‘Nauuus 1. Ro. 19 BRYN MAWR, PA, MARCH 4, 1915 Price 5 -Cents CALENDAR : FRIDAY, MARCH 5 8 p. M.—Lecture by Dr. Charles Bakewell of Yale. SATURDAY, MARCH 6 8 p. m.—Freshman Show. SUNDAY, MARCH 7 Speaker, V. Litchfield, 8 p.m.—Chapel. Preacher, The Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 8 pe. M.—Bible and Mission Classes. 9.30 p. Mi—Mid-week Meeting of the C. A. Leader, B~Liadley, '18. ° FRIDAY, MARCH 12 - 8 p. m.—Christian Association Conference. Address by G. A. Johnston Ross. SATURDAY, MARCH 13 Senior Orals in French. : 8 p. M.—Lecture by Mr. Frank Harris of England. SUNDAY, MARCH 14 6 P.M. Pec a9 Speaker, Miss Anne Wiggin of Spring Street. a m.—Chapel. Preacher, The Rev. J. Valdemer Moldenhauer. FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Announcement of European Fellows. Fellowship Dinners. SATURDAY, MARCH 20 Senior Orals in German. SUNDAY, MARCH 21 Chapel. Preacher, The Rev. Robert Speer. | ———— FICTION LIBRARY COMES TO LIFE The Fiction Library in Denbigh, which has not flourished on account of careless management and unpaid dues, since 1908, is again a live enterprise. Under the guidance of Miss Donnelly and under the management of G. Moses, ‘16, the. old books have been put in order and new SS WINTER IN. THE TRENCHES nm Stirring Letters from M. Cons 6 Janvier. La nuit du premier jour de l’an (31 Déec. au 1 Janvier) restera un des plus noirs souvenirs de ma vie: 12 heures sans abri dans la tranchée de premiére ligne sous une pluie glacée! Et je con- tinue 4 me porter admirablement! Le lendelmain, 1 Janvier, étant allé chercher de la paille avec deux hommes dans un village bombardé nous avons été repérés par les Boches et littéralement accom- pagnés d’une pluie d’obus. Trois ont éclaté si prés de nous qu’um éclat d’un ‘d’eux a troué le pan de ma capote.. Un beau jour de l’an! Mais on est content 10 Janvier. Comme je t’ai peu écrit ces- temps derniers! Ne crois, je t’en supplie, a aucune négligence de ma part. Ce serait cruel. Mais souvent, trop souvent la ‘fatigue m’a dominé, terrassé, et aussi ‘J'avorais été amené a ¢crire sur un ton de lassitude qui t’eft inquiété inutilement. | | La pluie a été féroce pour le pauvre soldat | ‘each class is determined to keep its ban- 'ces temps derniers. Et j’aura’s pu dire: “Il pleure sur mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville” (la! | ville étant le village de taupes que nous | habitons ou la_ tranchée nite, noire, | humide.) beau soleil dans un air sec et froid. Dans deux heures nous partons pour notre repos qui, espérer durera plus de huit jours. Ah! pouvoir se laver, ne plus vivre courbé d’y avoir passé—et de n’y ¢tre point resté, | ONCE MORE 1917 AND 1918 TIE The third Sophomore-Freshmen water- polo game was played Monday night amidst the hoarse cheers of the support- ers of the red and of the blue. The line- up was: : 1917 1918 INES os sees oe vk Ce ees A, Alexander By TUNIS 6. aie oo esc des < oe iva a.5 0 L. Chase:...... CPT lias .D. Kuhn V. Lutehfield. . 54 Vi ees | .T. Howell E. Faulkner, ..... R. : BB... ..+....M, Siretee ©, BAe visicice. bi Be Be vice Ts co ve ee ee M. Scattergood.... 5.7. G. eatiei wt .H. Wilson Goals---1917: M. Willard, 2; + Chase, 1, 1918: G. Flanagan, 1; H. Alexander, 2. Referee—Mr. Bishop. Time of halves—6 minutes. 1918 started off vigorously, and the first goal made by G. Flanagan created much excitement. M. Willard soon) evened things’ up and then’ L. Chase and H. Alexander each made a goal, making the score at the end of the first half, 2-2. At the beginning of the second half, M. Willard put 1917 in the lead by making a goal. However, H. Alexander came to 1918’s rescue and made a beautiful goal | Mais aujourd’hui il fait un | from half-way down the pool. The play- ing through the entire game was fast and even, and the next game certainly should be even more thrilling than this one, for ner out as long as possible. TIE BETWEEN 1917 AND 1918 A tie, 4-4, was the result of a wildly ex- citing water-polo game between 1917 and | 1918 on Thursday night. The game was ‘a hard and closely fought one throughout, | nite advantage. Both the Sophomores peed the Freshmen played a very fast! cette fois, nous laisse-t-on | neither side being able to gain any defi- | pour éviter les balles, ne plus manger game and had excellent teamwork. M.) ———— MR. KING’S RECITAL A GREAT SUCCESS Cee One of the greatest treats of the winter was given, Friday evening, through the generosity of Mr. King. The announce- ment of his recital drew students, faculty, from Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia until the Chapel was packed to the gallery. The audience showed its genuine appreciation | plause. The selections were admirably | Suited to the audience, and the order was | such as to produce the greatest dramatic ‘effect. sary to comment upor Mr. King’s control of technique and facial expression. The | very difficult change from one character | to another in dialogue, as for example from Shylock to Antonio, showed su- preme mastery of the art. One moment he set the audience laughing with delight at the elfin pranks of Queen Mab; the next he held them breathless | and spell-bound with the vivid hoiror /of “Clarence’s Dream.” ‘President Thomas /was justified in declaring Mr. King the superior of Forbes-Robertson in his impersonation of Shylock. Those who have enjoyed the privilege of | Mr. King’s classes have learned to ap- |preciate the importance of vibration and ‘rhythm—the effective use of which was illustrated strikingly in reproducing the ‘sound of galloping horse throughout the | poem “How They Brought the Good News From Ghent to Aix.” The recital cul- minated in the stirring “Charge of the Light Brigade.” About $94.00 were added ;to the Belgian Relief Fund, but the en- preparatory school-girls and many visitors ° of his ability by hearty and continued ap- It seems impossible and unneces-. de la terre comme un ver des champs, et le gémiissement de l’obus qui éclate (jusqu’ ici, heureusement, il n’y eut guére ne plus entendre la voix sinistre du canon | ‘sentative or to G. Moses, Denbigh. ones have been bought. Within the last two weeks subscriptions have been com-| que ce gémissementla)—coucher au sec, ing in steadily, Merion furnishing twelve, | Prés des vaches ou des chevaux, cir-| and Denbigh router Te corps et la téte dress¢s, voir des Pembroke West fifteen, des enfants, des cheins, vivre twenty-five. The other halls have not| Civils, yet responded. Subscriptions are 50 cents | /enfin! a year and may be given to a Hall repre-| \reprend force et courage. It has | been suggested that a committee of those) interested in books might be formed to) aid the librarian in choosing and buying | new books. The following are among the | la premiére dé '14 Janvier. Nous sommes au repos et nous nous ennuyons ferme. C’est l’ennui qui suit tente aprés les grandes | books recently purchased: Stephens’ | {tigues. Pond Cl ‘. ons = aa “Crock of Gold” and “Here Are Ladies”; re Pees: Tae SEE |dormir. En un mot on est abruti. Le} Jack London’s. “Mating of Elsinore”; | Meredith Nicholson’s “The Poet”; Sewall | Ford’s “Torchy”; Atkinson’s “Grey | Friar’s Bobby.” ;temps est sinistre. pourri: de la pluie et de la boue. On ne réussit pas A se sécher, ni la peau ni le) linge. Le bois mouillé brfile mal dans le) hangar humide of nous couchons sur la APPARATUS CUP COMPETITION __ | Paille trempée. deux atroces semaines que nous avons With an enthusiastic audience in the) Et je me balcony, the Sophomores and Freshmen | Passées dans les tranchées. competed for the first time for the cup. | porte bien A condition de faire un peu le! which is to be given for the best indi-| |paresseux et de laisser un peu crier le| vidual work in apparatus among the | capitaine qui demande au lieutenant qui | Sophomores or Freshmen. Eleven people|@emande A l’adjudant qui demande au) entered the first competition, and even |S¢reent qui demande au caporal Cons more are expected to enter the second | Pouraoi il n’a pas encore commandé ses one, which comes Saturday, March 13th. | ‘hommes pour aller a la corvée de bois au. The competitors from 1917 were; G. Bry- | | bord du canal. Le dit canal est d’ailleurs | ant, E. Dulles, M. Scattergood, E. Hemen- charmant. C’est un de ces coins pacifi- way, A. Davis; and from 1918: B. Persh- | ques de nature champenoise qui ont Yair. ing, H. Hammer, M. Bacon, J. Ridlon, M. encore tout étonnés du bruit qui se fait | Il y a méme un vieux | Strauss, R. Cheney. The Freshmen did ‘autour d’eux. well, but were inferior in form to 1917, |pécheur A la ligne tout a fait classique et who, it will be remembered, showed such traditionnel (ou plutét non, car on m’af- excellent form in the regular gymnasium | firme qu'il prend du poisson). Il y a competition last year. Though nothing | 2ussi des bateaux rouge-sombre avec un definite will be known until after the last | petit chien ridicule qui aboie a chaque competition, the judges, I. Zeckwer, "15; | srondement du canon. Car le canon n'a .@. Emery, "15; H. Chase, '16, and F. Kel-/ pas cessé son hurlement depuis des jours - ogg, "16, expect that the results will be) et des nuits! Dieu! ce qu'il en faut des _ very exciting and close. (Continwed on Page 2) Quel bonheur. Aprés le repos on | C’est bien un hiver'| | Et tout cela est délicieux comparé aux | Willard and V. Litchfield did particularly | joyment of those present was inestimable. good work for 1917, while G. Flanagan, | H. Alexander and T. Howell played well | The line-up was as} keen Wi: Widadienad: STUDENTS’ BUILDING FUND ‘follows: 1917 1918 | M—-Willard RE j kk. He hto H. Harris C F : CG. icnnaen| dents’ Building Fund Committee does not ie ene i ; - | intend to make any attempt this year to c Hall R F. B A. Newlin | raise funds by entertainment or subscrip- . Stevens at M. Strauss | M. Seattergood a... Because of the many calls for money to M. Stair alleviate suffering in luurope, the Stu- V. Kneeland tion. The committee is selling for Miss Goals—1917, M.. Willard, 3; H. Harris, Margaret Montgomery, 1912, sets of views 1; 1918, G. Flanagan, 2; H. Alexander, 2.'of the campus. There are one dozen Referee—Mr. Bishop. Time of halves— views in a set and the price is $1.29, in- 6 minutes. |cluding postage. Orders for Miss Mont- |gomery’s pictures in color may be placed 1915 BEATS 1916 with any members of the committee. Though 1916 fought hard and well, their; The committee has plnscd with Miss water-polo team was unable to withstand | Gaffney in Bryn Mawr, the remaining cal- | the hard onslaughts of 1915’s star oe which inelude four of Miss Mont- ers. M. Keller, M. Goodhue and M. G.| gomery’s pictures, to be sold for one dol- _Brownell played their usual good game, | lar. and E. Dessay was as skillful as ever in’ College Song-books may be bought from keeping shots out of the goal. L. Good- members of the committee for $2.75. The now played the best game for 1916. The! members are: /man; L. Branson, 15; M. G. Brownell, ‘| |; A. Grabau, ‘16; H. Robertson, 16; K. /line-up was as follows: 1915 1916 », Robinson n. 2. F. Kellogg "9. "0. ‘e Keller C.F “M. Chase Blodgett, ‘17; H. Butterfield, 18; M. é E, Brakeley | Straus, '18. |G, Emery.... L. F ; C. Dowd M.G., Sreineil H.B L.. Goodnow | A. Spence , a Ost ..C. Kellen | M. Goodhue. L: F..B. _..M. Dodd | E. Dessau G F. Hitchcock “LETTER FROM A FATHER TO HIS Goals—1915, M. Robinson, 1; G. Emery, /2; M. Keller; 1916, L. Goodnow, 1. Referee—Mr. Bishop: ‘Time of halves— 6 minutes. DAUGHTER ENTERING COLLEGE” ee By Charles F. Thwing 1918 WATER POLO A little book of letters written by President Thwing, who spoke at com- The water polo spirit of 1918 is not con- Mencement in June, 1913, when his fined to the first team and its great “aughter graduated, has appeared in the “comeback” in the second game with 1917. New Book Room. The preface states | Their third, fourth and fifth teams have that the letters are bono fide ones writ- ‘each beaten the Sophomores, and L. H. | te? to his college daughters. The first Pearson, of the fourth, has eight goals to One Sives reasons for choosing a college, her credit. Such a record does not help Which is small, near a large city but not to keep the Freshmen banner up, but, | in it, and not co-educational. The other nevertheless, it may give 1918 much quiet | letters touch upon health, avocations, satisfaction. | democracy and religion: at college. Mary Andrews, ‘17, chair-. iyi gc lala og. Tee THE COLLEGE NEWS 0 es fee @ cee? eNews Os oa uli GLE was nae in the interests of Bryn Mawr College os Managing Editor . . . ISABEL FOSTER, '15 Ass’t Managing Editor . ADRIENNE KENYON, '15 pee ser . MARY G. BRANSON, '16 Ase’t Bus. Mgr. . KATHARINE BLODGETT, '17 EDITORS CONSTANCE M. K. APPLEBEE CONSTANCE DOWD,'16 EMILIE STRAUSS, ’16 FREDRIKA M. KELLOGG, '16 ELEANOR DULLES, '17 MARY SENIOR, '18 on : Gehleg “Nev Office Hours: Daily, 2-3 Christian Association Library Subscriptions may begin at any time Preiptics $1.50 ae Price $2.00 — as second-class matter ; pion 26, 1914, at the post at Bryn Mawr, Pa., under the oMoe wot of Maroh 3, 1870 se aoe oeipeaneeeaiaacin mieedaeanmaninte “The News” feels rather bashful about putting itself forward in its new guise. The change is not made because we long for new worlds to conquer; indeed, our present world remains in a state of more or less barbarism. It is a sense of duty which compels us. Subscribers have written time and again that they want more reading matter for their money. Contributors, on the other hand, have complained that often their material is left out, because there is no room. We dare to increase the size of the sheet in the face of the errors which so often appear in it, because we believe that it will be as easy to correct mistakes with more material as with less. It is prac- tice and efficient management which will make “The News” the correct and digni- fied publication which we long for it to become. The Editor has received a letter signed by a “Friend.” They will be glad to pub- lish it, if the writer will send them her name in accordance with the rule previ- ously announced. The “News” is very sorry to hear that serious confusion resulted from an am- biguous notice in last week’s issue. There are evidently two undergraduates answering to the initials M. G. B. The numerals 1916 should have been added to the letters signing the “Morning Watch.” We apologize to the other M. G._B. for the annoyance the mistake must have caused her. 4 RECITAL AT THE LITTLE THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA By Miss Edith Wynne Matthison and Mr. Charles Rann Kennedy Friday, March 5th, 4 p. m. 1. Dramatic Interpretations from the Bible. (A more extended selection than previously.) Charles Rann Kennedy 2. Maurice Maeterlinck’s “Sister Bea- trice.” By Wynne Matthison Saturday, March 13th, 10.30 a. m. 1. Selections from Shakespeare’s Ham- let, Romeo and Juliet. Edith Wynne Matthison Charles Rann Kennedy’s “The Neces- sary Evil.” Charles Rann Kennedy, Edith Wynne Matthison Wednesday, March 17th, 4 p. m. Dramatic Interpretations from the Bible. Charles Rann Kennedy Cc. R. Kennedy’s “The Servant in the House.” Charles Rann Kennedy, Edith Wynne Matthison | Saturday, March 27th, 10.30 a. m. Professor Gilbert Murray’s translation “The Electra” of Euripedes. Charlies Rann Kennedy, Edith Wynne Matthison Wednesday, March Sist, at 4 p. m. _€. R. Kennedy's “The Idol Breaker.” Charles Rann Kennedy, Edith Wynne Matthison Admission 50 cents and $1.00 to ~ |nized wrongs. lrives at an eight-o’clock class. At Bryn CORRESPONDENCE. COLUMN [ihe Ndliore de wal bald thomnedocs wespaliate Ve Baie eimrneed tata. To the Editor of “The College News,” Madam: A college woman in an audience al- ways takes off her hat. We have been brought up to consider this as like to the laws of the Medes and Persians. Yet at Chapel the other Sunday night my view of the preacher was entirely eclipsed by the mortar board in front of me. Out- side visitors in my neighborhood seemed also inconvenienced by the rows of tall caps before them. The wearing of cap and gown to college affairs is no doubt impressive. But would it not be possible to remove the cap before the sermon? The comfort of the audience at large would not then be sacrificed to the dig- fore five minutes after. If the door is \not locked then, anyway the lecture has commenced, or at least dozens of mas- culine feet have to be walked over before dozens of critical eyes to reach a seat. How much less nerve racking a life this is! It is rather difficult at first to avoid the imputation of undue greediness for the divine crumbs of that which is power; but one learns not to jump at the sound of the bell. Thirdly, in the list of comforts, the library made me gasp. Instead of loung- ing comfortably in a leather upholstered chair before a more or less cheerful fire, at X one grows to be extremely grateful for a mere vacant seat, hard and uninviting, and in the evening strains one’s eyes beneath ceiling lights. Last, most immediately obvious fond nity of the students. An Undergraduate. Dear Editor: May we consider for a moment the | poor harassed choir mistress, who is re- sponsible for choosing hymns to suit everyone in college and who has to con-| sider also the result in equality and volume which the singing of these hymns | will produce? Many are the complaints which reach her ears, of monotony and conservatism; individuals quite naturally wish to have their favorite hymns sung on all occasions.’ Now these hymns, how- ever beautiful, may be practically un- known to the majority of chapel-going students so that indiscriminate choice might be disastrous but, on the other hand, it seems unnecessary that we should be bound to the hymns that we have always sung. Every undergraduate that has attended class song practices can read music at least well enough to know when the tune goes up and when it goes down, and with the trained lead- ership of the choir could, with a little effort, determine how far up or down. Might it not be left to the discretion of the choir mistress to select from a num- ber of individual choices given to her certain hymns, new or old, which we might safely sing? Perhaps then the monotony would be relieved and the com- plaints on that ground lessened, for we would take some of the responsibility on ourselves. A little seriousness and effort would lead to new effort and consequent improvement in the singing and perhaps the choir mistress would have a more peaceful time. : L. D. and BE. L. D. Dear Editor: In spite of the traditional odiousness of comparisons, they seem alluring pitfalls. At home, during the holidays, I must settle the whole question of co-education versus segregation, and here is pro- pounded the same dangerous conundrum: What is the difference between my Alma Mater and Bryn Mawr? No doubt the facetious sandwich is hidden in the ques- tion too. But someone has to bite. In such case it is a great temptation to indulge in wise, lengthy, and harmless abstractions as befitting a graduate stu- dent: but I judge that practical informa- tion is desired, such as to enable Bryn Mawrters to appreciate their blessings and petition against their yet unrecog- Briefly, then, a few vital details. To begin at the beginning, in the university town with which I am most familiar, from two to six mornings a week one swallows a cup of coffee, seizes a piece of toast, and if lucky ar- most uncomfortable, the woman who at- | tends my university goes hatted and | suited; at Bryn Mawr is seen the “col- lege girl” as advertised. The distinction is not wholly superficial. Where no beneficent self-government association guides erring footsteps, where no chap- eron guarantees. respectability, rules are absent and criticism rampant— there conventionality reigns supreme. frenziedly to arrive at lecture rooms be- |: where | You may do exactly as you please but) upon you rests the burden of the proof that you are not frivolous, nor yet a blue stocking. You enjoy the freedom of Robinson Crusoe, who obeyed no laws but stirred from his straight path of pru- dence at the risk of his scalp; not that of the Philadelphia citizen who is quite safe as long as he doesn’t break an ordinance. Perhaps in the light of recent agita-! tions, this is the key to the conundrum. At the University we were ruled by con- vention, at Bryn Mawr we are governed by rule. Question from the pessimist which is the worst? A Graduate Student. Dear Editor: I just received from Paris an admirable letter which I would like to be in “The College News,” if possible. This letter is from Dr. Andoyer, a well-known mathe- matician, professor at the University of Paris. He has also been teaching at the “Lycée Fenelon” for twenty years. This letter was sent to the head of the “Lycée” and she was asked to communi- cate it to his pupils. __ I have been myself one of his pupils, and it would be a great joy for me to see this wonderful letter. in “The College News.” Very sincerely yours, Yvonne Tertois. Madame la Directrice: Mons fils, lieutenant d’artillerie, a été tué Lundi II Janvier par une balle al- lemande qui lui a traversé la téte de part en part, au bois de Couscavage; il était a son poste d’observation. Il repose a Bras, village au nord de Verdun. Nous avons pu le voir une derniére fois, et nous avons assisté 4 ses obséques, au son du canon lointain. Voici ses derniers désirs; je serai heureux que ces jeunes filles qui ont des coeurs de vraies Francaises, qui ont leurs péres, leurs fréres aux armées les con- naissent. Dans une lettre pour un de ses cam- arades, il dit: “Qu’il prévienne directement mes par- ents de ma mort, sans plus; ils sauront bien que je suis tombé A mon poste, cela suffit. “Je désire en outre étre enterré oi je jserai tombé, a mon poste. Qu’on ne | Mawr, thanks be, we leisurely choose our|m’enlave pas la tombe du soldat: une cereal, decide the momentous question: cakes. At the most we can but miss Chapel. The latter is much more con- ducive to a good digestion. “But not only at this hour are the ill) effects of haste disregarded in the home | ~At every: undergraduate days. certain per cent rushing of my hour of the eight a of down-trodden students are croix de bois, un tumulus vite aplani ... \“How will you have your egg?” and) |ponder upon the nutritive value of hot bient6t plus rien ...wun corps qui a | sanctifié la terre et un souvenir qui plane, |Tombes innombrables des champs de la} |Lorraine, tombes d’inconnus, en est-il | ‘d'autres pour soulever plus haut la priére?” Je serai A mon poste, mardi prochain, devoir; je n'y faillirai pas. Andoyer comme d'habitude, c'est mon bien faible | . (Continued from Page 1) coups de canon et qui tuent—et pour faire quoi? Pour résister .sans avancer: * * © -* Car tel est notre rdéle ici.. On attaque peu ici. Au moindre con du moindre mouvement riven saire fait devant lui A travers les eaux des tranchées un feu de salve—sim- plement pour empécher l’avance de l’autre. Ou bien on signale une patrouille ennemie; alors on tiraille. Puis tout rentre dans le silence. Un peu toute la journée les balles sifflent. C’est un joli son comme un essaim d’abeilles. Alors, surtout quand le fossé -A rempart de terre qi’on appelle une tranchée est un peu bas, on se courbe. Quelle sottise d’étre aussi grand que,ton grand ben¢t de mari quand il faut passer aux endroits dangereux! Le point ol nous sommes est celui od les Allemands se sont arrétés aprés leur défaite de la Marne quand nos troupes éreintées n’ont plus eu la force de les poursuivre et qu’ils ont pu organiser leurs. positions d’arrét et de défense. C’est te dire que la terre ici est encore chaude des grandes batailles de Septembre. Dans les tranchées of nous étions il y a quelques jours on voit de petits monti- cules de terre avec un morceau de bois et une vieille baionnette disposés en croix. Ce sont des tombes. Nous voisin- ions de trés prés avec ces pauvres morts dans les trous qui nous servaient d’abri. On ne leur en veut pas de prendre un peu de place bien que la place soit rare et précieuse aux tranchées; mais ils nous génent tout de méme. Et quand ce sont des morts allemands on ne se géne pas pour le leur faire savoir. Il en est qui ne sont pas enterrés du tout. Pourquoi? A vingt métres de notre tranchée jai vu, par un clair de lune, une douzaine de cadavres allemands disposés en. tirail- leurs, c’est & dire separés par des inter- valles réguliers, é6tendus A six pas les uns des autres. Les tétes étaient comme des grenades ouvertes, rouges et noires. Tous étaient décomposés mais ainsi ‘alignés ils gardaient une apparence dis- ciplinée qui était Aa la fois ridicule et sinistre. Sur l’un d’eux on a trouvé une lettre signée Dinah, qui lui disait qu’elle embrassait “deinen lieben krausen Kopf.” Elle n’aurait pas embrassait pour sQr ce qu'il en restait de cette chére téte frisée, la moitié de grenade rouge et noire avec un horrible aspect de fruit entamé et desseché! Pourquoi est-ce que je te raconte tout cela? C’est de bien mauvais gout—je le sais. Mais tu as- un esprit qui aime savoir. Or cela c’est la guerre tandis que le gentil: canal avec le vieux pécheur ol mes: hommes déchargent du bois ce n’est que la paix. 19 Janvier. De la tranchée. Assis dans ma petite “guitoune” sur un tas de paille séche que le fidéle Bayard (sans peur et sans re- proche comme son historique homonyme) est all6é chercher ce matin pour son caporal. Ici aller a l’eau ou au bois ou a la paille n’est pas ce qu’un vain peuple pense mais c’est aussi dangereux qu’une exploration africaine. Le trait que tu peux remarquer 2 lignes plus haut re- présente l’arrivée de Girousse qui m’a bousculé. Cette autre fleur de mon escouade est un Marseillais loquace et exubérant dont la conversation mono- loguée me géne beaucoup en ce moment. Brave garcon, ce Girousse, mais si mala- droit! Il renverse le seau qui a l'eau sans oublier de chavirer du méme coup la gamelle qui a le café. Tout le monde hurle mais lui avec son impayable accent du Sud a une habitude désarmante de dire: Ca ne fait bien! comme si c’était lui qu’on avait dérangé! 23 Janvier. A compter du 1 Fey. fe suis nommé Caporal Fourrier. C’est a dire sous- officier. Mes galons se dorent! The above letter was sent by Mme. Cons to some of her friends at Bryn Mawr. She wished she could write to her students individually, for she has pleasant memories of them, but found she had not time. She reports that M. Cons was safe up to the 29th of January. THE COLLEGE NEWS 3 CAMPUS NOTES —- The Rav. Anna Garlin n: tpdeione, ie is to preach on Sunday, was formerly the minister of the Religious Society of Bell Street Chapel. Mrs. Spencer began her career as a journalist in 1869, later took up teaching for a time and then became the minister of the Bell Street Chapel. - During her ministry the “World’s Parlia- ment of Religions” was held, at which she was one of the speakers. At present Mrs. Spencer is Professor of Sociology and Ethics at Meadville, and Staff Lecturer at the New York School of Philanthropy. This will be the second time that a woman has been invited to conduct and preach at the Sunday evening service. Dr. Anna Shaw preached here about five years ago. Instruction for Confirmation will be de- livered at the Church of the Good Shep- herd, Rosemont, on Friday afternoons, at four o’clock, during Lent. Dr. Barnes is doing experimental work in light under E. Rutherford at Manches- ter, England. His experiments at Cam- brige had to do with wave lengths in the region between violet and X-rays. Miss Orie Latham Hatcher is writing a book for Vassar’s Fiftieth Anniversary, with the title, “The Custom of Dramatic Entertainment within Shakespeare’s Plays.” Mr. Frank Harris, who is to lecture here on the 13th, was formerly the editor of the “Fortnightly Review,” editor of the “Saturday Review,” 1894-1899; editor of “Vanity Fair,” 1905-1909. Mr. Harris is the author of “The Women of Shakes- peare,” “Shakespeare and His Love,” “The Man Shakespeare,” etc. The sub- ject of his lecture will be “The Personal Shakespeare-and the Lady of the Son- nets.” Laura Bryne, 1912, has been appointed Assistant Business Manager to the Col- lege. Ellen Pottberg, 1911, who was act- ing as temporary assistant manager, is now teacher of Latin in the William Penn High School. Miss Georgiana Woodberry, A.B., Smith, ’85, has been appointed house- keeper in Rockefeller. The subject for the interclass debate on Wednesday evening was: “Resolved: that the United States should buy ships -toincrease ite“merchant: marine.” The | Senior team was BE. Noyes, M. G. Brow- nell, F. Hatton. The Sophomore speak- ers were E. Russel, E. Holcombe, D. Ship- ley. WOMEN AND WAR IN GERMANY ‘A Letter from ‘a Former Graduate Student at Bryn Mawr College, Daughter of Professor of Medicine at the Univer- sity of Berlin. The following letter has just been re- ceived by an American, friend of the writer, who was the holder of one of the | German Government scholarships at Bryn Mawr College in 1912-1913. She and her | family have also had close ties with Eng- | President McCracken, the new presi-|!and for many years, and she was for a INTERCOLLEGIATE COLUMN dent of Vassar, has already made two in- | Year of more a graduate student at St. teresting changes in the college customs. | Andrews’ University, Scotland. He has given the wardens who are all | alumnz of Vassar, the responsibility of ; taking care of alumneze, who come back) Berlin, 4 October, 1914. to the college, and of managing the busi- I hear that there is now some chance! ness connected with finding occupations | for open letters to find their way across, for students just graduating from college. so I shall try at last to answer your letter. | President McCracken has also decided to) It is hard to imagine that anybody can | have only one member of the graduating | be outside of all that is going on with! class speak at commencement. This | such gigantic force, outside in the battle- | The Jetter was sent opened. | that time the Red Cross may be thankful to get me back. _ -We knit, _we sew, we preserve for the soldiers; it is touching how the very poorest find means to get wool, or flannel, and do more than their share. But vic- tories are received more or less as a mat- ter of course. We know there is no alter- native. It is either win or perish, and we feel too strong—we feel that our na- tion has too much vitality, for the latter. There is comparatively little bitterness against the enemies. The Russians are pitied as poor devils, driven into this war by their leaders, not sufficiently educated ‘to know what they are about, and it is in- | deed pitiful to see, as we have here in the East, how they are willing to be made | prisoners and look forward to the tidiness }and cleanliness of our prisoners’ camps. The French we can also understand, and | their old desire for revenge; but the bit: terness is great toward England, for we |can’t find any excuse for England’s cal- speaker is to be elected by the Senior undergraduate point of view. School of Aviation. This course of three | get. chines. Flights will be made, ‘motive forgotten, everyone intent on the There is a movement on foot at the one idea only, to save his country and to University of Pennsylvania to have lec-| help to end this terrible war as quickly tures begin at 8 o’clock in order that/as possible, once it could no longer be there may be a longer period of daylight | avoided. in the afternoon for athletic practices. The University of Toronto has confer-! lected funds for the Red Cross. red degrees, without examination, listed. between Wellesley, Mt. Resolved: government according to the Des Moines plan.” Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton, New York University, Cornell, Harvard, and Pennsylvania met last Sat- urday at the University Club, in New York City, to discuss the anti-militaristic movement in men’s colleges. and sacred purpose: homes. August. two days we waited before the Castle 0 The Home of Fine WINSTON BUILDING Where this Book was Printed our frontier. ing for the utmost, prayer, a short prayer and the most pow- hymn: 'der: “Zur Mobilmachung der gesammten | Streitkrafte,” were read aloud. After one powerful cheer the people ’ | went home, solemn and quiet, as they had come. Everyone went to work, and work! | they did so tremendously that within a ifew days we had a gigantic army ‘ready ‘to fight, were able to feed and | clothe and nurse them. Boys pulled the | milk cart, because the horses were given | | for the soldiers;; women conducted tram | cars, because the men were getting ready | | to go; women and children went out into | the country to bring the harvest in and | take the places of all those that were | strong enough to go and fight. ment, Large Facilities, Af and Expert Supervision We offer the services of our Skilled Labor, Modern Equip- Write for Prices on Any Kind of Printing THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. 1006-1016 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA s) | what that means. I myself am substitut- ‘ing for the’ man teacher in my sister’s . school; exams, of course, are quite out of _the questidn (she had expected to take | her examination for a Ph.D. degree at the | University of Berlin this year), not only because of their selfishness, but because there is nobody there to examine you. The first two weeks I was helping in the Red Cross, but they still have so many Reasonable Prices hands and reserves that I felt more useful on an estate, where I was till the corn I suppose by | fields and inside every single individual; | class and her speech is to present the| and I wonder how much or how little you | |people across the water, go through all A course in aviation has been opened this with us and how scanty, how partial, | to Cornell undergraduates by the Thomas wrong or just the news may be which you I wonder whether you can picture. months will include the management and | what it means to see a whole nation construction of both land and water ma-| united, every egotistical, every personal Even the prisoners in gaol have col-| ° The firm | on | and absolutely self-understood way every- forty-four of its students, who have en- body does and knows his duty, the tre- |/mendous sacrifices brought and given as A triangular debate is to be held /if it were the greatest favor allowed, to Holyoke, and | sacrifice all that is possible, the good hu- Vassar on March 20th. The subject is;;mor that everywhere tries to hide the) “That the average American | tears; all that is so great, so wonderful, City shall adopt the commission form of | the strength of moral quality and the vigor flaming in all those eyes that are usually dull, bound to some dreary work | and selfish aims and that may now set) all their strength to some larger, higher | to help save their} We can never forget those first days of The Russian army was march- ing up along our eastern border and for'| window for the Tsar’s answer, whether or} not he would withdraw his troops trom | Thousands and thousands | were solemnly moving up and down Unter den Linden, waiting to hear and prepar- then the cathedral bells began to ring and called us in for| erful singing of our old Lutheran war}! “Bin feste Burg ist unser Gott.” | A, few minutes later the Castle doors opened and the Tsar’s telegram and im- | mediately afterwards our Emperor's or- | “Bin Volk in Waffen,” we know now | was in, and then came here, where I shall |. be till Christmas at least. |Cculations and know that even in their own government the party was strong ‘that protested, whilst with us not even a single Socialist hesitated to vote for the necessary war funds. This war, as we see it, cannot but de- moralize England, fighting for profit, help- ing the more or less barbaric East, and thinking to achieve with money what we |do with an enthusiasm that can only be ‘called sacred. It is so in the people's mind and that is what counts and it mat- ters little whether philosophers or theolo- gists of later ages will justify it or not. _If the feeling is bitter toward the Eng- lish nation as a whole, we always. ac- knowledge that the individual English- men are our best enemies, fight like gen- tlemen, and that our and the British doc- tors work together splendidly; while the eruelty—and inhumanity —of—the—French |African troops and the Belgian popula- tion in the industrial centers surpasses everything that has ever happened even in the most terrible colonial wars. The occupation of Belgium was, in our eyes, necessary self-defense, and now that | French and English arsenals and reserves }have been found there in large numbers, it proves how right we were and that |England as well as France had long be- fore broken Belgium’s neutrality. Nev- ertheless, in our critical way, it was an jact_ much discussed and not easily de- | cided upon or justified, When the regiments move out or pass through the stations they get food, cigars, etc., but what we can never have in suffi- cient quantities is flowers. “Just one more flower” is all they ask for, over and |over again, and as they go marching by, | with a rose in their gun, flowers every- where, and the cannons almost hidden under branches and blossoms, they look so peaceful and try so hard to cheer up their wives and children that it makes . one forget the trains and trains full of wounded and suffering men that come in, likewise an endless string. oT Most admirable also is the civic charity | organization, All the poorer children |whose fathers are now in the army or #/ out of work are fed by the municipality ‘or in private families. For the time of ithe war, for instance, I am godmother to | so and so many children and am responsi- | ble for their physical and moral upbring- | ing. As long as I was still in Berlin I gave out 700 lunches a day, paid for by ‘the city, in one single school district only. | Nevertheless the suffering is, of course, | great. | If you are interested to get German papers, I shall try to send them regularly. But very few we have sent have arrived so far. They are mostly kept back on ac- count of England’s interest to spread fake news about Germany and keep matters /secret that may be published here. If you can, write and tell me how peo- ple judge and think in your country and ‘let me know how you and your family are. I shall be very, very thankful. Would you mind sending this letter on? So few letters arrive that if you get this one I should be thankful if you would send it on. Much love’ ove Mariana Ewald 4 m THE COLLEGE NEWS "CHRISTIAN. ASSOCIATION. COLUMN _ Morning Watch Mon.—Rom. Ill. For Knowledge of Right and Wrong. . For Faithfulness. --Tues.—Rom. Wed.—Roni. V./ The Atonement. — Thurs—-Rom. YI. For Newness of Life. Fri—Rom. VH. “Deliver us from Evil.” Sat.—Rom. VIII, 1-20. Power of Christ. Sun.—Rom. VIII, 26-39. Confidence in God. — - Federation Committee.—A pdster has been put up in Taylor on which all those who are thinking of going to the Eagles- mere Conference next summer are re- quested to sign. For the benefit of those who have never heard of Eaglesmere add the follow- ing: this conference for college and school girls is held at the end of June, lasting into the first week of July. Bagles- mere is in the central: part of Pennsyl- vania. For further particulars, see the circular of the East Central Student Con- ference, which is on the Federation desk in the C. A. Library. Bible and Mission Classes.—Partly owing to the Freshman Show and the bad weather, the Bible and Mission classes last week were not as well attended as formerly. Some people, to be sure, prob- ably found they were not as interested as they expected and therefore stayed away, but it seems more likely that the falling off in attendance is due to carelessness. If the college wants these classes, the girls who, a few weeks ago, declared themselves willing to attend, must show their willingness now. The subjects for next week are as fol-| lows: H. Taft, “Isaiah”; A. Grabau, ‘“The Miracles of Christ”; Miss Applebee, “Wit- nesses of the Doctrines of Christ’; R.| Sato, “Japanese Women”; Mrs. Branson, “Preventive Medical Missions—Hygiene | and Sanitation,’ Mrs. Carroll Brown | (Anna Hartshorn, 12) will speak on “Tu-| berculosis and Methods of Preventing It.” Finance Committee.—We have ai ceived $50.00 from: the alumne since | the last notices were sent out. Mount | Holyoke is the only other woman’s | college where the alumne belong to the | Christian Association and pay dues. | There are two great advantages of having | them members; one is that it makes it| possible for them to keep in touch with the work of the Christian Association in| College, the other that we receive their | financial aid. We must not, however, be | dependent upon their contributions, for) they have many other interests out of | college. Several of the alumne have | resigned this year because their other | demands were so great. We regret that) they have felt they must do so and we| thank them for their help; their letters | which show their interest in the Associ- ation. REPORTS FROM VASSAR The delegates to the Intercollegiate | Christian Association Conference at Vas- sar gave their reports at a meeting on | Monday. Ruth Tinker first told the pro-|| gram. The Bryn Mawr delegates reached | Vassar in time for dinner Friday night. | Immediately after Chapel that evening | ction: and employment bureaus were ‘as ours. jread aloud. | discussed. - The presidents also met to} talk over board meetings, and on. Sun- day morning there was a final devotional meeting. Then Mary Branson told of the finances in the different associations. Most of them have a budget which is larger than ours in proportion to their membership. They have no Finance Committee, so their money is not pledged and then col- lected, but it is either given in a col- lection at Sunday Chapel, or put in an envelope which is collected at the end of the semester. Their money is given about equally to home and foreign mis- sions. In most cases the missionaries whom they support are their own alumnze whom they keep in touch with through a Correspondence Committee. It is dif- ficult to compare some of their other ac- + tivities, for they do not belong to the Christian Association. At Vassar the | work done by our Maids’ and Settlement | Committees is combined in the Maids’ | Club House, which is managed by the | Students’ Association. At Smith the Em- ployment Bureau is an important feature. | It is in charge of the general secretary, | who is a recent alumna. Wellesley and | Smith both have general secretaries | whose salaries are a. large item on their | budgets, and whose aid they feel is in- dispensable. Wellesley and Mt. Holyoke | are connected with the Young Woman’s | Christian Association. Next Bleanor Dulles reported on mis- sion classes which are conducted much They have an enrollment of about one-third the membership, which is a slightly better proportion than ours. At Vassar they have reading circles or- ganized after the other classes, at which such books as those of Dr. Grenfell are Almost all the classes are graded according to the academic year, and are often run in connection with re- quired Bible Classes. The speakers often got the outlines for their,course at the+ |Silver Bay Conference. There are nor- imal classes for the leaders, which are taught by outside speakers. In addition ‘to these, there are classes to prepare 'girls for practical work, such as the or- | ganization of Eight Weeks Clubs. These are clubs to bring together the girls of |} country communities by giving them a lplace of meeting and some common in- 'terests. The canvassing for the classes jis done by halls within a limited time. Most associations subscribe to mission- arv magazines, which are put with the others in the sitting-rooms. SECOND TEAM WATER- POLO. GAMES On Tuesday night, 1917 beat 1918, and 1915 won from 1916. The teams were: 1917 1918 FE. Dulles. P. Turle p Allport M. Stair . Stewart f L.. Smith . Holeombe 3. S. Belleville ©. Bain | Faulkner... R. F.B E. Houghton K. Blodgett. .... L. F.B M. Bacon . Davis. . 6s. eS H. Wilson Goals—1917, R a . 4 E. Dulles, 3; H. Allport, 1; V. Holcombe, 1 Referee—E. Dessau. Time of halves— 5 minutes. 1915 1916 H. MeFarland,. R.F H. Riegel | | M. Morgan... oF. E. Brakeley | H. Bradway.... ; L.F R. Fordyce | | M. M. Chamberlain H.B E. Hill A. Werner | E. Van Horn..... R.F.B M. G. Branson | LO. Erbsloh. LF. B: L. Garfield | M.. M, Thompson ae G L. Dillingham Goals—1915, M. McFarland, 2; M. Mor- | gan, 1; M. Bradway, 2; O. Erbsloh, 1; | 1916, E. Brakeley, 1. Referee—M. Scattergood. halves—5 minutes. The same teams were again victorious | Time of the first closed cabinet meeting was held | ‘on Friday afternoon. The line-ups were: in the Christian Association room in the | Students’ Building, and was attended by | the Vassar board and the delegates. At} this meeting the Bible and Mission Study | Classes, Student Volunteer Band, Chris- | tian Association Libraries, Religious | Meetings, Budgets, and Philanthropic Work were discussed. Sunday morning | there was a meeting at which the — dents of Mt. Holyoke, Bryn Mawr and Smith, and the vice-president of Welles- | ley, spoke on the things which were unique in their own associations. After this meeting the members of the board | entertained the delegates at luncheon. At 2 p. m. a second closed meeting was held, at which Membership Committees, Religious Meetings, the Federation Com- mittee, affiliation with the National Board | of the Young Woman's Christian Asso- 1918 | 1917 I. Haupt..... R. F V. Frazier | . Allport. C.F M Stair | |G. Malone. L.F M. O'Conner L. Pearson . Russell H.B. M. Bacon .. Stewart R.F. B. H. Hammer . Barrett | c. Casselbury . . . L. F. B. >. Holeombe. . G H. Wilson Goals—1917, H. Allport, 3; G. Haupt, 1; 1918, Frazier, 1. Referee—F. M. Kelopp. Time of i/halves—5 minutes. 1915 1916 R. Tuttle. R. F R. Fordyce M. Morgan C.r E. Brakeley | H. McFarland L. F B. Bensberg | H. Robertson ©, Erbsioh H. B H. Riegel | E. Van Horn R.F.B L. Garfield A. Werner | | M. Bradway L.F.B E. Hill | 1. Bradford G: L. 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