Volume L No. 14 CALENDAR SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 6 p. M.—Vespers. 8 p. m.—Chapel. ington, O.H.C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 9.30 p. Mi—Mid-week Meeting of the € Leader, Miss Hallett. Preacher, Father Hunt- SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 11 a. M—Meecting of the Alumne Associa- tion. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Second Semester begins at 9 o’clock. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 8.30 pep. m.—Swimming Meet. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 6 Pp. M—Vespers. Speaker, A. Werner, “16, 8 p. M.—Chapel. Preacher, Dr. Erdman. — a E. DOUGHERTY RETURNS TO COL- LEGE TO DANCE Friday evening, under the auspices of the Committee of Mercy, E. Dougherty, ex-1915, gave some “Sketches in a New rt” for the benefit of the Belgians. She has béen studying for four months at the Metropolitan Ballet School and the prog- ress she has made in muscular control and_toe dancing was astonishing to all who saw her. performance. The pro- gramme was entirely of her own creation, only the Arabesque and Badinage were taken from the Ballet School. Clad in native costume—‘“red boots and clinking coins’—she opened with a Hungarian dance. As Pierrot, she interpreted the futile love of Harlequin for the moon and his final triumph through death. With peacock feathers and blending blues and greens, she became the enticing personi- fication of “whims” in a Caprice a Vien- nois. Her ambition, however, has been to combine with motion, words intoned with the music. The Drama of the Seasons exemplified this type of production. Al- though the co-ordination of the three has not yet been perfected,‘a new element is introduced into dancing which when worked out will no doubt prove a suc- exquisitely lovely ending in and M. Thompson assisted in making the programme complete. forty-five dollars. Speaker, If, Deems, '10.. jreiuction of grade. The proceeds alto-| was announced the undergraduates saw gether amounted to one hundred and| BRYN MAWR, PA., JAN ‘VARY 1, 1915 HISTORY OF THE CUT RULE UP TO DATE At the request of the Alumne. attend- ing the Finance Committee Meeting in Philadelphia this month we reprint the history of the cut rule as presented to the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr Col- lege in the Undergradute petition of December 19. “On October 12. at morning chapel, +President Thomas announced that a, rule regarding attendance at lectures had been | passed by the faculty, according to which each unexcused cut taken should be penalized by reduction of grade. The reason given for the adaption of the rule was that statistics taken during the year 1%11-14 showed an excessive amount of cutting by the average undergraduate, The undergraduates, however, felt that no such rule was justified, and in a meeting of the Undergraduate Associa- tion it was unanimously decided to send | a committee to President Thomas to pro-.|| test against the rule. This committee accomplished nothing. President Thomas told the Chairman, howéver, would like to meet the undergraduates ‘to explain to them the faculty point of) view. The Undergraduate Association then voted to hold a meeting to which President Thomas and the faculty who | passed the rule should-be invited to dis- cuss the matter with the students. Presi- dent Thomas accepted the invitation, stating however, that it would be unfit- ting for the faculty to meet the under- graduates for discussion but that she would present the faculty point of view. “The meeting with President Thomas | was held on Oct. 22. After this meeting | the undergraduates still remained uncon- vinced of the necessity for a cut rule, and, since President Thomas had told the undergraduates that they could com- municate with the faculty in writing, the Undergraduate Association voted to send The petition | u petition to the faculty. asked that the cut rule be repealed and that a period of probation be given dur- jing which the undergraduates might show | |that they could regulate cutting them- | selves. cess. The Dream of the Lotus made an, faculty meeting and the cut rule was | “amber and /tnen altered to the present rule, whereby gold.” L. Davidson, D. Perkins, E. Pugh | Tne petition was considered in cuts exceeding eight are penalized by a When the cut rule that the. faculty still had not acknowl- (Continued on Page 8) that. she | LL ea a « The College News Price § 5 Cents ELECTIVE COURSES Open for the Second Semester Dr. Fenwick offers in the second sem- ester of 1914-15 an elective course in Pri- vate Law, meeting on Monday and Friday at 10 o'clock. Requirements for the course are a year of General Philosophy and a year of either Modern History or Economics and Politics. -Students who | wish to take the course and cannot satisfy ‘these requirements are asked to consult | Dean Reilly in regard to admission to the | course. : The following courses may be entered | i |in the second semester: All minor courses ‘in History and Art and Dr. Barton’s courses in Biblical Literature; Dr. Wilm’s |coruse in Minor Philosophy, Logic, two | hours at 11 o'clock; and Dr, Fisher’s |course in Minor Philosophy, Recent Philo- |sophical Tendencies, three hours at 11 |o’clock, are open to students who have |completed the year of General Philoso- phy. The two- and three-hour courses in | Minor Psychology are open to students |who have completed the General Psy- r. Kellogg will give in the sec- ‘ond semester of Minor. Psychology a /course on Instinct, Will and Emotion. Dr. Feree’s course in Minor Psychology is a continuation of the work of the first sem- lester and although it may be entered in the second semester, students who wish to do so should advise with Dr. Feree. The one- and two-hour electives in Geol- ogy also continue the work of the first |semester through the second. Students who wish to enter these courses for the | second semester should talk over the | work with Dr. Brown. The elective course 'in Edueation at 3 o’clock on Thursday and Friday afternoons is also open to students who wish to enter it in the sec- ond semester, : The courses in Minor Archeology will change and therefore be complete in themselves. Miss Swindler will offer |'Rome: Its Buildings and Art, two hours lat nine;. Dr. Carpenter, Greek and Roman | Minor Arts, two hours at eleven. | In. Minor English, the lecture courses |may be entered if Required English has | been finished. Miss Crandall will give | Narative W riting. Argumentation may be entered with permission from Miss Miss Langdon’s Poetics will be |chology. D | Shearer. open. 2 The College News Published weekly during the college year in the interests of Bryn Mawr College | Managing Editonie . . ISABEL FOSTER, '15 | Ass't Managing Editor -ADRIENNE KENYON, '15 | Business Manager . MARY G. BRANSON, '16 Ass't Bus. Mgr. KATHARINE BLODGETT, '17 | EDITORS CONSTANCE M., K.. APPLEBEE CONSTANCE DOWD,’'16 EMILIE STRAUSS,’16 | FREDRIKA M, KELLOGG, '16 Office Hours: Daily, 2-3 Christian Association Library Subscription $1 50 Mailing Price $2.00 entered as second-class matter September °6, 1914, at the post office at Bryn Mawr, Pa, under the Act of March 3, 1879 Cramming is, of course, we all grant it, | frightfully immoral. If you have inves- tigated the subject at all thoroughly (as we have), however, you must also admit that moral or unmoral or immoral cram- ming is a fine art. The girl who sits in the library day after day patiently ac- quiring a mass of detail is a “grind.” Anybody can do that, But the girl who sits down the night before an examina- and masters whole semester’s tion a work in twelve hours is a true artist. Her’s are the master qualities of con- centration, keen analysis, good judgment, the faculty of grasping things in their relations, courage, imperturbable coolness undisturbed by ‘the thought of the stu- task Aboeve-all_ she must have unbounded con- pendous between her and dawn. fidence in er ability to overcome the im- possible. And what is-that but genius! Out in the world, they say, there are mul- titudes of people who faithfully fulfill their routine duties, but the man who is needed and who.is seldom-found is the man who, when necessity commands, can work at white heat, can cross chasms impassable to other folk, can summon all his powers in a moment, the man who ean rise to an emergency—the man who can cram! “Pride goeth before a fall’—and we who boast of Athenian supremacy, let u# well consider the worth of our claim. Are we really the best-known female col- lege of our generation?” Such Dr. Wilm assures us is our European reputation, but “a prophet is without honor in his own country,” and from Cincinnati comes the following communication to our un- dergraduate president. Students of Bryn Mawr College: Gentlemen: What about a college song book? /10.30 p. m. slippers. THE COLLEGE NEWS CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN (The Editors do not hold themselves re- ;sponsible for the opinions expressed in | this column.) Dear Editors: I stand in the’horns of a dilemma. Last week the fire bell rang for a drill at I leaped out of bed and slipped on a coat and hockey skirt and Can you imagine my consterna- tion when I was ordered out on to the Campus? I was an aide in the Fire De- partment, but I was also a _ bare-legged member of Self-Government. Yours, Conscientious But Perplexed. Dear Editors: We inclose the following clipping from | the “New York Post”: A very valuable new institution at Bryn Mawr College is the newspaper, “The College News,” of which the first num- ber was published in September. It has appeared ‘weekly since ‘the College opened, and is both useful and success- ful. It is a four-page sheet beginning with a calendar of the week’s eyents. It has given short and well-written“accounts of the diff@rent events in the College; each week there is an editorial on some matter of college interest: under the heading, Alumnz Notes, brief items of interest in regard to the alumne are given, and the newspaper has proved use- ful in giving a clear account of changes in the students’ organizations. “The Col- is published by a board of six students—a managing editor, an as- sistant managing editor, four editors, a business manager, and an assistant busi- ness manager. Sincerely yours, A. Subscriber. lege News” AT A MID-YEAR TEA Dear Editors: Where is the “melancholy gloom which pervades the College atmosphere and weighs upon our spirits like a load?” How long since it that the College ceased “to take examinations sensibly?” Your editorial sounds.to me as if it had is j been written by one who never took an | examination at Bryn Mawr, or had at least never lived in a College hall during | To me, Mid-years seems the, Never are we so | Mid-years. healthiest time of year. well fed—five meals a day and tea in the afternoon. Never.do we take so much |voluntary exercise. The strain, particu- | larly this year, of rules and regulations is ‘lighter upon us. Most of us go to bed at |a reasonable hour. Not all of us are cramming for a life and death struggle. Not all of us are so “anxious” or so “fear- ful.” After having gone through six sets of Bryn Mawr ordeals such as you de- scribe, we would beg you to be careful of generalizations upon the attitude of the College in a paper with so wide a cir- culation as ‘The College News.” L’Allegro. MRS. KATHERINE FULLERTON GER- OULD SPEAKS BEFORE THE ENGLISH CLUB | | i | On Friday afternoon the members and | friends of the English Club had the pleas- | ure of hearing Mrs. Katherine Fullerton |Gerould speak on “Imagination and the Short Story.” A short story, Mrs. Gerould | Said, cannot be truly realistic in that it must necessarily isolate, emphasize, ex- aggerate, in order to produce a single im- pression within the brief space allotted to it, otherwise it becomes anecdotal in char- acter. One of the best tests of a good Short, story is whether or not it can be expanded into a novel. It is interesting in this connection to think of the stories of Kipling, O. Henry, and Conrad espe- cially, and to see whether they are imagi- natively suggestive enough to stand when judged by this criterion. Mrs. Gerould pointed out that the old rule, which we heard so often in our schooldays, “Never describe anything which you have not seen yourself,” is perhaps a trifle too re- stricting for most of us. It is possible to describe places which we have not seen or types of people whom we have never known. The best test is whether | the description really “holds” or not, and carries with it conviction for the reader, and of that the author himself is compe- tent to jiidge. He can, with practice,’soon come to know the limits of his powers and can make a map as it were of his own imagination. Certainly when we read “Vain Oblations,” and learn that the author herself has never been to South | Africa, we cannot doubt the truggrot this statement. In closing, Mrs. Gerould placed more emphasis upon style than upon substance, contrary to the preva- lent popular impression that it is con- tents alone that count. After the lecture, which was very interesting and stimu- lating throughout, tea was served in the Rockefeller drawing rooms. Mrs. Gerould was at one time a mem- ber of the English Department of Bryn Mawr and is well known as the author |of “Vain Oblations,” a copy of which is now in the New Book Room. Her latest |story, “A Moth of Peace,” the scene of 'which is laid in Belgium at the outbreak | of the present war, is published in the January number of the Atlantie Monthly. THE COLLEGE NEWS COLLEGE COURSES LEADING TO CAREERS President Thomas began in Chapel on Mondgy a series of talks which is to con- tinue every week, on the question of choosing college courses leading to pay- ing positions. For those who wish the degree of doc- tor of medicine she recommended courses in science. A question exists, however, as to whether electives should be taken in . post-major science or not. Since more years of science will be necessary for the: degree of M.D., President Thomas thinks it would ‘be excellent to take a year of Philosophy, or of Psychology or Major Latin. . “To think straight,” that is the duty of the physician. There is an increased number of posi- tions for women in practicing law. Eco- nomics, President Thomas thinks, should be one of the group of any student who considers law as a profession. History should not, in her opinion, be combined with Economics, because too much the same kind of thinking is-required.__Phil-. osophy and Economics would be excel- lent, or perhaps Psychology and Econom- ics. Major Latin would be excellent in sharpening the future lawyer’s wits, or if languages are disliked, Minor Mathemat- ics, or Physics or a difficult course -in Philosophy, for example, in Kant. Next Monday President Thomas will speak on the requirements of the social worker. In connection with this question of vo- cations Mrs. Smith has asked that undergraduates will let her know as soon as. possible the kind of work in which they are interested, in order that she may select the speakers: for the vocational meeting in the spring, according to their suggestions. BIBLE CLASSES—SEMESTER Il, 1914- 1915, TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, AT 7.30, FROM FEBRU- ARY 10 TO MARCH 24 Under the Auspices of the Bible Study Committee The Old Testament—‘“The Prophets,” leader, Helen Taft, 1915. A study of the development of prophecy in Israel. The New Testament—‘“Life of Christ,” leader, Agnes Grabau, 1916; “The Tests of Life,” leaders, Miss Applebee, Mary G. Branson, 1916, E. Buckner Kirk, 1916. Studies from the Epistles of St. John in connection with modern life. Under ‘Auspices of the Mission Study Committee 1. “Medical Missions,” Mrs. Thomas F. Branson; 2. “The Women of Turkey and India,” Louise Dillingham, 1916 (the life and social conditions of women in Tur- key. and India, and their need of Christian the) influences and teaching at the present time); 3. “A Study of Japan,” Ryu Sato, | 1917 (a trip to the Far East to learn to! understand the Japanese—customs, man- ner of living, education, religion, etc.). Under the Auspices of the Federation Committee “The Work of the World Student Chris- tian Federation Among the Students of Europe,” L. Garfield, 1916. A study of Miss Rouse’s journal and articles from the “Student World.” There will be re- ports at each meeting by different mem- bers of the class. (Continued from Page 1) /edged the principle for which the under- ‘graduates are standing;—namely that a eut rule is distinctly prejudicial to the | individual responsibility. of the under- | graduates and should be avoided if possi- | ble. Since their main argument remained unanswered the undergraduates could not consider the cut rule as altered a solution of the problem. Un Nov. 17, in an undergraduate meeting, it was moved and to say that before arguing the matter further, the undergraduates would. like the reasons of the faculty for not approv- ing of the repeal of the cut rule. In answer the faculty stated that they had nothing further to say to the undergrad- ‘uates. Dec. 17 an Undergraduate As- sociation meeting was called, to hear this communication from the faculty and to idetermine upon further action. it was clear that communication with the faculty was impossible, although Prest- dent Thomas had given the first com- mittee to understand that an undergrad- uate-petition_to the directors was irregu- lar, yet the Undergraduate Association felt-that it could not let the matter drop and it was moved to petition the Board of Directors.” The Board of Directors authorize the President of to inform the undergraduates that their | petition has received a full and sympathe- tic discussion. It was the judgment of the Board that this was not a matter for the action of the Directors, and the peti- tion was, therefore, referred to. the faculty for its consideration.” The faculty, after meeting to consider the matter again, informed the graduates that that they had nothing further to communicate in regard to the rule for this year but stated that the question would be reconsidered for next year. At a meeting of the Undergraduate Association, Wednesday, January 13, it was moved'to ask the Advisory Board of the Association to work out some plans for student regulation of cutting to sub- mit to the faculty when they meet in the spring to reconsider the present cut rule, such plans to be brought before the association for its consideration. AS “voted the College to to state to the faculty in writing the stu- | dents’ attitude toward tlie rule as aitered, > under- | CAMPUS NOTES At the meeting of the Society of Bib- | lical Literature and Exegesis, held in New | York in the vacation, Dr. Barton read a paper on “Milk and Honey in: the Myth- | ology and Life of the Nations, from Rome to India.” Louise Watson, ‘12, has been appointed ‘as Business Manager to the College in Miss Hedges’ place. Ellen Pottberg, ‘11, has been appointed as. Assistant Business | Manager. On the table of the New Book Room is ‘A Collection of the Poems of John Salus- | bury and Robert Chester,” collected by | Dr. Carlton Brown. | Mrs. K. Fullerton Gerould’s book, “Vain | Oblations,” is in the New Book Room. Dr. John Grier Hibben, President of | Princeton University, will preach at the |morning service of the Bryn Mawr Pres- | byterian Church this coming Sunday. | ttt expected that about 200 members of the Alumne Association will attend the meeting on January 30. -+,, ts-from Brown: Eniversity;—-Miss Hallett Scholar in History at Bryn Mawr this year. The © following have been elected members of the Advisory Board of the Undergraduate Association: E.. Rapallo,: ’15, A; Werner, 16, C. ‘Hall, "17,.L. Smith, '18. , Mr. Francis Schunk Brown, the father of one of our seniors, has been appointed by Governor Brumbaugh to the cabinet position of Attorney General. Literature is to speak is students as MLLE. ANNA PAVLOWA Mile. Anna Pavlowa will dance at the Metropolitan Opera House Saturday after- noon and evening, January 23. Students who apply to Miss Maddison before Janu- ary 21 may have the regular $1.50 seats in the Orchestra Circle for $1.15. In the afternoon Puppen-Fee will be given and a ballet, Chopiniana, based on the etudes, preludes, mazurkas and _ waltzes of Chopin, The Pavlowa gavotte will be in- cluded among the “divertissements.” In the evening, Flora’s Awakening, Wal- purgis Night, the latter based on part of Gounod’s Faust, and Rose Mourante, will form part of the programme ce “4 ‘ _THE COLLEGE NEWS —— TH E CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Board prayer meeting, which is held every morning at 8.30 in the C. A. Library, is open to all who care to attend. Schedules of the Morning Watch may be obtained from A. Grabau or E. Dulles. Inter-collegiate Conference, collegiate conference of the Christian As- sociations of Vassar, Radcliffe, Wellesley, Smith, Holyoke and Bryn Mawr is to be held at Vassar on February 19. Federation Committee.—The Federation Class is to take up the work among the students of the European universities, be- ginning with Switzerland and proceeding through Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Balkans and Greece, Russia, Scandinavia, England, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, France and Italy. The first four classes, through Russia, are founded mainly on Miss Rouse’s journals, which she has very kindly lent us for the winter. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CAM- PAIGN FOR THE PRESERVATION OF. THE GRASS “Gather a single blade of grass, and ex- amine for a minute, quietly, its narrow, sword-shaped strip of fluted green, Nothing, as it seems there, of notable goodness or beauty. A. very . little strength, and a very little tallness, and a few delicate long lines meeting in a point —means a creditable or apparently much- cared-for example of Nature’s workman- ship—made, as it seems, only to be trod- den pn to-day and to-morrow to be cast} } into the oven; and a little, pale and hollow- | stalk, feeble and flaccid, leading down to) the dull brown roots. And yet, think of it well, and judge whether of all strong | and goodly trees; pleasant to the eyes | and good for food—stately palm and pine, | strong ash and oak, scented citron, bur-| dened vine—there be any by man so | deeply loved, by God so highly graced, as that narrow point .of feeble green. | SILK HANDKERCHIEFS AND NOTIONS | Accommodate 18 People Bryn Mawr, Pa. | Consider what we owe merely to) the meadow grass, to the covering of the} dark ground by that glorious enamel, by | -the companies of those soft, and count-| less, and peaceful spears.’—Ruskin’s Modern Painters. ee — ¢ SELF-GOVERNMENT NOTICE Owing to the unusually large crowds at Billy Sunday’s tabernacle and the diffi- culty of keeping parties of seven together in the crowd, a chaperon is required for every three students. The train rules hold the same for re- | 842 Lancaster Avenue turning after vacation as during the term. 6 ALUMNA NOTES | Grace Meigs, '03 M.D., has received the | Government appointment of Doctor of | Hygiene in the Children’s Bureau at’ Washington. J. Houston, ‘12, has just published the | first annual report of “The Associated | Charities of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.” Miss | Houston started the association the year | she left Bryn Mawr. The report is the est argument in favor of organized char- ity we have seen for some time. We hope to give a fuller account of Miss Houston’s work later. H. Richter, °13, is working in the Peo-| ple’s Institute of the Cooper Union. Miss tichter has been’ investigating play- ground and the conditions surrounding them, and has published the report of her investigations under the title, “The City Where Crime Is Play.” Mrs. Scott Nearing (N. Seeds, ’08) will | receive the degree of Ph.D. at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania this February. Mrs, Nearing is lecturing on-—“Home-;EHeo-; nomics” and on “Women’s Suffrage.” : D. Skerrett, 14, is working in the Home Relief Department of the Emergency Aid| Committee of Philadelphia. The depart- | ment gives out sewing to the amount of | $2000 each week to women out of work. | Miss Duckett, who took her Doctor’s de- gree here.last year, is teaching Latin in | Western College, Oxford, Ohio. REVIVAL OF THE MID-YEAR SOCCER) L. Goodnow, *16, and M. Thompson,°'17, | are getting up rival soccer teams. Prac- | | tice, weather. permitting, daily at 11) o’clock during mid-years. os MARY G. McCRYSTAL Successor to Ellen A. McCurdy |LACES, EMBROIDERIES, RUCHINGS, HENRY B. WALLACE CATERER AND CONFECTIONER Bryn Mawr, Pa. ' | Whitman’s Candies Sold F. W. PRICKITT BRYN MAWR | Is the authorized DRUGGIST to Bryn Mawr College and students. Messenger calls 11 A. M. at each hall daily (Sunday excepted) for orders Store, Lancaster Ave. WM. H. RAMSEY & SONS DEALERS IN FLOUR, FEED AND FANCY GROCERIES Bryn Mawr, Pa. F. W. CROOK TAILOR AND IMPORTER Cleaning Pressing Remodeling 908 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pa. THE LODGE TEA ROOM HAS BEEN ENLARGED 845 Lancaster Avenue The usual quick Japanese service, delicious Salads, Scones, Sandwiches, etc. Phone Bryn Mawr 323-Y The Bryn Mawr National Bank BRYN MAWR, PA. Capital, $50,000 Surplus, $50,000 Undivided Profits, $27,141.30 Pays Interest on Time Certificates Travelers’ Checks and Letters of Credit Sold A Regular Banking Business Transacted BRYN MAWR HARDWARE CO. HARDWARE, CUTLERY AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS | Corner of Lancaster and Merion Avenues _BRYN. MAWR FLOWER STORE ALFRED H. PIKE, Proprietor Florists to the late King Edward VII Cut Flowers and Fresh Plants Daily Floral Baskets and Corsages Phone, Bryn Mawr 570 807 Lancaster Ave. RYAN BROS. AUTO TRUCKS FOR PICNICS, STRAW RIDES, ETC. Rosemont, Pa. Phone, Bryn Mawr 216-D TRUNK AND BAG REPAIRING The Main Lines Headquarters for Trunk Bags and Suit Cases of thoroughly relia! ble maken ether with a fine assortment of H Seddlecy and Automobile Supplies : — EDWARD L. POWERS 903-905 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr, Pa. Phone 373 ECKWER’S ———_ MUSICAL ACADEMY Richard Zeckwer Camille W. oe Directors 46th SEASON All Branches of Music and = Taught. Send for Prospectus. 1617 Spruce Street (6029 MAIN STREET, GERMANTOWN ranches | 446 Ss. 52d STREE'B WEST PHILA. CLASS AND PRIVATE LESSONS Special Classes for College Students. J. R. ZECKWER, Business Manager _ + x geen npigrenoss juni