Managing Editor 2 : THE COLLEGE NEWS The Colleae News Published weekly during the college year in the interests of Bryn Mawr College ISABEL FOSTER, '15 Ase'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 ELEANOR DULLES, '17 MARY SENIOR, "18 Office Hours: Daily, 2-3 Christian Association Library Subscriptions may begin at any time Subscription $1.50 Mailing Price $2.00 Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1014, at the -post office at Bryn Mawr, Pa, under the Act of March 3, 1879 It is seldom that Bryn Mawr hears a sermon which appeals to the whole col- lege as did Dr. Fitch’s this Sunday. The sermon was typically a college one, and made the sure appeal of that which lies nearest to the heart. He spoke about the good and the clever at college, quot- ing the following poem: “If only the good could be clever And only the clever be good. The world would be very much better Than ever we thought that it could. But, alas, it is seldom or never The two hit it off as they should, The good are so harsh to the clever; The clever so rude to the good.” A point which particularly struck home was that service should not be measured in quantity, but in quality, and that our greatest social service at pres- ent is study. He suggested the ‘medias res,” where the gift of the devotee, high and cour- ageous feeling, and the gift of the scholar, which may become mere pedan- | try and diabolical pedantry at times, are combined in the man of true religion and | scholarship. CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN (The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed in this column.) Dear Editors: In so much as we Freshmen have been exalted against our will in many cases to the high position of proctor, we beg you to remember that, as in the case of flower-girls and duchesses, a proctor is not a proctor merely because she is «“‘blues.” ened by elected, but because she is treated like one. The very pathetic example of a Freshman whose sad duty it is to be proctor in a corridor full of Seniors comes to the mind. This poor person hour after hour heard the’ shouts of laughter issuing forth through the open transom of a Senior’s room, and time after time she debated to herself whether duty should be stronger than those dreaded epithets “trite and presumptu- ous.” At last when she had mustered up all her available courage, afid with trembling knees and shaking fingers, she had approached the door, and had en- treated, begged that “the Seniors-er-ah make just a trifle-er-less noise,” we re- gret to say that her presence was ig- nored! Could anything be more tragic than this? So we requested you of the upper classes, even if you do not regard the Freshman proctor as the personifica- tion of law and order, at least to remem- ber that she is taking herself most seri- ously, and that it would be an act of kindness, if you were to preserve this pleasing little hallucination. Sieaiailiacncaatie Dear Editors: Did someone say Bryn Mawr students were poor sports? We should like to introduce that person to the Class of 1916. Nothing could have shown better clean sporting spirit than '16’s attitude toward the mistake in the swimming meet scores. To have enjoyed the thrills of your first victory after two years’ hard work in athletics and then have all your exultation dashed to the ground would be enough to give anybody the But ’16 was not to be disheart- that. Their captain showed -were what thoroughly good sports they are when she said to a 1917 person, “Well, | we're pretty close rivals! Remember the | gym meet? Never mind! We'll beat| you yet!” sc Bay ks ALUMNZ NOTES Kate E. Chambers, ’11, has announced her engagement to Laurens Hickok Seelye. Mr. Seelye, who is finishing his last year at the Union Theological, is the son of the Rev. William Seelye, of North Conway, N. H. No date has been set for the wedding. Katherine Page, '13, has charge of the “Health Department” for the care of the Belgian refugees in London. The office of the department is at the War Refugees Headquarters and is open from 9 to 5 daily. Georgina Biddle, who was doing grad- uate work at Bryn Mawr, preparatory to entering Johns Hopkins next year, has been obliged to give up her work owing to slight injuries sustained from a fall when riding. STRIPED MUFFLERS FOR LEPERS Many will remember the interesting sermon The Rev. Mr. Higginbottam gave to us about the lepers in India. These lepers need mufflers, 12 inches wide and 2 yards long, the brighter the better. Striped mufflers or plain are wanted, the only restriction being, that much blue must not be used as it is a low caste color. These mufflers are wrapped about . the head in the day and at night the lepers roll themselves up in them. Please . everyone knit mufflers and bring them to F, Kellogg, Pem. East, when finished. You have until the end of college to make them. (Continued from Page 1) ing debt of gratitude. Everyone of you who are now growing up and forming your thoughts and imagination for the rest of your life should learn to appreci- ate Wagner’s operas. You may not like them at first, but persevere and sud- denly they will seem to you surprisingly wonderful. When I was in Leipsic in 1879 the operas were given by one of the greatest Wagner conductors in the world. The merchants in Leipsic were rich and could afford to bring famous singers there and pay the prices they demanded. But when I first heard the Wagner operas they were absolute gibberish to me. After about a year of hearing them over and over again the redlization of what Wagner was, came to me. His music gave me my musical education and has been one of my greatest joys. The two great musical composers that seem to have- influenced Wagner most Mozart-_and . Beethoven. From Mozart and Beethoven, love of Wagner leads one back also to other earlier mus- ical geniuses. Then, of course, his music leads one forward. Any one that loves Wagner loves, too, Strauss, Dubussy and other modern musicians. One can read nothing more delightful than Wagner’s life, It shows us how much more sensi- tive to genius we shall be when ‘women wield more influence. Women are very susceptible to Wagner’s genius. In his lifetime they could not turn a deaf ear to his music. They gave him their money, their time and their husband’s houses. German merchants went off on their business trips and returned to find Wagner in possession of their houses, . writing his operas. Women seemed to be overwhelmed by the great power of his genius. Women, at the present time, have more leisure to read and more time to study really difficult artistic things. They are the greatest admirers of Wag- ner. If you look around at a Wagner opera night. you will see that the audi- ence is made up of appreciative and en- tranced women who have succeeded in bringing with them perhaps one man for every ten women. This only shows that women have had the leisure to under- stand what Wagner’s music means.