~The College News _ eutirely support a summer camp for poor 2 —_—_ oe THE COLL EGE NEWS Published weekly during.the college year in the interests of Bryn Mawr College Managing Editor . . . ISABEL FOSTER,'15 Ass’t Managing Editor . ADRIENNE KENYON, '15 Business Manager . . MARY G. BRANSON, ‘16 Ase’t Bus. Mgr. KATHARINE BLODGETT, '17 _ *‘Eprrors CONSTANCE M. K. APPLEBEE CONSTANCE DOWD,'16 EMILIE STRAUSS, '16 FREDRIKA M, KELLOGG,'I6 . 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 cone eae att Act Although many of us in College have had little actual contact with Miss Gar- rett, we have none the less felt her per- sonality and her ability. Those of us who have met her at the Deanery can truly say: “To a stranger it must have been difficult to associate the quiet, retiring, almost shy gentlewoman, who never un- necessarily used the personal pronoun and apparently never thought of self, with the heiress who so wisely disposed of her wealth, unostentatiously furnished regal tenets for the progress of her sex and was a walking encyclopedia « on art and litera- ture, Always well poised, surrounded with every refinement without wasteful ex- travagance, well dressed, though never conspicuously, a charming hostess with- out undue display, Miss Garrett passed through her world, leaving it richer, bet- ter, for her presence.” From a slight knowledge of Miss Garrett we have admired her remarkable business ability and her artistic gifts. We welcome to our harbor the good ship which enters port next Saturday. “Pinafore” represents a daring venture of a twofold character and we are all inter- ested to see how she will weather the gales. The substitution of a real musical comedy for the old-time Glee Club con- cert promises to be an attractive change. Jolly sailors_and their relatives in gay costumes on board a life-size ship (two decks, so rumor hath it) cannot but be more thrilling than rows of white-clad maidens, however charming their singing may be. Of course, such an undertaking means a great deal more work, for to the training of large choruses must be added the coaching of acting and dancing and the costuming and staging needed for so large an enterprise. ‘Pinafore’ is a dar- ing voyager. As a Varsity Show, Satur- day night’s performance will mark, we hope, the beginning of a new era. Under- graduate plays are a feature of the life of most colleges, but until now have been quite unknown to Bryn Mawr. Here is the chance to inaugurate a new tradition, to have one very good play during the year, drawing on the talent of the whole student body (graduates, too, are on deck) and helping to further that “esprit de corps” of. which we hear so much. As a pleasing variation of the Glee Club enter- tainment and as a herald of future “Var- sity Shows,” the arrival of “Pinafore” is awaited with great excitement. May she have a “bon voyage.” CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN The Editors do not hold themselves re for the opinions expressed in this To the Editor of “The College News”: In your last issue you published a let- ter which I felt was unjustly severe in its attack on Bryn Mawr’s work in the settlement movement. The writer appar- ently did not know of our large interest in philanthropic work and did not realize that although we have no chapter in the College Settlement Association, yet we people and teach six classes a week at 191 ae ee | of lack of interest in the association is just.’ Our “apathy” is’ not ue, however, to lack of interest in part of the undergraduates, but to the or- ganization of the C.S. A. The only repre- sentation of the association in College is the Settlement Committee under the Christian Association whose chairman is the so-called “elector” from the College. The duty of the committee is to arrange settlement classes (which have practi- cally no connection with the C. S. A.); and the committee has no way of finding out who is interested in social work out- side of those who volunteer to teach set- tlement classes. So we are, as a College, represented in an association with which, as a College, we have practically no connection and about which we know little. Is it any wonder we are apathetic? It seems to me that we ought either to get out of the College Settlement Association alto- gether or else start a chapter independent of the Christian Association which would take real interest in it. But to get out of the association would seem rather foolish because a great many of us are interested in social work and the College Settlement is especially designed to give College educated girls a chance to do efficient social work. Now why not start a chapter next. year and let all those interested enough in social work join it? In this way we would accomplish the two objects of membership in the association; first, we would give future social work- ers a connection with social workers from almost all Eastern colleges in an association which will enable them to do the most efficient social work after col- lege; and, second, we would raise either by dues or entertainments a contribution to the association. And it seems to me that we have plenty of real interest in social work to start such a chapter and make it a success. What do other people think about this? I hope someone will give the committee suggestions for next year. M. Scattergood, Chairman of the Settlement Committee. To the Editor of “The College News”: The “student who advertised Mr. Sun- day’s presence in a church outside the College gates” would like to state that the Bryn Mawr students who attended Mr. Sunday’s meeting did so as individuals, and as such had the right to reserve seats. This should not have “inevitably coupled the name of the College with the revival meeting’ any more than the at- tendance of a number of students at a play couples the name of Bryn Mawr with a_ theatrical performance. of course, there was a chance that the ma- jority of the undergraduates would ob- ject, although such an objection would have appeared as an attempt to limit in- dividual activities; but as the majority attended the meeting the natural assump- tion would be that they approved. How- ever, had any opposition been voiced be- fore Mr. Sunday’s address at the church, all reservations might have been can- celled. Mr. Sunday needs no defence. The last- ing results of his work speak for the man. One-of our secular periodicals says, “His campaign through the West and Middle West can almost be’ traced by the ‘dry’ towns and cities in his wake.” A professor of psychology, from one of our oldest universities attended several of the “tabernacle” meetings, and said that what had impressed him most was the entire lack of sensational emotional- ism. Knowing the deplorable moral con- dition of the undergraduates of Cornell who are “rising by the power of their in- tellects,” it seems hardly fitting for a reputable woman's College to quote their. opinion concerning any religious” move- ment. the Philadelphia settlements, and this yong. Dave: Goms:n-grenk dasl.for the war ‘Sufferers.. But although she did not real-: |ize that we have many philanthropic in- | terests outside the C. S. A., her accusation work on the} more than intellect; that the avowed pur- ~ velop his intellect alone. Surely no fault ‘can be found with students who desire the development of their tri-partite na- ture, inane soul, and spirit. Eleanor Houston Hill: To the Editor of “The College News”: A few weeks ago one of the editorials in “The College News” suggested that the new plan for the election of the Christian Association Board be put into effect in the other College associations. By this plan the individual classes nominate a certain number of people from which the election is made. We say that the classes do not know the members who will be in- terested in the work for which they are nominated, that the association as a whole is better able to judge. Now we have a chance to end these disputes: . the Christian Association appointments will be made within a week, and then the re- sult of class nominations will be mani- fested at least in its beginnings. Will the class in the first place nominate people whom the president of the Association would not think of as possible board mem- bers; will there be any new people inter- ested in the Association or will the same people who always do class work be nomi- nated? Even if we take it for granted that some of the class nominees will bring fresh vigor and interest into the Associa- tion, can we be sure that these people will be elected in the end? These are questions which may often occur to us and which dissuade us from attempting such inno- vations in all our associations; they can only be answered, however, by experi- ment and experience. If we are anxious to have the associations led by the mem- bers who are best fitted to do so; feeling that at present an improvement in meth- ods of finding people can be made, we must watch with interest the new board of the C. A., which has had the courage to try a new thing which it hopes will bring greater vigour and success to its work in the College. L. B. D716. To the Editor of “The College News”: The Bryn Mawr Club in China exists— little more can be said of it. The few members live at such distances from one another, and have their time so well occu- pied, and are such poor correspondents withal, that we cannot hope to accom- plish much more than to let our Bryn Mawr friends know we are here. A cir- cular letter is now spreading information about our activities and those of the Bryn Mawrtyrs in Japan. It is inspiring to feel how heartily we-seem to be in ac- cord in our work. We wanted the best that Bryn Mawr could give us, and we want to carry that best to those among whom we work, and as I look around me here in Canton, I believe the spirit of hungering and thirsting after the best in life is being developed in the lives of these young men and women. The Canton Christian College began its activity about 1900. No college depart- ment was possible until a foundation had been laid in thorough preparatory work. The first eight years were given to estab- lishing a ““Middle School,” the grade being equivalent to a high school in the United States. In course of time our Students’ Christian Association developed a _ pri- mary school for us, and a year or two later. a grammar school was opened, which made it possible for a student to take his entire school course here. We have had Freshman and Sophomore classes several times during the last few years, and even one class in medicine; but America beckons too enticingly and 65 of our students are to be found in American colleges this year. ' Fanny S. Woods, ’01. The Y. W. C. A. has an Association Building in the San Francisco Exhibition. It is the only woman’s building in the Tt is generally conceded that a man is ‘pose of a university edication is to de- GYMNASIUM CONTEST Won BY THE “SOPHOMORES — ue fae ee The Gymnasium Contest beitreen 1917 and 1918, on March 26th, which was at- tended by nearly everyone connected with the College, was very close and exciting. Out of a possible 310 points, 1917 won 243, and 1918, 232. The best work ‘was in the wand drill and in the parallel bars, and the only maximum number of points given was received by 1918 for its “stunt.” An improvement in the drill as a whole was noted and ascribed to the extra practice which the new cup for individual work called forth. G. Bryant’s work on the horse and on the bars did credit to her class and to herself. The judges, Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, of the University of Penn- sylvania, Mr. Philip Bishop, of Haverford Grammar School, and Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, Executive Secretary of the Girls’ Branch of the Public School. Ath- letic’ League of the City of New York, were very pleasantly impressed with the contest and were much interested in the English country dances. 1917 1918 Wane drill... ...: un ea ae 27 21 Wee CIUDS: ois nk ko 24 21 English country dances... 27 36 Nb ok ccc owes cen ss 37 31 ME ee a eee ck hea cs 51 42 erentel DOTS kk. sie c ccc 54 51 MEMO ec cee toes 23 30 OI os es ees cas 243 232 THE TROPHY CLUB AND THE GREENHOUSE In-commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the building of the green- house at Dalton Hall, the Trophy Club is about to come into possession of a let- ter written on March 22, 1894, by the first President of the College, Dr. James BE. Rhoads. This letter, of which a copy ap- pears below, was written to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from the representatives of the donors handing over the greenhouse to the Trustees of the College. The greenhouse was not an original part_of Dalton Hall, but was built about eighteen months later when the need be- came apparent for such accommodation for laboratory. material for the Minor Class in Biology. The funds for its erection came partly from a special grant by the Alumnew As- sociation and partly from private contri- bution. A benefit entertainment was held in the former gymnasium and loyally at- tended by undergraduates and especially by the Freshman Class held to make up the necessary sum. The letter is as follows: President’s Office Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pa., 3 Mo. 22, 1894. To Harriet Randolph, Ph.D., Leah Goff, A.B., and Thomas Hunt Morgan, Ph.D. Dear Friends: It will give me special satisfaction to lay your letter of the 21st instant, touching the Greenhouse, before the Board of Trustees, and in anticipation of their action I desire to convey to you my personal thanks for your zeal, liber- ality and success in the planning and con- struction of the Greenhouse. Believe me yours very truly and grate- fully, James E; Rhoads. ALUMNZ@ vs. VARSITY FENCING MATCH This afternoon at 4.30, in the Gymna- sium, will be held the Alumnz vs. The Varsity fencing match. The Alumna team will be EB. Kirkbride, '96; B. Ehlers, "09; C. Wesson, 09. Miss Kirkbride is the Vice-President of the Fencers’ Club of Philadelphia. Miss Wesson and Miss Exhibition. Ehlers are both members of this club.