ae i i f ' ' : f 5 | ® 2 2 e ee COLLEGE NEWS" ¥ * PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION EXPLAINS WEEK-END QUESTION: 4a f Principle of Self-Government i is Directly Involved (Specially Contributed by Kathrine Gardner) The question of week-ends has come up again with a new.significance. Because sev- eral students had taken frequent week-ends, which in President. Thomas’ opinion made them undesirable, she explained last spring a desire to limit the College to four week- ends a semester. The Undergraduates.in a meeting .sympathized with President Thomas’ desire to keep up a high academic - standard and to avoid criticism of the Col- lege for laxity of any sort, but objected to the rigidity of a‘rule punishing. the many for the. sake of the few. We left for the summer, then believing that © President Thomas not only understood our point of view, but also would leave.the question to the regulation of public opinion. During the summer, howeyer, all the stu- ‘dents who had taken more than four week- ends and the class of 1925 received con- tracts to limit elves to four, which they had.to sign before their rooms would “be reserved. After the support given the ‘spirit, if not the letter, of President Thomas’ law, the students indignantly pro- tested against the apparent disregard of their powers of self-government. The ques- tion then widens, and begins to involve the near and joy-giving principle of individual liberty. In this light the Undergraduate Associa- tion reconsidered the subject. Inasmuch as “self-government,” according to the char- ter, includes “the exclusive management of all matters concerning the conduct of stu- dents in their College life which do not fall under the» jurisdittion of the author- ities df the College, or mistresses of the halls a residence”; inasmuch as, if the matter is academic, the rule proposed is certainly not a strictly academic regulation ; inasmuch as the administration based its statistics for’ sending out contracts on self- governing records, thereby admitting the previous jurisdiction of self-government in the matter ; and inasmuch as any such reg- ulation would’ transfer this jurisdiction from self-government’ to the administra- tion, interfering with the jurisdiction of self-government without the assent of the governed, the Undergraduate Association passed a resolution to surrender the whole matter to’ self-government. At a meeting the Self-Government Board explained the justification of taking up the matter. It emphasized that more than a question of week-ends was involved, that the principle: of- self-government would be infringed on, and above all, that the matter of week-ends was merely the occasion that brought up the far more important ques- tion of tke power of self-government. Considering that) self-government 16°°8 CALENDAR Thursday, November 3 - 400 P.M—Varsity practice against candidates for the 1921 All-Phila- Ps délphia team. - 8.30 P, M.—Lecture by Mrs. Carrie - Chapman Catt in the Gymnasium, ‘ on “How Politics Function,” Friday; Novefnber 4 8.00 P.M.—“He, the One Who Got Slapped,” given by 1923 in the Gymnasium. “7 Saturday, November 5 - 10.30 A. M.—Varsity hockey ‘earn vs. Ger- mantown Cricket Club. 8.00 P. M.—Banner remony, 1923- 1925 Arcot the Gyinniasin " Sunday, November 6 7.30 Y; M.—Chapel. Aa Wednesday, November 9 2.00-4.00 P. M.—Hygiene decture for the Junior « class by Dr. Kate Drinker. “Thareday, November 10 8.30 P.M—I in the Gymnasium by Mrs. e Chapman Catt. |. recognized means of ‘expressing the will of the students in all matters concerning their that a decision be reached between the ad- ministration and the students’ as to the exact powers of self-government. »The As- sociation Sed a vote of confidence in in the spirit of inion. ® On Sunday evening: the Board siaitenrséa though questicdks of jurisdictien are, by Clause 3 of the charter, to. be decided by the president and dean, President* Thomas felt that, in,so inclusive a mgtter, she wished to consult the directors and faculty. Jn view of the fact that the contracts sent jurisdiction of the administration, they were suspended until a decision should be reached not later than November 21, when the directors meet. meeting of the Association this agreement, and, with every desire of fairness. to the administration, explained their point of view. It seems that President Thomas consid- ers that “continuity of: residence is an aca- demic matter.” Similarly, she feels that proctoring, quiet hours, singing in the din- ing room, going to the theater, if not reg- ulated satisfactorily by self-government and injurious to College work, are finally under the jurisdiction: of the administration. In President Thomas’ opinion, the individual | ————————————-——— ethic life of each student, the good name and fame of the College, the training in independence, the assistance given the ad- ministration in regulating. College life are the objects and purposes of self-govern- ment. _Whatever, -in_ short, directly or in- directly affects academic work, whether it be for the moment in the hands of self- government or of the wardens, she feels to be within the jurisdiction of — the administration. 4 We, on the other hand, feel that, as a self-governing body, we should have a part in making as well as in ,carrying out all policies regulating College life. ALL-BRYN MAWR MEETING TO DISCUSS DISARMAMENT Miss Dorothy Shipley Will Speak Delegates Prepare Report Faculty, students and staff of the College will jointly give an expression of opinion on disarmament at. a mass meeting to be held in the gymnasium next ‘Tuesday eve- ning at 8 o’clock. It is expected that every point of ‘view will be represented, and that a set of resolutions embodying the opinion of Bryn Mawr College as a unit will be drawn up “to send to Washington, accord- ing to the menibers of the History Club, called. One’ of the principal matters before the meeting will be a discussion of the Vassar disarmament resolutions, and a report on the Vassar conference by M. Speer, 722, one '23, the other delegate, will preside. Miss Dorothy Shipley, warden of Pem- broke, will likewise make an address. Miss Shipley was president of the Undergradu- ‘ate Association in 1917. According to J. ‘| Fisher, '22, president of the History Club, |’ an outside speaker is to be obtained for | nounced inter i iii littl ibis HEARD ABOUT CAMPUS Uncle Bob—How’s Bill ‘gettin’ on _at college? Bill’s Father—Fine. ae: works on a system. Uncle Bob—What is it?’ r Bill’s Father—He spins a coin every eve- ning. If it’s heads he goes to the theater; if it’s tails he goes to ‘a dance, and if it stands on end he stays home and studies, — — ee Bulletin. : College life, the Board’ ‘felt: it imperative}, their Board Sad upheld itein the spirit and |'> : with President’ Thomas and ‘the dean. 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