SE a es ee , & teat « 4 ; ° a a ‘ had & WS ee ” No. 10. rT VoLuME VIII. College Ne BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1921 Price 10. Cents LIBERAL MEETING CONDEMNS - COMPULSORY CHAPEL Smith " Explatas National League for’ Women Voters . Chapel attendance, reasons for and against compulsory chapel and suggestions . for an effective alternative were the basis of lively informal ‘discussion at the Liberal Club, meeting held last Saturday evening. The outcome was a recommendation to the Chrigtian Association that statistics be taken ffi” regard to, the number of people willing to pledge ‘themselves to support chapel, and a sense of the meeting to find how many favored a chapel before a stu- dents’ building. ~The fesult of this sense of the meeting ‘was twelve in favor; six against, and eight not voting. Chief reasons for non-attendance at chapel, it was decided, are: (1) similarity between the chapel sérvice and lectures, of which ‘there are already too many at Col- lege; (2) the unattractiveness and discom- fort of the present chapel ; (3) carelessness of people who are really willing to go to chapel; (4) the fact that there are a num- ber of people who do not want to go to chapel because they get no benefit from it, or because they do not go to church at home, and (5) frequent disappointment in chapel setmons. The worst kind of compulsory chapel, it was agreed, is that of dragging in people from the halls to make an audience after the service has begun. Giving up chapel . altogether would be harmful to the reputa- tion of the College, and wotld probably ruin the possibility of a chapel being donated. As there was a strong feeling against forcing attendance on those who do not want to go to chapel, a sort of volun- Oe pledge of attendance for a certain Mrs. senatat? thought to be the only practical . solution. For this reason it was recom- mended to the Christian Association to get Statistics as a basis for working out such a plan. League“Women Voters. Explained At, the close of the discussion; Mrs. Smith, professor of economics, spoke to the Club about the Bryn Mawr College branch of the National League for Women. Voters, which held a meeting tonight to hear the report of a: State conference lately held in Wilkes-Barre. Students over twenty-one, said Mrs. Smith, who would} be interested in the local political ques- tions studied by the Bryn Mawr branch, or who would like to bring the questions rela- tive to their own States, are eligihle for membership in the League. The College branch, which now includes only members of the faculty, would be glad to have the students join them, Mrs. Smith announced. Meetings are to be held about once every six weeks throughout: the year. _ It was decided before meeting broke up that a study offthe. Far Eastern questions germane to (he Washington Con- ference should be dis®yssed at the next meeting of the Club. _ CHRISTMAS CHAPEL: TO BE LEAD BY DR. HUGH BLACK ~ Christmas chapel, next Sunday, will be lead by the Rev. Hugh Black, of Montclair, ‘New Jersey... Dr. Black. was born) in Scotland and preached there until 1906. He has deggees from Yale, Princeton and Glasgow Uni- -_versiti&. Since 1906, Dr. Black has been _a professor of practical theology in ‘the ~ Union. Theological Seminary... He is, the -author of “Friendship,” and other books; three of which are in the College library} A Russian carol from the opera, “Christ- mas Night,” by Rimsky-Korsakoff Blinos, and a sanctus will be sung by the choir. | Women. or SS SS ee “sae o. i ¢ SELF-GOVERSIMENT MEETING ment, “Women are not fulfilling their mission if ‘methods with the purpose of bringing thé DISCUSSION OF WEEK ENDS AT To be No Restriction at Present Final discussion of week-ends, . followed by the report of the Self-Government Con- ference held at Simmons for all colleges east of the Mississippi, on November 9, took “place at a meeting of the Self- Government Association last Tuesday. Miss Gardner, speaking in behalf of the Board, -declared that they wished to drop the matter of regulating week-ends until the question had been thoroughly~studied |. funder normal cofiditions. “As the result of investigations it has been found that only one-fifth of the College have taken more than four week-ends a semester, for both Only in the mjnority of cases has-the standard of work been’ lowered. At the end of each month the head procters will report the social and necessary purposes. number of over-night absences, giving the reasons for such absences. ’ Bryn Mawr was represented at the’ Con- ference at Simmons College by K.-Gardner, 22, president of the Association. for Self- Government, and J. Birgess,-’22, president of the Undergraduate Asseciation. The questions drinking cat proms in girls’ and men’s colleges, and try- di¢cussed were, ing to get self-govérnment in the prepara» tory schools, The importance of this last problem is particularly felt at ®olleges where there is a large incoming class, who are at first unable to understand the spirit of self-government. A committee was ap- pointed to look into the matter, REPRESENTATIVE OF THOUSANDS ‘OF JAPANESE WOMEN’ SPEAKS’ Mrs. H. M. Inouye, the chairman of Japanese Women’s Peace Association and dean of the Japanese Women’s University in Tokyo, spoke in chapel last Wednesday morning, giving the reasons why Japanese women support the program for disarma- “Mrs. Inouye came 0 this country as the representative of the Association of which she is chairman, and with Mrs. Yazima presented the petition for disarma- ment signed by 50,000 leading Japanese women to Mr. Hughes and-other members of the Peace Conference., “War is the destroyer of all that women foster and protect,” said Mrs. Inouye. They wish to bring their serve the world but they cannot if théir children must see -nations continually fighting. each other.” . Her speech ended by an appeal from the Jap- anese women to the women of America to support every measure for the reduction of armaments. . Mrs, Inouye®was for several sia a stu- dent at Columbia. After leaving Bryn Mawr last Thursday she went to several other Eastern colleges to ‘study ~ their they support it. children up standards of the Japan “Women’s Univer- sity up to American standards, Mrs. Inouye was ‘particularly interested in Bryn Mawr, said Mrs. Inouye’s hostess, Mrs. Alys Russell, because both Bryn Mawr and its president are so well known in Japan. © Mrs. Inouye will visit the conférence of the Federation of University ~Wonién, which meets in Paris next summer, Ulti-. mately she hopes to form a federation of the university women:of Japan, and then to federate this organization with the In- ternational Organization of University . MR. SURETTE LECTURES BEFORE portant change took place,’ | monieg are very, beautify? CYCLIC FORM MUSIC BROUGHT TO PERFECTION BY MOZART PACKED AUDIENCE IN CHAPEL Illustrations made from Piano Quartet ; “Mozart marks the, culmination of the classic form in music, and_his position ts comparable only to that of Raphael in painting,” began Mr. Thomas Whit- ney Surrett, director of the Department of Music, in opening his second lecture recital in Taylor Hall last Monday eve- ning. The lecture, with Mozart-for its subject, was illustrated by the Piano Quartet in G Miror, played by Mr. Horace Alwyn, associate professor of music; Mr. Thaddeus Rick, of the Rich String Quartet, and Mr. Romain Verney and Mr. Hans Kindler, of the Philadel- phia Symphony Orchestra. “Between Bach and. Mozart. an im- * continued Mr. Surrett. “The music of Bach is that of a great thinker, but with Haydn, who followed, the element of folk-music was introduced. Moreover, Haydn was the chief agent in creating the cyclic]- form of composition, wheré three or four parts are put together successively to make up the whole, and it was this type of music in which Mozart excels and which he brings to the point of per- fection. People say that Mozart is ‘too simple’ because he gives them nothing of the modern sensations in music—his themes are polished, conscious, elegant, > . full of artistry—they fail to appreciate the full significance of the rhythmic en- tity of his composition. Finally his har- clear, pellucid, well defined and in_all he is completely the objective composer and reveals noth- ing of himself.” In introduction to the playing of the quartet, Mr. Surrett explained the form of the composition. “All symphonies are monodic mainly, though in places they dre distinctly polyphonic,” he as- serted, and went on to explain the ele- ments of the three movements. The first movement of a sonata or symphony starts with .the exposition of the two themes of the composition, then. develops them through the use of theit rhythmic possibilities, and ends finally with the restatement of the themes changed and amplified forms. “AJl good music must get .somewhere,” said Mr. Surrett, “and its development is vital when a great man does it.” ‘Mr. Surrett then analyzed the first movement of the quartet by having parts played to illustrate-the treatment of the themes. Similarfy, he analyzed- the -sec- ond and third: movements and showed im their that the second is slow, sentimental, and slightly “ornate, and very lovely, while the last is a rondo, which requires care- ful attention for full appreciation as _ it contains “more things than. meet. the ear.” The program concluded with the play- ling of the quartet by Mr. Alwyn, Mr. Rich, Mr. Verney, and Mr. Kindler, who drew a deeply felt applause from the audience. The next lecture recital, which will deal-with Brahms, will be held in, thé ene on eae 16. ; TRUE CULTURE DESCRIBED. BY ‘FRENCH LECTURE & | Exaggerations of Society to be Offset By Culture “ha Culture”. was the subject chosen by Monsieur Andre Maurice, associate ¥pra- fessor of Frenth at Harvard, for a lecture 2 viven Friday ev ening under the auspices of the French Club. The significance of the word changes with the change in society, said Monsieur . Maurice, and can neither be defined ex- To find out the true meaning of the word today, the actly, nor organized as a science. essential characteristics of our civilization must be considered. “There are three facts which we cannot escape,” “These are: that the individual shall develop to become useful to the group; specialize in order to succeed; and the com- he explained. Democracy, which demands the necessity to s plexity of life today, shown in the broad and receptive taste of the generation. Books by Bernard Shaw and Pierre Loti are seen side by side without consideration ast to whether they have anything in common,” Intelligent Curiosity Stressed -To counterbalance the effects of such a civilization, culture must develop individual character, permit free use of faculties, - which would otherwise be cramped by too rigid a specialization, and give a certain order to a society, which tends toward disorganization. “Develop the habit of thinking well,” said Monsieur Maurice, _ describing -the methods by which’ such a “culture” could be -obtained. “Descartes, himself; found it took a life time to learn reason. We are unable to think, we cannot -collect, weigh, and organize our ideas. We reason, to quote a certain soldier, like a cracked drum. Intelligent: curiosity will also aid us in building up culture, it will show us what we know and what we do not know. Cul- ture, furthermore, must be not only an external thing; it must influence our more intimate life,” Owing to the loss of his notes Monsieur Maurice ‘changed his ‘subject; originally planned to be “La Conversation.” ¥ " . INTERCOLLEGIATE MAGAZINE MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE (Reprinted from the Wellesley News) The efforts of students from various col- leges*to combine the best work from their literary magazines into one number each month ‘has finally resulted in the Jntercol- legiate Magazine, the first number of which has just been issued by the Princeton Uni- versity Press. This magazine is the result of the efforts of Ruth Metzger, editor*of the Wellesley College Magazine in 1920-21, who proposed its formation last year at the Intercollegiate Conference of Seeing pend Editors. The magazine, however, is not as yet an official organ of the colleges-and has been issued as an independent venture: Its pur- pose is to put on the news stands a college magazine .which will contain the best ex- amples of. sunder-~- * syerthought Prince-' ton, Radcliffe, Oberlin, Harvard, ae Wel- lesley are associated in the first number, which is made up of one-act. plays, verse, and essays. A. short poem by Ruth Schlivek, a longet. one by. Marjorie. Pack- ard, and two examples of free verse by an author who signs herself “Kent,” are the contributions of Wellesley to this: first Ses number of the magasine.- paths Aa ia et emncimerns STES aie al ‘ re - ° . j , i € 2 The College News Published Ce raring Bryn Ms cole ze year in the Minaging Editor ..ccogssccvcs Paances Buss, ’22 EDITORS Barbara Ce Marie Wiicox, ’22 IZABETH Cut, "23 ASSISTANT EDITORS Ecasisatn Vincent,’23° Lucy Kate Bowers, "23 ; FE.ice Bree, '24 BUSINESS BOARD ‘ MawacGer—Corn ants =e = ¥ — Dosey Hay, '2 a Rurtu Bearpstey, ’23 Sawa ArcHBa.p, 93 Louise Howrrz, 24 Manrcaret SmitH, ’24 ; Subscriptions may begin: atany time -° Stibscriptions, $2.50 Mailing Price, $3.00: —— as second class matter September 26, 1914 t the post office at Bryn jaw, ‘a -», 1889, ‘ under the Act ree March 3.. Justice—Pure and Simple Once unwrapped from its foldings of sentimentality and prejudice the question of continuing chapel seems to rest simply & on..whether the majority want chapel: or not; and by wanting chapel we mean ac- tively wanting it enough to attend at least two-thirds of the” time, rather than the passive and perfectly unresponsible state in which so many people voted for it last year. If, on these grounds, the majority " vote for compulsory chapel, that is to say compulsory two Sundays out of three, or whatever ratio- they should decide, it is no more or less than just that the minority abide and act by this decision—this is the only principle on which community life can be’ carried on, on this principle the Under- graduate Association functions and it is this - principle which raises. Bryn Mawr from a boarding school to a self-governing _ College. The: same thing is as true in case that the majority votes for no chapel, the minority must abide and act by ‘that de- cision. “In either case we have faith to believe that the minorigy will have enough -of the instinct for'fair play to carry out ~-the-decision—as-honestly—and-thoroughly as though it were their. own, and enough en- thusiasm for their convictions to leave no stone unturned to persuade the majority of their érror so that as long as the question lasts it may be a vital one constantly open to correction. The Balance Art was dignified as a course of study _at Bryn Mawr long before music had __ Climbed above the top of Senior steps. Now, however, in a brief half.semester, the newly arrived muse has not only taken the place in the curriculum, but is walking abroad upon the campus and winning friends among the uninitiate. Did art ever proselyte like this? The seminary in the library is;full of earnest students, no doubt, ‘who find delight and profit in their wotk. The Art Club—has been formed, which last year brought a lecturer to College. But the keen apprecia- tion, the intellectual curiosity about art which .is latent in the whole community, ‘has never: “been roused to life. A feeling for beautiful, one ‘might say, should not: . need rousing. When the competition for _ the students’ attention is so great, however, those things which are not brought before . them at all are doomed to miss out, though Bene themselves be the first afterwards to _ deplore. their loss. If oe ‘the. Art Dees ‘should, adapt ‘ject of art by the Collége at large.» It ‘|more lectures than this, both long’ and. ‘have exhibitions of etchings, étc., -phia,..and explain what _one_ should go: to | strongly that"some knowledge and apprecia- of China’s \-has--been- collected. so.that.the formation. of | THE COLLEGE NEWS lecture on I1umination, Illustration and Mural Decoration,” which was largely at- tended, and Mrs. Berenson’s lecture, Professor King gave in chapel a short sketch of certain -aspects.,, of Spanish painting. T hese were, to the best of our knowledge, all ‘that was heard on the sub- should be possible to. have Sne or two short, during the course of the year; to brought here whenever possible, and their presence ‘and significance made ‘kriown to the Col- lege; to advertise exhibitions . in Philadel- look. for; above all, to emphasize the treas- ures at hand; the collections and galleries in Philadelphia, the plates and books and reproductions to be found so easily in our own library. This we urge because we feel tion of art is paramount in keeping true the in College. intellectual balance of students A Current Impression. Though. he does_not oppose it, Serfator Hitchcock, of the Foreign Committee Re- lations, sees no. reason for enthusing over the, four power treaty for ten years of peace in the Pacific, contracted by the Con- ference after four «weeks in session. Cur- rent opinion sets January 1 as a. possible date for the conclusion of the Conference, but it is hard to believe this possible, con- sidering the little it has accomplished of importance, if even a few of the high hopes of its early days are to be realized. Three of the four articles of the treaty which Congress’ will assuredly ratify, deal with comparatively minor points, for which the Covenant of the League of Nations makes provision as far as Great Britain, France and Japan are concerned. The last the Anglo- Japanese Alliance of 1911. Even in- this the United States is party to an agreement already binding to the others: On the other hand, there still exists at the Conference indecision concerning Japan and the naval ratio program, the realization hopes - for «Shantung, Great Britain and the submarines, France and Italy on sea armament, and the Siberian article, however, terminates situation. Most. urgent remains a Far Eastern settlement. The treaty at present before Congress is one step in the direction of peace. How much further the Confer- ence will go only/time will tell. A Premature Proposal In proposing a. plan last week | for the use of the Anna Howard Shaw “Memorial Foundation Fund to found a.Bureau for Political Information at Bryn Mawr, : the NEw under the impression that the Fund had been completed’? We have since learned that only a fraction of the amount such .a bureau seems at present imprac- tical, ‘We believe that when the time comes this plan should be given serious considera- tion, as we feel that there is a real_and pressing need for information of this kind. Sie | To the Editors of Tue Couece News: | the*gifts of the alumnae, the College Ba The editors do not~hold themsel vgs re- sponsible for opinions oo in this column. To the Editors of THE — News: ‘Will you give me space in your columns for a comment on your editorial concerning Mis, @att’s lectures? It is one of a num- ber that this year seem not to maintain the traditions of the News, for which Si with so many, have a high regard, If the News is to. be in future as in the past a school of journalism-in some sort for the College, surely good manners are a Part of its professional function. And if it is to be an open forum for the discussion of mat- ters of College interest and policy, should not its editorials guide its readers in right minded if, spirited ériticism, . not offend them by thoughtless ‘arid brtisque statement -of opinion. To me the editorial last week seems: to fall greviously in courtesy to- ward a guest And lecturer of the College and in the ‘appreciation: due Mrs. Catt, who, for years hassbeen among the first fighters: for recognition and opportunity for women. Verytruly_ yours, Lucy MARTIN DoNNELLY. The Debating Club is planning this year a number of short extemporaneous debates on general topics, as well as three more formal interclass debates with a view to choosing a Varsity team in the spring. The Club, is open to all who are interested in debating. Papers are posted in the* hall bulletin boards, and those wishing to- join may sign until 6.30 on Friday, December 16. Tue Desatine CLus. The Book Shop Working gn the basis of a co-operative society, for little over two months, the Bryn Mawr = Book Shop thas proved to be a thoroughly business-like and advan- In addition to its. usual stock it receives a regular supply of goods from the Arts and Crafts, which it sells at retail-prices. : tageous organization. An advantage, at first not so obvious, is the possibility of having a charge account. At many other colleges, including Welles- ley ahd the Harvard Co-operative Society, no article may be charged, becatfse of the extra expense incurred by the Shop. This expense is» no slight matter and will be more fully realized on considering that the Book Shop is. still owed 7“ on October bills: - All profits are divided among purchasers who have joined the corporation on pay- ment of $1, and will receive a dividend on the amount which: they have bought during the year. The Harvard Co-operative So- ciety divided a_ profit of $81,000 between 7000 students, and it is hoped that in time the success at Bryn Mawr will be propor- tionally .as..great... The Sign of the Blue Star For eight years now the New Book Room has ‘filed an indispensable position in the library and--to serious as well as light-minded book lovers has afforded an ever recurrent fund of enjoyment. It -was*first instituted in the spring of 1913 through ‘the: efforts of Miss Donnelly | « and. Miss” Jones, who was then librarian. For its support it.has depended sol Well, Anyway. w The Freshmen may not také* pp ae lot of interest in the Undergraduate Asso- eS ane gre various’ clubs, and books so ac- aif =. marked with a blue star ané remain in the room “permanently. Books -out. of the. regular ‘appropriation dot me ene are,on the: reserve for | ies old. Christmas ¢ To tig Bidjtors of THe Cottece News: ? The plan for “the jbroadening of the in- fluence of the Anna (Howard Shéw Memo- rial Koundation Fund,” presented in- elast week’s NEws, might be more, favorably re- ceived. had it been prefaced by a more . courteous. reference to the recent Founda-* ., tion lectures. In the first plate’ the attend- ance at’ these lectures was not “forced in every case by the requirements of the politics and economics course,” as the edi- tors will find if they will consider the ques- tionnaire thoroughly. Even though the major student Wa$.not stimulated, may we not suggest .that Mrs. Catt Jhas: accom- plished in political action more: than the major student with all her political acumen? A fact which the editors might think over. If the “call to college women’” pardonable ‘sin, is not unnecessary rude- ness on the editorial page of THE CoLLEcE ‘News equally unpardonable? Surely criti- ‘cism does not preclude good form,. One wonders whether the directors. of the Anna Howard Shaw Foundation Fund are not also “sorry that Bryn Mawr was chosen ‘asthe recipient of this. Fund.” Sam KATHERINE M. PEEK, 22, = EpITH FINCH, ee To the Editors of THe Cottece News > The question of no chapel or compulsory chapel seems to be imminent and everyone feels’ that which ever way it is answered, at ‘least a third of the College will have to act against their desire, will or possibly This is on the supposition . consciences. that the majority mud rule, and here we have the error and the solution; for, after all, why should the majority rule! In. political life the success of minority repre- sentation is now universally acknowledged, in intellectual life the minority is often conceded. to be the progressive and far- “sighted party, and religion, through all time, has stood for the rights of the minofity. In the present case the rights of both majority and minority work out veny easily ; if the majority vote’ for no chapel, let the chapel to which they are now dragged by personal friendship or public opinion stop, but let the minority hold whatever services they want_and get as good a man as, with their small numbers, they can get. If, on the other hand, the majority vote for com- pulsory chapel, let this mean that all who voted thus shall go’three times out of every four, which will assure a reasonably filled chapel every Sunday; and let the minority .go or stay away as they wish. - OPTIMIST. To the Editors of Tur Cotnece News: is an un--<, * The members of the I. C. S.A. Commit* tee consider that the class in playground work, given by Miss Applebee on Tuesday afternoons at 4.50 o'clock, is an excellent opportunity for workers at the Community Center to get’ practical demonstrations of how to do their work. The Committee advises every worker at the Community Center to grasp this splendid opportunity and attend the class. Tue Il. C. S. A. CoMMITTEE. BALDWIN SCHOOL INVITES PRESTON TO CHRISTMAS PARTY “The children at Preston are all on their: best behavior, and are trying for a good attendance record so that they can go to the Baldwin School party,” said Miss Hut- ton. The party will be atthe School and. all the small children from Preston who are “good” will be entertained. Beside this — .|party, Mrs. Dillworth and Margaret Taylor, 21, are planning a party for the whole Center, at which the children will recite “pieces”. learned under the supervision of their teachers, and will give a play which n| Miss Taylor. is coaching. The Junk Committee requests that all ‘to theta: ' Mission in Lab- rador Se colored schools want them to Hang on next year’s Christmas trees. be saved and sent,’ “ @ it a Vol. VIII, No. 10, ‘December “=_—S ° ey r 14, 1921 _— “LIKE THEY DO IN BOOKS. “IE ONLY A LONG-LOST MILLIONAIRE UNCLE WOULD TURN UP AND GIVE ME A CHAPEL----” THE COLLEGE NEWS — }- CHRISTMAS CAROLLERS FROM . CENTER TO VISIT SICK Following the old English custom, bands of Christmas “waits” will go from house to house.on“Christmas. Eve singing carols. The first place visited will be the Bryn -Mawr Hospital, where they will -sing their entire repertoire. For the rest of the eve- ning they will sing at the houses of as many sick people as they have time to “reach. ~The Tuesday after Christmas has been set apart for the Community Christmas tree at the Center. Groups of: the children will sing special songs, and there will be carolling for everybody. — “Open house” on New Year’s Day will _ draw-many people to the Center, where the Christmas tree will still be standing, and various attractions are being planned. ¢ Mr. Bishop Speaks on Boys’ Athletics “ Mr.--Bishop, who coaches. Bryn Mawr swimming and diving, spoke on Tuesday evening at a meeting held by the Center for all those who are interested in boys’ athletics. “One of the greatest needs at present is a place where the boys can have athletic activities,” Miss Hutton said, EARLY CHRISTMAS MUSIC TO BE - SUNG BY MODEL SCHOOL — Old World Christmas songs, some of them in Latin and Catalan, and some partially dramatized, will make'up the program to be presented by the Model School pupils of. Mr. De Montelieu in.Taylor Hall next Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock. The music which the children will sing, according to Miss Elsie G. Hobson, head " mistress of the Model School, is not spe- cially prepared ‘for this concert, “but a sample of the regular work carried on by the School under Mr. De Montelieu’s direc- tion. Except for a few songs in Latin ~and- Catalan, all of the-words will be Eng- Jish. One or two appropriate Chrsitmas scenes. will be simply dramatized. , College Movies + yeeiapshowing scenes of Wellesley, Vas- | sar and Mt. Holyoke Colleges has met with, great enthusiasm in Los Angeles where it was shown in behalf of the endowment funds for. those three colleges. A second film has. just been completed which will a rin Providence and thence will pro- ceed. t to Babess ee rm } Dr. .|managers are: nnn PACIFIC IS CENTER OF -MODERN WORLD, SAYS DR. LUCE The destinies of the world are wrapped up in the relationship of the United States and China, declared Dr. H. W. Luce, vice- president of Peking University, who spoke in Taylor‘ Hall last Wednesday evening. Luce “opened the World Citizenship in International Problems, with After the lecture course China for his subject. he showed colored slides. “Eighty years ago W. H. Seward proph- esied in the Senate that the Pacific Ocean would become the chief theatre of the world’s events,” began Dr. Luce: “Now that that day jis here,’” he went on, “‘t is most important to consider our affinity with China. We are, alike, democratic in spirit, pacifistic in temperament, possessed of a sense of humor. Together we make up a third of the civilization of the world, and so inevitably control its destinies. Finally, China is prepared for the large part she will have to play, for in the last decade and a half she has made more progress than any other nation and such is her moral fibre and potential mental ability that notte | ing can withstand her.” NEWS IN BRIEF Miss Dong, graduate student, spoke’ at the recent meeting in Washington of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, The Senior Play Committee is E. Finch, V. Grace, E.-Hobdy, K. Peek, and D. Wells. G. Rhoads, ’22, has been elected to the Religious Meetings Committee to take the place of S. Hand, who resigned on account of too many points. C. ‘Rhett was elected Senior Indian Club captain at a meeting last week, \_ Assistant editors for the Senior ~ Class Book are: V. Liddell, E. Anderson, K. Peek, and G. Rhoads. Assistant business C. Baird, M. D. Hay, and M. Crosby. : Red Cross tuberculosis seals are on sale in the halls under-the: “ses. oSth World Citizenship Committee. A party for the maids, with singing and speeches, will be given on December 17, instead of a play, as originally~ planned. The play- will be given in the second semester. TERENCE’S “PHORMIO” TO BE PRESENTED BY STUDENTS AT BROWN ~~ * (Reprinted from: the Conmecticet orale News) ihe Sock and Buskin, of Brown Univer- sity, has a distinct novelty in store. The: college actors plan to produce Terence’s “Phormio,” a comedy, Greek in origin, and later adopted by the famous Latin play- wright-to-make-a—Roman-theatrical-_holiday. it will -be done in English from a text adopted and prepared by Professor John F. ‘Greene, of Brown University, and. ‘is expected to be one of the most interesting performances which the Sock and Buskin will give during its present Season “on the campus,” ; “The project of. the Sock and Buskin to produce the ‘Phormio’ of Terence in Eng- lish dress may seem to: some an attempt to revive the dead,” said Professor Greene. “We hardly think it that. The Sock and Buskin lays no claim to miraculous powers and, what is more, has no need of them. in this .case. The ‘Phormio’ will be its own excuse and defence. Of course it will have an historical interest for those who {are students of the development of the drama, but we are sure that it has an in- terest or a charm even-for those who take the drama or literature ever so lightly—for the tired. business man or the overworked collese een... s.r “The ‘Phormio’ was written in Greek and performed at Athens between 300 B. C. and 260 B. C. It was deyjised to entertain a cosmopolitan city and succeeded so well that Terence, the Roman playwright, adopted it for the Roman stage in. the Latin dress. 100 years tater. Only the Latin adaptation is in existence today. “It is distinctly a comedy of manners, like ‘She Stoops-to Conquer’ or ‘The School of Scandal.’ Like those. plays, it is, of course, colored by the timé~and-place- in which it was first produced; also like them it has a general human quality that makes it true and acceptable in all times and places. “The play. was prodticed at Harvard in $804, ° BS¥ “the benefit 6f those whose ears were not attuned to Latin a text with translation into English by Pro- fessor Morgan was published at the time of the production. . This English transla-| tion ‘is made the basis-of the lines in the @ WORK OF SEAMAN’S INSTITUTE " DESCRIBED’ BY DR. MANSFIELD Everything from a missing man depart- ,ment to a shoe storé is contained in the Seaman’s Church Institute of New York, the Institute, who spoke in chapel on Sun-. day night. The Institute's New York build- ing, the largest ofits kind in the world, a night. The aim of the house, Dr. Mans- field said, “is to provide an opportunity of, community life for the merchant seamen, a lonely class, strangers in a strange land.” As a community, the house contains post offiées, banks, stores, churches, | movies, “endeavors, in fact, to. meet human need in every possible. way. It keeps up outside conta® through .its. radio service sailor gets fair treatment from the govern- ment. Buildings like thig one in New York Jjare--bemg erected in ports all over the ‘United States, “This particular service was signalled out bécause many people felt that the merchant sailor was homeless, with no control over conditions in port’and an easy prey to ex- ploitation: And to the merchant marine’ the world owes its present preservation, the winning of the great war.” NEWS FROM “OTHER-COLLEGES Wellesley Les Femmes Savantes,” by Moliére, was recently présented by the Barnswallows, the dramatic elub at Wellesley. Skiing, snow shoeing, tobagganing and skating are to be added to Wellesley’s or- ganized sports this winter, under the super- vision of the newly organized Outing Club. The Club will also introduce an all-college cross-country hare and hound chase in December, and has made plans for an elaborate winter carnival. This Outing Club, is modeled after the one at Dart-: mouth and by an extensive program hopes to stimulate greater interest in heretofore organized sports. Membership is honorary and will be limited according to the appli- cant’s~interest--and—ability.. The activities of the Club will be carried on for the entire college. Chinese Students In connection with the Disarmament Con- ference now in session at Washington, Chinése students of the various institutions rvocate China’s cause. They are publishing the China Advocate, a weekly paper, to fur- nish facts concerning the problems of the Far East and to voice the public opinion of.the Chinese people. . * Harvard ? The Harvard Dramatic Club has. ghosen, for its twenty-third production, two foreign plays, which have never before been pro- duced in the United States. A one-act.play, Francois Coppee’s “The Violins of Cre-° mona,” will precede “The Witches’ Moun- tain,” a three-act play by one of the best known ‘Argentine -playwrights,: Julio San- chez Gartlel, The production of the Club's’ performances is managed almost entirely by the students, who do the, acting, design and make the scenéry, arrange the lighting, and execute the business of the production. The plays were given at Wellesley on December 10. Pe ' Vassar Twenty per cent. of 1000-students at Vas- sar have--bobbed* hair, according .to some recent ‘statistics, or one among every five. chance and won out.” ° Four brunettes have cut their hair to every blonde, and the proportion of “carrot tops” is 1.4: “Baby” economics and English are the most popular’ elective courses. at Vassar, according to recently published statistics. Psychology, political science and philosophy mentioned, students continue with further fortichaalll seen eS conical sO nt os pastel ea eg OS R according to Dr, Archibald Mansfield, of - is thirteen™stories high and ‘houses 788, men .. doctors; .. which offers medical advice’ tq ships all ° over the seas: and it tries to. see. that the — of learning have formed an alliance to ad- , girls on the campus “has taken the sporting _ ¢ e TO s H O P Evening Gowns and Dance Frocks Separate Skirts —"The Thirteenth Street a Shop Where Fashion Reigns — Street and Afternoon Dresses Top Coats ‘Blouses and Silk Lingerie : THE COLLEGE. WHERE NEWS > STRAWBRIDGE. and CLOTHIER . SPECIALISTS IN cannes APPAREL FOR YOUNG WOMEN ante MARKET, EIGHTH & FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA oe J. E. CALDWELL & CO. 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