Esther Ward, class of 1931

Esther Ward, shown in a waist-up shot, wears a black top with hair cut short.
Esther Ward, class of 1931

Esther Goldthwaite Ward, class of 1931, grew up in Syria where her mother Charlotte Ellen Ward, class of 1903, was a medical missionary. Ward was named a Sarah Williston Scholar in 1929 and graduated cum laude with honors in economics with Phi Beta Kappa distinction. She served on the Judicial Board, business board of the Llamarada, and Freshman Handbook. From 1930 to 1931, she was chair of the World Fellowship Committee of the Y.W.C.A. Ward was also a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, Silver Bay Club, Glee Club, and International Relations Club.

Family photo of Esther Ward when she was a child, Esther Ward is the fifth from the left in the photo, 1918, Charlotte Edwards Ellen Ward Papers.
Esther Ward, class of 1931, 1918. Esther Ward is the fifth from the left.
The play, "With the World-Wide Wanderer." Esther Ward, class of 1931, played a role in the play. (The Grab-Bag invites accounts of their journeys from distinguished travellers ). 1931 Travels —A Panorama in Ten Short Scenes, Llamarada, 1928
The play, “With the World-Wide Wanderer,” Llamarada, 1928
Excepts from the play, "With the World-Wide Wanderer," Llamarada, 1928. Scene II — England Ruth Blunt receives a medal for having survived the rigors of an American country college. Sandy gets quite a rush from brother sergeant-at-arms in the English army. Jessie Guernsey orders her burial plot in Westminster Abbey, while Led Shaw leads “Oh come let us whisper in your ear” for the Prince of Wales (Esther Ward decides to land said gentleman). Harry Davis decided out loud that the channel was a cinch, and the channel subsided.
Excepts from the play, “With the World-Wide Wanderer,” Llamarada, 1928.