Historical News Article of a Wellesley-in-Westchester Event

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Wellesley Group Has Birthday Tea

Nearly 200 members of Welles-ley-in-Westchester and their families attended the club's 22nd birthday tea held recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Silverstone. Richbel Close. After refreshments. they were entertained by a private showing of “We Are Tomorrow," a documentary film dealing with women's education in America and filmed in most part on the Wellesley campus. The fllm traces the growth of women's participation in higher education, and points the great contribution college-educated women of today are C making in shaping tomorrow's world. The motion picture was produced by Mr. Silverstone who is president of Twentieth Century Fox, as a contribution to Wellesley. Mr. Silverstone has two daughters now attending the college. Before the showing of the picture, Mr. Silverstone described briefly the difficulties involved in its production. He was introduced by Mrs. Robert D. Brooks of Chappaqua, president of Wellesley-in-Westchester. “We Are Tomorrow" was directed and photographed by S. L. Sharf; the narration was written by Mildred Barish Vermont, a Wellesley alumna; narrated by Lee J. Cobb. the distinguished actor. A condensed version of the film is being shown in theatres throughout the country and the dialogue has been translated and recorded [in Spanish, French, Italian and German for international distribution. Arrangements for the tea were in the charge of Mrs. Eugene Smoley of Scarsdale. She was assisted by her co-chairman of the program committee, Mrs. Bachman Bedichek and by Mrs. James Kent and Mrs. John West, all of Scarsdale. Mrs. Alfred Sianer of Scarsdale and Miss Elise Johnston of Hartsdale, both past presidents of Wellesley-in-Westchester poured. The mammoth birthday cake was the contribution of Helen Bessler Adams (Mrs. Donald Adams) of New Rochelle. Mrs. Adams was the founder and first president of  Wellesley-in-Westchester. and it has become a tradition for her to provide a birthday cake at each of the club's anniversaries.