THIRTEEN FRESHMEN HEELERS IN. NEWS COMPETITION | Thirteen Freshmen signed on the bul- letin board for the News Competition. | If there are any more who would like ta) apply, they may enter their names at | | office hours, Christian Association room, | Library between 2.00 and 3.00 this atter:| noon. The successful candidate in this) competition will bé in line for the posi- | tion. of Managing Editor in her senior. year. The names already entered are: R. G. Rhoads, M. Worch, M. O'Connor, T. Born, | E. J. Merck, P. Turle, K. A. Holliday, | F. Buffum, E. Lindley, H. Whitcomb, D. Kuhn, H. M. Wilson, K. Dufourcq. ALUMNA NOTES Mrs. Robert Speer (Emma Doll Bailey, ex-’04) has been elected President of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., to succeed Miss Grace Dodge. The Febru- ary number of the “North American Student” contains an article on Miss Grace Dodge written by Mrs. Speer. The wedding of Mary Alden, '12, and The Rev. Edwin Lane, will take place on April the seventh. Geraldine Watson, M.D., ex-’09, is an interne this year at the Bellevue Hos- pital. Jessie Buchannan, ‘13, is studying law at the New York University Law School, and is also taking a course at the School of Commerce in which course she is the only-woman-in_a_class_of-sixty-men, DR. G. A. JOHNSTON ROSS TO HOLD LENTEN SERVICES AT ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH At the daily noon-day services for the week of March 8th to 12th, the ad-! dresses are to be made by Dr. Ross who was formerly the’ minister at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, and is now Professor of Homiletics at the Union Theological Seminary. The “Evening Bulletin” quotes Dr. Grammer, the Rec- tor of St. Stephens, as saying in refer- ence Dr. Ross’s engagement: “This Presbyterian clergyman has been invited into our pulpit under the canons of our church and with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese, in the firm conviction that by the road of such cour- tesies the unity of the Christian world ean be made manifest and increased. By his presence, as well as by his words, Christian fellowship will be spread abroad.” | telligence, - N WOMEN IN SCIENCE By Dr. Morgan For those of us who are Dalton-bred, Dr. Morgan’s book, entitled “Women in Science,” should be of special interest. With so many formule and facts to learn we are far too apt to neglect the his- torical side of our chosen subjects, and hardly realize that science, as well as literature, has a general culture of its own which should stimulate as well as interest us. It is of course reprehensible of us to associate our knowledge so little with the scientists whose life-long en- deavor has given vhat ‘knowledge to the world. We loose much of the charm of our work by this, for on a background of bigraphy, formule and theories grow real and vivid to us. It is especially reprehensible for the feminists of the ‘College not to realize the success that women have already attained in that most unfeminine of all pursuits, science. And even the least scientific minded will _find with interest, I think, that, far from being an outgrowth of the present age, equal educational rights for women have | been the established order in Italy sifice the beginning of the Renaissance. Two centuries ago women held chairs in Italian universities with honor and ac- claim. More than that, the majority of those who attained the greatest success in science married and brought up fam- ilies into the bargain—a point which Dr. Morgan stresses with great pride and triumph. It is perhaps disappointing to find that we cannot consider ourselves | pioneers, but it is inspiring to find that, -in—spite—of—predictions to the contrary, the brightest dreams of feminism have already been realized in many cases, If you wish arguments to dispel the usual pessimistic doubts concerning female in- read “Women in. Science.” You will find it a fund of interesting in- formation, with dates and data attached. | J.T. Howell, °10. FRENCH PLAYS TO BE GIVEN IN PHILADELPHIA On March third the New York com- pany of French actors will appear at the Little Theatre in Philadelphia for the last time this winter. In the afternoon, the well-known comedy, “Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon” will be given, and in the evening, “Le Chemineau,” a rather new play by Richepin, which has been very successful in Paris and in New York. The plays which have been given earlier in the winter by this. company have been very well presented, and these will undoubtedly not fall below the stand- ,ard set by the previous performances. THE COLLEGE NEWS FIRE ON THE CAMPUS The old infirmary, now used as a psychology laboratory, was in danger last Saturday of being burnt to the ground, but was saved by the presence of mind and pluck of Miss Rand and Miss Bills. The hood of a piece of apparatus which Miss Rand was using caught on fire. The apparatus contained a tank of highly ex- plosive liquid and to prevent an explos- ion which would have wrecked the whole building, Miss Rand and Miss Bills threw the burning parts of the machine out of the window, unfortunately the bush out- side caught.on fire and the flames quickly spread to the roof. They shouted to a boy to telephone to the fire department and he gave the alarm to the gymnasium janitress who rushed the Italians from cleaning the swimming pool to the rescue, arming them with the fire ex- tinguishers. Just as they had succeeded in put‘ing out the fire on the roof, Miss Rand emerged from the doorway en- veloped in a sheet of flame and they promptly turned the extinguisher on her. Inside of fifteen minutes all the excite- ment was over, Miss Bills whose clothes were burnt, but who had escaped with only slight injuries to her hands, had re- turned to Pembroke, Miss Rand, who was badly—burnt though, _as-the—flames—had been ‘so quickly put out, the burns were luckily superficial for the most part, had been taken first to Merion and later re- moved to the Infirmary, and the “News” reporter, who had been the first onlooker to arrive on the scene, was left to survey | the damage, to admire the pluck and i/nerve of women, to marvel at the un- | suitability of their work-a-day garments, jand the stolid common sense of the |Italian workmen to whom a fire extin- | guisher is a fire extinguisher and to be | used alike on women or on wood, | eueepersnnendgennecmneenepan oe - WATER POLO BEGINS | Water polo began Monday night, with ja packed, cheering-section,-and with 16's /mascot and '17’s little red whale much in | evidence. | The line-up for the first game was as follows. 17 "18 |M: Willard....... Mie. D. Kuhn |H. Harris........ C: Bo G. F'anagan a igi Eee L. F. ...H. Alexander , Litehfield....... Bh T. Howell ts rs o's mw. Bek A. Newlin . Faulkner.... L. G accacs M. Strauss 'M. Scattergood.... G. ........H. Wilson During the first half the sophomores did all the p'aying. The score was 5-0. In the last half however, ’I8 seemed to ‘get it’s wind and the final score was | 7-3... °27 played a fast offensive, while '18 'elung to the defensive almost to the end. The '15-'16 line-up was: Robinson. .... Mee sae Cc. Dowd NOT soc os Sheen cs F. Kellogg BOTY oes iecn ess OS er E. Strauss | A. Hardon...... Be... L. Goodnow | A. Spence..... Be occas C. Kellen or fee... ta ee is cua ns M. Dodd | E. SPORE chic, Wey va eas F. Hitchcock | M. |G. "15 got two goals first-half, and four in the second. ‘16 did not score. The juniors had fairly good team play. ‘15 | played a brilliant individual game and ihad excellent defense.”