{"id":303,"date":"2025-08-28T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:30:50","slug":"esther-ward-class-of-1931","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/esther-ward-class-of-1931\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther Ward, class of 1931"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents171-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Ward, shown in a waist-up shot, wears a black top with hair cut short.\" class=\"wp-image-52\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents171-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents171-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents171-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents171.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Esther Ward, class of 1931<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <em>Llamarada<\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A27154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"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.\" class=\"wp-image-53\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-768x1050.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-1124x1536.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173-1498x2048.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents173.jpg 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Esther Ward, class of 1931, 1918. Esther Ward is the fifth from the left.<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47852\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-1024x165.jpg\" alt=\"The play, &quot;With the World-Wide Wanderer.&quot; Esther Ward, class of 1931, played a role in the play. (The Grab-Bag invites accounts of their journeys from distinguished travellers ). 1931 Travels \u2014A Panorama in Ten Short Scenes, Llamarada, 1928\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-1024x165.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-768x123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-1536x247.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>The play, &#8220;With the World-Wide Wanderer,&#8221; Llamarada, 1928<\/sub><\/sup><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47852\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy-1024x308.jpg\" alt=\"Excepts from the play, &quot;With the World-Wide Wanderer,&quot; Llamarada, 1928. Scene II \u2014 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 \u201cOh come let us whisper in your ear\u201d 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.\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy-1024x308.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy-768x231.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy-1536x462.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents169-Copy.jpg 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Excepts from the play, &#8220;With the World-Wide Wanderer,&#8221; Llamarada, 1928. <\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esther Goldthwaite Ward, class of 1931, grew up in Syria where her mother Charlotte Ellen Ward, class of 1903, was a medical missionary. 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