This crossword by Eunice Willson Rice ’34 originally ran in the winter 1987 issue of the Quarterly, in celebration of Mary Lyon’s 190th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the College. Click to download a printable PDF of the puzzle. Select "fit to…... » Read more
One of the first two students from China to graduate from Mount Holyoke, Chi Nyok Wang, class of 1916, kept in touch with the College after she returned to Soochow (now Suzhou), China. Expanding the private high school that her mother had established, she held…... » Read more
Uniting a Community In 1919 Charlotte D’Evelyn, a new member of the Mount Holyoke English faculty, received a “Prayer for Mount Holyoke,” written by Abdu’l-Baha, who was then the head of the Baha’í faith after the death of the founder of the faith, Bahá’u’lláh. This…... » Read more
... A shoe-sized bronze statuette of a sphinx sits in the Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections protected by thick layers of wrapping paper. The rust stains on the bronze and dusty edges reveal a trace of age. To discover the original use of the mysterious…... » Read more
