the home of Mrs. Frank Bowman, in Minneapolis, on Sunday afternoon, May 19. Mrs. Wiggins, who graduated from Frances Shimer in 1913, assisted Mrs. Ramsey with the arrangements. Twenty-three persons were in attendance. President Bro and Mr. Wittenfeld represented the college.

On Sunday, May 12, the Frances Shimer Glee Club joined forces with the athletic and dramatic departments to produce a new Shimer entertainment highlight—a spring concert composed of singing, readings, and dancing. The theme, Tschaikowski's "Nut-cracker Suite" was enacted through interpretive dances, and the accompaniment was a vocal chorus. Weaving the concert together was an explanatory oral reading by "King Nutcracker,"-Joan Tremaine. Featured were the chapel singers, and dancing solos by Marilyn Hardt, Betty Beach, Patti Williams, Patricia Day, Nancy Soboda and Betty Grady. The festive—and jubilant—production was under the direction of Mme. Gilderoy Scott, Miss Abramson, and Miss Eby.

At the May meeting of the South Side Alumnae group it was decided to send a report of meetings and activities to the school each month. Ten people attended the May meeting at the home of Mary Kay Johnson. Lorna Densmore Funk is moving from Chicago to Kokomo, Indiana. On May 19, the group met for a dinner at Lincolnshire Country Club. Seven members attended.

The counselors will be pleased to learn that we have secured Mrs. Thelma Homedew, Mt. Carroll, Illinois, to take over the assignment of admissions secretary. She will succeed Miss Helen Campbell who has accepted the appointment of registrar at Frances Shimer. Mrs. Homedew comes to Frances Shimer from the Mt. Carroll Senior High School where she has served as teacher and registrar for the past thirteen years.

Admissions work is not altogether new work to Mrs. Homedew, as she served as private secretary to the late President William Parker McKee for several years. Much of her work at that time dealt with student procurement. Mrs. Homedew plans to take over her new assignment on July 15.