elegance and sophistication?

WendyMouse
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:28:23 +0000

Someone’s been watching a little too much Mona Lisa Smile! Judith Martin is not the only alum to point out that the movie doesn’t accurately depict the school in that era (hint: there were never etiquette classes or a home ec department). Wellesley has its share of pearl-wearers, but the trend is not unique to the school.

Honestly, all liberal arts colleges oscillate back and forth between elegant and sophisticated halls of higher education and class to down-to-earth, modern opportunity filled places, depending on whom they are trying to sell the product at the time.